THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 243, 10 October 1908, Page 7

THE SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES.

BIG NORTHERS VOTES. IMPORTANT WORKS PROVIDED , FOB. (By Telegraph—Parliamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Supplementary Estimates were presented in the House of Representatives this morning. Once again they will he,: found tp come out with substantial appropriations for the JJofth. The Obinemuri river silting trouble is to be coped with, and £1000 is placed on the Estimates towards the cost of this work. £3500 is set aside for improvements to the recently acquired Slanawatu line. In full and final payment as compensation for wrongful imprisonment the sum of £5000 is provided for J. J.Meikle. 'The Government expenses in connection with the visit of the American fleet to Auckland are coTwed by a vote of £4500, and the subsidy to local bodies by a vote of £2750. .The remission of the light dues on the colliers to the American fleet necessitated a vote of £281. The Hairukau harbour is to be dredged near the Onehunga wharf, and for this purpose £1000 is placed on the Estimates. An additional subsidy of £1547 is granted to the Alexandra Home. Auckland. A £50 grant is provided towards the expenses of Cadet Friar, shooting at Bisley. £1100 is set aside for the purchase of lands for additions to the Tauranga experimental station. The balance of the Auckland Art Gallery subsidy is put down at £343. GENERAL NORTHERN VOTES. Waipu courthouse site, £120; Rotorua courthouse, £200; Rctorua police station, £375; Waihi Hospital grant, £400; Fitzroy wharf, G rea-t Barrier Island £ 250 ; Ruakuri and Waitomo caves, £100; Helensville hot springs (on account of £1000), £300; compassionate allowance to Mrs Lloyd (whose husband was killed on the Main Trunk line), £300; Auckland University College, addition to statutory grant, £370; compassionate allowance to the widow of the late W. H. Hawthorne, £(i 3; grant to North s Kaipara Agricultural Association, £100 ; Hamilton drain, £170; Tongariro national park, £600; Wairo rr-ief (above junction with Piako river), £400; compensation to MeQarroll Bros, and Chadwick on account of alleged shortage of timber purchased in Tangihua forest (the subject of a petition to Parliament inquired into and recommended by R. W.. Dyer, S.M.), £550; Kohukohu Domain Board, £50; La wry settlement, extension of water supply, £50; Whangaroa wharf,] £100; Matakohe wharf, £200; beacon i for Kaipara harbour, £450; goods imported for Calliope Dock, £557; use oi Wellesley-street post office, £75; contribution to Veterans' Home, Auckland, £500; compassionate allowance to the widow of the late Constable MoClu3k«y, £50; expenses of recent inquiry re police surgeon at Auckland, £120; Karangahake domain, £50; Paeroa domain, £75; Waikato sanatorium, £400; Paeroa post office, additions, £2GO; Raglan post office, £200; Rotorua courthouse, £200. ROADS ON GOLDFTELDS, ETC. McLaughlhrs-Waika-wan creek track (■widening), £200; Tapu-Gumtown, £200; Tararu creek road, £50; Hiku-wai-Tairua, £300; Puriri-Neavesville, £200; Neavesville-Golden Belt,' £200 ; Tererenga-Whangapora, £100; Coroman-del-Tererenga, £100; Cabbage Bay-Alata-mataharakeke, £100; Kennedy BayMatamataharakeke, £ 100; Waiorongo-mai-Waitawheta, £200; DurDar-Komata, £150; Karangahake to railway, £200; Waitekauri to Durbar, £250. AUCKLAND ROAD "DISTRICT. Awanui to West Coast (Mangonui), £200; Dunns to Kaitara dairy factory, Mangonui, £20; Faixburn Creamery to Plat Bush, Mangonui, £100; Faulknersroad (Ruapekapeka), Bay of Islands, £100; Kaeo to Matiori, Wbangaroa, £150; Kaitaia to Awanui, Mangonui, £100; Mangonui to Oruru factory, Mangonui, £200; Oruru factory to F&irburn Creamery, Mangonui, £200; Ryder's Creek Bridge, Mangonui, £500; Matapouri to Marua, Whangarei, £100; Mill Brook School Road, Whangarei, £60; North Albertland to Tehana Railway Station, Rodney, £100; UrquhaTt's Bay Road, Whangarei, £100; Warkworth to Sandpit, Rodney, 50; Waipu Gorge to Section I, Block X., Waipu, SJD-, Whangarei, £150; Wayby-road to railway station, Rodney, £50; Whangarei Heads landing road, Whangarei, £ 100; Dargaville Bridge to Kaihu Creek (£ for £), Hobson, £500; Hukatere District Roads, Otamatea, £ 150; Matakohe District Roads, £200; Matakohe (access road), £100; Mount Wesley to Kaihu, Hobson, £200; Omano to Mangarata, £200; Parkhurst—Waitemata, £200; Tangaihi to Tikinui, Hobson, £100; Tangiteroria to Tangihua Block 11, £3~0~0; Tango wahine to Mangatahia, £250; Tokatoka Post Office-road, Otamatea, £200; Wal-lace-road (Raapo), £200; Cuthbert's Gully (£ for £), Waitsinata, £300; Hobsonville to £200; Samuel's Bridge (£2 for £1), £500; Taupaki station to school. £ 100; Waimauku to West Coast to Frost's, £200; Waitemata River Bridge (Riverhead), £300; Coromandel to Waikawau, £250; Crosbie Settlement-road, Thames. £200; Gumtown to Whenuakite, £150: Kehowharere to Cabbage Bay (Coast-road), £250; Thames to Waikawau, £500; Great North-road," deviation (Surreycrescent to Meola Creek, (£ for £), £500; Whau Creek Culvert, Waitemata, £150; Great Bouth-road, Papakura-road District (£4 for £1), £250; Main-road deviation through Evan's property, £200; Opaheke Main-road, £150; Abraham's Gully, £100; Eastern Drain Outlet, £150; Great South-road, Whangainarino Rd. District, Waikato, £200; Kelsey's to Port Wail-ato. £150; Kohe-roa-road, Manukau, £100; Maungatawhiri Stream to Maungatangi Stream, £100; Matahuru Landing Road, Waikato, £60; Matahuru Valley to Proctor's, £150; Morrinsville Drainage, Piako, £400; Ohinewai Railway Sjtation to Kgarua Block.-Waikato, £150; OtorrtheaO Trig-road, "Raglan, £200 • Ta.huna to Morrinsville, Piako, £200; Waitangi Bridge, Pukekohe Main-road ( & for £.), Manukau, £75; Kainana.wa to Hikutaia. Ohinemuri, £200; Komata North, £20Q; Netherton to Kerepehi, £200; Netherton .to Puke, £200; Ngataipua East. £200; Pipi Creek Bridge and Approaches, £150; Thames to Hikutaia. £200; Kohi to Mangaiti Ohinemuri, £500. Tofitf, Auckland vote: £13445. TE KUITI ROAD ETSTRICT. Bftrtelson's-road (JMkekura), Waipa, £•100; Tanhei, Piako,'£2oo; Horoku to Tβ K<w Jai, Waipa, £100; Kaniwhaid--wh» Strejun Bridge (Steel's Crcwiufj, R*gla.n, £280; Uurokopa K«r,, Saajf

ging, Kawhia'and Awakino; £5O; Teko-1 whai te Ka pa-road (incivors), Waipa, £50; Waipa River Bridge, Pirongia, (£ for £), £500; Wbatakhata Swamproad, £150;' Ngata.ra.-wa, Awakino, £100; Pukearuhe, Waitomo, £200; total, Te Kuiti vote, £17000. BjOTOKUA BOAD DISTRICT. Mamakit to Botorua (East-road), £300; Matata to Otamarakau, £300; Oruanui to Hokai, £300; Buataki to Oponriao, £100; Wairoa Bridge, £1000; total, Kotorua vote, £1900: GENERAL ESTIMATES. The following. are some interesting items on the General Estimates:—Payment on account of losses sustained by officers and attendants of the House through the fire at Parliamentary Buildings, £2000; financial adviser to Government, London, £400; mail subsidy, Wel-lington-Tahiti-Rarotonga, £ 1000; postmarking machines for various offices, £1000; Dunedin Post Office for repairs, £650; renovating Government House, Auckland, £900; Parliamentary Buildings (additional), £2000; temporary residence for His Excellency the Governor and staff, £500; additional furniture for Government "House, £100;. board and travelling expenses- of the Governor's servants when removing, to Palmerston North, £100; printing consolidated statutes (additional), £2500; typewriters for Government Departments, £1000; reprint of New Zealand law reports, £2000; gratuities to widows of members of Legislature, Mrs Bonar, £300, J Mrs Fish £300, Mrs Pinterton £300; . locomotion expenses of Governor and staff when travelling between Palmerston North and Wellington, £200; interchange of officers between the Dominion and other parts of the Empire, £1000; grant for Southland fish hatchery, £1000; Taieri floods, advance for damage, pending financial arrangement, £1000; purchase of leasehold interests from Hawke's Bay Timber Company, £5100: caretaker's house, Ketitahi hot spring, Tongariro, £600; free text books, £3500; special trained nurses in isolated districts, £500; subsidy to societies for the promotion of health of women and children, £500; subsidy Karitane Home, Dunedin, £5.00; Central Otago, Tuapeka, and Otago United Charitable Aid Boards, £4001; Otago District Hospital Board, £2268; Railway Departmental buildings at Chris tchurch, £20,000; Christchurch Museum, £440; second school at Gore, £1500.