STATE SPENDING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23996, 20 June 1941, Page 8

STATE SPENDING

WAR AND OTHER COSTS

OUTGOINGS COMPARED

SOCIAL SECURITY £10,275,000 Details of expenditure from the War Expenses Account and the Social Security Fund for the year, ended March 31, 101.1, published yesterday, supplement the, statement made by the Minister of Finance, the Hon, W. .Nash, on May 28, giving the transactions for the year in the Ordinary Revenue Account of the Consolidated Fund. Ordinary civil expenditure lor the year- under the main classifications, was as tollows: — Debt .service .. .. £11,007,000 Kxrliiiimn .. •• '2,ion,(Kid Highways •• •• 2,101,0(10 ,Serial simiccs .. 11,71(1,000 Other service# .. to, Ultimo £158,71'J,000 The chief objects of expenditure covered by the general heading social services are health, education, war and other pensions, and the contribution from the Consolidated L'lind to the Social Security Fund. Other services include agriculture, industries and commerce, scientific: research, police and justice, and the cost of general administration. The main items of expenditure trom the W'iir Fxp-mso Account,were: Navy .. •• £'2.100.000 Army 17,200,000 Air .. •• 7,1 kn, 000 Civil .. .. 278,000 £27,120,0110 The whole of the year's war expenditure is apparently not shown, as the Budge), estimate was £Ji7.500.000. I lie combined cost ot the Expeditionary Force and the Air Force overseas was estimated at. .ti1),750,000. and of these two ill New Zealand £11,250,000. For home defence tho figure was £5,000,000 ami naval expenditure was given as {_• 1.500.000 * Disbursements trom the Social Soeitritv Fund lor the various benefits during the year wore: .. .. t7.101.000 invalidity .. .. 1.000.1100 \Y idtnvs ■ • • • '•*" "' S icL nt'ss .. .. 2x0.000 family .. .. •' I -.000 Mimr-; .. .. s: 1.000 Orphans .. .. Is.ooo I'm- lo vine nt. .. 2110,000 Superannuation •• 210,1100 e 1(|,27"i,0( to