Financial Jugglery.

Northland Age, Volume 2, Issue 2, 29 August 1905, Page 3

Financial Jugglery.

Interesting Figures. publish bslow a rsturil March, t# 04. allowing the by Parliament to be spent < *B Kblio Work. in this Electorate, total- | ]jag £17,406, and tbs amount alleged to kata baaa spsnt, Vi*., £10,009, or a difsrMM of tonating to have a third account of -WkM actua Uy And truthfully was alleged fritter through to the Neglected l Icoepti ihg the above figures ns a 1 costae* return of 'monies spent, Hiid we' ban had reason to doubt those published

returns, we would like to hear any reaeon why the will of the House should be ignored and money deliberately set aside for special purposes withheld. It can't be because this constituency returns an Opposition candidate.

Grand totals.. £17,466 £10,669 Note.—The first column of figures represents the amounts voted by Parliament and the Becond oolumn tho amounts alleged by tho Government to have been spent. N.S. signifies “ Not Spent.” The foregoing figures as issued in a Government blue book go to prove that thousands of pounds are annually placed on the estimates not a tithe of which in many instances is actually spent. One glaring instance will be remembered by our readers as having previously been noticed in these columns—where upwards of £SOOO were placed on the estimates for this county. About half that amount was claimed to have been spent by the Government, while the sum actually spent was £999, or roughly, one-fifth of the amount placed on the estimates. The same proportion applied to the figures given above would read thusly : placed on the estimates, £17,466; claimed to have been spent, £10,669; actually and positively spent, £3,493. Electors, keep these figures continually in your memory until November next, and then give their conge those who support a Government who attempt to blind by a mass of misleading figures.

Mangonui County. £ £ Ahipara—Hsrekino 160 113 Awanui—Hohoura 100 100 Awanui, via Taipa —Mangonui 600 468 Awanui, via Waiparera—Kaikino 100 100 Awanui — West Coast 400 400 Doubtless Bay — Cable - station Road 300 N.S. Hohoura — Parengarenga 100 100 Kaitaia—Ahipara 200 200 Kaitaia Creamery Kohumaru Block -100 N.S. (road access) 100 'N.S. Mangatoetoe Mangonui Beach 200 100 Road to Junction 200 200 Mangonui — Cable Station 200 • N.S. Orowhana Block (road access) 100 N.S. Oruru — Hikurangi 103 74 0 niru—Taipa 260 250 Peria — Block Y., Maungataniwha 100 49 Peri a — Viotoria Valley 250 204 Raetoa Block (road N.S.’ access) 100 Takahuo-Herekino Takahue Village— 320 ■ 253 Victoria Valley.. 200 70 Te Rore Block (road access) 100 N.S. Victoria Valley Post Office — Kaitaia Creamery 100 N.S. West Coast—Wai- ■ lmraia 50 50 Hokianga County. £ £ Auckland Special Settlement 171 N.S. Auckland Special .Settlcment-Man-gakuhiu Broad wood—Hero101 N.S. kino 300 ‘ 142 Herd’s Point — Takahue 260 96 Herekino Settlement 173 72 Herokino — W h angape 150 89 Horeke—Takehe 200 149 Kawaka Block (road access) Kohukohu—Motu100 N.S. » karaka, via Riwu Valley ... 350 221 Kohukohu—Otane 117 66 Kohukohu — Rakaufapu 150 149 Kohukohu Town - ship roads (£l for £l) 100 N.S. Maire Block (access) 100 N.S. Mangamuka Ferry . .. 150 N.S. Omanaia — Hokianga Heads 500 93 Omapere Survey District, Blocks IX. and X. 100 20 Omapere—Waimarnaku Opouteko Block 131 . 73 (road access) 100 N.S. Pakia — Kawerua, via Waimumaku 50 13 Punakitere Sottlement Rangatira Improv-ed-farm Settle240 138 ment 150 21 Rangiahua— Umawhero Umawhero — Man200 N.S. gamuka 150 103 Waimamaku — Pakanae . <. •••. .* 449 448 ’ Waimamaku — Punakitei o 350' 344 Waimamaku Settle- . ment 290 290 Waimatanui 150 N.S. Wairere Bridge, and road towards Horeke 018 316 Wairere—Paparoa 100 25 Waoku Nqs. 2 and 3 Block (access) 100 N.S. Wekaweka Settlemen t (Waimamaku) 100 2 Whan gape, Section 55, Block VII 100 36 Bay of Islaki.s County, £ £ Hukerenui Survey - District 105 103 Kaikohe — Kawa - kawa, via Ngapipoto 350 184 Kapiro Bridge 150 66 Kawakuwu—Opua 100 100 Kawakawa — Tauninrere 100 100 Mangakaretu Block (access) .. 100 N.S. Ohaeawai - Kaikoho 200 100 Ohaoawai - Okaihau 150 ■ 150 Ohaeawai-Waitangi 150 150 Okaihuu—Kaikohe 150 95 Okaihau — Kerikeri 100 100 Okaihau Settlement roads 50 50 Okaihau—Waihou 400 300 Pakaru Settlement 50 30 Parahaki Block (road access) 100 N.S. Pukatea Block (road access) 100 N.S. Pungaere Settlement — Kerikori 50 50 Ramarania Valley 44 19 Ruapckapeka EastSchoolhouse GO 60 Ru’pekapeka (Hay- • ter’s Road) 100 N.S. Ruapekapeka--Ka-wakawa . . 100 100 Ru&pekapeka-Wai-otu Valley 100 62 Russell — Whangarura 100 77 Waiotu - Hukersnui (Galbraith’s) 100 100 Waitangi Bridge •255 128 Whangae—Opua •Including £225 contr 60 i- ■’ N.S. buted by local body. Whangaroa County. £ , £ Kaeo—Matauri 100 70 Kaeo—Waiari 87 86 Matawerohia-Kaeo 133 66 Pupuke—Kaeo 400 204 To tar a Foreshore roads 250 250 Whangaroa County roads 200 200 Whangaroa Har-bour-Kaeo .. .. 25 25

JIlSOELLAJJWJlWt® £ £ 5S3£.»ff?: Opu'whanga -Whananaki .. 02 12 200 125 156 150 Otonga-Whananaki 50 50 Kaikohe — Kawent 550 448 Okaihau—Horeko 896 921 Mangamuka-Oruru 170 76 Waihou — Victoria Valley .. 250 222