PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 573, 30 July 1909, Page 7

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

; ANOTHER RISE IN EXPENDITURE.-"" REVENUE SLIGHTLY IMPROVINC. j Tho Gazette issued laßt night contains details of tho Public Aocounts for tho quarter ending Juno 30 lost. Summed up, tho t position is ns follows;— p Revenue „~. 41,826,598 [j Expenditure -._,.. 1,302,583 h Excess t>f expenditure £135,985 $ Tho quarter opened with tho balance left it-J* hand at tho end of tho financial year 1908-9, ; ' amounting to £184,321. The excess of expenditure over rovonue has reduced this bal- j anoo to £48,336, with which tho quarter v , ended, . , Tho revenue is mado up as follows:-—On' dinary rovonuo, £1,802,855; territorial revenue, £23,742; recoveries, £1. Tho total, £1,820,598, is an increase of £34,678 over ■ tho rovonuo for tho preceding quarter. The < ; increases and decreases in the principal items aro shown in tho following table:— Increases'. £ Decreases, 4, , Land & income'' , : tax ,'....." 4,003 Customs 38,083 ? x> Railways 92,338 Stamps .. 22,698 1 Marine Gil Beer duly > *24\_ *■• Miscellaneous 23,854 Registration & ; 3 other fees ... 4,743 ; j Territorial ;... 20,368, J Totals 4120,896 486,218.1 ,'j 86,218. i Net increase 434,078 ' ' A Tho rovonuo totals for tho two quarter* *1 aro as follow:— i '| Quarter Quarter w | , ' ended ended i"' | June 30, t June 30, ■) 1909. ' 1908. ;| Customs _ 504,612 602,697 . ' Stamps (including Post ■ \ and Telegraph cash ' ' lecoipts) 368,712 391,310 Land and Income Tax ... 10,667 0,004 * Beer duty 26,050 26,474 Railways 752,631 6G0,293 , ; Registration , and other fees 21,377 '20,120 Marino 10,523 9,882 Miscellaneous i ~ 18,283 24,429 Territorial ~.._ 23,742, l 44,110, Recoveries .) 1 — Totals 41,826,598 41,791,919 \ The Rise In Expenditure. " • • While tho revonuo, owing to tho riso W railway revenue, has succeeded in rising by ,-■ £34,678, tho expenditure hae risen by i £26,119—that is, from £1,936,866 to £1,962,985. ■ ' Tho expenditure is mado up as follows: Quarter Quarter < ended ended J June 30, Juno SO, 1909, 1803. 4 4 Permanent appropriations... 955,309 967,756 Annual appropriations ....4.1,007,274 909,110 Tho riso in tho expenditure under tho head- 1 'I i ing annual appropriations—in tho cost of<V?j tho Departments, that is to say—amoultied l_. to £38,164. Following aro tho Departments on which \ more money/was spent in tho Juno quarter ■ lof this joar than in tho Juno quarter of \, 1908, with tho amounts expended in each ,> I quarter, and tho amount of tho increase in ,' each case:— ' Juno June quarter, ' quarter, In--1909. 1903. crease. 'Legislative ............ 3,905 3,054 851 it I Post and Telegraph 95,278 70,439 24,839 '„ Industries and Tourist 10,548 8,056 2,492 f Railwaya 309,421 , 329,357 40,004 i Native 4,877 4,818 59 \ Justice 33,418 82,555 863 Mines 7,907 i 6,249 1,658 '" Internal Affairs ... 19,079 J tH 17,965','V 1,014 Defence 65,489 '59,979 ' 5,510 Customs 12,176 't >11,653 }{ \ * 493 ' Marino 15,505 . 14,553 052 Agriculture 30,443 28,893, 1,550 Valuation 7,610, 7,495 145 Education 181,738 180,560' 1,176 ' Health 9,582 ' 8,722' 860^ Tho following tablo shows tho Depart- "< ments in which thoro was a decrease, in ex- I pendituro:— / ', Juno .Juno ' ■ quarter, quarter, Do- 1 I 1909. 1908. oroaee. I 4 4 ' '■ 4 Finance ~ 9,437 • 9,805 368 V ■ Pensions 417 2,644 2,227 , ! Public Buildings ... 8,030 8,076 646 \ I Roads ....' 2,785 3,442 657 --«, I Printing 3,650 9.704 0,054 Stamps 7,773 8,490 720 Police 29,879 29,884 5 Crown Law 1,052 1,080 28 i Labour 6,874 8,183 1,309 J Lands 43,676 69,962 26,236 ' Mental Hospitals... 20,823 27,013 6,220 ' Tho following table shows tho growth of | revonuo and expenditure for tho Juno quar- ..-^ I ter in tho last four years:— \, Quaiter ' *\ ending Revenue. Expenditure. ' ' June 30.' 14 4 1906 ... 1,559,872 1,708,301 J 1907 ... 1,785,026 1,914,0-45 l 1903 ... 1.791.M9 1,930,886 '<! ! 1909 ... 1,820,538 1,062,985 , "» The revenue, it will bo seen, has riwn b; "■» £266)726 for tho quarter in four years, while v? the expenditure has risen by £254,684. Tlio ,j oxpendituro has almost kept pace with the » lovenue. ■ L Tho following table shows, tho growth of L tho expenditure under the heading of "an- IS nual appropnations"T-tho expenditure on 1 tho Departments:— ' .^ Juno '| quartor. 4 1 1900 „~ 711,033 f 1907 .".... '909,739 J '1008 .........,....:.... 909,120 j 1909 1,007,273 J Tho expcndituic for the quaiter on tho Do« 1 TOrtmcnts is, thoiefore, ijiggcr than ever. i It has increased by about 40 per cent, in < , three years, and has at lost roaohed a mil- , > lion sterling. \ i Treasury Bills. It is interesting to note, in view of tho Prime Mimstci's nccnt statement concerning tho way in which ho has paid off Tioasury Hills, that while there were only £250,000 of Ticasmy Bjlls outstanding on March 31 last', tho amount increased to ... £550,000 during the quarter. The final position is that tho balance with ' ; which tlio Tieasurcr started tho current . quaiter wes only £48,335, and this although ; nothing was Uansforred to Public Works. £ Tho ioHowing table shows tlio balance of tho ' Consolidated Fund at Juno 30 in tho last four yeais:— Balanoe at Juno 30. , / Year. , 4 J, 1300 '450,305 I 1007.... 395,050 1908 :... 422,902 4 | 1909 »■ 48,335 , I And in tlio 1906, 1907, 1908 quarters, the ] sums of £250,000, £193,760, and £200,000 i respectively had been transferred to_ Publio : Woiks. Notliiug was trailsferix>d this joar. Publlo Works. \ j Tho Public Works Fund opened with a balance of £383.709. Tho actual expenditure ' totalled -C 432,873. Tho actual receipts to- 1 tnllcxl £550,225, from debentures. Of llicso £500,000 were issued under tho Act t passed in tho rcoont Rcssion. ]

A !>mall fire bioko out at Johnsonville on Tuesday, and resulted in tho destitution of a one-roomed whnro occupied 'by Edward, Vnllondcr. It is not known how the fno originated, and particulars of insurance arc not available, as tbo owner of the building Mr. H. W. Hope, of Packnkanki, is at pre- • , sent away in Sydney. An important sale on tho premiss of, Sihcr- " (stream Farm, Silvorstroam, is unnuuiircd bv Messrs. W. F. Sliorlt, Lid ,at 3 o'clock to-day. - It includes Worlhenn eciunß machine, Edi<-6n pliouoginph, and superior furniture, "ab good J as ncu." ' [ Tlio official rcsnlt of the Karori luimviaj loan poll is advertised to be.—For the pro- ' posal, 32G; against the pioposal, 251; infor- > ', raal,B. Tho list tor Messrs. DaJpcty nnd Co 's Levin ',' stool: 6alo on Friday, August 0, appears ifi ad.vpxtjs.ing. columns,