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The following comparative table shows the total receipts each year, together with the amounts expended on certain public services :—

Loan Account. Loans to the amount of £8,270 were redeemed out of sinking fund, and a further £1,500 was redeemed by direct payment. The total public debt is now £121,940. Customs Revenue. The total amount collected on account of duties and taxation during the financial year ended 31st March, 1937, was £107,092 as compared with £98,254 for the financial year 1935-36, an increase of £8,838.

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Revenue from .. External Sources. Revenue Amounts spent on Financial Year. — from Loans and j ,, Internal Aeri- I Public Public Advance** recoverable Sources. Education ,f „ ,i T , Advances. | Q rants _ culture. Health. Works. To £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 31st March, 1921 .. .. 44,336 .. 149,027 3:176 5,405 15 840 13 796 1921--22 .. .. .. 49,229 16,000 119,569 5,237 4,444 22'690 lō'418 1922-23 20,777 16,000 115,250 6,846 3,787 25,715 12'ō49 1923-24 .. .. .. 5,658' 24,000 109,917 6,556 5,748 23 995 21191 1924-25 .. .. .. .. 19,140 111,774 7,609 3,030 24,425 24'737 1925-26 .. .. .. 5,000 21,400 128,638 9,131 3,187 25 761 26'ō55 1926-27 .. .. .. 31,000 20,000 113,812 9,688 3,760 2o'oi6 1927-28 .. .. .. 16,500 20,000 106,038 10,222 4,990 25,597 16*842 1928-29 .. .. .. 25,700 20,000 121,904 7,738 4,285 24,367 13^606 1929-30 .. .. .. .. 39,448 131,416 6,955 .. 18 016 17005 1930-31 .. .. .. .. 21,000 130,385 7,439 .. I 8) 224 lō'726 1931-32 .. .. .. 6,000 .. 109,040 6,794 .. 17,824 15J97 1932-33 .. .. .. .. .. 105,920 5,459 .. 21,819 11,908 1933-34 .. .. .. .. .. 90,613 5,097 .. 17,150 10,632 1.934-35 .. 78,808 4,910 .. 13,937 9 U1 1935-36 .. .. .. .. .. 111,867 4,877 .. 17,797 20,222 1936-37 .. 117,909 5,619 .. 19,636 28,030 £ £ Total .. .. .. 204,200 Less amount of loan subsequently treated as a gift by New Zealand Government (not in respect of any specific year) .. 25,000 Less repayment of temporary advance .. 6,000 Less repayment of principal — 1928-29 .. .. 8,000 1932-33 .. ..26,155 1933-34 .. .. 3,000 1934-35 .. .. 4,335 1936-37 .. .. 9,770* 82,260 Public debt .. .. £121,940 ~— I * Includes 1935-36 contribution of £4,038.