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Detailed Statement of Expenditure from the Beginning of the War to the 31st March, 1925 —continued.

Particulars. Expenditure. Expenditure under Public Revenues Amendment Act, 1914, and Finance Act, 1918—continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. .. .. 9,146 7 9 Canterbury District— Salaries.. .. .. .. .. .. 1,377 13 4 Travelling expenses and allowances.. .. .. 1,643 19 0 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 445 5 4 Office expenses .. .. .. .. .. 1,096 2 5 4,763 0 1 Otago District— Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,106 2 9 Travelling expenses and allowances.. .. .. 909 19 2 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 138 2 11 Office expenses .. .. .. .. .. 1,096 3 8 3,250 8 6 17,159 16 4 Less credits .. .. .. ■. .. 737 16 8 16,421 19 8 Military-supplies Purchase Office— Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 16,556 10 4 Office equipment .. .. .. .. .. 538 15 1 Postage, telegrams, &c. .. .. .. .. 1,803 16 8 Office expenses .. .. .. .. .. 2,714 16 8 Travelling-expenses.. .. .. .. •• 531 8 10 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. 2,067 15 1 Experiments .. .. .. .. .. 612 6 2 24,825 8 10 Less credits .. .. •• •• 1,214 9 10 23,610 19 0 New Zealand Expeditionery Eorce Educational and Vocational trainingNew Zealand .. .. .. .. .. 77,554 14 2 Abroad .. .. .. .. .. .. 89,844 18 3 167,399 12 5 Less credits .. .. .. .. .. 15,293 11 8 152,106 0 9 Pay and allowances— Samoa— Allotted.. .. .. .. .. .. 115,621 2 6 Pay .. .. .. .. .. .. 119,814 19 0 Hospital Ship No. 1 -. " Maheno " — Allotted.. .. .. .. .. .. 32,889 17 7 Pay .. .. .. .. .. .. 28,275 4 1 Hospital Ship " Marama " — Allotted.. .. .. .. .. .. 41,610 18 3 Pay .. .. .. .. .. .. 22,075 14 0 Main Body and Reinforcements—• Allotted.. .. .. .. .. .. 14,407,868 13 8 Pay .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,065,921 5 0 Pay (camps)—allotted and pay .. .. .. 4,671,153 8 0 ———29,505,231 2 1 j Retrospective married allowance .. .. .. .. 553,885 14 Retrospective children's allowance .. .. ..j .. 313,559 15 1 Retrospective widowed mothers' and other dependants'j .. 125,827 12 8 allowances Pay and allowances—continued. % Allowances to wives of Imperial Reservists and difference .. 286,410 16 6 between N.Z. Expeditionary Force pay and Imperial pay to members of Imperial Forces resident in New Zealand Payments to London General Post Office for allotments .. 576,212 12 6 paid through post-offices in the United Kingdom ——— — 31,361,127 0 2 Less credits .. .. .. .. .. 333,336 15 4 I — ———131,027,790 4 10 Per capita payments to War Offico for maintenance of New .. 15,735,000 0 0 Zealand troops in the field—Ammunition, extra transport, &c. Less credits* .. .. .. .. .. 1,365,279 9 9 14,369,720 10 3 Postage, telegrams, telephones, &c., and preparing war-news cables for despatch to New Zealand from the United Kingdom, and cable charges thereon — Postage, &c.— Samoa .. .. .. .. .. . ■ 2,084 6 10 Egypt .. .. .. .. .. .. 26,663 18 II United Kingdom .. .. .. .. 85,449 1 10 New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. 169,327 18 11 Other places .. .. .. .. .. 618 5 11 Preparing war-news cables in High Commissioner's Office 7,363 1 2 and cable charges thereon 291,506 13 7 Less credits .. .. .. .. .. 18,596 3 10 ■ 1 272,910 9 9 * For amount refunded by War Office and remitted to New Zealand, £750,000; and amount redebited to War Office, on account of advances in excess of actual cost of maintenance of troops in field, £615,270 9s. 9d.