The veterans' services show a decrease of $203 million.

The Cabinet session this morning was devoted to consideration of Government expenditure for the next fiscal year.

The drought relief is in this year's budget and not in next year's.

The Navy Department shows an increase of about $25 million.

Yes, the previous annual payments for the bonus will aggregate about $750 million as I recollect--something about that figure.

The budgets for all 3 years are greatly influenced by the increased expenditures for construction work in aid of unemployment, for relief to agriculture, and for increased services to veterans, but it will be seen that these increased…

The total of all construction work including these items is now progressing at the rate of over $725 million per annum, being about $500 million per annum in excess of the rate of expenditure for construction previous to the depression.

We are not able to make any calculation on receipts or revenues.

These are based upon appropriations.

Of course, we are always striving to get below the appropriations where we can do it without injuring the major purpose of the appropriations themselves.

The members of the Cabinet had before them the compilation of the budget on a functional basis, as has been customary during the past 2 years.

The expenditure on veterans' relief shows an increase of about $190 million for the present fiscal year but includes $112 million of the normal payment into the bonus fund for the next fiscal year which was advanced by Congress to the…

There is a decrease of about $10 million in the estimated postal deficit.

Yes, and with the constant striving to reduce expenditures wherever we can, we are going into the necessary aid to unemployment, agriculture, et cetera--we may get it even less than this.

I THANK Your Majesty for your telegram and assure you that it has been a sincere pleasure to have as our guests your distinguished brother and his Princess Consort.

The cordial friendship evinced by our imperial guests have completely won our hearts and their visit will remain a most pleasant memory.

THE LINKING of the various countries of the world by rapid communications is a means for the enhancing of closer friendly relations, and the importance of which our peoples realize more and more as advances are made.

This refuge shall be known as the Fallon Wild-Life Refuge.