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TABLE No. 2— continued. GENERAL SUMMARY -continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1895-96 to 1916-17— continued.

Expenditure. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1917. Description of Services. 1909-10. 1910-11. 1911-12. 1912-13. 1913-14. 1914-15. 1915-16. 1906-7. 1907-8. 1908-9. 1916-17. _ I I Immigration £ 14,353 £ 9,132 £ 15,075 £ 17,003 £ 9,441 £ 11,681 £ 14,694 £ 33,914 £ 33,219 £ 10,010 Cr. 10 £ 6,533 £ 2,338,272 Public Works Departmental* 16,710 1,194,651 16,710 18,219 24,512 41,176 42,733 49,864 57,426 66,650 100,719 111,489 f-131,701 Development of Water-power* 4,664 4,664 315 1,021 9,082 + + 18,45 Irrigation and Water-supply! 1,562 2,794 ;: || ||16,049 20,40i Railways .. 1,227,880 1,093,535 1,116,184 1,128,400 1,104,071 Cr. 652 1,125,905 Or. 6,987 1,148,832 1,104,897 620,947 Cr. 29,528 Cr. 5.485 Cr. 6,022 Cr. 4,633 I Cr. 4,845 34,716,00! Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders 150, 00< Roads: — 337,584 36,761 (353,836 I 4g4 365 4 0 oo62 **203,746 | Or. 515 I 24,143 30,065 24,432 17,099 Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges .. ; 308,500 285,248 422, 174 297,932 229,537 383,511 Roads on Goldfields Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery Lands Improvement Account .. .. 38,970 38,494 •• 47,375 40,830 25,626 41,067 •• •• .. Total, Roads, 347,470 347,470 323,742 469,549 338,762 255,163 424,578 374,345 377,464 514,430 424,494 220,845 11,261,091 Development of Mining 11,064 11,064 8,633 32,859 18,597 Cr. 1,000 10,845 Cr. 1,000 21,244 Or. 30 10,644 Cr. 1,015 4,889 2,384 Cr. 255 6,602 4,592 896,01 Purchase of Native Lands 9,135 9,135 2,190 2,099 30,567 2,976 Cr. 2,286 Cr. 2,466 Cr. 917 Cr. 857 Cr. 1,060 Cr. 972 Cr. 868 Native Lands Purchase Account .. I ■■ Total, Land Purchases .. i .. I 9,135 9,135 2,190 2,099 30,567 690 Cr. 2,466 Cr. 917 Or. 857 ! Cr. 1,060 Cr. 972 Or. 868 2,061,96! Telegraph Extension .. i 114,068 155,491 163,033 i 123,423 111,867 147,692 251,375 392,648 288,395 249,554 | tt 3,207,72! * Expenditure on Development of Water-power, 1903-4, £2,561 ; 1908-9, £101 included in Class Public Works Departmental. t Includes " Unauthorized," £17. J Expenditure from 1912-13 is under the Aid to Water-power Works Account. § Previously included under Lands Improvement. || Expenditure from 1912-13 to 1915-16 and part of 1916-17 is under the Irrigation and Water-supply Account. % Includes £1,000,000 expended 1908-9 and 1909-10 under Wellington-Manawatu Railway Purchase Account. "• Includes £1,05( charged to "Unauthorized." ft Expenditure is under "Telegraph Extension Account."