IMPROVED FINANCES.
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE. 'PAST. HALF-YEAR'S DETAILS. LAST YEAR'S COMPARISONS, [BT telegraph.—own correspondent.] WELLINGTON. Sunday. . The following are the details of the chief items of revenue an£ expenditure for the six months ended September 30, as compared with the corresponding period of last year:— ■'''-'.. . 1923-24. 1922-23. Customs . . ... £3,373,461 £2,559,588 Post and telegraph . 318.9G8 441,504 Stamps and death duties ... .... 265,713 . 199,702 The chief items of expenditure are:— 1923-24.' 1922-23. Railways .. .. £2,208,511 .£2,492,369 Post and telegraph v 963,186 990,610 Health . . . » ". 110,733 156.279 Pensions . . .« 75,514 52,689 Mental hospitals .«■ 139,649 . 129,147 Naval dofence .. 104,870 64,207 Lands and survey . 106,629 .85.729 Education . . . . 1,321.241 . 1,221.894 Defence .... 157,320 189,068 A statement published last .. Friday showed that for the six months ended September 30 there was a net increase of £516,026 in revenue and a net decrease in expenditure of £405,499, making a gain of £921,525 as compared with tho corresponding period of last year.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18530, 15 October 1923, Page 8
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148IMPROVED FINANCES. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18530, 15 October 1923, Page 8
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