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DEFENCE DEPARTMENT—continued. Headquarters General Activities Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928 —continued.

Territorial Forces Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928.

— | Headqifarbera. | Northern. Central. Southern. Total. Cr. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Rent of quarters, drill-halls, and offices, 2,517 9 7 388 6 5 651 19 6 1,728 11 4 5,286 6 10 light, and water Grazing-rights on rifle ranges and reserves 507 10 6 257 5 1 807 3 11 181 11 8 1,753 11 2 Purchase of discharges .... .. 20 0 0 .. .. .. 20 0 0 Fines, Territorials and Cadets .. .. 158 11 4 .. .. .. 158 11 4 Amount of insurance recovered on Marton 29 8 0 .. .. .. 29 8 0 Drill-hall in excess of book value Sale, Kumara Drill-hall site .. .. 50 0 0 .. j .. .. 50 0 0 Interest on public moneys advanced for 37 19 11 .. .. .. 37 19 11 military pageants Excess of expenditure over income, carried 101,638 18 2 26,478 11 1 20,880 2 5 21,749 4 2 170,746 15 10 down 104,959 17 6 27,124 2 7 j 22,339 5 10 23,659 7 2 178,082 13 1 By Excess of expenditure over income after 112,706 8 10 42,357 15 0 29,290 17 7 ' 3.1,041 8 1 215,396 9 6 charging interest on capital === —■— , ——. —i— , j- — Note. —The Revenue Accounts include charges for rent assessed by the Public Works Department and for interest on capital for which the Department has no parliamentary appropriation.

—-—• ! Northern. | Central. Southern. Total. ' I I Dv £ s d £ s (I £ s d £ s d To Pay, military, civil, and Territorial .. .. .. 32,083 4 0 26,761 6 5 27,843 12 8 86,688 3 1 Clothing, stores, and ammunition .. .. .. 24,156 3 1 17,850 18 11 21,804 2 1 63,811 4 1 Medical examinations, attendance, hospital charges, 445 19 1 504 11 0 342 16 9 1,293 6 10 medicine, &c. Advertising, printing, stationery, postages, telegrams, tele- 1,119 11 3 1,146 5 11 1,372 3 2 I 3,638 0 4 phones, repairs, cleaning, laundering, &c. Maintenance and hire of drill-halls, offices, buildings, 263 12 6 875 13 1 456 19 7 1,596 5 2 parade-grounds, boat-sheds, launches, and camps Maintenance of rifle ranges and targets .. .. 132 3 5 153 .. 18176 Rations, forage, fuel, light, and water .. .. 6,121 10 3 6,161 15 5 6,116 15 2 18,400 0 10 Regimental and bands funds grants .. .. .. 996 13 6 1,260 8 0 1,216 5 5 3,473 6 11 Subsidies to officers' clubs .. .. .. .. 52 10 0 86 17 6 156 5 0 295 12 6 Travelling allowances and expenses, rail, steamer, tram, 8,455 15 10 6,762 3 11 8,904 18 7 24,122 18 4 coach, and ferry fares, freights, and cartage Hire and maintenance of horses .. .. .. 1,309 7 8 1,170 18 10 1,377 13 9 3,858 0 3 Use of Defence vessel towing targets, &c. .. .. .. 231 0 0 .. 231 0 0 Maintenance of wireless installations .. .. .. 3130 .. 27196 31126 Fees for technical training in cookery .. .. 1500 .. 426 1926 Depreciation on— Furniture .. .. .. .. .. 69 11 0 88 12 7 59 9 10 217 13 5 Wireless installations .. .. .. .. 41 8 2 .. 14 11 5 55 19 7 75,147 17 62,906 6 10 69,697 15 5 207,751 3 10 To Excess of expenditure over income brought down .. 75,147 1 7 62,906 6 10 69,697 15 5 207,751 3 10 Interest on capital at 4£ per cent. .. .. .. 7,238 6 2 6,153 13 2 7,022 2 1 20,414 1 5 82,385 7 9 69,060 0 0 76,719 17 6 228,165 5 3 Or. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Balance carried down .. .. .. .. 75,147 1 7 62,906 6 10 69,697 15 5 207,751 3 10 75,147 1 7 62,906 6 10 69,697 15 5 207,751 3 10 By Excess of expenditure over income after charging interest 82,385 7 9 69,060 0 0 76,719 17 6 228,165 5 3 on capital — -■ . —•— ' ■ ■- — — ' i—. —