B. —1 [PT. IV], SUP. TO 1929.

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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT (PUBLIC WORKS FUND). Income and Expenditure on Capital Account foe the Yeae ended 31st March, 1929. Roads, Harbour-works, Roads on Gold-fields, Lands (Miscellaneous). Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure (including a proportion of £ s. d. By Recoveries on account of expenditure of £ s. d. general " Departmental" administra- previous years .. .. . . 194 0 9 tive expenditure on the following Balance, being excess of capital expendiworks — ture over capital income on roads, harRoads .. .. .. .. 844,385 16 7 bour-works, &c., transferred to annual Harbour-works .. .. .. 14,350 12 8 National Development Account .. 1,149,375 9 5 Roads on goldfields .. .. .. 672 11 8 Lands (miscellaneous) .. .. 90,160 9 3 Transfer to Main Highways Account under Main Highways Act, 1922 .. 200,000 0 0 £1,149,569 10 2 £1,149,569 10 2 PUBLIC WORKS FUND (RAILWAY-CONSTRUCTION). Income and Expenditure on Capital Account for Year ended 31st March, 1929. Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure, including a proportion of £ s. d. By Net recoveries during the year — £ s. d. general " Departmental " administra- Recoveries on account of expenditure of tive expenditure, and of charges and previous years— expenses of raising loans on the follow- Unopened lines .. .. 1,939 2 9 ing railway-lines— Credits for amount of Huarau Northwards .. .. 21,589 2 5 expenditure on sections Okaihau Northwards .. .. 135,101 2 7 handed over to RailDargaville Branch .. .. .. 128,637 5 3 way Department durEast Coast Main Trunk — ing year— £ s. d. Waihi-Taneatua .. .. .. 89,883 7 4 Tahawai-Tauranga .. 778,493 19 10 Rotorua-Taupo .. .. .. 36,380 0 6 Tauranga-Taneatua .. 1,488,068 1 0 Gisborne-Napier .. .. .. 269,997 2 0 Kirikopuni Section .. 1,059,350 14 7 Waikokopu Branch .. .. 12,801 10 4 Lawrence-Roxburgh.. 137,976 0 8 Stratford-Main Trunk .. .. 250,439 19 5 3,463,888 16 1 Glenhope-Murchison .. .. 31,391 10 6 Recoveries on account of Westport-Inangahua .. .. 44,174 4 2 goods and passenger Lawrence-Roxburgh .. . . 8,240 16 0 traffic — £ s. d. Survey (new lines and lines not specified) 1,063 9 9 Stratford - Main Trunk .. 6,964 7 7 Land claims .. .. 2,055 2 7 Waikokopu Branch .. 8,755 17 3 Working-expenses of running 15,720 4 9 goods and passenger traffic— £ s. d. Stratford-Main Trunk .. 6,325 15 4 Waikokopu Branch . . 6,430 12 10 12,756 8 2 Balance, being excess of capital income over capital expenditure, transferred to Railway Construction Account .. 2,437,037 2 7 £3,481,548 3 7 £3,481,548 3 7 Notes. —(1) The following amounts have been handed over to the Railway Department without parliamentary appropriation : (ia) Total expenditure on lines handed over during the year 1928-29, £3,463,888 16s. Id.; (b) expenditure during 1928-29 on lines previously handed over, £1,344 14s. 6d. ; (c) recoveries during 1928-29 on account of expenditure of previous years in connection with lines previously handed over, £656 Is. 7d. (2) The following amounts have been included in the 1928-29 accounts for railway-construction without parliamentary appropriation : £39,390 for 1928-29, £62,587 for proportion of charges and expenses of raising loans. IRRIGATION AND WATER-SUPPLY (PUBLIC WORKS FUND): SCHEMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Income and Expenditure on Capital Account for the Yeae ended 31st Maech, 1929. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. To Net expenditure on the construction and up- By Recoveries on account of expenditure of keep of dams, weirs, water-races, &c., in previous years .. .. .. 3 19 9 course of construction, Otago Central Balance transferred to Irrigation Construction schemes — £ s. d. Account, being excess of expenditure over Arrow River .. •• 23,840 7 5 income for year .. .. .. 55,655 12 11 Hawkdun .. .. .. .. 21,988 ]8 6 Roaring Meg .. ;. .. .. 145 7 0 Teviot extension .. .. .. 7,650 12 7 Survey and general .. .. .. 409 6 5 Soil survey . . .. •. .. 246 9 10 Land-levelling .. .. .. .. 214 1 9 Expenses of Committee of Inquiry .. 1,164 9 2 £55,659 12 8 £55,659 12 8 Note. —A charge of £1,673 16s. for proportion of " Departmental " administration expenditure has been included without appropriation.