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TABLE No. 2— continued. GENERAL SUMMARY— continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1917-18 to 1938-39 —continued.

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i Total Net Expenditure. _ . .. . „ I Expenditure Description of Services. 3-^ March, 1917. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. 1920-21. ; 1921-22. 1922-23. 1923-24. 1924-25. 1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. j - j £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Contingent Defence 1,036,977 6,714 8,809 10,187 8,701 15,586 1,702 4,931 27,133 89,670 34,014 39,986 g Cr. 922 Cr. 463 Cr. 280 Cr. 580 Gr. 33 Cr. 751 Cr. 465 ! i 1 Tourist and Health Resorts 258,509 931 1,620 6,194 19,041 17,996 5,435 27,264 12,343 43,486 31,981 36,673 Cr. 110 Cr. 81 Cr. 516 1 ands Improvement* .. .. 131,043 1,838 Cr. 4,268 \ 2,964 2,064 17,478 26,204 18,182 34,172 70,493 56,267 72,898 1 ! Cr. 19 Cr. 135 Cr. 2,574 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans .. .. 1,253,075 1 .. . • 184 174,280 62,399 311,905 241,930 297,180 155,373 100,297 . Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. •• 218,500 .. .. j . . Coal-exploration and Mine-development .. .. 10,835 .. .. .. .. .. .. Thermal Springs . •• •• •• 14,600 .. .. .. •• j Plant Material and Services .. .. .. •• 84,195 6,811 20,638 47,682 169,910 122,801 Cr. 4,983 Cr. 49,159 Cr. 30,956 36,930 Cr. 9,334 Cr. 17,610 ' ' ' Cr. 31 Cr. 16 Cr. 1 Cr. 855 Cr. 1,992 Cr. 8,985 I I i ' ! Motor Transport Service .. .. — •• •• •• ■■ •• •• 22,679 962 5,000 4,994 Transfer to Main Highways Account Construction Fund.. .. .. ... •• I •• j •• •• •• 226,000 400,000 200,000 Total Wavs and Means Credits .. .. .. 43,492 11,993 112,864 19,628 11,616 20,127 9,142 40,793 27,474 146,933 40,026 Grand Total— Net Expenditure .. .. 66,286,782 1,193,930 1,195,489 1,907,850 3,121,132 5,449,351 3,892,320 4,056,423 4,558,570 4,588,111 3,841,126 3,360,638 * Expenditure prior to 1901 (totalling £300,930) included under separate class "Roads." [Continued an page 7.