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Prefatory .. .. .. PAGE Receipts of 1903-4 .. .. " " .? Expenditure of 1903-4 '" " Results, 1903-4 "' '" ■ • }}. Publio Works Fund .. ..' .'.' .'.' " " " "? Land for Settlements Account .. .. 1 - U Loans to Local Bodies Account .... - V The Half-million Loan of 1903 . The Public Debt .. .. .. '' "" v Contributions from the Consolidated Fund to the Public Works Fund in aid of Ways and Means .. .. .. _ J Old-age Pensions ..... V " Friendly Societies .. .. .] " " vlu Land-tax and Income-tax .... ' X Valuation of Land Department .... J X Government Advances to Settlers Office .... Stamps Public Health .... ■ ■ .. xi Education .. .. .. " *? Department of Labour .. X ?' Public Trust Office .. .. "" x " The Government Life and Accident Insurance Department ' f!!! State Fire Insurance Department . , .. '■■ Farming Industries .. .. .. Xl ." Crown Lands and Settlement .. .. .. XIV Land for Close Settlement .. Forests and Plantations .. X^ Maori Lands Administration .. X V' Gold-mining.. . .... xvu State Coal-mines "" '" xv " Midland Railway ..'.'.'.'. "" XV !" Railway Construction ...... '' XV "' Natural Water-power for the Transmission of Electrical Energy '' X yj" Extended Boundaries of the Colony Post-Office Savings-Bank ' ■. xix Pacific Cable .. .. ..' '" .. xx Defence .. .. .. .. • • xx Debentures due Ist April and Ist May, 1904 .... XX Agricultural Settlers Increase Population .. New Markets—Expansion of Trade .. "" xx ! Hospitals and Charitable Aid .. .. " "' xx !f Hospitals for the mentally afflicted .. " XX " Inebriates Homes .... " xx ?.' Farms for Social Outcasts .'!.'.' " XX " New Zealand Intercolonial Exhibition .. " xx '" Office of High Commissioner .... " XXI " Estimated Expenditure for 1904-5.. ' * xxlv Estimated Revenue for 1904-5 .. ..' " '' xxv Further Ways and Means for the Public Works Fund ' '" „!}} Conclusion .. "" ..! xxvm