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An analysis of the expenditure by the Board and by local authorities on actual maintenance, as distinct from interest on loans and other overhead charges, is shown in the tabulation below : —

An analysis of the actual expenditure by the Board on maintenance in each Island, as compared with the number of motor-vehicles in each Island at the 31st March shows the following comparisons for the last ten years : —■

An analysis of the Board's expenditure and the expenditure by local authorities under the Construction Fund shows the following position : —

The following tabulation shows the amount which has been provided by the Board and the local authorities for expenditure on both maintenance and construction during the last ten years : —

The maintenance figures in the above table exclude indirect charges such as supervision, interest, &c., but include the cost of earthquake restoration. It will be noticed that both maintenance and construction expenditure show an increase on the figures for the last few years. B—D.8 —D. 1.

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! i n <. Percentage I T , „ ! Local Loca] " n (.°nk I Authorities' Total. ; p 5 Authorities' , Contribution. ! Contribution Contribution Contributiou to Total. to Total _ I l_ I ■■ £ £ £ North Island .. .. .. 610,356 154,306 764,662 79-82 | 20-18 South Island .. .. .. 322,319 72,248 394,567 81-69 ; 18-31 Total .. .. 932,675 226,554 j 1,159,229 80-46 19-54

1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. 1928-29. 1929-30. 1930-31. 1931-32. 1932-33. 1933-34. 1934-35. North Island— Maintenance expen- 65-27 64-86 67-51 66-13 62-30 59-23 62-31 62-84 63-80 65-44 diture Motor-vehicles .. 61-41 61-86 62-19 63-08 63-63 63-84 63-77 63-78 63-94 64-31 South Island— Maintenance expen- 34-73 35-14 32-49 33-87 37-70 40-77 37-69 37-16 36-20 34-56 diture Motor-vehicles .. 38-59 38-14 37-81 36-92 36-37 36-16 36-23 36-22 36-06 35-69

I( Local Percentage of > p c ' a ,y , 3 Authorities' Total. Board's Contri- r , , , . on les Contribution. Contriblltion . | bution to Total. Contribution to I I ' £ £ £ North Island .. .. 198,969 39,971 238,940 83-27 16-73 South Island .. .. 126,514 18,004 144,518 87-54 12-46 Totals.. .. 325,483 57,975 383,458 84-88 15-12

1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. 1928-29. 1929-30. 1930-31. 1931-32. 1932-33. 1933-34 1934-35. ££££££££;££ Maintenance by Board .. 279,404 438,762 523,581 756,3991,049,249 872,577 849,734 600,324 674,026 932,675 Maintenance by local autho- 185,015 276,349 269,065 284,526 375,849 317,839 215,568 168,466 187,735 226,554 rities Construction by Board .. 421,880 540,362 449,904 936,148 1,007,957 667,902 361,969 159,323 198,295 325,483 Construction by local autho- 142,761 255,860 262,538 214,155 203,148 150,984 94,973 43,181 55,997 57,975 rities Totals .. .. 1,029,060 1,511,333 1,505,088 2,191,228 2,636,203 2,009,302 1,522,244 971,294 1,116,053 1,542,687 Percentages. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Per Cent. Maintenance by Board .. 60-2 61-4 66-0 72*7 73-6 73-3 79*8 78-1 78-2 80-5 Maintenance by local autho- 39*8 38-6 34*0 27*3 26*4 26*7 20-2 21-9 21*8 19*5 rities Construction by Board .. 74*7 67*9 63*1 81*4 83-3 81-6 79*2 77-6 77*0 84 • 9 Construction by local autho- 25*3 32*1 36-9 18-6 16-7 18*4 20*8 22*4 23*0 15 •! rities