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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1928-192 9.

PUBLIC WORKS FUND.—GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT. DETAIL STATEMENT of RECOVERIES on Account of EXPENDITURE of PREVIOUS YEARS, for the FINANCIAL YEAR ended 31st March, 1929.

STATEMENT of IMPRESTS of the PUBLIC WORKS FUND (GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT) OUTSTANDING as at the 31st March, 1929, showing the SERVICES for which they were issued.

j Public Works Department :— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Allocation of general " departmental" administration expenditure in accordance with Cabinet decision — For the Year 1926-27 — Electric Supply Account .. .. .. 34,375 0 0 For the Year 1927-28— Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Account .. .. .. .. .. 2,348 0 0 Electric Supply Account .. .. .. 40,917 0 0 Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914, Account .. .. .. .. .. 10,846 0 0 Instalment— In respect of mortgage, Oturei .. .. .. 59 7 8 Of mortgage—Roading Hauraki Pastoral Area .. 8 18 4 On loan for purchase of quarry plant at Moehau .. 83 4 0 On loan to Gore Borough Council .. .. .. 223 8 8 | Recovery from vote, Internal Affairs, of cost of furniture, refreshment-rooms, Government Buildings, wrongly charged .. .. .. .. . . 417 3 6 Recovery of— Amount twice paid by Crown Solicitor to M. Duffy .. 2 12 0 Cost of drainage, Middlemarch Post-office .. .. 7 0 0 Third cost of supplying and laying water-pipes at Rotorua .. .. .. .. .. 400 0 0 j Repayment of advances in respect of village-homestead settlement lands .. .. .. .. .. 933 I Sale of— Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 4,876 2 6 Furniture .. .. .. .. .. 27 5 9 Horses .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 0 0 Land .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,924 1 3 Motor-cars and cycles .. .. .. .. 197 19 0 Old locomotive .. .. .. .. .. 450 0 0 Surplus and obsolete stores .. .. .. 479 5 3 Typewriters .. .. . . . . .. 10 6 0 Waimea-Kumara Water-race .. .. .. 260 0 0 Transfer of material from Otira (Midland Railway Works) to Public Works Stores, Wellington .. .. 372 16 9 99,319 13 11 Prisons Department : — Sale of—Brickworks plant, Wi Tako Prison .. .. .. 60 0 0 Material from demolition of Wellington Prison .. 75 13 6 Surplus and obsolete stores .. .. .. 4 11 8 140 5 2 Department oe Immigration : — Amount received in settlement of passage-money of public-school boy .. .. .. .. 33 6 0 Refund of cost of advertising in "Domestic Servants" handbook .. .. .. .. .. 250 0 0 — 283 6 0 Defence Department :— Sale of— Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 320 10 0 Land .. .. .. .. .. .. 150 0 0 Powerhouse plant and machinery, Trentham . . 150 15 0 Surplus and obsolete stores .. .. .. 27 0 5 648 5 5 Department of Education : — Balance of insurance money after repairing school damaged by fire .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 0 0 Recovery from Wellington Education Board of amounts overclaimed in connection with erection of primaryschool buildings .. .. .. .. .. 2,210 9 0 2,226 9 0 £102,617 19 6

Public Works Fund :— General Purposes Account, — £ s. d. Vote -Railway-construction .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,695 6 4 —Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,596 0 0 —Department of Immigration .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,685 15 9 —Roads, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,105 1 5 —Roads to give Access to Outlying Districts .. .. .. . . .. 816 19 2 —Telegraph Extension .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,513 17 10 —Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,834 3 10 £46,247 4 4