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TABLE No. 2—continued. GENERAL SUMMARY-continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1905-1906 to 1926-27—continued.

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I Total Net Expenditure. i Description of Services. "gist 1 ™ ® Cr ~ ——" —' ! j March, 1905. 1905-6. 1906-7. 1907-8. j 1908-9. 1909-10. 1910-11. 1911-12. 1912-13. 1913-14. 1914-15. 1915-16. Public Buildings —continued. ££££££££££££ Post and Telegraph .. .. .. .. .. 402,298 38,419 43,918 43,724 62,262 68,574 117,815 130,815 122,999 78,815 60,838 35,258 Customs .. .. .. .. .. .. 38,335 7,903 414 47 2,507 233 Quarantine Stations .. .. .. .. .. 6,865 Mental Hospitals .. .. .. .. .. 517,523 16,235 8,049 7,987 15,296 19,839 12,707 8,809 46,181 26,001 53,996 54,898 Gr. 15 Public Health .. .. .. .. .. 10,580 7,926 1,765 7,497 4,402 319 .. .. 376 Health and Hospital Institutions .. .. .. 64,719 4,786 10,259 15,576 11,153 7,259 1,484 12,745 8,750 1,435 998 1,426 School Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 1,275,567 69,223 109,459 100,197 102,340 98,103 124,926 90,535 105,000 121,954 122,940 97,972 Agricultural .. .. .. .. .. 11,493 2,618 2,707 1,690 5,543 6,103 1,160 3,684 6,475 4,398 2,428 2,972 Or. 34 Workers' Dwellings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22,644 46,455 41,741 68,275 55,893 Total, Public Buildings .. .. .. 3,186,224 165,311 227,026 226,035 285,521 277,157 324,668 350,090 445,192 369,600 431,966 335,759 Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour-defences ;— Lighthouses.. .. .. .. .. 161,893 962 .. 1,417 7,481 6,762 1,470 5,428 9,031 5,174 3,887' 1,415 Harbour-works .. .. .. .. 327,609 2,684 2,963 2,867 4,439 4,548 4,092 6,004 7,415 3,346 12,563 9,355 Gr. 1,462 Harbour-defences .. .. .. .. .. 518,705 1,300 1,541 2,579 7,297 5,372 2,865 1,144 339 539 681 2,903 Cr. 300 Total, Lighthouses, &c. .. .. .. 1,008,207 4,946 4,504 6,863 19,217 16,682 8,427 12,576 16,785 7,297 17,131 13,673 Rates on Native Lands .. .. ... . .. 66,565 548 695 j 837 27 J Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. .. 819,151 35,569 14,874 | 18,574 10,766 i 4,977 6,071 10,437 23,790 30,186 15,221 37,619 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. .. 55,360 15,888 42,271 45,048 24,286 1 14,507 5,912 13.361 12,906 14,989 8,232 5,167 Cr. 12 Gr. 500 Lands Improvement* .. .. .. .. .. 8,357 1,052 5,605 9,561 19,542 6,910 11,125 20,394 22,550 10,269 13,810 5,936 Gr. 383 Gr. 432 Gr. 522 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans .. .. .. 1,249,068 236 Or. 5,175 Or. 8,487 575 17,715 66,367 67,470 72,950 105,449 35,495 5,037 Gr. 12,000 Gr. 66,392 Gr. 66,954 Gr. 71,681 Cr. 96,741 Or. 34,865 Cr. 5,030 Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. .. 218,500 .. .. .. .. j Coal-exploration and Mine-development .. .. .. 10,835 .. .. .. .. .. .. — , Thermal Springs . .. .. .. ., 14,600 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74,418 Total Ways and Means Credits .. .. .. .. 5,175 8,487 .. .. .. 10,530 103,524 105,792 43,400 11,160 Grand Total— Net Expenditure .. .. 41,062,709 1,730,686 2,035,144 1,909,688 2,183,245 2,022,876 1,891,918 2,190,731 3,362,654 2,455,066 2,597,109 2,363,658 * For previous expenditure see Roads Class. [Continued on page 5.