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Table No. 11. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Statement showing the Net Expenditure under Appropriations for the Year ended 31st March, 1940, compared with the Year ended 31st March, 1939.

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I I II Vnt.p Year ended j Year ended r . e ' 31st March, 1940. j 31st March, 1939. Increase. Decrease. I __J _J j £ £ £ £ Public Works, Departmental .. .. 147,461 216,010 .. 68,555 Railway-construction .. .. 1,178,776 1,234,646 .. 55,870 Railways Improvement and Additions to 2,986,640 2,563,436 423,204 Open Lines Public Buildings— General .. .. .. .. 269,228 807,469 .. 538,241 Courthouses .. .. .. 11,436 34,868 .. 23,432 Education Buildings .. .. 844,126 660,666 183,460 Prison Buildings and Works .. 4,348 7,656 .. 3,308 Police-stations .. .. .. 60,664 77,745 .. 17' 081 Postal and Telegraph .. .. 362,730 280,951 81,779 Mental Hospital Buildings .. .. 175,552 128,839 46,713 Health and Hospital Institutions .. 67,136 88,099 .. 20 963 Lighthouses and Harbour-works .. 22,519 33,850 .. 1)^331 Development of Tourist Resorts .. 24,892 24,552 340 Roads, &e. .. .. .. .. 1,124,590 1,290,838 .. 166^248 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. 416,779 575,944 .. 159,165 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. 172,525 134,977 37,548 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage.. 416,437 164,481. 251^956 Swamp Land Drainage" .. .. 2,696 5,325 .. 2^629 Settlement of Unemployed Workers .. 446,698 344,684 102,014 Native Land Settlement .. .. 357,819 493,695 .! 135,876 Totals, annual appropriations 9,093,052 9,168,737 1,127,014 1,202,699 Unauthorized— Services not provided for .. .. 4,976 75 4,901 Totals .. .. .. 9,098,028 9,168,812 1,131,915 1,202,699 1,131,915 70,784 I