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Table XVII. —Holdings of Local-body Debt as at 31st March, 1930.

The average rates of interest shown are slightly overstated for the reason that information available does not disclose in certain cases details of the loans hearing interest at a lesser rate than 4 per cent.

Table XVIII.—Concessions to Primary Producers borne by General Taxpayer.

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Internal. External. Percentage. Total. Public. Departmental. London. Australian. £ £ £ £ £ 4 and under .. 392,454 3,648,695 2,127,600 663,550 6,832,299 4J .. .. 71,067 .. .. 71,067 4J .. 594,885 64,900 168,800 800,000 1,628,585 4f .. 37,000 .. .. .. 37,000 4i .. 1,571,167 4,074,854 1,613,925 417,500 7,677,446 4f .. 97,950 5,900 .. 319,790 423,640 5 .. 2,107,008 439,285 7,080,600 336,662 9,963,555 5| .. 135,100 .. .. .. 135,100 5|- .. 2,715,741 3,316,631 2,143,600 325,179 8,501,151 5>f .. 23,000 .. .. 24,000 47,000 5§ .. 7,000 .. .. .. 7,000 5 i ■ .. 8,110,536 672,051 2,081,500 1,414,460 12,278,547 5-| .. 183,187 .. .. 126,000 309,187 5f .. 10,000 .. .. 8,952 18,952 5A .. 42,000 .. .. 130,000 172,000 5J .. 5,556,433 45,338 .. 2,754,976 8,356,747 5} .. 9,100 .. .. .. 9,100 6 .. 4,123,555 6,392,295 1,676,064 589,180 12,781,094 61- .. 8,400 .. .. .. 8,400 6i .. 665,609 129,100 823,000 52,350 1,670,059 7 .. 42,610 .. .. 237,000 279,610 Totals .. 26,432,735 18,860,116 j 17,715,089 8,199,599 71,207,539 Average rate per 5-4779 5-105 j 5-080 5-3206 5-26227 cent. j .

E 1928-29 d ' 8 ' Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ (1) Agricultural fertilizers: Rebate of railage .. 109,597 91,000 .. 18,597 (2) Agricultural lime: Rebate of railage .. .. 38,344 43,000 4,650 (3) Compensation on account destroyed and condemned 29,762 31,500 1,738 stock (4) Massey Agricultural College— Annual grant .. .. £15,000 Interest on capita] expenditure 4,500 ■ 19,500 22,625 3,125 (5) Rabbit destruction: Subsidies to Boards .. 15,000 13,000 .. 2,000 (6) Blackberry: Bonus for extermination .. .. 10,000 10,000 (7) Deer herds: Bonus for destruction .. .. 1,684 5,000 3,316 (8) Fruit-production: Guarantee for exports .. 352 11,000 10,648 (9) Pork: Bonus on exports .. .. .. 25,810 .. .. 25,810 (10) Eggs: Guarantee for exports .. .. .. .. 850 850 (11) Royal Agricultural Society .. .. .. 1,000 250 .. 750 (12) Substitution of flat rate of land-tax for graduated .. 300,000 300,000 scale (13) Special subsidy to rural local authorities in relief of .. 250,000 250,000 (14) Ordinary subsidies on rates .. .. .. 186,167 200,000 13,833 (15) Subsidy on account purchase of superphosphate .. .. 70,000 70,000 (16) Railage concession, starving stock and fodder .. 959 2,000 1,041 (17) Services of Department of Agriculture (in addition 260,864 310,000 49,136 to items included above) (18) Unemployment Fund : Proportion of total (approxi- .. 350,000 350,000 mate) 699,039 1,710,225 1,058,343 47,157 47,157 Total increase .. .. .. j .. .. 1,011,186