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PUBLIC WOBKS STATEMENT, 1917.

INDEX. TABLES. Pose No. I.—Total Expenditure : Summary showing Total Expenditure out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1917, and Liabilities at that Date .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 No. 2.—Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1895 to 1917 • ■ .. ■. .. 3 No. 3.—Railways : Statement showing Expenditure on Construotion of Railways to 31st March, 1917, and Liabilities at that Date .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 No. 4.—Expenditure out of Separate Accounts under the Control of the Public Works Department .. .. .. .. ..' .. .. .. .. .. 10 No. 5. —Development of Water-power: Statement of Accounts as at 31st March, 1917 .. .. 11 APPENDICES. Appendix A.—Expenditure for the Year: Audited Statement of Expenditure out of the Public Works Fund for the Year 1916-1917 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17 , B.—Annual Report on Public Works, by the Engineer-in-Chief .. .. .. 19 C—Annual Report on Public Buildings, by the Government Architect .. .. .. 43 D.—Annual Repokt on Electrical Work and Power Schemes, by the Chief Klectrical Engineer .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. 46 E.—Hydro-electric Development—North Island Scheme, by the Chief HHectrical Engineer 49

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