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War Expenses Account. —Detailed Statement of Expenditure from the Beginning of the War to the 31st March, 1920— continued.

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Particulars. Expenditure. Expenditure under Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1914, and Finance Act, 1918— continued. Travelling expenses and allowances - Samoa Egypt .;, United Kingdom New Zealand Motor-hire £ s. d. 54 2 0 639 5 6 486 12 10 14.604 7 5 820 0 11 £ s. d. £. s. d. 16,604 234 8 8 5 2 Less credits War bonus to clerical staff— Military staff Civil staff 24.523 12 1 17.333 12 1 16,370 3 6 Less credits Wanganui Detention Barracks— Pay of staff Rations Running-expenses 41,857 4 513 12 2 7 41,343 II 7 2.039 9 11 576 8 11 603 18 3 Less credits 3,219 17 I 36 8 0 3,183 9 1 Total expenditure for war purposes under section 8 of Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1914, and section 4 of Finance Act. J9I8 (No. 2) 69,050,449 4 4 Relief Purposes. Under Appropriation Act, 1914, section 25.. Under section 6, Public Bevenues Amendment Act, 1915 — Belgium New Zealand Comforts for wounded soldiers, Mediter20,000 0 0 239,785 5 0 160 16 o 992 14 8 ranean area Comforts for prisoners of war (Turkey) .. Contributions towards Etrambrieres Hospital Total expenditure for relief purposes 500 0 0 7,000 0 0 War Gratuities. Under section 7, Expeditionary Forces Amendment Act, 1918 Under section 24, Finance Act, 1919— Imperial and Naval 268,438 15 8 4,872,485 5 2 4,917.638 2 10 45,152 17 8 Charges and expenses of raising loans 696,965 2 0 Expenditure under Repatriation Act, 1918 .. 801,725 0 2 Imprests outstand ing — In New Zealand In London 214,755 13 9 256,853 15 11 75,735,216 5 0 471,609 9 8 Grand total of expenditure from beginning of war to 31st March. 1920 £76,206,825 14 8