THE VOTES FOR AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVII, Issue 5657, 5 January 1880, Page 3

THE VOTES FOR AUCKLAND.

[by telegraph, own correspondent.] Wellington, December 11. The following are the Auckland Public Works votes proposed on the TCjfcimates :— Railways—JKawakawa, construction and land," £10,500 ; Whangarei-Kamo, construction and land, £39.615 ; Kaipara to construction and land, £195,703 ; road, Te Awanjatn station to township, £350; road to Auckland station, £300: construction and land, £Kii),lls ; branch line to Hamilton, construction and land, £5600 ; Waikato to Taraaaki, contraction and laud, £5000 ; surveys of new lines of railway in North telaDil. £0000. Roads, bridges, and wli 'irvNorth Island, £55.000; roads, brMyts, and ".vharves, north of Auck'and, £'in,ooo. Roads to open up lands 'ore sale— Takahue to Hera Point, 20 miles, to open 20,000 acres, £2040 7s 7d and Macgokobia district, 7 miles to open, SOO seriM, £802 2s; Lake Whangaps, ?to block 7 iVwaroa district, 12 miles, to oj en 700 acres, £607 153 G 1 ; Waikato River, to b'oek

iC. Awaroa district, 1G milea, to open 13,000 acrfs, £1120; from Gisborne and Wairoa, through Pafcutalii block to Hangoror T ul!iage site, 8 miles, to open 12,000 acres, at £217, £533 from Wairoa to V> ".ilvavemoina anrt Woiknivr.irana brinle track, through the Waeau district, Pov-i.y Bay, 20 miles, to open 50,000 acres, at £40, £535. ' New votes—Takahuc to Maogamuowai, 20 miles, to open 20,000 acres, £2160 ; Maunganui Bluff, )5 miles, to open 10,000 acres, £1SOO; Opotiki, 8 mile 3, to open SOOO acres, £4SO ; Paktri, 4 mil- s, to open 7SOO acres, £480; Te Puke, 14 miles, to open 20,000 acres, £3200 ; To Aroha block, to open 23,000 acres, £3500.

Water-raccs, Thames: Construction and supervision, £(SSS3 5s 6d; to complete arrangements for transfer to County, £3500.

Miscellaneous Works (Roads) —Wliangarei to Port Albert, £2205; llaglati to Waikato, and the Thames to Ohinemuri, £527 Is; Tauranga to Opotiki, £24 7s, .£1450; Taupo to Tauranga, £141)1 8s; Giaborne to East Caps, £50,522 8s ; Ormond to Opotiki, £1000 ; Gisborne to W;ti>oi, £500 ; Waipaoa river bri lge and approaches, £92 17s Gd ; draining Patu'ahi block, £465 ISs 5d—£757 18s 7d ; road from Pukekohe railway station to Waiukuj £l 167 5s 4 ; road from Pukekohe railway station through Erst Pukekohe district to Bombay, £764 17s 8d; wharf at Pollok, Manukau Harbour, road from Papakura railway station to Wairoa, improvement of, at £32 17a 10d, £103 5s Gd. Coromandel Public Works —Road, Thames to Hastings, £500 ; road, Coroiuandel to Hastings, £200 ; road, Mackaytown to Waikato ; portage road, Riverhead to Kaipara; clearing snags, Waikato, £100 ; contribution towards bridge over Waikato River at Narrows; road, Manngaturoto to Waikiekie, opening road at Ruitangata; wharf at Whitngarti Heads ; road at Alaungakaramea ; tramway at Ivarao, £572 13s Id ; Matakana wha'f, at £5(5 10s 3d, £295 l!)s ; main road, Malmrangi to Whangarei, £1000 ; bridge over Waikato at Hamilton, contribution at £250—£3250; draining lagoon, Mount Eden; Maugere Bridge repairs, £ISOO ; Tamaki Bridge repurs, at £156 Sa 9d, £S2S 9s 9d. t'ourt-housen — Bussell, £400 ; Port Albert, £170 ; Warkworth, £250 ; Auckland, £5000 ; Te Aw-a-mutu (Waika'o), £150; Cambridge, £300; Alexandra (Waikato), £200; ivatikiiti, £200 ; Ohinemuto, £300 ; Whakatane, £3SO. Gaols—Auckland (additions), £150J ; Gis borne (additions), £200. Postal and telegraph — Aratapu, £600; Pahi, £500; Dargaville, £600; Port Albert, £400; ICopuru, £COO ; Newton, £3C5; Ponsonl.y, £400; Mercer, £300; Ohaupo, £650. Thames Orphanage -Grant in aid of building funds, £800.

The above votes are all exclusive of amounts expended up to 30th September iast, or liabilities to that date. The school buildings vote for tbo whole colony is £175,000; native schools, £4000, and D.-af and Dumb Institution, £2000. In the Land Purchase Department there is a vote of £321 to Mr. O. O. Davis, for services in 1877-78 ; purchase of land, £75,000, and opening up ro.ids and bridges through lands recently purchased, £25,000. The coutingent defence vote is £140,000.