8.—6 [Sup.]

The Consolidated Fund Budget for this financial year may therefore be summarized as follows:— Revenue. Taxation — £ £ Customs . . .. .. 6,700,000 Beer duty .. . . .. 1,500,000 Sales tax .. . . .. 3,200,000 Highways .. .. .. 1,800,000 Stamp duties .. . . . . 1,600,000 Land-tax .. . . . . 1,000,000 Income-tax (including excess profits tax) .. . . 16,500,000 Miscellaneous . . .. . . 210,000 32,510,000 Interest recoveries from trading activities, &c. .. .. . • 3,226,000 Other receipts . . . . • ■ 2,450,000 5,676,000 £38,186,000 Expenditure. Permanent appropriations (including transfer of £1,500,000 to War Expenses Account) .. .. 17,873,000 Annual votes . . . . • • 19,629,000 37,502,000 Supplementary estimates and contingencies . . 684,000 £38,186,000 Any saving in the amount provided for supplementary estimates and contingencies will be transferred to the War Expenses Account. As regards the Social Security Fund, after allowing for the additional cost-of-living allowances already announced, the expenditure from the Fund for this financial year is estimated at a total of £16,197,900 as follows.— Expenditure. Monetarv benefits — £ Age 7,740,000 Widows . • ■ • • • 910,000 Orphans . . • • • • 20,000 Family . • • • • • 1,045,000 Invalids . . • • • - 1,063,000 Miners - . ■ • • • 86,900 Maori War • • • • 300 Unemployment • • ■ • 150,000 Sickness .. • • • • 375,000 Universal superannuation . . 645,000 Emergency .. • • • • 140,000 12,175,200 Hospital, &c., benefits — Medical .. • • • • 960,000 Pharmaceutical . ■ ■ • 400,000 Maternity .. • • • • 560,000 Hospital .. • • • • 1,472,000 Supplementary .. • • 115,000 11 3,507,000 Administration expenses .. • • • • 515,700 £16,197,900

Consolidated Fund, 1942-43.

Social Security Fund, 1942-43.

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