CO129-525-3 Estimates 1931 and other financial papers 16-1-1930 - 1-9-1932 — Page 90

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Nor do I

care before they are allowed to be included in the

Budget and any items which in the light of past expenditure appear excessive are reduced.

think I am wrong in saying that every head of department

considers it his primary duty to give the taxpayer the

best value for his money consistent with efficiency.

At the same time it is only natural that

Government activities should expand when revenue is

coming in well. And in hard times like the present

the urgent necessity of balancing the Budget calls

for something more than the ordinary processes of

scrutiny. For this reason the Government, as my

predecessor said in this Council on the 19th of June,

will be delighted if the recommendations of the present

Retrenchment Commission make it possible to effect any

considerable economies in the business of running the

Government. The total expenditure for 1931 is

estimated at the figure of $29,787,855 which exceeds

the total in the Bill now before the Council by the sum

of $6,422,520, this being the estimated amount of the

Military Contribution on the 1931 Revenue ($4,784,290)

and the charges on account of public debt ($1,638,230). The Revenue total is $27,488,759 and it therefore

appears that the Budget has been prepared with the

possibility

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