THE COLONIAL FINANCES.

Press, Volume XLVII, Issue 7527, 17 April 1890, Page 5

THE COLONIAL FINANCES.

[pqpM ASSOCIATION TEZJEGRAM.I WELLINGTON, April 16. The revenue returns for the financial year ending 31st March were completed this afternoon, and prove the surplus to be £115,174. The accounts have, however, not yet been audited, and there may be some slight alterations. The following are the heads of the revenue and expenditure :—

BSVENUB. £ 8.3. Customs 1,500,873 19 10 Stamps, including postal cards... 629,755 7 7 Property Tax 855,460 710 Beer Duty 56,010 1 4 Railways. 1,093,340 18 9 Registration and Other Fees 38,770 Iβ 6 Marine 21,00113 8 Miscellaneous ... ... 38,994 18 4 Territorial Revenue ... 199,839 4 6

Total ... ... 3,934,047 8 3 Sinking fond 275,200 0 0 Total revenue ... ... 4,209,247 8 8 Estimate for the year ... 4,187,800 0 « The amount of re venue over

the estimate ... ... 21.447 8 9 The Customs revenue was £49,128 under the (estimate, the registration fees £1229, miscellaneous £5005, and territorial revenue £21,560. The Railways returned .£63,340 above the estimate, and Stamps £24,755. EXPKNDIT ORB. Civil list 25,971 19 8 Interest and sinking fund 1,897,602 12 10 Under miscellaneous Acts 146,876 13 9 Subsidies 52,235 12 6 Rents paid over ... ... 9,958 0 4 Endowments to Harbor Boards 18,429 15 11 Legislation 14,474 0 7 Colonial Secretary's Department 111,940 0 11 Treasurer's ... ... 38,275 111 Justice ... 118,701 8 7 Post and Telegraphs ... 273,103 410 Customs and Marine ... 70,066 7 6 Stamps and 9 Deeds ... 22,338 Iβ 1 Stock, Mines, &c 49,248 1 6 Education... 86,564 11 6 Native Lands Courts ... 19,431 1 2 Working Railways ... 656,698 611 Public Buildings ... ... 56,615 19 1 Defence 162,820 10 10 Services not provided for ... 41,412 5 3

Total expenditure ... 4,121,8*1 11 8 Estimate 4,150,703 0 0 Total expenditure under estimate ... ... 28,861 8 4

The amounts which exceeded the estimate were :—lnterest, &c, £9197; rents paid over, £1958; Colonial Treasurer's Department, £196; Native Lands Court, £1698. The expenditure of the Post and Telegraphs was £10,049 below the estimate.

[Note.—Some of these figures have evidently been mangled in transmission. There Iβ a palpable error in the expenditure on Education. The amount telegraphed, £36,564 11s 6d, should probably be £365,564 odd, as the sum appropriated for the purpose was £369,331.]