Table No. 7. TABLE showing the extent to which the Government have given effect to the Proposals set out in the Preceding Table to reduce the Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund by £300,000.

Amount of proposed reductions .. .. .. .. .. £300,000 Amount of column No. 1 .. .. .. .. £2,397,700 No. 3...... .. 2,164,603 Reductions not allocated, column No. 2.. .. .. £74,050 233,097 Reductions more than proposed .. .. ..£53,730 ■ Reductions less than proposed .. .. .. 8,583 Deduct— 66,903 45,147 Education reduction disallowed .. .. .. 30,000 Error in estimate, Public Buildings.. .. .. 8,000 38,000 £28,903 t~]"l O £•-*-* Net reductions less than proposed .. .. .. .. £28, 903 >-i^t-i-i^c__, J * (r~>-^ * This amount would have been £30,000 more had not the House disallowed the proposal to raise the school-age. t This amount should have been £8,000 more, owing to error in preparation ef^ u .-»-<___ * n~v~v Estimates. J £185,100 out of Revenue, and £15,000 out of Loan. " ~

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1. Estimates for 1887-88 on which the Reductions were based. 2. Estimates showing Reductions proposed last Year to be effected in 1888-89. now submitted to the House (less nonrecurrent Charges). 3. Columns 2 and 3 compared. Reductions less than proposed. Reductions more than proposed. ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT. Permanent Charges, — Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. ' .. Under Special Acts Subsidies Annual Appropriations, — Legislative Department Colonial Secretary's Department Colonial Treasurer's „ .. .. .. .'. Justice „ Postal and Telegraph Customs and Marine „ Stamps and Deeds „ Education „ Native Affairs „ Minister of Lands „ Working Railways „ Public Buildings and Domains Department Defence Department £ | 29,750 J 1,770,800 177,900 j 32,000 17,000 114,000 26,300 110,900 274,400 71,200 26,450 379,600 16,900 47,800 730,000 28,100 __-- 200,100{ £ 26,300 1,790,800 167,900 32,000 15,500 114,000 26,300 106,900 274,400 65,200 26,450 319,600 14,900 45,800 710,000 15,100+ 154,100 £ 26,300 1,838,539 171,917 14,955 104,519 22,527 105,645 209,251 62,548 24,911 348,974 13,347 43,083 690,000 22,950 158,666 £ 4J017 £ 545 9,481 3,773 1,255 5,149 2,652 1,539 626* 1,553 2,717 20,000 150 4 [566 Reductions not allocated 3,905,250 74,050 49,440 LAND FUND ACCOUNT. 4,053,200 3,831,200 3,918,132 8,583 Permanent Charges, — Payments to Local Bodies 13,000 13,000 18,800 Annual Appropriations, — Crown Lands and Surveys Departments Rates on Crown Lands 113,300 34,000 89,300 85,010 4,290 Deduct Interest and Sinking Fund, Subsidies, and Permanent Charges on the Land Fund 4,213,500 1,815,800 3,933,500 1,835,800 4,021,942 1,857,339 ■• Totals .. 2,397,700 2,097,700 2,164,603 8,583 53,730