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Table No. 11. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Statement showing the Net Expenditure under Appropriations for the Year ended 31st March, 1939, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1938.

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Vnt. Year ended Year ende(i Increase Decrease Vote - 31st March, 1939. 31st March, 1938. increase. uecrease. 1 - £ £ £ £ Public Works, Departmental .. .. 216,016 186,955 29,061 Railway-construction .. 1,234,646 1,120,218 114,428 Railways Improvement and Additions to 2,563,436 1,292,772 1,270,664 Open Lines Public Buildings— 1 General .. .. .. .. 807,469 261,017 546,452 Courthouses .. .. .. 34,868 16,403 18,465 Education Buildings .. .. 660,666 546,846 113,820 Prison Buildings and Works .. 7,656 9,476 .. 1,820 Police-stations .. .. .. 77,745 11,086 66,659 Postal and Telegraph .. .. 280,951 248,145 32,806 Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. 128,839 125,829 3,010 Health and Hospital Institutions .. 88,099 15,747 72,352 Lighthouses and Harbour-works .. 33,850 11,677 22,173 Development of Tourist Resorts .. 24,552 23,159 1,393 ■ .. Roads,&c... .. .. .. 1,290,838 1,126,757 164,081 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. 575,944 312,261 263,683 Lands, Miscellaneous .. . 134,977 147,436 .. 12,459 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage.. 164,481 71,659 92,822 j Swamp Land Drainage .. .. 5,325 19,402 .. 14,077 I Settlement of Unemployed Workers .. 344,684 310,665 34,019 Native Land Settlement .. .. 493,695 254,827 238,868 Dairy Industry Loans .. .. .. 4,565 .. 4,565 Totals, annual appropriations 9,168,737 6,116,902 3,084,756 32,921 Unauthorized — Services not provided for .. .. 75 1,128 .. 1,053 Totals .. .. 9,168,812 6,118,030 3,084,756 33,974 33,974 i | 3,050,782