JUNE 4.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Year ended 31st MARCH, 1920, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st MARCH, 1919.

ACCOUNT.

| 1918–1919. | EXPENDITURE. | 1919–1920. |
| £ s. d. | Permanent Appropriations, | £ s. d. |
| 28,668 15 5 | Civil List.. | 26,549 4 3 |
| 6,086,768 19 10 | Interest and Sinking Fund .. | 7,249,425 14 10 |
| 726,047 4 1 | Under special Acts of the Legislature | 1,101,288 17 0 |
| 140,308 19 4 | Subsidies paid to Local Bodies .. | 161,085 8 4 |
| 46,576 6 7 | Amounts paid over to Local Bodies and to Deposit Accounts— | |
| | Payments under the Land Acts .. | 24,274 12 6 |
| 6,296 10 5 | Endowments— | |
| 6,449 19 11 | New Plymouth Harbour Board | 7,000 2 1 |
| 28,848 10 11 | Greymouth Harbour Board | 91 5 10 |
| 108,824 5 5 | Westport Harbour Board | 15,060 2 8 |
| | National Endowment Residue | -112,839 12 0 |
| 709,335 17 7 | Pensions Act, 1913— | |
| 80,669 18 1 | Old-age Pensions | 698,569 16 8 |
| 50,510 10 7 | Widows' Pensions | 136,730 4 4 |
| 1,199,544 7 8 | Military Pensions | 45,000 0 0 |
| | War Pensions Act, 1915 | 1,811,145 14 0 |
| 9,218,850 5 10 | Annual Appropriations, | |
| 36,728 14 10 | Class I.—Legislative Departments | 44,500 4 11 |
| 167,237 2 2 | II.—Departments of Finance | 189,061 10 5 |
| 1,699,701 5 7 | III.—Post and Telegraph Department | 1,941,494 0 3 |
| 3,415,595 5 5 | IV.—Working Railways Department | 4,305,965 5 8 |
| 121,383 11 8 | V.—Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads | 164,141 10 10 |
| 25,694 1 6 | VI.—Native Department | 28,456 12 7 |
| 549,794 6 7 | VII.—Justice Department | 587,989 11 2 |
| 40,638 4 0 | VIII.—Mines Department | 36,637 2 6 |
| 271,218 3 5 | IX.—Department of Internal Affairs | 336,356 5 7 |
| 318,808 9 3 | X.—Mental Hospitals, Public Health, Hospitals and Charitable Aid Departments | 556,899 9 6 |
| 53,656 1 0 | XI.—Tourist Department | 68,858 8 7 |
| 416,427 1 2 | XII.—Defence Department.. | 502,465 9 0 |
| 186,560 17 4 | XIII.—Customs, Marine and Harbours, and Inspection of Machinery Departments.. | 227,474 10 0 |
| 32,953 19 9 | XIV.—Department of Labour | 40,016 9 5 |
| 209,402 15 9 | XV.—Department of Lands and Survey | 238,364 13 10 |
| 53,069 11 3 | XVI.—Valuation and Electoral Departments | 196,241 15 11 |
| 240,464 11 11 | XVII.—Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce | 818,566 13 7 |
| 1,602,994 19 11 | XVIII.—Education Department | 2,031,824 13 4 |
| 12,419 17 3 | Services not provided for | 77,149 13 2 |
| 9,454,748 19 9 | | 12,392,463 10 3 |
| | Transfer to Loans Redemption Account of Sinking Funds set free to redeem Debentures,— | |
| | New Zealand Loans Act, 1908— | |
| | New Zealand Loan Act, 1863 | 400 0 0 |
| | Balance at end of Year,— | |
| 2,949,459 18 5 | Cash in the Public Account | 2,127,550 3 3 |
| | Imprests outstanding— | |
| 64,871 10 9 | In the hands of Officers of the Government | 36,636 15 3 |
| 138,827 2 6 | In London | 88,573 1 1 |
| 6,279 15 7 | On account of Imperial Pensions .. | 6,056 10 0 |
| 58,592 19 5 | On account of other Governments | 99,909 15 3 |
| 12,021,529 3 4 | Investment Account | 15,180,250 0 0 |
| 15,239,560 10 0 | | 17,538,976 4 10 |
| £33,913,159 15 7 | Totals | £41,320,900 9 7 |

MINES ACCOUNT.

| £ s. d. | Annual Appropriation, | £ s. d. | £ s. d. |
| 259,959 12 5 | Vote 65—State Coal-mines | 284,508 19 5 |
| 8,739 9 2 | Recoupment of Interest under Finance Act, 1919, Section 4 | 8,933 4 2 |
| 120,190 8 0 | Balance at end of Year,— | 17,954 11 9 |
| 165 7 11 | Cash in the Public Account | 135 8 9 |
| | Imprests outstanding— | 45,000 0 0 |
| | In the hands of Officers of the Government | 63,090 0 6 |
| | Investment Account | |
| 120,355 15 11 | Totals | £356,532 4 1 |
| £389,054 17 6 | | |