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Per Roads, including construction and maintenance of £ Cent. main highways . . .. .. 7,072,522 = 28 •37 Hydro-electric (construction and working-expenses) 1,485,512= 5-96 Railway-construction, improvements, and additions 4,302,555 = 17-26 Public luiildings, including schools . . . . 1,825,390 = 7-32 Settlement of unemployed workers .. .. 013,302 = 2-46 Lands improvement .. .. .. .. 194,347 = 0-78 Irrigation .. .. . . .. .. 444,838 = 1-78 Public buildings, roads, &c. (maintenance) .. 234,414= 0-94 Air defence, aerodromes, and landing-grounds .. 600,428 = 2-41 Telegraph extension .. .. .. ... 693,569 = 2-78 Native-land settlement. . .. .. .. 1,052,802 = 4-22 Plant, material, and services for other Departments 3,699,754 = 14-84 Miscellaneous.. .. .. .. .. 833,115 = 3-34 Revenue receipts .. .. .. .. 1,878,645 = 7-54 £24,931,193 = 100-00 In regard to the ways and means of the General Purposes Account of the Public Works Fund the position is as under : — £ Balance available Ist April, 1939 . . . . . . 638,874 Add funds received during the year— Finance Act, 1938, section 2 (Public £ Works) .. .. .. 6,958,076 Finance Act, 1939, section 2 (Public Works) .. •• 2,407,745 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 522,745 9,888,566 10,527,440 Deduct expenditure during 1939-40 — Under annual appropriations .. 9,098,029 Under permanent appropriations .. 140 .420 9,238,449 Balance available 31st March, 1940 . . .. £l ,288,991 The estimated net expenditure under the General Purposes Account for the current financial year is £6,524,000, and arrangements are being made with the Minister of Finance to provide the necessary funds. This is the amount shown on the Public Works estimates, which also show an estimated net expenditure of £2,750,000 from the Electric Supply Account and £3,533,200 from the Main Highways Account, a total for all these accounts of £12,807,200.

Summary of Votes under Control of Minister of Public Works and Proposed Ways and Means of Raising the Necessary Funds —Year ending 31st March, 1941.

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| a 7sr t am I t °" 1 i i £ £ £ | £ Departmental .. .. ■■ 190,000 .. .. i 190,000 Railway-construction .. .. .. 700,000 | .. .. 700,000 Public Buildings .. .. ■■ 1,050,000 .. | 1,050,000 Lighthouses and Harbour-works .. .. 30,000 .. j 30,000 Development of Tourist Resorts .. .. 25,000 .. ! 25,000 Roads .. .. •• 500,000 . . | 500,000 Lands Improvement .. .. •. 350,000 .. .. 350,000 Irrigation .. . • ■ ■ • • 425,000 .. .. 425,000 Electric Supply 2,050,000 .. j 700,000 2,750,000 Main Highways .. •• 1,700,000 .. j 2,150,000 3,850,000 Maintenance of Public Works and Services .. 650,000 j .. 650,000 Totals .. .. •• 7,020,000 650,000 2,850,000 10,520,000