STATEMENT showing the ISSUES from the PUBLIC WORKS FUND for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1928, compared with the Sums voted under the Appropriation Act, 1927.

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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1927-19 2 8

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(Under Section 86 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) Amount voted. | Credits- Credits-in-Aid Credits-in-Aid j p j ; j p XPFND T r | Amount | Issued in in-Aid | received in received > Annual Vote. ! Total voted. ' ' ~ . i voted. | ted.* Estimate. f Estimate. I I I ; I ; I I General Purposes Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. , 42 i Public Works, Departmental .. 141,397 0 0 106,814 10 7 248,211 10 7 237,502 7 1 10,709 3 6 .. 112,459 .. 5,644 9 5 ! 43 Railway-construction .. •• 1,007,000 0 0 108,027 9 6 1,115,027 9 6 1,016,696 6 10 98,331 2 8 .. 120,000 .. 11,972 10 6 44 j Additions to Open Lines .. . • 500,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 505,000 0 0 401,948 15 0 103,051 5 0 .. 5,000 163,795 13 5 Public Buildings :— | 45 General .. .. 61,000 0 0 274 17 11 61,274 17 11 42,828 7 3 18,446 10 8 .. 870 .. 595 2 1 46 Courthouses .. .. ■■ 12,500 0 0 1 10 0 12,501 10 0 7,532 10 2 4,968 19 10 .. 100 .. 98 10 0 47 1 Prison Buildings and Works .. 25,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 26,000 0 0 23,621 12 9 2,378 7 3 .. 1,000 262 17 5 48 I Police-stations .. • • 10,000 0 0 28 0 11 10,028 0 11 5,589 6 4 4,438 14 7 .. 500 .. 471 19 1 49 Postal and Telegraph .. .. 100,000 0 0 125 17 0 100,125 17 0 77,319 7 5 22,806 9 7 .. 1,000 .. 874 3 0 50 i Agricultural .. .. 4,600 0 0 .. 4,600 0 0 2,862 12 7 1,737 7 5 .. 169 .. 169 0 0 511 Mental Hospital Buildings .. 90,000 0 0 187 1 0 90,187 1 0 51,305 12 7 38,881 8 5 .. 1,000 .. 812 19 0 i 52 ' Health and Hospital Institutions .. 26,500 0 0 13,172 9 2 39,672 9 2 27,533 12 3 12,138 16 11 .. 15,000 .. 1,827 10 10 53 Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c. for 15,000 0 0 23,934 3 6 38,934 3 6 16,937 0 10 21,997 2 8 .. 25,000 .. 1,065 16 6 Public Works Department I 54 | Acquisition and Operation of Quarries 25,000 0 0 34,601 0 1 59,601 0 1 25,276 2 8 34,324 17 5 .. 38,000 .. 3,398 19 11 for Public Works Department 55 ! Lighthouses .. .. .. 8,000 0 0 111 7 7 8,111 7 7 8,090 9 8 20 17 11 .. 250 .. 138 12 5 56 Harbour-works .. .. .. 17,250 0 0 250 0 0 17,500 0 0 17,085 1 3 414 18 9 .. 250 943 16 0 57 | Development of Tourist Resorts .. 50,000 0 0 165 0 4 50,165 0 4 36,838 7 1 13,326 13 3 .. 2,000 .. 1,834 19 8 1 58 ! Department of Immigration .. 125,000 0 0 100,890 0 0 225,890 0 0 177,617 9 4 48,272 10 8 .. 100,890 9,570 5 11 I 59 | Roads, &o. .. .. .. 793,500 0 0 98,503 11 3 892,003 11 3 768,335 18 4 123,667 12 11 .. 152,000 .. 53,496 8 9 60 Roads to give Access to Outlying 50,000 0 0 4,240 4 2 54,240 4 2 37,882 8 9 16,357 15 5 .. 5,000 .. 759 15 10 Districts 61 Roads on Goldfields .. .. 4,750 0 0 23 16 9 4,773 16 9 2,354 5 8 2,419 11 1 .. 300 .. 276 3 3 62 j Telegraph Extension .. . . 750,000 0 0 59,006 15 3 809,006 15 3 684,546 10 5 124,460 4 10 .. 120,000 .. 60,993 4 9 63 | Contingent Defence .. .. 50,000 0 0 .. 50,000 0 0 40,127 18 7 9,872 1 5 .. .. 141 10 6 64 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. 119,100 0 0 4,010 2 1 123,110 2 1 76,908 3 6 46,201 18 7 .. 5,000 I .. 989 17 11 65 ! Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage 83,320 0 0 4,000 0 0 87,320 0 0 54,997 3 3 ' 32,322 16 9 .. 4,000 I 1,262 1 2 66 Plant, Material, and Stores .. 40,000 0 0 74,514 2 10 114,514 2 10 73,226 0 5 41,288 2 5 .. 100,000 .. 25,485 17 2 67 j Transfer to Main Highways Account 200,000 0 0 .. 200,000 0 0 200,000 0 0 .. .. j Construction Fund .. Services not provided for £691 17 6 Less amounts transferred to votes .. 428 2 6 .. .. .. 263 15 0 .. 263 15 0 Total .. .. 4,308.917 0 0 638,88119 11 4,947,798 19 11 4,115,227 5 0 832,835 9 11 263 15 0 809,788 175,976 4 5 170,906 0 1 j I Electric Supply Account. 68 Development of Water-power .. ! 1,340,000 0 0 28,932 18 11 1,368,932 18 11 1,418,273 10 10 .. 49,340 11 11 33,000 .. 4,067 1 1 * These are the amounts shown in column 4 of the Schedule to the Appropriation Act, and are voted only to the extent to which they are actually received. t These credits have not been appropriated, and are not available for expenditure except under the provisions of section 51, subsection (3), of the Public Revenues Act, 1926. . OTI'J " ■-,n" *