THE CALL FOR MEN

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2824, 15 July 1916, Page 10

THE CALL FOR MEN

REVENUE & EXPENDITURE A SLACK WEEK PRIVATE WEALTH POSITION IN THE CITY GROUP T ... , Recruiting lias been slack in WellingIn the course of his speech on the ( on this week. Since Monday only third reading of the Finance Bill in thft seventy-six men have enlisted, and, of House of Representatives last night, Sir com-so, not all these are fit. Joseph Ward quoted several series of -for the Nineteenth Reinforcement!) ttio figures relating to the revenue, expendi- (^ ltv quota is: turo, and resources of the Dominion. , ... Following were the tables which he Iptantrv . loi quoted in detail:- * Io »» tod ® i Artillery H Revenue. Ambulance 8 Statement of the revenue for the three Lngmeeis months ended .fune SO, 1916, compared , in t with tho three months ended June 30, lotnl 1915:— Also IS n.c.o.'s are required at thu 1916. 1915. Inc. Dec. «trrt» time for the twenty-flrSt draft, rti £ £ £ £ that tins total needed in About a weok'u Customs ... 898,269 856,716 41,553 — time is 210 nlen. Stamp and Recruiting was so good in the City n death dut- while ago that, notwithstanding the v*'eies 390,150 308,775 51,675 — sent slackness; no difficulty in filling tho Postal And approaohine draft is expects], 'J' 6 1 e . '• The latest enrolments of men fit for graph 425.967 352,886 76,081 — netivo service are: Land tax 3,009 24,5&9 — 21,590 R. M'Bride, stonemason, City. Income tax 9,524 3,380 6,114 — A. 'J'. Burroughs, mwchnnt, Picton. Beer duty -43,758 31,554 12,174 — R, Raine, merchant, Karori. Railways ... 1,106,969 952,294 154,675 — C. W, Mackenzie. lebourer, City, Registration T. C. W6bb, orchard instructor, City and other A. Gustofson, hotelkeeper, VogeUown, fees 22,53fi 24,928 — 2,092 A. Winn, seaman. City. Jlarim; ... \ '0,185 10.34S — 1,163 0. H. Field, student, Wnilcanae. Miscellaneous 76,054 65,830 10,224 — W. F. Thompson, farmer, Oaraaru. Territorial 16,218 15,460 128 - . National En- When you see a pair of welMitting dowment glasses on a happy, smiling face, they revenue ... 85,971 92,655 — 6,684 come' from Rowland's, but when you other see a pair of badlv fitted, crooked specs, receints ... — 8,266 — 8,266 on a discontented, wrinkled face they 1 didn't. A. E. M. Rowland, the Public 3,091,210 2,747,751 383,254 39,795 Service Optician and Jeweller (Spectacle 39,795 Maker to tho Hospital), SO Manners St. (opp. Everybody's).—Advt. 343,459 '

Expenditure. Statement showing the expenditure on ordinary revenue account for three months ended June 30, 1916,; compared with the corresponding period for 1915. 1916. 1915. Increase. Decrease. Permanent Charges— £ £ £ £ Civil List 5,416 4,373 1,013 - Interesting and Sinking Fund 1,108,278 1,081,086 26,592 — Under Special Acts 269,494 203,037 6,397 - 1,383,128 1,349,096 31,032 — Animal AppropriationsLegislation 7,487 5,320 2,167 — ' Finance 19,896 -17,537 2,35!l — Post and Telegraph 112,606 195,219 — 82,613 Railways 5S6,419 627,290 — 40,871 Public Buildings 19,491 17,637 1,654 — Native 5,508 6,079 — 571 Justice 87,648 85,960 1,688 — " Mines 5,458 5,716 — 258 Internal Affairs 113,783 93,619 20,164 - Defence ItS.lSi 91,656 23,628 - Customs and Marine 31,629 3(1,190 1,439 — Labour '• 7,391 6,642 749 - Lands and Survey 48,523 57,346 — 8,823 Agriculture 46,173 ' 37,803 8,370 — Education 372,431 312,656 59,775 . — \ Services not provided for < 2,070 17,468 — 15,308 • •' 1,584,797 1,611,338 121,993 118,534 156,025 145,534 ! 148,534 Totals 2,967,925 2,960,434. 7,491 ' Balance, April 1 2,166,077 149,047 Receipts 3,091,210 2,747,751 5,257,287 2,896,793 Espenditilrfe .... 2,967,925 2,960,434 2,289,362 Dr. 63,636 Transfer to War Exp. Ac — 75,000 Biilattce, June 30 2,289,362 DT. 136,6!l8 Ae follows— Cash 5(11,997 397,254 Advances ... 971.9S4 714,110 • 1 Investments 815,331 2,289,362 1,111,364 Balance, June 30 2,289)362 Dr. 138,636 , i statistics 6f Wealth. , Sir Joseph "Ward gave also the following statistics of the private wealth of this country, and the public and private indebtedness:— .• Per head . of popnTotal. lation. Iteln.—Year ended : £ X s.'d. listihiated private wealth, December 31, 1914 285.4S5.82!) 200 0 0 State indebtedness, gross, Match 31, 1015 ■. 100,059,910 90 18 4 Local bodies' indebtedness Other than to Govt., March 31, 1915 19,454,475 1 7 13 6 Taxation by General Government, March 31, 1915 ......... 5,880,811 S 7 5 Taxation by local bodies, Mal'ch 31, 1915 2,325,494 2 2 6 13ullks of Issue— Deposits, March 31, 1916 36,129,992 32 16 8 Liabilities, quarter, March 31, 1916 39,415,072 35 16 11 Assets, March 31, 1916 31,123,760 31 0 2 Amount to credit of depositors in Savings BanksPost Office, December 31, 1915 .. 22,166.364 20 2 0 Private, March 31, 1915 1,876,725 1 14 1 Mortgages registered, MSrch 31, 1916 22,341,665 20 6 1 Mortgages discharged, .Starch 31, 1910 12,489,808 11 7 0 Mortgages remaining. March 31. 1916 124,399,478 113 1 0 Values of estates certified for Stanip Duty, Dee. 31, 1915 8,720,451 7 18 8 Valuation of land and improvements— Unimproved value of Kind. Mlivch 31, 1915 141,280,845 128 7 4 Value of improvements, March 31. 19i5 88,263,610 • 80 4 0 Capital value of land alul improvements, Mar. 31, 1915 229,544.455 208 11 4 Trade— Imports, March 31, 1916 21,947,372 19 18 10 imports. March 31. 1916 '32,201,996 29 5 3 Total, March 31, 1916 54,149,368 49 4 1