8.—7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OP ESTIMATES FOR THE

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 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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1943-44. 1942—43. Salaries. Other Charges. J Total. Voted. Expended. - Vote —Roads, &c. — £ < • £ £ £ £ Gross TOTAL.. .. .. •• 220,700 220,700 326,700 154,148 Amount required for Current Year .. .. 220,700 220,700 300,000 154,14S Credits-in-AID .. . • • ■ • • 20,700 20,700 30,000 26,187 NET TOTAL .. .. •• 200,000 200,000 270,000 127,961 1942-43. 1943-44. VOTE-ROADS, ETC. Voted . Expended. ~ .£ £ £ Whanearei Road District .. •• •• •• 30,000 30,000 11,413 Auckland Road District .. •• 40,000 65,000 23,143 Tauransa Road District .. • • • • - 8,500 I ■'>, 000 1,745 Gisborne Road District .. ■■ •• •• 10,000 17,000 4,779 Taumarunui Road District .. ... ■■ ■■ 10,000 17,000 3,68~ Stratford Road District .. •• 8,000 10,500 4,116 Napier Road District .. .. •• •• 6,000 11,000 2,7.1J Wellington Road District .. •• 20,000 25,000 20,o69 Nelson Road Distirct .. .. •• 5,000 7,500 2,127 Greymouth Road District .. .. •• •• 50,000 75,000 41,393 Christchurch Road District .. •• •• 5,000 9,000 2,551 Dunedin Road District .. .. •• •• 5,000 10,000 4,981 Invercargill Road District .. .. .. •• 4,000 9,000 1,500 G eneral Access to outlying districts .. .. •• •• 5,000 5,000 736 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 .. • • •• •• 2,000 11& Engineering surveys .. .. .. •• 1,000 2,000 331 Flood-damage prevention and restoration generally .. 5,000 500 1,430 Roading, drainage, improvement, &c., of Crown land under section 17 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1927 1,000 1,000 664 Supervision .. •• •• 5,000 15,000 25,786 Survey, acquisition, and legalization of roads, drains, gravelpits, protective works, tramways, horse-paddocks, &c. .. 100 100 367 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 —- £ Miscellaneous.. .. .. •• 20,700 GROSS Total 220,700 326,700 154,148 Amount required for Current Year .. 220,700 300,000 154,148 Credits-in-aid .. •• •• 20,700 30,000 26,187 NET TOTAL .. .. •• 200,000 270,000 127,961