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TABLE No. 2— continued. GENERAL SUMMARY-continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1906-1907 to 1927-28— continued.

Expenditure. Description of Services. i ! i I ! 1 i i 1917-18. j 1918-19. ! 1919-20. 1920-21. ; 1921-22. 1922-23. 192S-24. i 1924-25. j 1925-26. 192S-27. 1927-28. .. ! ! : March, 1928. Public Buildings —continued. £ j £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Post and Telegraph.. .. .. .. .. 33,525! 26,072 66,543 93,364 112,906 77.211 108,395 65,917 89,865 86,052 77,194 ■ Or. 560 Cr. 675 Cr. 69 Cr. 210 Or. 453 Or. 1,114 Or. 834 Customs .. .. .. .. .. • • • j • • ■ • • • • ■ • | Quarantine Stations .. .. .. -• •• •• 35,490 15,529 4,581 154 ] 171 284 Mental Hospitals .. .. .. .. .. 26,502 ; 14,640 18,277 27,368 41,838 13,852 26,541 68,438 77,835 68,635 51,119 Cr. 283 Gr. 3,600 Public Health .. .. .. .. • ■ • • • • Health and Hospital Institutions .. .. .. 4,080 2,332 8,484 4,099 26,131 20,981 7,420 27,951 31,177 15.840 14,361 Or. 1,399 Cr. 300 Cr. 310 School Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 63,082 115,656 195,500 244,722 2,469 Or. 9,255 \ Cr. 367 Cr. 1.090 Gr. 905 Cr. 1,050 Cr. 7,953 Agricultural .. .. .. .. .. 5,685 4,229 7,227 9,345 1,115 514 282 3,242 7,932 4,164 2,863 : Gr. 27 Cr. 171 Cr. 686 Or. 865 Cr. 310 Workers' Dwellings.. .. .. .. .. 15,505 7,293 26,674 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Total, Public Buildings .. .. .. 214,221 235,846 469, 195 500,851 334,809 255,318 188,910 243,877 280,780 315,299 216,237 10,136,524 Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour-defences :— Lighthouses .. .. .. .. .. 561 1,663 253 758 16,350 3,260 4,473 2,850 5,690 5,758 7,979 Cr. 750 Harbour-works .. .. .. .. .. 2,359 3,729 3,245 4,080 2,424 6,524 6,334 423 3,717 13,263 15,891 Cr. 131 Cr. 204 Cr. 165 Harbour-defences .. .. .. .. .. 56 .. .. .. " Cr. 1,235 Cr. 16 Total, Lighthouses, &c. ... .. 2,976 5,392 3,498 4,838 18,774 8,549 10,791 3,273 8,526 18,817 23,705 1,249.214 Bates on Native Lands .. .. .. .. ■■ .. .. •• -• •• •• .. 68,672 Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. .. 6,714 8,809 10,187 8,701 15,586 1,702 4,931 27.133 89,670 34,014 39"986 1,280.916 Cr. 922 Gr. 463 Cr. 280 Cr. 580 Cr. 33 Cr. 751 Gr. 465 Tourist and Health Besorts .. .. .. .. 931 1,620 6,194 19,041 17,996 5,435 27.264 12,343 43,486 31.981 36 673 460.766 Cr. 110 _ Or. 81 Cr.' 516 Lands Improvement* .. .. .. .. .. 1,838 Cr. 4,268 2,964 2,064 17,478 26,204 18.182 34.172 70,493 56,267 426,607 Cr. 19 Gr. 135 ] Cr. 2,574 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans .. .. .. 1 .. .. 184 174,280 62,399 311,905 241,930 297,180 155,373 100,297 2,596,622 Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • .. .. .. .. 218,500 Coal-exploration and Mine-development .. .. .. .. .. .. . . _ _ .. ,. 10.835 Thermal Springs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. __ ). ■ .t ' .. ; 14,600 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. .. .. 6,811 20,638 47,682 169,910 106,432 ~ Cr. 19,708 Cr. 52,788 .. 34,471 Cr. 21,148 (j r I 288 348,219 Cr. 31 __ Cr. 12,230 Cr. 751 Cr. 1,992 Gr. 8^985 Quarries (acquisition and operation) .. .. .. .. .. .. ■. .. .. .. 1,815 12,351 6,302 o. 9,325 11,143 Timber-supply and Sawmills for Public Works Department .. " .. .. ~ .. 16,369 11 725 3,61.3" Cr. 20,537 Cr. 9,892 ~ 8,5(2 Gr fi '.MC 57689 J Cr. 104 I ' ' | Motor Transport Service .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22,679 962 5,000 4,994 .. ~ "I 33,635 Transfer to Main Highways Account: — ; I — j Construction Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• ... j .. .. .. 226,000 •• 400,000 200,000 1 826,000 Total Ways and Means Credits .. .. 43,492 11,993 112,864 19,627 11,616 20.127 61,914 73,559 27,474 146,933 40,026 | Grand Total— Net Exmndifrnre 1,237,422 1,207,482 2,020.714 3,121,181 i5,449. 351 320 4,056.423 4,632.134 4.615.585 3. 1104,451,722 Expenditure on irrigation and Water-supply 1905—6, £22; 1906—/, £750 ; 1907— 8» £1,554; 1908—9, £1,966; 1909—10, £2,435, now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply.