ENDING 31 MARCH, 1940.

Public Works Fund.

TELEGRAPH EXTENSION.

75

1939-40. 1938-39. Estimated Amount Amount Expend ed. required to voted. r be voted. ■ Vote No. . —Telegraph Extension — £ £ £ GROSS Total .. .. 850,000 1,000,000 872,646 Credits-in-aid .. 250,000 250,000 296,702 NET TOTAL .. 600,000 750,000 575,944 r Item j £ £ £ POSTMASTER-GENERAL AND MINISTER OF TELEGRAPHS. JVOTE No. . Telegraph Extension— New telegraph and telephone lines, submarine cables, telephone connections and installations, automatic equipment, and material — Construction of telegraph and toll systems .. .. 255,000 310,000 270,520 Construction of telephone exchanges .. .. 595,000 690,000 602,126 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 .. .. ..£250,000 GROSS Total 850,000 1,000,000 872,646 Credits-in-aid 250,000 250,000 296,702 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 600,000 750,000 575,944 TOTAL .... .... .... •••■ £600,000 £750,000 £575,944