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B—7

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XII.—DEFENCE DEPARTMENT— continued.

Item. 1918-19. QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S BRANCHconiinued. £ £ VOTE No. 55— continued. Ordnance — continued. Clothing — Supply of uniforms, &c, for Territorial Force Supply of uniforms, &c, for Senior Cadets 40 41 33,200 11,900 42 43 44 45 Other Charges for and incidental to — Audit fees for inspection of accounts Components for wireless apparatus Cost of conducting Coal-trade Committees Expenses in connection with the purchase of warlike stores in England, including salary of clerk to Inspector of Warlike Stores Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908 Funeral expenses Grant to Hutt County Council in full and final payment for upkeep of road between Trentham Camp and Taita v 150 50 1,000 100 100 50 46 47 48 49 50 300 30 51 52 53 Insurance on buildings Labour, repairs, and additions to magazines, store buildings, and grounds, fuel, light, and water Passages and expenses of Cadets attending Royal Australian Military College (including pay) Passages and expenses of officers and non-com-missioned officers to and from England and other parts of the Empire, including travelling-expenses and all other allowances ... Payments in respect of injuries, sickness, &o., sustained by members of Expeditionary Force ... Postage, telegrams, and letter-boxes Printing, stationery, and advertising ... ... Purchase and engraving of medals Purchase of coal from the Admiralty, and expenses incidental thereto (recoverable) Refund Customs duty Shipping charges, freights, cartage, &o. ... Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 1,100 6,500 200 100 6,000 4,000 150 54 55 56 57 mj* 58 59 60 1,250 300 4,000 50 Less estimated credits under section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910-1913 ... ... 252,861 30,000 Capital and Non-recurrent Expenditure— (a.) Guns and Ammunition — Armaments: 18-pounder Q.F. guns, 4-5" howitzers, and Maxim guns, and ordnance ammunition 222,861 61 24,000 62 (b.) Arms — Arms and spare parts, &c. ... 10,000 63 64 65 (c.) Equipment, dc. — Accoutrements, haversacks, water-bottles, tools (entrenching), and other equipment Army service transport wagons, harness, water-carts and equipment Camp equipment, including tents, marquees, field cookers, &c, nose-bags, kit-bags, Ac. ... Field engineering equipment (including signalling equipment for signal companies and troops, and railway battalions) 4,000 850 3,000 66 600