Commonwealth Assistance to the States Since 1976 (Background Paper No 5 1997-98) Appendix B Table B26. Commonwealth Assistance to the Northern Territory, 1976-77 to 1997-98 (Est.) ($ per capita in constant 1996-97 prices)

Table B26. Commonwealth Assistance to the Northern Territory, 1976-77 to 1997-98 (Est.)
($ per capita in constant 1996-97 prices)

Year	Tax Sharing Grants/ FAGs	Special Revenue Assis- tance	Special Grants/ Revenue Assis- tance to NT & ACT	Identified Grants for Health and Roads	Nation- al Compe- tition Pay- ments	General Purpose Capital Assistance	*Total General Purpose Assistance*	Specific Purpose Payments to the States	Specific Purpose Payments through the States	*Total Specific Purpose Assistance*	Fiscal Contri- butions	*Total Assistance (Gross)*	Repay- ments	Total Assistance (Net)
1976-77	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1977-78	..	..	1 463.62	..	..	..	1 463.62	..	..	..	..	*1 463.62*	..	1 463.62
1978-79	..	..	6 964.21	..	..	..	6 964.21	236.01	..	236.01	..	*7 200.22*	44.12	7 156.10
1979-80	4 562.41	..	436.88	..	..	2 346.25	7 345.54	2 127.46	160.12	2 287.57	..	*9 633.11*	41.57	9 591.54
1980-81	5 159.11	..	393.59	..	..	2 161.14	7 713.84	2 575.37	143.04	2 718.41	..	*10 432.25*	55.40	10 376.86
1981-82	5 077.47	..	364.98	420.46	..	1 850.71	7 713.61	2 183.44	148.65	2 332.09	..	*10 045.70*	65.39	9 980.31
1982-83	5 288.02	..	268.27	328.26	..	1 683.42	7 567.96	2 361.37	153.15	2 514.52	..	*10 082.48*	72.29	10 010.19
1983-84	5 285.84	..	271.23	314.91	..	1 606.49	7 478.47	2 756.13	151.52	2 907.66	..	*10 386.12*	79.91	10 306.21
1984-85	5 313.07	..	- 33.64	306.64	..	1 549.55	7 135.62	3 118.68	142.86	3 261.54	..	*10 397.16*	87.23	10 309.92
1985-86	..	..	5 634.14	..	..	1 720.92	7 355.06	1 997.40	158.55	2 155.95	..	*9 511.01*	86.54	9 424.47
1986-87	..	..	5 723.77	..	..	1 199.97	6 923.74	1 848.49	183.30	2 031.79	..	*8 955.53*	90.50	8 865.03
1987-88	..	..	5 691.46	..	..	735.68	6 427.14	1 491.62	184.67	1 676.29	..	*8 103.43*	104.21	7 999.22
1988-89	4 765.11	..	453.01	..	..	672.21	5 890.32	1 806.57	191.10	1 997.67	..	*7 888.00*	88.16	7 799.84
1989-90	4 635.66	..	324.26	..	..	312.82	5 272.74	1 382.64	216.58	1 599.21	..	*6 871.96*	65.06	6 806.90
1990-91	4 560.61	..	335.69	..	..	294.44	5 190.74	1 675.98	256.84	1 932.82	..	*7 123.56*	218.70	6 904.86
1991-92	4 888.93	..	257.63	79.07	..	285.70	5 511.35	1 336.08	282.93	1 619.01	..	*7 130.36*	599.19	6 531.17
1992-93	4 951.87	..	251.23	52.53	..	280.53	5 536.15	1 233.32	383.82	1 617.14	..	*7 153.29*	571.70	6 581.59
1993-94	4 753.04	..	182.87	11.70	..	272.68	5 220.29	1 308.98	402.47	1 711.44	..	*6 931.73*	170.52	6 761.21
1994-95	4 947.17	..	174.08	22.74	..	10.17	5 154.17	1 230.19	417.28	1 647.46	..	*6 801.63*	415.93	6 385.70
1995-96	5 035.06	..	56.52	49.17	..	16.39	5 157.15	1 241.32	414.86	1 656.18	..	*6 813.33*	360.94	6 452.39
1996-97	4 950.24	..	53.54	75.18	..	10.82	5 089.78	1 291.70	403.63	1 695.33	0.00	*6 785.11*	339.60	6 445.51
1997-98 Est.	5 029.17	..	..	..	11.18	..	5 040.34	1 295.40	378.31	1 673.70	0.00	*6 714.05*	224.21	6 489.84

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