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Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1919, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1918.

Surplus. It is my pleasing duty to announce that the surplus for the year amounted to £3,678,773. It is arrived at as follows : — £ £ Revenue .. .. .. .. ..22,352,372 Expenditure .. .. .. .. 18,673,599 3,678,773 Add surplus at the end of the financial year 1917-18 .. 11,560,788 Total accumulated surplus .. .. £15,239,561

Year ondod 31 at March, 1919. Year ended 31st March, 1918. Increase. Decrease. Permanent Appropriations,— Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund Under special Acts Subsidies paid to Local Authorities Territorial Revenue Endowments Old-age Pensions Widows' Pensions Military Pensions War Pensions £ 28,669 6,086,769 726,047 140,309 46,576 150,419 709,336. 80,670 50,511 1,199,544 £ 27,674 4,430,779 621,258 139,213 48,831 164,543 612,464 57,931 50,733 515,384 £ 995 1,655,990 104,789 1,096 £ 2,255 14,124 96,872 22,739 684,160 222 Annual Appropriations,— Legislative Departments Departments of Finance Post and Telegraph Department Working Railways Department Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads Native Department .. .. Justice Department Mines Department Department of Internal Affairs Mental Hospitals, Public Health, and Hospitals and Charitable Aid Departments Tourists Department Defence Department Customs, Marine, and Inspection of Machinery Departments Department of Labour Department of Lands and Survey Valuation and Electoral Departments Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce Education Department Services not provided for 9,218,850 6,668,810 2,566,641 16,601 36,729 ! 167,237 1,699,701 3,415,595 121,384 41,797 132,896 1,487,145 3,067,658 99,393 34,341 212,556 347,937 21,991 5,068 25,694 549,794 40,638' 271,218 318,808 24,242 485,428 26,613 249,747 225,701 1,452 64,366 14,025 21,471 93,107 53,656 416,427 186,561 48,733 428,112 163,395 4,923 23,166 11,685 32,954 209,403 53,070 240,465 30,746 159,831 38,425 224,565 2,208 49,572 14,645 15,900 1,602,995 12,420 1,511,256 5,795 91,739 6,625 9,454,749 8,451,478 1,020,024 16,753 3,586,665 33,354 33,354 Totals 18,673,599 15,120,288 3,553,311