currency unit itself - that is, Pound, rial, etc. - or a commonly uscd multiplc number of units. This number, however, should not be larger than one ten thousandth of the total amount of the country's military expenditures. Por : example, if total military cxpenditures are 78,453,296 national currency units,th;I reported amounts may be expressed in units as large as 1 x 78,453,296 (=7,845+, 10,000 f That is, thl? reporting unit of mcasure may be thousands of currency units, but not ten-thousands of currency units. For the sake of uniformity and clarity of prescntation, only the following 1 conventional symbols should be used as required: t -7- (3 (zero) = Ni1 or negligible (or lcss than heif of th@ unid cmployòd) . . (two dots ) = Not applicable ( ) (brackets) = Provisional figure ,.. (throe dots) = Figure not available FJith thc view to further refinemcnt of the reForting instrument, rcspondents are requested to comment upon any technical or othcr difficultics that they may encounter when filling in the matrix and to recommend such changi-s of the matrix that they ma;y find advisable. Such comments should be attached to the completed matrix. (ii) Specific guidelines The following comments and interpretations are related to such items in the matrix, which seem to need some special clarifications. The small letters denoting paragraphs correspond to the notes in the matrix. As has alrcady been pointed out in the Introduction, rcspondents are requested to advise the Ad Hoc Panel on the natura of problems of interpretation that may arise when filling in the matrix. (a) Central support, administration and command (6) and (7) Columns (6) and (7) should include supporting activities that are common to more than one of the types of forces covered by columns (1) through (5). Column (6) should include al1 support activities other tban those associated with central 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be related to government or military expenditures, as it mentions "military expenditures" and "country's military expenditures". It also seems to be focused on reporting and accounting, with specific guidelines for formatting and conventions. These details suggest that the text is related to a specific context, such as budgeting or financial reporting.

**Category**
Government, Finance