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EXPENDITURE ON CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

(Excluding Maintence Expenditure). j I ! | Six Months 1920-21. 1921-22. ! 1922-23. 1923-24. ' 1924U25. 1925-26. ! 1926-27. 1927-28. i TotaL ! 1 1928. ■i I ~ ~ ' ~ ~ " ' ~ " ' ~ i £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Railways .. .. .. .. j 944,150 1,276,819 1,359,722 1,216,846 1,135,896 1,146,927 1,096,368 908,668 415,484 9,500,880 Roads, &c. .. .. .. .. 512,399 552,900 643,055 746,869 603,966 565,694 575,131 669,832 301,152 5,170,998 Roads to give access to Outlying Districts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37,882 19,583 57,465 Roads on goldfields .. .. .. 11,050 11,264 4,848 2,867 2,755 3,934 2,230 2,354 788 42,090 Buildings, general .. .. 44,504 77,057 113,552 8,151 24,791 29,469 39,548 42,308 1,921 381,301 Courthouses .. .. .. .. 1,399 4,357 2,015 2,447 5,362 7,209 1,261 7,532 4,120 35,702 Prisons .. .. .. .. 40,037 41,740: 23,112 26,484 25,279 24,196 22,812 22,359 5,632 231.651 Police-stations .. .. .. 36,807 22,544' 6,298 12,838 18,553 16,594 7,412 6,191 1,302 128,539 Post and Telegraph .. .. .. 93,365 112,906! 77,112 109,115 65,917 89,866 86,052 77,195 15,031 726,559 Agricultural .. .. .. ., 9,345 1,214 514 282 3,248 7,932 4,164 2,863 290 29,852 Mental hospitals .. .. .. 27,368 41,837 13,852 26,540 68,438 117,875 68,635 51,118 35,514 451,177 Health and hospitals .. .. .. 19,628 33,712 21,134 7,591 28,234 31,177 15,840 14,357 4,195 175,868 Tourist resorts .. .. .. .. 19,041 17,996 5,435 7,264 12,343 44,486 31,981 36,673 10.516 185,735 Lighthouses .. .. .. .. 567 16,351 3,259 4,470 2,852 5,691 5,758 7,979 328 47,255 Harbour-works .. .. .. .. 4,171 2,334 6,224 6,334 423 2,717 13,262 15,891 8,204 59,560 Lands, miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 17,478, 26,202 18,172 34,172 70,492 55,267 72,898 40,700 335,381 Irrigation .. .. .. .. 55,344 82,713 58,131 95,467 127,995 56,196 56,937 46,937 16,361 596,081 Electric supply .. .. .. .. 356,451 834,060 • 454,014 *812,971 847,478 945,532 1,130,013 1,389,341 654,161 7,424,021 Waihou and Ohinemuri rivers improvement.. 62,249 54,379 66,708 70,533 53,887 47,908 65,855 59,644 28,348 509,511 Highways-construction .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 225,454 380,448 549,649 547,997 200,139 1,903,687 Roads to open up Crown lands .. .. 28,896 51,471 78,350 49,185 13,144 17,180 12,714 6,337 .. 257,277 Railways Improvement Account (Public Works .. .. .. .. 19,065 224,911 203,104 275,867 174,547 897,494 section) Totals.. .. .. ..12,266,771 3,253,132 2,963,537 3,224,426:3,319,252 3,836,434- 4,043,993 3,302,223 1,938,316 j 29,148,084 , J l ! - ! Expenditure by other Departments —e.g., Telegraph extension, additions to open lines, contingent defence, and purchases of Native lands —is excluded.