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Details are here given showing the expenditure oi' the different Departments compared with that of last year : —

SUMMAEY OF THE YBAE'S OPBEATIONS. £ Balance in hand, Ist April, 1911 .. .. .. 586,483 Eeceipts during year,— £ Revenue '.. .. .. 11,032,544 Other receipts .. . . 28,617 11,061,161 Expenditure during year,— Appropriations .. .. 10,340,368 Excess of receipts over expenditure .. .. 720,793 The credit balance, including £586,483 carried forward, amounted on the 31st March last to .. . . 1,307,276 From this there was transferred to the Public Works Fund .. .. .. .. .. 500,000 Leaving a balance on the 31st March, 1912, of .. £807,276

Difference. Expenditure. Year 1911-12. Year More. Less. Permanent Appropriations — Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund Under Special Acts , Subsidies paid to Local Authorities Territorial Revenue Endowments .. .. .. Old-age Pensions £ £ £ £ 693 33,680 2,656,340 512,449 105,938 38,477 152,772 386,962 34,373 2,458,452 482,119 108,017 40,397 153,459 366,033 197,888 30,330 2,079 1,920 687 20,929 Annual Appropriations— Legislative Departments Department of Finance Post and Telegraph Department Working Railways Department Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads Native Department Justice Department Mines Department 1 Department of Internal Affairs Defence Department Customs, Marine, and Inspection of Machinery Departments Department of Labour Department of Lands and Survey Department of Agriculture, Commerce, and Tourists Education Department . Services not provided for 3,886,618 3,642,850 249,147 5,379 31,628 47,449 986,527 2,451,717 37,611 48,023 911,819 2,270,814 74,708 180,903 5,983 574 88,745 20,724 384,721 24,844 385,837 401,870 81,103 21,661 370,182 22,457 262,142 212,939 7,642 14,539 2,387 123,695 188,931 937 118,528 25,245 234,501 114,737 22,725 206,660 3,791 2,520 27,841 219,434 1,012,048 19,932 184,579 924,777 8,027 34,855 87,271 11,905 6,453,750 5,700,256 760,988 7,494 Totals 1,010,135 12,873 12,873 10,340,368 9,343,106 997,262