B.—l [PT. IV].

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT —continued. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION (PUBLIC WORKS EUND) AND RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENT AUTHORIZATION ACT ACCOUNT —continued. Income and Expenditure on Capital Account fob the Year ended 31st March, 1927. Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914 (Portion being expended by Public Worhs Department). Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure by Public Works Depart- £ s, d. By Balance, being excess of capital expenditure £ s. d. ment out of above account as under — over capital income, transferred to RailSection 5, Auckland-Westfield .. 114,785 12 I ways Improvement Authorization Act Section 7, Finance Act, 1924— 1914 Account .. .. .. 278,447 19 3 Hutt Valley Railway .. .. 145,687 14 8 Tawa Flat Railway .. .. .. 783 1 4 Palmerston North Deviation .. .. 6,692 14 3 Section 10, Finance Act, 1925— Petone Workshops .. .. .. 155 0 0 Proportion of cost of raising loans applied to unopened sections of railway .. 10,343 16 11 £278,447 19 3 £278,447 19 3 IRRIGATION AND WATER-SUPPLY (PUBLIC WORKS FUND): SCHEMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Net expenditure on the construction and up- By Net receipts on Earnscleugh scheme .. 777 14 9 keep of dams, weirs, water-races, &c., in General surveys, &c. .. .. .. 74 7 10 course of construction, Otago Central Balance transferred to Irrigation Construction schemes — £ s. d. Account, being excess of expenditure over Ardgour .. .. .. .. 185 6 11 income for year .. .. .. 54,160 6 2 Arrow Flat .. .. .. .. 28,89337 Hawkdun .. .. .. .. 16,156 18 7 Kawarau . . .. .. .. 1 17 0 Last Chance . . .. .. 2,904 8 8 Land-levelling (various schemes) .. 892 11 4 Luggate .. .. .. .. 9 18 9 Manuherikia .. .. .. .. 1,203 16 2 Manuherikia Upper .. .. .. 280 19 4 Miller's Flat . . .. .. .. 23 2 6 Roaring Meg .. .. .. 1,212 11 5 Tarras .. .. .. .. 1,937 15 10 Teviot Extension .. - .. .. 227 19 6 Soil survey .. .. .. .. 1,044 12 6 Upper Taieri. . .. .. .. 37 6 8 £55,012 8 9 £55,012 8 9 Note.—A charge of £2,247 for proportion of " Departmental" administration expenditure has been included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation under the Irrigation vote.

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