OUR WAR BILL
A statement of the war expenses of thei Now Zealand. Government to December 31 ■was made available by the Defence Minister at Wellington yesterday. The total expenditure was £32,513,711. The following were the biggest and most interesting items:—Pay and allowances, £12,825,848; per capita payment to the War Office for the maintenance of New Zealand troops in the field, £7,800,000; transport of troops, freight, etc., including the_ charter of steamers, £4,364,752; equipment, £2,554,103; rations, £1,253,075; expenses of camps, £570,718; medicals, including the cost of field hospitals and medical service, £498,121; hospital ship Maheno, £271.704 ; hospital ship Marama, £258,859; distribution of war • news and casualty lists, £260,000; total expenditure in connection with the military occupation of Samoa, £341,159.
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Evening Star, Issue 16675, 6 March 1918, Page 2
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119OUR WAR BILL Evening Star, Issue 16675, 6 March 1918, Page 2
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