TAXATION REVENUES.
1936 AND 1938 COMPARED.
TOTAL INCREASE £10,107,000.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Monday. A comparison between taxation revenues in 1936 and 1938 was made by the Hon. W. Nash jn his speech at Lower Hutt to-night. The major comparisons quoted by Mr. Nash showed the following increases: — Customs, £2,000,000; sales tax, £1,000,000; land tax, £600,000; income tax, £4,500,000. Total, £8,700,000. With increases on other items there was a total increase of £10,107,000. Mr. Nash gave the following figures to show where the money had gone:—Debt charges, £100,000; reserves, £800,000; administration, general, £560,000; finance, £144,000; justice and police, £235,000; defence, £590,000; public works maintenance, £950,000; development of primary and secondary industries, £792,000; health, £520,000; education, £900,000; pensions, £2,70o,000; highways, £730.000; exchange, £230,000, making a total of £9,251,000. Other minor items brought the total up to £9,300.000 which, with £800,000 surplus, j approximately, accounted for the addi- I . '■
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 114, 17 May 1938, Page 12
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