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Summary

Of the net expenditure of £22,287,591 previously mentioned, £19,612,291 may be regarded as having been expended from loan-moneys (£1,648,869 General Purposes Account, £1,186,000 Electric Supply Account, £270,000 Main Highways Account, and £16,507,422 War Expenses Account), the balance—i.e., £2,675,300 — being expended from loan recoveries, revenue, and taxation. The ratio which the various classes bear to the whole is shown below. It should be noted that the figures are gross—that is, before deducting recoveries, which, if deducted, Would detract from the true portrayal of activities: — Roads, including construction and maintenance of £ Per Cent. main highways .. . . .. . . 2,321,731 = 8-23 Hydro-electric (construction and working expenses) 2,150,991 = 762 Railway construction .. .. .. . . 337,528 '= 120 Public buildings, including schools .. .. 682,447 = 2-42 Lands improvement .. .. .. .. 41,939 = 015 Irrigation '. . .. . . .. .. 208,313 = 074 Public buildings, roads, &c. (maintenance) .. 303,249 = 107 Plant, materials, and services, other Departments . . 1,804,202 = 639 Linen-flax development .. .. .. .. 9.10,445 = 323 Miscellaneous . . .. .. .. . 657,505 = 233 Navy, Army, Air, and civil defence expenditure . . 16,507,422 == 58-49 Revenue receipts .. .. .. .. 2,299,186 = 813 £28,224,958 = 100-00

Summary of Votes under the Control of the Minister of Works, and proposed Ways and Means of raising the Necessary Funds, Year ending 31st March, 1944

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Class of Work. hmo^q 8 ' 1942-43. Receipts,* Public Works Department Ordinary Revenue Account— £ Irrigation (receipts for year) .. .. .. .. . . .. 26,100 Miscellaneous receipts for year .. .. . . .. . . .. 55,901 Electric Supply Account (sales of energy, miscellaneous receipts, &c.) : Receipts for year .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,190,278 Main Highways Account (repayment of advances, &c., and interest) : Receipts for year .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26,907 Total receipts .. .. .. .. .. 2,299,186 * Excludes motor-spirits tax, registration fees, &c., collected by other Departments

j Public Works Other r ., f , Department. Departments. ' £ £ £ Gross expenditure .. .. .. 24,807,936 1,117,836 25,925,772 Recoveries and receipts .. .. 5,545,813 391,554 5,937,367

Vote. Loans. Consolidated Special Fund. Kevenue. ' £ £ £ £ Departmental .. .. .. .. 150,000 .. .. 150,000 Railway Construction .. .. .. 275,000 .. ' ,. 275 000 Public Buildings. . .. .. .. 500,000 .. .. 500'000 Lighthouses and Harbour Works .. .. 25,000 .. .. 25 000 Roads .. .. .. .. .. 200,000 .. .. 200^000 Lands-improvement .. . . . . 30,000 .. .. 30 000 Irrigation .. .. .. • .. 230,000 .. .. 230^000 Electric Supply .. .. .. .. 2,299,000 .. 901,000 3,200,000 Main Highways .. .. .. .. 300,000 .. 1,382,200 1,682,200 Housing Construction .. .. .. 3,224,000 .. .. 3,224,000 Soil Conservation and Rivers Control .. 40,000 .. .. 40 000 Maintenance of Public Works and Services .. .. 500,000 .. 500,000 Totals.. .. .. .. 7,273,000 500,000 2,283,200 10,056,200