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YEAE ENDING 31 MARCH, 1948

AIR DEPARTMENT— continued

(a) Expenditure for 1946-47 was lower than anticipated, due to consumption of stocks on hand. (b) Expenditure for 1946-47 was provided under item " Oils." (c) 1946-47 expenditure underestimated. The amount of £5,000 is anticipated to be sufficient for 1947-48 requirements. (d) This expenditure is now included in Subdivision VI. (e) This expenditure is now included in the item " Lubricants and oils." (/) Additional expenditure will be incurred on medical examinations of applicants for the Regular Air Force.

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1946-47. 1947-48. Y OTE —AIR—continued Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. Ill —Stores and Equipment £ £ £ —continued Charges for and incidental to —continued Fuel— Aviation 145,750 367,300 (a) 79,000 Motor transport 51,600 58,400 42,040 Furniture, bedding and barrack equipment 4,000 1,000 3,100 Lubricants and oils 25,625 (&) Marine craft spares 7,000 9,900 ' 1,405 Miscellaneous stores 25,500 4,400 4,000 Paints and dopes 4,000 10,750 3,798 Photographic and navigational stores 3,500 350 64 Wireless spares 2,600 4,750 Workshop equipment and spares 5,000 2,500 (c) 105,500 Motor-vehicle spares (d) 7,000 4,500 Oils — Aviation (e) 46,400 14,000 Motor transport .. ( e ) 3,300 1,950 Radio teletype stores 200 Signal spares 250 Total—Subdivision No. Ill 774,475 533,500 405,357 Subdivision No. IV —Medical Services Charges for and incidental to — Medical and dental treatment, supplies, &c. .. (/) 13,310 5,000 8,000 Total—Subdivision No. IV 13,310 5,000 8,000