STATEMENT showing the NET ISSUES from the PUBLIC WORKS FUND for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1927, compared with the Sums voted under the Appropriation Act, 1926.

B.— 1 [Pt. I

PUBLIC] ACCOUNTS, 1 926-1927.

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(Under Section 86 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) rf i Crkdits-in-Aid • w a Credits- Crewts-zn-Aii. I Credits-in-Axd' & „„ . Net Amount Issued in „ received in ! received t? 1 1 J 1 ' VOTED AND EXPENDITURE. ' UNISSUED. EXCESS. ' ' EXCESS OF | UNDER THE > RECEIVED. VOTED. ESTIMATE.* ! ESTIMATE.f General Purposes Account. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. 42 Public Works, Departmental .. 223,536 3 5 97,864 0 0 125,672 3 5 138,301 0 0 12,628 16 7 .. 97,864 10,228 11 11 43 Railway-construction .. .. 1,181,919 1 6 85,550 14 7 1,096,368 6 11 1,265,470 0 0 169,101 13 1 .. 151,000 .. 65,449 5 5 44 Additions to Open Lines .. .. 386,940 19 5 2,501 17 9 384,439 1 8 562,000 0 0 177,560 18 4 .. 25,000 .. 22,498 2 3 Public Buildings :— 45 General .. .. .. 120,419 14 10 300 0 0 120,119 14 10 173,000 0 0 52,880 5 2 .. 300 255 17 4 46 Courthouses .. .. .. 1,260 15 4 .. 1,260 15 4 8,000 0 0 6,739 4 8 .. 100 .. j 100 0 0 47 Prison Buildings and Works .. 23,974 0 1 1,000 0 0 22,974 0 1 31,600 0 0 8,625 19 11 .. 1,000 162 3 4 48 Police-stations .. .. .. 7,410 12 4 .. 7,410 12 4 14,000 0 0 6,589 7 8 .. 500 .. 500 0 0 49 Postal and Telegraph .. .. 87,148 3 10 500 0 0 86,648 3 10 137,000 0 0 50,351 16 2 .. 500 j 595 14 8 50 Agricultural .. .. .. 4,165 12 7 2 0 0 4,163.12 7 9,000 0 0 4,836 7 5 .. 100 .. 98 0 0 51 Mental Hospital Buildings .. 68,661 8 0 26 6 8 68,635 1 4 110,000 0 0 41,364 18 8 .. 1,000 .. 973 13 4 52 Health and Hospital Institutions .. 29,091 7 3 1,500 0 0 27,591 7 3 37,000 0 0 9,408 12 9 .. 1,500 11,751 2 0 53 Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c. .. 20,961 8 4 12,449 16 0 8,511 12 4 15,000 0 0 6,488 7 8 .. 20,000 i .. 7,550 4 0 54 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries 48,442 15 11 38,000 0 0 10,442 15 11 25,000 0 0 14,557 4 1 .. 38,000 4,140 18 8 55 Lighthouses .. .. .. 5,759 3 8 0 15 8 5,758 8 0' 13,000 0 0 7,241 12 0 .. 250 .. 249 4 4 56 Harbour-works .. .. .. 13,483 19 10 221 11 6 13,262 8 4 11,650 0 0 .. 1,612 8 4 250 .. | 28 8 6 57 Development of Tourist Resorts .. 32,629 11 0 ! 648 16 3 31,980 14 9 35,000 0 0 3,019 5 3 .. 2,000 .. 1,351 3 9 58 Department of Immigration .. 401,274 8 2 | 216,356 2 4 184,918 5 10 275,000 0 0 90,081 14 2 .. 296,712 .. 80,355 17 8 59 | Roads, &c. .. .. .. 612,695 16 9 1 34,700 0 0 577,995 16 9 657,350 0 0 79,354 3 3 .. 34,700 2,865 0 2 60 ! Roads on Goldfields .. .. 2,230 2 0 .. 2,230 2 0 4,600 0 0 2,369 18 0 .. 300 .. 300 0 0 61 | Telegraph Extension .. .. 662,642 13 1 104,601 7 5 558,041 5 8 765,000 0 0 206,958 14 4 .. 150,000 j .. 45,398 12 7 62 Contingent Defence .. .. 34,220 8 7 .. 34,220 8 7 50,000 0 0 15,779 11 5 .. .. 206 2 1 63 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. 57,244 17 10 977 10 4 56,267 7 6 105,000 0 0 48,732 12 6 .. 8,000 .. 7,022 9 8 64 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage 59,451 18 4 2,515 2 5 56,936 15 11 75,000 0 0 18,063 4 1 .. 4,000 .. 1,484 17 7 65 Plant, Material, and Stores .. 54,407 2 5 78,555 3 6 Or. 24,148 1 1 40,000 0 0 64,148 1 1 .. 125,000 .. 46,444 16 6 66 Transfer to Main Highways Account 400,000 0 0, .. 400,000 0 0 400,000 0 0 Construction Fund Services not provided for .. .. 2,601 14 6 1,412 4 1 1,189 10 5 .. .. 1,189 10 5 Total .. .. .. 4,542,573 19 0 679,683 8 6 3,862,890 10 6 4,956,971 0 0 1,096,882 8 3 2,80118 9 958.076 ; 30,205 10 2 279,804 15 7 Electric Supply Account. 67 Development of Water-power .. 1,158,329 0 8; 28,316 2 0 1,130,012 18 8 1,371,000 0 0 240,987 1 4 .. 40,000 .. 11,683 18 ol .; Services not provided for .. .. 45 11 10 45 11 10 .. .. .. .. ... * These credits hayr not been appropriated, nnrl are not available for expenditure except under the provisions of section 51, subsection (3), of tlie Public Revenues Act, 1926. t These are the amounts shown in column 4 of the Schedule to the Appropriation Act, and are voted only to the extent to which they are actually received.