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Summary

The ratio which the various classes bear to the whole is shown below—that is, expenditure plus receipts : Roads, including construction and maintenance of main £ Per Cent. and State highways .. .. .. .. 5,062,918 = 16-20 Hydro-electric (construction by Public Works Department) .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,525,890 8-08 Railway-construction and improvements to open lines .. 190,562 = 0-61 -Housing construction .. .. .. .. 6,639,018 = 21-24 Public buildings, including schools .. .. .. 3,202,292 10-25 Soil conservation and rivers control .. .. .. 326,914 = ■ 1-05 Irrigation, water-supply, and drainage .. .. 417,312 = 1-33 —Public buildings and roads, &c. (maintenance).. .. 922,377 = 2-95 Plant, material and services, other Departments .. 4,549,324 == 14-56 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. 943,336 = 3-02 War expenses expenditure .. .. .. .. 65,823 = 0-21 Miscellaneous receipts, &c. .. .. .. .. 6,406,794 20-50 £31,252,560 = 100-00

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Class of Work. Receipts. Receipts,* Public Works Department Ordinary Revenue Account — £ Departmental receipts, vote —Maintenance of Public Works and 4,310,366 Services ( Irrigation receipts for year 40,022 Miscellaneous receipts for year — Public works 175,056 Housing 11,981 Electric Supply Account: miscellaneous receipts (public works) 151,397 Main highways maintenance : miscellaneous receipts 167,482 Public Works Account— Sale linen-flax assets, &c. 142,911 Miscellaneous receipts 1,407,579 6,406,794 * Excludes motor-spirits tax, registration fees, &c., collected by other Departments.

— Public Works Department. Other j Departments. Total. £ £ £ Expenditure 23,779,896 1,065,870 24,845,766 Recoveries and receipts 6,211,777 195,017 6,406,794