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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT (PUBLIC WORKS FUND). Income amd Expenditure on Capital Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1926. Construction and Improvement of Roads. Expenditure. Income. To Expenditure on construction of, and reinstatement of flood damage By Recoveries on account of expenditure (portion chargeable to capital) to, roads, bridges, &c., including of previous years : —• subsidies to local, bodies and a proportion of general "Departmental" Road districts— £ s. J. administrative expenditure: — Whangarei .. .. .. 35 8 0 Construction. Total. Tauranga .. .. .. 30 0 2 Mood Damage. Stratford ' 7 10 0 Road districts — £ a. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. w Whangarei .. 175,678 2 2 6,153 11 7 181,831 13 9 mT " " " „ Auckland .. 107,640 17 4 4,875 1 5 112,515 18 9 elso " . Tauranga .. 34,964 15 2 460 4 8 35,424 19 10 Creymouth .. .. .. 4,057 16 11 Gisborne.. .. 34,385 410 2,471 8 4 36,856 13 2 Taumarunui ~ 31,960 1 2 1,039 9 3 32,999 10 5 , 4 > wu 1 1 Stratford .. 51,263 19 7 1,978 15 8 53,242 15 3 Balance being excess of capital exNapier .. .. 19,802 6 0 661 9 6 20,463 15 6 pendrture over capital income on tit ir , on ooft ict i oa uoft i roads, &c., transferred to annual Nelson® * 22' 965 1 2 1,724" 9 I 24 >9 10 3 National Development Account 597,295 1 8 Creymouth .. 31,357 11 1 701 3 5 32,058 14 6 Christchurch .. 12,438 11 1 1,925 12 2 14,364 3 3 Dunedin .. 14,608 17 4 1,796 9 1 16,405 6 5 Invercargill .. 19,095 12 10 41 0 0 19,136 12 10 577,047 15 10 23,828 J4 2 600,876 10 0 Advertising tenders, &c. .. .. .. 68 8 6 Compensation for injuries .. .. .. 808 3 8 Engineering surveys.. .. .. .. 16207 £601,915 2 9 £601,915 2 9 Roads and other Works on Goldfieldn and Mineral Lands. Expenditure. \ Income. To Not expenditure on construction of roads, tram- £ s. d. By Balance, being excess of capital expenditure £ a. d. ways, and tracks in mining districts, 011 over capital income for year on goldfields, prospecting-traoks, and on general works, roads, &e., transferred to annual National including a proportion of general "Depart- Development Account .. .. .. 3,698 0 0 mental " administrative expenditure— Auckland district .. .. .. 784 19 6 Nelson district .. .. .. .. 415 4 9 Greymouth district .. .. .. 2,015 13 3 Dunedin district .. .. .. 482 2 6 £3,698 0 0 £3,698 0 0 Construction and Improvement of Harbour-works. Expenditure. Income. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s'. d. To Net expenditure on wharves, jet- By Recoveries on acoount of expenditure of ties, landings, &c., including a previous years — proportion of general " De- Greymouth district .. .. .. 130 15 5 partmental" administrative Balance, being excess of capital expenditure expenditure— over capital income for year on harbourWhangarei district .. .. 996 310 works, &c., transferred to annual National Auckland district .. .. 597 14 0 j Development Account .. .. .. 3,768 19 1 Nelson district .. .. 331 18 10 Greymouth district .. .. 833 13 4 — 2,759 10 0 River navigation — improvements and protective works— Auckland district .. .. 761 10 0 Stratford district .. .. 65 14 2 Greymouth district .. .. 215 16 8 Dunedin district .. .. 97 3 8 — 1,140 4 6 £3,899 14 6 £3,899 14 6

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