THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 727, 28 January 1910, Page 8

THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.

♦ • • FIGURES FOB DECEMBER QUARTER. : Tie Prime Minister, in. Sis (Hastings speech, gave moat;of the principal figures of the,public finances for the quarter ending December -81 last, but 1 - it is as. well that • they should be placed on ■ recordin a clear srnd intelligible manner.' The .details; appear, in last; .night's "Gazette. ■ ? At' the', beginning .of -the. ;quarter. .the balance in hand • was ' .£59,380. > <At the end of, . the quarter it. was, ',£180,729.' . The revenue amounted to .£2,047,728, and the eipenditnie.ito :^2,52G,378.. . The revenue was made. up as follows-.(tho 1908 - figures are also given) r—

The expenditure consisted, of £1,158,846 on permanent' appropriations, .and i 1,867,532 on annual appropriations.' The cipal items in tne annual appropriations' are as follow (figures for 1908 are also given):— . ■

UUUUUUUII . 611,001 . The cost of the Departments increased from ■: .£1,34i,554 to .£1,367,532 for the. quarter. .: •

1809.'. ; '.1908. , ■. r. . £ ■ s. d. ■ £ s. d. Customs • 685,811 1G 10 707,663 19 .7 Stamps, . 319,026 15 ' 6' 326,051 18 8 Postal and Tel©- • graph; ■. 73,271 15 7' 67,810 14: 2 land • tax....... 606,694 16 : 9' 557,328' 12 2 Income; tax ...' 2,985 18 ' 0' ■" 3,795 10 11 Beer duty 33,705 19 10 34,871 17 9 Railways .793,699, 6 11. 774,962 2 7 Registration and . : . J , ■ . ' other £«s ' 12,529.13 6 21,530 10 6 Marine 10,406 5 2 - 11,173 16 2 Miscellaneous 55,393 12 . 0 49,641 0 3 Territorial, re- • .reniie ; 28,517 . 7 6 33,557 16- 1 Recoveries . 654 5 5 . — '

; . 1909. • 1903. Post and Telegraph ... . 161,089 . .164,508 Bailways,. 600,100 V 504,586 Justice .....— 33,959 . 39,202 Police, ...... 51,613. 50,455 Internal: affairs . ... 25,933 39,168 36,789 .53,802 Lands, ,38,432 ' 39,915 'Agricnlhtre';-^............ .28,120 ; 42,042 Mental hospititla .... 25,261; 21,569 Education 234.364 217.531