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Head 6.-DEFENCE
Sub-heads :-
Head 6.-DEFENCE.
A. VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
1 Personal Emoluments
Approved Estimate, 1938.
Estimate, 1939.
CA
€
46,522
€A
€
69,624
Other Charges.
2 Allowances for Officers and N.C.Os. undergoing Training in
England
3 Ammunition
4 Armoured Car and Motor Machine Gun Section
5 Band allowances...
1.000 10,150
2,670
1,000 7,000 (1) 3,000
(2)
100
100
6 Books,..............
800
600
(1)
7 Camp Expenses
15,400
17,000
(3)
8 Conveyance Allowance to Corps Quartermaster
180
180
9 Equipment for the Engineer Company and Signals-Overhaul
optical instruments..
785
785
10 Equipment, Air Arm.......
260
260
11 Equipment and Upkeep of Arms..
3,000
3,000
12 Fuel and Light
1,100
1,100
13 Grant to Machine Gun Troop
7,200
1,800
(4)
14 Incidental Expenses
600
600
15 Improvements to Camp..
1,000
16 Rifle Ranges, Expenses..
1,200
17 Subsidy to Air Arm
30,000
1,000
1,400 30,000
(3)
18 Training Expenses for Nursing Detachment H.K.V.D.C.
600
19 Transport
3,000
20 Uniform,
20,000
500 (1) 3,000 22,000
(3)
21 Uniform for Messengers and Coolies
300
300
Total Other Charges
99,345
94,625
Special Expenditure.
22 Mechanisation of Machine Gun Troop
3,600
3,600
(5)
23 Five Solo Motor Cycles.....
3,200
3,600
24 Six new Vickers Gun Locks
1,500
25 Typewriter...
242
(6)
26 AR P. Equipment (Fire Buckets & Scoops)
200
27 100 sets equipr.ent
4,000
S.M.L.E. Rifles
3,360
Fifty sets equipment
2,000
Two Bren Light Machine Guns
3,905
JOSE OF
(6)
Total Special Expenditure
Total Volunteer Defence Corps.....
16,065
13,242
161,932
177,491
(1) Considered sufficient.
(2) More vehicles.
(3) Increase in strength.
(4) Grant for 3 months only required.
(5) Fourth instalment of a five year programme.
(6) Replacements.
(7) Non-recurrent.
(8) See Sub-head 27.
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