E.—9a,

TABLE VIII. Statement showing Subsidies paid as compared with Subsidies required under the System indicated in the act.

Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given ; printing (875 copies), £20.

Authority : W. A. G Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l92B,

Price 6d.\

10

Year ended Subsidy required. Shortage accumuSubsidy received. Shortage. lated at 4 per Cent. to 1922. I 31st March, 1906 31st March, 1907 31st March, 1908 31st December, 1908 31st December, 1909 31st December, 1910 31st December, 1911 31st December, 1912 31st December, 1913 31st December, 1914 31st December, 1915 31st December, 1916 31st December, 1917 31st December, 1918 31st December, 1919 £ Nil 2,000 (say) 5,000 „ 5,000 „ 8,000 „ 11,000 „ 17,000 17,000 17,000 33,000 33,000 33,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 £ 5,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 43,000 £ £ £ 5,000 -(5,000) (9,365) 2,000 3,602 5,000 17,317 5,000 7,000 1,000 1,665 7,000 4,000 6,404 7,000 10,000 15,395 7,000 10,000 14,802 17,000 Nil 17,000 16,000 21,897 17,000 16,000 21,055 17,000 16,000 20,245 17,000 26,000 31,633 17,000 26,000 30,416 43,000 Nil Totals 310,000 178,000 178,000 132,000 175,066