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TABLE No. 1. Summary showing the Total Expenditure on Public Works and other Services out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account) to 31st March, 1939, and the Liabilities on that Date.

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Number J Total ! Expenditure Recoveries Total Total rr n i i i „ r , Net Exnenditure rr„„i on Account of Net Expenditure Liabilities on Net Expenditure __ , w orts- to We L Services to 31st March, 1939. ind Works. Details 31st March, 1938. 31 st March 1939 of Previous Years. 31st March, 1939. Liabilities. £ £ £ £ £ £ 3 Railways*.. .. .. 60,013,256 3,798,083 .. 63,811,339 84,866 63,896,205 Railways.* Roadsf .. .. .. .. 25,026,359 1,290,838 68 26,317,129 114,740 26,431,869 Roads.f 4 Public buildings} .. .. .. 13,978,530 2,180,518 13,331 16,145,717 193,910 16,339,627 Public buildings.} Telegraphs .. .. .. 12,300,690 575,944 .. 12,876,634 15,786 12,892,420 Telegraphs. Departmental .. .. .. 3,380,541 216,091 177 3,596,455 8,199 3,604,654 Departmental. Charges and expenses of raising loans 3,828,307 .. .. 3,828,307 .. 3,828,307 Charges and expenses of raising loans. Lighthouses, harbour- works, and har- 1,334,822 33,850 200 1,368,472 1,262 1,369,734 Lighthouses, harbour-works, and harbour bour defences defences. Irrigation and water-supply§ .. 1,385,900 164,481 32 1,550,349 26,276 1,576,625 Irrigation and water- supply .§ Lands improvement 11 .. .. 1,162,905 134,977 4,415 1,293,467 16,405 1,309,872 Lands improvement.il Tourist and health resorts .. .. 757,084 24,552 .. 781,636 2,693 784,329 Tourist and health resorts. Settlement of unemployed workers .. 1,067,167 344,684 .. 1,411,851 9,781 1,421,632 Settlement of unemployed workers.^) Swamp land drainage .. .. 100,283 5,324 2,598 103,009 80 103,089 Swamp land drainage. Native land settlement .. .. 696,717 493,695 3,387 1,187,025 54,076 1,241,101 Native land settlement. 125,032,561 9,263,037 24,208 134,271,390 528,074 134,799,464 Closed accounts :— Closed accounts :— Immigration .. .. .. 3,312,769 .. 108 3,312,661 .. 3,312,661 Immigration. Purchase of Native lands .. .. 2,054,024 .. .. 2,054,024 .. 2,054,024 Purchase of Native lands. Defence .. .. .. 1,401,040 .. 11,552 1,389,488 .. 1,389,488 Defence. | Development of mining .. .. j 830,855 .. .. 830,855 .. 830,855 Development of mining. 11 of 1877 i Aiding works on Thames goldfields 48,859 . . .. 48,859 .. 48,859 Aiding works on Thames goldfields. Plant, material, and services .. 139,344 .. 688 138,656 .. 138,656 Plant, material, and services. Interest and sinking fund .. .. 218,500 .. .. 218,500 .. 218,500 Interest and sinking fund. Rates on Native lands .. .. 68,672 .. .. 68,672 .. 68,672 Rates on Native lands. Motor transport services .. .. 33,635 .. .. 33,635 .. 33,635 Motor transport services. Thermal springs .. .. .. 14,600 .. .. 14,600 .. 14,600 Thermal springs. 10 of 1878 Coal-exploration and mine-develop- 10,835 .. .. 10,835 .. 10,835 Coal-exploration and mine-develop-ment ment. 8,133,133 .. 12,348 8,120,785 .. 8,120,785 Transfer to Main Highways Account, 1,226,000 .. j .. 1,226,000 .. 1,226,000 Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction Fund Construction Fund. Totals .. .. .. 134,391,694 9,263,037 36,556 143,618,175 528,074 144,146,249 Totals. * Does not include expenditure on Hutt Railway and Road Improvement, Wellington-Manawatu Purchase, and Railways Improvement Accounts. Includes £150,000 paid to Midland Railway bondholders. f Includes £4,500 expended under section 16 (1), Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923. {Includes £12,500 expended under Finance Act, 1929, section 32. Includes £154,488 expended under Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1936, section 32. § Includes £115,000 previously expended under Irrigation and Water-supply Account, 1911-12 to 1915-16 and part 1917-18, now included in Public Works Fund ; also £6,727 previously expended on irrigation under Lands Improvement now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supplv. (1 £6.727 previously expended on irrigation under this item now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply; does not include £300,930 expended and included under Roads Class. Includes £46,125 advanced on account of Dairy Industry Loans. Includes £4,865 expended under Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2), section 6.