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YEAR ENDING 31 MAECH, 1943.

PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT.

Minister of Public Works. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1943, to defray the Expenses of Public Buildings (including Purchase of Properties, Sites, Furniture, Fittings, and Fencing; Rebuilding and Additions and Alterations to Buildings, Furniture, and Implements; Water-supply, Drainage, &c.; and Salaries or Wages). Summary.

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-, , , - . 1942-43. 1941-42. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. Vote—Public Buildings— £ £ £ £ £ Gross Total.. .. .. .. .. 461,500 461,500 1,223,356 759,098 Amount bequibed for Current Year .. .. 360,000 360,000 974,600 759,098 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. 10,000 10,000 16,600 14,682 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. 350,000 350,000 958,000 744,416 1941-42. VOTE—PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 1942-43. Voted. Expended. Public Buildings, etc. — £ £ £ General .. 220,000 420,690 393,188 Courthouses 8,500 25,950 12,702 Prison buildings and works .. .. .. .. 2,000 6,595 2,666 Police stations .. .. 11,000 92,400 27,843 Postal and Telegraph 120,000 345,596 80,277 Mental Hospitals 70,000 217,055 207,769 Health and hospital institutions 30,000 115,070 34,653 Gross Total 461,500 1,223,356 759,098 Amount required fob Current Year .. 360,000 974,600 759,098 Credits-in-aid .. 10,000 16,600 14,682 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. 350,000 958,000 744,416