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for my clothes, the children's clothes, boots and shoes, hardware and stationery purchased in London or Bristol and a few toys.
They cover some arrears from 1913.
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The deficit on my actual salary and allowances amounting to 1719.34 largely represents the paying off of debts, included in the monthly accounts, dating back to 1913 when I returned from leave and also the purchase of new articles of
furniture &c .It was made good by drawing on the sum of #2587.07 which I received during the year as lapsing half pay for 6 months which I was acting for the Colonial Treasurer (who
was on home leave) in addition to my other duties.
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The second child was born in September 1913
immediately on my return from home leave. This event accounts
for a large proportion of my debts which were all liquidated in
1914 including a trip which my wife had to take up North
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immediately after she was able to get up. (she had been agnatersty
ill, and off after the birth of the first child before and during
my long leave 1912-13)
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The expenditure for the year under review averages
81046.00 p.m, which is well above the normal, but it must be
remembered that this includes the liquidating of debts incurred
in connection with my trip to England, the passage out of an
English nurse, expenses connected with the brith of the second
child, and a local trip for my wife. Under normal conditions
my expenditure would average at least $800.00 p.m. taking the
April Account 1915 as a guide, but this could only be done
provided no expenditure of any kind is incurred in entertaining,
which as one advances in the service becomes necessity (within
· off limits) unless one wishes to cut oneself completely from the
AC rest of community. This would leave in normal times roughly
$22.00 p.m. towards passages and unforeseen expenditure, my
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normal pay including all allowances being roughly 8822.00 p.m.
At the present time with prices rising amount saved would be
even less and I should be compelled to draw on savings made