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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1928-1929

STATEMENT showing the ISSUES from the PUBLIC WORKS FUND for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1929, compared with the Sums voted under the Appropriation Act, 1928.

(Under Section 86 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.) Amount voted. . Credits- Credits-in-Aid : riimT - a £ ; ; Amount Issued in in-Aid received in I OBEDI S - IN - AID 5 . tt I Credits-in-Aid n , endi . Unissued. Excess. Estima- Excess of ; BST1MATED BTJT > Annual Vote. ; voted. , Iotad voted. ted _, . EsTIMATB f not received. General Purposes Account. £ s. d. 1 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. 41 Public Works, Departmental .. 139,265 0 0 122,866 11 6 262,131 11 6 265,042 10 1 .. 2,910 18 7 156,207 .. 33,340 8 6 42 Railway-construction .. .. 1,484,000 0 01 78,649 18 7 1,562,649 18 7 1,081.521 13 4 481,128 5 3 .. 80,000 .. 1,350 I 5 43 Additions to Open Lines .. .. 400,000 0 0 196,882 0 4 596,882 0 4 410,287 2 7 186,594 .17 9 ! .. 200,000 .. 3,117 19 8 Public Buildings :— 44 General .. .. .. 11,000 0 0 128 0 0 11.128 0 0 4,435 6 9 6,692 13 3 .. 500 .. 372 0 0 45 Courthouses .. .. .. 15,000 0 0; .. 15,000 0 0 8,387 2 1 6,612 17 11 .. 100 .. 100 0 0 46 Prison Buildings and Works .. 25,500 0 0' 246 6 4 25,746 6 4 12,818 12 3 12,927 14 ! .. 500 .. 253 13 8 47 Police-stations .. .. .. 10,200 0 0 .. 10,200 0 0 6,925 4 0 3,274 16 0 .. 100 .. 100 0 0 48 Postal and Telegraph .. .. 105,783 0 0 40 6 5 105,823 6 5 62,126 15 7 43,696 10 10 .. 500 .. 459 13 7 49 Agricultural .. .. . • 3,950 0 0 36 7 2 3.986 7 2 2,843 18 9 1,142 8 5 .. 50 .. 13 12 10 50 Mental Hospital Buildings .. 125,000 0 0 148 15 3 125,148 15 3 96,930 18 0 28,217 17 3 .. 500 .. 351 4 9 51 Health and Hospital Institutions .. 21.500 0 0 1,618 3 11 23,118 3 li 21,255 8 1 1,862 15 10 .. 3,000 >. 1,381 16 1 52 Timber-supply and Sawmills, &c., for 15,000 0 0 12,975 4 4 27,975 4 4 7,859 19 6 20,115 4 10 .. 15,000 .. 2,024 15 8 Public Works Department 53 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries | 20,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 50,000 0 0 31,184 0 8 18,815 39 4 .. 30,000 7,213 18 4 for Public Works Department 54 Lighthouses .. .. , 9,500 0 0 71 13 3 9,571 13 3 2,709 3 7 6,862 9 8 .. 200 .. 128 6 9 55 Harbour/- works .. .. .. 16,200 0 0 1,000 0 0 17,200 0 0; 16,009 19 11 1,190 0 1 .. 1,000 584 18 0 56 Development of Tourist Resorts .. 40,500 0 0 2,200 0 0 42.700 0 0: 41,730 7 2 969 12 10 .. 2,200 276 10 3 57 Department of Immigration .. 75,000 0 0 55,867 3 11 130,867 3 11 ! 106.133 10 I 24.733 13 10 .. 107,122 .. 51,254 16 1 58 Roads, &c. .. .. •• 956,000 0 OJ 123,929 11 10 1,079,929 11 10 904,919 11 4 175,010 0 6 .. 140,000 .. 16,070 8 2 59 Roads to give Access to Outlying 55,000 0 0 162 2 6 55,162 2 6 51.744 5 1 3,417 17 5 .. 5,000 .. 4,837 17 6 Districts 60 Roads on Goldfields .. .. 3,500 0 0 .. 3,500 0 0| 1,005 3 4 2,494 16 8 .. 100 .. 100 0 0 61 Telegraph Extension .. .. 650.000 0 0 60,000 0 0 710,000 0 0 686.131 3 11 23,868 16 1 .. 60,000: 1,717 3 3 62 Contingent Defence .. .. 50,000 0 0 .. 50,000 0 0 | 68,129 4 2 .. 18,129 4 2§ .. 476 18 11§ 63 Lands. Miscellaneous .. .. 115,000 0 0 1,638 5 11 116,638 5 11 ! 87,499 9 6 29,138 16 5 .. 4,000 i .. 2,361 14 1 64 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage 75,000 0 0 5,320 0 0 80,320 0 0 61,102 9 4 19.217 10 8 .. 5,320 585 11 3 6-5 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. 40,000 0 0 74.970 1 0 114,970 1 0 79,-564 2 4 35,405 18 8 .. 75,000 .. 29 19 0 66 Transfer to Main Highways Account 200,000 0 0! .. 200,000 0 0 j 200,000 0 0 .. .. j Construction Fund Services not provided for £431 9 4 Less amounts transferred to votes .. 354 16 0 .. .. .. 76 13 4 .. 76 13 4 , Total.. .. .. 4,661,898 0 0 768,750 12 3 j 5,430,648 12 3 4,318,373 14 9 1,133,391 13 7 21,116 16 1 886,399 10,855 0 0 117,648 7 9 Electric Supply Account. 67 Development of Water-power .. 1,090,000 0 0+ 30,000 0 0 1 1,120,000 0 0 1,008,-542 15 8 , 111,457. 4 4 .. 30,000 12,983 2 5 68 Working Expenses and Maintenance .. : 270,000 0 0' 2,000 0 0 : 272,000 0 0 220.964 8 5 ! 51,035 11 7 .. 2,000 1,420 18 4 Total .. .. .. 1,360,000 0 0 32,000 0 0 ! 1,392,000 0 0 1,229.507 4 1 162,492 15 11 .. j 32,000 j 14,404 0 9 S I j i_ | l_ !_ I j * 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. t These credits have not been appropriated, and are not available for expenditure except under the provisions of section 51, subsection (3), of the Public Revenues Act, 1926. i Includes the following additional amounts appropriated bv Finance Act, 1928: First Session, 23rd Parliament —-Railway Construction. £500,000; Roads, <Sc„ £100,000; Development of Water-power, £100,000. 8 Excess credits to the amount of £476 18s. lid. were made available in accordance with se'ction 51, subsection (3), of the Public Revenues Act, 1926.