PROVINCIAL COUNCIL

Lyttelton Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 4464, 4 June 1875, Page 2

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL

Thuebday, June 3. The Speaker took tbe 'Chaw.st 3 p.m. ’ PETITIONS. Mr Habpbk presented, a petition,signed by; 557 persons, praying fbr the construction of aj branch railway to the White Cliffs quarries. | The hon member stated that if this line werei constructed, it would have the additional) effect of opening up 60,000 acres of really : good agricultural land. > I The petition was read and received. Mr ANDKNiyE presented a petition from the; Mayor and City Council of Christchurch, praying the Council to, take into their serious and favourable consideration the question of granting'an endowmeut to the city. ’ The petition was read and received. bkpobtb. Mr Bluett . brought up the report of the Select committee appointed to make inquiry as to' the Doyleston Library petition. The report recommended that no further grant should be made to the institution until the site shall be conveyed to his Honor the Superintendent, and the library brought under the Public Libraries Act. Sir Obaokopi Wilson brought up the report of the Select committee appointed to inquire into the petition of Charles Seed and thirty-nine others, which was read. AKENDBDBOAD OEDINANCB. Dr Bayneb asked if it ie the intention of the GbveiiafiSntto bring in an Amended Bead Ordinance daring the present session. Mr. MAfiKßLL.replied that it waa not the intention of the Government to bring in an Amended Bead Ordinance this session. BISIONATION OP THK PEOVINCIAI 30LI0IT0B.

Sir Oeaoeoyt Wilson : Sir, I rise for the purpose of informing, the House that Mr Wynn Williams has resigned his appointment as Provincial Solicitor, and his seat in the Executive, and that hu Honor the Superin* tendent has accepted the hon member’s resignation. BOAD DISTBIOTS. Mr'Walebb moved—" That in the opinion of this Council—(l) That the principle has been established by the Act creating 1 the Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works, that 25 per cent of tfae land should be paicl to each Boad Board district.. (2) That therefore it ir desirable then be paid oyer ,to each road district in the.fatare, 26 per cent of theprooeedsof lands sold in each road district as it accrues.” The hon member said it: was a disgraceful fact in the history ef this settlement : that one portion of the Province, finding/their wants not attended to, actually rebelled and Wtot to Wellington for thepurpose of .haying jiutioedone to it. The principle *®rinod in the first part of the resolution was an inborntrovertible fact, and. therefore hon members • could not fail to see the justioe of each road ' district being paid 26 percent ofthe proceeds ‘ of lands sold in: each district as it accrued. He trusted the Government at present in power would not feel frightened at tins resolution, but that, on the contrary; they would find their way to assenting to it;: He felt that this measure of justice to the districts must either come from the central power or from the Government of the Province. He thought such action would come with a better graoe from the Province itself (hear.hear), and bei trusted the resolution he had moved, would: meet with the approval of the Oouucil. He felt convinced that it was a proper thing for the Council to do, irrespective of any con* sidetations as to whether the provinces were to continue or not.- There was no practical difficulty whatever in accepting this resolution. He did not propose that the resolution should ' have a retrospective operation, arid therefore there could be no difficulty experienced in giving effect to it. He begged to move the resolution standing in hu name. (Hear, hear.) Mr B. Tttbnbull seconded the; motion. Mr MasbbljL said there was no doubt a great deal of force in what the hon member (Mr Walker) had said with regard to the principle of this resolution. So far as the principle of the resolution was concerned, there could be no objection to it- -The principle had been asserted m that House oyer and over again—(hear, hear)—but there. was .very great difficulty to be .met with in giving effect to it. The .first resolution wps not quite correct ,* and with regard to the second resolution, it would be difficult to. cany it out for this reason, that; there were districts in which no lands were sold. The circumstances ot districts varied very considerably, and the Council ' must take, these - circumstances into consideration, s>s : well as. the land sales and the rating of districts, when discussing this question. These: circumstances prtVented the establishment of any fixed rule in the matter, and consequently the resolution *could not be Carried out if it were passed. He did not object to the principle of the resolution, but merely wished to show that it was impracticable. It was inexpedient to lay down any hard-fast rule with regard to the allocation of the land revenue, as the amounts given to each road district must necessarily depend on circumstances as they arose, and on the amount of revenue at disposal. The hon. memher’for Ashburton represented a district in which there was land yet to be sold. He (Mr Haskell) represented a district in which there was no land for sale, and he thought it would be unfair to take away the grant from that district to give it to the district which the hon. member represented. He would suggest to the hon. member that it would be advisable to withdraw the resolution.

Mr Bluett said he could not agree to the resolution aa it stood, but he was of opinion: that all districts should receive 25 per cent, of the land revenue. He thought that those districts in wh : oh all the land had been 'ibid, and which had not received 25 per cent, of the land revenue, should be paid the arhount due to them, and if the resolution were so altered as to have a retrospective operation, he would support it. . Mr W. B. TOBBWXLL agreed with the principle embodied in the resolution, but he thought it did not go far enough. The principle waa established as far back as the year 1864.

Mr Pabkbb said he would have ho objection to the resolution being made retrospective, if it were pointed out to him where the money was to come from. He thought it only fbir that thote districts which contributed to the revenue of the Province, should have 25 per cent, returned 'to; therm This principle had been affirmed oW* ap;d over again by the House, and he. thought it should be carried out.

. Mr Out supported the reeolutipn, . )fr B. Tubnbull expressed regret that the Government was opposed to this resolution. Mr Potts supported the ‘m6ti6n, beiieving

r sleet of it would be to lead to local and every measure that was calculated fo have this desirable end, would . have JiU -Warmest support. (Hear, hear.) j .llr Beown expressed a hope that the hon imembejr would not press his resolution. If it jwere passed, it would cause a great deal of inconvenience to arise both to the Cnnru.il and, the Government; in fact, it could not be carried out;. Sir CEAOaorr Wilson opposed the resolution. If such a resolution as this were passed, he believed that the Act passed in the General Assembly in 1871 would prevent effect being given to it. Mr Fishes opposed the resolution. Mr Jebbon moved, as an amendment—- “ That in the second part of the resolution the word ‘district’ be struck out, and the words ‘Board at once* inserted in lieu thereof.” . ,

Mr Andrews seconded the amendment. Mr W. Whits opposed the resolution. Dr Tdekbudl suggested the withdrawal of the resolution. (Cries of “ withdraw it.”) The amendment was put, and negatived on the voices.

Mr Montgomery said that if they made this bard and fast rule to give the Boad districts 26 per cent of the land revenue, ; tbqy would be voting the money away without knowing whether in some districts it would be required for the making of main roads ip those districts. He agreed with the Provincial Secretary that , the first part of this resolution was not quite correct, as the principle was not affirmed that each Boad Board should receive 26 per cent of the land fund; it was merely affirmed that the . Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works should have 25 per. cent of the land revenue raised within the district under their control, given back to them for works. He did not think that this resolution, if passed, could We' carried out; and if a Select committee were appointed to inquireas tothe effect it would have upon the various road districts, he believed the hon. t member for Ashburton would be convinced of the impracti- ./ cable nature of the resolution which he had v brought forward. Ur Jollii advocated that any resolution on this subject should have a retrospective operation, as he thought that those districts which had not received 25 per cent of the land fund had a fair chum to receive it now.

Mr Walkbe replied, and the resolution was put and declared to be negatived on the voices. A division wss called for, which resulted as follows: . Ayes, 10—Messrs Dixon, Gray, Hay, Parker, Filuet, Potts, Bayner, Teschemaker, B. Turnbull, and Walker. Noes, 20 Messrs Andrews, Bluett, Buchanan, Fisher, Harper, Higgins, Jebson, Jollie, Joynt, Maskell, Brown, Montgomery, Peacock, J, N. Tosswill, W. B. Tosswifl, J.B. Turnbull, Webb, Weetenra, W. White, and J. 0. Wilson.

The resolution was therefore negatived. fiTJETBYS. Mr Jebson gave notice of an amended resolution for next day;, and obtained leave to withdraw the following:—"That in the opinion of this Council, the Government should appoint a 'Commission during the recess, to inquire into the matters referred to in the report of the Chief Surveyor, relating to toe Surveys and Crown Grants already issued and that may be issued before the Commission bring up their report.” LI and no. 2 urns. Mr J. N. Toaswxiii moved that the Council resolve itself into committee to. consider the following resolution;—“ That his Honor the Superintendent be respectfully requested to place upon the Supplementary Estimates a sum not exceeding £7OO, as a grant in aid for the purpose of removing certain clay bars and other obstructions in the LI and No. 2 rivers.”

The Hon J. T- Pbacoo* said if the hon member would alter the sum' to £4OO, the Government would, have ho objection to the resolution. .. , The motion for going into committee was agreed to. In committee, Mr J, N. Tosswill moved—- " That the figures £4OO be substituted for £700.” The amendment was agreed toThe resolution, as amended, was agreed to, roported to the House, and adopted. BOUTnEOOK. Mir Bbown moved the House into committee to consider the following resolution:— “ That his Honor the Superintendent be respectfully requested to place' on, the. Supplementary Estimates a ' sum notoxoeeding.E4oo to defray the cost of the erection ef * Store Shed at' Southbrook, on theHreat Northern Bailway.” . . . .'..1 The Hon J. T. Pbacoox said the Government would oppose the motion. This was a General Government line, and if this accommodation were required, the General Government were the proper parties to provide it. (Hear, hear.) Besides, he felt that the cost would be far in excess ef the ambunt'reoeived for carriage. The motion was negatived on the voices. MANDBTIIiE AND BANOIOBA SISTBICT.

Ths following motion, standing in Mr Isaac Wilson’s name, lapsed" That his Honor the Superintendent be respectfully: requested to place on the Supplementary Estimates a sum not exceeding £I2OO for the- completion of drainage works in the Mandeville and lUmgiora district.”

AKABOA. Mr Pilliet moved—" That in view of the advantages to result from reclaiming that portion of the town of Akaroa covered by the waters of Akaroa Harbour lying between Laraud and Jollie streets, it Is desirable that Estimates be prepared by the Government showing probable cost and returns of such reclamation, for the purpose of placing in the market as speedily as possible lima so reclaimed.” TWhon member pointed put' that the two ends of the town would be united if this work were carried out. It would be a work of considerable profit. The assessed value of the land, when reclaimed, would be something like £3OOO an acre. Mr Wbstenba, in seconding the resolution said.it had been his intention to move in this 'matter. However, as the hdn member (Mr Pilliet) had taken it np, he hoped they would be able to make out such a case at would induce the House and the Government _to consent to this very desirable work being carried out. There woe no doubt whatever that if this land were reclaimed, every acre of it would be sold at a very high price. The work could be easily carried put, and he would suggest that it should be done from point to point, in . order that more land might be reclaimed. He believed that if estimates were prepared by the Government, the proposal to carry out the work next session would meet with the. approval of the House. . , The Hon J. T. Pkacoc* said the Govern- *• meht had no objection to a , 'y nature being psissed, as they did ndttL»*rit would cost much to have these estimates prepared. He would move—“ That the words •for the purpose of placing in the market, as speedily as possible, land so reclaimed, be struck put.” Mr BuchanAK supported the resolution and looked upon it as being a step in the right direction. He believed that tha work would be found to be a very remunerative i one. amendment was agreed to on the The resolution, as amended, was agreed to.

ENDOWMENT ,TO THE CITY. Or Tdbnbull moved the House into Committee to consider the following resolution “ That his Honor the Superintendent be respectfully requested to place on the Supplementary Estimates tne sum of £50,000 for the purchase of land as an endowment for the City of Christchurch. The hon member Said he was exceedingly pleased to find the motion' standing in his- name preceded by -the very- excellent debate introduced by the member for Ashburton (Mr Walker). Daring that debate every speaker had uttered sentiments.' beaming with geoefcosity and justice. It is true the debate embraced only Road Boards ■ and ’ Road Districts, but now under this motion for the endowment of <Jhristchuroh, the opportunity would be embraced by members of thesamckind Of feelings towardtbe towns of the j he thoronghly unswerving justiee to all. He would detain

iWChniMfl.hr ,ro«»itul»ting the special <dHmi~of~Ohri*tohuroh to an -endowment. He had on manydfoTOieStOOcoaeions brought the coEditibnof the city prominently before thii Home and’the public. He would give hie time to another phaee of the que«tion. This motion contained the idea of a landed endowment for the towns. The question, at the very outset, arose, Who does the waste land belong to P does it belong to the Hoad Boards, to the towns, to thq leaseholders, or to any one •eotum of the ProTinoe P When great political 4aeatiohs turn up, or when legislative bodies lure dissolved, ,who do they turn to P who but the people,!tie whole people of the,State? so m this matter of the proprietorship of the mate lands they turn to the real, owners—the people of town., and, country, rich and poor ; they- are unquestionably the owners; and they ue owners who are quite determined to have isay in the dispbsal Of the land. This ownership, is proved by their determining the nature 4W length of the leases, by the rental and profits from the land returning for their use m the shape of ordinary revenue. They also have this very important power, one which, according to circumstances, might be foolish at wise to use—a power of alienating the land to colonial purposes. He would' not say whether wise or foolish; but the power to do 10 unquestionably rests with the people. Haying fixed the ownership of the land, he would pCxfc speak of the size of this estate. The ShiVCy Office made out the acreage of Canterbury at milliohii. This, of bourse was an approximate estimate, and. could not well be taken as a basis for action. The return, however,. of the Waste Lands Board, of land actually held under lease, for which cash was jyearly paid, shewed the acreage to be quite close upon five millions of acres. Here they have, something tangible to go upon. Five Minions acres, were annually leased by the Waste Lands Board, Four millions must thereJ9r£!be ( struck' off for lands sold, rivers, lakes Mid mountain*. This five millions under lease npneenta-the-mtate of the people. So much jjpr the quantity; he would next speak of the ■duality of.'land. Tito Survey Office told them good agricultural there-were over three’ipuOters "pf a ;million of acres, of first-blass pastoral land two millions, of second.elass two 'millions ;-the quality** well as quantity of land iare'official return?. He thus shewed who were ; He would next speak of papula- . Hnstf. The people -of the province numbered 1 60,000; the people, of the municipalities,; Without their, suburbs, were twenty thousand, 1 or one-third bf the whole population; so that■ the towns had really a very. ; lm£e-plMpy in determining the leasing or even' ‘'hfieHaffoh of the lands. It was a curious ; fact, notwithstanding this large proprietorship,;

that the towns,aotjusly got nothing from the revenue of waste lands. This was'a great fact,. 'tfiaSfhS estate was always being diminished , and; ‘ hitherto, "not a- penny of the revenue, either from sale or rents, had come to the towns. He came as a representative of a considerable item of the populationwith the very modest request for an endowment of 25,000 acres. He spoke and moved for Christchurch alone, ; was thoroughly conversant ‘ with ; the .wants of this'city,' he could not s^(j)ellf! w#l? of authority upon the requirements of the other municipalities. He, =toweieiyfnlly reeomaised- their as equal to those of Christchurch, and ' wbnld* gladly' see similar support given to them. He would- not again speak of the special requirements of the city; he could not ’ gotfveragaln the alienation of its own reserves, its sickness, fevers, deaths. Members knew - thottle. But he would ask them to deal with ' the‘people of the towns—a people who held in their power so largely the good or bed pro- :■ -areM of the province; he asked them to deal ' with the towns in a manner that would stamp the House as an Oven handed distributor of practical.] ustice. Mr Webb seconded the motion. Mr Maskeiiß said the Government were, —quiteaware of the great--importance of-tfais subject, but they must join issue with the hop . memher’for Christchurch, in the [ argument he had used In support of this vote. It was ; quite true that the land belonged to the people, but it did not belong to any portion of the people, -but to all the people of the province. The population of the towns would not increase as rapidly as that of the districts of the province, and-the hon xdember. for Christohuroh Was 'therefore wrong in the * pceaositioa ha bad made to divide thp'estate’ on the present basis of population. He (Mr Maskell)- wts; not quite so- certain bathe non member far Christchurch that 1 thejiWwae so much good land atillJeft. unsold. hon. member had pointed-out that Ghristoburoh, got no large' grant of .money in late years,' as Bead districts,had done; bat surely he, would hot ( deny that Christchurch had derived Tery grcßd'fbanefit. from. the. public works that were carried out in the country districtsi of the province. The. hon member for Christchurch now applied for a grant of £50,000, or in point of fset for £l(jO,OQff for all the municipalities of the province. Now, he (Mr Masked) thought it was a grave question fpr consideration whether,' they should allow of so large a quantity of land being. alienated, and the revenues of the province proportionately reduced. With' regard to the main question, tbe Government were quite prepared to recognise the fact that something was necessary to be done to improve the sanitary condition of the centres of population. The Government did - not consider that the municipalities had,. claims upon them, but -they recognised the fact that in a short time, the improvement of the sanitary condition of {He municipalities was a question which must be seriously considered. He did not think that m the present session the question could be- definitely settled, and he would suggest to the hon member for Christchurch that he, should withdraw the resolution and adopt the amendment which he (Mr Maekell) intended to move. The hon member for Christchurch expressed the ; opinion* that the land .belonged to the people. He(MrMsskell) considered it belonged to the people Ik this sense: that it was public land, and that tbs' revenues derived from it v -.’were devoted to public purposes. It was impossible for the Government to decide the question this .session for many reasons. , There was the ; question of tbe best mode of making this endowment,- the acreage it should consist of, and how it should_ be apportioned amongst the municipalities. Future municipalities would also; have to be considered. It would also have to be considered whether 'the endowment should consist of agricultural or pastoral land. The moment they touched upon the condition ofOhristohufch, tb»e question of the suburbs crept up, and it would be necessary to make BQme provision for suburban districts. He was sure the manifest opinion of the Council must be, that no for improving the sanitary condition of Christchurch would besatisfactory if tbe suburbs were not included. He pointed out all these things to show that the matter, required » great deal more consideration than could bo devoted to it this session.. The Government were aware that sqibetbidg mbstJ:e done to help Christ church in ; effecting an improvement in its condition; He did not think there was any necetsity on the part of tbe Government for entering into the question, whether or not twenty years' ’Ego the municiuatitv of Christchurch' had done right fn parting with its., reserves for £20,000, and he would not refer to it further, but would at onto move ‘ that all the words in the resolution after the word “ that ” be struck out, with a view to" inserting the following words » H|s Honor the Superintendent be respectfully requested to ascertain during the recese the best meane, whether by procuring the passing of an Act by the General Assembly or by recommending to this Council at its next session to vpte a sum of money providing for the necessities of the municipalities of this province.” llfr Webb askedwhether this amendment could be moved. The Skbakeb ruled that it could net, as it Contrary to Standing Orders. Mr B. Titenbuil opposed the motion. Mr Baowjf said the hon member for Christchurch had npt stated to what purpose it:WM intended to apply this endowment. If it were to be used tor the improvement of roads and the erection of bridges, be should .. _jtwqqpwßly_ oppoie. it uJbut .they . could ; hot sßut'their eyes to the fact that something ;Wis -1 npcewary to, be done, at once, tp improve the > nnituj condition of Cbrifltchuroh and the

suburbs. He would move, as an amendment, J;hat the words “ City of Ghristohuroh ” be .truck out, and “ (Wind. .Board of Health of the Province” substituted. He hoped the Government would agree to this amount of money bemg voted to the Central Board of Health, who could take such action as would result m the sanitary condition of Christchurch and the suburbs being improved. The Spkakbb flftid the amendment could only be moved in committee, Mr Brown said he would in that case vote for the motion for going into committee.. Mr Potts said he thought that Christchurch and all other municipalities should be .endowed, to enable them to improve their sanitary condition. He would support the motion for going into committee, -.Mr Grat said he would support the motion for going into committee. He . differed from ; the Provincial Secretary, and considered that Christchurch had large claims on the Council. (Hear, hear, from Dr Turnbull.) He thought that Christchurch, in common with other parts of the Province, was fairly entitled to a share of the land revenue. He would remind hon members that Christchurch did not derive so much benefit from the railways as the country districts did, and the people of Christchurch had to contribute a large proportion of - the interest on the cost of construction of the lines. The population of Christchurch was about 12,000, and at the rate of 15s per head as Capitation Grant, the pbple of the city contributed about £9OOO of the interest on the cost of construction of the railways. He thought this motion should be carried this session, as immediate action was required. Besides, if the question were postponed until next session, there was a possibility of another session not being held, and further delay in a matter that required urgent measures to be taken, would be the inevitable result. He would support the motion for going, into committee. Mr Fishes trusted the House would go into committee, and .he hoped the resolution wpuld he so amended as to apply to the suburbs as well as, the city. Mr Jebson said that earlier in the day the -House threw out what was considered to be an equitable resolution having for its object the granting of 25 per cent of the land fund to the road districts in which it was raised. (Hear, bear). The resolution now before the House was an abstract part of a great question, and did not go far enough. If one place were to be endowed it was only 1 just and proper that the same principle should be applied to other places. (Hear, ; hear). If they made these endowments, and ! allowed the people of the present day to; exhaust them, what would the people do who, came after us ? If they parcelled out the. public estate in this way, they might in future be called to account. The principle, .imported into the resolution was that the land i belonged to the people. Well; did it not os much belong to the people who might come after us as to ourselves P If they en-j dowed one portion of the people he contended that they must endow them all. He hoped the House would not go into committee on this resolution. The thing could be met : in another way. The Government, as.before, could give a liberal grant to Christchurch out of the. revenues of the province. Mr W. B. Toss will said that when a grant of money was asked for in aid of municipalities,,some hon members objected to it,, and aaid that if an endowment were proposed they would support it. . An endowment was now asked for ; this proposal was objected to, and another mode suggested. He thought they should use their utmost endeavours to do something for the city of Christchurch. If the Council were so disposed, they could do a great deal for the city. There was no doubt about it . that they could not afford to let Christchurch remain a hotbed of, disease, and on this ground, and on , the . ground of humanity, be contended that - the present condition .of Christchurch should not be allowed to continue. (Hear, hear.) The Hon Q. Btjcelet said that the way in which to look at this resolution was this—how would it effect the revenues of the province ? This was the way in which the Government looked at it, they considered that, the making, of. such an endowment as this would cripple the revenue of the Province, and he thought that the,proper course : to pursue was that indicated in the amendment of his hon. colleague. M, however, that could sot be moved, the Government felt themselves compelled to vote against the resolution tor- going into committee; but even in the absence of any resolution on the subject, the .Government could take such action during -tiie recess as waaindicated in .the oontem- ' plated amendment of his honooHeague(Mr Haskell.) - Mr Parker was opposed to the alienation of the public estate in this way, but he would support .a grant of money to the municipalities to enable them to improve their sanitary condition. (Hear, hear.) Mr Dixon said that although he was opposed to an endowment being granted, he was favourable to a sum of money being voted for sanitary conditions, to be used under proper control, as they could not tell how soon an emergency might arise. Mr Webb said he did not agree with the hon member for Bangiora in proposing that this matter should be referred to the Central Board of Health. He thought the best thing to be done under the circumstances was to move the previous question, in order that the matter might be brought before the House in some other way more generally acceptable to hon members. He begged to move the previous question. The motion that the question be now put was declared to be negatived on the voices. Dr Turnbull called for a division, which resulted as follows; Ayes, 7—Messrs Andrews, Brown, Gray, W. B. Tosswill, J. S. Turnbull, W. White,and I. Wilson. ~ Noes, 23—Messrs Bluett,Buchanan, Buckley, Dixon, Fisher, Harper, Hay, Higgins, Jebson, Jodie, Maskell, Montgomery, Parker, Peacock, Pilliet, Bayner, Tesohetnaker, J. N. Tosswill, E. Turnbull, Walker, Webb, Westenra, and J. 0. Wilson,

The previous question was, therefore, carried. EAILWAT TOILS AND MANAGEMENT OBDINANCB, 1875. The House went into committee for the further consideration of this Bill. The Bill was passed through committee, reported to the House, and ordered to be read a third time next day. SUPPLEMENTABT ESTIMATES. Mr MaskeliE laid the Supplementary Estimates on the table. POSTPONEMENT. The further consideration in committee of the Sheep Amendment Ordinance, 1875, No. 2, and the Education Ordinance, 1875, was postponed until Tuesday next. WIDTH OB TIBEB OBDINANCE, 1875. This Bill was further considered in committee, reported to' the House, and the third reading fixed for next day. EDUCATION AXi EBSBEVBB LEASING OBDlnance, no. 2, 1875. On the motion of Sir Oracroft Wilson, this Bill was read a third time, and passed. Notices of motion having been given, the House adjourned until noon next day.

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. The following Estimate* were laid on the table yesterday evening

Glass II. —Administrative. Sub-Treasurer Glass IV. —Gaols. Lyttelton—supplies £200 0 0 Miscellaneous ... 21 10 0 £221 10 0 Timaru—Warder, at 7a per diem 128 2 0 Glass Y.-r-Police (Contingencies). Liabilities outstanding ... ... £210 6 11 Glass VI. —Hospitals (Christchurch). Howard *' 70 0 0 Class YIL-Lunatic Asylum. Surgeon (additional) fm o 0 Besident Surgeon 200 o u £250 0 0 Glass Till.—Charitable Aid rContingenraes). Liabilities outstanding ... Class XII.— Miscellaneous. Visit of his Excellency the Go- Q Q ii«Sridge commission ... 310 0 0

• tU i < > | , LegaUapsws** ... aaa .6 6. Grown grant and regiitration fee* 931 0 0 Compensation (Esdesand Fluty) Late FeiaMe'Rjfagetoutstanding 3d ‘i’ \ liabilities) 54 8 8 Ward (Waimate), maintenanoe... ... ;.. ■■... 100 0 0 Casual Ward (Lyttelton), maintenance, fittings, Ac 350 0 6 Maori Hostelry (Lyttelton), purchase of site, and building ... 380 0 0 Analyst Pigeon Bay mail service 100 0 0 150 0 0 North Bakaia Board of Conservators 300 0 0 Canterbury Agricultural , and Pastoral Association ... 260 0 0 Temuka and Geraldine Agricultural and Pastoral Association 30 0 0 Fencing, 'tea'., cemeteries... 60 0 0 Education Bate (Le Son’s Bay), refund 49 18 2 Bent of reserves, School of Agriculture 959 10 0 £4984 11 6 Class XVJLL—Public Plantations. I'emuka Park £300 0 0 Waimate Park 300 0 0 Geraldine Domain 150 0 0 AkarpaDomain ... . 200 0 0 £950 0 0 ' Class XX—Buildings and Works Buildings— £ B. d. Public Library 4000 0 0 Lyttelton Gaol 1500 0 0 Christchurch Hospital (new ward) 3700 0 0 Industrial school (Infirmary) ... 200 0 0 Orphanage, Lyttelton girls’ school, and furniture 1000 0 0 Police buildings, Timaru ... 2000 0 0 Police buildings, Southbridge (additional) 65 0 0 Normal school . . 3000 0 0 School buildings 136 0 0 District Engineer’s office, Akaroa 100 0 0 Harbour Works office, Lyttelton .50 0 0 . £15:740 0 0 Bridges— Bakaia bridge 850 0 0 Orari bridge ... 5105 0 0 Upper Opibi bridge 740 0 0 Kakahu bridge ... 1500 0 0 Epworth road to Temuka bridge 950 0 0 Bakaia Gorge bridge (for foot passengers and sheep) 6000 0 0 Amberly foot bridge, North Eowai road (B) 50 0 0 New Brighton bridge (grant in aid) 400 0 0 Ashley bridge approaches 160 0 0 £14,746 0 0

Roads— Dyer’s Pass road 200 0 0 Sumner road, at Shag Bock . Point (R) ... '.. 400 0 0 Cutting into Eowai river (Malvern and East Malvern road districts) ... ... ... 500 0 0 Telegraph road (Avon district) ... 300 0 0 Main road, Waipara and Amberly(Eowai district) 800 0 0 Banks Peninsular Summit road, including Long Bay track extension ... ... . ... 800 0 0 Akafta main road diversion 950 t) 0 German Bay to Summit 200 0 0 Pigeon Bay road (Akaroa aide)... 500 0 0 Pigeon Bay road (Pigeon Bay side) ... ... Barry's Bay Valley road extension 600 0 0 160 0 0 Pawson’s Valley road extension... 150 0 0 Wain ui,road extension ... 250 0 0 Lake works 160 0 0 Okain’s to Duvauchelle’a Bay "... 700 0 0 Chain’s to Le Bon’s Bay 300 0 0 Okain’s to Little Akaloa... 800 0 0 Le Bon’s to Akaroa 350 0 0 Little Akaloa to Pigeon Bay, vi& M'lntosh Bay 350 0 0 Le Bon’s to Summit (newline)... 600 0 0 Le Bon’s Bay jetty approach ... 600 0 0 Cow road. Little Akaloa (E) ... 400 0 0 £9950 0 0 Miscellaneous — Gravel pit purchase, Avon district £300 0 0 Grants in Aid— Clearing river Styx 300 0 0 Cust drainage extension 100 0 0 Beads to coal pits,quarries, &0.... 500 0 0 Oxford bush tOad (B) ,:r fiOO 0 0 £1400 0 0 Class XXI—Municipalities and Boad Boards*.

Balinee of Grant, 1874-6 Grant, 1875-6 Total. Municipalities— £ £ £ Christchurch— For bridges and drain5000 age — Lyttelton — For 2500 drainage — Timaru —Do — 2000 Eaiapoi—Do — 500 10,000 Eoad Boards — Akaroaand Wainui 365 1077 1432 Ashburton 1480 3203 4683 Ashley 267 834 1101 Aron 267 1868 2135 Courtenay 568 1924 2492 Cost 267 1251 1518 Ellesmere 977 2564 3542 Eyreton 355 1665 2020 Do (west) 267 779 1046 Qeraldine 444 1350 1794 Halswell 291 1251 1542 Heathcote 288 2040 2328 Eowai 426 2685 3111 Lake Coleridge ... 63 144 197 Levels 621 2300 2921 Lincoln 568 1724 2292 Little Hirer 355 1565 1920 Malvern ... 213 475 688 Do (East) ... 355 888 1243 Do (South) ... Mandeville and 141 416 566 Rangiora 355 1665 2020 Mount Cook 177 635 812 Mount Feel 177 600 777 Mount Somers ... 106 286 392 Okain’sBay 250 1000 1250 Oxford 355 1165 1520 Pigeon Bay 141 480 621 Port Levy 252 200 452 Port Victoria 106 286 392 Eakaia 213 675 888 Do (South) ... 1624 3000 4624 Biocarton 177 1183 1360 Spreydon 177 1077 1254 Springs 568 2124 2692 Templeton 284 861 1145 Temuka 534 1900 2434 Upper W aimakariri — — — Waimate 710 2300 3010 Waipara 267 617 884 15,043 5Q.C66 75,100

Total Class XXI.—Municipalities' and Hoad Boards £76,100 Iba * In this table shillings and pence have been omitted. Glass XXIH —Education. £ 8. d. Secretary for Education 600 0 0 Travelling allowance 100 0 0 £600 0 0 Class XXV—Harbour Works. £ a. d. Timaru Harbour moorings ... 500 0 0 Gladstone wharf .repairs oliter end 1500 0 0 Pigeon Bay jetty, lengthening (R) 150 0 0 Akaroa Harbour light (R) ... 1750 0 0 £3900 0 0 Class XXVII— Railways and Wharves. Sub-division 13. d. £ 0. Lyttelton Regatta (R) ... — 50 Class XXIX—Railway Works. 0 0 £ 0. d. Howe’s, compensation ... ... 62 New Passenger Station, Christchurch ... ... ,..10,000 0 0 0 0 Extra cost broad gauge, Ashley to Kowai - 15 11 Washdyke and Point Rad way, connecting with akin line, Inoludihg parohaie of land, _ station buildings, &o. ... ... 0 0 Purchase No. £ shed, Lyttelton 760 ■0 0

.fliCrf' VfoffjT t ... BeoonnaUwnoe auryey from 0 d. 0 : Little'.'Birer to Akaroa ... 600 0 0 * - - v • Total ... ’ ,ii £19.203 16 11 £147,963. .!4. 9