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Table No. 11. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Statement showing the Net Expenditure under Appropriations for the Year ended 31st March, 1937, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1936.

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I I Vnto Year ended Year ended T r» 31st March, 1937. 31st March, 1936. Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ £ Public Works, Departmental .. .. 137,748 99,385 38,363 Railway-construction .. .. 586,982 Cr. 34,898 621,880 Railways Improvement and Additions to 432,112 292,909 139,203 Open Lines Public Buildings— General .. .. .. .. 58,565 39,532 19,033 Courthouses .. .. .. 2,655 8,701 .. 6,046 Education Buildings .. .. 268,884 122,357 146,527 Prison Buildings and Works .. 4,621 2,123. 2,498 Police-stations .. .. .. 7,149 6,710 439 Postal and Telegraph .. .. 158,005 97,800 60,205 Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. 142,109 67,465 74,644 Health and Hospital Institutions .. 12,921 2,191 10,730 Lighthouses .. .. .. 630 3,320 .. 2,690 Harbour-works .. .. .. 669 Or. 399 1,068 Development of Tourist Resorts .. 16,789 13,683 3,106 Roads, &c. .. .. .. .. 913,720 444,377 469,343 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. 232,512 195,380 37,132 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. 62,673 37,909 24,764 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage.. 11,062 85,414 .. 74,352 Swamp Land Drainage .. .. 24,965 12,922 12,043 Plant, Material, and Services .. .. .. 22,438 .. 22,438 Settlement of Unemployed Workers .. 92,016 146,480 .. 54,464 Native Land Settlement .. .. 112,319 71,887 40,432 Dairy Industry Loans .. .. 30,510 10,750 19,760 Totals, annual appropriations 3,309,616 1,748,436 1,721,170 159,990 Unauthorized—Services not provided for .... 21 14 7 Totals .. .. .. 3,309,637 1,748,450 1,721,177 159,990 159,990 1,561,187