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TABLE No. 2—continued. GENERAL SUMMARY— continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1916-17 to 1937-38— continued.

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Total Net Expenditure. Description of Services. Ex P™'-j' s t t ,lre ■ : ( March, 1916. 1916-17. 1917-18. : 1918-19. 1919-20. 1920-21. 1921-22. 1922-23. 1923-24. , 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27 I i | | - .. , _ . £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ I £ £ £ £ Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. .. 1,027,235 9,742 6,714 8,809 10,187 8,701 15,586 1,702 4,931 27,133 89,670 34 014 Or. 922 Cr. 463 Cr. 280 Or. 580 Cr. 33 Cr. ' 751 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. .. i 257,415 1,094 931 1,620 6,194 19,041 17,996 5,435 27,264 12,343 43,486 31 981 Or. 110 Cr. 81 Lands Improvement* .. .. .. .. 133,774 Cr. 2,731 1,838 | Cr. 4,268 2,964 2,064 17.478 26,204 18,182 34,172 70,493 56,267 Cr. 19 Cr. ' 135 Charges and Expenses of raising T.oans .. .. 1,253,040 35; 1 I 184 174,280 62,399 311,905 241,930 297,180 155,373 - - — - - . - ■ Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. .. 218,500 .. .. .. .. j : | ~ ~~ Coal-exploration and Mine-development .. .. 10,835 ! Thermal Springs . .. .. .. .. 14,600 Plant, Material, and Services .. .. .. .. 74,417 9,778 6,811 20,638 47,682 169,910 122,801 Cr. 4,983 Cr. 49,1-59 Cr. 30,956 36,930 Cr. 9,334 Or. 31 Or. 16 Cr. 1 Cr. 855 Cr. 1,992 Motor Transport Service .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. 22,679 962 5,000 4,994 Transfer to Main Highways Account: — Construction Fund .. .. .. .. | .. 226,000 .. 400,000 Total Ways and Means Credits .. .. | 3,713 43,492 11,993 112,864 19,628 \ 11,616 20,127 9 142 40 793 27 474 146 933 Grand Total— Net Expenditure .. .. 64,797,996 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 4,588411 3,84M26 * Expenditure prior to 1901 (totalling £300,930) included under separate class " Roads." [Continued on page 7.