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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT—continued. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT (PUBLIC WORKS FUND) —continued. Lands Improvement. Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure, including a proportion of £ s. d. By Recoveries on account of expenditure of £ s. d. general " Departmental " administrative previous years— expenditure on— Waikaremoana watershed area .. .. 2,51317 8 Reclamation works — Village-homestead special settlements (section Sand-dune areas .. .. .. 951 11 4 221, Land Act, 1908) .. .. .. 59 18 11 Drainage, &c., works— Balance, being excess of capital expenditure Free grants .. .. .. .. 4,765 410 over capital income on lands improvement, Subsidies, &c. .. .. .. .. 17,365 13 0 transferred to annual National Development Roads, &c., works — Account .. .. .. .. 80,032 16 5 Clarence Valley .. .. .. 1 8 10 Te Puke Water-supply Road .. .. 546 13 0 Stopbanks— Piako .. .. .. .. 416 14 2 Taieri .. .. .. ..37,534 83 Tokatoka .. .. .. .. 15,494 9 5 Waitoa .. .. .. .. 93 2 1 River-erosion— Ashley River .. .. .. .. 42 19 0 Waimana River .. .. .. 96 17 10 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 5,297113 £82,606 13 0 £82,606 13 0 RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION (PUBLIC WORKS FUND). Income and Expenditure on Capital Account fob the Year ended 31 st March, 1928. Public Works Fund: Yote " Railway Construction." Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure, including a proportion of £ s. d. By Net recoveries during the year— £ s. d. general "Departmental" administrative Land claims, &c. .. .. .. 2,640 8 1 expenditure, and of charges and expenses Recoveries on account of expenditure of of raising loans on the following railway- previous years— lines— Unopened lines .. .. .. 839 17 2 Huarau Northwards .. .. .. 169,836 14 3 Credits for amount of expenditure on sections Okaihau Northwards .. .. .. 101,798 5 4 handed over to New Zealand Railway Dargaville Branch .. .. .. 21,606 1 11 Department during the year-— East Coast Main Trunk—Waihi-Taneatua 165,946 10 10 East Coast Main Trunk —Waihi-Tahawai.. 309,368 13 6 Gisborne-Napier .. .. .. 309,952 5 7 Recoveries on account of goods Waikokopu Branch .. .. .. 14,921 15 2 and passenger traffic— £ s. d. Stratford Main Trunk .. .. .. 203,177 411 Stratford. — Main Trunk .. 6,133 19 6 Glenhope-Murchison .. .. .. 24,990 11 10 Waihi-Taneatua .. 19,463 11 5 Westport-Inangahua .. .. .. 24,689 0 0 Waikokopu Branch .. 11,053 19 6 Lawrence-Roxburgh .. .. .. 58,808 0 8 — 36,651 10 5 Survey (new lines and lines not specified) .. 1,137 9 9 Balance, being excess of capital expenditure Working-expenses of running over capital income transferred to Railway goods and passenger Construction Account .. .. 783,190 9 11 traffic— £ s. d. Stratford - Main Trunk .. 5,997 13 2 Waihi-Taneatua .. 23,700 4 2 Waikokopu Branch .. 6,129 1 6 35,826 18 10 £1,132,690 19 1 £1,132,690 19 1 Notes. —(1) The following amounts have been handed over to the Railways Department without parliamentary appropriation : (a) Total expenditure on lines handed over during the year 1927-28, £309,368 13s. 6d. ; (b) expenditure during 1927 -28 on lines previously handed over, £14,365 lis. 9d.; (c) recoveries during 1927-28 on account of expenditure of previous years in connection with lines previously handed over, £858 14s. 4d. (2) The following amounts have been included in the 1927-28 accounts for Railway Construction vote without parliamentary appropriation : £35,450 for proportion of general departmental supervision for 1927-28 ; £139,353 for proportion of charges and expenses of raising loans for the three years since Ist April, 1925. IRRIGATION AND WATER - SUPPLY (PUBLIC WORKS FUND) : SCHEMES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Income and Expenditure on Capital Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure on the construction and upkeep By Recoveries on account of expenditure of £ s. d. of dams, weirs, water-races, &c., in course of £ s. d. previous years (Manuherikia) .. .. 2,797 11 3 construction, Otago Central schemes — General surveys, &c. .. .. .. 167 1 2 Ardgour .. .. .. • • 1,282 4 8 Balance transferred to Irrigation Construction Arrow River .. .. .. 15,828 3 8 Account, being excess of expenditure over Earnscleugh .. .. .. .. 511 17 7 income for year .. .. .. 51,397 10 2 Hawkdun .. .. .. 22,892 9 8 Last Chance .. .. .. 1,514 3 0 Land levelling, various schemes .. .. 475 0 9 Manuherikia .. .. .. .. 3,264 4 4 Manuherikia Upper .. .. .. 2 18 9 Miller's Flat .. .. .. .. 58 9 9 Roaring Meg .. .. .. .. 71 7 9 Tarras 4,421 13 II Teviot Extension .. .. .. 3,191 16 11 Soil survey .. .. .. .. 8471110 £54,362 2 7 £54,362 2 7 Note. —A charge of £1,840 for proportion of " Departmental " administration expenditure has been included without appropriation.