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and also a greatly increased revenue. We have now also in existence departments of State which were in 1891 unknown, and many of them unthought-of at the time. Total Expenditure and Revenue. 1890-91. 1900-01. 1900-01. Total Expenditure. Total Expenditure. Total Increased Expenditure. £4,291,215 £5,479,703 £1,188,488 1890-91. 1900-01. 1900-01. , 1 , , > , , > s Total Eevenue. Total Eevenue. Total Increased Eevenue. £4,158,774 £5,852,706 £1,693,932 Turning to the revenue-earning departments of State, it will be seen from the following table (compiled from returns furnished by the several departments concerned) that, whilst there has been an increased expenditure, there have also been increased earnings and increased profits : — EEVENUE AND EXPENDITUEE, 1891-1901. Government Railway Department. 1890-91. 1900-01. 1900-01. t » , r A , f J Increased Expenditure. Earnings. Expenditure. Earnings. Expenditure Increased Eevenue. £700,703 ... £1,121,701 £1,127,847 ... £1,727,236 £427,144 ... £605,535 Percentage on cost, 1890-91, £2 18s. lid. Percentage on cost, 1900-01, £3 9s. Bd., opened lines. £2 14s. lOd. „ „ £3 ss. 9d., opened and unopened. Government Railways when taken over from Commissioners. 1895. 1900-01. 1900-01. , ' —s , ' , , ' ■ Expenditure. Earnings. Expenditure. Earnings. Exnenditure Increased Eevenue. £732,160 ... £1,150,851 £1,127,847 ... £1,727,236 £395,687 ' ... £576,385 Percentage on cost, 1895, £2 14s. 6d. Percentage on cost, 1900-01, £3 9s. Bd., opened lines. „ „ £2 lis. lOd. „ „ £3 ss. 9d., opened and unopened. Postal and Telegraph Department. 1890-91. 1900-01. 1900-01. I I . < , TnpfpAiflpri Expenditure. Eevenue. Expenditure. Eevenue. Expenditure Increased Eevenue. £261,285 ... £334,669 £416,364 ... £503,181 £155,079' ... £168,512 Stamp Department. 1890-91. 1900-01. 1900-01. r _ : , , — , —* . / ' —^ Expenditure. Eevenue. Expenditure. Eevenue. Expenditure Increased Eevenue. £4,659 ... £565,784 £8,925 ... £792,943 £4,266 .. £227,159 Customs Department. 1890-91. 1900-01. 1900-01. 1 s ._» , , , —* s Expenditure. Eevenue. Expenditure. Eevenue. Expenditure. Increased Eevenue. £33,998 ... £1,527,207 £33,366 ... £2,180,862 ' £632 ' ... £653,655 Lands Department. 1890-91. 1900-01. 1900-01. Expenditure. Eevenue. Expenditure. Eevenue. Expenditure. I norease< 3 Eevenue. £92,614 ... £350,551 £137,565 ... £431,338 £44,951 ' ... £80,787 Land sold for cash, 1890-91, £111,157. Land sold for cash, 1900-01, £78,794.' Taxing Department. 1890-91. 1900-01. 1900-01. r i , , .-« — , , ' , Expenditure. Eevenue. Expenditure. Eevenue. Expenditure. Inorea sed Eevenue. £7,081 ... £357,348 £19,031 ~, £468,392 £11,950 ... £111,044 ii—B. 6,