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STATEMENT of the RECEIPTS and EXPENDITURE of the PUBLIC WORKS FUND for the Year ended 31st March, 1906, compared with the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1905.

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1904-1905. EXPENDITURE. 1905-1906. s. d. £ s. d. £ s. A. 12,813 17 11 677,674 8 4 467 13 3 116,677 14 10 5,990 8 7 17,107 15 6 6,481 14 0 226,462 13 4 6,257 19 11 6,280 10 4 79,297 15 1 631 4 9 46,588 7 1 2,248 4 5 403 3 6 Annual Appropriations,— Class XXV.—Public Works, Departmental XXVI.—Railways .. XXVII.—Utilisation of Water-power .. .. .. .. „ XXVIII.—Public Buildings .. .. .. .. XXIX.—Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour Defences XXX.—Tourist and Health Resorts.. , XXXI.—Immigration , XXXII.—Roads „ XXXIII.—Development of Goldfields XXXIV.—Purchase of Native Lands XXXV.—Telegraph Extension XXXVI. —-Rates on Native Lands . XXXVII.—Contingent Defence , XXXVIII.—Lands Improvement Charges and Expenses of raising Loam 13,516 17 10 1,012,403 15 1 2,901 17 1 160,214 7 1 4,946 0 3 15,438 0 8 8,75.3 2 4 352,187 12 7 18,532 12 6 10,763 10 11 77,186 7 2 547 9 11 35,568 12 0 1,051 16 9 1,714,012 2 2 1,205,383 10 10 Unauthorised, — Services not provided for 8,677 19 0 3,549 1 10 300,000 0 0 The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot, 1899,— Repayment of advances ... 203,500 0 0 295,500 0 0 204,500 0 0 The Aid to Public Works and Laud Settlement Act, 1900, — Debentures due 1st April, 1905, redeemed Debentures due 1st April, 1905, renewed Temporary advances, as per contra, repaid Debentures due 1st April, 1904, redeemed Debentures due 1st April, 1904, renewed 101,000 0 0 149,000 0 0 250,000 0 0 703,500 0 0 70,100 0 0 The Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1901,— Debentures due 1st December, 1904, paid off Debentures due 1st December, 1905, paid off Debentures due 1st December, 1904, renewed 300 0 0 15,000 0 0 179,600 0 0 15,300 0 0 249,700 0 0 The Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Aot, 1904,— Temporary advances, as per oontra, repaid 200,000 0 0 2,219 13 0 5,369 16 9 2,332 12 9 438 0 7 Charges and Expenses in respaot of loans raised under— Aid to Publio Works and Land Settlement Act, 1899 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1900 Aid to Public Works and Lani Settlement Act, 1901 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1903 Aid to Publio Works and Lan 1 Settlement Act, 1904 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1905 New Zealand Loans Act, 1904 .. .. .. .. .. 296 ?, 4 461 19 7 3,956 10 1 18,801 14 2 3 15 0 133 15 9 10,360 3 1 The Appropriation Act, 1904, seotion 24, — Transferred to State Coal-mines Accouut, being amount expended in acquiring and partially completing Point Elizabeth Railway, now being treated as part of the Government railways 23,653 17 11 62,540 11 10 544 18 0 The Ellesmere and Forsyth Railway Trust Aocount, — Expenditure 833,041 5 1 4,123 2 8 24,506 0 5 Balance at end of Year, — Cash in the Public Account Advances in the hands of Officers of the Government — In the Colony In London Investment Aocount 428,019 6 2 11.647 16 8 41,631 11 3 8,000 0 0 492,298 14 1 861,670 8 2 Totalf S3,597,248 13 9 ! £2,503,842 13 2