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BUDGET —continued. Financial Statement —continued. Budgetary position, &c.—continued. Defence, 8.-6, 21. Education, 8.-6, 20. Health, 8.-6, 21. League of Nations, 8.-6, 21. Physical education, 8.-6, 21. Police, 8.-6, 22. Radio beacons, 8.-6, 22. Social-service policy, 8.-6, 21. Summary, 8.-6, 19. Debt, public— Domicile, 8.-6, 19. Increase, 8.-6, 18. London conversions, 8.-6, 19. New Zealand conversion operations, 8.-6, 19. Redemption, 8.-6, 18. Reserve Bank of New Zealand and State Advances Corporation, 8.-6, 18. Southland Electric-power Board, 8.-6, 18. Employment promotion— Fund, 8.-6, 2. Public works, 8.-6, 2. Secondary industries, 8.-6, 2. Higher overseas prices, 8.-6, 1. Housing— Contracts for erection of houses, 8.-6, 4. Expenditure, 8.-6, 5. Housing Department construction, 8.-6, 4. Housing survey, 8.-6, 4. Improvement in the Dominion, 8.-6, 1. Industrial efficiency— Bureau of Industry, 8.-6, 12. Overlapping of industries, 8.-6, 12. Price-fixation, 8.-6, 13. Standards Institute, 8.-6, 13. Marketing primary products— Dairy Industry Account, 8.-6, 8. Department, 8.-6, 7. Guaranteed price— Current year, 8.-6, 9. Origin, 8.-6, 8. High quality essential, 8.-6, 9. Internal — Butter and cheese, 8.-6, 12. Honey and eggs, 8.-6, 12. Local markets, 8.-6, 11. Picot Bros. : Acquisition, 8.-6, 11. New markets, 8.-6, 7. Season's results, 8.-6, 8. Shipping arrangements, 8.-6, 7. Success of policy, 8.-6, 7. Mortgage finance — Adjustments effected to date, 8.-6, 6. Lending rates, 8.-6, 6. Local authorities, 8.-6, 6. Mortgage Adjustment Commissions, 8.-6, 5. New loan-moneys, 8.-6, 6. State Advances Corporation, 8.-6, 6. Uneconomic areas, 8.-6, 6. Overseas negotiations — Defence, foreign affairs, &c., 8.-6, 11. Financial policy, 8.-6, 11. Further negotiations, 8.-6, 11. New industries, 8.-6, 11. Offer to United Kingdom Government, 8.-6, 10. Quota allocations, 8.-6, 10. Prosperous conditions, 8.-6, 1. Public Accounts — Commercial Broadcasting, 8.-6, 17. National Broadcasting Service, 8.-6, 17. Private stations, 8.-6, 17. Salaries and wages, 8.-6, 16. Social services, 8.-6, 17. Summary of year's transactions, 8.-6, 16. Surplus for year, 8.-6, 16. Public works — Government Buildings centre, 8.-6, 14. Hydro-electricity development, 8.-6, 15. Lands-improvement, 8.-6, 15. Level-crossings elimination, 8.-6, 14. Planning necessary, 8.-6, 13. Public buildings, 8.-6, 14. Railway-construction, 8.-6, 13. Roads and highways, 8.-6, 14. Scope of, 8.-6, 13. Small-farms scheme, 8.-6, 15. Source of funds, 8.-6, 16.

BUDGET —continued. Financial Statement —continued. Revenue — Highways revenue, 8.-6, 23. Income-tax revision, 8.-6, 23. Interest receipts, 8.-6, 23. Land-tax, 8.-6, 23. Sales tax, 8.-6, 23. Stamp and death duties, 8.-6, 23. Summary of, 8.-6, 23. Wages and salries restoration— Higher overseas costs, 8.-6, 3. Increased pensions, 8.-6, 4. Increased salaries and wages, 8.-6, 3. Prospectus of State Advances Corporation local loan, 8.-6, xix. Tables— No. 1 : Abstract of receipts and expenditure of the financial year ended 31st March, 1937. See Public Accounts, 8.-l [Pt. I]. No. 2 : The public debt on 31st March, 1937. See Public Accounts, 8.-l [Pt. lII]. No. 3 : Revenue for the year ended 31st March, 1937, compared with the year ended 31st March, 1936, 8.-6, ii. No. 4 : Comparative statement of the estimated and actual revenue of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the financial year ended 31st March, 1937, 8.-6, iii. No. 5 : Estimated revenue for 1937-38, compared with the actual revenue for 1936-37, 8.-6, iv. No. 6 : Stamp and death duty revenue for the year ended 31st March, 1937, compared with the year ended 31st March, 1936, 8.-6, iv. No. 7 : Statement of the Customs duties collected for 1936-37, compared with 1935-36, 8.-6, v. No. 8 : Statement of the actual net expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the financial year ended 31st March, 1937, compared with the year ended 31st March, 1936, 8.-6, v. No. 9 : Comparative statement of the appropriated and actual expenditure of the Consolidated Fund (Ordinary Revenue Account) for the financial year ended 31st March, 1937, 8.-6, vii. No. 10 : Estimated net expenditure for 1937-38, compared with the actual net expenditure for 1936-37, 8.-6, ix. No. 11 : Public Works Fund —Statement showing net expenditure under appropriations for the year ended 31st March, 1937, compared with the year ended 31st March, 1936, 8.-6, x. No. 12 : Statement showing the total ways and means of the Public Works Fund, General Purposes Account, and the total net expenditure to 31st March, 1937, 8.-6, xi. No. 13 : Statement showing the amount charged to unauthorized " in each financial year from Ist April 1926, to 31st March, 1937, 8.-6, xii. No. 14: Statement showing the available financial resources of the various accounts on the 31st March, 1937, as compared with the 31st March, 1936, 8.-6, xiii. No. 15 : Statement of amounts paid on account of pensions for the financial years ended 31st March, from 1933 to 1937, 8.-6, xiii. No. 16 : Education expenditure—Total expenditure on education out of public funds since 1913-14, 8.-6, xiv. No. 17 : State balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1936, 8.-6, xv. No. 18 : Statement of half-yearly instalments of principal and interest for repayment of debt funded with Imperial Government, 8.-6, xvi. No. 19 : Statement showing maturity dates and domicile of debt outstanding as at 31st March, 1937, 8.-6, xvii. No. 20: Statement showing values of imports and exports of the Dominion in each financial year ended 31st March, from 1931 to 1937, 8.-6, xvii. No. 21 : Table showing improvement in economic conditions, 8.-6, xviii. BUILDINGS, PUBLIC. See under PUBLIC WORKS. BULGARIA— Kingdom of Bulgaria stabilization loan, A.-sb, 9. BUREAU OF INDUSTRY. See under INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCE. BURNE, M. E.— Report on petition of, 1.-l, 3.

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