WAR EXPENSES.
NEARLY £2,500,000. f ' FIRST FOjUR MONTHS. • AERODROMES AND FORTS. • . NEW ZEALAND ACCOUNT. i (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. For the first four months of the war Xew Zealand's expenditure totalled £2,459,398, according to the War Expenses Account, which does not cover the period of Expeditionary Force disbursements overseas. The largest item is £1,311,239 for land and -buiklinps for aerodrome* and fortifications, while £293,264 has been exponded on stores, and £375,228 on pay allowances, the Army proportion being £208,5<Vi. The main items of receipts are Treasury- bills £300,000, transfers from Consolidated Fund notes £2.200,000, and special war taxation £277,724.^ The largest estimated receipts will be from income tax surcharge, which is not yet payable, the only substantial item so far being customs duties £150,500.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 44, 21 February 1940, Page 6
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