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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT— continued. General Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1923. Liabilities. j Assets. Capital Accounts— £ s. d. £ s. d. Capital expenditure on national development— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Treasury advances for national development purposes to Construction of roads and bridges— 31st March, 1923 .. .. .. .. .. 14,348,347 8 3 Expended to 31st March, 1922 .. 13,109,265 14 10 Treasury advances for other purposes to 1st April, 1922— Expended during 1922-23 .. .. 650,689 3 11 £ s. d. 13,759,954 18 9 Non-interest-bearing .. .. 7,976,338 2 7 i Construction of harbour-works— Interest -bearing .. .. 1,556,549 6 1 Expended to 31st March, 1922 .. 404,535 10 10 9,532,887 8 8 Expended during 1922-23 .. .. 6,533 11 7 23,881,234 16 11 : 411,069 2 5 Treasury Adjustment Account .. .. .. .. .. 1,466,341 15 1 Lands improvement— Sundry Creditors .. .. .. .. ' .. .. 140,759 10 9 Expended to 31st March, 1922 .. 151,119 0 6 Depreciation reserve .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,866 0 0 Expended during 1922-23 .. .. 26,204 6 7 177,323 7 1 14,348,347 8 3 Capital expended on other works— Railway -const ruction— Expended to 31st March, 1922 .. 44,850,839 8 9 Expended during 1922-23 .. .. 1,230,328 2 8 46,081,167 11 5 Less expended on lines handed over to Railway Department— To 31st March, 1922 .. ..39,733,423 11 6 1922-23 .. .. .. 161,743 7 4 39,895,166 18 10 Railway material and stores unused .. 225,540 17 6 6,186,000 12 7 Stock on hand, Beaumont canteen .. 1,150 14 10 Permanent -wav material on hand .. 224.161 18 8 450,853 11 0 6,636,854 3 7 Irrigation schemes— Expenditure to March, 1922— Completed and interest -bearing .. .. .. 151,327 13 2 Uncompleted and non-interest -bearing .. .. 191,040 4 9 342,367 17 11 Expenditure, 1922-23—-Completed and interest -bearing .. .. .. 23,315 10 11 Uncompleted and non-interest -bearing .. .. 34,178 12 4 57,494 3 3 Value of public buildings and land at 1st April, 1922 .. 1,341 .850 0 0 Expended 1922-23 .. .. .. .. .. 123,370 4 2 1,465,220 4 2 Departmental expenditure, being cost of designing and supervising construction of works— Expended to 31st March, 1922 .. .. .. 1,817,266 4 2 Expended during 1922-23 .. .. .. .. 118,080 0 7 1,935,346 4 9