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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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Total Net Expenditure. Description of Services. 1 1 March, 1919. 1919-20. 1920-21. 1921-22. 1922-23. 1923-24. 1924-25. j 1925-26. 1928-27. I 1927-28. j 1928-29. 1929-30. £ £ £££££££££ Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. .. 1,051,578 10,187 8,701 15,586 1,702 4,931 27,133 89,670 34,014 39,986 67,652 46,766 Or. 463 Cr. 280 Or. 580 Or. 33 Or. 751 Or. 465 j Or. 648 Or. 1,325 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. .. 261,060 6,194 19,041 17,996 5,435 27,264 12,343 43,486 31,981 36,673 39,254 20,547 Or. 110 Or. 81 Or. 516 Or. 440 Or. 1,213 Lands Improvement* .. .. .. .. 128,613 2,964 2,064 17.478 26,204 18,182 34,172 70,493 56,267 72,898, 85,861 79,454 Or. 19 Or. 135 Or. 2,574 Or. 87 Or. 112 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans .. .. 1,253,076 .. 184 174,280 62,399 311,905 241,930 297,180 155,373 100,297 438,238 518,158 Cr. 3,811 Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. .. 218,500 Coal-exploration and Mine-development .. .. 10,835 Thermal Springs . .. .. .. .. 14,600 Plant, Material, and Services .. .. .. .. 111,613 47,682 169,910 122,801 Cr.4,983 \Cr. 49,159 Cr. 30,956 36,930 i Or. 9,334 Or.17,610 Cr. 6,551 Or. 35,092 \Cr. 16 Cr. 1 Cr. 855 j Cr. 1,992 Cr. 8,985 Cr. 1,224 Cr. 360 Motor Transport Service .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22,679 962' 5,000 4,994 I Transfer to Main Highways Account: — Construction Fund.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 226,000 .. 400,000 200,000 200,000 200,000 Total Ways and Means Credits .. .. .. 112,864 19,628 | 11,616 20,127 9,142 40,793 27,474 146,933 40,026 106.429 62,859 Grand Total— Net Expenditure .. .. 68,676,201 1,907,850 3,121,132:5,449,351 3,892,320 4,056,423 4,558,570 4,588,111 3,841,126 3,360,638 3,870,577 4,854,314f * Expenditure prior to 1901 (totalling £300,930) included under separate class " Roads." f Includes £12,500 expended under Finance Act, 1929. section 32. [Continued on page 7.