REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
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missioner of Customs, the Minister of Mines, and the Postmaster- General. At least four ministers must be members of either of the Houses of Legislature, and they are individually and collectively responsible for their acts to the colonial Parliament.
Revenue and Expenditure.
The total amount of the public revenue and expenditure of the colony, in each of the years 1860 to 1868, was as follows : —
Years
Revenue
Expenditure
&
£
1860
3,0S2,461
3,315,307
1861
2,952,101
3,092,021
1862
3,269,079
3,039,497
1863
2,774,686
2,882,937
1864
2,955.338
2.928,903
1865
3,076,885
2,983,777
1866
3,079,160
3,222,025
1867
3,216,317
3.241,818
1868
3,175,000
3,273,000
The figures for the year 1868 in the above table — furnished by the Government of Victoria to the Statesman's Tear-book — are only approximate, the financial accounts of the year not having been closed at the date of the return.
The various branches of revenue and expenditure, in the year 1865, are shown in the subjoined table : —
Branches of Revenue .Gross amount! Branches of Expenditure
Customs
£
Import
duty on spirits
505,328
„
wine .
46,904
„
beer .
35,039
„
tobacco
131,773
„
cigars
13,620
„
coffee .
13,983
,,
sugar .
74,082
„
tea
84,230
,,
opium
19,071
,,
rice .
16,422
)!
dried fruits
150,973
,,
hops .
5,438
„
malt .
7,658
Registration fees
1,638
"Wharfage and har bour rates
J
86,098
Total Export duty on gold Duty on spirits dis- I tilled in the colony J
1,192,257 80,681
16,944
Houses of Legislature . Chief secretary's de- J
partment . . J
Registrar general's )
department . S
Judicial department 1
and magistracy )
Treasury department . Minister of mines Commissioners of lands "1
and surveys . J Public works Railways
Roads and bridges Trade and customs }
department . \ Postmaster general's )
department . J Police .... Gaols ....
Gross amount
£ 13,688
6,628 17,925
164.094
240,167 31,742
93,810
260,957
314,922
57,576
85,768
165,026
210,577
33,009