EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE
8.01. The total expenditure by the Department amounted to $732,815,000. This included works carried out by Consultants and is 21.03% greater than the expenditure of $605,449,000 during the previous year. Major public works, including World Refugee Year Schemes ($2,299,000), accounted for some $589,698,000. $70,332,000 was spent on recurrent maintenance work and $72,785,000 on administration, salaries and other charges.
8.02. The following comparative statement illustrated graphically at Appendix A, shows public works expenditure over the ten years 1956-57 to 1965-66. It is to be noted that the Non-Recurrent figures for 1963-64 to 1965-66 include special expenditure incurred during the Water Emergency in 1963 and 1964, mainly on the chartering of tankers. As this specific expenditure cannot be considered to form a part of the overall Capital Expenditure picture it is shown as a separate item in the chart:
Financial Year Personal Emoluments and Other Charges $ Recurrent Expenditure $ Non-Recurrent $ Total $ 1956-57 21,048,000 21,113,000 118,051,000 160,212,000 1957-58 24,145,000 30,563,000 119,906,000 174,614,000 1958-59 26,886,000 29,092,000 145,026,000 201,004,000 1959-60 33,702,000 39,923,000 175,768,000 249,393,000 1960-61 40,397,000 34,036,000 242,348,000 316,781,000 1961-62 43,256,000 40,210,000 282,503,000 365,969,000 1962-63 44,948,000 45,303,000 378,162,000 468,413,000 1963-64 51,352,000 41,145,000 497,256,000(1) 589,753,000 1964-65 61,854,000 52,021,000 491,574,000(2) 605,449,000 1965-66 72,785,000 70,332,000 589,698,000(3) 732,815,000Note: (1) Includes $49,819,760 Water Emergency expenditure.
(2) Includes $16,119,222 Water Emergency expenditure.
(3) Includes $222,197 Water Emergency expenditure.
8.03. A further breakdown of expenditure for the years 1961-62 to 1965-66 is given at Appendix B and for 1965-66 is shown diagramatically at Appendix C. A comparative table of the value of contracts for capital works let during the same period is given at Appendix D.
8.04. Revenue collected by the Department totalled $155,759,000. Premia from sales of Crown land brought $66,624,000; fees for the temporary occupation of Crown land-$6,378,000; sale of water-
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