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

Particulars. Expenditure. Expenditure under Public Revenues Amendment Act 1914, and Finance Act, 1918 —continued. Superannuation paid by Government on behalf of Civil servants serving with the Expeditionary Force-—■ Public Service Fund Government Railways Fund Teachers' Fund £ s. d. 69,816 2 0 48,344 5 7 13,030 3 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. 131,790 10 9 984 19 2 130,805 11 7 Less oredits .. .. .. Soldiers' Financial Assistance Board- —■ Assistance granted— Rent .. .. .. .. Mortgages, interest ■ .. Rates Insurance Management of business Friendly societies Medical Instalments Miscellaneous assistance 117,897 2 2 50,798 8 2 10,477 16 1 70,368 0 7 200 8 4 647 6 3 3,045 17 1 2,262 5 8 1,937 13 4 Administrative expenses — Salaries and travelling-expenses Office expenses Postage Less oredits .. ! .. • 17,351 5 I 4,933 5 1 964 10 0 286,074 6 10 10,380 18 0 203,725 0 8 23,249 0 2 276,584 8 4 Transport of troops (including charter of steamers, meals, and fares of men travelling to join, freight, cartage, &c.) —■ 10,080 10 5 71,110 14 0 554,141 2 4 1,604,400 2 2 6,735 0 0 4,827 12 0 Samoa Egypt United Kingdom New Zealand Other places Motor-hire 2,351,213 10 II 5,305,003 9 9 Charter hire, conditioning, reconditioning, &c, of transports under charter to New Zealand Government Passage-money for troops ex miscellaneous steamers Cost of transport of Now Zealand Expeditionary Force horses from United Kingdom Assisted passages of wires and fiances 1,612,274 2 3 730 3 (i 8,054,084 19 1 18,075 2 0 Less oredits 9,288,805 9 2 634,180 10 1 Travelling expenses and allowances —■ Samoa Egypt United Kingdom New Zealand Motor-hire 140 10 0 630 5 6 502 15 10 15,240 10 4 828 10 II 17,366 12 7 248 2 7 Less oredits 17,118 10 0 War bonus to clerical stall' to 31st March, 1020 — Military staff Civil staff Cost-of-living bonus, 1st January to 31st March, 1020 .. 24,523 12 1 17,333 12 1 15,521 8 4 57,378 12 6 629 9 11 Less oredits Wanganui Detention Barracks—■ Pay of staff Rations Miscellaneous expenses 50,749 2 7 2,039 9 11 576 8 11 603 18 3 3,219 17 1 36 8 0 Less credits War graves and memorialsNew 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, &e. Head-stones for war graves in New Zealand 3,183 9 1 92,091 0 0 21,078 1 7 2,281 4 1 2,192 14 3 118,148 18 3 credits 118,242 19 11 94 1 8 'total expenditure for war purposes under section 8 of Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1914, and section 4 of Finance Act, 1918 (No. 2) 71,047,079 0 4