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Table No. 8 —continued. Statement of the Actual Net Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1930, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1929—continued.

Year ended Year ended 31st March, 31st March, Increase. Deorease. 1930. 1929. I Annual appropriations— £ £ £ £ Legislative Departments .. .. .. 99,251 95,191 4,060 Prime Minister's Department .. .. 13,817 ' 13,084 733 Treasury Department .. .. .. 41,941 37,494 4,447 National Provident and Friendly Societies De- . 25,586 25,047 539 partment Land and Income Tax Department .. .. 65,314 61,099 4,215 Stamp Duties Department .. .. 99,339 96,580 2,759 Public Buildings .. .. .. .. 69,451 87,073 .. 17,622 Government and other Domains .. .. 4,939 5,299 .. 360 Maintenance and Repairs to Roads .. .. 79,504 85,436 .. 5,932 Maintenance of Irrigation Works .. .. 16,310 14,138 2,172 Native Department .. .. .. 35,714 31,677 4,037 Department of External Affairs .. .. 36,612 38,433 .. 1,821 Cook Islands .. .. .. .. 34,389 34,822 .. 433 Department of Industries and Commerce .. 9,356 31,419 .. 22,063 Department of Justice .. .. .. 135,383 132,623 2,760 Prisons Department .. .. .. 88,443 89,456 ! .. 1,013 Crown Law Office .. .. .. 5,824- 5,934 .. 110 Police Department .. .. .. 452,883 444,970 7,913 Pensions Department .. .. .. 176,743 165,912 10,831 Mines Department .. .. .. 27,531 32,424 .. 4,893 Department of Internal Affairs .. .. 351,039 I 359,966 .. 8,927 Audit Department .. .. .. 27,260 24,790 2,470 Public Service Commissioner's Office .. 6,374 7,062 .. 688 Printing and Stationery Department .. 214,976 220,796 .. 5,820 Mental Hospitals Department .. .. 307,040 303,300 3,740 Department of Health .. .. .. 247,250 239,757 7,493 Naval Defence .. .. .. .. 437,573 463,496 .. 25,923 Defence Department .. .. .. 454,828 464,595 .. 9,767 Customs Department .. .. .. 112,087 117,390 .. 5,303 Marine Department .. .. .. 133,706 110,212 23,494 Department of Labour .. .. .. 60,985 60,893 92 Department of Lands and Survey .. .. 192,819 181,748 11,071 Scenery-preservation .. .. .. 2,391 14,139 .. 11,748 Valuation Department .. .. .. 55,566 53,600 1,966 Electoral Department .. .. .. J 1,266 89,773 .. 78,507 Department of Agriculture. . .. .. 435,283 451,926 .. 16,643 Department of Tourist and Health Resorts .. 92,383 82,987 9,396 Department of Education .. .. .. 3,218,828 3,092,296 126,532 Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 65,774 57,535 8,239 Transport Department .. .. .. 5,313 .. 5,313 Services not provided for .. .. .. 22,206 7,959 14,247 7,973,277 7,932,331 258,519 217,573 1,687,405 663,451 663,451 Total expenditure .. .. 25,200,882 24,176,928 1,023,954