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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

NAVAL DEFENCE—continued.

Number item 1 Q•)7 QQ of Persons. ' VOTE No. 28.—NAVAL DEFENCE—continued. AJZ< Z0, 1927-28. Other Charges for and incidental to—continued. £ £ Repairs, Altebations, Docking, &c.— 12 Admiralty : In respect of priority use of Calliope Dock, workshops, &c. ... ... ... 5,000 13 H.M.S. " Diomede" ... ... ... 1,000 14 H.M.S. " Dunedin" ... ... ... 36,200 15 H.M.S. "Philomel" ... ... ... 600 16 H.M.S. " Wakakura" ... ... ... 885 Fuel and Lighting (including freight of coal) — 17 Oiler " Nucula " (hire from Admiralty, repairs and stores) ... ... ... 12,000 18 H.M.S. "Philomel" (including Sick Quarters and Base) ... ... ... 500 19 Coal for stocks at Auckland, " Diomede," " Dunedin " and " Nucula" (part recoverable) ... 1,350 20 Electricity from shore to ships and buildings ... 2,870 21 Gas for buildings at Devonport ... ... 60 22 Oil fuel for tanks and ships ... ... 33,680 Stores — 23 Anti-gas equipment ... ... ... 1,200 24 Battle Practice Target ... ... ... 8,690 25 Crane for Naval Store at Auckland ... ... 500 26 Fittings for laboratory for testing ammunition ... 730 27 Gyro-bearing indicators for H.M.-Ships " Dunedin " and " Diomede" ... . .. ... 440 28 Maintenance of torpedo reserves ... ... 550 29 Moorings, &c., for battle-practice target ... 500 30 Naval, engineers, shipwrights, ordnance, torpedo and electrical ... ... ... 33,000 Works — 31 Cementing sea-wall fronting recreation-ground ... 320 32 Conversion of Fort Takapuna into Naval Magazine 2,570 33 Erection of two 5,000-ton oil-tanks at Devonport 2,000 34 Fitting "Philomel" with wireless - telegraph apparatus " ... ... ... 400 35 Maintenance of dockyard plant, Naval Base and sick quarters ... ... ... 830 36 Replacement of present recreation-huts " ... 1,500 37 Upkeep and improvement of recreation-ground ... 650 38 Victualling store ... ... 300 39 Work on Naval Base at Devonport ... ... 10,000 Reserves— 40 Courses of emergency list officers (in- £ cidental expenses) ... ... 50 41 Furnishing and outfitting of drill-halls 500 42 Hire of drill-halls and vessels ... 1,050 43 Instructors ... ... 1,075 44 Medical examination recruits ... 200 45 Pay and allowances ... ... 4,600 46 Retaining fees ... ... 1,300 47 Stores and fittings for instruction ... 2,500 48 Travelling-expenses ... ... 650 49 Upkeep of mine-sweeping trawler ... 2,500 50 Miscellaneous ... ... 100 14,525 Miscellaneous Effective Services— 51 Advertising, books, newspapers, and other publications ... ... ... 500 52 Allowances in lieu of quarters (lodging-allowance) 520 53 Bonuses to recruiting officers ... ... 75 54 Gleaning Navy Office ... ... 52