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CLASS XIII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

Item. 1899-1900. MISCELLANEOUS SEBVICES. £ £ 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 5 0 7 Vote No. 69. Boring Cylinders for HP. Mountings, B.L. Guns Compassionate Allowance to the Children, of late Torpedoman Heighton at the rate of £1 per week Compassionate Allowance to ex-Torpedoman Cornwall for injuries received at the Shelly Bay explosion, at 15s. per week Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Sergeant O. Olive, killed at Mahanga Bay explosion, at the rate of 15s. per week Compassionate allowance to the widow and three children of the late Corporal H. Blick, killed at the Mahanga Bay explosion, at the rate of £1 10s per week Compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Sapper W. A. Teague, killed at the Mahanga Bay explosion Compassionate allowance '(7s. 6d. per week) to child of late Sapper W. A. Teague, killed at the Mahanga Bay explosion ... ... Compassionate allowance to widow of late Corporal John Gauntlet, Permanent Militia (additional) Compensation to Sergeant-Majors on retirement from service Expenses in connection with " Explosives Act Amendment Act, 1897 " Expenses, Rifle-shooting Competitions ... Expenses in connection with the gun-cotton explosion at Mahanga Bay ... •■• ■■■ Expenses towards rebuilding the Sea-wall of the Military Cemetery at Tauranga, Moiety of Gymnasiums for Volunteers ... Headstones for graves of men killed at the Mahanga Bay explosion Passages and Expenses of two Military Cadets sent to England for Instruction Passages from England of three officers and seven noncommissioned officers as Instructors Pension to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford Pension of late F. G. Bawson, continued to his Widow Pension to Aperahama Tahumirangi for wounds received while in the service of the New Zealand Government Pensions to Becipients of N.Z. Cross Proportion of Salaries of two' Inspectors of Explosives Proportion of Salary and Expenses of Imperial Officer in London as Inspector of Warlike Stores Purchase of vessel for submarine mining ... Purchase, &c, of Medals Purchase of Small-arms Ammunition Eepairs, &c, to Military Graveyards Bepairs to Machinery and Hulls of Steam-launches and Torpedo-boats Bepairs to Jetty at Shelly Bay Special Allowance to ex-Constable Packer, for serious permanent injuries received in the service Special Allowance to ex-Constable Miles Leighton, for serious permanent injuries received in the service... Subsidy to Dannevirke drill-shed Volunteer Camps of Instruction Wairau Massacre Monument (improvement of grounds) 300 52 39 26 54 300 20 68 300 300 700 100 75 300 50 16 400 17 650 46 45 18 19 20 10 170 109 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 190 6.000 150 14,000 100 1,000 100 29 30 40 31 30 1.50 4,000 50 32 33 34 Total —Vote No. 69 ... 29,924 TAL OP CLASS XIII. £149,020