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NAVAL DEFENCE. Statement of Receipts and Payments fob the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Receipts. £ s. d. Payments. £ s. dTo Pay, clothing, and victualling— By Pull pay and wages — Pay, administrative staff .. .. 14 0 Administrative staff .. .. .. 4,089 11 2 "Pay, officers, and ships .. .. .. 1,888 1 9 Officers and ships'companies .. .. 166,816 19 0 Clothing purchases .. .. .. 5,502 19 8 Charges for and incidental to administration Victualling of personnel .. .. .. 4,009 8 3 expenses of allotments .. .. .. 213 0 0 Admiralty, on account of coal .. .. 765 1 6 Clothing, Implements, and Victualling AcSale of stores, &c. .. .. .. 1,715 1 0 count— Rent .. .. .. .. .. 43 18 0 Clothing purchases .. .. .. 11,241 11 11 Miscellaneous — Kit-upkeep allowance .. .. .. 5,472 17 6 Purchase of mess-traps .. .. .. 36 0 1 Purchase of mess-traps .. .. .. 1,509 6 2 Leave allowance .. .. .. 615 6 Leave allowance .. .. .. 2,575 9 2 Medical treatment .. .. .. 91 10 6 Victualling of personnel .. .. .. 29,529 7 7 Erection of oil-tanks .. .. .. 20 0 2 Medical services— Advertising, &c. .. .. .. 4 10 Dental treatment ashore . . .. 363 11 0 Allowances in lieu of quarters .. .. 18 0 Medical examination of recruits .. .. 139 13 0 Freight, &c. .. .. .. .. 97 9 1 Medical treatment ashore .. .. 1,215 14 1 Gunnery and Torpedo Efficiency Fund .. 011 9 Stores, medical.. .. .. .. 313 7 4 Passages, &c. .. .. .. .. 156 8 2 Repairs, alterations, docking, &c.—• Postages, &c. .. .. .. .. 64 15 1 H.M.S. " Diomede " .. .. .. 16 0 1 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 419 6 H.M.S. " Dunedin" .. .. .. 1,307 410 Typewriter repairs, &c. .. .. .. 7 17 6 H.M.S. " Philomel" .. .. .. 600 0 3 Deferred pay, &c. .. .. .. 24 14 5 Contribution for priority use Calliope Dock 5,000 0 0 Net issues from Treasury .. .. .. 441,203 1 3 Removal machinery H.M.S. " Philomel " .. 31 16 3 Fuel and lighting— H.M.S. " Dunedin " : Fuel on passage out .. 6,000 0 0 Oiler " Nucula" .. .. .. 13,713 16 6 Coal, H.M.S. " Philomel " .. .. 395 5 0 Coal stocks, Auckland and Suva .. .. 1,201 7 2 Electricity from shore .. .. .. 1,143 5 2 Gas for buildings .. .. .. 42 11 0 Oil-fuel to H.M. ships .. .. .. 33,656 2 0 Oil for tank at Auckland .. .. 14,590 2 6 Stores— Naval engineers, &c. .. .. .. 60,744 410 Guns for local defence vessels .. .. 15,586 811 Works capital— Naval store, erection of.. .. .. 516191 Erection of oil-tanks .. .. .. 13,505 6 8 Purchase of land for expansions .. .. 644 18 0 Erection of a laboratory.. .. .. 102 18 0 Store for D.E.M.S. guns.. .. .. 384 14 10 Store for reserve torpedoes .. .. 246 19 10 Works, expenditure on— Additional berthing, H.M. ships .. .. 3,756 1 2 Emergency sick-quarters .. .. 9 16 4 Maintenance of dockyard, &c. .. .. 121 16 10 Upkeep, &c., of recreation-ground .. 44 3 1 Reserves: Courses of instruction &c. .. 3,615 19 11 Miscellaneous effective services— Advertising, &c. .. .. .. 358 18 0 Allowances in lieu of quarters .. .. 449 15 7 Bonuses to recruiters .. .. .. 52 0 0 Cleaning Navy Office .. .. .. 65 0 0 Compensation for injuries, &c. .. .. 166 7 6 Freight, &e. .. .. .. .. 5,563 5 0 Gunnery and Torpedo Efficiency Fund .. 74 18 7 Interments .. .. .. .. 18 8 0 Office fittings .. .. .. .. 83 2 2 Passages, &c. .. .. .. .. 11,926 6 10 Playing harmonium .. .. .. 6 15 0 Postages, &c. .. .. .. .. 512 19 5 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 450 1 5 Rebate of duty.. .. .. .. 2 18 7 Rentof Navy Office .. .. .. 462 17 5 Telephone services .. .. .. 1781311 Training Service Fund .. .. .. 129 9 11 Purchase of trawler .. .. .. 6,113 18 6 Typewriter repairs, &c. .. .. .. 109 7 1 Non-effective services— Unemployment Fund .. .. .. 101 14 6 Deferred pay .. .. .. .. 26,906 1 6 National health insurance to Admiralty .. 337 1 9 Contingencies— Breakages at Trentham Camp .. .. 7 16 Burning of refuse .. .. .. 2 4 0 Exchange paid .. .. .. .. 5 5 3 Electrifying exhibition stand .. .. 36 5 0 Shorthand notes, Judge - Advocate, Crown Prosecutor and examiner .. .. 17 14 0 General average paid .. .. .. 779 10 0 War gratuities to Native ratings .. .. 59 10 0 Photograph of late Right Hon. W. F. Massey 1 .12 6 Miscellaneous, as per High Commissioner's cable .. .. .. .. 148 14 6 New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition .. 58 18 4 Unauthorized : Deferred pay, April, 1926 .. 0 4 3 £455,645 6 2 £455,645 6 2 Wellington, 22nd April, 1926. Reginald Butcher, Naval Secretary. I hereby certify that the Statement of Receipts and Payments has been duly examined and compared with the relative books and documents submitted for audit, and correctly states the position as disclosed thereby.— G. F. C. Campbell, Controller and Auditor-General.

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