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TABLE No. 2— continued. GENERAL SUMMARY— continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account), 1913-14 to 1934-35— continued.

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Expenditure. Total Net _ Expenditure Description of Services. i i i j : III 1 to 31st 1924-25. 1925-26. | 1926-27. 1927-28. j 1928-29. 1929-30. I 1930-31. 1931-32. I 1932-33. 1933-34. 1934-35. March, 1935. j j £ £ i £ £££ £ £ £ £ £ £ Immigration . .. .. .. .. 136,353 107,521 184,918 67,157 50,266 41,756 33,544 5,265 .. .. .. 3,313,421 Gr. 16 Gr. 443 Or. 283 Or. 210 Gr. 583 Gr. 532 Gr. 370 Public Works Departmental . .. .. .. 127,556 126,596 115,866 130,951 142,252 132,783 131,816 151,377 104,904 98,703 76,486 3,020,723 Gr. 19 Gr. 129 Gr.35,948 Gr.13,328 Cr.88,499 Gr.51,671 Or.16, 381 Or. 33,947 Gr.52,639 Or.33,872 Cr.31,154 Irrigation and Water-supply* .. .. .. .. 127,995 56,227 56,937 49,735 55,198 69,657 62,614 37,749 53,290 66,838 91,241 1,217,765 Gr. 31 Or. 2,798 Or. 8 \ Or. 96 Railways .. .. .. .. .. 1,878,729 1,988,614 1,480,807 1,141,822 1,216,277 1,812,521 1,987,196 952,388 160,853 132,111 125,600 56,309,021 Gr. 37,924 Or. 16,875 Gr. 95,647 Gr. 1,699 Gr. 2,595 Gr. 1,296 Or. 792 Or. 20,568 Gr. 9,056 Or. 20 Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders .. .. .. .. .. •• •• j •• 150,000 Roads :— Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges .. .. .. 603,968 564,694 575,898 669,833 780,990 1,005,330 1,379,810 1,078,270 396,559 359,671 371,573 20,850,545 Or. 231 Or. 4,810 Gr. 981 Gr. 540 Or. 330 Or. 415 Or. 472 Gr. 564 Or. 1,171 Or. 445 Gr. 471 Roads to give access to Outlying Districts .. .. .. .. .. 33,642 51,582 53,693 91,126 3,940 .. .. .. 233,983 Roads on Goldfields 2,755 3,934 2,230 2,330 1,005 1,885 _ 4,586 .. .. .. .. 1,140,699 Or. 467 Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery .. .. .. .. .. . • • • • • • • • • .. 16,023 Lands Improvement Account .. .. .. .. .. .. • • • ■ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 300, 930 Total, Roads .. .. .. .. 606,492 563,818 577,147 704,798 833,247 1,060,493 1,475,050 1,081,646 395,388 359,226 371,102 22,542,180 Development of Mining .. .. .. .. .. .. -• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• 881,015 Or. 1,130 Gr. 260 Or. 260 Or. 260 Gr. 50 Purohase of Native Lands .. .. .. . • •• •• Or. 535 Gr. 56 .. .. .. .. .. Gr. 7,123 .. 1,562,044 Native Lands Purchase Account .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• •• •• •• •• 491,980 Total, Land Purchases .. .. .. .. .. Or. 535 Or. 56 .. .. .. ■ ■ .. Or. 7,123 .. 2,054,024 Settlement of Unemployed Workers .. .. .. •• • •• •• •• •• 118,722 172,109 222,309 513,140 Telegraph Extension .. . .. .. .. 957,294 931,661 558,042 625,540 624,414 594,383 419,756 249,978 99,999 144,160 135,933 11,560,538 ° Or. 32 * Includes £6,727 previously included under Lands Improvement class.