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Table No. 4 WAR EXPENSES ACCOUNT Statement showing the Net Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1947, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1946

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— Year ended 31st March, 1947. Year ended 31st March, 1946. Increase. Decrease. Navy— Pay and allowances Accommodation, victualling, and clothing War and other stores Medical services Educational and vocational services Land, buildings, and ships Docking, repairs, maintenance, and rent Transport Miscellaneous effective services Non-effective services £ 896,878 206,013 1,565,143 19,041 Or. _ TS 435,536 453,880 129,345 22,095 258,108 £ 3,527,039 561.315 182,947 16,044 4,262 744,833 346,802 285,454 108.316 237,481 £ 1,382,196 2,997 107,078 20,627 £ 2,630 161 355,302 4,340 309,297 156,109 86,221 Army— Pay and allowances Accommodation, victualling, and clothing War and other stores Medical services Educational and vocational services Land, buildings, and fortifications Repairs, maintenance, and rent Transport Miscellaneous effective services Non-effective services 3,985,961 6,014,493 1,512,898 3,541,430 4,930,783 441,132 3,495,590 506,183 4,841 189,257 45,150 827,595 101,536 4,106 23,183,540 2,398,504 Cr. 7,022,410 558,400 19,195 307,952 295,513 3,871,426 368,525 36,879 10,51.8,000 18,252,757 1,957,372 52,217 14,354 118,695 250,363 3,043,831 266,989 32,773 Air— Pay and allowances Accommodation, victualling, and clothing War and other stores Medical services Educational and vocational services Land, aerodromes, and other buildings Repairs, maintenance, and rent Transport Miscellaneous effective services Non-effective services 10,546,173 24,017,524 10,518,000 23,989,351 1,458,183 390,705 237,909 43,975 408 212,492 39,692 137,087 26,921 55,888 9,297,772 1,595,862 15,515,117 66,641 2,401 484,623 97,405 465,442 4,532,257 64,909 7,839,589 1,205,157 15,277,208 22,666 1,993 272,131 57,713 328,355 4,505,336 9,021 Ancillary— Primary producers' subsidies .. Stabilization subsidies Grants and subsidies for promotion and expansion of war production E.P.S. and other security measures Services for Armed Forces (recoverable) Reserve stocks, indents, and manufactured goods (recoverable) Soldiers' financial assistance, patriotic, and similar grants Bulk purchase and sales by Food Controller National Service Department UNRRA Miscellaneous (recoverable in part and whole) Miscellaneous (non-recoverable) 2,603,260 32,122,429 29,519,169 Cr. 9,702 21,324 207,744 106,868 Cr. 1,087,158 Cr. 472,111 3,632 1,498,296 3,033,057 362,288 354,903 Cr. 877,036 Cr. 4,066,041 379,869 3,593,930 1,507,998 3,011,733 154,544 248,035 21.0,122 376,237 560,780 3,61.2,000 334,412 2,381,087 Cr. 1,761,899 297,277 1,078,443 221,720 1,119,364 2,322,679 2,533,557 112,692 1,261,723 297,277 5,658,876 1,640,241 9,824,581 5,805,946 Rehabilitation advances, <fcc. Reciprocal aid : Reverse lend-lease Gratuities .... Gift of food to Britain Gift to British Government as part of cost of World War II Allied military currency repaid to Allied financial agency Transfer to Loans. Redemption Account 4,742,478 1,249,865 1,776,596 1,072,964 12,500,000 56,511 2,572,967 22,777,672 18,000,000 2,169,511 1,072,964 12,500,000 56,511 21,527,807 16,223,404 3,500,000 27,500,000 24,000,000 24,898,414 70,850,639 15,798,986 61,751,211 37,654,465 124,607,107 37,654,465 Total 47,692,684 134,645,326 86,952,642