THE ESTIMATES

The following are among the items on the Estimates for this district for the year (the figures given first refer to the liability on 31st March last, and second to the amount required to be voted. Where only one set of figures is given they refer to the second class): — PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Public, Works Departmental, £566 —£64,200. Railways, £255,340 —J,325,000. Public buildings, £80,911 —£486,000. Lighthouses, harbour works and harbour defences, £527 —£21,735. Tourist and health resorts, £1791 —£16,000. Immigration, £36,000. Construction, maintenance and supervision of roads, bridges and other public works, £162,259 —£580,000. Development of goldfields, £9300. Telegraph extension, £171,297 — £376,000. Contingent defence, £50,000. Lands improvement, £1241 —£31,700. Total—Public Works Fund—£673,932—£2,995,575. Wellington—Hutt railway and road improvement account £4OOO. Railways improvements account, £103,233—£40,000. Aid to water-power works account, £132,162—£200,000. Irrigation and water supply account, £50—£35,000. Waihou and Ohinemuri rivers improvement account, £8050—£30,000. Opening up Crown lands for settlement account, £9396 —£100,000. National endowment account, £1293—£22,750. 1 RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. t Iluntly-Awaroa, £3647—£25,000. j DEPARTMENTAL BUILDINGS. Hamilton, £266—£500. JUDICIAL. Police station: Hamilton, £2000; Hunlly, £1390, £1450; Ngaruawahia, £1300; Otorohanga. £248,£325. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH. Hamilton (additions, including accommodation for automatic telephone exchange), £4400; Hinuera, £100; Mamaku, £850; Ohaupo (building), £1775; Raglan (building), £3000; Te Aroha, £300; Te Awamutu (including clock and lower), £175; Tirau, £1150; Waihou, £SB, £75; Walton (site), £6O. AGRICULTURE. Ruakura (accommodation for cadets, water supply, drainage, etc.), £1500; Ruakura (agricultural tractor), £550; Ruakura (buildings, yards, lighting, etc)., £4B, £1300; Ruakura (drainage), £IOOO. HARBOUR WORKS. Rangiriri wharf, £180; Whangamarino falls, erection of wharf (subsidy £ for £), £109; clearing willows Onctea stream (subsidy £ for £), £100; clearing snags out of Waikato river, £SO; Raglan wharf and breastwork on account of £3OOO (subsidy £ for £), £SOO. TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS. New buildings, improvements, golf links, etc., at Te Aroha, £300; fencing tracks, furniture, and other improvements at Waitomo Hostel, caves and reserves, £2OOO. ROADS AND BRIDGES. (W., Waikato; R., Raglan; Wa., Waipa; T., Tauranga; P., Piako; 0., Ohinemuri; M,, Matamata; K., I Kawhia; W.T., West Taupo Counties). Experimental Farm to Traver’s, W., £97, £100; Great South road, Huntly to Rangiriri, on account of £ISOO (subsidy £1 for £1), W., £150; Great South road, Mercer to Rangiriri, W., £200; Kimihia, W., £100; Kopuku stream bridge and approaches, W., £175; Mangapiko to Mangatea, W., £100; Mangapiko Valley, W., £SO; Mangatea, W., £200; Maramarua parish, section 69 (access), W., £125; Maramarua to Waerenga (Foote’s Hill), W., £100; Matahura to Te Hoe (£1 for £1), W., £SO; Matahura to Taupiri, W., £100; Matahura Valley to Mangapiko Valley, W., £100; Matahura I Valley to Proctor’s (£1 for £1), W., i £368, £700; Ohinewai railway statoin to Ngarua Block, on account of £1485 (£1 for £ 1), W„ £389, £751); Rangiriri to Churchhill (£1 for £1), W., £47, £SO; Raynor road, W., £SO; Taniwha to Okaeria, W., £SO; Te Kauwhata railway station road (£1 for £1), W., £IOO, £IOO. Waerenga to Waitakaruru, W., £100; Waikato river bridge, Rangiriri, on account of £7OOO (£1 for £1), W'. and R., £250; Waipuna Valley road, W., £SO; Wairangi railway station to Matahura river, on account of £2158 (£1 for £1), £500; Whangaraarino station road, W., £100; Bailey road, P„ £100; Eastport road, P., £100; Ngulumanga, O. and P., £275, £600; No. 1 road, Waitoa (£1 for £3), O. and P., £150; Murray river bank road (£1 for £1), R., £55, £225; Onewhero, R.,£303, £300; Opotoru bridge approach, north side, R., £SO; Otoroheao Trig road, R., £250; Ponganui, R., £100; Pori Waikato to Tuakau bridge, on account of £2500 (£1 for ill), R., £500; Proctor road, Taupiri, W., £100; Pukekawa (£1 for £1), R., £llOO, £1875; Punri to Huntly (£1 for £1), R., £100; Raglan to Waipa (£125, £1 for £1), R., £l2O, £300; Ruakuia Experimental Farm road (£2 for £1), W., £200; Ruapuke Mountain road bridge, R., £250; Rutherford road, R., £75; Tauhei to Morrinsville (£1 for £1), W., £100; Taupiri to Rewi settlement, on account of £IOOO (£1 for £1), W., £250; Te Akau Block to Dunmore (£1 for £1), R., £127, £150; Te Akau block roads, metalling, (£IOOO, £1 for £1), R., £5000; Te Kirikiri '(£soo £l, for £1), R., £2000; Te Puroa, R., £l9, £300; Three Streams to Kauroa butter factory, R., £6B, £75; Tikotiko (£1 for £1), R., £750; Tuakau bridge to Waingaro (£1 for £1), R., £427, £1175; Tunaki, R., £155, £150; Upton Hill to Te Akau Block, R., £450; Waikato river bridge, Ngaruawahia, on account, (£1 for £1), Wa. and R., £500; Waingaro Springs to Te Uku, R., £lO2, £150; Waingaro to Ngaruawahia (£1 for £1), R., £100; Waingaro to Waingaro Landing, R., £200; Wainui, R., £SO; Waiteluna to Kauri, R., £2l, £125; Wairamarama block road (£1 for £ 1), R., £1750, £2475; Waitetuna to Whatawhata (£1 for £1), R., £250; Kihikihi to Waotu, W.T. and Wa., £350; Lichfield to Southern County boundary (£1 for £I),M., £150; Lichfield to vVaotu, M., £250; Luck-at-last road (£1 for £1), M., £300; Ngutunui to Kawa, Waitomo, £29, £SO; Pirongia to Te Awamutu (£1 for £1), Wa., £250; Pokaiwhenua stream bridge, Lichfield to Taupo, M., £SO, £SO; Pokaiwhenua stream bridge, Lichfield to Waotu, M., £150; Puketurua to Waotu bridge, M. and W.T., £2OO, Puketurua to Waotu-Putaruru, road, M., £IOO, £100; Puniu bridge road, Wa., £SO, £SO; Puniu river bridge, W.T., £1000; Rangiaohia road district roads (£1 for £1), Wa., £750; Raupara, W.T., £150; Shea road, R., £150; Te Kowhai to Te Rapa (£1 for £1), Wa., £100; Te Puhi, W.T., £1000; Tokanui to Wharcpapa, W.T., £500; Tuhikararaea to Rukuhia railway station, Swamp road, (£350, £1 for £l, Wa., £550; Waipa river bridge, Pirongia (£1 for £1), Wa, £1297, £1300; Walker's Gully (£1 for £2), Wa. £557; No. 7 road, Waitoa, (£1 for £3), P., £IOO, £100; No. 8 road, Waitoa, (£1 for £3), P., £250; Te Aroha to Gordon (£1 for £1), P., £250; Te Kawana-Ngutumanga (£1 for £1), P., £lO3, £100; Waihou river bridge, between Puke and Junction (£1 for £1), 0., £ISOO, £2000; Waitoa Block to Waihou railway station (£l7O, £1 for £1), O. and P., £250; Awaroa Landing road (£1 for 1), R., £sl, £400; Blackett bridge, Wa., £100; Bregmen Landing to Churchill east, R., £100; Eureka main road to railway station (£1 for £1), W., £100; Given’s deviation through sections 51, 82 and 21, Block XIII., Karioi (£1 for £1), R., £150; Glen Murray to Rangiriri (£1 for £1), H., £100; Glen Murray Woodleigh (£1 for £1), R., £243 to £250; Gordonton to Moturnaoho (£1 for£l), W., £69, £75; Horokowau bridges, R., £275; Huntly to Kahuruhuru, R., £SO; Huntly to Puke-

miro, R., £100; Huntly West, R.. £loo;Huntly to Rangiriri West (£1 for £1), £100; Kaipo Flat, Onewhero, (£1 for £1), R. £ls, £75; Kelsey to Port Waikato, R., £100; Mangaokahu (£1 for £1), R., £125; Mangaokahu bridge, R., £2O, £100; Matakotia, R., £75; Whaanga, R., £2O, £200; Whatawhata bridge to Karamu (£1 for £1), R., £1500; Alexandra road, P., £150; Bosson road, P., £95, £100; Bridgewater to French Pass, M., £100; Buckland road, on account of £IOOO, £1 for £l,, M., £SO, £150; Cambridge to Rotorua, M., £150; Cambridge to Tauranga, M„ £200; Diagonal road, P., £7O, £400; French Pass road, M.’, £100; Kinhoni to Walton, P., £SO; Kiwitahi Station road (£1 for £1). P., £250; Mangawhero to Raima! (£1 for £1). M., £100; Matamata Township roads (£1 for £2), M., £100; Morrinsville to Kiwitahi P., £150; Morrinsville to Tahuna, p.'; £100; Moturnaoho railway station to Tauhei road, P., £250; McLaren road, P., £150; Sanitorium road, I*.. £250; Stanley road, P., £100; Thames to Waikato Main road (£1 for £1), P., £250; Tirau to Matamata County boundary. M., £100; Tirau to Rotorua road deviation,’ M., £425; Totman road, M., £200; Tui road to Government Bush, M., £SO, £SO; Waghorn toad (£1 for £1), P., £IOO, £100; Waharoa to Gordon, M. and P., £100; Waharoa to Turanga-o-moana Creamery, M., £3OO, £300; Waimakariri bridge (£1 for £1), M., £200; Waitoa river bridge (£1 for £1), P., £200; bridge road, M., £100; Cambridge to Horahora, M., £200; Cambridge to Taupo, M., £150; Harapepe to Karamu, R., £l2l, £125; Harapepe to Te Pahu Creamery, R., £200; Harapepe to Te Rore, R., £400; Kakepuku, Waitomo and W.T., £IOO. BACKBLOCK ROADS, ETC. Kohcroa Parish, access to section 55, W., £300; Maungatawhiri to Waitakaruru, W., £B9, £375; Miranla to Maramarua, W., £200; Aotea to Raglan, R., £203, £300; Cogswell road, R., £123, £175; Hetherington road. R., £100; Huntly to Pukerairo, deviation, R., £500; Kauroa to Pakoka, R., £225; Kirikiri to Te Akau, through section 60, R., £100; Klondyke, R., £150; Mangakino, R. and K., £150; Pakihi to Okete, R., £175; Rangiriri S.D. Blocks IX. and X., sections 1 and 6 (road through), R., £100; Ruapuke to Aotea, R., £100; Ruapuke Mountain road, R., £3, £150; Ruapuke Mountain road to Te Mata, £100; Takapaunui to Ruapuke Mountain road, R., £250; Te Mata to Ruapuke, R., £100; Te Uku Landing road, R., £7O, £100; Turner’s Junction to West Coast (through Block VI, Awaroa), R, £150; Whangape Parish (sections 126, 127 and 128), R., £SO, Kauri to Harapepe, R., £127, £125; Pakoka bridge, R., £225; Pehehau to Kaniwhaniwha, R., £lO5, £100; Pokaiwhenua, M., £400; Wharauroa, K. and R., £225; Kaimai, T. and M., £27, £500; Kaimai, access to sections 579 to 583, Te Papa Parish, T., £300; Komete, T., £2OO. LANDS IMPROVEMENT.

Access to section 3, Block XV., Kawhia S.D., £500; Raglan-Manga-ite, formation, metalling, also construction of wharf shed, Te Akau Block. £200; Mamaku water supply, on account £IOOO, £2OO. ROADS TO OPEN UP CROWN LANDS. Kaniwhaniwha Block R., £100; Matahuru Block, W., £100; Takaruru Block, W., £100; Okawhao Block, R., £100; Roto Ngaro Block, R., £231, £1000; Tamatakohe Block, R., £1300; Te Akau Block, £SO; Waimai Block, £B6O, £1000; Mangakahika Block, P., £IOO.