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NAVAL DEFENCE. Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1924. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. Imprests outstanding, 31st March, 1923. . 42,376 15 6 Full pay, wages, &e.— Recoveries from the Imperial Government Pay, Administrative Staff .. .. 2,917 19 5 and ratings— Pay, officers and ships'companies .. 130,561 II 0 Pay, clothing, victualling, and rent Charges for and incidental to— (ledgers) .. .. .. 1,649 6 2 Administration expenses of allotments 332 18 4 Pay, &c. (cash accounts) .. .. 395 14 5 Moneys due to Admiralty, remittances, Coal to sloops .. .. .. 9,343 3 7 &0. .. .. .. .. 14,627 12 3 Receipts from New Zealand ratings and Clothing, Implement, and Victualling Acother sources— counts— Pay, Administrative Staff .. .. 3 0 0 Clothing purchases .. .. 1.192 13 5 Pay, officers and ships' companies .. 2,555 7 9 Rebate of duty to officers .. .. 10 3 2 Moneys due to Admiralty, &c.— Purchase of mess traps .. .. 029 15 7 Remittances .. .. .. 5,220 3 5 Victualling of personnel .. .. 21.410 411 Postal orders .. .. .. 209 10 0 Leave allowance .. .. .. 4,059 10 10 Unpaid postage .. .. .. 3 3 7 Kit-upkeep allowance .. .. 7,115 14 11 Clothing purchases .. .. 4,178 811 Medical services— Purchase of mess traps .. .. 27 3 2 Stores, provisions, &o. .. .. 384 4 0 Victualling of personnel .. .. 3,665 12 11 Dental treatment ashore .. .. 325 Is 0 Leave allowance .. .. .. 014 0 Medical examination of recruits .. 130 IS 0 Medical stores .. .. .. 0 2 0 Medical treatment ashore .. .. 668 18 0 Coal. Auckland and Suva .. .. 838 10 0 Repairs, alterations, and dooking (Jas, Devonport and Navv Office .. 5 15 7 H.M.B. " Chatham" .. .. 191 16 1 Stores, naval .. .. .. 206 16 11 H.M. 8. " Philomel" .. .. 608 17 6 Advertsiing, &.c. .. .. .. 10 0 Supply of steam sterilizer to" Philomel" 125 0 o Freight, insurance. &c. .. .. 94 18 3 Purohase of acetone-welding plant .. 70 9 0 Printing and stationery .. .. 412 I Contribution to Auckland Harbour Passages, travelling, &'c. .. .. 231 13 10 Board .. .. .. .. 5,000 0 0 Postages, &c. .. .. .. 48 18 4 Fuel and righting — Telephone services . . .. .. 411 II 11.M.5. " Chatham " .. .. 22,251 II 2 Deferred pay .. .. .. 897 12 6 H.M.S. " Philomel" .. .. 2.035 10 o Rebate of income-tax .. .. 314 10 Coal. Auckland and Suva .. .. 8,853 S 2 Sale of old stores, and miscellaneous Supply of electricity to ships, etc. .. 52 10 II credit .. ... .. .. 11 3 10 Gas, Devonport and Navy Office .. 70 3 7 Contingencies— i Stores, naval, engineers, &C. .. .. 28,030 2 10 Cash transferred from " Chatham ".. 350 0 0 [ Works Purchase of discharge .. .. 50 00 j Emergenoy sick-quarters .. .. 210 4 9 Loss of baggage .. .. .. 28 14 11 Maintenance of dockyard plant, &c. .. 204 3 6 Refund unexpended balance" lonic's" Building of clothing-store .. '.. 145 12 I draft .. .. .. 0 () 5 Removal of inflammable store .. 80 15 0 Issues from the Treasury .. .. 254,237 7 5 Upkeep and improvement of recreation - ground .. .. . . .. 60 8 7 Reserves — Pay, Travelling - expenses, medical examination, and retainers .. 738 2 5 Miscellaneous effective services— Advertising, books, &c. .. .. 253 17 II Allowances in lieu of quarters ~ 343 (i 3 Bonuses to recruiters . . . . 25 0 0 Cleaning Navy Office .. .. 47 11 3 Compensation to P. 0. Roberts . . 120 (i 0 Compensation to M. C. Chubb .. 447 1 8 Compensation for injuries, disease. &c. 430 17 I Freight, insurance, &c. .. .. 2,827 0 II Gunnery and Torpedo Efficiency Fund 98 I 2 [nterments .. .. ' .. 32 o 10 Office fittings .. .. .. 54 10 1 Printing and stationery .. .. 320 19 4 Passages, travelling-expenses, &c. 23.423 13 2 Playing harmonium at Divine Service.. 5 15 o Postages, &c. .. .. .. 554 12 2 Rent of Navy Offloe and storerooms .. 513 0 s Telephone services . . . . . . 57 It 2 Training Service Fund .. .. 159 0 10 Typewriter repairs .. .. .. 12 12 0 Miscellaneous non-effective servicesDeferred pay, including pensions contributions to Admiralty .. 25,799 8 S Rebate of income-tax .. .. 1.211 Hi 5 Coal and oil, '■'Chatham," voyage out. . 1,907 0 O Panama Canal tolls and Consul's commission .. .. .. 868 10 0 Repairs to " Philomel "at Bombay .. 251 5 0 Contingencies— Sums recoverable expended on behalf of Admiralty . . . . . . I ,477 10 0 dish from " Chatham "to " Philomel " 250 0 O Cash to Accountant Officer, " lonic's" draft .. .. .. 100 0 0 Exchange paid .. .. .. 54 210 Compensation for loss of baggage .. 28 14 11 Stores missing on quarantine of "Chatham" .. .. .. 14 17 5 Stores from Accountant-General (par ticulars not given) • .. .. 0 19 S Stores from Accountant-General (particulars not given) .. .. 2 5 0 Bank charges in England .. .. 2 0 0 Adjustment " lonic's " Cash Account.. 0 0 6 Imprests outstanding, 31st March, 1924. . 10,891 0 11 £326,643 16 3 £320,643 16 3 Reginald Butcher, Naval Secretary. I hereby certify that the statement of receipts and payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby. —G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.