STATE MONEYS SPENT ON

Otago Witness, Issue 2883, 23 June 1909, Page 4

STATE MONEYS SPENT ON

I Among the recent returns laid on tha, r table of the House of Repreeentatfveff wa& " one showing the total expenditure by the Government under authority of Special Acts, or otherwise on different .Harbours in -New Zealand" up to'MarcE 31, 1908, It- an— .pearaJjßat .tfee total under all Beads- was' #545,£r79j -made up 'as. follows.: — Marine- B&~ partment, £59,882; Public W0rk5, '£335,225; Railways, £150,571. Following ame; som> o£. the items, ii — _ -» ■?',,-' 'Auckland', j.» ,;.- ... „. <:£4v73&, ".' Manukau 16,286* Napier ~ *047- ' l WeiTmgton-f v . ... 2L440 1 Picfcon „ 12,365 Port Chalmers ... •„.. ..... 27,622 Uluff v "... 932f Dunedin * 4 $£413. • Lyttelton 5 045 Timarn ' , 100,415 Nelson ..« 30,235 Wesfcport .- ... 33,737 Greymouth 5 ... -. r .- ... ... IBIS'SHokitika, w ... 5^794 New Plymouth ... .;" 15,518 * Represents provincial liability expenses i on Otago dock. '• t Includes £15,334 provincial liability expenses on account patent slip (interest on loan). Note: (1) The amount ehown in all cases , is the cost of harbour works and wjiaives, and does not include the ordinary expenses of 'administering' the harbours, such as salaries of harbour staff" and contingencies. Note: (2) The* amounts shown, against Westport and Greynioatfc harbours do not include amounts under local acts, which are repayable out of special rate on coal-