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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

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 Cost of Roads, etc. (including Construction, Improvement, &c., of Settlement Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works, including Salaries or Wages, Holiday Pay, Compensation, and Contingent Expenses for Accidents to Employees, Charges for Plant, &c., Supervision, and all other Expenses). Summary.

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1942-43. 1941-42. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. Vote —Eoads, &c. —■ £ £ £ £ £ Geoss Total .. 226,700 226,700 549,700 294,045 Amount required for Current Ybak .. .. 200,000 200,000 430,000 294,045 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. 30,000 30,000 40,000 51,100 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. 170,000 170,000 390,000 242,945 1942-43. 1941 " 42 - VOTE—EOADS, ETC. — Voted. Expended. £ £ £ Whangarei Road District .. .. .. .. 25,000 48,000 21426 Auckland Road District .. .. 40,000 82,000 33,963 Tauranga Road District .. .. .. .. 8,000 23,000 11,868 Gisborne Road District .. .. .. .. 12,000 16,000 2,986 Tautoarunui Road District .. .. .. .. 12,000 52,000 82,280 Stratford Road District .. .. 8,000 27,000 18,320 Napier Road District .. .. .. .. .. 6,000 15,000 6 271 Wellington Road District .. .. .. .. 20,000 60,000 36 828 Nelson Road Distirct .. .. .. .. .. 5,000 22,000 6,878 Greymouth Road District .. .. .. .. 50,000 97,000 81,339 Christchurch Road District .. .. .. .. 4,000 15 000 e'247 Dunedin Road District.. .. .. .. .. 54*000 13 561 Invercargill Road District .. .. .. .. 4,000 8,000 3,962 General— Access to outlying districts .. .. .. .. 5,000 5,000 198 Advertising tenders, &c, and other initial expenses not fairly chargeable to a specific item .. .. . . 100 100 Compensation for injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, and contingent expenses in connection with same .. .. .. .. .. 5,000 1152 Engineering surveys .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 4,000 1,317 Flood-damage prevention and restoration generally .. 500 500 Roading, drainage, improvement, &c, of Crown land under section 17 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1927 1,000 1,000 258 .. .. 15,000 15,000 j 15,191 Survey, acquisition, and legalization of roads, drains, gravelpits, protective works, tramways, horse-paddocks, &c. .. 100 100 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926— £ Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 30,000 Gross Total .. ... .. .. 226,700 549,700 294,045 Amount required ror Current Year .. 200,000 430,000 294,045 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. 30,000 40,000 51,100 NET TOTAL 170,000 390,000 242,945