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Expenditure, 1936—37. Total Net ™ f TT , i Expenditure to Class of Work. , 31st Maroh? Gross. Recoveries. ! Net. 1937. I 1 j Expenditure, Public Works Fund. Railways-— £ £ £ £ New construction .. .. •• •• 628,629 41,64:7 586,982 39,256,966 Improvements and additions to open lines .. 492,515 60,403 432,112 18,344,000 Roads . •• •• 996,676 82,956 913,720 23,899.855* Public buildings 734,550 19,609 714,941 12,781,9881 Lighthouses, harbour-works, and harbour defences .. .. 5,183 3,884 1,299 1,323,345 Tourist and health resorts .. .. .. •• 17,460 67.1 16,789 733,925 Telegraph extension .. .. 379,227 146,714 232,513 11,988,430 Departmental 346,612 208,843 137,769 3,211,990 Irrigation, water-supply, and drainage .. .. •• 186,717 175,655 11,062 1,314,241 Lands-improVement .. .. .. .. •• 232,072 169,399 62,673 980,343 Swamp land drainage .. .. .. .. •• 33,210 8,245 24,965 80,881 Settlement of unemployed workers .. .. .. 305,621 213,605 92,016 756,502 Native-land settlement .. .. .. .. •• 521,960 409,642 112,318 466,866 Dairy industry loans .. .. .. .. •• 30,510 .. 30,510 41,260 Cost and discount, raising loans, &c. .. .. .. •• •• •• 3,828,307 Closed accounts (for more detail see Table 1) .. .. •• •• 8,134,458 Totals, General Purposes Account .. .. 4,910,942 1,541,273 3,369,669 127,143,357§ Electric Supply Account (previously Aid to Water-power Works Account) — Construction (expenditure as per accounts in Table 5) .. 2,031,477 • .. 2,031,477JJ 15,143,961JJ Working-expenses (expenditure as per accounts in Table 5) 229,962 .. 229,962 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Account .. .. •• •• 709,740[| Totals, Public Works Fund 7,172,381 1,541,273 5,631,108 142,997,058 Expenditure, other Votes and Accounts. Main Highways Account — Annual appropriation — Construction, reconstruction, and improvement .. 1,413,385 35,630 7,373,352** Maintenance, repair, and renewal .. .. .. 1,054,890 45,687 1,009,203^ Administration, plant, and miscellaneous expenditure .. 196,776 14,420 182,356^| Interest, fees, and loan redemptions .. .. .. 250,868 .. 250,8681f Permanent appropriation (rate subsidies, interest on transfer from Public Works Fund. &c.) .. .. .. 484,052 .. 484,052 Consolidated Fund — Maintenance, public buildings, roads, &c.ff .. .. 210,144 20,164 189,980 Aerodromes and landing-grounds .. .. .. 218,686 9,567 209,119 Plant, material, and miscellaneous services .. 945,814 621,898 323,916 Closed accounts (for details see Public Works Statement, 1933) .. .. •• 18,955,387 Employment Promotion Fund (expenditure by Public Works Department): Amounts not included above .. .. 314,219 .. 314,219 Totals, Other votes and accounts .. .. 5,088,834 747,366 4,341,468 26,328,739 Grand total of expenditure, Public Works Fund and other votes and accounts for the year ended 31st March, 1937 .. 12,261,215 2,288,639 9,972,576 Capital expenditure to date .. .. .. •• 169,325,797 - „ 7 , Recoveries, Class of Work. 1936—37. Receipts§§, Public Works Department. Ordinary Revenue Account — £ Irrigation (receipts for year) .. .. .. .. •• •• •• 19,683 Miscellaneous receipts for year .. .. .. . ■ •• •• •• 11,449 Electric Supply Account (sales of energy, miscellaneous receipts, &c.) : Receipts for year .. 1,150,247 Main Highways Account (repayment of advances, &c., and interest) : Receipts for year .. 18,210 Total receipts .. .. .. •• •• 1,199,589 * Includes £4,500 expended under section 16, subsection (1), Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923. t Excludes expenditure on Workers' Dwellings totalling £319,918 transferred to State Advances Account; includes £60,032 expended under Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1936, section 32. % Includes £4,863 expended under Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2), section 6. § Does not include expenditure under Ellesmere Land Drainage Act, 1905, or £1,226,000 transferred to and included in Main Highways Construction Fund. || Excludes interest and loan charges, f For annual income and expenditure accounts, see Appendix E. ** As per accounts in Appendix E. ft Excludes transfers to Public Works Fund votes (£451,976). {J Includes £1,649,458 assets taken over from Southland Power Board. §§ Excludes motor-spirits tax, registration fees, &c., collected by other Departments.