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4 "The estimated ordinary expendi-- ture, exclusive of public debt charges and Girect unemployment relief, is 1$37,920,000, as compared with $42,-- 595,000 for the year 1931--a decrease of $4,675,000. Adding interest charges f on the public debt in the amount of '$13,560,000 and estimated payments 'for New York exchange $1,660,000, and an estimated expenditure on ac-- count of direct unemployment re-- lief of $2,500.000, the total expendi-- ture during the year will be $55,-- 640,000, leaving an estimated surplus last year, had not "stolen" this money, as certain press reports might sug-- gest. ts : o In regard to the increased motor taxes now effective--from which the Government expects a ccnsiderable revenue increase this season--Mr. Dunlop contended that, whatever criticism might be offered of them, they still were lower than any cther Province's. A vigorous defense of the present elimination of cross--entries system of bookkseping, and a detailed statement regarding the remarkable increase of $54,000,000 in Hydro reserves in the last ten years, were two other high-- lights of his address. The schedule of amuwwement tax in-- creases which have baen announced by tlme Provincial Treasurer has still to be worked out and will, it is understood, be submitted to the Tory caucus for its approval before formally and finally being made public, Economy Program. part that the quickly oversubscribed Ontario domestic loan had played in maintaining not only the high credit of the Province, but the Dominion's as well; and in which, generally speak-- ing, ho dealt with general dspart-- mental administration from every angle of revenue and expenditure, and stressed the retrenchment program to which the Government had firmly set its hand as a partial means of effect-- ing a balanced Budget on Oct. 31 next. Money Not "Stolen," He Says. The $5,000,000 saving and economy . program on which the Govemment| is now opcrating was outlined byl Mr. Dunlop as follows: | Presentation of the Budget and Pub-- lic Accounts was accomplished by an hour--and--a--half address by Mr. Dun-- lop, in which he paid < particular tribute to the loyalty of his fellow-- Ministers, the Deputy Ministers and the civil servants of Queen's Park in aiding the Treasury to reach a satis-- factory solution of a difficult financial situation; in which he emphasized the A tax of 10 cents per bottle will be applied to all spirituous liquors and imported wines sold through the stores of the Liquor Control Board. Domestic wines sold through the wineries of the Province will be taxed 25 cents per gallon. The law--stamps rises are still un-- scheculed. Labelling the entire program an "emergency measure," Mr. Dunlop served notice that, with a return to normal times, the Governmeont ex-- pects to reduce these and other long-- standing levies. Estimated revenue for the current year was set by the Treasuror at $56,-- 005,000, as compared with $54,390,002 in 1931. Estimated expenditure was placed at $55,640,000. In 1931 it was $54,846,9094. Speaks for Hour and Half. At some length he dwolt on the operations of the Liquor Control B=--ard to show, as he claimed, that the Treasury, in calling on the board's reserves to the tuns of some $2,000,000 "The estimated ordinary revenue for the present financial year is $56,005,000, as compared with $54,-- 390,000 last year--an increase in or-- dinary revenue for the year of $1,-- 615,000. creases, exemptions eliminated, except t table, patriotic or ganizations, which : rebate of the tax . W or philanthropic or-- , which may be granted a rebate of the tax collected, on pro-- duction of a statement showing that at least two--thirds of the gross receipts of the entertainment have been available and paid over for the above purposes. The schedule of in-- creases has still to come. Gas--Tax Increase. The gas--tax increase will be 1 cent--from 5 to 6 cents per gallon. All rebates will be abolished except to farmers or fishermen in the pursuit of their respective callings. . Th mptions will be entirely except to religious, chari-- "Public H--alth in 1932, at $787,000, shows a reduction of $72,000 from the previous year, and Hospitals, at $4,960,000, a reduction of $269,000 from the year previous. Labor, at $334,000, shows a saving of $9,000. Children's Aid, at $240,000, a saving of "The Highways Department, for maintenance and repairs, are effecting a reduction of $290,000, as compared with their expenditures for 1931. This expenditure, too, nerhaps, indicates a greater economy than would be appa-- rent from these figures, as the high-- ways expenditure for maintenance and repairs last year showed a reduction of $754,7152 from the year 1930, so that. comparing the Highways expeon-- diture on maintenance in 1932 with 1930, there is a reduction in this item of over $1,000,.000. Public Health. "Game and PFisbheries Vikewise has reduced its expenditure for this year by $11,000. Public Works Department shows a reduction of $51.000. of Toronto, are included in the esti-- mated expenditures of the Attorney-- General's Office. This item is an ex-- traordinary and unusual expenditure, and the elimination of this item would have shown a reduction in the ordinary exnenditures of the Attorney-- General's Office of $335,000. Insurance Department. "The Insurance Department shows an expenditure this year of $65,000, as compared with $72,000 in the previous year. Education is esti-- mated at $10,048,000 this year, as compared with $11,829,000 last year, a saving in this department of $1,781,-- 000. Lands and Forests estimate an expenditure of $1,330,000 this year, as against $2.130,000 last year, an esti-- mated saving in this department of $800,000. Northern Development shows an expenditure o' $1,922,000 this year, which is a reduction of $144,000 on the amount expended last year. Mines, at $363,000 this year, are $20,000 below their last year's figure. to retain fines received in certain cases, and we are ordered to make return to various municipalitiee of fines which we had collected, and which we contended belonged to the Province. The return of these fines, amounting, in round figures, to $300,-- 000, of which one item alone of $250,-- 000 has to be returned to the City lon account of the year's operations in the amount of $365,000. We esti-- | mate to take care of the debt retire-- ,ment requirements on behalf of the monevs advanced to the Hydro--Elec-- ! tric Power Commission in full, but >there is no provision in this esti-- { mate for any debt retirement on ac-- | count of Provincial debt exclusive | of the Hydro--Electric Power Com-- | mission. Receipts and Outlay. '"The statement of receipts and | expenditures, as presented herewith, | is unique, and I doubt if a similar | statement has often, if ever, been presented to a legislative body. The expenditures in connection with the administration of the affairs of this Province show a substantial decrease in every department of the Admin-- istration excepting that of the Pro-- vincial Treasurer. In accordance with _our system of government, expendi-- [tures are grouped into twenty main classifications, and nineteen of these have been able to effect substantial reductions owing to a policy of rigor-- ous economy and retrenchment which has been applied to the most minute detail of Government expenditure. For the information of honorable members I will make a comparison as between the actual expenditure for last year and the estimated expendi-- ture for this year in each of these various departments, | _ _ . _ _ "Prime Minister's Department, at $158,000, shows a saving of $15,000 as compared with last year. Legislation, oat $365,000, shows a saving of $15,000. The Attorney--General's Department, at $2,750,000, shows a decrease of $35,000 from the figures of last year, but this does not truly indicate the saving effected in that department of the Government, as, in accordance with a recent judgment of the Privy Council, the Province is not entitled "The classification under the head-- ing Lieutenant--Governor, at $6,000, is the same as last year. s s > Mar 12. The Treasurer's statement on revenue and expenditure for the past fiscal year was as follows: ol '"Referring to the financial activi-- ties of the past year, honorable mem-- bers will note from the Public Ac-- counts that the revenue of the Prov-- ince was $54,390,092, as compared with a revenue in 1930 of $52,235,019, "In Agriculture there is a reduction in expenditure this year as compared to last of $456,000, and miscellaneous expenditures, at $400,000, compared with expenditures under the same item last year of $559,000--a total saving in expenditure for the year, excluding debt charges, of $4,675,000. The Past Year. | cates a saving of $31,000, but expendi-- | tures which are made through the Frovincial Treasureor's Office, such as the Government's contribution to the Public Service Superannuation Fund | and to the Teachers' and Inspectors' ! Superannuation Fund, are uncontroll-- |able items--the contributions thereto being fixed by statute--and account for an increase of $43,000 this yvear as compared with similar expenditures last vear. '"The Department of the Provincial Auditor shows a saving of $10,000: the Provincial Secretary a saving of $72,-- 000. "The Treasurer has had a very un-- happy time with the remainder of his colleagues in the Government because of the fact that he alone of all the members of the Cabinet has been un-- able this year to show a net saving in administration expenses. However, the Treasurer has been able to advance arguments in support of his excep-- tional position which quite convinces me that the $12,000 net increase in the Department of the Provincial Treasurer has been quite unavoidable. "The Legislative Postoffice also comes under the jurisdiction of the Provincial Treasurer, and as all ~of the mail of the various departmeonts and branches of the Government is handled through this office the postal increase of one cent in the letter rate substantially increases the ex-- penditure of this office, when it is con-- sidered that last year almost $100,000 was paid for postage. Treasurer Convinces Mr. Dunlop. "The payments under the heading of Mothers'® Allowances this vesar are $1,615,000, as compared with $1.479,000 last year; and miscellaneous expendi-- tures in the Department of Welfare at $3815,000, show a saving of $73,000. The Provincial Treasurer's Department, in so far as services are concerned. indi-- cates a saving of $31,000, but expendi-- tures which are made through the Frovincial Treasuror's Office, such as $7,000, Old--Ags Pensions. a redurtion in expenditure of $527,000. This is not due to any reduction in the scale of old--age pensions, but is almost en-- tirely accounted for by the increase in the proportion of the cost of old--age pensions, which is now taken care of by the Federal Government. Provincial Treasurer, who yesterday, in the Legisiature, delivered his Budget speech, forecasting a surplus, but announcing the imposition of many new taxes. BRINCS DOWN BUDGCET year of $2,155,075. HON. E. A. DU JNLOP revenue > | ctivi~ | mem--| : Ac-- , Prov--| 7