A.—4.

Expenditure.

( a ) '- Ilorease Section IV, Health, of £3,860 is mainly due to greater expenditure under the following items : Salaries, £1,159 : instruments, drugs, and stores, £1,874 ; maintenance and transport ol lepers, £402 ; rations, £260. r (b) Section IX, Postal and Radio, increased by £616 ; the principal items under which additional expenditure was made were Salaries, £114; interest to depositors savings-bank, £250; payment to ew Zealand Post and Telegraph Department for services, £56 ; cost of new stamp-issue, other than printing, £131. (c) Total increase under Section X, Public Works, is £11,111, the principal items showing additional expenditure being the following :— £ Salaries .. .. .. , . _ _ _ Maintenance of buildings .. . . . . , . 2 950 Maintenance of roads .. . . . , .. _ _ ' 350 Maintenance of sea walls .. . . . . .. 272 Purchase of stores .. . . .. . . ~ g jgQ Workshops running-expenses .. .. .. '275 Repair of storm damage .. .. .. ~ . 2 009 New buildings .. .. . . . . _ _ ' gg^ New bridges .. .. .. ~ _ 2 545 Plant and motor-vehicles .. . . . . .. _ _ _ _ '553 Roads (new work) . . .. . . . . _ Sea walls (new work) . . . . . . _ 372 Hydro-electric standby plant .. .. .. . _ • • 1,204 17 439 Less additional credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. 6'568 £10,871 (d) Section XI, Secretariat, increase £3,091, is due to payment of some £4,000 on account of landpurchases, offset by the expenditure of some £674 during last year on the visit of the Duke of Gloucester. (e) An increase of £6,905 in section Treasury and Customs is substantially accounted for by the following expenditures in excess of the previous year : — Salaries .. .. .. .. .. _ # Insurance premiums.. .. .. .. ~ 261 Cost of printing stamps .. .. 1 411 Refunds of taxes and license-fees .. .. .. ~ New water barge .. .. . . . . 373 New engine for " Pilot " launch . . .. . . 530 Assets replacement reserve .. .. .. ~ _ _ 4 000 7,269 Less decrease in expenditure on new launch built in 1934-35 .. .. 448 £6,821 N \ B -~~ lnsurance P remiums were formerly collected from Departments, but it is considered that the adjustment does not warrant the work entailed.

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Head of Expenditure. 1934-35. j 1935-36. ; __l_ £ £ I. Permanent charges on public debt .. 9,800 9 727 II. Administrator and Government House .. 2,880 2'485 III. Education .. .. .. .. 4 910 4^877 IV. Health .. .. .. .. 13,937 17,' 797 V. Justice, Labour, and Public Trust .. .. 3,071 2,554 VI. Lands and Survey .. .. 1 047 1'<W\ vm 5:385 5 '' 539 Vlil. foiice and Prisons .. .. .. 8,784 8 380 IX. Postal and Radio .. .. .. 4 779 5 'qok X. Public Works .. .. .. ., 9'lll 20 222 XI. Secretariat .. .. .. .. g 531 9' 572 XII. Treasury, Customs, &c. .. .. .. 7,078 13^983 ,— — 77,363 101,726 Less Public Trust and Labour 858 990 Departments recovered £76,505 £100,736 . -