EXPENDITURE, No. 6.-GROSS AMOUNT of PUBLIC EXPENDITURE-Continued. Public Works shown in Table No. 7.) 394,122 (b) 439,080 (b) 410,887 British Honduras. (a) (Year ended 30th September. (m) Including repayment of loans guaranteed by the Colony. (n) Including only the share (one-third) of the Immigration expenses charged to General Revenue, except in 1903-4. when the planters in British Guiana paid the whole cost of the introduction of immigrants into the colony. (0) A further sum of 232.8771. was expended in 1898-9, on public works, from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, instead of from Loans, under Act 9 of 1899. (7) Years ended 30th November (1889 to 1891). () The increased expenditure was partly due to the plague. (8) Inclusive of interest paid to Savings Bank for 1893 and later years. (t) Inclusive of 12,791. expended on Public Works in Antigua in the years 1893 and 1891, and brought to a ccount in 1895. (u) Inclusive of 151,6147 in 1897, 121,0227. in 1898, 243,4531. in 1900, 124,392/. in1901, 34,735 in 1902, and 14,624 in 1903, on account of operations in Ashanti and the Northern Territories. (w) The Increase in the expenditure was mainly due to the charges and obligations consequent on the transfer of the Railway to the Government. (y) Inclusive of the expenditure of the Commonwealth Government. (a) For rates of conversion into £ sterling, see Table No. 2, p. 5. (b) The Expenditure from loans on Public Works in the years 1887-91 was about 200,000. The amount spent in each of those years, which is included in the total expenditure shown in Table No. 6, cannot be separately stated. (c) For years ended 30th June. (d) Including expenditure on the Northern Territory Railway. (e) For the 12 months ended 31st March of the year following that stated above. The figures show the total loan expenditure of the State. (g) Year ended 30th September. (c)1,429,625(c)1,596,706 | (c)1,996,457 (c)2,188,118 | (c)2,734,919 (c)4,873,885 | (c)4,544,087 276,674 462,094 (775,841)1,031,663 (ƒ)939,890 (f)886,314 (729,403 401,344 (c)495,192 (c)581,577 (c)602,650 (c)422,344 (c) 566,080 -(e)2,609,668 (e) 1,896,145 (c)1,032,690 (c)878,329 (c)1,495,292 (c)1,545,823 (c)1,665,901 79,602 1,148,341 238,631 (c)465,555 Seychelles. (a) Hong Kong. (u) Australia: New South Wales South Australia. (d) Western Australia.( Tasmania. Queensland. (c) (S) 130,257 176,257 283,537 341,994 167,123 937,066 1,054,787 1,182,668 1,212,020 1,161,689 1,022,405 (e)812,218 (e)865,572 (e)920,301 (e)1,264,793 (e)1,972,991 (e)1,341,115(e)1,490,581 | New Zealand. (m) (A) Inclusive of expenditure from amounts advanced by the Imperial or Colonial Governments or the Crown Agents pending issue of authorised loans. (k) Expended on the purchase of a cable laid between Nassau and Jupiter (Florida). (m) Expenditure on Public Works chargeable against the Loan Account is given. (n) Amount expended from 1st January, 1900, to 31st March, 1901. Amount expended from loans during 1886-9. (P) Including railway subsidies. (9) Exclusive of loan expenditure on construction of railways, which cannot be stated. (1) For the half-year ended 30th June. CUSTOMS REVENUE (a). No. 8.-TOTAL AMOUNT OF CUSTOMS REVENUE (Including all Revenue raised by the Customs Department (b) Import and Export (a) Import and Export Duties from Treasury Statement, except where otherwise stated. collected. (c) For rates of conversion into £ sterling, see Table No. 2, p. 5. (d) For 12 months ended 31st March of following that stated above. (e) For years ended 30th June. (9) Total Revenue from "Customs" according to T Statement. (h) Exclusive of Export Duties on Pearl Shells. These duties were repealed in July 1895. (1) Inclu Export Duties on Gold paid over to Local Authorities. (5) The figures show the amounts received from the spi opium farmers. No duties are collected by the Government. (k) Exclusive of the share of Customs Duties paid other Governments. (7) Including royalty on guano. (m) Inclusive of Export Duties for Immigration purpose St. Vincent these duties were suspended in March 1900, and in Jamaica they were repealed in May 1891. (n) Yea 30th September. CUSTOMS REVENUE (a). RAISED IN EACH COLONY OR POSSESSION. (d) 1,946,101 (d) 1,979,836 (d)2,124,451 (d)2,197,264 (d) 2,220,901 (d) 2,358,042 (d) 2,624,725❘ New Zealand (g) (1). British New Guinea (e) (g). 2,765,877 2,902,687 664,588 678,488 Tasmania (g). Queensland (e). Falkland Islands (g). 2,708,456 3,500,612 Cape of Good Hope (e) (k). 33,097 27,936 Basutoland (e) (g). 151,552 388,169 Orange River Colony (g). 1,574,322 2,176,658 Transvaal (e) (g). 16,627 7,191 St. Helena (g). (d) 193,924 (d) 233,049 (d) 287,510 (d) 257,183 Lagos (g). 281,359 350,917 382,511 369,575 Gold Coast. Gambia. North America : Dominion of Canada (c) (e)(g). (d) 59,417 (d) 59,880 6,323 398,993 (d) 30,850 (d) 31,860 16,063 (d) 13,589 (d) 11,760 (d) 84,429 (d) 107,610 38,148 36,584 (d) 36,738 (d) 35,465 (d) 35,167 (d) 67,060 (d) 69,558 (d) (d)328,312 (d) 339,747 (d) 64,431 349,027 Grenada (g). Leeward Islands. Trinidad and Tobago (b) (m). 1,065,051 Total West Indies. 45,995 Bermuda. British Honduras (c). Gibraltar (c). (0) The Customs revenue was collected by the Commonwealth Government from 1st January, 1901. (p) Exclusive of Export Duties in the Virgin Islands from 1891 to 1896 inclusive, and in St. Lucia for all years prior to their suspension on 1st January, 1899. (t) The figures show for all years (except for 1897, in which 8477. collected by the Government is included) the amounts paid by Farmers for the right of levying duties on the impertation or sale of dutiable articles. (u) Inclusive of Excise Duties |