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Table No. 12. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Statement showing the Net Expenditure under Appropriations for the Year ended 31st March, 1933, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1932.

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I VntCk Year ended Year ended T „ Vote . 31st March, 1933. 31st March, 1932. Increase. Decrease. I £ £ £ £ Public Works, Departmental .. .. 104,904 151,376 .. 46,472 Railway-construction .. .. 69,603 590,543 .. 520,940 Railways Improvement and Additions to ! 91,250 361,845 .. 270,595 Open Lines Public Buildings— General .. .. .. .. 2,107 33,226 .. 31,119 Courthouses .. .. .. 970 3,513 .. 2,543 Education Buildings .. .. 52,623 259,149 .. 206,526 Prison Buildings and Works .. 2,026 2,621 .. 595 Police-stations .. .. .. 1,022 2,535 .. 1,513 Postal and Telegraph .. .. 2,763 104,505 101,742 Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. 28,756 45,938 17,182 Health and Hospital Institutions .. 300 3,316 .. 3,016 Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c. .. 21 2,012 1,991 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries .. Or. 3,780 107 .. 3,887 Lighthouses .. .. .. 688 5,046 .. 4,358 Harbour-works .. .. .. Or. 5,277 6,987 .. 12,264 Development of Tourist Resorts .. 14,454 87,609 .. 73,155 Department of Immigration .. .. .. 5,266 .. 5,266 Roads, cic. .. .. .. .. ! 396,559 1,078,270 .. 681,711 Roads to give Access to Outlying Districts | .. 3,940 .. 3,940 j Telegraph Extension .. • .. .. 99,999 249,978 .. 149,979 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. I 38,906 38,900 6 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage.. I 53,290 37,749 15,541 Swamp Land Drainage .. .. 14,807 .. 14,807 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. Or. 41,704 Or. 105,690 63,986 Settlement of Unemployed Workers .. 118,722 118,722 213,062 [ 2,138,794 213,062 i ; ! Totals .. .. .. 1,043,009 2,968,741 .. 1,925,732