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DEFENCE DEPARTMENT—continued. Cadet Forces Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1930.

Aviation Revenue Account for the Year, ended 31st March, 1030. Dr. £ s. d. Or. £ s. d. To Pay, military, flying, and casual-duty flights .. 10,711 18 6 By Passenger flights .. .. .. . ■ 267 10 0 Advertising, printing, stationery, postages, &c. 345 2 11 Rents of reserves .. .. 109 14 11 Travelling allowances and expenses, motor, rail, Rents of buildings . .. . . • . 297 6 0 and steamer fares, freights and cartage .. 2,702 510 License fees .. .. .. 88 10 0 Expenses and upkeep of aircraft, stores, cloth- Excess of expenditure over income carried ing, &c. .. .. .. . ■ 5,274 18 4 down .. .. .. .. .. 3.'!,557 5 0 Value of damaged machine and stores written off 290 2 I Value of horse died and written off .. .. 12 10 0 Pay, travelling, and other expenses of refresher courses for pilots .. .. .. 1,459 14 3 Compensation and medical expenses in accident cases .. .. . . .. .. 43 10 (i Maintenance of buildings and aerodromes .. 940 14 4 New Zealaud's proportion expenses of International Commission on Air Navigation .. 07 210 Allowances and expenses of officers undergoing instruction abroad .. .. .. 1,686 15 6 Expenses of Air Marshall Sir John Salmond reporting on aviation in New Zealand . . 639 3 3 Old buildings demolished and written off . . 23 3 6 , Expenses of search for Messrs. Chandler and Macdonald after forced landing .. .. 55 9 0 Grants to clubs for training pilots .. .. 1,025 0 0 Expenses attending air pageants . . . . 114 2 5 Depreciation on— £ s. d. Buildings, &c. .. .. 1,863 7 8 Furniture .. .. • • 36 13 5 Aircraft, engines, power machinery, and motor-vehicles 6,428 5 7 8,328 6 8 £34,320 5 11 £34,320 5 11 £ s. dj £ s. d. To Balance brought down . . .. . . 33,557 5 0 By Excess of expenditure over income after chargInterest on capital at 4i per cent. .. .. 8,165 19 10 ing interest on capital .. .. .. 41,723 410 £41,723 4 10 £41,723- 4 10

Northern Command. I Central Command. Southern Command. Total. . . . . Dr. I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Pay, military, civil, and Territorial .. .. .. 10,556 1 1 11,255 13 0 13,592 14 9 35,40-t 8 10 Clothing, stores, and ammunition .. .. .. 6,531 IS 11 7,207 6 9 8,524 11 3 22,263 16 11 Medical examinations, attendance, hospital charges, 1 10 0 71 10 6 2 4 8 75 5 2 medicine, &c. Advertising, printing, stationery, postages, telegrams, 372 0 6 493 8 2 715 7 5 1,580 16 1 telephones, repairs, cleaning, laundering, &c. Maintenance and hire of drill-halls, buildings, offices, 540 12 0 1,014 12 8 663 5 2 2,218 9 10 parade-grounds, boat-sheds, launches, camps, &c. Maintenance of rifle ranges and targets .. .. 17 10 3 96 3 8 9 13 8 123 7 7 Rations, forage, fuel, light, and water .. .. 1,251 0 5 1,438 2 6 1,379 13 1 1 4,068 16 0 Regimental and bands funds grants .. .. ,. 352 17 10 324 19 1 340 5 2 1,018 2 I Subsidies to officers' clubs .. .. .. .. 52 10 0 75 0 0 150 0 0 277 10 0 Horse-hire and maintenance of horses .. .. i 1 0 6 44 8 9 33 8 9 78 18 0 Travelling allowances and expenses, rail, steamer, tram, : 1,910 12 1 2,046 3 1 2,830 14 2 6,787 9 4 coach, and ferry fares, freights and cartage Stores lost, stolen, destroyed, &c., now written off . . 23 9 8 31 9 7 69 19 7 124 18 10 j 21,611 3 3 24,098 17 9 28,311 17 8 74,021 18 8 To Excess of expenditure over income brought down .. i 21,611 3 3 24,098 17 9 28,311 17 8 74,021 18 8 Interest on capital at 4J per cent. .. .. .. 1,615 13 9 2,269 15 6 2,854 11 6 6,740 0 9 23,226 17 0 26,368 13 3 31,166 9 2 80,761 19 5 Cr. I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. By Balance carried down .. .. . . 21,611 3 3 24,098 17 9 28,311 17 8 74,021 18 8 j 21,611 3 3 24,098 17 9 28,311 17 8 74,021 38 8 By Hxcess of expenditure over income after charging interest 23,226 17 0 26,368 13 3 31,166 9 2 80,761 19 5 on capital. ■ —. m ——