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

Expenditure. Total Net . Expenditure Description 01 Services. j— i t 0 1918-19. 1919-20. 1920-21. 1921-22. 1922-23. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. 1928-29. March, 1929. £££££££££ £££ Immigration .. .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 12,018 Cr. 62,561 Cr. 7,806 247,528 90,611 92,600 136,353 107,521 184,918 67,157 50,266 3,234,549 Cr. 140 Cr. 1,267 Cr. 16 Cr. 443 Cr. 283 Public Works, Departmental .. .. .. .. 115.419 121,677 143,280 128,002 111,367 110,445 127,556 126,596 115,866 130,951 142,252 2,544,318 Cr. 4,119 Cr. 6,281 Cr. 525 Cr. 131 Cr. 69 Cr. 19 Cr. 129 Cr. 35,948 Cr.13,328 Cr.88,499 Irrigation and Water-supply* .. .. .. .. 13,665 34,115 55,344 82,713 58,131 95,467 127,995 56,227 56,937 49,735 55,198 836,472 Cr. 31 Cr. 2,798 Cr. 8 Railways .. .. .. .. .. .. 387,923 748.649 1,365,466 3,133,200 2,110,859 1,776,413 1,878,729 1,988,614 1,480,807 1,141,822 1,216,277 52,170,084 Cr. 4,924 Cr.105,196 Cr. 388 Cr. 751 Cr. 3,171 Cr. 1,167 Cr.37 ,924 Cr. 16,875 Cr.95,647 Cr. 1,699 Cr. 2,595 Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• .. .. .. 150,000 Roads: — Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges .. .. .. 221,887 376,097 527,854 552,895 643,156 751,370 603,968 564,694 575,898 669,833 780,990 Cr. 997 Cr. 603 Cr. 81 Cr. 197 Cr. 244 Cr. 188 Cr. 231 Cr. 4,810 Cr. 981 Cr. 540 Cr. 330 Roads to give access to Outlying Districts .. .. .. .. .. . • .. .. •• .. 33,642 51,582 Roads on Goldfields .. .. .. .. .. 4,186 12,465 11,050 11,264 4,850 2,867 2,755 3,934 2,230 2,330 1,005 Cr. 467 Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery Lands Improvement Account Total, Roads .. .. .. 225,076 387,959 538,823 563,962 647,762 754,049 606,492 563,818 577,147 704,798 833,247 17,799,274 Development of Mining .. .. .. 518 1,173 2,153 2,130 Cr. 98 1,363 .. .. .. .. .. 881,585 Cr. 1,000 Cr. 7,008 Cr. 1,606 Cr. 51 Cr. 1,785 Cr. 2,310 Cr. 1,130 Cr. 260 Purchase of Native Lands .. .. .. •. .. Cr. 57 Cr. 57 Cr. 52 .. .. .. .. Cr. 535 Cr. 56 Native Lands Purchase Account Total, Land Purchases .. .. .. .. Cr. 57 Cr. 57 Cr. 52 .. .. .. .. Cr. 535 Cr. 56 J .. 2,061,147 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. .. • ■ 198,611 249,379 336,468 590,981 512,657 717,409 957,294 931,661 558,042 625,540 624,414 9,916,361 Cr. 11,082 Public Buildings :— — General (including Miscellaneous) .. •• •• 43,168 64,207 39,504 87,057 113,553 8,160 30,791 29,369 119,864 42,553 4,272 Cr. 35 Cr. 345 Cr. 429 Cr. 1,065 Cr. 420 Parliamentary .. .. .. • • • • .. .. .. • • •• .. .. .. • • .. 35 /Courthouses.. .. .. •• •.. 868 1,400 4,358 2,018 2,448 5,363 7,209 1,261 7,531 8,387 Cr. 13 Cr. 19 Cr. 13 .. Cr. 95 Judicial J Prisons .. .. .. .. .. 16,299 20,981 30,038 41,740 23,313 26,484 25,279 24,196 22,812 22,359 12,573 Cr. 800 Cr. 2,568 Cr. 86 Cr. 90S Cr. 524 Cr. 321 1 Police-stations .. .. .. .. 6,157 24,944 36,843 22,544 6,298 12,838 18,553 16,594 7,411 5,561 6,925 ____ ; Cr. 102 Cr. 13 Cr. 970 Cr. 605 * £6,727 previously included under Lands Improvement now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply. [Continued on page 6.