B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAE ENDING 31 MAECH, 1949

AIR DEPARTMENT— continued

(a) Overexpenditure due to uncertainty, when appropriation was taken last year, as to the amount which would come to charge for Mosquito aircraft purchased from the United Kingdom. (6) Normal armament supplies, together with cost of supply of practice bombs costing £12,600. No provision was taken under this item last year, as sufficient wartime stocks were held. (c) Substantial purchases overseas of technical equipment were not allowed for in 1947-48 appropriations. (d) Petrol, oil, and lubricants used dropped substantially with the handover of the internal and Pacific services to the National Airways Corporation. (e) Appropriation last year was in respect of an approved programme providing for the R.N.Z.A.F. to change over to vehicles of a British type. The programme has been deferred. (/) This is the first annual amount appropriated to establish a fund for the purchase of modern aircraft when available for the R.N.Z.A.F. (g) Pull programme could not be carried out owing to shortage of materials, labour, &c. Provision has been made this year for amounts which did not come to charge and for additional approved works.

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1948-49. £ 1947-48. VOTE.—AIK— continued Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. Ill — Stores and Equipment £ £ Charges for and incidental to — Aircraft, purchase of 71,500 410.000 (a) 680,829 Aircraft spares 45,500 89,900 (a) 140,503 Armament stores (b) 20,000 General stores and equipment 57,950 54.000 ' (c) 83,566 Medical and dental stores 3.550 2,466 2,466 Petrol, oil, and lubricants (part recoverable) .. 155,000 210,575 (d) 173,692 Motor vehicles, purchase of 10,000 (e) Transfer to Air Defence Fund .. (/) 1,000,000 Total — Subdivision No. Ill 1,353,500 776,941 1,081,056 Subdivision No. IV — Land, Buildings, and Aerodromes Charges for and incidental to — Construction of buildings and houses, including cost of land (works expenditure) (g) 172,000 80,000 (g) 24,400 Maintenance of aerodromes, buildings, and W/T installations (works expenditure), (part recoverable) (g) 368,000 326,104 (g) 178,534 • Conversion of buildings 3,130 2,880 Total — Subdivision No. IV 540,000 409,234 205,814 i