8.—6.

Table No. 8—continued. Statement of the Actual Net Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1933, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1932 — continued.

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Year ended Year ended 31st March, 31st March, Increase. Decrease. 1933. 1932. Annual Appropriations: — £ £ £ £ Vote,— Legislative 86,787 98,046 .. 11,259 Prime Minister's Department.. .. .. 22,1.81 15,374 j 6,807 Finance — Treasury .. .. .. .. 27,259 37,385 .. 10,126 Customs 78,235 86,282 .. 8,047 Land and Income Tax 62,395 68,202 .. 5,807 Stamp Duties 77,966 97,394 .. . 19,428 Audit .. .. .. ■■ 19,767 24,505 .. 4,738 Total—Finance 265,622 313,768 .. 48,146 General Administration — Public Service Commissioner's Office .. .. 4,290 4,666 .. 376 Internal Affairs 523,418 196,841 326,577 External Affaire 83,094 1,956 81,138 Printing and Stationery .. .. .. 122,566 138,044 .. 15,478 Marine .. .. •• •■ 91,754 101,975 .. 10,221 Labour 42,822 41,475 1,347 Native 56,744 65,708 .. 8,964 Valuation 29,997 38,900 .. 8,903 Electoral 5,924 66,120 .. J 60,196 Total—General Administration .. 960,609 655,685 409,062 104,138 Law and Order — Justice 161,258 139,806 21,452 Crown Law Office .. .. .. .. 4,451 5,143 .. 692 Police 426,988 413,821 13,167 Prisons .. .. ■■ ■■ 90,528 96,713 .. 6,185 Total—Law and Order .. .. 683,225 655,483 34,619 6,877 Defence — Naval Defence 362,094 344,674 17,420 Defence .. .. ■• •• ■• 207,827 182,974 24,853 Total—Defence .. .. .. 569,921 527,648 42,273 Maintenance — Public Buildings 35,223 41,683 .. 6,460 Maintenance and Repairs to Roads .. .. 5,046 9,917 .. 4,871 Maintenance of Irrigation Works, &c. .. .. 12,102 12,818 .. 716 Total—Maintenance .. .. 52,371 64,418 .. 12,047 Development of Primary and Secondary Industries — Lands and Survey 144,911 162,888 .. 17,977 Agriculture 555,614 440,630. 114,984 Industries and Commerce, Tourist, and Publicity 61,227 122,954 .. 61,727 Scientific and Industrial Research .. .. 51,768 51,535 233 Mines 20,802 18,679 2,123 Transport! •• 17,195 4,813 12,382 Total—Development of Primary and 851,517 801,499 129,722 79,704 Secondary Industries Social Services — Health •• •• 708,449 199,387 509,062 Mental Hospitals 240,047 264,428 .. 24,381 Education.. 2,620,226 2,851,922 .. 231,696 p ens i ons 3,139,225 160,564 2,978,661 National Provident and Friendly Societies .. 89,266 4,697 84,569 Total—Social Services .. .. 6,797,213 3,480,998 3,572,292 256,077 Unauthorized Expenditure,— Services not provided for 45,725 18,698 27,027 Public Revenues Act, 1926, Section 59, — Emergency Expenditure Account — Cost of exchange on remittances to London .. 374,473 .. 374,473 Total—Annual Appropriations .. 10,335,171t 7,006,090 4,221,802 892,721 Total Expenditure .. .. .. 22,528,379 24,860,552 5,179,559 7,511,732 2,332,173 • The corresponding expenditure for 1932-33 appears under " Permanent Appropriations, Exchange on Bemittances." t Expenditure on many of the votes now appearing under this head was previously shown under " Permanent Appropriations. The apparent increase in expenditure is more than counterbalanced by the decrease under the latter head.