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Expenditure on account of war appropriation, for the year ended March 31, 1916
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| Department of Militia and Defense | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Paid out in Canada | Paid out in London, England | Total | |
| $ | |||
| Pay and allowances (includes subsistence, billeting, rations and assigned pay) | 58,574,116 | 29,720,759 | 88,294,875 |
| Separation allowances | 10,482,566 | 2,010,899 | 12,493,465 |
| Clothing (except boots) | 12,834,847 | 431,995 | 13,266,842 |
| Boots and repairs to boots | 4,584,127 | 123,995 | 4,708,122 |
| Necessaries (kit bags and articles of kits) | 2,642,598 | - | 2,642,598 |
| Outfit allowances | 841,314 | 779,624 | 1,620,938 |
| Saddlery and horse equipment | 1,039,057 | 317,151 | 1,356,208 |
| Motor trucks, ambulances and other vehicles | 1,545,722 | 212,272 | 1,757,994 |
| Accoutrements | 1,531,911 | 116,175 | 1,648,086 |
| Binoculars, telescopes, heliographs, prisms, compasses, range finders | 314,834 | 5,905 | 320,739 |
| Drugs and surgical instruments | 368,807 | 998,511 | 1,367,318 |
| Dominion Arsenal (from war vote) | 967,418 | - | 967,418 |
| Dominion Cartridge Co. ammunition | 1,982,384 | - | 1,982,384 |
| Ammunition from other sources | - | 7,021 | 7,021 |
| Ross Rifle Co. rifles and bayonets | 4,206,644 | - | 4,206,644 |
| Machine guns | 1,570,053 | - | 1,570,053 |
| Vickers Limited, payment on account | 365,000 | - | 365,000 |
| Heavy ordnance | 345,389 | - | 345,389 |
| Travelling and transport, sea | 4,730,644 | 120,900 | 4,851,544 |
| Travelling and transport, land | 3,681,376 | 153,431 | 3,834,807 |
| Forage and stabling | 441,415 | 802,248 | 1,243,663 |
| Pay, etc. of Censors | 163,177 | - | 163,177 |
| Pay of civil employees | 948,704 | 15,722 | 964,426 |
| Rent, water, fuel and light | 843,334 | 65,198 | 908,532 |
| Stores (furniture, bedding and utensils) | 3,532,525 | 1,392,2531 | 4,924,778 |
| Engineer services and works | 1,764,790 | 153,814 | 1,918,604 |
| Funeral expenses | 23,088 | 3,273 | 26,361 |
| Recruiting (medical examination, attestation and advertising) | 152,840 | 196 | 153,036 |
| Telegrams, telephones, cables and postage | 215,678 | 34,261 | 249,939 |
| Printing and stationery | 293,985 | 92,759 | 386,744 |
| Conservancy and contingencies | 261,135 | 32,099 | 293,234 |
| Purchase of remounts, expenses of purchasers, etc. | 1,141,189 | 2,092 | 1,143,281 |
| Customs dues | 427,471 | - | 427,471 |
| Lindsay arsenal site | 22,725 | - | 22,725 |
| Total | 122,840,863 | 37,592,553 | 160,433,416 |
| Note: The Department of Militia and Defence was merged into the Department of National Defence in 1928. | |||
| 1. This sum includes items for saddlery and horse equipment, clothing, necessaries and boots purchased from the War Office. | |||
| Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1916-17. | |||
