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TABLE No. 2— continued. GENERAL SUMMARY— continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1919-20 to 1940-41— continued.

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Expenditure. Total Net Description of Services. , ; Expenditure to 31st 1930-31. 1931-32. 1932-33. j 1933-34. 1934-35. 1935-36. 1936-37. 1937-38. 1938-39. 1939-40. 1940-41. March, 1941. £ £ £ £ £ ££ ££ £ £ . £ Immigration .. .. .. .. .. .. 33,544 5,265 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,312,485 Cr. 210 Cr. 583 Cr. 532 Cr. 370 Cr. 362 Cr. 146 Cr. 144 Cr. 108 Cr. 88 Or. 88 Public Works. Departmental .. .. .. .. 131,816 151,377 104,904 98,703 76,486 99,384 137,769 188,040 216,091 147,572 49,979 3,793,958 Cr. 16,381 Or.33,947 Cr.52,639 Cr.33,872 Cr.31,154 Cr.28, 178 Cr. 17,709 Cr 19,489 Cr. 177 Cr. 2 Cr. 46 Irrigation and Water-supply* .. ., .. .. 62,614 37,749 53,290 66,838 91,241 85,414 11,062 71,659 164,481 416,437 611,038 2,577,785 Cr. 96 Cr. 32 Cr. 21 Cr. 18 Railways .. .. .. .. .. '.. 1,987,196 952,388 160,853 j 132,111 125,600 258,011 1,019,094 2,412,990 3,798,083 4,165,416 1,930,092 69,755,885 Cr. 792 Cr. 20,568 Cr. 9,056 Cr. 20 Cr.134,696 Cr. 461 Cr. 700 Cr. 500 Cr. 462 Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 150,000 Roads: — Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges .. .. .. 1,379,810 1,078,270 396,559 : 359,671 371,573 444,377 913,720 1,126,757 1,290,838 1,124,590 599,013 26,348,236 Cr. 472 Cr. 564 Cr. 1,171 Cr. 445 Cr. 471 Cr. 250 Cr. 172 Cr. 253 Cr. 68 Cr. 370 Cr. 491 Roads to give access to Outlying Districts .. .. 91,126 3,940 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 233,983 Roads on Goldfields .. .. .'. .. .. 4,586 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,140,699 Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16,023 Lands Improvement Account .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 300, 930 Total, Roads .. .. .. .. 1,475,050 1,081,646 395,388 359,226 371,102 444,127 913,548 1,126,504 1,290,770 1,124,220 598,522 28,039,871 Development of Mining ., .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 879,714 Cr. 260 Cr. 50 Cr. 143 Cr. 17 Cr.1,141 Purchase of Native Lands .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 7,123 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,562,044 Native Lands Purchase Account .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 491 ; 980 Total, Land Purchases ,. .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 7,123 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,054,024 Small Farms Development! .-. .. .. .. .. .. 118,723 172,109 222,309 151,345 92,016 310,665 344,684 446,758 571,215 2,429,824 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. .. .. 419,756 249,978 99,999 144,160 135,933 195,380 232,513 312,260 575,944 416,779 256,053 13,549,466 Cr. 32 * Includes £6,727 previously included under Lands Improvement class. f Includes expenditure under vote " Settlement of Unemployed Workers."