D.—l.

TABLE No. 2— continued. GENERAL SUMMARY-continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1914-15 to 1935-36— continued.

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Total Net Expenditure. Description of Services. 1 : March, 1914. 1914-15. ' 1915-16. 1916-17. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. 1920-21. 1921-22. 1922-23. 1923-24. 1924-25. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. .. 974,394 15,221 37,619 9.742 6,714 8,809 10,187 8,701 15,586 1,702 4,931 27,133 Cr. 922 Cr. 463 Cr. 280 Or. 380 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. .. 244,528 8,232 5,167 1.094 931 1,620 6.194 19,041 17,996 5,435 27,264 12,343 Cr. 12 Cr. 500 Or. 110 Gr. 81 Lands Improvement* .. .. .. 114,550 13,810 5,936 Gr. 2,731 1,838 t Cr. 4,268 2,964 2,064 17,478 26,204 18,182 34,172 Cr. 522 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans .. j 1,252,403 35,495 ! 5,037 I 35 1 .... 184 174,280 I 62,399 311,905 241,930 Cr. 34,865 Cr. 5,030 Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. .. 218,500 Coal-exploration and Mine-development .. .. 10,835 Thermal Springs .. .. .. .. .. 14,600 .. .. .. .. • • • • • • ■ ■ Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. .. .. .. .. 74,418 9,778 6,811 20,638 47,682 169,910 122,801 Cr. 4,983 Cr. 49,159 Cr. 30,956 Or. 31 Cr. 16 Cr. 1 Motor Transport Service .. .. .. .. .. .. • • .. •. ! • • • • • • • • 22,679 962 5,000 Transfer to Main Highways Account: — I Construction Fund.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• | •• "I ' Total Ways and Means Credits .. .. .. 42,770 11,160 5,713 43,492 11,993 112,864 19,628 11,616 20,127 9,142 40,793 Grand Total— Net Expenditure .. ., 59,837,229 2,597,109 2,363,658 1,488,786 1,193,930 1,195,489 1,907,850 3,121,132 5,449,351 3,892,320 |4,056, 423 4,558,570 * Expenditure prior to 1901 (totalling £300,930) included under separate class " Roads." [Continued on page 8.