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HON. MINISTER'S STATEMENT. PAGE Finance Statement: Expenditure, 1940-41, Public Works Fund .. .. .. .. viii Receipts, Public Works Department, 1940-41 .. .. .. .. .. .. viii Summary of Votes under Control of Minister of Public Works for Year ending 31st March, 1942 x Summary of Votes under Control of Ministers other than Minister of Public Works, Year ending 31st March, 1942 .. .. .. .. • • • • • • • • x Main Highways .. .. , .. .. • • • • • • ■ • • • x Hydro-electric Development .. .. .. .. .. ■ • ■ ■ • • xi Railway-construction.. .. .. .. .. • • • • • • ■ • xiv Railways : Improvements and Additions to Open Lines .. .. .. .. ■ ■ xv Road-construction .. .. .. • • • ■ ■ • • • • ■ • • xv i Irrigation and Water-supply .. .. .. .. . • • • ■ • • • xvn Public Buildings — New Departmental Buildings .. .. .. .. . ■ ■ • • • xviii Agriculture .. .. . • • • • • • • • • • • • • xvm Courthouses .. .. .. ■ ■ • • • • • • ■ • ■ ■ XIX Health and Hospital Institutions .. .. .. • • ■ • • • • • x i x Mental Hospitals.. .. .. .. ■ ■ • • • • • • ■ • xix Police-stations .. .. .. ■ • ■ ■ • • • • • • • • xix Post and Telegraph Buildings and Land .. .. .. • • • • • • xx Prisons .. .. .. . • • • • • • • • • • • • • xx Scientific and Industrial Research .. .. .. . • • • • • • • xx Education Buildings .. .. .. .. • ■ • • ■ • • • • • xx i Telegraph Extension .. .. .. • • ■ ■ • • • ■ • • ■ • xxi Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. • • • • • • • • • • xxii Lands Improvement .. .. .. • • • • • • • • ■ • • • xxii Small Farms Development .. .. . • ■ • • • ■ ■ • • ■ • xxiv Swamp Land Drainage .. .. • • • • • • • • • • ■ • xxiv Lighthouses and Harbour Works .. .. . • • • • ■ • • • • xxiv Native Land Settlement .. .. ■ • • • • • • • ■ • • • xxv

TABLES. No. I.—Total Expenditure : Summary showing Total Expenditure out of Public Works Fund 1 No. 2. —Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1919-20 to 1940-41 .. ■ • • • •• •• •• •• .. 2-7 No. 3.—Railway Statement showing Expenditure on Construction of Railways to 31st March, 1941 .. .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 8-10 No. 4.—Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Buildings out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1941 .. . . .. . ■ • • ■ ■ • • • • H N o _ 5, —Electric Supply Account: Statement of Accounts as at 31st March, 1941 .. .. 12-19