WANGANUI RIVER SERVICE.
AMOUNT OF STATE AID.
[ill TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL COIUIESI'OXIIEXT.]
Wellington. Thursday. On (he recommendation of tho Public Accounts Committee, a return has been prepared showing the expenditure by the Government on tho subsidised Wanganui River Service since its establishment-. It shows that subsidies have been paid for 23 years. The amounts in the first. 12 years varied from £350 to £830 per annum. Since January, 1903, the subsidy lias been £1100 per annum, and tho contract was recently renewed from April 1. with a subsidy increased to £1250. Exclusive of the amount for the current year, the State assistance given to the service totals £.18,340, an average of £797 per annum.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15097, 13 September 1912, Page 8
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113WANGANUI RIVER SERVICE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15097, 13 September 1912, Page 8
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