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from whom it was received. For the disposal of these articles see para. 
130, “ Surplus.” 
153. Besides these useful additions to the stock in store, a mass of 
P.W. clothing is received into store each year in April and October, as 
the previous issues that have worn their full time are then for the most 
part withdrawn : see paras. 109 and 117. As the serviceable articles will 
generally be left with the men, the store thus receives only a lot of 
useless and dirty rags and clouts, which it tries to get rid of at once. 
See “ Surplus,” para. 130. 
154. Note that the receipts mentioned in the last two paragraphs 
are only receipts by the store, not by the battery, as their return into 
store by the men does not affect the battery account with Pimlico, 
except that at the end of the clothing year they would, if still in store, 
be shown as “ in store,” not “ in wear,” at pages 21 to 26 of the ledger: 
whether in store or in wear, they are equally in the Major’s charge. It 
is only P.W. clothing taken up from issues of new clothing, or received 
from outside the battery, that are acknowledged as receipts in the ledger; 
the other receipts are mere battery transactions, and are only recorded 
in the stock book. Thus, if a man returns into store an old tunic, there 
is no difference in the number of tunics shown in the ledger as in charge; 
there will only be one more in store, one less in wear. The stock book, 
however, will show one more tunic in its account. 
155. The P.W. clothing is accounted for at pages 19 to 34. The 
first entry, the “Remain,” is made up of two items brought for ward from 
the last year’s ledger; firstly, the P.W. clothing shown as “in wear” at 
page 21 of the old ledger, the grand total of all the articles all the men 
had in their possession on 30th June, 1879, no matter how old or how 
new; secondly, the P.W. clothing in store at the end of the last year, 
30th June, 1879, as shown at page 21 of the old ledger, agreeing, of 
course, with the “remain” in the stock book on the same date. The 
first item, “ in wear,” can, if necessary, be proved in detail, for it is the 
total of all the black and red ink entries in the nominal roll of the old 
ledger (see para. 167), less the new issues taken away by transfers. 
When the detailed account book (see para. 171) is kept by a battery, this 
item can obviously be easily checked, as it is the total of all the articles 
shown there as in each man’s possession on 30th June, 1879. It is well 
to give this explanation here, as on a change of the battery staff, questions 
may be raised as to the correctness of the old ledger, if the new ledger 
shows a wrong balance. The second item, “in store,” ought to be 
above question, as a Board of Survey should have verified it: see 
para. 169. 
156. Next comes “ From New Clothing,” that is, all the new articles 
shown as issued in the “ nominal roll ” (see para. 163) and in the account 
of new clothing as issued to the men during the year, all these issues 
being struck off the new account and taken up as P.W. This total is 
carried back from page 52 to 19. 
