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Table No. 2 Statement of the Actual Net Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1946, compared with that of the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1945.

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— Year ended 31st March, 1946. Year ended 31st March, 1945. Increase. Decrease. Permanent Appropriations— Under special Acts of Legislature— Civil List £ 95,441 £ 79,451 £ 15,990 £ Debt Services— Interest Sinking Fund Repayment of Public Debt Act, 1925 .. Transfers to Loans Redemption Account Payments on guaranteed loans Administration and management 18,584,434 3,914,184 50,000 247,760 17,323,346 3,585,147 182,546 Gr. 3,948 296,606 1,261,088 329,037 3,948 132,546 48,846 Total—Debt Services 22,796,378 21,383,697 1,594,073 181,392 Other Services—• Highways Other special Acts 2,319,130 288,942 1,916,948 4,608,298* 402,182 4,3i9,356 Total —Other Services 2,608,072 6,525,246 402,182 4,319,356 Total —Permanent Appropriations Annual Appropriations— VoteLegislative 25,499,891 27,988,394 2,012,245 4,500,748 126,994 121,506 5,488 Prime Minister's Department 41,346 35,628 5,718 External Affairs 208,670 177,023 31,647 Finance — Treasury Customs Land and Income Tax Stamp Duties Audit 73,787 176,307 328,226 177,965 90,977 94,837 156,842 211,112 136,407 43,896 19,465 117,114 41,558 47,081 21,050 Total—Finance 847,262 643,094 225,218 21,050 * Includes transfer of £4,000,000 to War Expenses Account.