THE WAR BILL

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9824, 22 November 1917, Page 6

THE WAR BILL

NEW ZEALAND’S SHARE EXPENDITURE TILL END OF SEPTEMBER £26.614,730. The following statement of expend!ture from War Expenses Account, showing the amounts expended on the various items for the quarter September 30th, 1917, and the total expenditure since the beginning of the war, has been submitted to the Minister for Defence (the Hon. Sir James Allen): — WAR EXPENDITURE. Total for Grand total till Sept, quarter. Sept. 30th, 191".

Total 2,924,785 9 6 26,816,475 2 4 In addition to the above, the imprests outstanding at September 30w fast in New Zealand were 16s 4d ; and those m London, £2,&^0,2^.1 3s; making a total of £30,965,/9o Is The following note is appended to the statement: —“No claim bas been received from the War Offifc formnmtenanco at the rate of £6.t0,090 per month, and the outstanding liability at this rate from April Ist, 1917, amonn ing to £3,900,000, is not included in the attached return. It does, however, include negular remittances of £6.5,000 per month for charges, increased to pcmonth from September Ist, iJI ■

£ 9. d. £ 6. d. A dvcrtising, printing, oiCo equipnient, etc.... 13,215 16 0 86,631 11 4 Allowances to wives ot Imperial soldiets and peso rvista and members of tho motor 'boat patrol residing in N.Z. 1.123 19 2 7,439 16 5 Camps — expenses of (i u c 1 tiding c o ncentrating) 33,123 11 i 5-42,500 11 9 Canteens on transports .. 2,77 > 2er. 13,548 16 C Clerical assistanoe 7 11 149,686 9 8 0 oinmissions of Inquiry... — 1,067 10 7 Deposits for a 1 lotments paid through Post Offices in the Unitcd Kingdom 8,000 0 0 117,650 0 0 Die charged Soldiers’ Infor motion D epartment 4,753 expenses 863 3 1 4 1 D istribution of war news and casualtv lists in TC.Z 200,000 0 0 Donations refunded and transferred 1,169 14 3 E q. uipment (i n o luding purchase of hoots, clothing, G.S. wogons, ammuni tion carts, etc.) 285,64-4 2 4 2,323.226 19 10 Forage 19,954 19 Ocl231,299 9 0 Freight Great Britain and Belgian relief produce 656 16 11 Grants toregimental funds 1,000 0 0 3,699 0 0 Grants to soldiers’ hostels —L o nd o n, .£9780; N.Z., £1379 10s lOd 7,428 7 8 11,159 10 10 Half cost of ro- insurance 'of death benefits of memi bers of friend. 1 ly societies serving with Expeditionary Fore© — 7,423 9 5 Home defence (forts, barhour patrols, examinati o n of steamers, gnardin g cables, wireless stations. railway picquets, cenIft.XfiS 11 1A 276,797 * Hospital ship 38,663 8 8 259.037 16 10 Hospital ship 2$D,89Q 21,507 13 8 7 6 Maintenance of indigent enemy subjects in N.Z. — 103 10 0 Mech a u i ca l transport (ineluding motor cars, bicycles, oil for motors. 1 etc.) 12,213 13 U 22.781 16 o Medical (ineluding fees, e q u i pment for hospitals field bosp i t a 1 s and ambulances, surgical ins truments. o omforts, etc.) 51,857 11 X 421,424 8 2 Military Service Act. (expenses of administration. i n o 1 u d ing Boo uniting, Military Serrice, & Medical Boards) 42,610 11 1 71,175 2 5 National Efficiency Board A d ministrative Exes. ... 2,876 6 9 4.373 13 8 N.Z. Munitions & Supplies Depart-2,0-10 5 1 7,376 6 4 Pay and allowances ... 1,902,170 4 8 11,308,962 6 4 Per capita payments to W a r Office - for maintenanee of N.Z. Troops in tho field, amm unit ion. extra transport, etc. ... 4,500,000 0 0 Postage, telegrams, tele. phones (ineluding proparintr war news cables for despatch to N.Z. from the United Kingdom ‘ & cable charges thereon) 14,303 11 4 79,623 9 1 Prisoners o f

war 4,814 8 Purchase of horses and expenses incidental there5 65,825 8 7 to ..... • 529 B 8 210,209 16 8 Rations 61,412 9 Superannuation paid by Government on behalf of Civil Servants serving with Expo d itionary 9 1,113,347 13 2 Force 9,293 IS Transport ot •troops clutlingcharter of steamers, meals, and fares of men travelling to join, freight, oart0 54,057 11 5 age. ete.) ... 833.430 11 Travelling expenses 3 4,196,384 13 11 allowances 314 IS War bonus of - 9,848 11 3 "Military Staff 7 10 Administritiv* Samoa — tun*0 6,523 15 3

dry expenses re ooverablo from Samoan Adm inisiration .« — 13 0 0 Financial Assist&iico B’d s n —-espouses 3,840 $1 3 4,025 13 6 Total n-et expenditure 2,914,785 9 6 26.614,73ft 1 10 Expenditure for relief •purposes — Belgium ••• 10,000 0 Nott ZeaVd 0 211,584 4 1G0 16 6 0 Appropriation. Act, 1915Section 15... — 20,000 0 0