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Table No. 12 — continued. Advances made bti Treasury : Schedule 111. £ Mining .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23,028 Fruit-preserving .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 72,010 Kauri-gum .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ■ • • 53,000 Cod storage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 128,250 Loans to employers for workers' dwellings .. .. .. .. .. 3,150 Southland Electric Power Board .. .. .. .. .. .. 154,000 £433,438 Advances on Account of other Governments : Schedule IV. £ Bechuanaland .. .. .. .. .. . • ■ ■ • • 249 British Guiana .. .. . . .. . • ■ • • • • ■ 39 British military occupation of Samoa .. .. .. .. .. ■• 17,510 Commonwealth Government . . .. . . . . .. . • • • 33,860 Canadian Government .. .. .. .. •• •• ■• 2,155 Ceylon .. .. .. .. .. ■• 1,102 Cook Islands .. .. .. .. .. Or. 150 Federated Malay States .. . . .. .. .. .. .. 468 Fiji ..' Or. 4,054 Hong Kong .. .. .. .. .. . - ■ ■ • ■ »• - ■. "^ Imperial Government .. .. .. .. .. ■• ■■ •■ 21,228 Mauritius .. . . .. .. .. . . .. .. V. 534 Niue Island .. . . .. . . .. .. .. .. • • 191 Nyassa'and .. . . .. .. . . . . • ■ - ■ • • 5o Nigeria .. .. .. .. .. • . • • • • • •' 232 Samoa 51,688 Trinidad .. .. .. ■ .. .. .. .. ■■ •• 63 Straits Settlements .. .. .. . . .. .. • • • • iJ S Union of South Africa . . .. .. .. •. • ■ • • 156 £125,490 Total Amounts expended to 31st March, 1921 : Schedule V. £ Railways 38,917,375 Public buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 8,300,794 Telegraph extension .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 4,409,446 Purchase of Native lands .. .. .. .. .. •■ •■ 2,061,791 Lighthouse;, harbour-works, &c. .. .. .. .. •• •• 1,156,779 Land for settlements . . .. '.. .. .. .. .. •■ 9,370,906 Land for settlements (discharged soldiers'! .. .. .. .. •• 2,692,327 Discharged-soldiers settlement .. .. .. .. .. •• •■ 16,601,238 Electric-power supply and development.. .. .. .. .. . . 803,347 £84,314,003 Schedule VI : Directly and Indirectly Productive Services. Roads 12,547,668 Immigration .. . . .. .. . ■ ■ • -•• • • • 2,259, 743 Tourist and health .. .. .. .. . . •• •• •■ 286,295 Development of mining .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 883,726 Roads to open up Crown lands .. .. .. .. •• •• 1,309,077 Lands-improvement .. .. .. .. •• •• ■ •„ •• 140,368 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers improvement .. .. .. ... • ■ 189,074 Irrigation and water-supply .. .. .. •• ■• •• ■• 250,180 State forests 200,000 Scenery-preservation . . .. .. • ■ • ■ • • • • • • 94, 000 Hauraki Plains settlement .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 239,000 Rangitaiki land-drainage .. • • • ■ • • • • • ■ • • 280, 000 Swamp-land drainage .. .. .. .. •• •■ •■ •■ 126,276 State coal-mines .. .. .. • • • ■ • • • • • • 227, 600 £19,033,007

Authority : Maectis F. Masks, Government Printer. Wellington. —1921.