THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
THBEE MONTHS'i FIGURES. Last night's Gazc-tlo contains details of tho public accounts for the quarter end-' ed Soplcmljer 30 lust The year opened, in tho ordinary revenue account, with a credit balance in Imnd of £103,520. Tho rucoip(6 amounted to .£2,574,257 (ordinary revenue, £2,48b',3)5; territorial revenue, £84,791; and recoveries, JC3I&1). Tho expenditure amounts to £2,152,55-1. Tho quarter ended with n balance in hand amounting to £920?-3!l. The betterment ou last yr-ar'o position at this date was duo mainly,Up the fact that nothing was transferred to PnMio Works a.s against .-£133,000 iu.Uio September quarter of 1910, I hat the inlcrrst un debt lias been. aiTanged ko a.s to be much loss than last year, although, tho debt lias increased, and that tho revenue from Customs and shvinj, duly has greatly increased.
The principal revenue increases were: Customs, .£818,723 to .£928.3:0 j stomp duty, .£190,321 to ,£250,278; iioalaffeEtajnps, .£lßß, m to £211,002; railways/..£758,048 to .-CSS4.S43.
The annual appropriations (cost of Do-, pantmontal working) increased from J51.411.055 in the September quarter of ISIO fa> £1,5(G,120 in the September quarter this year. The doorcase* were: Legislative, £3538; Finance, £230; Justice, JC2581; and Railways, £38.75(1. Tho inCNaws wore: Post and Telegraph's, ,£32,♦15; Buildings, Domains, and 'Heads, £.3020; Native, JES2; Internal Affair* £27,237; Defence, £30,710; Customs,, etc., £5313; Labour, £W>; Lands, £-110; Agi-i----culture, .CG755; and Education, £31,57-7. Tbe State Ccal Mines Ttepartment showed ft loss of nlxiut £20,000 for the quarter. Tlie Naml Defence Act Account sliowa an expenditure of £210,000. „ ' Only £1(111 was spent, in the Wellington*Hutt Railway and Koad Improvement Account.. i ' ' Of tho £525,978 spent by tho Publid Works Department, Ife main items woro-:! Railways. £200,383; reads and bridges,, etc., £112,035; public buildings, £7f1,182| , telegraph extension, £30,235. Tliero were outstanding at tho end of ' (ho quarter Treasury Bills amounting to £100,OM.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1264, 20 October 1911, Page 4
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301THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1264, 20 October 1911, Page 4
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