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PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT (PUBLIC WORKS FUND). Income and Expenditure on Capital Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1931. Roads, Harbour-works, Roads on Goldfields, Lands (Miscellaneous). 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 .. .. .. 1,233 19 6 expenditure on the following works,— Balance, being excess of capital expenditure Roads •• •• .. .. 1,554,374 7 8 ; over capital income, on roads, harbourRoads on goldfields .. .. .. 4,910 10 3 works, &c, transferred to National De-Harbour-works .. .. .. 6,342 17 1 velopment Account .. .. .. 1,624,020 3 0 Lands (miscellaneous) .. .. 59,626 7 6 £1,625,254 2 6 £1,625,254 2 6 Note.—The following charges are included for which the Department possesses no parliamentary appropriation : (a) Proportion of departmental administration expenditure ; (b) proportion of charges and expenses of raising loans. RAILWAY-CONSTRUCTION (PUBLIC WORKS FUND). Income and Expenditure on Capital Account foe Year ended 31st March, 1931. Expenditure. Income. To Net expenditure, including a proportion of £ s. d. By Net recoveries during the year— £ s. d. general" Departmental " administrative Recoveries on account of expenditure of expenditure, and of charges and expenses previous years —Unopened lines .. 248 8 11 of raising loans on the following railway- • Credits for amount of expenditure on lines— section,? handed over to Railways DeOkaihau Northwards .. .. .. 121,281 6 2 partment during the year—NapierDargaville Branch .. .. .. 112,297 4 9 Wairoa .. .. .. .. 871,536 810 Paeroa-Pokeno ... .. .. 357 11 4 Recoveries on account of goods and pas-Gisborne-Waikokopu .. .. .. 190,944 2 3 senger traffic— £ s. d. Napier-Wairoa .. .. .. 326,019 14 10 Stratford - Main Trunk ..5,572 5 1 Waikokopu Branch .. .. .. 20,269 19 11 Waikokopu Branch .. 8,592 5 1 Stratford - Main Trunk .. .. 335,723 9 4' 14,164 10 2 Kawatiri-Inangahua .. .. .. 70,644 1 2 Balance, being excess of capital expenditure Westport-Inangahua .. .. .. 130,656 511 over capital income transferred to Railway Wharanui-Parnassus .. .. .. 228,639 10 3 Construction Account .. .. 670,683 5 5 Land claims .. .. .. .. 3,453 5 0 Survey .. .. .. .. 516 13 6 Working-expenses of running goods and passenger traffic— £ s. d. Stratford Main Trunk ..9,424 2 6 Waikokopu Branch ..6,405 6 5 15,829 8 11 £1,556,632 13 4 £1,556,632 13 4 Note.—(l) The following amounts have been handed over to the Railways Department without parliamentary appropriation : (a) Expenditure during 1930-31 on lines previously handed over, £2,792 14s. lid. ; (b) recoveries on account of expenditure of previous years in connection with the lines previously handed over, £544 Is. 9d. (2) The following amounts have been included in the 1930-31 accounts for railway-construction without parliamentary appropriation : £43,543 for departmental administration ; £53,870 for proportion of charges and expenses of raising loans.

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