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DEFENCE DEPARTMENT. Headquarters General Activities Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Pay, military, civil, and Territorial .. .. 66,510 19 .10 By Rent of quarters, drill-halls, and offices 3,826 10 1 Grants for rifle shooting, and purchase and engraving Departmental rental value of buildings, of medals .. .. .. .. .. 1,986 14 5 &c., occupied .. .. .. 34,669 8 6 Medals issued during year, including war-medals .. 1,603 7 6 Grazing rights on rifle ranges and Medical examinations, attendance, and hospital charges 354 8 5 reserves . .. .. 509 1 6 Advertising, printing, stationery, postages, telegrams, Fines, Territorial and Cadets .. 99 19 4 telephones, repairs, cleaning and office expenses .. 6,253 2 0 Excess of expenditure over income, Maintenance.and hire of drill-halls, offices and buildings, carried down .. .. .. 171,898 13 6 parade-grounds, boat-sheds and launches (including departmental rental value of buildings occupied) .. 28,478 3 3 Compensation for sickness and accidents, special allowances, guards of honour, and funeral expenses .. 646 10 0 Maintenance of rifle ranges and targets .. .. 719 19 0 Rations, forage, fuel, light, and water .. .. 4,413 17 6 Courts of Inquiry, legal expenses and rewards to police 48 3 6 Travelling allowances and expenses, removal expenses, rail, steamer, tram, coach and ferry fares, freight and cartage .. .. .. .. .. 16,538 11 9 Hire and maintenance of horses .. .. .. 1,469 13 4 Clothing, stores, and ammunition .. .. . • 44,773 7 4 Use of Defence vessel for training purposes, &c. .. 2 5 0 Allowances and expenses of officers undergoing training abroad .. .. .. .. .. 8,875 19 2 Expenses in connection with wireless installations .. 41 15 11 Subsidies to officers' clubs .. .. .. 2 10 0 Electric power for camp lighting and drainage .. 1,762 3 0 Grants towards Y.M.C.A. secretaries at Territorial camps 300 0 0 Loss on sale buildings, Eeatherston Camp .. .. 1,568 11 9 Difference between book value and amount realized on sale old cottage, Trentham .. .. .. 400 0 0 Loss on disposal drill-hall, Kumara .. .. 37 6 0 Loss on Waiuku orderly-room, burned .. .. 42 19 1 Rifle Clubs and National Rifle Association. Proportion of pay of military staff .. .. .. 822 14 4 Railway fares .. .. .. .. .. 696 15 0 Small-arms ammunition issued free and at less than cost 8,056 2 9 Departmental rental value of buildings and ranges .. 542 14 0 Miscellaneous charges .. .. .. .. 59 5 8 Grants to National Rifle Association .. .. 1,000 0 0 Non-effective Services. Compensation to wife of L. P. O'Neill (deceased) .. 214 0 0 Contribution towards pensions of Imperial officers and non-commissioned officers on loan to New Zealand Government .. .. .. .. ■. 104 3 6 University fees, ex Duntroon College Cadets.... 86 9 6 Balance New Zealand Expeditionary Force pay and gratuity .. .. .. .. .. 274 16 8 Miscellaneous charges .. .. .. - .. 17 10 0 Disposals Depot—Loss on year's transactions after charging expenses of sales .. .. .. 369 7 10 Depreciation on— £ s. d. Buildings .. .. .. 11,255 4 8 Photostat .. .. .. 15 0 0 Libraries .. .. .. 42 4 4 Wireless installations .. .. 137 12 6 Furniture .. .. .. 479 4 5 — — 11,929 5 11 £211,003 12 11 £211,003 12 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. To Excess of expenditure over income, brought down .. 171,898 13 6 By Excess of expenditure over income £ s. d. after charging interest on capital .. 241,071 0 4 Interest on capital at 4J per cent. .. 69,310 14 4 Less gravel royalties received by Lands Department .. .. .. 138 7 6 69,172 6 10 £241,071 0 4 £241,071 0 4 Note.—The Revenue Accounts include departmental charges for rental value of buildings, &c., occupied, and interest on capital, for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation.

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