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DEFENCE DEPARTMENT. Headquarters General Activities Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1925. Dr. £ s. d. Cr. £ s. d. To Pay, military, civil, and Territorial .. .. .. 51,348 10 sßy Rent of houses, quarters, drill-halls, Grants for rifle shooting and purchase and engraving of and offices, and interest on mortgage 4,017 19 2 medals .. .. .. .. .. 92 10 3 Departmental rental value of buildMedical examination, attendance, and hospital charges.. 181 15 3 ings occupied .. .. .. 36,942 11 9 Advertising, printing, stationery, postages, repairs, and Grazing-rights on rifle ranges .. 1,880 7 9 washing .. .. .. .. .. 5,036 17 II Fines, Territorials and Cadets .. 57 3 0 Hire of drill-halls, offices and buildings, grounds, boat- Refund regimental funds grant .. 400 0 0 sheds and launches (including departmental rental Excess of expenditure over income value of buildings occupied) .. .. .. 27,855 8 2 (carried down) .. .. .. 108,411 14 3 Compensation and special allowances, guards of honour, and funeral expenses .. .. .. .. 246 010 Cost and upkeep of targets and rifle ranges .. .. 801 15 10 Rations, fuel, light, water, and forage .. .. 3,722 14 1 Courts of inquiry, law-c.osts, and rewards to the Police Force .. .. .. .. .. .. 153 411 Travelling-expenses, railway and steamer fares, freights and cartage .. .. .. .. .. 7,703 2 2 Horse-hire and maintenance of horses .. .. 381 14 5 Clothing, stores, and ammunition .. .. .. 10,079 7 2 Use of vessel for Defence purposes .. .. .. 51 0 0 Additional pay, passages, and expenses of officers abroad on duty .. .. .. .. .. 4,754 13 1 Expenses in connection with wireless sets .. .. 55 610 Subsidies to officers' clubs .. .. .. . . 480 10 8 Electric power for street and camp lighting and pumping drainage .. .. .. .. .. 1,769 0 11 Grants to Y.M.C.A. secretaries .. .. .. 191 13 4 Fees for technical inspection of arms, &c., damaged at Lower Hutt fire .. .. .. .. 33 18 0 Rij'e Clubs. Share of pay of military staffs .. .. .. 750 0 0 Railway fares .. .. .. .. .. 370 1 5 Small-arms ammunition issued free or at less than cost price .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,029 8 7 Share of cost of upkeep of targets, and maintenance of rifle ranges .. .. .. .. .. 25 14 4 Rent of departmental buildings occupied .. .. 574 15 9 Miscellaneous charges .. .. .. .. 57 17 11 Non-effective Services. Stores, arms, &c., destroyed in the fire at Lower Hutt Drill-hall .. .. .. .. .. 17,985 13 0 Compensation to Miss M. D. McKay .. .. 500 11 6 Compensation to Mr. J. H. Penrose for destruction of a hut by fire .. .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Compensation to troops for damage and loss occasioned by the flood at Eskdale Camp .. .. .. 420 11 6 Depreciation on— £s. d. Buildings .. .. .. 8,438 4 10 Libraries .. .. .. 38 13 11 Wireless sets .. .. .. 137 12 6 Furniture .. .. .. 341 6 5 8,955 17 8 £151,709 15 11 £151,709 15 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance brought down .. .. .. .. 108,411 14 3By Excess of expenditure over income Interest on capital, one year on £s. d. after charging interest on capital.. 170,545 15 0 £3,660,270 os. 4d. at 4£ per cent. 164,654 11 4. Less amount transferred to— Aviation Revenue £s. d. Account .. 418 6 5 Ordnance Revenue Account .. 101,934 12 7 " Janie Seddon " Revenue Account 167 11 7 , — 102,520 10 7 62,134 0 9 £170,545 15 0 £170,545 15 0 Note.—The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriations : (a) Rental value, £481, as assessed by the Public Works Department; (6) interest at 4J per cent, on capital as at Ist April, 1924.