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Head 30.-DEFENCE

Head 30.-DEFENCE

A. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.

Sub-heads:—

1 Personal Emoluments

Other Charges

2 Allowances for Officers and N.C.Os. undergoing Training in

Approved Estimate, 1931,

Estimate, 1932.

$

32,100

$

$

40,455

England

3 Ammunition

1,500

3,000 (1)

12,750

13,130

(2)

4 Armoured Car and Motor Transport Section

5 Band allowances

6 Books, Stationery, and Printing

3,000

2,500

(3)

1,500

1,400

850

850

7 Camp Expenses

12,500

13,300

(4)

8 Conveyance Allowance to Corps Sergeant-Major

180

180

9 Equipment for the Engineer Company and Signals

750

650

(3)

10 Equipment Flying Section

300

300

11 Equipment and Upkeep of Arms

3,500

3,000

(3) ·

12 Fuel and Light

800

850

(5)

13 Grant to Mounted Infantry Company

9,000

8,500

(3)

14 Incidental Expenses

600

600

15 Rifle Ranges, Expenses........

1,200

1,000

(3)

16 Transport...

1,200

2,880

(6)

17 Uniform, including Boots

12,000

15,000 (2)

18 Uniform for Messengers and Coolies

450

350

(3)

SPECIAL EXPENDITURE.

19 Saddlery for Mounted Infantry

900

900

(7)

20 Improvements to Camps......

3,000

1,500

(8)

21 "C" Trench Set Corps Signals..

22 2 N. F. Boxes, M. Gun......

23 Bar and Stroud Range Finder

24 Gestetner Duplicator

25 20 Webley Revolvers MK, VI

26 3 Vickers Guns and spare parts

1 Armoured Car

2,730

3,620

(2) (9)

850

227

(7)

1,237

(10)

700 (11)

2,020 (12)

14,800

(13)

2,000

Total Volunteer Defence Corps....

103,660

132,949

(3) Considered sufficient.

(4) Higher prices.

(6) Railway fares now charged to departments.

(1) Machine Gun Officers' long course at Netheravon.

(2) Lower rate of exchange.

(5) More light points in the Mess.

(8) $770 only being spent in 1981. (9) Re-vote.

(10) For Machine Gun Co.

(11) Replacement of worn out machine. (12) For Armoured Car Co.

(7) Completes.

(13) Approved by Secretary of State.

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