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TABLE No. 2— continued. GENERAL SUMMARY— continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1911-1912 to 1932-33— continued.

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Expenditure. Tota j jj et Description of Services. — : Expenditure to 31st 1922-23. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. I 1927-2S. 1928-29. 1929-30. 1930-31. 1931-32. 1932-33. March, 1933. £££££ £££ ££££ Immigration .. .. .. .. .. .. 90,611 92,600 136,353 107,521 184,918 67,157 50,266 41,756 33,544 5,265 .. 3,314,323 Or. 140 Cr. 1,267 Gr 16 Or. 443 Cr. 283 Cr. 210 Gr. 583 Public Works. Departmental .. .. .. .. 111,367 110,445 127,556 126,596 115,866 130,951 142,252 132,783 131,816 151,377 104,904 2,910,560 Or. 131 Cr. 69 Cr. 19 Cr. 129 Cr. 35,948 Cr.13,328 Cr.88,499 Cr.51,671 Cr. 16,381 Cr. 33,947 Cr.52,639 Irrigation and Water-supply* .. .. .. .. 58,131 95,467 127,995 56,227 56,937 49,735 55,198 69,657 62,614 37,749 53,290 1,059,686 Cr. 31 Gr. 2,798 Cr. 8 Gr. 96 Railways .. .. .. .. .. 2,110,859 1,776,413 1,878,729 1,988,614 1,480,807 1,141,822 !l,216, 277 1,812,521 1,987,196 952,388 160,853 57,051,329 Gr. 3,171 Cr. 1,167 Cr.37 ,924 Cr. 16,875 Cr. 95,647 Gr. 1,699 I Cr. 2,595 Cr. 1,296 Cr. 792 Cr.20,568 Cr. 9,056 Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 150,000 Roads :— Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges .. .. .. 643,156 751,370! 603,968 564,694 575,898 669,833 j 780,990 1,005,330 1,379,810 !l,078, 270 396,559 Cr. 244 Cr. 188 Cr. 231 Cr. 4,810 Cr. 981 Cr. 540 \Cr. 330 Gr. 415 Cr. 472 \Cr. 564 Cr. 1,171 Roads to give access to Outlying Districts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33,642 I 51,582 53,693 91,126 ! 3,940 Roads on Goldfields .. .. .. .. .. 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 .. I '_ I V 'J_ Total, Roads .. .. .. .. 647,762 754,049 606,492 563,818 577,147 704,798 833,247 1,060,493 1,475,050 1,081,646 395,388 21,811,852 Development of Mining .. .. .. .. .. Cr. 98 1,363 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 831 015 Cr. 1,785 Cr. 2,310 Cr. 1,130 Cr. 260 Or. 260 Cr. 260 Cr. 50 Purchase of Native Lands .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Gr. 535 \ Cr. 56 Native Lands Purchase Account .. .. .. Total, Land Purchases .. ,. .. .. .. .. .. Gr. 535 Cr. 56 .. .. .. .. .. 2,061,147 Settlement of Unemployed Workers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .„ .. .. .. 118 722 118 722 Telegraph Extension .. . .. .. .. 512,657 717,409 957,294 931,661 558,042 625,540 624,414 594,383 419,756 249,978 99,999 11,280,446 Cr. 11,082 Cr. 32 * £6,727 previously included under Lands Improvement now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply.