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D. OTHER SERVICES. NC 795: SR 753: OR 740: TOTAL 2285.
TOTAL OF A-D 13688. TOTAL PART 11 SERVICES 700. TOTAL DEPARTMENTAL EXPENSES 2332. GRAND TOTAL 16690.
6. IT IS STRESSED THAT NO PROVISION HAS BEEN MADE FOR FUTURE PRICE AND WAGE INCREASES: AND UP-COSTING TO AUTUMN 1970 PRICES HAS DEEN LIMITED TO EARLY PROJECTS FOR WHICH REASONABLY FIRM FIGURES ARE AVAILABLE AND TO MNOR PART 11 AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES.
7. MARRIED QUARTERS, TOTAL COST OF PROPOSED NEW ITEM OF MARRIED QUARTERS AND ANCILLARIES IS POUNDS NINE AND ONE HALF MILLION AND RUNS BEYOND 1975/76 BUT PLANNED EXPENDITURE WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS IS SOME £7 MILLION WHICH IS INCLUDED IN A AND D OF PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE. THIS NEW ITEM PROVIDES FOR APPROXIMATELY 853 QUARTERS OF WHICH SOME 390 ARE REQUIRED TO REPLACE HIRINGS AND 460 TO RAISE SCALE OF PROVISION.
8. WE MUST EMPHASISE THAT CAVEAT IN PARAGRAPH 6 OF OUR SAVING DESPATCH NO. 126 APPLIES TO THE ABOVE FIGURES. WE HOPE THAT ABOVE INFORMATION WILL BE ADEQUATE FOR YOUR PURPOSES AS INDICATING HOW IT IS PLANNED THAT MONEY WILL BE SPENT. IF AFTER STUDYING IT YOU STILL THINK VISIT BY TEAM NECESSARY WE SHALL SEE WHAT ARRANGEMENTS
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