A WIDE RANGE
DEBATE ON THE ESTIMATES
THE APPROPRIATION BILL
MEASURE PASSED BY HOUSE
A big field of discussion was opened up by the Supplementary Estimates, which were considered in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon and evening, and it was nearly 1 o'clock this morning before the last item was disposed of. The customary Appropriation Bill, which gives legislative authority for the expenditure of amounts already approved irrthe Estimates, was introduced and passed without much discussion. The total amount authorised is £48,153,903, plus credits-in-aid amounting to £5,852,258, a total of £54,006,166. The sum of £19,970,848, plus credits-in-aid amounting to £2.364,846, is appropriated from the Consolidated Fund; £10,076,902, plus credits-ma-id £1,795,410 from the Public Works Fund; £13,172,436, plus credits-in-aid £1,455,692, from separate accounts; and £4,932,722, plus credits-in-aid £246,310, from accounts outside the Public Account.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 138, 8 December 1937, Page 21
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134A WIDE RANGE Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 138, 8 December 1937, Page 21
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