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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1931-193 2.

PUBLIC WORKS FUND.—GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT.

DETAIL STATEMENT of RECOVERIES on Account of EXPENDITURE of PREVIOUS YEARS, for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1932.

STATEMENT of IMPRESTS of the PUBLIC WORKS FUND (GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT) OUTSTANDING as at the 31st March, 1932, showing the SERVICES for which they were issued.

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Public Works Department : — £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Allocation of general " departmental" administration expenditure in accordance with Cabinet decision, — For the Year 1930-31— : . Electric Supply Account .. .. .. 24,941 0 0 Amount deducted from contract-money due to Hansford and Mills Construction Co., applied in payment on account of Kairuru Marble Quarry Mortgage 4,231 8 2 Instalment — Of purchase price— Galloway Experimental Farm .. .. .. 126 11 0 Makomako Sawmill .. .. .. .. 400 0 0 On loan to — Gore Borough Council .. .. .. • • 262 7 4 Mangawara River Board .. .. .. 333 6 8 Otanomomo River Board .. .. .. 31 19 7 Recovery of — Balance of cost of construction, private siding for Egmont Collieries .. .. •• 1,736 0 0 ' ; Proportion of departmental supervision charges, Tawa Flat 8,991 0 0 Repayment of advances in respect of village-homestead settlement lands .. .. .. .. • • 92 11 6 Sale of—■ Land and buildings .. .. .. ■■ 5,149 17 5 Surplus and obsolete stores .. .. • • 1,246 4 9 Waimunga Experimental Farm .. .. .. 1,800 0 0 49,342 6 5 Post and Telegraph Department : — Sale of platinum scrap .. .. .. .. • • 31 18 5 Department oe Health : — Reduction of expenditure on alterations to St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch .. .. .. •• •• 100 Defence Department : — Recovery of— Depreciation on barge .. .. .. .. 436 0 0 Insurance on Drill Hall, Gisborne, destroyed by fire .. 2,945 0 0 Sale of — Barge .. .. .. ■. • • • • 102 0 0 Land and buildings .. .. .. ■ • 524 4 5 Surplus and obsolete stores .. .. •. 32 3 0 4,039 7 5 Department oe Education :— Cement supplied to Napier Girls' High School .. .. 37 7 2 Recovery of legal expenses, Parawera Native School site 2 17 0 40 4 2 Department of Immigration : — Recovery of advance made in 1930-31 .. .. 4 7 4 Refund on account of railway season ticket .... 37 9 3 1 Sale of furniture .. .. . • • • • • 168 3 0 — 209 19 7 Railway Department : — Sale of bridges, Upper Waitaki .. .. .. 12,500 0 0 Sale of land and railway cadets'hostel thereon.. .. 6,050 0 0 18,550 0 0 £72,214 16 0

Public Works Fund : — £ e. d. General Purposes Account, — Vote —Department of Immigration .. .. •• •• •■ •• 1,649 0 0 -Roads, &c 962 2 » —Telegraph Extension .. .. •• ■• •• •• •■ 0 17 8 £2,611 19 11