Sub-heads :-
Head 6.-DEFENCE
Head 6.-DEFENCE
A.-VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.
1 Personal Emoluments
Other Charges.
2 Allowances for Officers and N.C.Os, undergoing Training in
Approved Estimate, 1940-41.
$
98
25
Estimate, 1941-1942.
92,919
101,823
England
2,000
3 Ammunition
71,200
2,000 54,358
(1)
(2)
4 Band allowances..
100
100
5 Books,
750
1,000
6 Bonus and Camp Pay
15,000
62,000
(3)
7 Conveyance Allowance to Corps Quartermaster
225
360
8 Equipment, Air Arm.............
400
200
9 Equipment and Upkeep of Arms..
3,000
4,000
10 Fuel and Light
1,400
2,000
11 Incidental Expenses
12 Improvements to Camp...
13 Maintenance of Vehicles
14 Rent of Public Telephones
15 Rifle Ranges, Expenses..
16 Subsidy to Air Arm
1,000
1,000
1,000
2,000
4,250
11,100
600
2,500
2,500
(1)
37,500
30,000
17 Training Expenses......
28,000
286,600
18 Training Expenses for Nursing Detachment
900
3,310
19 Uniforms......
27,500
58,000
20 Uniform for Messengers and Coolies
300
300
21 Upkeep of Optical, Signal and other technical instruments,
equipment and stores.
785
1,000 (7)
Rent of Quarters for Regimental Sergeant Major
1,148
(9)
Transport
5,000
(10)
Total Other Charges
203,958
522,428
Special Expenditure.
22 Ten Solo Motor Cycles.......
23 Four Motor Cycle Combinations
24 One small Motor-car
9,440
6,080
(14)
3.200 1,120
25 Ten pairs Binoculars
Five Solo Motor Cycles.....
4,250
...
Two Typewriters
720
Two Armoured Cars
24,000
(12)
One Filing Cabinet
Two Bren Light Machine Guns
120 3,200
Total Special Expenditure
Total....
Less amount provided under War Expenditure
Total Volunteer Defence Corps........
32,290
19,840
329,167
644,091
(13)
***
494,091
329,167
(14) 1:50,000
(1) Considered necessary.
(2) Considered sufficient. (3) More recruits.
(4) More travelling..
(5) Required for additional accommodation; includes rent for extensions, etc., under new automatic system.
(6) More vehicles and more training. (7) More recruits and more training. (8) More training.
(9) Met from Miscellaneous Services vote. (10) Included in Sub-head 17, Training Expenses. (11) Replacements.
(12) Non-recurrent.
(13) Provided unde. Head 32, War Expenditure, B.,
Extraordinary
Local Defence, Sub-head 2,
Military.
(14) Represents approximate average annual peacetime expenditure of Volunteer Defence Corps for the five years 1934 to 1938,
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