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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Number Item# of Persons. V0TE No 30.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— contd. 1924-25. Subdivision No. X. — Military Education of Officers undergoing Instruction abroad. 1924-25. £ £ 10 Pay— 10 2 2 Majors at Staff College, Camberley (1 for 6 months only)_ 2 2 Captains at Engineering and Gunnery Schools— 1 at £336 (for 8 months only) ... £225 4 1 at £167 (for 7 months only) ... 98 2 1,156 2 4 323 Other Charges— 11 Pay and allowances of Officers of the N.Z. Staff Corps on duty abroad 12 Rail, steamer, and other charges 11 2,151 918 12 Total — Subdivision No. X 4,54: Subdivision No. XT — Purchases, Maintenance, and Training. • Purchases— Clothing— 13 Cost of new issues and provision of material for making up uniforms 14 Laundering and renovating part-worn uniforms ... 15 Field and heavy gun ammunition and other explosives 16 Medals, purchase and engraving of 17 Ordnance Stores: Accoutrements, small-arms, ma-chine-guns, eamp equipment, harness and saddlery, tools, materials, signalling and electric-light stores, barrack and hospital stores, Field and Garrison Artillery material, armaments, vehicles, and miscellaneous stores 18 Printing and stationery 19 S.A.A., including refund of Customs Duty 20 Supplies for camps, courses of instruction, and general 13 14 15 16 17 12,000 5,004 8,400 60 18 19 20 20,060 4,128 52,080 16,097 Maintenance and Training— 21 Advertising, office requisites, photographs, books, newspapers, and other publications ... 22 Allowance for upkeep of Government bicycles 23 Camps, maintenance of Burnham, Trentham, Featherston, Ngaruawahia, Narrow Neck, and general 24 Catering and allowance in lieu of rations 25 Compensation in respect of accidents and sickness ... 26 Courts of inquiry, expenses in connection with 27 Drill-halls, offices, and buildings (maintenance of, including building material, stores, insurance, and inspection of machinery) ... ... _ 28 Efficiency fees and badges, also proficiency pay 29 Fuel 30 Hire of launches 31 Horse-hire 32 Horses, permanent, maintenance of 33 Law-costs 34 Libraries 35 Lighting 36 Maintenance of " Janie Seddon," including cost of fuel, stores, and other charges (exclusive of wages) 37 Medical fees for examination of officers and trainees 88 Medicine, medical stores, and attendance, including veterinary medicines 39 Offices, rent of, also hire of buildings and parade grounds for drills 21 22 23 888 120 24 25 26 27 5,400 1,738 960 12 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 4,800 12 120 144 4,140 96 48 72 2,400 37 38 576 696 360 39 1,692