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TABLE No. 1. Summary showing the Total Expenditure on Public Works and other Services out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1926, and the Liabilities on that Date.

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N Tf b6r Total Ex < W? n i t Ure Recoveries Total Total Table I Works. ! Net Expenditure j Twelve M g nths on Account of Net Expenditure Liabilities on Net Expenditure Workg containing ! ' anriari Services to 31st March, 1926. and Details. * 31st March, 1925. ! 31 s t March 1926 of Previous Years. 31st March, 1926. Liabilities. £ £ £ £ £ £ 3 Railways*.. .. .. .. 46,459,380 1,988,614 16,875 48,431,119 99,592 48,530,711 Railways.* Roadsf .. .. .. .. 15,120,263 568,628 4,810 15,684,081 54,859 15,738,940 Roads.f Development of mining .. .. 832,975 .. .. 832,975 .. 832,975 Development of mining. Telegraphs .. .. .. 7,176,705 931,661 .. 8,108,366 214,007 8,322,373 Telegraphs. Public buildings .. .. .. 9,324,208 284,178 3,398 9,604,988 19,521 9,624,509 Public buildings. Lighthouses, harbour-works, and har- 1,198,166 9,407 881 1,206,692 591 1,207,283 Lighthouses, harbour- works, and harbour-bour-defences defences. Departmental .. .. .. 2,166,556 126,596 129 2,293,023 1,768 2,294,791 Departmental. 18 ol 1878 Coal-exploration and mine-development 10,835 .. .. 10,835 .. 10,835 Coal-exploration and mine-development. 11 of 1877 Aiding works on Thames goldfields .. 50,000 .. .. 50,000 .. 50,000 Aiding works on Thames goldfields. Immigration .. .. .. 2,825,412 107,521 443 2,932,490 33,179 2,965,669 Immigration. Purchase of Native lands .. .. 2,061,739 .. .. 2,061,739 .. 2,061,739 Purchase of Native lands. Defence .. .. .. .. 1,118,495 89,670 33 1,208,132 .. 1,208,132 Defence. Charges and expenses of raising loans.. 2,043,772 297,180 .. 2,340,952 .. 2,340,952 Charges and expenses of raising loans. Interest and sinking fund .. .. 218,500 .. .. 218,500 .. 218,500 Interest and sinking fund. Rates on Native lands .. .. 68,672 .. .. 68,672 .. 68,672 Rates on Native lands. ,, Thermal springs .. .. .. 14,600 .. .. 14,600 .. 14,600 Thermal springs. Tourist and health resorts .. .. 349,142 43,486 .. 392,628 6,697 399,325 Tourist and health resorts. Lands .. .. 229,677 70,493 19 300,151 3,621 303,772 Lands improvement. { Payment to Midland Railway bond- 150,000 .. .. 150,000 .. 150,000 Payment to Midland Railway bondholders holders. Irrigation and water-supply§ .. 621,212 56,227 31 677,408 2,406 679,814 Irrigation and water-supply .§ Plant, material, and stores .. .. 350,912 34,471 751 384,632 4,292 388,924 Plant, material, and stores. Quarries (acquisition and operation) .. 1,815 12,351 .. 14,166 2,011 16,177 Quarries (acquisition and operation). Timber-supply and sawmills for Public 14,170 Cr. 9,892 104 4,174 81 4,255 Timber-supply and sawmills for Public Works Department Works Department. Motor Transport Services .. .. 28,641 4,994 .. 33,635 .. 33,635 Motor Transport Services. Transfer to Main Highways Account, 226,000 .. .. 226,000 .. 226,000 Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction Fund Construction Fund. Totals.. .. .. 92,661,847 4,615,585 27,474 97,249,958 442,625 97,692,583 Totals. * Exclusive of expenditure on Hutt Railway and Road Improvement and Railways Improvement Accounts. f Includes £4,500 expended under section 16 (1) Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923. t £6,727 previously expended on irrigation under this item, now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply. § Includes £115,000 previously expended under Irrigation and Water-supply Account, 1911-12 to 1915— 16 and part 1917—18, now included in Public Works Fund; also £6,727 previously expended on irrigation under Lands Improrement, now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply.