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Detailed Statement of Expenditure from the Beginning of the War to the 31st March, 1923 — continued.

Particulars. Expenditure. Expenditure under Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1914, and Finance Act, 1918 —continued. Soldiers' Financial Assistance Board — Assistance granted— Rent .. .. .. .. Mortgages, interest Rates Insurance Management of businesses Friendly societies Medical Instalments .. .. .. Miscellaneous assistance £ s. d. 117,897 2 2 50,798 8 2 10,477 16 1 76,368 9 7 290 8 4 647 6 3 3,045 17 1 2,262 5 8 1,937 13 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. Administrative expensesSalaries and travelling-expenses Office expenses Postage 263,725 6 8 17,351 5 1 4,933 5 1 964 10 0 23,249 0 2 Less credits 286,974 6 10 10,316 6 6 Transport of troops (including charter of steamers, meals, and fares of men travelling to join, freight, cartage, &c.) — Samoa Egypt United Kingdom Now Zealand Other places Motor-hire 276,658 0 4 19,998 19 5 71,110 14 6 554,141 2 4 1,693,833 10 3 6,735 0 6 4,827 12 0 Charter hire, conditioning, reconditioning, Sao., of transports under charter to New Zealand Government Passage-money for troops ex miscellaneous steamers Cost of transport of New Zealand Expeditionary Force horses from United Kingdom Assisted passages of wives and fiancees 2,350,637 19 0 5,299,927 3 6 1,508,122 1 1 739 3 6 18,873 2 9 9,178,299 9 10 629,234 3 0 Less credits 8,549,065 6 10 Travelling expenses and allowances — Samoa Egypt United Kingdom New Zealand Motor-hire .. .. 149 10 0 639 5 6 502 15 10 15,246 10 4 828 10 11 Less credits 17,366 12 7 248 2 7 War bonus to clerical staff to 31st March, 1920 — Military staff Civil staff Oost-of-living bonus, 1st January to 31st March, 1920 .. 17,118 10 0 24,523 12 1 17,333 12 1 15,521 8 4 Less credits .. .. .. Wanganui Detention Barracks— Pay of staff Rations Miscellaneous expenses 57,378 12 6 629 9 11 56,749 2 7 2,039 9 11 576 8 11 603 18 3 Less credits 3,219 17 1 36 8 0 3,183 9 1 War graves and memorials—New Zealand's proportion of expenses of Imperial War Graves Commission War memorials and travelling-expenses re memorial-sites, &c, in battle areas Miscellaneous expenses, salaries, &c. Head-stones for war graves in New Zealand 62,414 0 0 8,896 5 1 1,749 0 9 1,050 0 0 Less credits 74,109 5 10 72 15 6 74,036 10 4 Total expenditure for war purposes under section 8 of Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1914, and section 4 of Finance Act, 1918 (No. 2) 71,381,209 2 6 Relief Purposes. Under Appropriation Act, 1914, section 25 Under section 6, Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1915— Belgium .. .. New Zealand Comforts for wounded soldiers, Mediterranean area ' Comforts for prisoners of war (Turkey) Contributions towards Etrambrieres Hospital, France .. Total expenditure for relief purposes 20,000 0 0 239,785 5 0 160 16 0 992 14 8 500 0 0 7,000 0 0 268,438 15 8