Some of the numbers from this year's Budget:

-$6,307,000

Government's current account deficit – the first in living memory.

$637,717,000

Government's projected net debt for 2009-10.

$29,700,000

The amount Government will pay on interest on its debt this year.

$177,802,000

The budget for the Ministry of Health, Bermuda's biggest spending Ministry this year.

$343,857,000

The among Government will spend on salaries this year, a four percent increase on 2008-9

5,815

The number of full-time Government employees in 2009-10.

90

The net increase in Government employees this year.

August 31, 2009

The date by which the Boundaries Commission must have begun its work redrawing Bermuda's parliamentary constituencies.

19,413

Number of website hits recorded on the Department of Statistics website in 2007, compared to 4,382 in 2008.

307

Number of Civil Service posts advertised in 2008-9. 115 were filled.

8

Number of times ferry service was disrupted in 2008 – down from 28 in 2007

49,452

Number of vehicles inspected at the Transport Control Department in 2008