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Head 27.-DEFENCE
Head 27.-DEFENCE
A. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
1 Personal Emoluments
Approved Estimate, 1935.
Estimate, 1936.
€
$
$
€9
$
ΕΘ
37,639
34,985
Other Charges.
2 Allowances for Officers and N.C.Os. undergoing Training in
England
938
750 (1)
3 Ammunition
13,035
10,428
(1)
4 Armoured Car and Motor Machine Gun Section
2,250
2,670
(2)
5 Band allowances....
100
100
6 Books, Stationery, and Printing
850
800
(3)
7 Camp Expenses
8 Conveyance Allowance to Corps Quartermaster
15,400
15,400
180
180
9 Equipment for the Engineer Company and Signals
450
450
10 Equipment Flying Section ....
260
260
11 Equipment and Upkeep of Arms.
2,813
3,000
(4)
12 Fuel and Light
1,150
1,100
(3)
13 Grant to Machine Gun Troop
10,800
10,800
14 Incidental Expenses
15 Rifle Ranges, Expenses..
16 Transport
600
600
1,200
1,200
3,440
3,200
(3)
17 Uniform, including Boots
11,719
15,919
(5)
18 Uniform for Messengers and Coolies
350
350
19 Training Expenses for Nursing Detachment H.K.V.D.C.
400
(6)
20 Subsidy to Flying Section
30,000
(7)
Total Other Charges
65,535
97,607
Special Expenditure.
21 Night Glasses, 6 Pairs
1,350
1,090
(1)
22 3 Slide Rules (M.G.) and Cases
60
44
23 Clinometers
469
372
(1)
24 2 Night Firing Boxes, Machine Gun
255
180
(1)
25 3 Motor Cycle Combinations
1,320
3,072
(8)
26 Improvements to Camp...
1,500
1,500
30 Repairs to Causeway Bay Stables
27 Anti-gas Equipment.
28 Mobilization Equipment
29 Steel Helmets.......
31 Equipment for M.G. B., Signals
32 48 S. M. L. E. Rifles
Armoured Car complete with Machine Guns Locks Skelton, Mk. I. Vickers Machine Gun 6 Bar Foresight, Machine Gun
3,375
4,368
(8)
1,594
403
(3)
4,638
2,508
(9)
450
450
2,840
(10)
2,160
(11)
3 Motor Cycles for M.M.G. Section
I
Total Special Expenditure
Total Volunteer Defence Corps..
(1) Higher rate of exchange.
(2) More machines.
(3) Considered sufficient,
(4) More maintenance with older rifles.
(5) Increase in strength.
(6) New section. Item 3 of F.M. No. 2 of 14-2-35.
18,977
151,569
(7) Transferred from Head 10 (B) Air Services.
(8) Considered necessary.
(9) Final instalment.
(10) New Unit.
(11) Replacements. (12) Non-recurrent,
18,500
300
73
3,060
36,994
140,168
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(12)