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Expenditure, 1938-39. Total Net Class of Work. E JPT£ tur f to 31st March, Gross. Recoveries. Net-. 1939. Expenditure, Public Works Fund. Railways— £ £ £ £ New construction .. .. .. .. .. 1,299,134 64,488 1,234,646 41,611,130 Improvements and additions to open lines .. .. 2,653,040 89,604 2,563,436 22,200,208 Roads.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,455,194 164,356 1,290,838 26,317,197* Public buildings .. .. .. .. .. 2,208,510 122,216 2,086,294 16,159,049f Lighthouses, harbour-works, and harbour defences .. .. 37,900 4,050 33,850 1,368,672 Tourist and health resorts .. .. .. .. 24,953 401 24,552 781,636 Telegraph extension .. .. .. .. .. 872,646 296,702 575,944 12,876,634 Departmental .. .. .. .. .. .. 547,939 331,848 216,091 3,596,632 Irrigation, water-supply, and drainage .. .. .. 283,733 119,253 164,481 1,550,381 Lands-improvement .. .. .. .. .. 241,636 1.06,959 134,677 1,251,757 Swamp land drainage .. .. .. .. .. 24,931 19,607 5,324 105,607 Settlement of unemployed workers .. .. .. 526,397 181,713 344,684 1,411,851$ Native-land settlement .. .. .. .. .. 1,166,104 672,408 493,695 1,190,412 Dairy industry loans .. .. .. .. .. 300 .. 300 46,125 Cost and discount, raising loans, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,828,307 Closed accounts (for more detail see Table 1) .. .. .. .. .. 8,120,785 Totals, General Purposes Account .. .. 11,342,417 2,173,605 9,168,812 142,416,383§ Electric Supply Account (previously Aid to Water-power Works Account) —- Construction .. .. .. .. .. 980,389 19,763 960,626 16,383,268|| Working-expenses .. .. .. .. .. 384,203 7,046 377,157 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Account .. .. .. .. 709,7401T Totals, Public Works Fund .. .. .. 12,707,009 2,200,414 10,506,595 159,509,391 Expenditure, other Votes and Accounts. Main Highways Account — Annual appropriation— Construction, reconstruction, and improvements .. 3,040,502 223,912 2,816,589** 12,431,988ft Maintenance, repairs, and renewals .. .. .. 1,632,729 62,483 1,570,246** Administration, plant, and miscellaneous expenditure .. 411,209 31,620 379,589** Interest, fees, and loan redemptions .. .. .. 382,893 .. 382,893** Permanent appropriations (rate subsidies, interest on transfer from Public Works Fund, &c.) .. .. .. 309,963 .. 309,963** Consolidated Fund— Maintenance, public buildings, roads, &c."|J .. .. 231,408 34,887 196,521 Aerodromes and landing-grounds .. .. .. 334,766 205,169 129,597 Plant, material, and miscellaneous .. .. 1,789,317 1,411,169 378,148 Closed accounts (for details see Public Works Statement, 1933) .. .. .. 18,955,387 Employment Promotion Fund (expenditure by Public Works Department): Amounts not included above .. .. 251,747 .. 251,747 Totals, Other votes and accounts .. .. 8,384,534 1,969,240 6,415,293 31,387,375 Grand total of expenditure, Public Works Fund and other votes and accounts for the year ended 31st March, 1939 .. 21,091,543 4,169,654 16,921,888 Capital expenditure to date .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 190,896,766 * Includes £4,500 expended under section 16, subsection (1), Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923. t Excludes expenditure on workers' dwellings totalling £319,918 transferred to State Advances Account; includes £154,488 expended under Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1936, section 32. J Includes £4,865 expended under Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2), section 6. § Does not include expenditure under Ellesmere Land Drainage Act, 1905, or £1.226,000 transferred to and included in Main Highways Construction Fund. || Total capital, excluding suspense items as per accounts in Table No. 5 If Excludes interest and loan charges. ** For annual income and expenditure accounts see Appendix E. ft As per accountsin Appendix E. Excludes transfers to Public Works Fund vote, &c. (£20,020.)

Class of Work. e «n 8 ' 1938—39. Receipts,* Public Works Department. Ordinary Revenue Account— £ Irrigation (receipts for year) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26,140 Miscellaneous receipts for year .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 21,603 Electric Supply Account (sales of energy, miscellaneous receipts, &c.): Receipts for year .. 1,622,457 Main Highways Account (repayment of advances, &c., and interest): Receipts for year .. 33,166 Total receipts .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,703,366 * Excludes motor-spirits tax, registration fees, &c.. collected bv other Departments.