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Table No. 14 —continued. Statement showing the Total Ways and Means of the Public Works Fund, General Purposes Account, and the Total Net Expenditure to the 31st March, 1930—continued.

Table No. 15. Statement of the Estimated Liabilities chargeable on the Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), outstanding on the 31st March each Year from 1926 to 1930.

NET EXPENDITURE. Expenditure on— £ s. d. £ s. d. Immigration .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,276,305 8 1 Public Works, Departmental .. .. .. .. .. 2,625,430 19 5 Railways, including Surveys of New Lines and Payment to Midland 54,131,309 12 2 Railway Bondholders Roads 18,859,766 12 2 Land-purchases .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,061,147 1 10 Development of Mining .. .. .. .. ■■ 881,325 0 11 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. .. •• ■■ 10,510,744 3 11 Public Buildings .. .. .. .. .. - 10,696,214 11 4 Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour-defences .. .. 1,280,971 19 2 Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,393,361 9 3 Rates on Native Lands .. .. .. -• •• 68,671 16 10 Thermal Springs .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,599 13 2 Development of Tourist Resorts .. .. .. 518,913 12 4 Lands Improvement .. .. .■ .. .. .. 591,722 10 5 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. •• •• 319,820 13 11 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans . . .. . .. 3,549,209 9 9 Coal-mines .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,835 8 0 Interest and Sinking Eund .. .. .. .. 218,500 0 0 Irrigation and Water-supply .. .. .. .. 906,128 19 3 Timber Supply, Sawmills, &c. .. .. .. -• .. Or. 3,218 1 10 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries .. .. .. .. 5,417 11 11 Motor Transport Service .. . . . . ■ . ■ • 33,635 5 3 Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction Eund .. .. 1,226,000 0 0 113,176,613 17 3 Balance on 31st March, 1930, — Cash in the Public Account .. .. .. . . 315,410 19 9 Imprests outstanding .. .. .. .. . . . 32,713 II 8 348,124 11 5 £113,524,738 8 8

! 1926. I 1927. 1928. j 1929. I 1930. ■ I ,W\ : f Annual Appropriations— £ £ £ £ i £ Public Works, Departmental .. .. .. 1,768 2,198 2,473 3,935 4,1L0 Railways .. .. .. .. .. .. 99,592 122,980 114,964 94,721 148,032 Irrigation and Water-supply and Drainage .. .. 2,406 3,478 2,216 5,968 1 5,246 Public Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 19,521 20,880 15,276 20,488 I 27,785 Timber-supply, &c. .. .. .. .. 81 1,367 552 426 242 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries .. 2,011 1,053 1,997 1,637 j 2,239 Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour-defences .. 591 861 1,423 1,182 | 1,201 Development of Tourist Besorts .. .. .. 6,697 992 4,590 2,601 5,636 Immigration .. .. .. .. 33,179 20,238 13,216 8,521 6,233 Roads .. .. .. .. .. .. 54,859 74,969 94,445 77,420 128,359 Telegraph Extension .. .. 214,007 211,700 227,018 206,836 287,732 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 3,621 1,585 3,170 2,172 8,841 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. .. 4,292 2,610 7,376 4,247 3,993 Totals .. .. .. .. 442,625 464,911 488,718 430,154 629,649