OCCUPATION OF SAMOA.
COST TO THE DOMINION.
TOTAL TO MARCH 31, £270,163.
[BY TKLEi.BAPH — CORBESPOSDESIJ
WELLINGTON. Fri3 The following statement showing the «** to New Zealand of the military occcp»tion of Samoa, to March 31, 1916, *" presented to the House of Representative* to-day by the Minister for Defence:— Mobilisation and equipment of troopsadvance partv and Samcan reliefs— camp*» £2481 lis; "equipment, £7582 tW* office expenses, advertising, etc, *** _ Id; postage, telegrams, etc., £856 10s 3d; total, £10.817 10s Bd. Transport, including hire, fitting o»> stores, fuel, etc, for transports ~~j*? aki £10.672 6s lid, Monowai £15,577 » 9d, Talnne £14,697 2s 3d; other iteffl* « transport, men returning, freight, < > £44.110 4s 2d: total, £82.856 17s IdPav—advance partv and reliefs— otroops and allotments, £129,786 5s Si Provisions and Supplies *-**?£. £10,287 12s. rations £51.871 lis WJ* medical expenses £2030 19s 3d; «** £44.190 3s Id. — Other items:—Administrative «*I*~: at Samoa paid by New Zealand &*«*■ ment—refund asked for—£343s V* »» amount refunded £2630 4s 7d, »»*** £745 9s lid; mechanical transport, £U£ 14s sd; purchase of horses, £602 J* ?■• total. £2551 15s Id. « The total net expenditure to M*rdJ *» was £270.183 lis Bd. The P l **}. mated monthly expenditure ii £***"•
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 6
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190OCCUPATION OF SAMOA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 6
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