PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITURE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VIII, Issue 1472, 8 November 1881, Page 2

PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITURE

Expected Visit of the Hox. Mr RoLLEdTOIf. Eteryose in the d's'rict will be ple.ned to hear that the application made by the County Council for the expenditure of the votei on the e^i'm:Ue» — a sum arooun.ing to about £20,000, hns been emertined by the Government, and thiit there 's every probability of (he greater portion <>f this sum be'nj expended during this summer. The letter of the Coun.y Cha ; rm;in, wh'ch in the first itnance was forwarded to the Mini* er of Public Works, w*s by him forwarded to the Hon. Mr. rolle* l on, M ; n'sor of Lands, and (be following reply was received yei. erday : — 11 Generrl Survey OSce, «• W»Hin;j.on, N.Z. November 3rd, 1031. j "Sir,— l am requeued to acknowledge »he receipt or your letter of the 19 J\ ulu, addre^el to the Uon. the Mininter of Publ'C Works. •' The Minister of Lands deiires me tos.iy in reply, thxt it iithe inieni'^n of the (woTernment to pnx-eed this summer with the improvement of the rod from WainM to Gisborne, and p'so to open up o.lier bocks of !«nd for which sums were vo^ed by PaH'amont, but pending repor.s from the District Burrey Officers M to -ho best way of expending the »o»ps, and also pending a visit by the Mincer of Lands, the que tion of the direclion of the works must stand in abeyance. " In the meantime instructions hare been «ivnn which will lure the effect of pu.i'nT! the Gorernment in po»se»sion of complete information on the subject. 41 1 have the honor, &c, "J. McKerhow, " Surveyor-General." It will be seen from the teller, that the Minister of Lauds intends payin? a visii to the di.hrict, in connection with the expendi.ure of the votes. Many of the lines of road on which it is proposed t«» expend this sum nave already been surveyed, the most important of which are the Gisborne Wairoa Road, and the Wa'apu Valley Rotd— the latter opening up a lar^e block of valuable Crown lands, and also a considerable area of Native land,