STORES FOR STATE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21333, 7 November 1932, Page 11

STORES FOR STATE

EXPENDITURE REDUCED SAVING OF OVER £1,500,000 An indication of the extent to which expenditure has been reduced by Government departments is afforded by the annual report of the Stores Control Board, which shows that the total amount paid for stores during the year ended March 31, 1932, was £2,757,214, a reduction of £1,529,590, or 35 per cent, on the expenditure in the previous year. The expenditure on behalf of the departments during the past two years is as follows:

Year Year 1931 1932 Railways .. . . £1,739,133 £1,048.570 Publio Works . .. 1,368,894 859,666 Post and Telegraph , 347,273 124,114 Mental Hospitals «. 190,515 170,809 Naval .. .. 87,458 74,898 Defence .. . s 29,144 18,238 Health . . .. 44,327 37,111 Printing and Stationery 78,548 32,281 Prisons . . .. • 49,316 42,109 Lands and Survey . . 39,269 34,323 Education ., .. 50,370 29,034 State Forest ». .. 26,584 11,927 Agriculture ■. >. 36,153 42,083 Marine . • •. 27,243 16,760 Mines .. %. 26.999 19,021 Native . . »t 48,050 117,465 Industries, Tourist, Publicity . . . . 20..837 21,274 Other Departments .. 77,190 57,471 Totals ' . . . . £4,286,803 £2,757,214 Purchases during the previous years were as follows:—1924, £4,080,000 1925, £4,416,833; 1926, £4,690,569; 1927, £3,877,-275; 1928, £3,947,117; 1929, £4,199,822; 1930, £4,345,030.