English Translation

8 7 It is expected that even greater savings will be possible in the implementation of the budget estimate, in particular in the field of construction and in the case of aa t expenditure, so that the clearance of accounts will in all probability be more favourable than the estimate. A comparison with the previous year shows the following development: Personal expenditure (6036 million K) is shown in However, most of the increase is due to the increase in the number of new entrants. The Ministry of Education (METOK 895) and other funds to the Ministry of the People = education. Pension expenditures also increase= if anything. Thus, the personnel costs of the previous administration remain almost unchanged despite various increases in wages. The main effect of this is to be seen as an effect of the reduction measures, with an increase of around 3.8 million K, compared to 13.724 million K in the previous year's estimate. They are partly due to the increase in general administrative expenditure as a result of the increase of the MD price level, the new regulation of the service expenses= replacements and the abolition of the free postage; mainly it is caused by the following expenditures against expenditure increases: Nel./By increasing the matricular contribution by 2.5 million K (1942 ....7.5 Mia K, 1941 ....5 Mia K). (a)in the field of food and agriculture: increase in agricultural production by 24 million K (total 208 million K)