246 THE BRITISH EMPIRE : — CANADA

Detailed expenditure for the year ended March 31, 1912 : —

Services

Dollars !

Services

Dollars

Public Debt, including

Dominion Lands— charge-

Sinking Funds

13,423,40(3

able to Income

2,277,100

Charges of Management

447,457

Miscellaneous

1,307,693

Civil Government

4,774,678

Customs ....

2,443,846

Administration of Justice.

1,300,514

Excise ....

755,968

Police, Dominion

82,445

Weights and Measures, Gas

Penitentiaries

653,483

and Electric Light In-

Legislation ....

2,439,807

sjiection ....

204,225

Arts, Agriculture, and Sta-

Adulteration of Food .

22,780

tistics ....

2,771,636

Railways and Canals-

Quarantine ....

182,392

chargeable to Collection

Immigration

1,365,000

of Revenue

12,330,463

Pensions ....

1 245,045

Public Works — chargeable

Superannuation .

417,045

to Collection of Revenue

651,554

Militia — Chargeable to

'

Public Works— chargeable

Income ....

7,580,600

to Income

10,344.487

Railways and Canals-

Post Office ....

9,172,035

chargeable to Income

i 763,007

Trade and Commerce .

158,939

Mail Subsidies and Steam"

Inspection of Staples .

226,895

ship Subventions .

1,904,514

Culling Timber .

11,970

Ocean and River Service •

1,128,908

Naval Service

1,901,494

Lighthouse and Coast Ser-

Labour ....

53,399

vice . . . . •

2,128,243

Scientific Institutions

417,350 , 57,016

Total Consolidated Fund

98,161,441

Marine Hospitals

(20, 177, 629 J.)

Steamboat Inspection

45,853 1

Fisheries . . . •

843,856

Railways and Canals-

Subsidies to Provinces

10,281,045

Capital ....

26,823,191

Department of Mines

261,719

Public Works— Capital

4,166,385

Indians ....

1,756,565

Mounted Police .

696,663

Total Capital

30,989,576

Government of the North-

(6,370,079Z.)

west Territories Government of the Yukon

5,598

Grand Total

129,151,017

Territory ....

324,242

(26,547,7091.)

The gross debt March 31, 1912, amounted to 508,338,592 dollars (104,491,821/.), and the net debt to 339,919,461 dollars (69,872,333/.).

About three-fourths is at interest from 2^ to 4 per cent., a small amount is at 5 and 6 per cent., and about 19,000,000Z. is free of interest.

The total Government expenditure on railways in Canada up to 1911 was 97,740,000/., and on canals 26,763,000/.

Provincial Revenues and Expenditures.

Province

Revenue

Expenditure

Dollars

Ontario ....

Oct. 31, 1911

9,370,834

9,619,934

Quebec .

June 30, 1911

7,032,744

6,424,900

Nova Scotia .

Sept. 30 1911

1,625,653

1,790,778

New Brunswick .

Oct. 31, 1911

1,347,077

1,403,547

Manitoba

Dec. 31, 1911

4,454,190

4,002,826

British Columbia .

Mar.31, 1911

10,492,892

8,414,825

Prince Edward Island

Sept. 30, 1911

374,798

398,490

Alberta .

Dec. 31, 1911

2,802,-326

4,S81,508

Saskatchewan

Feby. 28, 1911

2,656.627

2,523,549