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
