8.—6.

Table No. 11. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Statement showing the Net Expenditure under Appropriations for the Year ended 31st March, 1935, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1934.

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Vote Year ended Year ended , ~ Slat March, 1935. Slat March, 1934. Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ Public Works, Departmental .. .. 76,486 98,703 .. 22 217 Railway-construction .. .. Or. 29,373 Or. 13,894 .. 15^479 Railways Improvement and Additions to 154,973 146,005 8,968 !. Open Lines Publio Buildings— General .. .. .. .. 30,801 642 30,159 Courthouses ...... 533 72 461 Education Buildings .. ., 51,506 52,239 .. 733 Prison Buildings and Works .. 1,605 1,018 587 Police-stations ... .. .. 2,754 74 2,680 '' Postal and Telegraph .. .. 100,484 21,078 79'406 !! Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. 98,630 73,021 25,609 Health and Hospital Institutions ., 656 1,248 .. 592 Lighthouses .. .. .. 4,020 1,276 2^744 Harbour-works .. .. .. 2,581 11,988 .. 9,407 Development of Tourist Resorts .. 12,880 13,510 .. 630 Roads, &c. .. .. .. .. 371,573 359,671 11,902 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. 135,933 144,160 .. 8,227 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. 82,092 71,825 10,267 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage.. 91,241 66,838 24^403 Swamp Land Drainage .. .. 15,019 13,959 l[060 Plant, Material, and Services .. .. Cr. 10,513 1,421 .. 11.934 Settlement of Unemployed Workers .. 222,309 172,109 50,200 Native Land Settlement .. .. 125,668 179,485 . 53^817 Totals, annual appropriations 1,541,858 Unauthorized— Services not provided for .. .. 122 .. 122 Totals .. .. .. 1,541,980 1,416,448 248,568 123,036 123,036 125,532