THE PUBLIC WORKS ESTIMATES.

Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 40, 16 August 1881, Page 2

THE PUBLIC WORKS ESTIMATES.

The Public Works Estimates were circulated last night. Ihey are divided into twelve classes. For Class I , ' ' Immigration is set down £24,588, the Wellington items being — Immisration Officer, £100 (also Crown lands, £125) ; Matron, £25 ; Quarantinekeeper and Matron, £120. Under Class 2, £12,772 is Bet down for departmental expenses. To Class 3, '• Railways," attaches the greatest interest of all. Under this head £1017,634 ib set down, distributed as follow j Auckland —£237,ooo. via.. Kawakawa, £42,060, Whangarei, £24,850 ; Kaipara. £111,110 ; Waika o-Thames, £^0,000. Hawkes Bat — Napier- Wellington, for conBtruction and hind, £41,079 at Napier end, of which £6481 was already expended to 30th June, including liabilities at that date — this is implied by the words " already exDended," in each case where they are used below. Wellington— £l2B,loo, viz., Wel-

lington-Woodville, .£32,000 (£17,779 already expended) ; Bunnvthorpo Gorge, JE675 for bush-felling and land; Wellintrton-Foxton, for construction and land, .£IO,IOO (£7062 already expended) ; Foxton-Patoa, construction and land, £36,000 (£43,362 already expended). Taranaki — Patoa- Wfiitara, £60,632. Nelson, £24,200, viz.— No'sonRoundell, £6200 ; Greymouth-Nehon Crock, £11,000 ; Greymouth-Hokitifca, £500 ; West-port-Ngahawau, £6500. Marlbo rough — J^cton-Awaturo, £11,000. Cantkbbury, £236,930, viz. — Hurnnui - Waitaki and branches, £207,930; Canterbury Interior, £19,000. Otago, £284,000, viz.— WaitakiBluff aud branches, £193,000; Otago Central, £36,000 ; Invercargill- Kingston, £7000 ; Western Railways, £43,000. Thero is also a special item under " Railways," namely— " Legal and other expenses incurred by Government in defending Messrs. Brogdens' claim, £3000." Under Clasß 3— " Survey of new lines and railways," a lump sum of £1000 is put down. Under Class 5, "Roads," £262,763 ia set down, allotted thu* : -Auckland, £65,061 ; Hawko'a Bay, £5909; Tnranaki, £23,446; Wellington, £5973 (£3284 already expended), viz.: Seventy-Mile Bush, £2200; Opaki-Mana-watu, £2000; M»nawatu Gorge, £700; Waiohine bridge, £13 ; Manchester Block, £16 ; Foxton-Otaki, £243 ; " sundry roadß," £800. Nelson, £13.195; Mariborough, £23,500 ; "\Vo3tland, £17,253 ; Otago, £7100 ; native districts, £10,411. Special rcada to open up lands before sale: — Auokland, £43,970; Taranaki, £7680; Hawko's Bay, £6731 ; Wellington, £29,920, of which, tne deta Is havo previously boon Riven (£3237 already expended) ; Nelson, £9800 ; Mariborough, £40" 0; Westland, £16,590; Canterbury, £6500; Otago, £18,009; Southland, £10,800; roads through landa recently purchased, £7833. Class 6—6 — " Land purchases in North Island " has £87,623 Bet against it. Class 7—" Waterworks on goldfields," £22,000. Class 8— "Telegraph extension," £11,154. Class 9—" Pnblio buildings," £190,f 06, including £3500 (already expended) for completion of Wellington Supremo Court; £5000 for " New Wellington Prison, Mount Cook"; £ip,ooo for now Post OfficOj Wellington (£SOOO required for expenditure during remainder of current y«ir); £70 for Post and Telegraph Office, Palmerston North ; for lunatic asylums throughout the colony, £60,720 is set down (£25,137 already ox. pended), for hospitals £2500, and for school* buildings £85 000, all these latter being given in lumps, and not in detail. For class 10, " Lighthouses and Harboure," £31,545 is pnt down, including £300 for leading lights in Tory Channel, £700 for tho beacon in tho French Paas, and £6500 for tho muchneeded lighthouse on Waipapapa Point. Under class 11, " Contingent Defence," £34,000 ia set down, viz., £75,000 for contingent defence, and £9000 for harbour defences. Class 12 comprises £14,000, tho charges and expenses of raising loaus.