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Table No. 12. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Statement showing the Net Expenditure under Appropriations for the Year ended 31st March, 1927, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1926.

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i r Votp Year ended Year ended Increase i Decrease vote - 31st March, 1927. 31st March, 1926. | increase. j decrease. ■ : 1 1 r " ~ : I £ £ £ £ Public Works, Departmental .. k . 115,144 126,475 .. 11,031 Railway-construction .. .. .. 1,096,368 1,146,292 .. 49,924 Additions to Open Lines .. .. 384,439 842,322 .. 457,883 Public Buildings— General .. .. .. .. 119,864 29,369 90,495 Courthouses .. .. .. 1,261 7,209 .. 5,948 Prison Buildings and Works .. .. 22,812 24,196 .. 1,384 Police-stations .. .. .. 7,411 16,594 .. 9,183 Postal and Telegraph.. .. .. 86,052 89,866 .. 3,814 Agricultural .. .. .. 4,164 7,932 .. 3,768 Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. 68,635 77,834 .. 9,199 Health and Hospital Institutions .. 15,840 31,177 .. 15,337 Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c. .. 8,512 Cr. 9,893 18,405 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries .. 6,302 12,351 .. 6,049 Lighthouses .. .. .. .. 5,758 5,691 67 .. Harbour-works .. .. .. 13,262 3,717 9,545 Development of Tourist Resorts .. .. 31,981 43,486 .. 11,505 Department of Immigration .. .. 184,918 107,521 77,397 Roads, &c. .. .. .. .. 575,131 564,694 10,437 Roads on Goldfields .. .. .. 2,230 3,934 .. 1,704 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. 558,041 931,661 .. 373,620 Motor Transport Services .. .. .. ! 4,994 .. 4,994 Contingent Defence .. .. .. 34,014 89,670 .. 55,656 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. .. 56,267 70,493 .. 14,226 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage .. 56,937 56,227 710 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. Cr. 24,148 33,453 .. 57,601 Transfer to Main Highways Account, Con- 400,000 .. 400,000 struction Fund .Services not provided for •• .. 1,190 1,139 51 607,107 1,092,826 607,107 Totals .. .. .. 3,832,685 4,318,404 .. 485,719