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NAVAL DEFENCE. Statement of Receipts and Payments for the Year ended 31st March, 1923. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. d. To Imprests outstanding on 31st March, By Full pay, wagos, allowances, extra 1922 .. .. .. 4,736 19 1 pay— Recoveries from the Imperial Govern- Administrative staff .. .. 3,023 13 9 ment and ratings— Officers and ships'companies .. 102,082 810 Coal.. .. .. .. 9,999 15 4 Clothing accountsPay .. .. .. .. 3,018 3 2 Clothing purchases (less repayment Clothing supplied .. .. 341 12 7 issues) .. .. .. 513 12 8 Kit upkeep allowance .. .. 50 0 0 Kit upkeep allowance .. .. 6,793 11 7 Victualling of ratings .. .. 155 7 0 Rebate to officers of duty .. 8 9 1 Rent of office .. .. .. 80 0 0 Purchase of mess traps and implcMiscellaneous credits .. .. 31 14 5 ments . . .. .. 247 18 6 Prize-money recovered .. .. 8,102 16 5 Victualling accounts— Stamps from Controller, London .. 67 0 0 Victualling of personnel.. .. 19,390 15 5 Postal orders received .. .. 408 15 0 Leave allowance .. .. 2,148 9 6 Receipts from New Zealand ratings Medical services— and other sources— Medical stores .. .. .. 196 8 11 Full pay .. .. .. 329 II 7 Medical examination of recruits .. 148 1 0 Clothing purchases .. .. 289 17 8 Medical treatment ashore .. 528 14 3 Kit upkeep allowance .. .. 3 5 0 Dental treatment ashore .. 356 3 6 Purchase of mess-traps .. .. 20 10 7 Repairs, alterations, and docking— Victualling and mess allowance .. 2,777 2 0 H.M.S. " Chatham" .. .. 1,085 2 9 Medical stores .. .. .. 2 0 6 H.M.S. " Philomel" .. .. 411 6 7 Medical examination of recruits .. 2 2 0 Coal and oil fuel— Medical treatment ashore .. 0 6 0 H.M.S. " Chatham" .. .. 20,359 5 1 Repairs to " Philomel".. .. 10 9 0 H.M.S. " Philomel" .. .. 1,990 9 4 Stores, naval .. .. .. 285 15 7 Coal stocks, Auckland and Suva Advertising, &c. .. .. 118 (include direct supply to sloops) 8,247 19 11 Freight, &c. .. .. .. 35 9 9 Stores—Naval, engineers', shipwrights', Fuel and light, Navy Office .. 0 13 &c. .. .. .. 19,330 8 8 Office fittings and stationery .. 8 0 0 Works— Passages, &c. .. .. .. 348 11 4 Building of gun-mounting shed .. 1,271 13 6 Postages, &c. .. .. .. 65 4 10 Completion of emergency sickRemittances of pay .. .. 8,169 12 8 quarters .. .. .. 179 8 0 Purchase of discharge .. .. 46 0 0 Maintenance of dockyard, plant, &c. 177 7 2 Unpaid postage .. .. 4 0 7 Royal Naval Reserve—Medical examiCash in offects.. .. .. 0 5 0 - nation and travelling-expenses 29 8 8 Excess of payments over receipts 248,804 10 7 Miscellaneous effective services— Advertising, books, etc. .. .. 72 13 4 Allowance in lieu of quarters .. 367 8 9 Bonuses to recruiters .. .. 31 0 0 Cleaning Navy Office .. .. 11 13 9 Compensation for injuries on duty (E. S. Cargill) .. .. 55 2 2 Freight, insurance, etc:. . . .. 2,984 3 6 Fuel and light, Navy Office .. 13 910 Gunnery and Torpedo Efficiency Fund . . .. ... 55 710 Interments .. .. .. 18 0 0 Office fittings and stationery .. 434 11 9 Passages, travelling-allowances, etc. 4,225 19 7 Postages, &c. .. .. .. 618 13 3 Rent of Navy Office and storerooms 561 13 4 Telephone services .. .. 112 11 10 Training Service Fund .. .. 70 6 9 Typewriter repairs .. .. 514 1 Non-effective services— Deferred pay (include pensions contributions tj Admiralty) .. 20,109 9 5 National health insuranco to Admiralty .. .. .. 76 71 2 Outstanding claims from Admiralty— British postal orders .. .. 244 7 0 Clothing stores supplied.. .. 3,876 3 9 Coal and oil, "Chatham," on voyage out .. .. .. 1,890 0 0 Implements and mess traps supplied 490 0 5 Freight on stores .. .. 18 9 8 Remittances of pay in England .. 4,528 011 Naval stores supplied .. .. 7,920 13 4 Victualling-stores supplied .. 285 10 11 Contingencies and unforeseen expenditure— Prize-money recoverable from Admiralty .. .. .. 8,110 19 1 Quarantine expenses, " Chatham " 103 10 6 Services by Garden Island .. 14 6 3 Wharfage dues and inspection of ammunition, &c. .. .. 14 1 1 Repairs to " Philomel" at Bombay 37 9 2 Imprests outstanding, 31st March, 1923 42,376 15 6 £288,262 0 7 £288,262 0 7 Reginald Butcher, Naval Secretary. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby.—G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.