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Table showing Revenue Receipts of County Councils for the Years from 1924-25 to 1943-44

(e) Expenditure The following table gives an analysis of payments by counties on construction and maintenance: —

Analysis of Payments by Counties on Construction and Maintenance from 1925-26 to 1943-44

The table is of interest as giving a further indication of county responsibilities in relation to main highways as opposed to county roads. Over the period until the outbreak of war Government subsidies for main highways had steadily increased, while, if anything, there had been a tendency to fall in the amount of payments by the counties. This is particularly true of payments out of loan-moneys which, over the period, tended to fall very considerably. Even the expenditure out of ordinary revenue funds tended to fall. On the other hand, the expenditure on ordinary county roads tended to remain practically stable over the period except during the depression years. This is important, particularly when it is remembered that during this period responsibility for State and main, highways was largely taken away from counties, and hence the fact that expenditure on county roads tended to remain practically stable is a further indication of the burden of the maintenance of these county roads on county funds.

* Including expenditure met or subsidized by Government funds. In some cases the allocation of this expend!ture over various classes of works is approximate only. f Includes Government grants. t Including £143,954 from Employment Promotion Fund,

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Revenue from -iv Revenue from Revenue from Total Financial Year. Rates. Licenses, Rents, Govornment , Revenue. and other Sources. £ £ £ £ 1924-25 .. .. ■■ 1.797,095 264,536 222,351 2,283,982 1925-26 .. .. •• 1,872,938 306,322 228,136 2,407,396 1926-27 .. •• 1,894,770 403,836 239,690 2,538,296 1927-28 .. •• 1,975,646 414,475 227,945 2,618,066 \928-29 .. .. .. •• 2,016,878 464,962 236,162 2,718,002 1929-30 .. .. .. •• 1,995,306 514,994 242,402 2,752,702 1930-31 .. •• •• 1,665,200 575,641 253,710 2,476,551 1931-32 .. .. .. 1,546,661 528,032 439,442 2,514,135 1932-33 .. .. •• 1,293,498 519,115 188,186 2,000,799 1933-34 1,507,845 530,166 177,671 2,215,682 1934-35 .. .. •• 1,407,241 600,485 363,3.16 2,371,042 1935-36 •• •• 1,463.183 640,669 386,199 2,480,051 1936-37 .. •• 1,688,845 671,644 211,762 2,572,251 1937-38 .. .. •• 1,938,363 767,527 211,588 2,917,478 1938-39 .. .. .. 2,046,501 854,480. 212,023 3,113,004 1939-40 .. 2,139,632 904,505 214,226 3,258,363 1940-41 " .. .. 2,165,352 907,638 214,797 3,287,787 1941-42 .. .. 2,152,063 887 ,'272 215,526 3,254,861 1942-43 . .. .. 2,219,782 854,276 209,229 3,223,287 1943-44 .. 2,218,747 831,919 212,245 3,262,911

(Figures for 1924 25 not available) On Main Highways. On other Roads and Bridges. a 1 : —3T ■ 'SB .• u o*. t». § b § % a 1 ® a 9 §1 . 5 . §8 a 3 . S 2 d S «w •§ Financial Year. g S g g, „ | oj „ . || O 2 otj O og 3 <© 1-1 n ®-3 3 £» "3 o ■" £ £"§ •« • of ■"! o ■ iS'Sn ft a'" t; _• °£ og o - °£ og o -a gg So g ■gtf -gcs -g | -gM ■0® "S O s pH a m a M 5 o o o 5 H © O O BO o o 5h £ £ £ £ £££££££££ 1925-26 .. 220,885 207,117 174,712 692,714 .. .. .. .. •• -• •• 1926-27 262 432 494,088 242,070 998,590 l,174,455t .. 308,943 1,483,394 189,807 15,276 296,677 2,983,748 1927-28 " 247,732 505,180 162,294 915,206 1,172,1101" .. 255,902 1,428,012 161,286 20,057 . 188,197 2,712,758 1928-29 .. 283,982 716,623 112,903 1,113,508 865,528 240,692 135,473 1,241,693 202,815 33,504 ,2 146,002 2,737,522 1929-30 .. 319 881 917,185 109,024 1,346,090 904,706 268,310 107,708 1,280,724 254,084 47,060 "§ 167,349 3,095,307 j#*a0-31 322'()17 761,552 119,324* 1,202,893 900,487 336,665 132,658 1,369,810 251,984 37,212 141,915 3,003,778 1OT1-32 " 224'743 689,737 71,151 985,361 622,241 503,478 63,357 1,189,076 200,016 35,068 > 193,521 2,603,042 1932-33 170'022 522,485 37,472 729,979 577,514 540,135 15,911 1,113,560 183,845 35,832 -g 542,474 2,625,690 lim-34 191'041 546 615 20,664 758,320 542,686 510,905 19,938 1,073,529 195,919 30,144 Jz; 510,088 2,568,000 1934-35 " 241'368 696,950 34,632 972,950 630,770 438,711 26,475 1,095,956 235,145 31,694 507,879 2,843,624 1935-36 "282 114 854,685 64,094 1,200,893 736,459 510,753 21,775 1,268,987 252,576 29,183 512,789 3,264,428 1936-37 276 539 834,383 38,774 1,149,696 787,667 478,549 25,994 1,292,210 241,329 30,150 51,643 399,840$ 3,164,868 1937-38 !! 209'316 712,162 31,835 953,313 918,875 441,434 42,178 1,402,487 240,806 33,780 74,665 362,124 3,067,175 1Q38-39 2.16'570 784,228 64,151 1,064,949 1,013,366 714,908 59,484 1,787,758 267,898 44,299 74,332 576,533 3,815,769 1039-40 230'724- 832,755 85,796 1,149,275 1,006,290 563,888 57,232 1,627,410 263,974 47,134 59,392 557,853 3,705,038 1040-41 " 178 757 634,222 58,723 871,702 996,579 357,207 44,877 1,398,663 226,996 46,963 61,735 493,630 3,099,689 1941-42 " 153!328 433 335 19,597 606,260 1,008,636 201,237 27,403 1,237,276 220,793 48,921 32,421 524,377 2,670,048 1042-43 121 836 316 632 4,799 443,267 886,667 162,258 17,362 1,010,287 169,151 53,556 27,162 359,866 2,063,289 1943-44 134)489 346,569 8,173 489,223 949,495 97,134 8,075 1,054,704 210,258 54,739 24,050 338,792 2,171,766