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TABLE No. 2— continued. GENERAL SUMMARY— continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1910-1911 to 1931-32— continued.

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Expenditure. Total Net Description of Serviees. I : , - 1921-22. 1922-23. 1923-24. , 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. 1928-29. j 1929-30. 1930-31. 1931-32. March, 1932. . £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Immigration .. .. .. .. .. .. 247,528 90,611 92,600 136,353 107,521 184,918 67,157 50,266 41,756 33,544 5,265 3,314,905 Gr. 140 Cr. 1,267 Cr. 16 Cr. 443 Cr. 283 Or. 210 Public Works. Departmental .. .. .. .. 128,002 111,367 110,445 127,556 126,596 115,866 130,951 142,252 132,783 131,816 151,377 2,858,296 Or. 525 Or. 131 Cr. 69 Cr. 19 Cr. 129 Gr. 35,948 Gr.13,328 Cr.88,499 fr.51,671 Cr. 16,381 Cr. 33,947 Irrigation and Water-supply* .. .. .. .. 82,713 58,131 95,467 127,995 56,227 56,937 49,735 55,198 69,657 62,614 37,749 1,006,492 Cr. 31 Cr. 2,798 Cr. 8 Railways .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,133,200 2,110,859 1,776,413 1,878,729 1,988,614 1,480,807 1,141,822 1,216,277 1,812,521 1,987,196 952,388 56,899,532 Gr. 751 Cr. 3,171 Gr. 1,167 Cr.37 ,924 Cr. 16,875 Cr. 95,647 Cr. 1,699 Cr. 2,595 Gr. 1,296 Gr. 792 Cr.20,568 Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 150,000 Roads: — Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges .. .. .. 552,895 643,156 751,370 603,968 564,694 575,898 669,833 780,990 1,005,330 1,379,810 1,078,270 Cr. 197 Or. 244 Cr. 188 Cr. 231 Cr. 4,810 Cr. 981 Cr. 540 Cr. 330 Cr. 415 Cr. 472 Cr. 564 Roads to give access to Outlying Districts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33,642 51,582 53,693 91,126 3,940 Roads on Goldfields .. .. .. .. .. 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 Scenery Lands Improvement Account .. ., Total, Roads .. .. .. .. 563,962 647,762 754,049 606,492 563,818 577,147 704,798 833,247 1,060,493 1,475,050 1,081,646 21,416,463 Development of Mining .. .. .. .. .. 2,130 Cr. 98 1,363 .. .. .. .. j .. .. .. .. 831,065 Cr. 51 Gr. 1,785 Cr. 2,310 Cr. 1,130 Cr. 260 Gr. 260 Cr. 260 Purchase of Native Lands .. .. .. .. Cr. 52 .. .. .. .. Cr. 535 Cr. 56 ■ I Native Lands Purchase Account Total, Land Purchases .. .. .. Cr. 52 .. .. .. .. Cr. 535 Cr. 56 .. .. .. ■ ■ 2,061,147 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. .. .. 590,981 512,657 717,409 957,294 931,661 558,042 625,540 624,414 594,383 419,756 249,978 11,180,447 Cr. 11,082 Gr. 32 Public Buildings :— — General (including Miscellaneous) .. .. .. 87,057 113,553 8,160 30,791 29,369 119,864 42,553 4,272 14,106t 85,204 33,189 Or. 35 Gr. 345 Gr. 429 Cr. 1,065 Cr. 420 Gr. 3,156 Gr. 55 Gr. 4,231 Parliamentary .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35 27,142 15,723 37 (Courthouses.. .. .. .. .. 4,358 2,018 2,448 5,363 7,209 1,261 7,531 8,387 15,765 19,572 3,513 Gr. 13 Cr. 19 Cr. 13 .. Cr. 95 Cr. 29 Cr. 16,403 Cr. 529 Judicial ! Prisons .. .. .. .. .. 41.740 23,313 26,484 25,279 24,196 22.812 22,359 12,573 18,814 2,504 2,621 j Cr. 2,568 Cr. 86 Cr. 908 Cr. 524 Cr. 321 Gr. 285 Gr. 134 Gr. 67 V Police-stations .. .. .. .. 22,544 6,298 12,838 18,553 16,594 7,411 5,561 6,925 8,442 8,360 2,535 Or. 102 Cr. 13 Or. 970 Or. 605 Or. 319 Or. 54 Gr. 91 * £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