Annual Cost of Maintenance of the Hired Armed Launches
FAULKNOR, ONSLAUGHT and NESSUS tenders to H.M.S. Tamar (China).
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NOTE. The non-effective liability in respect of Retired Pay and
Pensions has not been included.
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Naval.
Chinese.
TOTAL (for 3 vessels).
No.
No.
No.
Complements (3 vessels)
(Officers (Ratings
3
3
27
24
51
£.
£.
£.
છે.
Direct Expenditure (3 vessels).
Pay
Hard-lying Money
Climate Allowance
4,200
954 a
5,154
675
675
113
113
Tropical Allowance
Marriage Allowance aml Insurances
72
72
419
419
Victualling
Clothing
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Mess Gear
1,290
1,290
Medical Stores, etc.
Miscellaneous Effective Services
6 180
~
2
8
12
192
COST OF PERSONNEL (3 vessels).
6,955
968
7,923
i
Fuel and lubricating oils
Sea stores
Repairs
Armament stores
Hire of launches
TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON 3 VESSELS.
3,100
1,001 1,724 b
270
3,168c
17,1869
a...The wages of Chinese ratings are payable at Dollar rates,
and have been converted at $10 £1.
=
b...Actual expemiture for Repairs during the Financial Year
1926. -. of D. remarks with reference to the Financial Year 1927
"From the information available the expenditure on the vessels up to 29th October 1927, as regards Dockyard Work, and the 30th June 1927, as regards Contract Work,
was: -
Faulknor Nessus Onslaught
£.
272
300
183.
There is no further information available as to the estimated expenditure for the remainder of the present financial year, and such details can only be obtained by reference to the Commander-in-Chief China Station." c...The hire of these vessels is payable at Dollar rates, and
£1. has been converted at $10
d...Towards this expenditure, the Government of Hong Kong
contributes £100 a month for each vessel.
Statistics Department,
ADMIRALTY. 4th February 1928.