8.—(5.

Table No. 12. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Statement showing the Net Expenditure under Appropriations for the Year ended 31st March, 1932, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1931.

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. Year ended Year ended WrM** DorrpaQp Yote - : 31st March, 1932. 31st March, 1931. Increase. Decrease. L £ j £ £ £ Public Works, Departmental .. .. 151,376 131,816 19,560 Railway-construction .. .. 590,543 1,478,689 .. 888,146 Additions to Open Lines .. .. ■ ■ 508,507 .. 508,507 Railways Improvement and Additions to 361,845 .. 361,845 Open Lines Public Buildings— General .. 33,226 100,927 .. 67,701 Courthouses .. .. 3,513 19,572 .. 16,059 Education Buildings .. .. 259,149 .. 259,149 Prison Buildings and Works .. 2,621 2,504 117 Police-stations .. .. •• 2,535 8,360 .. 5,825 Postal and Telegraph .. .. 104,505 138,670 .. 34,165 Agricultural .. .. • ■ • • ' ■ 509 .. 1,509 Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. 45,938 134,140 .. 88,20Health and Hospital Institutions .. 3,316 17,338 .. 14,022 Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c. .. 2,012 Gr. 2,271 4,283 .. Acquisition and Operation of Quarries 107 4,219 .. 4,112 Lighthouses .. .. ■■ 5,046 4,103 943 Harbour-works .. .. •• 6,987 6,742 245 Development of Tourist Resorts .. 87,609 60,288 27,321 Department of Immigration .. .. 5,266 33,544 .. -8,278 Roads, &c. .. . .. 1,078,270 1,379,810 .. 301,540 Roads to give Access to Outlying Districts 3,940 91,126 .. Roads on Goldfields .. ... .. .. 4,587 .. 4,587 Telegraph Extension .. • 249,978 419,756 .. 169,778 Contingent Defence .. .. .. 13,812 .. Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. 38,900 70,534 .. 31,634 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage 37,749 62,614 .. -4,865 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. Gr. 105,690 Or. 44,772 .. 60 ' 918 673,463 2,350,846 673,463 Totals .. .. .. 2,968,741 4,646,124 .. 1,677,383