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Appropriations for Public Works Services

ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT. Development of Water-power (including New Works and Working-expenses and Maintenance, Salaries, Travelling-expenses, Audit Fees, Exchange on Remittances Abroad, Compensation for Accidents to Workmen and Motor-vehicles, &c., and all other Expenses).

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1938-39. Vote No. 50. —Development of Water-power — £ New Works and Purchase of Materials for Stock . . 1,216,470 Working-expenses and Maintenance .. .. .. 363,530 Geoss Total .. .. .. .. .. 1,580,000 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. 24,000 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. .. 1,556,000 MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. £ £ ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT. VOTE No. 50. Development of Water-power. 1 North Island Scheme— New works and purchases of materials for stock— £ £ Arapuni-Horahora works . . 363,970 Mangahao-W aikaremoana works 450,000 — 813,970 Working-expenses and maintenance — Arapuni-Horahora works .. 87,450 King's Wharf Station, Auckland (half additional net cost of operating and half capital charges) .. .. .. 37,590 Mangahao-Waikaremoana works 79,500 204,540 1,018,510 2 South Island Scheme — New works and purchases of materials for stock— Lake Coleridge-Waitaki works 250,000 Southland works . . . . 150,000 400,000 Working-expenses and maintenance— Lake Coleridge-Waitaki works 101,315 Southland works .. .. 57,475 158,790 558,790 3 Loss of money destroyed by fire at residence of P. Egerton (Southland) . . .. . . .. 5 4 Providing meals for overseas and other special visitors .. 100 5 Surveys and investigations of other schemes .. .. 2,500 6 General expenses not chargeable to any particular work 100 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926— £ New works, &c. .. .. .. 20,000 Working-expenses, &c. .. .. 4,000 24,000 GEOSS Total .. .. .. .. 1,580,005 Amount eequieed foe Cueeent Yeae .. .. 1,580,000 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. 24,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 50 .. .. 1,556,000 TOTAL .... .... .... .... £1,556,000