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buildings ” refers to all other buildings (educational establishments, hospitals, communal
buildings).
As regards the figures in the table, the following should be observed :
The amount of the State’s contributions, shown in column 10 for each credit, is
usually less than that made available by the Government for the budgetary year. This
is chiefly because the table does not show the amounts put at the disposal of State autho¬
rities or other bodies for administrative expenses. Cases have also occurred in which
funds supplied have, for one reason or another, not been used. Such amounts also are not
shown in the table. _ £
To encourage the erection of dwelling-houses, the Riksdag voted a total amount ot
23,000,000 crowns for the financial year I933"34- d'he table, however, shows that only
id'^S0*000 crowns were expended, 11,109,416 crowns being for dwelling-houses in rural
districts. The Government, however, put at the disposal of the Economic Committee
for this purpose a total amount of I7,350>000 crowns. This difference is due to the fact
that, when the table was drawn up, the committees in question had not had at their
disposal more than 11,109,416 crowns.
The figures for the credit for land reclamation works to combat unemployment and
for the credit for subsidies for land-drainage works show that 3.979^5° an(i 950.000 crowns
respectively have been expended out of these credits for those purposes. Subsidies
amounting respectively to 4,586,010 and 2,906,990 crowns were also paid out of “ Other
funds ”. The latter figure, however, also includes amounts taken from public funds—
namely, from the Roan Fund for reclamation works and the Loan Fund for land-drainage
works. ’ The former fund supplied about 2,551,030 and the latter about 1,200,000 crowns.
The same is true of the credit for subsidies for fertiliser-storage plant. Of the figure
of 2,053,788 crowns shown as supplied by “ Other funds ”, a total amount of 214,523 crowns
represents loans made from the Loan Fund for storage of fertilisers. . ee . . .
In the case of the construction of Government buildings, the expression provided
for but not begun ” has been used for works in which actual building operations have
not been started. It is therefore possible that preliminary work, drawing-up of plans
and designs, etc., is going on. .
Finally, the distribution of the total cost between materials and wages has, m many
cases, had to be shown as a mere estimate.
Recapitulatory table of allocations.—Table 3 shows how provision has been made for
the various objects given in Table 2.
B.—Public Works borne on the Ordinary Budget.
Credits voted.—Table 4 shows the various allocations for public works voted in the
ordinary budget for the financial years 1929-30 to 1933-34-. , , , ,
The table also shows that the total funds available m the ordinary budget for
carrying out public works increased during the period under consideration. Although
the figures cannot be considered absolutely accurate, their tendency during the years
of crisis is not to reduce but rather to increase the possibilities of carrying out public works
within the ordinary budget. This tendency is even more marked m the financial year
IQ33-34- Indeed, it would appear from the table that the total credits provided for that
year are not reduced as compared with the previous year, in spite of the increase m t e
number of public works for which credits were voted in the unemployment budget.
Credits for u anticipatory ” works and for certain casual measures connected with the
upkeep of private forests.—heading “ anticipatory works ” includes the credits voted
for the financial years 1931-32 and I932-33 for “ anticipatory work for combating