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TABLE No. 1. Summary showing the Total Expenditure on Public Works and other Services out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account) to 31st March, 1929, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Nu ™. ber Total E T n ® Ure Recoveries ! Total Total m nll i ... , Net Expenditure m TTT „ 1 „ l i r 1 5x»i+v.e ° n Account of Net Expenditure Liabilities on Net Expenditure w Works - io | Twel I e^onths Services to 31st March, 1929. and | Works. Details 31 s t March, 1928. ' 8 t Mardi 1929 P rev * ous Years. 31st March, 1929. Liabilities. £ £ £ £ £ £ 3 Railways*.. .. .. .. 50,956,402 1,216,277 2,595 52,170,084 94,721 52,264,805 Railways.* Payment to Midland Railway bond- 150,000 .. .. 150,000 .. 150,000 Payment to Midland Railway bondholders I holders. Roadsf .. .. .. .. 16,966,027 833,577 j 330 17,799,274 77,421 17,876,695 Roads.f Development of mining .. .. 831,845 .. ! 260 831,585 .. 831,585 Development of mining. Telegraphs .. .. .. 9,291,947 624,414 .. 9,916,361 203,928 10,120,289 Telegraphs. Public buildings .. .. .. 10,136,524 213,506 8,244 10,341,786 20,488 10,362,274 Public buildings. Lighthouses, harbour-works, and har- 1,249,214 17,062 .. 1,266,276 264 1,266,540 Lighthouses, harbour- works, and harbour-bour-defences defences. Departmental .. .. .. 2,490,565 142,252 88,499 2,544,318 3,935 2,548,253 Departmental. 18 of 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 goldiields. Immigration .. .. .. 3,184,566 50,266 i 283 3,234,549 8,521 3,243,070 Immigration. Purchase of Native lands .. .. 2,061.147 .. ! .. 2,081,147 .. 2,061,147 Purchase of Native lands. Defence .. .. .. .. 1.280,916 67,652 648 1,347,920 .. 1,347,920 Defence. Charges and expenses of raising loans 2,592,813 438,238 j .. 3,031,051 .. 3,031,051 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 .. I .. 68,672 j .. 68,672 Rates on Native lands. Thermal springs .. .. .. 14,600 .. ! .. 14,600 .. 14,600 Thermal springs. Tourist and health resorts .. .. 460,766 39,254 440 499,580 2,601 502,181 Tourist and health resorts. Lands improvement! •• 426,607 85,861 87 512,381 2,172 514,553 Lands improvement. i Irrigation and water-supply§.. .. 781,282 55,198 j 8 836,472 5,968 842,440 Irrigation and water-supply.? Plant, materia!, and stores .. .. 348,217 4,595 1,042 351,770 4,247 356,017 Plant, material, and stores. Quarries (acquisition and operation) .. 11,144 Cr. 6,030 .. 5,114 1,637 6,751 Quarries (acquisition and operation). : Timber-supply and sawmills for Public 5,688 Cr. 5,116 182 390 426 816 Timber-supply and sawmills for Public Works Department Works Department. j Motor Transport Services .. .. 33,635 .. .. 33,635 .. 33,635 Motor Transport Services. Transfer to Main Highways Account, 826,000 200,000 .. 1,026,000 .. 1,026,000 Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction Fund Construction Fund. Totals.. .. .. 104,447,912 3,977,006 102,618 108,322,300 426,329 108,748,629 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. { £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 Improvement now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply.