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Expenditure. The expenditure of the year, which was estimated at £26,893,497, reached £28,128,730, or £4,346,806 in excess of the expenditure of the financial year 1919-20. The details of this excess are as follow:—
Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1921, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1920.
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Year endod 31st March, 1921. Year ended 31st March, 1920. Increase. Decrease. Permanent Appropriations, — Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund Under special Acts Subsidies paid to Local Authorities Territorial Revenue Endowments Old-age Pensions Widows' Pensions Military Pensions War Pensions £ 31,346 7,831,593 1,294,911 164,290 Cr. 13,100 112,934 699,789 187,101 40,198 1,885,663 £ 26,549 7,249,426 1,101,289 161,085 24,275 134,991 698,570 136,730 45,000 1,811,146 £ 4,797 582,167 193,622 3,205 1,219 50,371 £ 37,375 22,057 .74! 517 4,802 12,234,725 11,389,061 909,898 64,234 Annual Appropriations, — Legislative Departments Departments of Finance Post and Telegraph Department Working Railways Department Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads Cook Islands Native Department Justice Department Mines Department Department of Internal Affairs Mental Hospitals, Public Health, and Hospitals and Charitable Aid Departments Tourists Department Defence Department Customs, Marine, and Inspection of Machinery Departments Department of Labour Department of Lands and Survey Valuation and Electoral Departments Department of Agriculture Education Department Services not provided for 65,462 639,784* 2,588,360 6,211,001 225,165 13,789 35,913 725,972 39,634 632,660 464,071 44,500 189,061 1,941,494 4,305,965 164,142 16,498 28,457 571,492 36,637 336,356 556,899 t 20,962 450,723 646,866 1,905,036 61,023 7,456 154,480 2,997 296,304 2,709 92,828 93,620 531,042 292,041 68,858 502,465 227,474 24,762 28,577 64,567 44,540 292,542 81,979 290,800 2,460,116 105,514 40,016 238,365 196,242 818,567t 2,031,825 77,150 4,524 54,177 114,263 527,767 428,291 28,364 15,834,005 12,392,463 4,179,109 737,567 Transfer to Loans Redemption Account of Sinking Funds set free to redeem Debentures Advances to Southland Electric-power Board 400 400 60,000 60,000 Totals 28,128,730 23,781,924 23,781,924 5,149,007 802,201 802,201 Grand totals 28,128,730 23,781,924 4,346,806 * Includes Industries and Commerce Departmen' f Includes Industries and Commerce, now with ] ;, formerly shown in Departmem )epartment of Finance. of Agriculture.