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The following are the estimated figures for ordinary revenue and expendi- ture for the year 1920-21 : —
Ordinary Revenue (1920-21)
Ordinary Expenditure (IMC
-21)
s .....
6,900,000
Governor-General A Parliament
|,«» > 000
Ministerial Department of Prime
Ielegraphs & telephone*
8,090,090
iter and Native Attain .
474,117
Mining Revenue
2.32S,0<i0
tenal Department of—
Licences
Defence ....
1,2*7,395
Stamp Duties ami 1 i ea Income Tax, Super Tax, and |
900,000
Mines and Industries . Higher Education
355,605
Dividend Tax .
4,850,000
Finance-
Estate and Succession Duty .
300,000
Treasury ....
Native Poll Tax . . . \ Native Hut Tax ...»
830,000
Public Debt
7,195,5*4
Pensions
l,v- '..<•• ■»••■
Native Pass and Compound
High Commissioner .
60,074
40,000
Provincial Admin i -
4,291,350
Land Revenue ....
150,000
laneons Sen
167,273
Fore«t Revenue
75,000
Inland Revenue.
•9,108
R.-uts on Government Property
Audit ....
70.278
Interest
Customs and Ex
305,417
Departmental Receipt* .
Justice ....
Fines and Forfeitures
Interior ....
i,t4Mra
Miscellaneous .
100,000
Public Works
097.17:'.
Agriculture ....
1,076,992
ha and Tele-
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206,304
Irrigation ....
179,490
Special Incremental Pay .
650,000
Total .
28,3S1,000
Total ordinary
28,71 1.S27
Expenditure, loan account .
13,^94,000
The gross Public Debt of the Union at March 31, 1920, was 173,904,818/.
The expenditure out of Loan Funds for war services during 1914-15 was 9,258,959/. ; 1915-16, 10,707,138/. ; 1916-17, 2.67C.058Z. ; 1917-18, 3, 4 ;.•->, 156/. ; 1918-19, 3,213,785/.; 1919-20, 2,525,000/. Excluding recoveries from sale of war material, the total charge on loan funds at March 31, 1920, will amount to 29,736,000/.
The railway earnings in 1919-20 totalled 19,575,7097., and the total expenditure came to 20,284,081?. ; harbours, revenue 1,010,265/., expenditure 993,071/. South African Steamships, 3 July, 1919, to 31 March, 1920 : quo, 268,903/. ; expenditure, 176,574/. ; leaving a total net deficit of 598,898/. The estimated expenditure for 1920-21 is : railways, 24,220,680/. ; harbours, 903,918/.
There is a provincial revenue fund in every Province, into which all revenues raised or received by the Province are paid. Appropriations are effected by Ordinance of the Provincial Council. It is only under the authority of such au Appropriation Ordinance that any withdrawal from the fund can take place. The provincial accounts are audited in each case by an auditor appointed and paid by the Union Government.
Defence.
During the latter part of the Great War the Union of South Africa provided the whole of the military forces necessary for its defence, and the last of the regular British troops were withdrawn. The forces of the Union are raised under a Defence Act under which all citizens are liable to service within the Dominion. As this would provide an unnecessarily large force, onlv a
