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Table showing Expenditure of all Local Authorities (except Hospital Boards), for the Period from 1918-19 to 1943-44

The total expenditure normally approximates total revenue.

* Includes amortization of debt.

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Public Works and Utilities „ ., , Interest on T , , Financial Year. (Construction -°®P» *. Administration. Loans and Other.* 0 and Board Levles " Overdraft. Expenditure. Maintenance). ££££££ 1918-19 .. 4,857,308 308,422 507,117 1,305,259 342,171 7,320,277 1919-20 .. 7,866,769 359,831 615,646 1,356,495 684,845 10,883,586 1920-21 .. 9,219,384 456,381 724,256 1,452,230 909,439 12,761,690 1921-22 .. 10,867,810 526,201 766,251 1,758,815 1,172,798 15,091,875 1922-23 .. 11,261,774 491,032 764,904 2,025,292 1,152,505 15,695,507 1923-24 .. 12,031,580 500,082 833,115 2,290,773 865,400 16,520,950 1924-25 .. 14,256,887 502,245 843,446 2,523,303 1,296,952 19,422,833 1925-26 .. 15,454,839 549,938 908,606 2,726,277 1,275,985 20,915,645 1926-27 .. 15,831,600 565,733 941,794 3,079,378 1,329,052 21,747,557 1927-28 .. 15,200,280 629,379 965,376 3,452,293 2,175,839 22,423,167 1928-29 .. 13,298,839 677,085 964,098 3,641,549 2,718,453 21,300,024 1929-30 .. 14,486,488 685,134 1,053,613 3,895,632 1,940,221 22,061,088 1930-31 .. 14,402,327 699,584 1,029,017 4,021,233 2,022,363 22,174,524 1931-32 .. 12,694,508 561,905 989,366 3,963,334 1,878,268 20,087,381 1932-33 .. 11,584,311 574,960 907,659 3,877,340 1,940,903 18,885,173 1933-34 .. 10,754,446 592,092 879,276 3,476,767 2,035,211 17,737,792 1934-35 .. 11,656,773 601,448 875,317 3,362,013 2,249,340 18,744,891 1935-36 .. 12,250,661 622,512 998,998 3,243,386 2,221,685 19,337,242 1936-37 .. 13,164,376 717,084 1,001,504 3,120,652 2,219,099 20,222,715 1937-38 .. 14,672,484 821,697 1,034,646 3,031,793 2,490,527 22,051,147 1938-39 .. 17,170,464 943,529 1,354,249 3,029,990 2,580,703 25,078,935 1939-40 .. 17,413,242 1,093,479 1,350,011 3,034,753 2,817,710 25,709,195 1940-41 .. 16,120,898 966,221 1,371,434 3,030,802 3,237,273 24,726,628 1941-42 .. 15,114,255 1,066,383 1,439,918 2,928,172 3,523,364 24,072,092 1942-43 .. 13,802,865 1,315,997 1,385,227 2,806,146 4,918,199 23,228,434 1943-44- .. 14,221,759 1,251,183 1,404,827 2,725,283 4,198,145 23,801,197