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Table No. 13. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Statement showing the Net Expenditure under Appropriations for the Year ended 31st March, 1929, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1928.

Votfi * Year ended Year ended Increase Decrease Vote - 31st March, 1929. 31st March, 1928. increase. decrease. £ £ £ £ Public Works, Departmental .. .. 142,176 130,688 11,488 Railway-construction .. .. 1,002,872 908,669 94,203 j Additions to Open Lines .. .. 213,405 233,153 .. I 19,748 Public Buildings— Genera! .. .. .. .. 4,307 42,554 .. 38,247 Courthouses .. .. .. 8,387 7,531 856 Prison Buildings and Works .. 12,572 22,359 .. 9,787 Police-stations .. .. .. 6,925 5,561 1,364 Postal and Telegraph .. .. 62,087 77,194 .. 15,107 Agricultural .. .. .. 2,808 2,863 .. 55 Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. 96,782 51,119 45,663 Health and Hospital Institutions .. 19,637 14,361 5,276. Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c. .. Cr. 5,115 Cr. 6,997 .. Cr 1,882 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries .. Cr. 6,030 Cr. 9,325 .. Cr. 3,295 Lighthouses .. .. .. 2,638 7,979 .. 5,341 Harbour-worka .. .. .. 14,425 15,891 .. 1,466 Development of Tourist Resorts .. 39,254 36,673 2,581 Department of Immigration .. .. 50,266 67,157 .. 16,891 Roads, &c. .. .. .. .. 780,990 669,832 111,158 Roads on Goldfields .. .. .. 1,005 2,330 .. 1,325 Roads to give Access to Outlying Districts 51,582 33,642 17,940 Telegraph Extension.. .. .. 624,414 625,540 .. 1,126 Contingent Defence .. .. .. 67,652 39,986 27,666 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. 85,861 72,898 12,963 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage,. 55,197 49,735 5,462 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. 4,594 Cr. 1,288 5,882 Transfer to Main Highways Account, 200,000 200,000 Construction Fund Services not provided for .. .. 77 264 .. 187 342,502 104,103 104,103 Totals .. .. .. 3,538,768 3,300,369 238,399