WORK PROJECTED

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 137, 6 December 1918, Page 2

WORK PROJECTED

GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS In addition to the expenditure from Public Works Fund (summarised elsewhere), the following votes have been authorised by Parliament:— '■.'..

SOME OF-THE VOTES. The following is a selection of the votes (stated first), with the amount expended last year (stated second) :—

Railway construction, (including land and materials) and 'war bonus to officers and employees—North Auckland Main Trunk : total of. 102,500 (59,938). East Coast. Main Trunk: Total of 74,500 (48,645). Napier-Gisborne: Total of 38,000 (13,483). Opunake branch: 20,000 (12,667). Stratford Main Trunk : 47,000,: (41,310). - Stone Quarry Line, Bangifcikei River :100 •( —). FeatJierstonMartinboroughx: 2100 (—). South Island Main Trunk: W)00 (252). Midland: Total of £50,000 (44,298). /'• Surveys, new lines of railway: 1000 Permanent way ' materials : 75,000 (7845). • , ;

Additions' to Open Lines.—-Way/ and Works Branch—North Island Main Lines and- Branches : ,21,070 (33,634). South Island Main Lines and Branches : 35,330 (15,013). Locomotive Branch—; Boiling stock : 105,000 (141,119). Workshops machinery : 5000 (6129)..' > BuilSings. ~ Under the Public Buildings heading the total vote is The amount of last year's vote was £316,940, and £229,^88 was expended. The.chief increase is in the item, School Buildings,l £400,000. .-,,■ : -. ,■'■■'..! • Following are .some details"of 'new. votes, the amount;, expended last year 1 being shown in parentheses:—' ■ Parliamentary Library, fir© service, £900;' new Parliamentary Buildings, on account, £65,000 (£37,145); Government Printing Office, additions £3000 (£5021); Wellington General Prison, £10,000 ;,< Rangiottf Post .Office, £700; Tauhere-, nikau Camp Pofet, Office, £460; Wellington G.P.0., £850 (£3292); Weraroa, buildings, etc:; £2800 ■ (£1119); rabbit" poison factories (two- at £2200), £4400.' . Auckland Mental Hospital, £4000, (£1048); Porirua £4000 (£10,399) ;rßea-/ cliff, £9000 (£597) • Sunnyside, £11,000 (£7647);, ' Tokanui,.. £17i000 (£6188) ;* Waitati, £8000,. (£88)! ■-.■'. Auckland St."Helens Hospital, £11,000 (£l7s7);.Otaii Sanatorium, £3000. ■ Schools. •'.■•'■ . Public schools, £160,000 (£47,106); training colleges, £10;000 (£33);. techni-, "cal schools, £70,000 (£6898); secondary schools, £60,000 (£482); universities, "£67,Q00; j*j6sJj j ,M^ve 18 c|i.0q15,..,£7000 (£2456)-; industrial schools: and profii"-' tion homes, £20,000 (£2999); free kindergartens, £2500. ■ • .";_.. " ■A;^'A:; ..-ii 1. 'Tourist Besiorte.'r . .....'-"t „':• Tongariio National Park, £200. ■*„■■'.. „>,■.■.;• ;,: -liiniigwition.-1/ •■-•■/J'•■/-■- -■; Administration and expenses in England, £6000 (£U76); passage money for nominated immigrant?/ £21,500 (£5261) ;■ passage money for-' other immigrants, £21,000, (£1610); refunds of passage vm0ney,.£2000,.(£826). . - .'. '"- I ■ ■ ■;'.- Roads and Bridges./ " : •

'Wellington- . Road District—Tamaki East, road deviation, £1000; Upper Ka-watau-road,. £,150; Awahou Stream Bridge, £125; ; Southey's Stream Bridge, £125; Inland-road, £560 (£150); Upper Kawatau and Hikurangi Bridge, £500; A]fredton: to Weber, £225; Bernstpn Slip, £150;.Checkley's Bridge, Tirau4 mea Valley, £400; ' Kaitawa, Bridge, ,£600; atanawatu Gorge,, £1000; Otopa-^ ngo Stream Bridge, £350; Pahiatna to Pongaroa, £1000 (£400); Pahiatua J^ Pongaroa (another vote), £800; Poiiga^"' roa to Aohanga (Akaroa \to" Glencoe), £1000; )Pongaroa to Waikaka, - £500; Grahams-road, Wood-; ville, £100; Baparapawai Stream Bridge, £250; Saddle-road, fiISC; Hine.mo.i. to 'Alfredton, : £300;" Mangahau South-roaoij £75; Kopuaranga Bridge," £1342; Main Coast-road, £300; Taueru Bridge, £650; Station,. Oreek Crossing, Castlepoiht' -B125; Whakatald to Castlepoint, £150} Whareama Stream Bridge, ■ £1000;Featherston to Masterton, £400;, Tauherenikau", Bridge, £1000; Waikanae »to Hadfield, v£659; Collins-road , deviation, Akatarawa, £60; Moonshine to Upper. Hutt-road, £50; White Bridge, £350; Horokiwi VaUey, £109. Backblocks. Roads.. . ■ Wellington Rbad District.—Birch-road, Weber, £400. ! .

/ . Estimate. Exp'ded. „ .-..; . ..." This Last year. year. " :•:' ■:■;■*■■'■'*' ■'■£'■. . ■■' £-. ■ jand for Settlements , Accouitt (roads) ... 100,000 • 43,996 Ilectrio Supply Aco. 55,000 26,734 tailways Improve-. ment Authorisation . ' Act, 1914, Ace 125,000 111,720 Vaihou and Ohine^ mmi Rivera Im- ...."'■ 'proyement Account 25,000 12,025 'elegraph Extension' Account .;.,.. — 96,689

1-UULrWiAY VOTES. ■-.£'■:&■ iailway construction 485,000 295.6G9 Editions to.:, open■ -■ ■ lines ......: 18S ; 000.. 200j162 . .Totals 1 .;...........■: 670,000 495,771'