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Chas. E. Bennett, Assistant Under-Secretary. J. J. Gibson, Accountant.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT— continued. General Balance-sheet as at 31st March, 1926— continued.

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Assets. Stores, <fec. Same of Account. Land. BuMings. , Saf »Debtor, out- igt j j J j ' | 'let, 1926). ' j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Development 50 0 0 4,986 5 6 .. .. 29,543 15 10 12,392 8 11 6,659 9 5 .. 1,761 9 0 .. .. 674.446 14 8(a) 729 840 3 4 Railway Construction .. 123,956 17 10 .. .. 463,283 17 2 34,086 18 7 .. .. 2,062 7 7 .. .. 5,652,298 14 7(6) 6,275,688 15 9 (and portion of Railways Improvement) Irrigation (under eon- .. 1,412 5 7.. .. 8,877 17 7 10 18 11 .. .. 461 3 11 .. .. 480,334 7 9(c) 491,096 13 9 struction) Irrigation (in opera- .. 1,330 0 0 .. .. 1,489 18 4 5,634 7 0 .. .. .. .. 14,980 6 3 188,661 5 6(c) tion) 800 0 0(d) )- 227,129 6 8 14,233 9 7(e) J Public Buildings (Pub- 773,737 9 6 957,251 3 10 2,015 12 0 .. 1,335 10 3 743 13 1 6,185 5 4.. 49 3 6 .. .. .. 1,741,317 17 6 lie Works Fund) Timber - supply and .. 635 0 0 2,983 10 0 .. 1,016 16 8 1,486 9 7 .. 7 13 5 .. 6,752 1 7 .. 7,445 5 3(/) \ fi91 7 Sawmills 294 17 1(g) f 20 ' 621 13 7 Plant, Material, and .. .. 319,144 3 9 .. 56,846 15 3 27,935 12 0 .. .. 968 12 0 .. .. .. 404,895 3 0 Stores (Public Works Fund) Public Works, Depart- .. .. 4,282 15 10 .. 329 2 0 52,615 3 11 ... 11 11 5 0 8 0 .. .. 944 12 3(h) ~) mental 2,172,065 10 6(i) !>2,238,430 15 8 8,181 11 9(j) J Acquisition and Opera- 656 7 11 3,955 17 5 7,919 5 4 .. 3,970 14 8 7,468 7 4.. .. .. .. 1,250 7 0 935 3 7(k) \ 0Q „ , tion of Quarries 3,409 4 1(1) J ' Maintenance of Roads, .. .. .. .. 522 19 10 478 17 3 .. .. 20 5 0 .. .. 97,674 9 7(m) 98,696 11 8 Bridges, Rivers, &c. j (Con. Fund) Maintenance of Go- .. .. .. .. 327 3 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,101 5 2(m) 6,428 8 7 vernment and other j Domains (Con. Fd.) n "j Maintenance of Public .. .. 24,169 17 2 2,229 10 3 7,254 10 2 .. .. 17 4 0 36,948 15 6 .. 35,674 14 7(to) 106,294 11 8 Buildings (Con. Fd.) -?**» Wellington Workshops 8,700 0 0 8,412 0 0 2,815 10 9 122 15 0 9,800 19 6 12,377 0 9 .. .. 1,421 19 9 .. 6,552 14 11 6,785 17 5(n) 56,988 18 1 (Con. Fund) Total .. 783,143 17 51,101,939 10 2,339,160 17 824,292 12 2579,575 0 9162,484 7 612,844 14 919 4 106,762 12 943,700 17 122,783 8 29,350,287 3 4 12,426,994 6 7 J i (a) Expenditure on national development, 1925—26. (6) Unopened lines. (c) Dams, weirs, races, &c. (d) Telephone system. (e) Interest during construction. '(f) Timberjrights. (g) Survey, &c., expenses. (h) Library. (i) " Unallocated." (j) Suspense. (k) Installation of plant. (I) Stripping (in advance). (m) Maintenance, 1925-26. (n) Work in progress.