(For details, see Table [p. 190])
The amount of direct employment which it is estimated will be given by these works is 629,113 men-months. The amount of employment indirectly given in the preparation of materials will probably amount to as much more. The cost to the Exchequer of the national financial assistance afforded to these works must necessarily at the present time be somewhat of an estimate, as the loans raised by the assisted authorities are for varying periods, with the result that the grants vary from periods of two-and-a-half up to fifteen years. The burden to the State is a diminishing one, and is spread over a period of fifteen years, but the total amount of the burden so distributed will probably amount to about £8,700,000.
The work done by the Unemployment Grants Committee has been of an extraordinarily difficult and complicated character and most capably directed. It has been no easy task to exercise a wise and statesmanlike discretion, amid the welter of proposals, the pressure for financial assistance and the stringent limitation on the latter. So far as it is possible to administer relief works on a sound basis the Committee has achieved it.
Analysis of Approved Schemes Assisted on the Basis of 60 per cent. of the Wages Cost.
Up to May 31, 1922.
| Nature of Scheme. | Amount. £ | Percentage. |
|---|---|---|
| Roads | 1,002,284 | 36.0 |
| Parks, recreation grounds, cemeteries | 623,604 | 22.3 |
| Gas, water, sewerage and sewage disposal | 474,650 | 17.0 |
| Tramways | 201,721 | 7.2 |
| Painting | 200,053 | 7.2 |
| Docks, harbours, quays | 92,235 | 3.3 |
| Land reclamation | 57,303 | 2.0 |
| Electricity | 48,675 | 1.8 |
| Miscellaneous | 90,093 | 3.2 |
| Total | £2,790,618[18] | 100% |
Analysis of Approved Schemes Assisted on the Basis of Grants of Interest and Sinking Fund.
Up to May 31, 1922.
| Non-Revenue Producing. | ||
|---|---|---|
| Class of Work. | Value of Loan Sanction. £ | Percentage of Total. |
| Roads | 6,948,969 | 54 |
| Sewers | 3,585,239 | 29 |
| Parks | 758,997 | 6 |
| Water (Scottish) | 498,860 | 4 |
| Sea defence | 484,536 | 4 |
| Public Instns. | 267,063 | 2 |
| Miscellaneous | 111,694 | 1 |
| Total | £12,655,358 | 100% |
| Revenue Producing. | ||
| Class of Work. | Value of Loan Sanction. £ | Percentage of Total. |
| Electricity | 1,976,614 | 43 |
| Water | 1,334,097 | 29.5 |
| Tramways | 916,562 | 20 |
| Gas | 145,365 | 3 |
| Cemeteries | 51,942 | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 162,425 | 3.5 |
| Total | £4,587,005 | 100% |
| All Schemes. | ||
| Class of Work. | Value of Loan Sanction. £ | Percentage of Total. |
| Roads and footpaths | 6,948,969 | 40.5 |
| Sewers, sewage disposal | 3,585,239 | 20.3 |
| Electrical undertakings | 1,976,614 | 11.6 |
| Water undertakings | 1,832,957 | 10.6 |
| Tramways | 916,562 | 5.4 |
| Parks and Recn. Gds. | 758,997 | 4.5 |
| Sea defence and river embankments | 484,536 | 2.8 |
| Public Institutions | 267,063 | 1.6 |
| Gas undertakings | 145,365 | .8 |
| Cemeteries | 51,942 | .3 |
| Miscellaneous | 274,119 | 1.6 |
| Total | £17,242,363 | 100% |