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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS X.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.

1916 Salaries. Other C 1916-17. Other Charges. Total. £ i £ £ Vote. No. 60. —Adjutant-General's Branch 179,578 ( 6,247 185,825 ,, 61. —General Staff Branch ... ... 1( 10,370 10,370 ,, 62.—Quartermaster - General's ... 29! Branch 299,445 299,445 TOTAL OF CLASS X ... 179,578 3H 3 6,062 495,640 Item. 191 16-17. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH. ■ £ £ VOTE No. 60. Personnel — 1 | (a.) Officers' Pay — Imperial General Staff and New Zealand Staff Corps— 1 Brigadier-General at £900 3 Colonels: 1 at £750, 2 at £700 4 Lieut.-Colonels : 1 at £600, 3 at £550 4 General Staff Officers : 2 at £650 (also house allowance, 1 at £150), 2 at £500 ... 1 Royal Engineer Officer at £500 1 Royal Field Artillery Officer at £500 11 Majors : 1 at £475,10 at £450 3 Army Service Corps Officers: 1 at £550,1 at £350, lat £250 28 Captains: 7 at £400, 15 at £375, 6 at £350 38 Lieutenants: 6 at £300, 23 at £275, 9 at £250 ... 900 2,150 2,250 2,300 500 500 4,975 1,150 10,525 10,375 94 Less pay of 50 officers with Expeditionary Force 35,625 18,150 17,475 2 (b.) Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers Pay — New Zealand Permanent Staff— 45 Warrant Officers at £225 116 Staff Sergeant-majors at £210 50 Sergeant Instructors at £190 10,125 24,360 9,500 211 43,985 Less pay of 17 Warrant Officers and 66 N.C O's. absent with Expeditionary Force 17,485 26,500