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B. —l IPT. IV SUP. to 19281.

PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT—continued. MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS TO ROADS, CONTROL OF RIVERS, ETC. (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928.

GOVERNMENT AND OTHER DOMAINS (CONSOLIDATED FUND). Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1928. Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure on— By Balance, being excess of expenditure over Government Domains — £ s. d. income for the year, transferred to £ s. d. Salaries .. .. .. .. 4,212 1 10 Domains Maintenance Account .. .. 6,865 0 1 Coal, coke, water, &c. .. .. .. 46 11 9 Flower-seeds, bulbs, plants, &c. .. .. 114 12 6 Garden implements, manures, &c. .. 201 1 8 Horse-feed, shoeing, and general.. .. 36 13 9 Departmental expenditure (allocated proportion to cover cost of administration) 150 0 0 4,761 1 6 Other domains and works — Purchase of land and improvements to domains and re-creation-grounds— £ s. d. Grants .. .. 281 10 0 Subsidies .. .. 822 8 7 1,103 18 7 £5,865 0 1 £5,865 0 1 Note. —The following charge has been included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation under the above vote : Proportion of " Departmental " expenditure, £150.

Expenditure. Income. nicfrint Ordinary Mainten- Renewal of Hoad | Restoration of tw q , ance of E-oads. Bridges. j Flood Damage. xotai. | ~ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Whangarei .. 1,665 6 6 2,476 9 6 384 18 0 4,526 14 0 By Interest on advances to Auckland .. 1,918 18 2 860 7 6 3,164 14 5 5,944 0 1 local bodies from Public Tauranga .. 5,795 3 7 1 17 0 109 6 7 5,906 7 2 Works Fund .. .. 277 8 6 Gisborne .. j 0 9 1 858 7 2 Gr. 1,160 2 1 Gr. 301 5 10 Balance, being excess of exTaumarunui .. 5,645 7 4 1,055 19 3 6,501 19 9 13,203 6 4 penditure over income {Stratford .. 2,692 14 10 2,776 13 4 1,809 6 8 7,278 14 10 for the year, transferred Napier .. 241 11 1 586 16 7 666 0 0 1,494 7 8 to annual Maintenance Wellington .. 250 0 0 .. 2,261 11 11 2,511 11 11 Accounts— £ s. d. Nelson .. Gr. 0 1 0 389 2 1 9,001 16 9 9,390 17 10 Roads, &c. 118,013 18 0 Greymouth .. 2,764 9 2 1,025 13 7 1,971 7 2 5,761 9 11 Waihou and Christchurch .. 1,686 3 11 40 0 0 1,134 19 10 2,861 3 9 Ohinemuri Dunedin .. 12,172 11 2 1,352 0 0 1,117 11 10 14,642 3 0 Rivers .. 6,239 17 9 t 124,253 15 9 34,832 13 10 11,423 6 0 26,963 10 10 73,219 10 8 Contribution towards maintenance, &c., of Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers improvement works .. .. .. .. .. 6,239 17 9 Departmental Administration, proportion allocated for the year .. 1,700 0 0 Interest at 4J per cent, credited to Treasury on advance to local bodies from Public Works Fund .. .. .. .. .. 289 5 5 Protection of Crown lands from erosion .. .. .. .. 7 10 0 Rail freight on road-metal for local bodies.. .. .. .. 1,397 16 11 Transfer to Main Highways Revenue Fund under Section 14, Main Highways Act, 1922 .. .. .. .. .. .. 35,000 0 0 Emergency Expenditure Account, relief works .. .. .. 6,677 3 6 £124,531 4 3 £124,531 4 3 Note. —£1,700 for departmental administration is included without appropriation.