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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT.

1918-19. Salarios. Other Charges. Total. £ £ £ Vote No. 53.—Adjutant-General's Branch 212,709 8,557 221,266 ,, 54.—General Staff Branch 12,770 12,770 ,, 55.—Quartermaster - General's Branch 267,661 267,661 TOTAL OF CLASS XII 212,709 2. 18,988 501,697 Item. 19 8-19. ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S BRANCH. VOTE No. 53. Personnel— (a.) Officers' Pay — Imperial General Staff and New Zealand Staff Corps — 1 Major-General at £1,200 ' ... 2 Colonels at £750 3 Lieut.-Colonels : 1 at £650, 2 at £600 4 General Staff Officers : 1 at £800, 1 at £750, 2 at £500 13 Majors : 2 at £525, 8 at £475, 3 at £450 29 Captains: 18 at £400, 8 at £375, 3 at £350 35 Lieutenants : 26 at £300, 6 at £275, 3 at £250 ... Extra pay to officers holding temporary higher rank £ £ 1 1,200 1,500 1,850 mSh 2,550 6 ,200 11,250 10,200 900 87 35,650 — Less pay of 54 officers chargeable to War Expenses Account 21,210 14,440 (b.) Warrant and Non-Commissioned Officers' Pay — New Zealand Permanent Staff — 61 Warrant Officers at £225 100 Staff Sergeant-majors : 76 at £225, 24 at £210 4 Sergeant Instructors at £190 13,725 22,140 760 165 36,625 Less pay of 33 Warrant Officers and 40 N.C.O.s chargeable to War Expenses Account 16,135 20,490