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TABLE No. 2. GENERAL SUMMARY. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1896-97 to 1918-19.

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N.B. —The figures in'italics, prefixed by " Cr.," 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. Description of Services. Total Net Expenditure to Slst March, 1897. Expenditure. 1897-98. 1898-99. 1899-1900. 1900-1. 1901-2. I 190-2-3. 1903-4. 1904-5. 1905-6. 1906-7. 1907-8. Immigration £ 2,146,945 £ 70 £ | 105 £ 385 £ 214 £ 139 £ 142 Cr. 7 | £ 6,481 £ 8,753 £ 14,353 £ 9,132 Public Works, Departmental 414,033 9,689 10,090 12,572 12,932 17,771 13,949 16.088 ! 12,814 13,517 16,710 18,219 Development of Water-power 468 | 2,901 4,664 315 Irrigation and Water-supply Railways 15,306,574 351,600 ' 374,192 : 417,937 717.723 1,333,940 759,752 828,704 150,000 I 779,891 jl, 021, 265 1,227,880 1,093,535 Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders ■ • Roads :— Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges 3,765,326 241,209 248,934 Or. 365 Cr. 365 49,569 46,550 Roads on Goldfields Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery .. Lands Improvement Account* 295,304 16.023 300,930 237,351 Cr. 347 48,039 267,374 48,417 354,687 47,573 230,349 51,690 316.248 45,594 j 202,850 26,112 306,065 308,500 285,248 45,139 38,970 j 38,494 •• _ Total, Roads 4,377,583 290,413 295,119 285,043 315,791 402,260 282,039 361,842 228,962 351,204 347,470 323,742 Development of Mining .. .. - .. 598,159 33,117 17,355 21,815 15,907 15,326 24,213 16.278 6,258 18,533 . 11,064 8,633 Purchase of Native Lands 5,352 6,281 1,297,817 61,503 | 53,182 Cr. 225 32,025 28,688 18,261 15,782 13,777 9,135 2,190 Native Lands Purchase Account491,980 Total, Land Purchases 1,789,797 61,503 52,957 32,025 28,688 18,261 15,782 5,352 6,281 13,777 9,135 2,190 Telegraph Extension .. 771,351 29,384 28,551 26,771 50,101 31,729 68,578 47,228 79,298 77,186 114,068 155,491 * Subsequent expenditure under separate class " Lands Improvement," see next page. Continued on paye 4.