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Expenditure. The expenditure under the permanent and annual appropriations amounted to £28,466,838, or £886,516 less than the amount appropriated by Parliament. It will be remembered that after a careful examination by the Public Accounts Committee the estimates as originally submitted were reduced by £260,116.

Comparative Statement of the Appropriated and Actual Expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1922.

i j Appropriated, 1921-22. I i Actual. More. Less. I 'ermanent Charges,— Civil List Interest and Sinking Fund Under special Acts. . £ I £ £ £ 1,216 70,074 238,532 31,100 8,512,352 4,640,531 29,884 8,442,278 4,401,999 13,183,983 12,874,161 309,822 .nnual Appropriations,— Legislative Departments Treasury Department Land and Income Tax Department Stamp Duties Department National Provident and Friendly Societies Department Working Railways Post and Telegraph Working-expenses Public Buildings Government Domains Maintenance and Improvement of Roads Maintenance of Irrigation-works Native Department Department of External Affairs Department of Industries and Commerce Department of Justice Supreme and Magistrates' Courts Prisons Department Crown Law Office Police Department Cook Islands Pensions Department Mines Department Department of Internal Affairs Audit Department Public Service Commissioner's Office Printing and Stationery Mental Hospitals Department of Health Naval Defence New Zealand Military Forces and Cadets Aviation Non-effective Services Rifle Clubs Customs Department Marine Department Department of Labour Department of Lands and Survey Valuation Electoral Agriculture Tourists Education Department lervices not provided for 82,091 47,330 66,956 117.210 27,650 6,492,776 2,557,600 111,705 5,748 64,000 2,000 27,180 20,716 185,758 34,512 90,472 92,815 6,550 435,910 15,256 142,466 57,779 408,348 25,136 9,676 23,730 301,830 214,205 342.587 376,441 8,426 12,427 21,490 141,228 150,173 39,132 254,370 62,172 5,950 331,968 96,404 2,659,198 73,843 41,103 60,533 101,415 24,935 6,473,234 2,448,688 109,092 4,513 62,280 1,295 22,862 21,478 157,518 45,875 101,219 79,545 6,021 411,056 15,406 138,734 47.076 367,062 21,685 8,861 (Jr. 1.0,220 269,199 223,388 303,517 373,791 8,361 11,982 21,316 136,475 151,695 35,762 215,672 55,278 6,295 275,176 86,943 2,580,562 2,156 762 11,363 10,747 150 8,248 6,227 6,423 15,795 2,715 19,542 108,912 2,613 1,235 1,720 705 4,318 28,240 13.270 529 24,854 3,732 10,703 41,286 3,451 815 33,950 32,631 9,183 39,070 2,650 65 445 174 4,753 1,522 3,370 38,698 6,894 345 56,792 9,461 78,636 2,156 16,169,371 15,592,677 36,228 612,922 Total expenditure 36,228 922,744 36,228 29,353,354 28,466,838 886,516