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TABLE No. 1. Summary showing the Total Expenditure on Public Works and other Services out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account) to 31st March, 1937, and the Liabilities on that Date.

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Num , ber ! I Total EX aSfnt Ure Recoveries Total Total rp 0 , , , i Net Expenditure on Account of Net Expenditure Liabilities on Net Expenditure __ , \ a ¥® : Works. I t0 I iwel J<fMontns Services to 31st March, 1937. and Works. 0 T>etaFls ng I ! 31st March, 1936. ] 31gt of Previous Tears. 31st March, 1937. Liabilities. 1 _ , ! ££££££ 3 Railways*.. .. .. .. 56,582.336 1,019,094 464 57,600,966 93,462 57,694,428 Railways* Roadst .. .. .. .. 22,986,307 913,720 172 23,899,855 92,378 23,992,233 Roads.f 4 Public buildingsl .. .. .. 12,069,672 714,941 2,625 12,781,988 56,361 12,838,349 Public buildings.! Telegraphs ' .. .. .. 11,755,917 232,513 .. 11,988,430 615 11,989,045 Telegraphs. Departmental .. .. .. 3,091,930 .137,769 17,709 3,211,990 5,628 3,217,618 Departmental. Charges and expenses of raising loans .. 3,828, 307 .. .. 3,828, 307 .. 3,828, 307 Charges and expenses of raising loans. Lighthouses, harbour- works, and har- 1,322,048 1,299 2 1,323,345 104 1,323,449 Lighthouses, harbour- works, and harbour bour-defences defences. Irrigation and water-supply§ .. 1,303,179 11,062 .. 1,314,241 17,360 1,331,601 Irrigation and water-supply. § Lands improvement j| .. .. 928,036 62,673 10,366 980,343 18,340 998,683 Lands improvement. || Tourist and health resorts .. .. 717,136 16,789 .. 733,925 436 734,361 Tourist and health resorts. Settlement of unemployed .. 664,486 92,016 .. 756,502 15,092 771,594 Settlement of unemployed workers.^! Swamp land drainage .. .. 55,916 24,965 .. 80,881 173 81,054 Swamp land drainage. Native land settlement .. .. 357,971 112,318 3,423 466,866 26,414 493,280 Native land settlement. Dairy industry loans .. .. 10,750 30,510 .. 41,260 .. 41,260 Dairy industry loans. 115,673,991 3,369,669 34,761 119,008,899 326,363 119,335,262 Closed accounts :— Closed accounts :— Immigration .. .. .. 3,313,059 .. 146 3,312,913 .. 3,312,913 Immigration. Purchase of Native lands .. .. 2,054,024 .. .. 2,054,024 .. 2,054,024 Purchase of Native lands. Defence .. .. .. 1,401,144 .. 64 1,401,080 .. 1,401,080 Defence. Development of mining .. .. 830,872 .. 17 830,855 .. 830,855 Development of mining. 11 of 1877 Aiding works on Thames goldfields .. 50,000 .. . . 50,000 . . 50,000 Aiding works on Thames goldfields. Plant, material, and services . . 140,986 .. 1,642 139,344 .. 139,344 Plant, material, and services. Interest and sinking fund .. .. 218,500 .. .. 218,500 .. 218,500 Interest and sinking fund. Rates on Native lands .. .. 68,672 .. .. 68,672 .. 68,672 " Rates on Native lands. Motor transport services .. .. 33,635 . . . . 33,635 . . 33,635 Motor transport services. Thermal springs .. .. .. 14,600 .. .. 14,600 .. 14,600 Thermal springs. 10 of 1878 Coal-exploration and mine-develop- 10,835 . . . . 10,835 . . 10,835 Coal-exploration and mine-develop-ment ment. 8,136,327 .. 1,869 8,134,458 .. 8,134,458 Transfer to Main Highways Account, 1,226, 000 .. . . 1,226, 000 .. 1,226, 000 Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction Fund Construction Fund. Totals .. .. .. 125,036,318 3,369,669 36,630 128,369,357 326,363 128,695,720 Totals. * Does not include expenditure on Hutt Railway and Road Improvement, Wellington-Manawatu Purchase, and Railways Improvement Accounts. Includes £150,000 paid to Midland Railway bondholders. f Includes £4,500 expended under section 16 (1), Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1923. t Includes £12,500 expended under Finance Act, 1929, section 32. Includes £60,032 expended under Reserves and other Lands Disposal Act, 1936, section 32. § Includes £115,000 previously expended under Irrigation and Water-supply Account, 1911-12 to 1915-16 and part 1917-18, now included in Public Works Fund ; also £6,727 previously expended on irrigation under Lands Improvement now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply. !l £6,727 previously expended on irrigation under this item now transferred to Irrigation and Water-supply; does not include £300,930 expended and included under Roads Class. *[ Includes £4,865 expended under Finance Act, 1932 (No. 2), section 6.