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Detailed Statement of Expenditure from the Beginning of the War to the 31st March, 1924— continued.

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Particulars. Particulars. Expenditure. ranicuiars. Expenditure under Public Revenues Amendment. Act, 1914, and Finance Act, 1918 —continued. Clerical assistanceNew Zealand Expeditionary Foiec War Accounts, Pay, and Records Branches Headquarters and District Headquarters Overtime United Kingdom Audit Office Samoa £ s. d. 441,582 19 1 227,897 11 7 8,805 13 10 46,006 10 4 42,548 12 9 111 13 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. 767,553 0 11 12,547 0 0 Less credits Commissions of Inquiry— Defence Stores Trentham Camp Lieutenant A. H. Grierson Thaokor inquiry Motuihi Alien Service Branch (Jugo-Slav) Defenco Expenditure Commission Somes Island Wanganui Detention Barracks Lieutenant Crampton's court-martial Influenza —-Narrow Neck Disappearance of Rifleman J. Russell H. H. Thompson Commission 755,000 0 11 18 14 0 1,150 13 10 24 2 3 99 0 8 309 13 2 1,907 18 3 3,671 10 8 35 9 6 130 6 4 513 18 10 27 8 1 20 15 4 300 8 0 Less oredits 8,275 19 5 159 0 3 Compassionate allowances— F. Annear (illness contracted on duty) A. T. Griffin (illness contracted on duty) .. ... L. M. Trendle (wrongful discharge of husband).. M. A. Hunter (refund, deductions husband's pay) .. . M. W. Miller (on account of illness contracted on duty) .. 90 0 0 273 6 0 50 0 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 8,116 13 2 473 6 0 00 0 0 Compensation to E. Morgan for lost kit Discharged Soldiers' Information Department—-Expenses and grants (this covers expenditure up to date of coming into operation of Repatriation Act, 1918 ; expenditure after that date comes under the heading of Repatriation ") —- Fares of men travelling to employment Salaries Office expenses Postage, telegrams, &c. Printing and stationery Motor-hiro Office equipment Tuition and lodging-allowances Subsidized wages 473 0 0 906 15 7 7,818 10 5 3,093 5 2 878 10 3 790 17 2 221 7 7 97 0 0 4,870 6 3 2,228 6 2 Less credits 20,011 4 7 50 17 0 20,860 7 7 423,188 0 0 3,274 13 9 Distribution of war news and casualty lists in New Zealand Donations refunded and transferred Equipmont (including purchase of boots, clothing, G.S. wagons, ammunition-carts, ordnance, &c.)— Samoa Egypt United Kingdom New Zealand Other places, &c. Post-war equipment 12,947 0 6 160,704 11 0 2,293,001 10 4 3,240,781 12 2 2,035 10 7 504,051 15 9 6,223,422 9 4 548,415 7 3 Less oredits Expenses in connection with riots in Rarotonga .. Forage—> Samoa Egypt New Zealand .. .. United Kingdom 5,075,007 2 1 287 10 8 111,215 5 7 379,115 11 2 215,087 14 4 40,397 13 7 746,410 4 8 100,169 11 4 Less credits 586,246 13 4 650 16 11 Freight on Great Britain and Belgian relief produce Grants to regimental funds —■ 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade 2nd New Zealand Infantry Brigade 4th New Zealand Infantry Brigade New Zealand Medical Corps Divisional Signal Corps Army Service Corps .. .. .. Field Troop Engineers .. .. .. Field Artillery Brigade Mounted Signal Ti-oop .. .. .. .. j 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 141 0 0 60 0 0 109 0 0 41 0 0 329 10 0 18 10 0 3,699 0 0 3,000 0 0