D.-i.

TABLE No. 2— continued. GENERAL SUMMARY— continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1918-19 to 1939-40— continued.

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Total Not Expenditure. Description of Services. j Ex {' 0 en 3 f s f re ; j j | ; ; March, 1917. 1918-19. 1919-20. 1920-21. 1921-22. 1922-23. 1923-21. 1924-25. 1925-26. j 1926-27. 1927-28. 1928-29. . j £ £ £ £ £ £!£ £ £ £ I £ £ Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. .. 1,043,691 8,809! 10,187 8,701 15,586 1~702 4,931 27,133 89,670 34,014 39,986 67,652 Cr. 922 i Cr. 463 : Cr. 280 Cr. 580 Or. 33 Or. 751 Cr. 465 Cr. 648 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. .. 259,440 1,620 6,194 19,041 17,996: 5,4,35 27,264 12,343 43,486 31,981 36,673 39,254 Cr. 110 \ Cr. 81 Cr. 516 Cr. 440 Lands Improvement* .. .. .. .. 132,881 J Cr. 4,268 \ 2,964 2,064 17,478! 26,204 18,182 34,172 j 70,493 56,267 72,898 85,861 Cr. 19 Cr. 135 Cr. 2,574 Cr. 87 ! 1 ■ Charges and Expenses of raising Loans .. .. 1,253,076 .. .. 184 174,280 62,399 311,905 241,930 297,180 155,373 100,297 438,238 Cr. 3,811 Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. .. 218,500 .. .. .. .. .. .. ... Coal-exploration and Mine-development .. .. 10,835 .. .. .. j .. .. .. .. .. .. : .. j Thermal Springs .. .. .. .. .. 14,600 .. .. .. .. .. Plant, Material, and Services .. .. .. .. 91,006 20,638 47,682 169,910 122,801 Cr. 4,983 Cr. 49,159 Cr. 30,956 36,930 Cr. 9,334 Or.17, 610 Cr. 6,551 Cr. 31 Cr. 16 Cr. 1 Cr. 855 Cr. 1,992 Cr. 8,985 Cr. 1,224 J | j — ! Motor Transport Service .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22,679 962 5,000 j 4,994 .. .. j Transfer to Main Highways Account: — Construction Fund.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 226,000 1 .. 400,000 200,000 200,000 Toted Ways and Means Credits .. .. .. 11,993 112,864 19,628 11,616 20,127 9,142 40,793 27,474 146,933 40,026 106,429 Grand Total— Net Expenditure .. .. 67,480,712 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 3,870,577 * Expenditure prior to 1901 (totalling £300,930) included under separate class "Roads." [Continued on page 7.