B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1948

ARMY DEPARTMENT— continued

(a) Decrease owing to fewer personnel in camp. (b) Purchase of stocks for minimum current requirements. (c) Overexpenditure in 1946-47 due to orders coming to hand earlier than anticipated, with consequent reduction in present year's requirements. (d) Increase due to expenditure previously charged to War Expenses Account. (e) Increase due to expenditure on items previously charged to War Expenses Account and to provision of married quarters at camps, &c.

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1946-47. 1947-48. VOTE—ARMY —continued Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. Ill—Stores and Equipment £ £ £ A.S.C. supplies other than foodstuffs (a) 62,000 104,300 103,767 Field and heavy gun ammunition (b) 70,000 100 100 M.T. — Vehicles 6,000 500 508 Spare parts 12,000 15,000 14,790 Medical and dental stores 10,000 10,000 10,003 Ordnance stores (c)220,000 400,000 (c) 453,333 Small-arms ammunition 2,000 100 100 Total —Subdivision No. Ill 382,000 530,000 582,601 Subdivision No. IV—Medical Services Medical fees 20,000 5,000 4,979 Medical treatment 40,000 25,000 25,946 Total —Subdivision No. IV (d) 60,000 30,000 30,925 Subdivision No. V—Land, Buildings, and Fortifications Camps and stores 92,000 20,000 20,080 Drill-halls and offices 15,000 10,000 9,374 Fortifications 30,000 1,000 1,033 Magazines (houses of magazine-keepers) 5,000 10,000 9,998 Miscellaneous 250 250 234 Petrol storage £ 7,750 7,750 7,583 Works expenditure .. .. 106,000 Other expenditure.. .. .. 44,000 150,000 Total —Subdivision No. V (e)150,000 49,000 48,302