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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEFENCE DEPARTMENT—continued.

(a) Credits-in-aid — 1925-26. Other Charges. £ Subdivision XI .. .. .. 25,160 XII .. .. .. . 750 Total .. .. .. .. 25,910

Number ' Itera . 19^5-26 of Persons. V0TB No 28.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT—contd. 1925-26. ; Subdivision No. XIII. —Non-effective Services. £ £ Charges fob and incidental to — 79 Advance by way of loan to College Rifles Club, Limited, for erection of hall (on account) ... 4,000 | 80 Allowance to Miss Myrtle McKay, Y.A.D. whilst totally incapacitated (£5 per month) ... ... 60 81 Compensation— For loss, through floods, of stores, &c., hired, and for loss of personal property of Officers, N.C.O.s, and men attending Battery Camp at Eskdale ... 10 82 Contribution towards pension of Imperial officers and non-commissioned officers on loan to New Zealand 72 I 83 Funeral expenses ... ... ... 50 Grants — 84 New Zealand representative at conference, British Empire Service League, Ottawa ... ... 150 85 Towards salaries of Y.M.C.A. secretaries at the Soldiers' Clubs at Auckland, Trentham, and Burnham (£100 each) ... ... ... 300 86 Report on howitzers, &c., damaged in Lower Hutt Drill-hall fire, expenses of ... ... 34 87 Rewards payable to the Police for securing convictions for certain breaches of the provisions of the Defence Act ... ... ... 250 88 Sales of surplus stores, expenses in connection with 3,000 89 Staff Sergeant-Major—Government House Orderly... 320 90 University fees for ex Duntroon College Cadets ... 39 Total —Subdivision No. XIII ... — 8,285 Subdivision No. XIV —National Rifle Association. Charges for and incidental to — 91 Grant-in-aid of annual meeting ... ... 1,000 92 Miscellaneous charges ... ... ... j 24 93 Railway warrants ... ... ... 450 Total—Subdivision No. XIV ... 1,474 Subdivision No. XV.—Rifle Clubs. Charges for and incidental to — 94 Miscellaneous charges ... ... ... 36 95 Railway warrants ... ... ... 1,000 Total —Subdivision No: XV ... 1,036 GROSS TOTAL ... ... ... ... 481,278 Credits-IN-AID (a) ... ... ... ... 25,910 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 28 ... 455,368 ■ '