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PUBLIC WORKS FUND. On the Ist April, 1922, the available ways and means for public-works £ purposes were .. .. .. .. .. .. 429,682 Additional funds have been received as under : — Loan-moneys —Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1921 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,897,681 Transfer from the Consolidated Fund (section 5, Finance Act, 1922) 1,000,000 Miscellaneous receipts .. .. .. .. .. 4,466 Making a total for the ten months of .. .. . . 4,331,829 The expenditure under appropriations for the ten months (excluding separate accounts having ways and means of their own) was .. . . £2,673,024 Other expenditure . . .. .. . . 54,623 Total expenditure for ten months ... 2,727,647 Leaving a balance available on the 31st January, 1923 .v .. £1,604,182 At the present rate of expenditure this balance should not be exhausted before the 30th June next. At the 31st January, 1923, the unexhausted authorities for raising loans for public-works purposes were — £ Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1921 920 Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1922 4,000,000 £4,000,920

Statement showing Expenditure under Appropriations for the Ten Months ended 31st January, 1923, compared with the Ten Months ended 31st January, 1922.

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