WAR EXPENSES
DOMINION FIGURES. FIRST FOUR MONTHS. (By Telegraph—Special to Standard.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 21. In the first tour months of the . war New Zealand’s expenditure totalled £2,459,398, according to the War Expenses Account, which docs not cover the period of the Expeditionary Force disbursement overseas. The largest item is £1,311,239 for land, buildings, aerodromes, and fortifications, while £293,264 was expended oil stores, and £375.228 on pay and allowances. the Army proportion being £268,565.
The main items of receipts are: Treasury biffs, £300,000; transfers from Consolidated Fund votes, _£2 260,000; special war taxation, £277,724. The largest estimated receipts will be from the income tax surcharge,. not yet payable, the only substantial item so far being Customs duties. £150,500.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 71, 21 February 1940, Page 8
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