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Detailed Statement of Expenditure from the Beginning of the War to the 31st March, 1922— continued.

Particulars. Expenditure. Expenditure under Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1914, and Finance Act, 1918 —continued. Soldiers' Financial Assistance Board— Assistance granted— Rent Mortgages, interest Rates Insurance Management of businesses.. .. .. ... Friendly societies Medical Instalments Miscellaneous assistance £ s. d. 117,897 2 2 50,798 8 2 10,477 16 1 76.368 9 7 290 8 4 647 6 3 3,045 17 1. 2,262 5 8 1,937 13 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. Administrative expenses — Salaries and travelling-expenses Office expenses Postage 203,725 6 8 17,351 5 1 4,933 5 1 964 10 0 23,249 0 2 Less credits 286,974 6 10 9,890 14 1 Transport of troops (including charter of steamers, meals, and fares of men travelling to join, freight; cartage, &c.) — 277,083 12 9 Samoa Egypt United Kingdom New Zealand Other places Motor-hire 19,950 19 5 71,110 14 6 531.150 7 4 1,684,786 6 9 6,735 0 6 4,827 12 0 Charter hire, conditioning, reconditioning, &c, of transports under charter to New Zealand Government Passage-money for troops ex miscellaneous steamers Cost of transport of New Zealand Expeditionary Force horses from United Kingdom Assisted passages of wives and fiancees 2,318,501 0 0 5,274,713 19 2 1,507,406 3 9 739 3 6 18,335 0 3 Less credits 9,119,755 7 2 620,840 9 9 Travelling expenses and allowances — Samoa Egypt United Kingdom New Zealand Motor-hire 149 10 0 639 5 6 502 15 10 15,238 12 4 828 10 11 8,498,914 17 5 Less credits 17,358 14 7 248 2 7 17,110 12 0 War bonus to clerical staff to 31st March, 1920— Military staff Civil staff Cost-of-living bonus, 1st January to 81st March, 1920 .. 24,523 12 1 17,333 12 1 15,521 8 4 Less credits Wanganui Detention Barracks— Pay of staff Rations Miscellaneous expenses ! 57,378 12 6 629 9 11 56,749 2 7 2,039 9 11 576 8 11 603 18 3 Less credits War graves and memorials— New 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, &c. 3,219 17 1 36 8 0 3,183 9 I 35,950 0 0 1,773 10 6 999 0 3 Less credits 38,722 10 9 8 17 0 38,713 13 9 Total expenditure for war purposes under section 8 of Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1914, and section 4 of Finance Act, 1918 (No. 2) 71,103,892 6 3 Relief Purposes. Under Appropriation Act, 1914, section 25 Under section 6, Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1915— Belgium New Zealand Comforts for wounded soldiers, Mediterranean area Comforts for prisoners of war (Turkey) Contributions towards Etrambrieres Hospital, France Total expenditure for relief purposes 20,000 0 0 239,785 5 0 160 16 0 992 14 8 500 0 0 7,000 0 0 268,438 16