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Table No. 12. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Statement showing the Net Expenditure under Appropriations for the Year ended 31st March, 1931, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1930.

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Vnto Year ended Year ended . _ 31st March, 1931. 31st March, 1930. Increase. Decrease. 1 £ £ £ £ Public Works, Departmental .. .. 131,816 132,527 .. 711 Railway-construction .. .. 1,478,689 1,452,860 25,829 Additions to Open Lines .. .. 508,507 359,661 148,846 Public Buildings— General .. .. .. .. 100,927 28,748 72,179 Courthouses .. .. .. 19,572 15,765 3,807 Prison Buildings and Works .. 2,504 18,814 .. 16,310 Police-stations .. .. .. 8,360 8,442 .. '82 Postal and Telegraph .. .. 138,670 104,157 34,513 Agricultural .. .. .. 1,509 2,963 .. 1,454 Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. 134,140 152,096 .. 17,956 Health and Hospital Institutions .. 17,338 16,651 687 Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c. .. Cr. 2,271 Cr. 3,608 .. Cr. 1,337 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries.. 4,219 329 3,890 '.. Lighthouses .. .. .. 4,103 4,460 .. 357 Harbour-works .. .. .. 6,742 10,736 .. 3,994 Development of Tourist Resorts .. 60,288 20,547 39,741 Department of Immigration .. .. 33,544 41,756 .. 8,212 Roads, &c... .. .. .. 1,379,810 1,005,329 374,481 .. Roads to give Access to Outlying Districts 91,126 53,693 37,433 Roads on Goldfields .. .. .. 4,587 1,885 2,702 '.. Telegraph Extension .. .. .. 419,756 594,383 .. 174,627 Contingent Defence .. .. .. 13,812 46,766 .. 32,954 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. 70,534 79,454 .. 8,920 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage 62,614 69,657 .. 7,043 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. Cr. 44,772 Cr. 31,813 Cr. 12,959 '.. Transfer to Main Highways Account, .. 200,000 .. 200,000 Construction Fund Services not provided f or .. .. 257 .. 257 731,149 471,540 471,540 Totals .. .. .. 4,646,124 4,386,515 259,609