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TABLE No. 1. Summary showing the Total Expenditure on Public Works and other Services out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account) to 31st March, 1931, and the Liabilities on that Date.

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N T, b6r w * ota > ' EX au?fl Ure Recoveries Total Total Table Works Net Expenditure Twelve Month? on Account of Net Expenditure Liabilities on Net Expenditure containing IO ended Services to 31st March, 1931. and -Works. Details. 31st March, 1930. slat March, 1931. of Previous Tears. 31st March, 1931. Liabilities. £ £ £ £ £ £ 3 Railways*.. .. .. .. 53,981,310 1,987,196 792 55,967,712 140,179 56,107,891 Railways.* Payment to Midland Railway bond- 150,000 .. .. 150,000 .. 150,000 Payment to Midland Railway bondholders holders. Roadsf .. .. .. .. 18,859,767 1,475,522 472 20,334,817 126,952 20,461,769 Roads.t Development of mining .. .. 831,325 .. 260 831,065 .. 831,065 Development of mining. Telegraphs .. .. ... 10,510,744 419,756 .. 10,930,501 121,709 11,052,210 Telegraphs. ' Public buildingsj •• •• ■• 10,696,215 423,021 19,341 11,099,895 29,071 11,128,966 Public buildings.} Lighthouses, harbour-works, and har- 1,280,972 10,845 .. 1,291,817 175 1,291,992 Lighthouses, harbour- works, and harbour-bour-defences defences. Departmental .. .. .. 2,625,431 131,816 16,381 2,740,866 3,375 2,744,241 Departmental. 10 of 1878 Coal-exploration and mine-development 10,835 .. .. 10,835 .. 10,835 Coal-exploration and mine-development. 11 of 1877 Aiding works on Thames goldfields .. 50,000 .. .. 50,000 .. 50,000 Aiding works on Thames goldfields. Immigration .. .. .. 3,276,305 33,544 .. 3,309,850 3,861 3,313,711 Immigration. Purchase of Native lands .. .. 2,061,147 .. .. 2,061,147 .. 2,061,147 Purchase of Native lands. Defence .. .. .. .. 1,393,361 13,812 586 1,406,587 .. 1,406,587 Defence. ; Charges and expenses of raising loans .. 3,549,209 164,535 .. 3,713,744 .. 3,713,744 Charges and expenses of raising loans. Interest and sinking fund .. .. j 218,500 .. .. 218,500 .. 218.500 Interest and sinking fund. Rates on Native lands .. .. 68,672 .. .. 68,672 .. 68,672 Rates on Native lands. Thermal springs .. .. .. 14,600 .. .. 14,600 .. 14,600 Thermal springs. Tourist and health resorts .. .. 518,914 60,288 2,494 576,708 4,036 580,744 Tourist and health resorts. Lands improvement! •• •• 591,722 70,534 1,041 ' 661,216 2,960 664,176 Lands improvements Irrigation and water-supplyll.. .. 906,129 62,614 .. 968,743 1,370 970,113 Irrigation and water-supply.il Plant, material, and stores .. .. 319,621 O. 44,772 216 274,633 • 2,072 276,705 Plant, material, and stores. Quarries (acquisition and operation) .. 5,418 4,219 .. ' 9,636 155 9,791 Quarries (acquisition and operation). Timber-supply and sawmills for Public Cr. 3,218 Or, 2,271 .. Cr. 5,489 .. Cr. 5,489 Timber-supply and sawmills for Public Works Department Works Department. Motor transport services .. .. 33,635 .. .. 33,635 .. 33,635 Motor transport services. Transfer to Main Highways Account, 1,226,000 .. .. 1,226,000 .. 1,226,000 Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction Fund Construction Fund. Totals.. .. .. 113,176,614 4,810,659 41,583 117,945,690 435,915 118,381,605 ~ Totals. * Exclusive of expenditure on Hutt Railway and Road Improvement and Railways Improvement Accounts. f Includes £4,500 expended under section 16 (1) Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923. J Includes £12,500 expended under Finance Act, 1929, section 32. § £6,727 previously expended on irrigation under this item now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply. || Includes £115,000 previously expended under Irrigation and Water-supply Account, 1911-12 to 1915-16 and part 1917-18, now included in Public Works Fund; also £6,727 previously expended on irrigation under Lands Improvement now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply.