FINANCE

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The Northern Territnrj^ with an area of 523, G20 square miles, was under the jurisdiction of South Australia from 1863 to 1910. On the 1st January, 1911, it was transferred to the Commonwealth {see Northern Territory).

In 1905 the administration of Papua was transferred to the Common- wealth (see Papua).

Marriages, births, and deaths in 1911 :—

States and Territories

States —

New South Wales .

Victoria ....

Queensland .

South Australia

Western Australia

Tasmania Territories —

Northern Territory

Federal Capital Territory

Total .

Marriages

15,278 11,088 5,167 4,036 2,421 1,477

10

30,482

Births

47,537 33,026 16,984 11,057 8,091 5,437

31 30

122,193

Deaths

17,146 15,216 6,544 4,038 2,923 1,927

65 10

47,869

Surplus of Births

30,391

17,810

10,440

7,019

5,168

3,510

-341 20

74,324

I Minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease.

Finance.

Actual revenue and expenditure for 1909-10 to 1911-12 and estimated revenue and expenditure for 1912-13 are given in the following table. The payments to States represent the balances of revenue collected in the several States after the necessary expenditure on Commonwealth services. Under the "Surplus Revenue Act, 1910," the amount payable by the Common- wealth to each State from the 1st July, 1910, is a sum equivalent to 25 shillings per head of the population as estimated by the Commonwealth Statistician at 31st December in each year. (In 1910-11 this amount is subject to certain deductions. ) AVestern Australia is to receive in addition an annual sum commencing with 250,000?. in 1910-11, and diminishing by 10,000/. per year thereafter: —

—

1909-10 Actual

- -

£ 9,505,855 2,087,310

3,731,741

215,763

1910-11 Actual

1911-12 A ctual

1912-13 Estimated

Revenue : Customs Excise Post, Telegraph, and

Telephone Land Tax . Miscellaneous

£

10,507,080 2,473,364

3,906,015

1,370,345

549,433

£,

12,071,514 2,638,685

3,916,599

1,366,454

553,109

£

12,209,000

2,302,000

4,202,000

1,300,000

409,000

Total

15,540,669

18,806,237

20,546,361

20,422,000

Expenditure : Old Age Pensions Department of Defence Post Office Department Miscellaneous

1,497,330 1,535.405 3,786,755 1,336,176

1,874,489 3,006,026 4,343,231 3,934,7821

2,155,481 4,080,039 5,775,264 2,711,1542

2,414,000 5,438,364 5,826,990 2,925,437

Total administrative

8,155,660

13,158,5281

14,721,9382

16,604,791

Payments to States

8,492,436

5,196,424

5,824,423

6,078,750

Total expenditure .

16,648,102

18,354,952

20,546,361

22,683,541

i Includes 1,S37,174L paid to Trust Fund on account of Defence (918,587?.) and Old Age Pensions (918,587/.)-

2 Includes 424,366/. paid to Trust Fund on account of Old Age Pensions and Con-

struction of Fleet.