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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 99

APPENDIX 5
(Referred to in para. 108).

EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED TO PERMANENT TRANSPORTS ON FIRST COMMISSION.
[Subsequent Supplies to be indented for.]

Articles. No. Remarks.

Section 1a.
Bandoliers, 150 rounds 100 For guards on ships.
Haversacks 50 For use of pickets at ports
of call.

Section 1b.
Bugles 1
Strings, trumpet or bugle 1

Section 7.
Hammers—Claw, No. 5 1 Opening cases.
Riveting, 4 oz. 2 For use with figures and
letters.
Puller, nail 1 Opening cases.

Section 8c.
Flags, signal, Army—
Blue—2 ft. square 24
3 ft. square 24
White, with stripe—2 ft. square 24
3 ft. square 24
Poles—5 ft. 6 in. 48
3 ft. 6 in. 48
Lamps, signalling, electric 2

Section 9a.
Chalk-boxes 2 Musketry stores.
Mineral jelly (lb.) 16
Paint prepared for use, black (lb.) 2 Stamping blankets.
Oil, rifle (gal.) 8

Section 10a.
Nails, wire, assorted (lb.) 4

Section 11 (Barrack Hospital).
Bags, hot-water, covered 3 For hospital.
Cups, feeding 3 "
Pans, bed 3 "
Urinals, male 3
Boards, black. 4 Instructional purposes
Easels, M.I. 4 "
Targets, landscape, N.Z. 10 "

Section 12.
Discs, aiming 50 "
Hooks, butchers’ 8 For hospital.
Kettles, electric 1 "
Irons, electric 1 "
Machines, hair-cutting (pairs) 6
Safes, iron 2 If required.
Stamps, steel, ⅛ in. sets—Fig. 0 to 8 1 For stamping discs, identity.
1 Ditto.
Letters A to Z
Stamps, wood, N. Z. 1 For stamping blankets.

Section 13a.
Mattresses, flax .. Or hammocks — 102 per
cent. of number of troops
embarked.
Pillows, flax .. Ditto.

Section 13c.
Dressings, field 1 Per man; 5 per cent.
spare.
Flannelette, 4 in. by 2 in. (yards) 840 Cleaning arms.
Stretchers, ambulance, complete 1

Section 15.
Binoculars, with case and strap 2 For use of signallers.

Section 27.
Cartridges—S.A., ball, ·303 30,000
Dummy, drill, ·303 1,000
Chargers, ·303 cartridges 2 Per charger-loading rifle.

Weedon Section.
Rifles, M.L.M. 210 Use of sentries at ports of
call.
Sword-bayonets 6 Ditto.
Scabbards, bayonets 6
Bottles, oil, M.L.M. 210
Pull-throughs 420



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🛡️ Equipment Supplied to Permanent Transports on First Commission (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
Equipment, Supplies, Military Transports, Bandoliers, Haversacks, Bugles, Flags, Chalk-boxes, Nails, Hospital Supplies, Discs, Mattresses, Dressings, Binoculars, Cartridges, Rifles