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DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued. Cadet Forces Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931.

Aviation Eevenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ r d To Pay, military, civil, and'flying .. .. 14,470 7 0 By Passenger flights .. .. .. .. 62 0 0 Advertising, printing, stationery, postages, &c. 636 11 1 Registration fees .. .. .. .. 156 11 9 Travelling allowances and expenses, motor, rail, Rents of reserves .. .. .. .. 87 15 0 and steamer fares, freights and cartage .. 2,545 9 4 Hcuts of buildings .. .. .. 535 17 3 Expenses and upkeep of aircraft, stores, cloth- Excess of expenditure over income, carried ing, &c. .. .. .. .. 14,393 14 3 down .. .. .. .. .. 50,187 1 9 Value of aeroplane crashed and written off .. 381 10 6 Value of stores damaged, lost, &c, written off 59 0 3 Pay, travelling, and other expenses of refresher courses for pilots .. .. .. 95 4 9 Compensation and medical expenses in accident cases .. .. .. .. .. 29 3 6 Maintenance of buildings and aerodromes .. 783 5 8 New Zealand's proportion expenses of International Commission on Air Navigation .. 29 4 1 Allowances and expenses of officers undergoing instruction abroad .. .. .. 1,544 0 5 Contribution to Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for upper-air navigation 300 0 0 Aeroplane search for Messrs. Hudson and Sylvester, lost at sea in yacht .. .. 25 0 0 Civil aviation —Expenses and grants.. .. 3,949 13 11 Depreciation on— £ s. d. Buildings, &c. .. ..3,151 15 10 Furniture .. .. 38 6 5 Aircraft, engines, power machinery, and motor-vehicles 8,596 18 9 11,787 1 0 £51,029 5 9 £51,029 5 9 £ s. d. £ g , d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. 50,187 1 9 By Excess of expenditure over income after Interest on capital at 4£ per cent. .. .. 11,656 1 3 charging interest on capital .. .. 61,843 3 0 £61,843 3 0 £61,843 3 0

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— Northern Command. Central Command. Southern Command. Total, rr t> " r : ■ ., , „ £ 8. d. £ B. d. £ e. d. £ 8. d. ro Pay, military, civil, and Territorial .. .. .. 8,926 10 3 9,987 16 9 12,130 11 8 31044 18 8 Clothing, stores, and ammunition .. .. .. 3,255 8 8 2,852 16 2 5,605 18 3 3 1 Advertising, printing, stationery, postages, telegrams, 185 17 11 7 4 216 19 1 677 4 4 telephones, repairs, cleaning, laundering, &e. Maintenance and hire of drill-halls, buildings, offices, j 297 16 5 876 8 11 174 12 2 1 348 17 6 parade-grounds, rifle ranges, boat-sheds, launches, camps, &c. Rations, forage, fuel, light, and water .. .. 181 0 1 197 5 2 398 4 6 776 9 9 Regimental and bands funds grants, and eiignivin 94 7 4 ! 115 11 2 26 13 11 266 12 5 and trophies Subsidies to officers' clubs .. .. .. .. 37 10 0 61 9 2 lL>. r > 0 0 ■ IIW 19 2 Horse-hire and maintenance of horses .. .. .. 21 19 2 J!) 9 7 j 51 8 9 Travelling allowances and expenses, rail, steamer, tram, 728 0 6 376 1 11 489 il "i 1,593 11 10 motor, and ferry fares, freights and cartage. Stores lost, stolen, destroyed, &c, now written off .. 25 18 2 30 6 6 80 15 6 142 0 2 13,732 9 4 14,829 2 3 I 19,177 14 1 47,739 5 8 To Excess of expenditure over income brought down .. 13,732 9 4 14,829 2 3 19,177 14 1 47,739 5 8 Interest on capital at 4£ per cent. .. .. .. 1,607 5 7 2,068 7 4 II 11 4 10 15,339 14 11 16,897 9 7 21,930 6 0 54,167 10 6 _ TO , Cr - £ e. d. £ b. d. £ b. d. £ s. d. By Balance earned down .. .. .. .. 13,732 9 4 14,829 2 3 19,177 14 1 47,739 5 8 13,732 9 4 14,829 2 3 j 19,177 14 1 47,739 5 8 By Excess of expenditure over income after charging interest 15,339 14 11 16,897 9 7 21,930 6 0 54,167 10 6 on capital _ Cost per head of Senior Cadets— Exclusive of headquarters administrative expenses and 1 15 0 2 2 10 :.' f> 2 2 10 interest on capital Including headquarters administrative expenses .. 5 17 0 8 18 5 5 17 1 5 17 5