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Revenue collected by the Department totalled £2,598,969 for the year, and of this sum £2,438,748 represents the sale of electrical energy and miscellaneous receipts credited to the Electric Supply Account. The balance is made up of irrigation revenue and miscellaneous receipts exclusive of taxation for Main Highways purposes, which is collected by other Departments.

Summary

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Expenditure, 1944-45. Class of Work. r —— Gross, Credits. Net. Expenditure, Public Works Account £ £ £ Public Works, departmental .. .. .. .. 780,646 596,346 184,300 Railway construction .. .. .. .. .. 319,770 52,967 266,803 Housing construction .. .. .. .. .. 4,699,282 253,526 4,445,756 Public buildings .. .. .. .. .. 460,097 50,196 429,901 Education buildings .. .. .. .. .. 477,393 3,605 473,788 Lighthouses and harbour-works .. .. .. .. 8,994 850 8,14-4 Roads, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 129,494 10,959 118,535 Soil conservation and rivers control .. .. .. 102,789 61,049 41,740 Lands, miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 44,462 140 44,322 Irrigation, water-supply, and drainage .. .. .. 544,194 210,148 334,046 Linen-flax development .. .. .. .. .. 516,04-8 584,287 Gr. 68,239 Ministry of Works .. .. .. .. .. 5,398 48 5,350 Totals, Public Works Account .. .. .. 8,088,567 1,824,121 6,264,446 Electric Supply Account — Construction .. .. .. .. .. 2,897,440 97,326 2,800,114 Working-expenses .. .. .. .. .. 738,366 22,183 716,183 3,635,806 119,509 3,516,297 Expenditure, other Votes and Accounts Main Highways' Account — Annual appropriation —■ Construction, reconstruction, and improvements .. 125,007 19,419 105,588 Maintenance, repairs, and renewals .. .. .. 1,640,886 138,364 1,502,522 Administration, plant, and miscellaneous expenditure .. 78,923 59,173 19,750 Interest, fees, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 28,947 .. 28,947 Permanent appropriations (rate subsidies, interest on transfer 230,673 .. 230,673 from Public Works Fund, &c.) Consolidated Fund— Maintenance, public buildings, roads, &c. .. .. 614,777 110,639 504,138 Plant, material, and miscellaneous services .. .. 2,760,367 2,372,890 387,477 Other accounts (expenditure by Public Works Department): 4,760,761 .. 4,760,761 Amounts not included above Totals, other votes and accounts .. .. 10,240,341 2,700,485 7,539,856 Grand total of expenditure, Public Works Account and other 21,964,714 4,644,115 17,320,599 votes and accounts, for the year ended 31st March, 1945 Clasa of Work. ! 1944-45. Receipts,* Public Works Department £ Ordinary Revenue Account— Irrigation (receipts for year) .. .. .. .. .. .. 26,719 Miscellaneous receipts for year .. .. .. .. .. .. 116,980 Electric Supply Account (sales of energy, miscellaneous receipts, &c.) : Receipts 2,438,748 for year Main Highways Account (repayment of advances, &c., and interest) : Receipts for 16,522 year Total receipts .. .. .. .. .. 2,598,969 * Excludes motor-spirits tax, regiatration fees, &e., collected by other Departments.

Public Works Other rr, > Department. Departments. °' a ' £ £ £ Gross expenditure .. .. .. 20,971,273 993,441 21,964,714 Recoveries and receipts .. .. 6,655,192 587,892 7,243,084