CONSOLIDATED FUND.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14888, 30 January 1914, Page 8

CONSOLIDATED FUND.

FIGURES FOR DECEMBER QUARTER. (press association* telegram.) WELLINGTON, January 29. The following statement of receipts and expenditure of the Consolidated Fund for the quarter ended December 31st, is published in the "Gazette" tonight (shillings and pence omitted): — RECEIPTS. £ Balances at beginning of quarter ... ... 665,493 Ordinary revenue... ... 3,134,774 Territorial revenue ... 29,062 Miscellaneous ... ... 8,553 Total 3,837,882 Total for corresponding quarter 1912 ... 4,118,743 EXPENDITURE. Permanent appropriations 1,287,677 Annual appropriations ... 1,908,055 Transferred to Public Works Fund. ... ... 50,000 Debentures matured and maturing ... ... 19,500 Balance at end of quarter 572,650 Total ... ... 3,837,882 Balance at end of December quarter,, 1912 ... 943,384 Balance at beginning of December quarter, 1912... 939,077 Treasury bills outstanding at beginning of quarter 450,000 Treasury bills outstanding at end of quarter ... 503,000 ORDINARY REVENUE DETAILS. The following are the details of the ordinary revenue, compared with the December quarter of 1912 (shillings and pence omitted): — 1913. 1912. £ £ Customs ... 762,903 884,973 Stamps ... 289,961 224,135 Postal and Telegraph- revenue... 376,301 293,409 Land Tax ... 692,797 643,266 Income Tax ... 3,523 4,456 Beer duty ... 33,722 35,732 Railways ... 878,642 973,267 Registration and other fees ... 17,291 18,698 Marine ... 10,913 13,055 Miscellaneous ... 68,717 60,452 Totals ... 3,134,774 3,131,448 ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS. The following are the details of the annual appropriations:— 1913, 1912. £ £ Legislative Departments ... 14,023 12,902 Department of Finance ... 11,228 9,368 Post and Telegraph 259,225 263,755 Working Railways -899,838 805,111 Public " buildings, domains, and maintenance of roads ... 35,085 30,600 Native Department 6,219 5518 Justice Department ... 105,191 100,096 Mines Department 7,950 9,815 Department of Internal Affairs 102,771 74,806 Defence Department ... 90,815 97,313 Customs, marine, and' and inspection of Machinery Departments 36,576 35,990 Department of Labour ' ... 6,695 7,823 Department of Lands and Survey ' ..." 58,823 57,572 Department of . Agriculture • and Commerce 50,878 40,047 Education Department . ...: 241,371 231,987 Services not provided for ,~ 6. 846 1,926,702 1,783,556 Less expenditure. , ; - • •-■ '.'. charged to "un-. ■ •■ 5" authorised" during previous quarters now .trans- • ferred to" the • . . respective ap- . propriations'"... 18,646 .. 13,104 £1,908,055 £1,770,451