8.—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1944.

PUBLIC WORKS ACCOUNT.

Minister of Works. AN ESTIMATE of the Sum that will be required in the Year ending 31st March, 1944, 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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1943-44. 1942-43. Salaries. Other Charges. Total. Voted. Expended. Vote—Public Buildings— £ £ £ £ £ Geoss Total.. .. .. .. .. 566,000 566,000 461,500 475,056 Amount required for Curbent Year .. .. 510,000 510,000 360,000 475,056 CEEDITS-in-aid .. .. .. 10,000 10,000 10,000 20,824 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. 500,000 500,000 350,000 454,232 . ___ IQio 43 VOTE—PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 1943 44. _____ Voted. Expended. Public Buildings, etc. — £ £ £ General .. .. .. .. .. .. 300,000 220,000 278,353 Courthouses .. .. .. .. .. 12,000 8,500 8,230 Prison buildings and works .. .. .. .. 2,000 2,000 910 Police stations .. .. .. .. .. 12,000 11,000 : 9,881 Postal and Telegraph .. .. .. .. 140,000 120,000 126,491 Mental Hospitals .. .. .. .. .. 70,000 70,000 17,334 Health and hospital institutions .. .. .. 30,000 30,000 33,857 GROSS Total .. .. .. .. 566,000 461,500 475,056 Amount required for Current Year .. 510,000 360,000 475,056 Credits-IN-AID .. .. .. .. 10,000 10,000 20,824 NET TOTAL J 500,000 350,000 454,232