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TABLE No. 2. GENERAL SUMMARY. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1895-96 to 1916-17.

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.B. —The figures in italics, prefixed by " Or." are either recoveries on account of services of previous years or receipts-in-aid applied in reduction of expenditure. Expenditure from 1892-93 to 1896-97, inclusive, includes expenditure under Native Lands Purchase Account; and from 1894-95 to 1896-97, inclusive, expenditure under Lands Improvement Account. Total Net Expenditure Expenditure. Description of Services. to 31st March. 1895. 1895-96. 1896-97. 1S97-98. 1898-99. 1899-1900. 1904-5. 1905-6. 190O-1. 1901-2. 1902-3. 1903-4. £ 2,146,654 £ Cr. 10 £ ! 301 j £ 70 £ 105 £ 385 £ 214 £ 139 £ I 142 j * £ Cr. 7 £ 6,481 £ 8,753 Immigration Public Works Departmental 384,841 14.300 14.892 9.689 10,090 12,572 12,932 17.771 13.949 16.088 12,814 13,517 Development of Water-power 468 ' 2,901 I. Irrigation and Water-supply Railways 14,902,572 197,105 207,231 Cr. 334 I 351,600 374,192 | 417.937 717,723 1,333.940 | 759.752 828,704 779,891 1,021,265 Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders . 150,000 ■■ .. Roads :— Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges 3,705,312 45,261 Cr. 573 241,213 21,513 15,691 ' 241,209 Cr. 365 ': Cr. 365 32.578 49.569 16,023 103,555 248,934 237,351 Cr. 365 Cr. 347 46,550 ; 48.039 267,374 48.417 354.687 230,349 316.248 202,850 306,065 Roads on Goldfields Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery .. Lands Improvement Account* 89 j207 108,108 47,573 51,690 ■ 45.594 26.112 45,139 Total, Roads 4,035,732 174.369 167,482 290,413 295,119 285,043 315,791 402.260 282,039 361,842 228,962 351,204 Development ol Mining 578,306 11.345 10,508 33,117 17,355 21.815 15.907 15.326 ' 24,213 16.278 6,258 j 18,533 Purchase of Native Lands 1,297,854 Cr. 37 129,000 61.503 53,182 Cr. 225 32.025 28,688 18,261 15,782 5,352 6,281 13,777 Native Lands Purchase Account 199,569 103,411 Total, Land Purchases 1,497,423 163,411 128,963 61.503 52,957 32,025 28,688 18,261 15.782 5.352 6.281 13,777 Telegraph Extension .. 699,022 35,538 36,791 29,384 28,551 26,771 50,101 31,729 68,578 j 47.228 79,298 | 77,186 * Subsequent expenditure under separate class " Lands Improvement," see next page. Continued on pay e 4.