COST OF GOVERNMENT IN MASS. 



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Table A 7.- 



-Expenditures of Cities and Towns, 1926. 

 (Thousands of dollars) 



Alaintenance $141,870 



Departmental _ 



General Government _ 



Protection of Persons and Property... 



Health and Sanitation 



Highways - - -.. 



Charities 



Soldiers' Benefits 



Schools 



Libraries 



Recreation 



Pensions 



Unclassified 

 Public Sei vice Enterprises 



Electric Light 



Water. 



All Other 

 Cemetenes 

 Administration of Trwsf Funds 



Outlays 



Departmental 



General Government 



Protection of Persons and Property.. 



Health and Sanitation 



Highways _ 



Charities - 



Schools - — 



Libraries 



Recreation 



Unclassified 



Public Service Enterprises.. 



Electric Light 



Water 



All Other 



Ce meteries 



Interest S... 



Loans, general purposes 



Loans, piiblic service enterprises... 

 Loans, cemeteries 



Debt 



GRAND TOTAL.. 



130,SA7 



6,725 



26,034 



13,274 



14,029 



11.149 



1.070 



46.548 



2,544 



4,911 



3,296 



1.267 



9,906 



2,023 



6.786 



1,098 



873 



ZU 



43,254 



S5,0S9 



470 



1,182 



5.428 



13,819 



893 



11.599 



125 



1,179 



344 



8,159 



699 



4,313 



3,147 



5fl 



15,524 



11,398 



i.tSl 



5 



19,267 

 $219,915 



$34,604 



30.613 



1,916 



4,325 



2,119 



5,613 



1,852 



184 



12,750 



623 



716 



91 



424 



3,710 



1.811 



1,857 



42 



277 



12,654 



10,265 



378 



572 



1.647 



3,981 



18 



3,240 



75 



230 



124 



2,328 



474 



1,845 



9 



61 



2,429 



l,9i9 



U79 



1 



3,729 



$53,416 



516,794 



15,960 



1,159 



1.335 



546 



4,394 



850 



86 



6,908 



267 



137 



4 



274 



677 



294 



377 



6 



156 



1 



5,342 



U,765 



60 



282 



95 



3.047 



5 



1,175 



15 



72 



14 



561 



126 



433 



2 



16 



650 



3A9 

 101 



1,181 



$23,967 



1 Adapted from the Report on the Statistics of Municipal Finances — 1926, 

 Massachusetts Public Document No. 79. 



