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TABLE No. 2. GENERAL SUMMARY. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1907-1908 to 1928-29.

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N.B. —The figures in italics, prefixed by " Cr.," are either recoveries on account of services of previous years or receipts-in-aid applied in reduction of expenditure. . Total Net Expenditure. Description of Services. j i March, 1907. 1907-8. 1908-9. 1909-10. 1910-11. 1911-12. 1912-13. 1913-14. 1914-15. j 1915-16. 1916-17. I 1917-18. £ £££££££££££ Immigration.. .. .. .. .. .. 2,177,581 9,132 15,075 17,003 9,441 11,681 14,694 33,914 33,219 10,010 6,533 3,856 Cr. 10 Public Works, Departmental .. .. .. .. 550,166 18,219 24,512 41,176 42,733 49,864 57,426 66.650 100,719 111,489 131,701 127,962 Cr. 2,662 Irrigation and Water-supply .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,562 2,794 14,689 40,329 32,090 29,874 20,794 11,650 Railways .. .. .. .. .. .. 23,119,459 1,093,535 1,116,183 1,128,400 1,104,071 1,125,905 1,148,832 1,104,897 2,146,75311,065,171 620,947 495,771 Cr. 652 Cr. 6,987 Cr.29,528 Cr. 5,485 Cr 6,022 Cr. 4,633 Cr. 4,845 Cr. 110 Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders .. .. 150,000 Roads: — Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges .. .. .. 6,477,816 285,248 422,174 297,932 229,537 383,511 337,584 353,836 484,365 400,062 203,746 128,730 Cr. 515 Cr. 600 Roads on Goldfields.. .. .. .. .. 742,957 38,494 47,375 40,830 25,626 41,067 36,761 24,143 30,065 24,432 17,099 6,912 Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery .. 16,023 .. .. Lands Improvement Account* .. .. .. 300,930 Total,Roads .. .. .. .. 7,537,726 323,742 469,549 338,762 255,163 424,578 374,345 377,464 514,430 424,494 220,845 135,042 Development of Mining .. .. .. .. 778,025 8,633 32,859 18,597 10,845 21,244 10,644 4,889 2,384 6,602 4,592 27 Cr. 1,000 Cr. 1,000 Cr. 30 Cr. 1,015 Cr. 255 Cr. 6,545 Purchase of Native Lands .. .. .. .. 1,541,578 2,190 2,099 30,567 2,976 Cr.2,466 Cr. 917 Cr. 857 Cr. 1,060 Cr. 972 Cr. 868 Cr. 57 Cr. 2,286 Native Lands Purchase Account .. .. .. 491,980 Total, Land Purchases .. .. .. 2,033,558 2,190 2,099 30,567 690 Cr.2,466 Cr. 917 Cr. 857 Cr.1,060 Cr. 972 Cr. 868 Cr. 57 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. .. .. 1,324,245 155,491 163,032 123,423 111,867 147,692 251,375 392,648 288,395 249,554 203,311 213,955 Public Buildings General (including Miscellaneous) .. .. .. 301,899 16,260 39,635 41,964 44,044 34,721 44,719 43,199 52,239 22,050 12,648 11,646 Cr. 15,067 Parliamentary .. .. .. .. .. 63,370 4,119 5,172 3,157 237 2,004 18,806 23,612 31,478 17,133 22,586 37,233 f Courthouses .. .. .. .. 5,788 14,473 11,119 5,759 14,556 20,097 9,423 5,171 4,902 299 21 Judicial Prisons .. .. .. .. .. }> 562,231 4,164 5,008 4,231 7,506 9,760 6,911 4,928 14,515 17,786 15,685 13,195 L Police-stations .. .. .. .. J 18,986 17,730 16,256 9,030 19,817 18,423 14,094 19,122 25,484 21,147 18,814 * Subsequent expenditure under separate class " Lands Improvement," see next page. t Includes £1,000,000 expended 1908-9 and 1909-10 under Wellington-Manawatu Railway Purchase Account. [Continued on page 4.