Other Charges - ' iscellaneous ! Item 10 of Ruroinry) 
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I. Incre^sn of vote required for increase cost of pa©king 
material ( Cloth, paper, string) 
Use of let* class rickshaws at increased fares for transort 
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of messenger and delivery of plants instead of 2nd. class, 
(nor abolished); postage on foreign correspondence and parcel 
formerly franked by the Colonial Secretary. 
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Since the beginning of the year, by kind permission of the 
Commending Officer, the Rand I and brume of the 1st. battalion 
Couth Staffordshire Regiment have alternately played ir the 
(hardens on Fiday evenings, /hen the noon permitted the hand 
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has played from 9.30 to 10.30 p.ra. 
These performances ar^ apparently greatly appreciated by the 
public, judging from the large numbers always present end the 
crush of motor cere 0 
Tt is not possible to *^sk the officers of the Regiment to 
pay for the transport of the instruments for these public 
performances and conseouently this must be met from v>. Os -d^nf 
vote. Also when the Bana play by night, consequently 
voluntarily devoting their evening to the public, it is c 
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natural they should be given a small sum of money for 
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refreshments at their canteen/ before going to bed. 
Transport for instruments of hand when playing in the 
hardens at $8 per week 
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Refreshments for b a nd when playing in the Cardens 
at $3G per 45 to 50 performers per month. 
App roved 19 00 090 0 
Estimated 1921 
