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Table A 8. — Total Expenditures of the Central State Government, 

 1910, 1915, 1920 and 1924.' 



(Thousandu of dollars) 



1915 



1920 



19242 



General Government _ $ 2,115 $ 3,325 $ 4,391 $ 4,446 



Legislative 401 510 996 794 



General Administration 1,150 2,081 2,472 2,463 



Judicial '. 564 734 923 1,189 



Education 1,789 3,071 4,727 6,448 



General 1,116 1,657 2,787 3,572 



Vocational — Agricultural 274 537 967 1,126 



Vocational — Technical 308 710 683 1,340 



Gifts, Grants and Trusts — Agricultural 71 86 110 115 



Gifts, Grants and Trusts — Technical 20 81 281 295 



Total Gifts, Grants and Trusts 91 166 391 HO 



Total Agricultural _ Sis 623 1,077 l.Ul 



Total Technical _ _„ 328 791 96i. 1,635 



High-ways and Waterways 2,428 3,995 7,483 12,284 



Highways 2,008 2,910 5,1,79 10,i96 



Hightvay Trust _ 218 1,0U 



Total Highways 2,008 2,910 5,697 11,540 



Waterways „ 420 1,085 1,786 744 



Charity 1,273 2,017 3,403 4,099 



Mental Diseases 3,198 4,274 7,353 8,142 



Corrections 1,907 1,868 3,017 2,906 



Health 951 1,259 1,657 1,598 



Public Safety 182 238 303 777 



General 182 238 206 268 



State Police 97 509 



Labor 109 369 452 473 



Conservation _ 435 542 437 712 



General _ _ 2 3 4 14 



Forestry „.. 363 391 218 486 



Fisheries and Game 70 148 215 212 



Agriculture _ _ „. 155 368 267 393 



General _ 52 102 118 135 



Dairy and Animal Husbandry 103 266 149 258 



Public Utilities _ 136 222 198 194 



Banks and Insurance _ 137 231 340 452 



Banking 55 119 208 301 



Insurance 82 112 132 151 



MiUtary 1,810 2,041 6,456 1,739 



Maintenance and Operation 735 1,112 1,581 823 



Gratuities 5 3,509 270 



Pensions and State Aid 1,028 878 1,327 603 



Trust 47 46 39 43 



Miscellaneous 26 165 174 47 



Interest and Debt 2,442 3,353 5,957 3,366 



Interest 1,286 1,817 2,838 1,459 



Debt ; 424 819 1,619 1,191 



Sinking Funds _ 732 717 1,500 716 



Payments from Revenue 1,710 2,636 U,U57 2,650 



GRAND TOTAL §19,093 $27,338 $46,716 $48,076 



^ This analysis was made by a careful consideration of all available financial re- 

 ports. The attempt here has been to classify State expenditures by purpose rather 

 than by departments. The figures, therefore, will not coincide with the department 

 total in many cases. Reports for the years 1910, 1915 and 1920 were placed on the 

 same accounting basis as for 1924, and the same items have been included in each 

 classification for each year. 



2 State expenditures have remained fairly constant since 1924. 



