THE PUBLIC WORKS' STATEMENT.

Lake County Press, Volume VIII, Issue 449, 18 December 1879, Page 2

THE PUBLIC WORKS' STATEMENT.

The following ra a' surara'a'ry from thi Uilnediii ' Star ' of proposed' works unci's the Public Works Statement delivered ii the House last week.

The North Island is to have' L 165.000 tot roads, of which L 6 5,000 is for roads, bridges and wharves north of Auckland ; roads and bridges in the unsettled districts of Patea and Taranaki about X 50.000; L50.00J in addition is voted for kelson, Southwest toldfields, roads, and bridges; L 2.264" for Westlandand L 9.000 for Hokitika and Christchurch roads. L 12,000 is voted for main railway appropriations, in accordance with the Public Works Statement. For wafer-races in'the middle Islind (construction and supervision) —L29.000 is allotted to the West Coast; and Mciint Ida -water-race; LSOO. "Votes' are taken to opfen/up lauds for sale in the and Waikawa ;' to, open 4,00'0 acres in the Benger district, L.1,000 ; to' open up 5,030 acres (L 5.030), from Waitahun*a to Run's2c; to open 5,560 acres of agricultural and 11,000 acres of pastoral (L 500) c'n Run No': 7-5 Boyd's; to open 23,000 acres, Similar votes in Southland will absorb L 0.461 for opening lands by roads; i n other Provincial Districts L 85,451' id voted. The special wori?s for O'ta'go' aYe, iurch'a'fe' St the Beaumont bridge expended L 2.000 in v Addition to the previous vote of L 3.000; Kawarau bridge, L 2.000 in'addi t i ontoL7)9 3 7expe ' 1( j e(i Portobello road, L 217 ; roads from Wyndham to Toi To;s, L 81; Gore to Switzers, L 501: explosion of rocks at Catlin's River,. LI.OOO j Maerewhenua railway bridge, L 3,371; jetty at Catlin's, L 420 ; extended road Maori 1 Kaik to Taiaroa lighthouse, L 500; in addition to' L 247 expended; bridge over Oreti at J2lbow, L 3.783 ; tTpper Waitaki bridge, L5.00D; Jackson's Bay Clutha bridge, L 2,503 ;' completion of road; Waikari to Waitaki," L.3,000';" Anderson'sßiy road, L 250 ; court-houses at OamaruV L3.00J; I Alexandra, Ll5O ; Blacks, L 5 )0 ; Lawrence, L 235; Queenstown Goal, LB3O. Postal— 5 Ca,tlip's, L 50 0; Waitahuna, LBOD; Gore, L 400; Wyndham, L 200; Otautau. L 25. Customs—Oa'mam, LSOO ; lunatic', asylums throughout tho Colony, LIOO,OOO. Telegraph Extension—Kingston to Queenatown, L 1,700 Cromwell to Albertown, L 2,090 i . The vote for school buildings in the Colony is Ll 75,000; for the Deaf and Dumb Institute, L2,003j for contingent defence, L 140,000 ; and for harbor defence, L 37.589. The; positive engagements on contracts entered into and liabilities which must be met,. together with expenditure already made' during the current year,' -will absorb* L 3,799,865. The balance, therefore, which s available out of the new loan i5L1,717,255.