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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services

iom. 18' '7-98. PERMANENT MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS. 1897-98. Total number of officers 314 VOTE No. 66. Salaries— No. 1 Service Company — 2 Majors at £250 per annum 2 Captains at £225 per annum 2 Lieutenants at £175 per annum 4 Military Cadets : 2 at £50, and 2 at £40 per annum 1 Master Gunner at 10s. per day 4 Sergeants-Major at 8s. 6d. per day ... 8 Sergeants at 8s. per day ... 1 Artillery Instructor at 8s. 6d. per day 8 Corporals at 7s. 6d. per day 8 Bombardiers at 7s. 3d. per day 12 Artificers at 7s. per day ... 56 Gunners, 1st Class, at 6s. 6d. per day 8 Gunners, 2nd Class, at 6s. per day ... 51 Gunners at 5s. 6d. per day 41 Gunners at 5s. per day ... 5 Trumpeters at 3s. per day 500 450 350 180 183 621 1,168 156 1,096 1,060 1,533 6,643 876 5,120 3,742 274 No. 2 Service Company — 3 Captains : 1 at £400 (6 months), 1 at £300, and 1 at £250 1 Lieutenant 1 Submarine Mining Instructor at 7s. per day 4 Sergeants-Major at 8s. 6d. per day 4 Sergeants at 8s. per day ... 4 Corporals at 7s. 6d. per day 4 Bombardiers, at 7s. 3d. per day 32 Gunners, 1st Class, at 7s. per day 16 Gunners at 5s. 6d. per day 8 Gunners at 5s. per day 23,952 750 175 128 621 584 548 530 4,088 1,752 730 9,906 3 Salary of Medical Officer, Permanent Militia ... 50 4 5 6 7 8 Other Charges— Travelling-expenses Repairing and painting Buildings Fuel and Light Gas and Water Maintenance and Repairs of Torpedo-boats, Boat-sheds, Launches, &c. House Allowance Volunteer Instruction Clothing Freight, cartage, &c. Stores for maintenance of guns and batteries Contingencies (Artillery and Torpedo Branches) 400 50 150 150 ! 1,000 400 200 550 450 500 1,000 9 10 11 12 13 14 Less estimated credits under section 41 of "The Public Revenues Act, 1891 " 4,850 2,000 2,850 36,758