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DEFENCE DEPARTMENT. Headquarters General Activities Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1936.

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General Head- Northern Central Southern Total quarters. Command. Command. Command. ±otai. Dt . £ sci £ s d £ s d £ s d £ s d Pay, military, civil, and Territorial .. .. 36,850 8 4 10,346 7 5 9,408 7 8 5,860 14 1 62,465 17 6 Grants for rifle shooting, entry fees for competitions, 34 171 1116 .. .. 36 87 and purchase and engraving of medals, &c. Medical examinations, attention, and hospital 220 0 6 84 12 0 63 1 6 42 3 0 409 17 0 charges Advertising, office expenses, printing, stationery, 1,228 19 11 523 5 10 330 13 0 368 13 11 2,451 12 8 postage, telegrams, telephones, repairs, cleaning, and laundering Hire and maintenance of drill-halls, offices, buildings, 768 18 6 2,192 10 1 841 17 5 1,448 14 2 5,252 0 2 parade-grounds, camps, rifle-ranges, boat-sheds, &c. Compensation for sickness and accidents due to 9 17 0 19 14 2 5 17 6 1 10 0 36 18 8 military services Rations, forage, fuel, light, and water .. .. 1,320 6 0 705 17 6 357 3 3 855 3 5 3,238 10 2 Legal expenses and Courts of inquiry .. .. .. 800 .. .. 800 Travelling allowances and expenses, removal ex- 3,173 19 6 1,488 4 3 983 9 11 1,264 18 0 6,910 11 8 penses, rail, steamer, tram, motor, and ferry fares, freights, cartage, and motor licenses Horses, hire and maintenance of .. . . 29 6 6 263 16 7 174 16 11 242 4 8 710 4 8 Horses, died or destroyed and written oft .. 1 0 0 17 2 2 25 0 0 34 0 0 77 2 2 Clothing, stores and ammunition .. .. 7,340 12 6 678 19 10 221 11 5 749 10 10 8,990 14 7 Stores lost, broken, destroyed, &c., and written off 0 16 9 1 10 1 0 7 6 . . 2 14 4 Rents irrecoverable written off.. .. .. 900 200 360 .. 14 60 Allowances and expenses of officers undergoing 6,399 7 7 .. .. .. 6,399 7 7 training abroad Replacement of stolen cheque .. .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 .. 10 0 0 Rifle Clubs. Proportion of pay of military staff .. .. 40 8 5 250 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 790 8 5 Rail fares .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 18 3 113 13 7 5 9 6 145 1 4 Small-arms ammunition issued free and at less than 546 2 3 1,364 0 4 4,507 2 6 4,941 15 11 11,359 1 0 cost Proportion of cost of maintenance of ranges and 300 50 00 125 00 150 00 328 0 0 buildings used Miscellaneous charges .. .. .. .. .. 19 10 5 24 18 6 41 12 8 86 1 7 Non-effective Services. Contribution to pensions of Imperial officers and 158 3 3 .. .. .. 158 3 3 N.C.O.'s on loan Depreciation on— Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 883 7 0 5,861 0 3 2,297 2 3 3,041 4 4 12,082 13 10 Libraries .. .. .. .. .. 40 10 0 5 14 7 1 14 4 11 3 4 59 2 3 Motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. 145 1 3 .. 16 19 0 .. 162 0 3 Furniture .. .. .. .. .. 535 2 2 245 5 6 361 7 7 300 13 4 1,442 8 7 59,739 4 6 24,155 0 9 20,123 9 10 19,609 11 2 123,627 6 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance brought down .. .. .. 58,976 13 2 21,688 15 0 16,584 19 5 15,523 18 3 112,774 5 10 Interest on capital .. .. .. .. 12,887 13 9 10,816 15 3 6,449 18 4 5,828 2 4 35,982 9 8 71,864 6 11 32,505 10 3 23,034 17 9 21,352 0 7 148,756 15 6