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Table No. 3. Statement of the Actual Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1923, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1922.

Year ended 31st March, 1928. Year etdi (I 31st March, 1922. Increase. Decrease. Permanent appropriations— £ Civil List .. .. .. .. 28,83.", Interest.. .. .. .. .. 7,904,260 Sinking Fund .. .. .. .. 854,526 Reduction of Funded Debl .. .. 141,171 Under special Acts— Miscellaneous .. .. .. 386,032 Butter subsidies .. .. •• 13,161 Subsidies paid to local authorities .. 206,733 Subsidies paid to Hospital Boards .. 429,444 Territorial revenue .. .. .. 16,518 Endowments .. .. .. .. 99,229 Old-age pensions .. .. .. 725,039 Willows' pensions .. .. ,. 187,872 Military pensions .. .. .. 34,110 War pensions .. .. .. .. 1,471,532 Miners' pensions .. .. .. 30,876 Subsidies tp Superannuation Board .. 154,000 Transfer to Electric Supply Account ,. 250,000 Advances to other Governments .. .. 22,693 Westport Harbour Account .. 17,885 £ 29,884 7,390,864 1,051,414 £ £ 513,396 1,051 196,888 141,171 390,849 240,270 200.924 471,711 16,968 107.919 711,500 186,197 37,647 1,722,596 28,855 154,000 4,817 227,109 5,809 •■ 42,267 450 8,720 13,539 1,675 3,537 251,064 2*021 60,533 72,001) 250,000 37,84.0 54,115 12,973,914 12.871. Mil 927, (ill 827,858 Annual appropriations Legislative Departments .. . .• .. 70,091 Treasury Department .. .. ., 33.390 Land and Income Tax Department.. .. 60,268 Stamp Duties Department .. .. 71.851 National Provident and friendly Societies De- 19,992 partment Working Railways .. .. .. 4,946,181 Post, and Telegraph working expenses . . 2,112,543 Public buildings .. .. .. .. 77,875 Government domains .. .. .. 4,470 Maintenance and improvement of roads .. 55,948 Maintenance of irrigation works .. .. 1,345 Native Department .. .. .. 25,685 Department of External Affairs .. .. ,19,332 Cook Islands .. .. .. .. 19,732 Department of Industries and Commerce .. 95,321 Department of Justice .. .. .. 47,300 Supreme and Magistrates'Courts .. .. 95,315 Prisons Department .. .. .. 77,301 Crown Law Office .. .. .. 5,927 Police Departmenl .. .. ,. 377,788 Pensions Department .. .. .. 122,453 Mines Departmenl .. .. .. 26,823 Department of Internal Affairs .. .. 344,783 Audit Department .. .. .. 19,599 Public Service Commissioner's Office .. 7,055 Printing and Stationery .. .. .. *175,551 Mental Hospitals .. .. .. .. 245,206 Department of Health .. .. .. 233,823 Naval defence .. .. .. .. 211,225 Defence.. .. .. .. .. 285,113 Customs Department .. .. .. 103,352 Marine Department. .. .. .. .117,204 Department of Labour .. .. .. .">tt,096 Department of Lands and Survey .. .. 152,377 Valuation .. .. .. .. 36,739 Electoral .. .. .. .. 101,320 Agriculture .. .. .. .. 208,197 Tourists .. .. .. .. 59,647 - Education-.Department •■--.-.-- -.--. —r.- 2,514,991 Services not provided f or .. .. 65,637 13,289,846 73,843 11,103 60,533 101,415 24,935 6,473,234 2,448,688 109,092 1,513 62,280 1,295 22,862 21,478 15,406 157,518 45,875 101,219 79,545 6,021 411,056 138,734 47,076 367,062 21,685 8,861 Cr. 10,220 269,199 223,388 303,517 415.450 136,475 151,695 35,762 215,672 55,278 6,295 275,176 86,943 2,580,562 2,156 50 2,823 4,326 1,425 3.752 7,713 265 26,564 4,943 1,527,053 336,145 31,217 43 6,332 2,146 62,197 5,904 2,244 94 33,268 16,281 20,253 22,279 2,086 1,806 185,771 10,435 23,993 92,292 130,337 33,123 34,491 2,334 63,295 18,539 95,025 66,979 27,296 65,571 63,481 9 ««k km 13,289,846 "15,592,677 365,670 •A , bb», OU1 3,496,359 1,293,281 2,668,501 Total expenditure .. .. ..' 26,263,760 1,293,281 26,263,760 28,466,838 2,203,078 * Receipts amounting to £225,358 lave been credited to re vent: i utilized in reduction of expenditure as in previous years. (Departmental rec;ipts) inet< tead of being