D —1.

In addition, the Department collected £2,042,896 for the supply of electric energy, irrigation receipts, and miscellaneous revenue from other sources.

* 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. { 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, or £122,500 exchange on remittances beyond the Dominion. || Total capital excluding suspense items as per accounts in Tabic No. 5. 1J Excludes transfers to Public Works Fund vote, &o. (£30,000.) a Includes previous vote "Settlement of Unemployed Workers." b For annual income and expenditure accounts see Appendix E. c As per accounts in Appendix E. d Excludes interest and loan charges.

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Expenditure, 1940-41. Total Net ,,, „ , ISxpenditure to Class of Work. 3 f st Maroh> Gross. Recoveries. Net. 1941. Expenditure, Public Works Fund. Railways — £ £ £ £ New construction .. .. .. .. .. 945,908 87,976 857,932 43,647,338 Improvements and additions to open lines .. .. 1,119,202 47,042 1,072,160 26,259,008 Roads.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 650,560 51,547 599,013 28,040,362* Public buildings .. .. .. .. .. 1,478,008 35,577 1,442,431 19,336,8321 Lighthouses, harbour-works, and harbour defences .. .. 35,413 1,059 34,354 1,425,345 Tourist and health resorts .. .. .. .. 23,634 2,059 21,575 828,103 Telegraph extension .. .. .. .. .. 531,280 275,226 256,054 13,549,466 Departmental .. .. .. .. .. .. 587,583 537,604 49,979 3,794,004 Irrigation, water-supply, and drainage .. .. .. 672,309 61,271 611,038 2,577,805 Lands-improvement .. .. .. .. ; 267,031 24,073 242,958 1,651,845 Swamp-land drainage .. .. .. .. .. 13,184 9,237 3,947 109,512 Small farms development .. .. .. .. 828,349 257,134 571,215 2,429,824Ja Native-land settlement .. .. .. .. .. 1,011,010 772,427 238,583 1,778,203 Dairy industry loans .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 46,125 Linen-flax development .. .. .. .. .. 245,997 20 245,977 245,977 Cost and discount, raising loans, &c. .. .. .. 32,911 .. 32,911 3,998,827 Closed accounts (for more detail see Table 1) .. .. .. .. .. 8,116,740 Totals, General Purposes Account .. .. 8,442,379 2,162,252 6,280,127 157,835,31 § Electric Supply Account (previously Aid to Water-power Works Account)— Construction .. .. .. .. .. 1,761,043 57,000 1,704,043 19,211,465!! Working-expenses .. .. .. .. .. 610,721 10,432 600,289 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Account .. .. .. .. 709,740^ Totals, Public Works Fund .. .. .. 10,814,143 2,229,684 8,584,459 177,756,521 Expenditure, other Votes and Accounts. Main Highways AccountAnnual appropriation— £ £ £ £ Construction, reconstruction, and improvements .. 1,668,346 140,570 1,527,7766 16,969, 725o Maintenance, repairs, and renewals .. .. .. 1,429,075 139,305 1,289,7706 Administration, plant, and miscellaneous expenditure .. 238,459 65,088 .173,3716 Interest, fees, and loan redemptions .. .. .. 530,365 .. 530,3656 Permanent appropriations (rate subsidies, interest on transfer from Public Works Fund, &c.) 316,826 2,183 314,6436 Consolidated Fund — Maintenance, public buildings, roads, .. .. 456,290 55,136 401,154 Plant, material, and miscellaneous .. .. 4,860,098 4,685,555 174,543 Closed accounts (for details see Public Works Statement, 1933) .. .. .. 18,955,387 Labour Department (expenditure by Public Works Department): Amounts not included above .. .. .. 13,927 .. 13,927 Totals, Other votes and accounts .. .. 9,513,386 5,087,837 4,425,549 35,925,112 Grand total of expenditure, Public Works Fund and other votes and accounts for the year ended 31st March, 1940 .. 20,327,529 7,317,521 13,010,008 Capital expenditure to date .. .. .. .. .. .. . 213,681,633

/-n-i r ttt i Recoveries, Class of Work. | 1940-41 Receipts,* Public Works Department. Ordinary Revenue Account — £ Irrigation (receipts for year) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27,267 Miscellaneous receipts for year .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24,397 Electric Supply Account (sales of energy, miscellaneous receipts, &c.): Receipts for year .. 1,956,183 Main Highways Account (repayment of advances, &c., and interest): Receipts for year .. 35,049 Total receipts .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,042,896 * Excludes motor-spirits tax, registration fees, &c., collected by other Departments.