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CHAPTER III (K).

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(K.)-Action by District Paymaster.

1. The District Paymaster will on mobilization open an account for War Expenditure, and debit this account with all expenditure incurred by reason of the mobilization.

2. The following is an estimate of the initial and weekly recurring cost of the various war services

At the Precautionary Stage-

Initial expenses Weekly expenses

At the War Stage-

Initial expenses

Weekly expenses

Dollars.

865·00 1,720.00

4,160 00 11,896*00

3. He will examine and pass the monthly account which will be presented to him by the Colonial Treasurer for expenses incurred on account of the War Department by the Colonial Government.

The chief items of this account, as far as can be foreseen, are :-

(i.) Expenditure by the Principal Civil Medical Officer in maintaining a hospital for officers wounded or seriously ill, and in providing civil practitioners to supplement the officers of the R.A.M.C. and I.M.S.

(ii.) Expenditure by the Director of Public Works on account of supervision, labour, and materials supplied to, or work done for, the C.E. in connection with war

war| preparations.

4. The District Paymaster will make available for special duties any of the officers and clerks of the Army Pay Department and Corps that can be spared.

5. He will inform the Colonial Treasurer from time to time of the amounts likely to be required by the military authorities for making cash payments.

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