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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS X.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.

96

1917-18. Salaries. Other Charges, j Total. £ £ £ £ Vote No. 60.—Adjutant-General's Branch 209,670 11,046 11,046 220,716 ,, 61.—General Staff Branch ... 12,795 12,795 12,795 ,, 62.—Quartermaster - General's Branch 287,630 287,630 287,630 TOTAL OF CLASS X i 209,670 j 311,471 I 521,141 Item. 1 7-18. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH. £ VOTE No. 60. Personnel— (a.) Officers' Pay — Imperial General Staff and New Zealand Staff Corps— 1 Major-General at £1,200 3 Colonels at £750 4 Lieut.-Colonels : 1 at £650, 3 at £600 4 General Staff Officers : 1 at £800, 1 at £700, 2 at £500 12 Majors : 10 at £475, 2 at £450 31 Captains: 13 at £400, 14 at £375, 4 at £350 ... 36 Lieutenants: 11 at £300, 18 at £275, 7 at £250 Extra pay to officers holding temporary higher rank 1,200 2,250 2,450 2,500 5,650 11,850 10,000 825 91 36,725 21,800 — Less pay of 55 officers with Expeditionary Force (b.) Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers' Pay — New Zealand Permanent Staff— 60 Warrant Officers at £225 92 Staff Sergeant-majors : 72 at £225, 20 at £210... 23 Sergeant Instructors at £190 14,925 13,500 20,400 4,370 175 38,270 Less pay of 11 Warrant Officers and 36 N.C.O.s absent with Expeditionary Force 16,115 22,155