FINANCE
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The Northern Territnrj^ with an area of 523, G20 square miles, was under the jurisdiction of South Australia from 1863 to 1910. On the 1st January, 1911, it was transferred to the Commonwealth {see Northern Territory).
In 1905 the administration of Papua was transferred to the Common- wealth (see Papua).
Marriages, births, and deaths in 1911 :—
States and Territories
States —
New South Wales .
Victoria ....
Queensland .
South Australia
Western Australia
Tasmania Territories —
Northern Territory
Federal Capital Territory
Total .
Marriages
15,278 11,088 5,167 4,036 2,421 1,477
10
30,482
Births
47,537 33,026 16,984 11,057 8,091 5,437
31 30
122,193
Deaths
17,146 15,216 6,544 4,038 2,923 1,927
65 10
47,869
Surplus of Births
30,391
17,810
10,440
7,019
5,168
3,510
-341 20
74,324
I Minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease.
Finance.
Actual revenue and expenditure for 1909-10 to 1911-12 and estimated revenue and expenditure for 1912-13 are given in the following table. The payments to States represent the balances of revenue collected in the several States after the necessary expenditure on Commonwealth services. Under the "Surplus Revenue Act, 1910," the amount payable by the Common- wealth to each State from the 1st July, 1910, is a sum equivalent to 25 shillings per head of the population as estimated by the Commonwealth Statistician at 31st December in each year. (In 1910-11 this amount is subject to certain deductions. ) AVestern Australia is to receive in addition an annual sum commencing with 250,000?. in 1910-11, and diminishing by 10,000/. per year thereafter: —
—
1909-10 Actual
- -
£ 9,505,855 2,087,310
3,731,741
215,763
1910-11 Actual
1911-12 A ctual
1912-13 Estimated
Revenue : Customs Excise Post, Telegraph, and
Telephone Land Tax . Miscellaneous
£
10,507,080 2,473,364
3,906,015
1,370,345
549,433
£,
12,071,514 2,638,685
3,916,599
1,366,454
553,109
£
12,209,000
2,302,000
4,202,000
1,300,000
409,000
Total
15,540,669
18,806,237
20,546,361
20,422,000
Expenditure : Old Age Pensions Department of Defence Post Office Department Miscellaneous
1,497,330 1,535.405 3,786,755 1,336,176
1,874,489 3,006,026 4,343,231 3,934,7821
2,155,481 4,080,039 5,775,264 2,711,1542
2,414,000 5,438,364 5,826,990 2,925,437
Total administrative
8,155,660
13,158,5281
14,721,9382
16,604,791
Payments to States
8,492,436
5,196,424
5,824,423
6,078,750
Total expenditure .
16,648,102
18,354,952
20,546,361
22,683,541
i Includes 1,S37,174L paid to Trust Fund on account of Defence (918,587?.) and Old Age Pensions (918,587/.)-
2 Includes 424,366/. paid to Trust Fund on account of Old Age Pensions and Con- struction of Fleet.
