The PoWC reported that its total budget for the 2009/10 financial year was R41 million. At the end of the third quarter its actual expenditure was R21.1 million (51.6%) and the projected outcome was R41 million (100%) as at the end of the third quarter. The PoWC presented that R31.4 million (76.6%) of the provincial allocation was spent on the appointment of additional staff, literacy programmes and the maintenance and upgrading of projects. Furthermore, centrally-managed projects include the establishment of mobile book trolleys, the purchasing of library material, a Rural Library Connectivity Project and grant management.