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TABLE No. 2—continued. GENERAL SUMMARY —continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1904-1905 to 1926-27—continued.

Expenditure. ! Total JS'etDescri tion of Services ! i j i i i i I 7 ' Expenditure escrip ion o el vices. 1916-17. 1917-18. | 1918-19. | 1919-20. I 1920-21. 1921-22. 1922-23. | 1928-24. j 1924-25. j 1925-26. ' 1926-27. ! March^m Public Buildings —continued. £ £ £ £ j £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ fost and Telegfaph .. .. -• 22,744 | 33,525 26,072 i 66,543; 93,364 112,906 77,211 108,395 65,917 89,865, 86,052 Cr. 560 Cr. 675 Cr. 69 Cr. 210 Cr. 433 Cr. 1,114 Customs .. .. .. .. .. • • • ■ I • • • • I • ■ i • • • • • • • • • • • • Quarantine Stations .. .. .. •• •• I •• •• 35,490 15,529 4,58jl 154 171 284 Mental Hospitals .. .. •• 44,602 ] 26,502 14,640: 18,277 27,368 41,838 13,852 26,541 68,438 77,835 ; 68,635 | j Cr. 283 | Public Health .. .. .. .. I •• | •• •• | • • | •• •• •• •• •• ! Health and Hospital Institutions .. .. .. 7,570 | 4,080 2,332 8,484 4,099 j 26,131 20,981 7,420 27,951 31,177 15,840 Cr. 1,399 Cr. 300 School Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 70,367 63,082 115,656 j 195,500 ! 244,722 2,469 Cr. 9,255 Cr. 367 Cr. 1,090 Cr. 905 Cr. 1,050 Cr. 7,953 Agricultural .. .. .. .. .. 3,046 5,685 ! 4,229 j 7,227 ! 9,345 1,115 514 282 3,242 7,932 4,164 Cr. 27 Cr. 171 Cr. 686 Cr. 865 Cr. 310 Workers' Dwellings.. .. .. .. .. 35,437 J 15,505 j 7,293 26,674 ; .. .. .. .. Total, Public Buildings .. .. .. 256,131 214,221 235,846 j 469,195 500,851 334,809 255,818 188,910 243,877 280,780 315,299 9,920,287 Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour-defsaees :— Lighthouses .. .. .. .. .. 449 561 I 1,663 1 253 758 16,350 3,260 4,473 2,850 5,690 5,758 Cr. 750 Harbour-works .. .. .. .. .. 2,280 2,359 j 3,729 3,245 4,080 2,424 6,524 6,334 423 3,717 13,263 Cr. 131 Cr. 204 Harbour-defences .. .. .. .. .. 1,038 ( 56 Cr. 1,235 Cr. 16 - Total, Lighthouses, &c. .. .. .. 3,767 2,976 5,392 3,498 4,838 18,774 8,549 10,791 3,273 8,526 18,817 1,225.509 Kates on Native Lands .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• 68,672 Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. .. 9,742 j 6,714 8,809 10,187 8,701 15,586 1,702 " 4,931 27,133 89,670 34,014 1,241,395 Cr. 922 Cr. 463 Cr. 280 Cr. 580 Cr. 33 Cr. 751 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. .. 1,094 931 I 1,620 6,194 19,041 17,996 27,264 12,343 43,486 31,981 ~~424,60(T Cr. 110 Cr. 81 Lands Improvement* .. .. .. .. .. \ Cr. 2,731 j 1,838 I Cr. 4,268 I 2,964 2,064 17,478 26,204 18,182 34,172 70,493 56,267 356,283 Cr. 19 Cr. 135 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans .. .. .. 35 1 .. .. 184 174,280 62,399 311,905 241,930 297,180 155,373 2,496,325 Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• .. .. .. .. .. •• .. 218,500 Coal-exploration and Mine-development.. .. .... .... .. .. .. .. .. • • .. 10 835 Thermal Springs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. -■ .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,600 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. .. .. 9,778 j 6,811 | 20,638 47,682 169,910 106,432 Cr. 19,708 Cr. 52,788 .. 34,471 ! Cr. 24,148 358,492 Cr. 31 J Cr. 12,230 Gr. 751 j Cr. 1,992 Quarries (acquisition and operation) .. .. .. ., .. .. .. .. .. ... 1,815 12,351 6,302 | 20,468 Timber-supply and Sawmills for Public Works Department 77 7. 77 77 7. 167369 14 725 3,613 Cr. 20,537 Cr. 9,892 8,512 | 12,686 Cr. 104 Motor Transport Service .. ... .. .. _ .. 22,679 962 5,000 4,994 .. 33,635 Transfer to Main Highways Account: — 1 j Construction Fund .. .. .. .. .. .. . . , . .. .. .. .. 226,000 •• 400,000 j 626,000 Total Ways and Means Credits .. .. 5,713 43,492 \ 11,993 112,864 19,627 11,616 20.127 61,914 73,559 27,474 146,933 | .. ___ Grand Total— Net Expenditure .. 1,502,588 1,237,422 jl,207, 482 2,020,714 3,121,131 3,449,351 3,892,320 4,056,423 4,632,134 14,615,585 3,988,059 101,091,084 * Expenditure on Irrigation and Water-supply —1905-6, £22 ; 1906-7, £750; 1907-8, £1,554; 1908-9, £1,966; 1909-10, £2,435, now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply.