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TABLE No. 2— continued. GENERAL SUMMARY— continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1909-1910 to 1930-31— continued.

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Expenditure. Total Net Expenditure Description of Services. , to 31st 1920 21. 1921-22. 1922-23. 1923-24. j 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. 1928-29. 1929-30. 1930-31. March, 1931. i I \__ ! : £££££££ £££ ££ Immigration . Cr.7,806 247,528 90,611 92,600 136,353 107,521 184,918 67,157 50,266 41,756 33,544 3,309,850 Cr. 140 Cr. 1,267 Gr. 16 Gr. 443 Cr. 283 Public Works Departmental 143,280 128,002 111,367 110,445 127,556 120,596 115,866 130,951 142,252 132,783 131,816 j 2,740,866 : Cr. 6,281 Cr. 525 Gr. 131 Gr. 69 Cr. 19 Cr. 129 Or. 35,948 Gr.13,328 Cr.88,499 Gr.51,671 Cr. 16,381 \ Irrigation and Water-supply* 55,344 82,713 58,131 95,467 127,995 56,227 56,937 49,735 55,198 69,657 62,614 968,743 . Cr. 31 Cr. 2,798 Cr. 8 Railways 1,365,466 3,133,200 M10.859 l/776~, 413~ 1,878, 729 1,988,614 1,480,807 1,141,822 1,216,277 jl,812,521 1,987,196 Cr. 388 Gr. 751 Cr. 3,171 Cr. 1,167 Or.37 ,924 Cr. 16,875 Cr.95,647 Cr. 1,699 Cr. 2,595 j Gr. 1,296 \Cr. 792 Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders .. .. .. .. .. .. •'• •• •• •• ■■ ■• •• 150,000 ilisUuLaeous Roads and Bridges .. .. .. 527,854 552,895 643,156 751,370 603,968 564,694 575,898 669,833 780,990 \l, 005, 330 1,379,810 Or. 81 Gr. 197 Cr. 244 Gr. 188 Cr. 231 Gr. 4,810 Cr. 981 Cr. 540 Cr. 330 \ Cr. 415 Cr. 472 Roads to give access to Outlying Districts .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• •• I 33,642 51,582 i 53,693 91,126 Roads on Goldfields .. 11,050 11,264 4,850 2,867 2,755 3,934 2,230 2,330 1,005 1,885 4,586 | Cr. 467 Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Soenery Lands Improvement Account Total, Roads .. 538,823 563,962 647,762 754,049 606,492 563,818 577,147 704,798 833,247 1,060,493 1,475,050 : 20,334, 817 Development of Mining 2,153 2,130 Cr. 98 i 1,363 .. .. •■ .. ! ■• •• | •• 831,065 Or. 1,606 Gr. 51 Gr. 1,785 Gr. 2,310 Or. 1,130 I Cr. 260 Cr. 260 Gr. 260 Purohase of Native Lands .. .. .. .. Cr. 57 Cr. 52 .. .. •. .. Gr. 535 Cr. 56 ' .. Native Lands Purchase Account .. .. Total, Land Purchases .. .. .. Cr. 57 Or. 52 .. .. .. .. Or. 535 Or. 56 \ .. ■■ .. 2,061,147 Telesraph Extension 336,468 590,981 512,657 717,409 957,294 931,6611 558,042 625,540 624,414! 594,383 419,756 10,930,501 Cr, 11,082 • a GeneraT(inclu S dingMiscellaneous) 39,504 87,057 113,553 8,160 30,791 29,369 119,864 42,553 ! 4,272 14,106f 85,204 ■ Cr. 35 Gr. 345 Cr. 429 Cr. 1,065 Or. 420 Cr. 3,156 Or. 55 Parliamentary .. .. .. .. .. •• ■• •• •■ 35 27 - 142 15 > 723 /Courthouses 1,400 4,358 2,018 2,448 5,363 7,209 1,261 7,531 8,387 15,765 19,572 I Cr. 13 Gr. 19 Cr. 13 .. Or. 95 Or. 29 Gr. 16,403 Judicial-! Prisons 30,038 41,740 23,313 26,484 25,279 24,196 22,812 22,359; 12,573 18,814 2,504 1 Cr 800 Or. 2,568 Or. 86 Cr. 908 Cr. 524 \Cr. 321 Cr. 285 Cr. 134 (Police-stations 36,843 22,544 6,298 12,838 18,553 16,594 7,411 5,561 I 6,925 8,442 8,360 Or. 102 Or. 13 Cr. 970 ' Cr. 605 Cr. 319 Cr. 54 * £6,727 previously included under Lands Improvement now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply. f Includes £12,500 expended under Finance Act, 1929, section 32. [Cntd. on page 6