THE PUBLIC WORKS ESTIMATES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 5688, 6 October 1896, Page 3

THE PUBLIC WORKS ESTIMATES.

» — CANTERBURY ITEMS. [From Our Correspondent 1 WELLINGTON, Oct. 5. Foi 1 the Midland Railway a vote for arbitration expenses of .£5890 is asked this year, iix addition to .£3700 voted last year. Repairs Clarence bridge, ,£2OO. Repairs; W#iau bridge, ,£3OO. Orari hri%<J, -C'3oo. ' Opihibrfd^,£3Go. Road to co-opifcativ© dairy factories at ! Akaroa, .£3OO. Cliff Road, Mackenzie fibsntry, .£2OO, and Tengawai protective works; .£IOO. , Under the head development of thermal springs and Batumi scenery .are .votes for, Hanmer dBlGGft. ipr Hanmer Road <£iOOO, for Blenheins-Kaijioura-Waiau Road .£SOO, for Hokitika-Cferistchurch. Eoad .£3G2o. < There are vaies for the following roads : — Fairlie to Bijjaki .£IOO, Pukaki to Mount Cook .£2OOOI, tracks Mount Cook and glaciers dgiOeO,, w.orks af Mount Cook Hermitage iggJQ^^or Hooker bridge .£IOO. Under th^, head public buildings the following votes appear: — Courthouse Darfield ££0, t alteratipns Addington gaol dS2OOO, adtjitibns to Oxford police station .£l7O, police station at Bingsland (Christchurchy J6400, additions to Sheffield police station .£2OO, purchase land and house at Rangiora in connection with police station <£520, renovations at Addington police station .£IOO, repairs to. ppsjfcal and telegraph buildings at Amberley .£l2O, additional land in connection with similar buildings at Akaroa ,£BO, repairs to Waimate post office .£l5O, alterations to. Bealey telegraph building £300, additions, to Geraldine post office »Sl5O. The &\xm of is to bo voted. fb» work in connection with Sunnyside hinatic asylum, and «£2SO for a reading room in connection with Burnham. Isdustei?,] School. Uudor the head ©f llglithdiisea, hafbouf works and harbour defeiioes, a vote ( of £750 for reclamation wol'kfl at Sticking Point, Lyttelton harbour, appears! Under the head lands improvement &&- count, ail additional «§SOO appear^ f»n 4 thd Blenheim-^aikowva^Yaifttt Pbbad; Ufcflfei? the same head" tltote rtppefllr vota's 5 Of for Ashley irrigation, for" Ashley bridge, and .£3OO for Oxford Bush Road extension ; also .£55 to be spent on reserve 1496. (Ashburton), .£l2O on Temoana Gorge (Geraldine), on Arowhenua Native Road, and for Clements Eoad in the Waimate electorate; and .£3OO for Pareoi-a bridge. Under the head Government loans to local bodies account, .£3OO is voted for the Brookfield block, Ashley, and .£lO6 for the Ruapuna block, Ashburton.