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Table No. 12. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Statement showing the Net Expenditure under Appropriations for the Year ended 31st March, 1926, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1925.

v^ a Year ended Year ended ™ „ ote# 31st March, 1926. 31st March, 1925. Increase. Decrease. * I £ £ £ £ Public Works, Departmental .. .. 126,475 127,493 1,018 Railway-construction .. .. .. 1,146,292 1,135,807 10,485. Additions to Open Lines .. .. 842,322 742,922 99,400 Public Buildings— General .. .. .. .. 29,369 30,791 .. 1,422 Courthouses .. .. .. 7,209 5,363 1,846 Prison Buildings and Works .. .. 24,196 J 25,279 .. 1,083 Police-stations .. .. .. 16,594 18,553 .. 1,959 Postal and Telegraph.. .. .. 89,866 65,917 23,949 Agricultural .. .. .. 7,932 3,242 4,690 Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. 77,834 68,438 9,396 Health and Hospital Institutions .. 31,177 28,235 2,942 Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c. .. Cr, 9,893 Cr. 20,537 10,644 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries .. 12,351 1,815 10,536 Lighthouses .. .. .. .. 5,691 2,852 2,839 Harbour-works .. .. .. 3,717 423 3,294 Development of Tourist Resorts .. .. 43,486 12,343 31,143 Department of Immigration .. .. 107,521 136,353 .. 28,832 Roads, &e. .. .. .. .. 564,694 603,968 .. 39,274 Roads on Goldfields .. .. 3,934 2,755 1,179 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. 931,661 957,294 .. 25,633 Motor Transport Services .. .. 4,994 5,000 .. 6 Contingent Defence .. .. .. 89,670 27,133 62,537 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. .. 70,493 34,172 36,321 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage .. 56,227 127,995 .. 71,768 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. 33,453 Cr. 12,229 45,682 Services not provided for .. .. 1,139 63 1,076 357,959 170,995 170,995 Totals .. .. .. 4,318,404 4,131,440 186,964