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NAVAL DEFENCE.

Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Yeah ended 31st March, 1927. Receipts. | Payments. To Pay, clothing, and victualling — £s.d.[ By Mi pay and wages— £s. d. Pay, administrative staff .. .. 28 0 " Pay, administrative staff .. .. 4,469 14 4 Pay, officers and ships'companies .. 1,520 83 i Pay, H.M.S. " Diomede" .. .. 7 1 Clothing purchases .. .. .. 7,453 12 7 Pay, H.M.S. " Dunedin" .. .. 11 4 Victualling of personnel .. .. 5,100 19 10 ! Pay, R.F.A. " Nucula ".... 7 9 Admiralty on account of coal .. .. 1,133 11 6 Pay, H.M.S. " Philomel" .. .. 42*403 17 10 Stores, &c., issued to H.M. ships sold .. 5,737 59 j Charges for and incidental to administration Rent .. .. .. . . .. 71 16 0 j expenses of allotments .. .. .. 417 0 0 Salvage plant, tug " Toia " .. .. 4,700 00 j Clothing, Implements, and Victualling-stores— Miscellaneous — j Clothing purchases .. ~ " ~ 8,407 10 4 Kit-upkeep allowance .. .. .. 81 0 J Kit-upkeep allowance .. .. .. 170 6 4 Purchase of mess traps and implements .. 30 92 [ Purchase of mess-traps .. .. 1,560 0 7 Medical treatment ashore .. .. 60 0 Leave allowance .. .. .. 3'902 15 4 Stores, medical .. .. .. 88 19 1 Victualling of personnel .. .. 38,034 14 0 Repairs, &c., H.M.S. " Dunedin " .. 02 2 | Medical services— Oiler " Nucula" .. .. .. 3 6 0 Dental treatment ashore .. .. 363 13 6 Oil fuel for tanks and ships .. .. 1,434 10 0 Medical examination of recruits .. .. 185 17 0 Erection of oil-tanks .. .. .. 67 7 0 Medical treatment ashore .. .. 1,132 0 4 Reserves —Pay and alio .varices .. .. 40 0 0 Medical stores, &c. .. .. .. 416 0 2 Reserves —Medical examination .. .. 33 0 Repairs, alterations, and docking— Adveitising, &c. .. .. .. Il l Admiralty, on account of Calliope Dock .. 5,000 0 0 Freight, &c. .. .. .. .. 65 10 7 H.M.S. " Diomede ".... .. 1,784 4 3 Gunnery and Torpedo Efficiency Fund .. 06 4 H.M.S. "Dunedin" .. .. .. 1 909 19 3 Passages, &c. .. .. .. .. 978 18 7 H.M.S. "Philomel" .. .. .. 895 19 9 Postages, &c. .. .. .. .. 169 7 3 Fuel and lighting— Printing and stationery .. .. 317 7 Oiler " Nucula .. .. .. 11,685 6 ] Telephone services' .. .. .. 04 8 Coal H.M.S. " Philomel ".. ~ 275 14 7 Trawler, initial expenses of .. .. 019 10 Coal stocks at Auckland and Suva .. 1,217 16 0 Typewriters, &c. .. .. .. 43 11 Electricity from shore to ships .. .. 4,587 10 4 Deferred pay, &c.. .. .. .. 19 10 6 Gas for buildings at Devonport .. .. 42 13 11 Stores, Ac., supplied by Admiralty .. 4,227 011 Oil fuel for tanks and H.M. ships .. 19,785 16 1 Miscellaneous Revenue — Stores— Forfeited deferred pay .. .. .. 604 12 1 Naval engineers', &c. .. .. .. 38,713 14 8 Purchase of discharges .. .. .. 99 0 0 Mine-sweeping gear .. .. .. 1,246 19 10 Recoveries on account of previous year's Saluting-guns, H.M.S. " Philomel" .. 130 19 8 expenditure— Spare propellers, &c., H.M.S. " Diomede" 997 14 3 Refund of amount of Navy bill .. .. 414 16 8 Motor-boat, H.M.S. " Philomel ".. 750 0 0 Sale of typewriters . . .. .. 74 0 Works— Net issues from the Treasury .. . . 525,897 16 6 Additional berthing for H.M. ships .. 9,239 9 7 Additions to sick-quarters at Devonport .. 590 8 1 Conversion of Fort Takapuna .. .. 1,222 18 3 Erecting and furnishing lecture-room .. 568 6 11 Erection of two oil-tanks at Devonport .. 6,050 17 6 Maintenance of dockyard plant, &c. .. 332 12 4 Repairs to jetty at Suva .. .. 70 12 2 Salvage plant, tug." Toia" .. .. 4,700 0 0 Store for reserve torpedoes .. .. 292 12 9 Upkeep and improvement of recreationground .. .. .. 205 Reserves — Courses of instruction, &c. .. . . 3,537 16 2 Miscellaneous effective services— Advertising, &o. .. .. .. 695 15 ] 1 Allowances in lieu of quarters .. .. 532 17 6 Bonuses to recruiters .. .. .. 76 0 0 Cleaning Navv Office .. .. .. 52 TO 0 Compensation for injuries .. .. 1,281 16 0 Freight, insurance, &c. .. .. 6,663 0 1 Gunnery and Torpedo Efficiency Fund .. 152 13 3 Interments .. .. .. .. 27 12 6 Office fittings .. .. .. .. 121 I 7 Passages, &c. .. .. .. .. 21,931 10 5 Playing harmonium at Divine service .. 4 19 0 Postages, &c. .. .. .. .. 617 10 I Printing and stationery .. .. 449 19 0 Rebate of duty .. .. .. 16 9 10 Rent of Navy Office, &c. .. .. 402 . 0 0 Telephone services . . .. .. 149 11 4 Training of New Zealand ratings in United Kingdom .. .. . . .. 357 4 4 Training Service Fund .. .. .. 100 11 9 Trawler for training purposes, initial expenses 8,151 17 8 Typewriters, repairs and renewals .. 70 19 11 Non-effective service— Admiralty, on account of — Unemployment Fund for ratings .. 96 18 7 Widows pensions .. .. .. 683 13 5 Deferred pay, &c. .. .'. .. 51,251 12 11 National health insurance to Admiralty .. 994 5 9 Panama Canal dues .. .. .. 28 11 5 Stores supplied, &c., and work done by Admiralty .. .. .. .. 57,500 0 0 Contingencies— Barrack damages at Trentham .. .. 5 2 4 Civilian witness at Court of Inquiry .. 1 10 0 Exchange paid .. .. .. 8 0 6 Inclining expenses, " Wakakura " .. 56 3 0 Long-service and good-conduct gratuity ~ 20 0 0 Miscellaneous payments, H.M.S. " Dunedin," for March, 1927 .. .. 49 13 0 . £559,896 9 10 j £559,896 9 10 13th May, 1927. E. L. It. Fletcher, 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.— Gr. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.