DOMINION FINANCE.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE. COMPARISON WITH LAST YEAR. By Telegraph.—Press Association’. Wellington, Last Night. Although the complete public accounts returns are not available, the following summary has been published:—
The principal items (with the 1921 figures in parentheses) are: Customs, £1,408,286 (£1,433,622); stamp and death duties, £751,008 (£682,555); post and telegraoh, £684,880 (£643,325); income tax, £67,869 (£96,363); beer duty, £126,479 (£76,166); railways, £1,498,859 (£1,613,468).
The principal items are: Interest, and sinking fund, £1,315,631 (£1,114,429); war pensions, £411,007 (£490,928); railways, £1,227,039 (£1,496,877); post and telegraph, £678,955 (£644,913); education, £572,987 (£631,823). For the half year the receipts and expenditure, excluding balances, compare as follow:
Receipts. 1921. 1922. Balance brought £ £ forward 4,319,725 5,590,0m.. Ordinary revenue.. 5,105,242 5,04.3,508 Territorial revenue 59,953 65,983 Departmental receipts 19,147 —— Recoveries, etc. ... 4.441 5,117 Treasury Bills ... o — 20,000 Totals £10,008,510 £10,724,708
Expenditure. Permanent charges. Departments .... Loans redemption 1922. £ 2,393,795 3,494,584 . 22,615 1921. £ 2,377,828 3,867,950 560,000 Balance £4,097,516 £3,893,924
1922. £ 1921. £ Receipts .. 9,980,549 10,194,864 Expenditure ... 12,387,826 14,258,148
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1922, Page 4
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158DOMINION FINANCE. Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1922, Page 4
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