320
THE BRITISH EMPIRE: VICTORIA
Arrested . . . .
Summarily convicted Committed for trial Sentenced after commit- ment , . . .
1909
19,309
11,712
534
352
1911
19,398
11,543
522
334
The number of individuals arrested during 1911 was 13,939.
There are 8 gaols and 3 reformatory prisons in Victoria, besides 7 police gaols. At the end of 1911 there were confined in these prisons and police gaols 692 males and 105 females.
Finance.
The actual revenue and expenditure of the State in oacli of the five years stated were : —
Year ended June 30 —
Revenue
Expenditure
£
£
1908
8,314,480
7,862,246
1909
8,247,684
8,240,177
1910
8,597,992
8,579,980
1911
9,204,503
9,194,157
1912
9,936,665
9,845,010
Budget estimates 1912-13 :— Revenue, 10,120,000^. (including taxation, 1,477, 610Z. ; railways and tramways, 5,341,900/. ; Commonwealth subsidy, 1,715,708/.); expenditure, 10,097,407/. (including interest, 2,341,743/1: railways and tramways, 3,384,239/.).
The following table shows the actual amounts of State revenue and expenditure under the principal heads during 1910-11 : —
Heads of Revenue
Amount
Taxation : —
£
Wharfage rates .
69,511
Land tax ,
210,640
Duties on estates of
deceased persons
433,104
Duty on bank notes .
18,115
Stamp duty
257,199
Tonnage dues
42,716
Income Tax
395,998
Race Clubs' percentage
7,535
Licences . .
21,982
Total State taxation .
1.456,800
Railways .
4,887,560
Crown lands
355,870
Commonwealth balances
received
1,617,572
Other sources
886,701
Heads of Expenditure
Governor . Parliament & Ministry Civil establishments . Pensions and gratuities Interest and expenses
of Public Debt Raihvays . Other public works Crown lands Educalioii, &c. . Charitable institutions,
&c
Judicial and legal Police and gaols . Mining, agriculture,
and stock Other expenditure
Amount
£
9,158
79,944
234,787
S49,777
2,207,232
3,031,431
697,372
127,220
1,017,876
454,455 181,497 371,060
419,140 193,208
Total
9,204,503
Total
9,194,157
