ROAD BOARDS AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1876 Session I, H-25

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1876. NEW ZEALAND.

ROAD BOARDS AND HIGHWAY DISTRICTS.

Seturn to an Order of the Souse of Representatives, dated 26th July, 1876. " That there be laid before this House a Return showing the number of Road Boards or Highway Districts within each * province, and the area and population, and the amount of last year's annual rate, as nearly as may be; such Return to be accompanied by maps when practicable, showing position of such Road Boards or Highway Districts."— (Mr. Sheehan.)

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ROAD DISTRICTS.— AREAS, RATES, ETC. Return of the Area, Population, Number of Dwellings, Number of Ratepayers, Amount of Rate levied, Total and Annual Value of Rateable Property in the various Road Districts throughout the Colony of New Zealand, for the Road Districts' Financial Year 1875. Name of Road District. Estimated Area in Acres. Estimated Population. Estimated Number of Dwellings. Number of Ratepayers. Number Estimated Total Value of Rateable of Properties. Rateable Property. Estimated Annual Value of Rateable Property. Date when Rate was Struck. Amount of Rate levied in the & on the Total Value of Rateable Property. Amount of Rate levied in the £ on the Annual Value of Rateable Property. Province of Auckland: — 1. Ahipara ... ... 2. Albertland North 3. Albertland South 4. Alexandra Township .., g- Arai 6. Ararimu South 7. Arch Hill ... 8. Awitu 9. Cambridge ... ... 10. Cambridge North Township 11. Coromandelf 12. Devonport 13. Eastern Mahurangi 14. EastTamaki 15. Eden Terracef j6. Epsom ... .., 17. Graf ton Road ,., 18. Hamilton ... 19. Hamilton East Township 20. Hamilton West Township 21. Hikurangi 22. Howick Township ... 23. Hunua ... ... 24. Kaio ... ... 25. Karaka 26. Karangahape .., 27. Karioi 28. Kauaeranga ,,. 29. Kaukapakapa North ... 30. Kaukapakapa South ... 31. Kaurihohore... ... 32. Kirikiriroa 33. Komokoriki ... 34. Lake 13,000 '0,139 1,040 22,000 80 19,823 24,603 640 6, 700 12,000 '75 1,000 500 12,000 246 24,000 20,000 21,642 112 198 101 170 169 409 367 259 300 382 75° 1,000 120 380 500 35 230 650 250 56 2,508 112 2,250 120 87 165 378 5° 180 37 47 31 "3 46 73 55 '5° 3 2 82 "69 188 45 200 43 no 95 330 5i '54 100 107 250 40 in 86 228 68 250 160 57 93 259 75 54 500 112 414 no 48 40 171 80 175 no 96 33O 90 '54 184 107 324 231 87 163 80 270 68 280 160 57 234 339 94 54 1,050 181 75i no 48 40 171 no £ 13,000 10,139 25,000 22,000* 20,062 17,374 98,412 20,355 59, 6°5 3,850 95,690 48,600 73,996 49,579 I5,i35 20,000 6,705 5>'92 44,i5o 20,000 10,821 94,051 10,004 £ 18,718 2,000 4,920 3,000 9> J5o July, 1874 31 July, '874 20 July, 1875 25 July, 1875 15 July, 1875 21 July, 1875 28 August, 1874 17 July, 1875 July, 1874 17 July, 1875 15 July, 1875 July, 1874 July, 187s 13 July. 1875 11 July, 1875 5 October, 1875 29 July, 1875 17 J"'y. '875 24 July, 1875 31 July, 1875 July, 1874 29 July, 1875 July, 1874 I July, 1874 8 July, 1875 31 July, 1874 20 September, 1875 4 September, 1875 30 July, 1874 14 September, 1875 2^1 July, 1875 Id. id. id. id. id. id. id. ad. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. Id. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. 3d120 78 40,000 11,506 6,000 5,400 90,280 9,881 10,450 35 14 400 27 489 25 16 33 56 10 44 11,500 6,000 10,000 90,280 9,881 41,500 6,460 id. id. id. id. id. Id. is. 4.5'4 132 * Value placed on the land for rating purposes ; actual value varies from is. 6d. to 20s. per acre. f New districts.

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.ETURN Ol .rea, 'opul ation, ] Number of D Districts throi veilings, Number of Ratepayers, Amount of Rate levied, Total and Annual Value of Rateable Property in the various Roai ighout the Colony of New Zealand, for the Road Districts' Financial Year 1875 — continued. Name of Road District. Estimated Area in Acres. Estimated Population. Estimated Number of Dwellings. Number of Ratepayers. Number Estimated Total Value of Rateable of Properties. Rateable Property. Estimated Annual Value of Rateable Property. Date when Rate was Struck. Amount of Rate levied in the £ on the Total Value of Rateable Property. Amount of Rate levied in the £ on the Annual Value of Rateable Property. Province of Auckland — continued. 35. Maketu ... . . 36. Manaia ... ... 37. Mangapai 38. Mangapiko ... 39. Mangerei 40. Mangawai ... 41. Manurewa ... 42. Maraetai 43. Matakana East 44. Matakana West 45. Matakohe 46. Matamata 47. Mauku 48. Maunu 49. Maungakaramea 50. Maungatawhiri 51. Mongonui ... ... 52. Mongonui Township ... 53. Mount Albert 54. Mount Eden ... ... 55. Mount Roskill 56. Mount Wellington 57. Newcastle 58. Newmarket ... 59. Newton 60. Ngaruawahia 61. North Shore ... 62. Okahu 63. Omaha 64. Onehunga 65. One-tree Hill... 66. Opotiki 67. Otahuhu 68. Pakuranga ... 69. Panmure Township 70. Papakura ... ... 71. Paparata 72. Paparoa 73. Paparoa (Pakuranga) ... 74. Papatoitoi 15,268 8,019 7,820 49.4" 10,000 24,000 10,038 12,000 9,000 20,000 62,698 100,800 17,000 28,940 2,368 1,200 3.834 22,087 200 867 223 131 79 406 100 "76 120 60 120 41 35O 150 100 146 960 650 207 297 104 75° 143 84 21 16 73 100 22 30 13 25 24 22 9 64 40 38 40 30 180 102 45 59 35 140 21 125 48 112 182 91 32 53 25 18 5 1 201 10 138 84 38 197 161 130 63 99 170 147 86 162 141 238 85 500 114 251 178 60 88 64 84 119 80 IS 48 IOO 57 53 29 18 5 1 201 10 138 125 51 278 136 195 130 219 129 208 147 98 282 223 238 85 £ 19,872 7.749 8,661 115,611 80,000 ".457 34.136 20,076 12,000 18,000 10,000 39.47° 10,176 7,509 33.200 23.030 6,200 79,676 36,736 39,475 36,000 30,898 44,435 33.165 42,635 20,000 18,436 8,000 110,400 S5>736 36.4H 36,594 44,000 £ 5,000 650 35° 7,967 22 July, 1874 iS J»ly. l875 20 September, 1875 3 July, 1874 19 August, 1874 20 July, 1875 1 July. 1875 18 July, 1874 13 July, 1874 14 July, 1875 20 October, 1875 17 July, 1874 27 May, 1875 29 July, 1874 1 July, 1874 I July, 1874 21 July, 1874 July, 1875 13 Jul y. 1875 29 July, 1874 24 July, 1875 6 July, 1874 13 July, 1874 30 July, 1874 27 July, 1874 29 July, 1874 24 July, 1875 30 June, 1875 24 July, 1874 21 July, 1875 20 July, 1874 19 July, 1875 14 July, 1875 19 July, 1875 18 July, 1874 July, 1875 July, 1874 11 July, 1874 id. Id. id. id. Id. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. per acre id. id. id. id. id. id. id. Id. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. lid. per acre id. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. 7,000 20,000 36,873 7,754 2,000 4, 220 60, 000 700 4, 5°° 100 10,711 6,894 16,000 1,900 2,469 160 160 147 2,044 436 398 760 392 200 364 34O '95 120 166 41 32 26 538 79 105 65 73 32 72 45 20 17 400 381 202 65 3.641 ■98 no 122 3i>536 '3.39° 32,000 1 1,400 29,828 IOO 15

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75. Parawai 76. Parnell ... ... 77. Parua 78. Pirongia ... ... 79. Point Chevalier 80. Pokeno 81. Pollock Settlement 82. Ponsonby 83. Poverty Bay ... 84. Puhoi 85. Pukeatua 86. Pukekaroro ... 87. Pukekohe East 88. Pukekohe West 89. Pukekura ... ... 90. Raglan 91. Rangiaohia ... 92. Rangitopuni... 93. Remuera 94. Ruarangi 95. Ruatangata ... 96. Russell 97. Tamahere ... 98. Tamaki West 99. Taotaoroa ... 00. Tauranga ... ... 01. Tauranga North Township 02. Tiki 03. Titirangi 04. Totara 105. Turanga 106. Upper Mahurangi 07. Waikiekie :o8. Waikomiti ... 09. Wainui ... ... 10. Waiotahi 11. Waipipi 12. Waipu North 13. Waipu Middle .14. Waipu South 15. Wairau :i6. Wairoa 117. Waitakerei East 18. Waitakerei South 19. Waitakerei West 20. WaitoaJ 21. Waiuku 22. Wangarei 23. Wangaroa North 24. Weiti 800 400 18,158 20,000 1,200 20,000 g, 000 680 36,750 ii, 200 12,965 ".439 12,028 95° 2,45° 184 72 280 82 1,300 2,000 300 144 '5° 500 578 2'3 112 180 490 37 21 24 60 16 33O 34O 60 18 25 90 no 28 52 200 190 59° .78 99 22 74 59 733 35o 108 136 i°5 140 177 83 102 250 220 615 182 99 22 81 822 856 108 50,000 18,158 19,665 12,000 17,160 5'.43o 130,383 176,670 1 1,200 12,965 ",439 24,056 19,662 7,200 1, 200 13,000 17,667 16 July, 1875 16 July, 1874 6 July, 1874 31 July, 1874 25 July, 1875 14 November, 1874 27 July id. id. 2d. id. id. id. id. is. 14 July, 1874 11 July, 1875 27 July, 1874 22 July, 1875 July, '875 4 July, 1874 24 July, 1874 27 July, 1874 1 July, 1875 id. id. id. id. IS. 37,000 222 160 378 84 308 300 2,000 232 31,700 5,820 33> 240 3d. per acre id. id. 2.733 ".755 18,500 9OO 68 141 140 15 45 29 29 10 185 92 72 80 26 28 23 142 25S 41 74 69 88 157 215 92 130 103,200 6,579 22,808 22 July, 1875 31 July, 1874 July, 1874 September, 1874 n August, 1874 15 Jul y, 1874 4 September, 1875 21 July, 1874 16 July, 1874 id. id. id. i,33<> id. idid. id. 6d. 30,000 4.741 27,108 62 200 "26 28 30,000 50>23S 54,2i6 59,478 48,163 23,285 14,000 * 100 241 579 180 39 23 543 631 41 74 69 169 214 259 97 •5O 393 138 68 48 65 94 178 121 72 2,494 7,000 12,162 22,857 30,000 8,000 17,816 90 '5o 164 697 65 "5 3«4 1,800 700 205 334 202 162 500 62 37 120 30 34 24.324t 28,020 15,000 8,000 17,816 ■ 23 July, 1874 18 December, 1875 28 July, 1875 19 September, 1874 15 July, 1874 29 July, 1874 24 July, 1875 13 Jul y, 1874 25 July, 1874 29 July, 1874 30 July, 1874 15 July, 1874 17 July, 1875 25 July, 1874 17 July, 1875 2 October, 1875 30 July id. id. id. id. id. id. id. 45,000 10, 000 6, 212 6,679 1,800 36,755 25,000 14.5'° 12 30 55 350 119 46 35 33 100 97 363 138 68 48 43 27 96 44 72 32,800 16,850 12,784 13,348 300 8)398 1,640 842 id. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. 3& 44,400 25,000 8,129 I4.5 10 3,7°° 21 6 30 18,000 12,456 10,000 276 330 117 150 44 66 34 28 "80 76 33 30 80 76 44 3° 36,000 40,950 9,897 5,000 3,000 11 September, 1875 13 July id. id. id. id. July, 1875 * Newly proclaimed district t A fictitious value of £2 per acre for rating purposes. J New district.

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.ETURN 0! .rea, 'opul lation, Number of Dwellings, Number of Ratepayers, Amount of Rate levied, Total and Annual Value of Rateable Property in the various Roai Districts throughout the Colony of New Zealand, for the Road Districts' Financial Year 187 '5- -continued. Name of Road District. Estimated Area in Acres. Estimated Population. Estimated Number of Dwellings. Number of Ratepayers. Number of Rateable Properties. Estimated Total Value of Rateable Property. Estimated Annual Value of Rateable Property. Date when Rate was Struck. Amount of Rate levied in the £ on the Total Value of Rateable Property. Amount of Rate levied in the £ on the Annual Value of Rateable Property. Province of Auckland — continued. 125. Whaingaroa... 126. Whakapaku ... 127. Whangaparaoa ... 128. Wharehine ... 129. Whareora 130. Whau 23,000 12,000 3,801 8,421 2,646 121 83 46 I2O 73 324 23 20 20 24 14 54 46 22 3O 38 65 6l 86 3° 61 6,265 6.592 4,688 10,617 17,008 £ 626 234 1,062 I July, 1874 27 July 1 July 21 September, 1875 3° July July, 1874 id. Id. id. id. id. Province of Taranaki: — 1. Barrett 2. Bell 3. Carlyle Town 4. Carrington ... 5. Clifton 6. Elliott 7. Frankley ... 8. Hawera 9. Henui ... ... 10. Hua 11. Huirangi' 12. Lower Mangorei ... 13. Mataitawa ... 14. New Plymouth Town ... 15. Oakura ... .,, 16. Okato 17. Omata 18. Patea East ... 19. Patea West ... 20. Tarurutangi... 21. Tataraimaka 22. Tikorangi 23. Upper Hurford 24. Upper Mangorei 25. Urenui 26. Waitara East 27. Waitara West 28. Waiwakaiho... 2,600 4,100 3.596 1,062 3./63 927 8,893 5,527 2,455 4,000 7.535 7,726 7.464 8,280 30,000 9.850 5.613 5.533 2,043 3,3i8 3.646 2,320 37 117 90 124 140 78 281 103 199 105 35 50 24 11 21 32 36 60 16 50 33 27 20 47 79 29 4 12 21 13 41 5 1 25 •9 39 33 82 58 20 30 41 27 20 33 127 22 60 "69 8,500 28,000 531 1,000 17 July, 1875 12 July, 1875 10 July, 1875 14 August, 1875 17 July, 1875 4 July 24 July, 1875 5 July 17 July 1 August, 1875 2d. per acre 2d. per acre 4d. per acre 3d. per acre 6d. per acre 2d. per acre -jd. per acre 3d. per acre 3d. per acre 3d. per acre 90 99 ■58 20 53 34 9 1 69 47 32 87 95 40 46 21 18 34 20 32 87 118 40 79 27 23 34 20 41 ,400 2,700 12 July 15 July, 1874 19 July, 1875 27 July, J874 27 July, 1874 25 July, 1874 26 July, 1875 21 July, 1875 July, 1874 19 July July 1 July, 1874 3d. per acre 3d. per acre 3d. per acre 2d. per aere 2d. per acre 3d. per acre 2d. per acre 2d. per acre 3d. per acre 2d. per acre lid. per acre 3d. per acre 9.954 10,938 8,660 497 500 10,050 200 35 82 122 24 July, 1875 2d. per acre Province of Hawke's Bay: — 1. Clive West ... 2. Havelock ... ... 3. Heretaunga ... 4. Kaikoura West* 5,000 1,850 21,300 10,000 240 "60 20 29 18 93 28 21 '28 21 25.244 31 July id. 16,608 2li.

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5. Kauraunaki ... 6. Kereru and Aorangi* ... 7. Meanee ,,. 8. Okawa* 9. Omahu ... ... 10. Papakura 29,500 25 7° 1,000 39 2 6 "53 2 6 153 i .47° 3.900 10,000 13 300 5 7>OI 3 10 May, 1876 is. 4.254 45 '9 '9 19 1,907 • <r 20 July, 1875 is. (6d. onl' collected) 11. Pekapeka ... ... 12. Pourere ... 13. Puketapu 14. Redcliff* 15. Ruataniwha North 16. Ruataniwha Centre 17. Te Mata 18. Tunanui 19. Waimarama* ... 20. Waipukurau ... 21. Seventy-Mile Bush 22. Wallingford ... 23. West Waipawa 9 1,000 •5.444 1,720 100,000 50,000 4.250 32,000 132 no 60 45 9 5 6 6 31 400 "16 5 IO 5 40 3 3 16 303 40 3 3 15,000 200,000 200,000 45,400 80,000 2,641 1,200 20,000 4.575 July, 1872 2 March, 1875 24 July, 1875 31 July, 1874 6d. 2d. 3d49 3° 8,000 74,092 177 50 37 "46 12,720 31 July, 1875 3d"65 71 80 3.777 30 July, 1874 is. town an< 6d. suburbai Province of Wellington^ :— 1. Castlepoint ... 2. Featherston ... 3. Manawatu ... 4. Masterton 5. Rangitikei 6. Wairoa 7. Wangaehu ... 8. Wanganui and Waitotara 9. Wellington ... Local Boards: — 10. Bull's 11. Carterton 12. Foxton 13. Greytown 14. Johnsonville ... 15. Kaiwarawara 16. Leithbridge ... 17. Lower Hutt ... 18. Marton 19. Masterton 323.273 442,000 1,125,000 1.515.000 76,000 1,170,000 644,000 500 1,160 1.227 1, 200 1,280 300 1.034 1,280 260 1,100 5,000 1,000 2,000 1,500 400 382 500 479 194 192 300 873 450 76 700 231 190 300 300 120 80 88 67 263 246 230 300 393 1,286 72 80 74 120 32 30 49 101 146 179 75 295 890 292 230 300 393 1,362 9° 120 "5 257 39 35 49 119 205 292 220,320 244, 748 450,831 600,000 134,401 I99'9i3 238, 109 406.357 26,330 50,000 27.365 60,000 19,991 40.63s 2,633 2,250 2,473 4,182 8 August, 1875 1 July, 1874 14 September 5 September, 1874 19 July, 1875 August, 1874 19 July, 1875 1 July, 1874 February, 1875 29 November, 1875 id. id. id. id. id. id. id. id. is. IS. IS. 132 36 42 48 123 96 140 ".755 13.'55 18 December, 1874 29 October, 1874 1 July, 1874 27 January, 1875 11 December, 1874 17 December, 1874 IS. 9 d. id. 35.00° 2,964 3.990 3,800 IS. IS. IS. IS. Province of Marlborough: — 1. Awatere 2. Havelock Town 3. Kaikoras 4. Omaka 5. Pelorus 6. Picton 7. Picton Town... 8. Spring Creek 9. Wairau 700, 000 130 48,084 246, 000 32,300 619 12,800 1,800 200 35O 561 757 600 800 60 73 25 105 139 155 140 130 269 "3 27 48 219 139 193 21,012 23,201 2,101 1 1,200 6,638 2,800 3,100 5.'42 s.491 21 July, 1875 11 January July, 1874 11 November, 1875 28 May, 1875 September, 1875 5 October, 1875 11 October, 1875 i7J u'y. l87S IS. IS. IS. IS. 100 166 138 173 143 94 51,426 id. IS. 164 33 id. * No rate struck ; amount required raised by voluntary subscriptions. t In the Province of Wellington, the areas given for some of the Highway Boards appear to include the areas for certain Local Boards constituted during the year.

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lunger 01 .Dwellings, iNumuer ot Katepayers, Amount of Kate levied, Total and Annual Value of Rateal Districts throughout the Colony of New Zealand, for the Road Districts' Financial Year \%it ) —:ontinued. 'ropei in e various oa< Name of Road District. Estimated Area in Acres. Estimated Population. Estimated Number of Dwellings. Number of Ratepayers. Number of Rateable Properties. Estimated Total Value of Rateable Property. Estimated Annual Value of Rateable Property. Date when Rate was Struck. Amount of Rate levied in the £ on the Total Value of Rateable Property. Amount of Rate levied in the £ on the Annual Value of Rateable Property. Province of Nelson* :— 1. Amuri 2. Collingwood 3. Hampden 4. Motueka 5. Motueka Valley 6. Moutere ... 7. Pangatotara ... 8. Riwaka 9. Suburban North 10. Takaka 11. Waimea ... Local Boards :— 12. Cobden 13. Inangahua ... 14. Lyell 899,786 2i,760 25,080 13,000 384,000 47,000 100,000 17,000 64,000 411 700 250 778 34O 546 486 43O 380 626 1.615 200 156 55 123 65 81 72 73 "5 567 55 '47 107 140 90 160 127 78 79 194 589 55 340 268 140 96 160 127 78 79 194 1,362 £ 16,649 26,271 40,300 42,815 36,002 37>7!2 27,978 535,98o 21,577 6 September, 1875 5 October, 1874 21 September, 1874 4,030 30 September, 1874 30 September 3,602 3 October, 1874 2,631 2 October, 1874 3,771 1 October, 1874 4 October, 1875 26 September, 1874 29 September, 1874 id. id. id. Id. id. Id. id. id. Id. id. 3d. and 1 Jd. 148,690 3,3i5 680 1,247 35° 95 544 160 "5 427 141 719 196 23,144 16,921 26 April, '875 4,316 10 November, 1875 id. is. 6d. Province of Westland :— 1. Arahura 2. Kanieri ... 3. Okarito 4. Paroa 5. Totara 231,780 213,700 933,060 1,412,760 1,400 2,100 680 2,500 I>75° 600 578 225 820 553 210 568 160 845 454 217 684 160 867 580 56,140 3,629 6,1 73 30 June, 1875 7,540 16 March, 1875 3,629 8 November 13,055 17 December, 1875 8,305 2 February, 1875 is. IS. IS. 83,050 IS. IS. Province of Canterbury 1. Akaroa and Wainui 2. Ashburton 3. Ashburton Upper 4. Ashley 5. Avon 6. Courtney 7. Cust 8. Ellesmere 9. Eyreton 33, 250 159-784 25,000 152,499 20,000 120,000 46,000 834 1, 206 623 3>9 69 620 z-744 1,250 470 140 800 239 417 104 I5« 1,050 280 120 447 221 335 328 145,000 10,142 21 August, 1875 16,935 4 January 7,242 7,572 2 October, 1875 37,441 s April, 1875 12,715 1 March, 1875 4>334 12 June, 1875 34,032 1 July, 1875 I7>498 5 Julv > 1875 9 d. IS. 6d. and 3d. 254 136 417 250 280 120 459 685 ... 400,000 is. 6d. 6d. 6d. 6d., Drainage rate is. 9 d. is. 6d. • 10. Eyreton West 11. Geraldine 12. Halswell 13. Heathcote 14. Kowai 15. Lake Coleridge ID. Levels 52,089 250,000 10,039 490 338 120 3,600 Moutere, Panj 70 300 50 940 62 289 61 64 300 65 449 401 650 312,516 347,556 4,509 23 June, 1875 16,522 4 May, 1875 4,692 15 November 28,963 23 April, 1875 12,818 7 June, 1875 7,000 32,000 20 October, 1875 the Motueka Highway District. 1,100 338 21 575 :iwaka Boards is. 100,000 250,000 170, 000 The Motueka, 32 600 ... 70,000 IS. I I ;atotara, and ere amalg; lated, in June, 1875, '"

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17. Lincoln 18. Little River ... 19. Malvern 20. Malvern East 21. Malvern South 22. Mandeville and Rangiora 23. Mount Cook ... 24. Mount Peel ... 25. Mount Somers 26. Okain's Bay... 27. Oxford 28. Pigeon Bay ... 29. Port Levy 30. Port Victoria... 31. Rakaia 32. Rakaia South 33. Riccarton 34. Spreydon 35. Springs 36. Templeton 37. Terauka , 38. Upper Wairaakariri 39. Waimate 40. Waipara 20,000 106,000 77,400 12,989 27,000 36,454 3,000,000 5!7. 292 1,210 238 200 88 77 25 562 100 5° 209 116 112 130 91 494 54 37 484 116 279 262 9' 1.033 210 5O 169,300 '1,853 !o,i43 3,400 2,926 2,700 28,446 32,500 10,857 7 May, 1875 15 June 4 September, 1875 6.1. 6d. 6d. 500 55O 475 112 2,888 35O 400 64,000 64,945 8 i,000 6 August, 1875 9 'd. 325,000 18 June 6d. 40,000 14,440 20,000 28,000 6,116 800 >.359 35o 200 '5° 268 35 25 44 134 107 382 42 24 50 "5 1 66 37i 57 1 207 131 377 10 532 89 378 280 42 25 50 '57 462 464 702 212 65,000 2,328 "5.099 2,700 2,410 2,494 6,655 15,000 17,608 24,029 15.401 7.423 21,382 62,561 23 February, 1875 August, 1875 May, 1875 is. 9 d. 6d. 194 462 18 November, 1875 6d. 233.57° 10,000 8,505 53.426 12,153 74,116 254,000 583,000 i,65S 3.194 1.135 655 90 1,464 272 300,000 283 608 190 118 483 28 440 308,020 1 May, 1875 3 August I June, 1875 3 May 6 April, 1875 January is. 9d. 6d. 7 d. 9 d. id. '9 596 350 300,000 Province of Otago: — 1. Aparima 2. Awamoko* ... 3. Balmoral 4. Blueskin 5. Caversham ... 6. Clinton 7. Clutha 8. Clydevale 9. Crichton 10. Glenledi 1 1. Grey ... ... 12. Halfway Bush 13. Hampden 14. Hawkesbury... 15. Invercargill ... 16. Kaikorai 17. Kaitangata ... 18. Kakanui 19. Kuri Bush 20. Lindhurst 21. Makarewa 22. Matau 23. Mornington ... 24. Mount Stuart 240,000 46.838 10,300 2,560 39.3OO 23.950 45,000 22,836 19.650 37.7 l6 ' 42,997 53.260 3.462 38,200 1.450 240 1.700 2,250 650 620 50 187 >5 2 54° 360 300 633 93 117 16 41 222 364 43 347 820 "3 92 10 5° 34 126 200 600 128 7i 123 433 43 347 2,026 121 in 11 50 34 126 148,630 150,000 89,812 150,000 68,500 12,339 9.249 5.7o6 22,626 4.932 6,667 4,246 3.165 3.357 3.013 19 Sept., 1874 27 September 17 September, 1874 10 November, 1874 18 September,'i875 29 May, 1875 6 October, 1874 28 November, 1874 is. IS. 9'd. is. 3d. 6d. IS. 6d. is. 787 1.369 2,000 763 350 600 124 191 288 "3 9° 155 200 850 189 7i •38 90,000 7.053 8,000 12,500 5. 254 4,669 24,000 3 April, r875 8 December, 1874 12 November, 1874 9 February, 1875 30 January, 1874 8 January, 1875 IS. IS. IS. 360,000 IS. IS. is. 6d. "7.573 88,447t 7,000 595 32,610 891 1,050 670 1,250 • 35° 194 295 130 250 IO 5 ,44 446 130 440 93 194 494 130 453 101 292, 320 70,000 10,380 16,240 3,000 6,453 5,000 20 September, 1875 14 November, 1874 27 September, 1875 21 September, 1874 17 October, 1874 is. is. 9 d. IS. 100,000 IS. * No Board elected. t This is the acreage rated, the total territory is 195,812 acres.

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.ETURN O. .rea, 'opulation, Number of Dwellings, Number of Ratepayers, Amount of Rate levied, Total and Annual Value of Rateable Property in the various Roai Districts throughout the Colony of New Zealand, for the Road Districts' Financial Year 1875 — continued. Name of Road District. Estimated Area in Acres. Estimated Population. Estimated Number of Dwellings. Number Number of of Rateable Ratepayers. Properties. Estimated Total Value Estimated Annual of Value of Rateable Property. Rateable Property. Date when Rate was Struck. Amount of Rate levied in the £ on the Total Value of Rateable Property. Amount of Rate levied in the £ on the Annual Value of Rateable Property. t Province of Otago — continued. 25. North-East Valley 26. North Taieri ... 27. Oreti 28. Otepopo 29. Oteramika ... 30. Outram 31. Palmerston ... 32. Peninsula 33. Pomahaka ... 34. Portobello 35. Roslyn 36. Seaside 37. South Molyneux 38. Suburban 39. Taieri 40. Tokomairiro ... 41. Tuturau 42. Waihola 43. Waikouaiti ... 44. Waipori 45. Waireka 46. Waitati 650 101 600 800 101 108 295 105 96 159 £ 235,000 £ n,8oo 7.471 13,5°° 6,800 14, 160 24,448 8,740 6,459 9.321 8,340 2,725 6,636 4,162 9,871 6,000 3,i5 6 6,403 29,000 18,000 July, 1874 November 26 August, 1874 31 October, 1874 November 19 August, 1874 17 November, 1875 3 October, 1874 14 October, 1874 2 October 1 October, 1875 18 September, 1875 30 December, 1874 7 December, 1874 9 January, 1875 29 October, 1875 10 April 25 October, 1875 14 December, 1874 6 November, 1875 9 December, 1874 II.OOO ",893 397,028 3I.94O 500,000 20,000 48,897 3,000 728 9 8 4 '.35° S 88 650 910 990 410 711 Ij33° 335 809 is. 60,782 7. 753 308 5.451 3.130 280 IO 5 220 50 189 266 i73 70 160 215 65 101 280 96 266 46 189 286 165 114 240 101 70 200 286 67 181 114 '95 250 101 397,028 150,000 244, 485 is. 6d. IS. is. and gd. 9 d. is. is. 9 d. IS. IS. 85,040 38,157 66,364 IS. 6d. and is. 26,000 46,530 662 1.15° 309 582 497 782 45° 700 200,000 130,000 is. 6d. is. is. 13,000 30,060 59.152 63,000 J53 180 121 143 H5 310 105 .78 no 270 400,000 425,000 IS. IS. 6d. is. 6d.and2s, 9d., is. id., and is. 3d. 200 Note. —Where blanks are left in the column no information has been given. *

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ROAD OR HIGHWAY DISTRICTS.

No. Name of District. No. Name of District. No. Name of District. I 2 3 4 6 7 a 9 10 j i 12 «3 H ■5 16 *7 iS '9 20 21 22 23 »4 2 5 26 27 a 19 30 31 32 33 34 3S 3« 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 4 (, 47 48 4') 5° Si 52 S3 54 si 5« SI 58 59 (>o 61 61 <>3 64 6l 66 67 6.S 69 7° 71 ~r~ 73 Ahipara. Mongonui. Whakapaku. Totara. Kaco. Whangaroa. Russell. Hikurangi. Kaurihohori. Whangarei. Whangarei Town. Whareora. Ohiwa. , Parua. Manaia. Ruatangata. Maunu. Mangakaramea. Ruarangi. Mangapai. Ruakaka. Tauraroa. Waikahikatea. Okahu. Omaru. Tatarariki. Matakohe. Waikiekie. Mariretu. Paparoa. Whakapirau. Wairau. Waipu. Pukakaroro. Mangawai. Arahi. Albertland, North and South. Wharehine. Tauhoa. Pakiri. Omaha. Matakana West. „ East. Upper llahurangi. Warkworth. Eastern Mahurangi. Lower Mahurangi. Komokoriki. Kaukapakapa. Puhoi. Wainui. Maretahi. Muriwai. Ararimu South. North. Pukeatua. Weiti. Whangaparoa. Lake. North Shore. Waipareira. Waitakerei West. „ East. South. Manukau. Titirangi. Waikomiti. Devonport. West Tamaki. Pan mure. One Tree Hill. Mount Wellington. Onehunga. 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 86 87 88 89 9° 9 1 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 no III Mount Roskil. Whau. Mount Eden. Mount Albert. Newton. ' Ponsonby (Dedwood). Karangahape. Grafton Road. Remuera. Auckland Town. Newmarket. Parnell. Otahuhu. Mangere. Papatoitoi. East Tamaki. Paparoa. Pakuranga. Ho wick Town. Turanga. Papakura. Manurewa. Wairoa. Papakura Town. Drury Town. Hunua. Maketu. Paparata. Pokeno. Mangatawhiri. Pukekohe. Karaka. Mauku. Waiuku. Waiuku Township. Awitu. Pollock Settlement. Waipipi. Waiheke Road District. Great Barrier. Coromandel. Mercury Bay. Thames. Parawai. Karioi. Whaingaroa. Karamu. Pirongia. Alexandra. Mangapiko South. Rangiaohia. Pukekura. Cambridge South Township. „ North Township. CamWridge. Hamilton. Mangapiko North. Ngaruawahia. Kirikiriroa. Komakorau. Tamahere. Hamilton East Township. „ West Township. Newcastle. Waitoa. Matamata. Taotaoroa. Katikata. Te Puna, Matata ? Tauranga. Tauranga North Township. Opotiki. .46 147 148 149 "5° •5' "5* 'S3 154 •55 156 157 158 •59 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 J73 A •74 175 176 117 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 191A 192 •93 194 J95 196 197 198 199 200 201 Poverty Bay. Clifton. Urenui. Tikorangi. Waitara East. „ West. Bell. I Iuirangi. Mataitawa. Tarurutangi. Hua. Waiwakaiho. Upper Mangorei. Lower Mangorei. Henui. Carrington Road. Frankley Road. Elliot. Barrett Road. Upper Hurford. Omata. Oakura. Tataraimaka. Okato. Hawera. Patea West. „ East. Wanganui and Waitotara. Wairoa. Wangaehu. Rangitikei. Manawatu. Wellington. Featherston. Taratahi and Carterton. Masterton. Castlepoint. Woodville. Woodville Deferred Payments. Danevirck. Porangahau. Eparaima. Norsewood. Norsewood Deferred Payments. Waipukurau. Tamumu. Oero. Patangata. Ruataniwha North. Waipawa. Ruataniwha Central. Makaretu. Kereru and Aorangi. Raukawa. Kakirawa. Te Mata. Havelock. Pukahu. Heretaunga. Clive and Hikutoto. Pakowhai and Waitangi. Papakura. Meanee and Taradale. Redcliffe. Puketapu. Maraekakahu. Okawa. Petane. Mohaka. Wairoa County. „ Town. Nuhaka. 112 "3 114 «| 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 T3i 132 133 134 136 136A •37 138 139 140 141 142 •43 144 •45 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 2'5

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SOUTH ISLAND.

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No. Name of District. No. Name of District. No. Name of District. I 2 3 4 4* i 7 8 9 10 ii 12 13 14 11 '7 18 '9 20 21 Collingwood. Takaka. Motueka. Upper Motueka. Buller. Waimea. Suburban North (Nelson). Pclorus. Picton. Spring Creek. Omaku. Awatere. Wairau. Hampden. Lyell. Charleston. Inangahua. Cobden. Grey. Amuri. Kaikoura. Cheviot. Waipara. Kowhai. Ashley. Mandeville. Eyreton. 37 38 39 40 4' 42 4.; 44 ♦I 46 47 4S 4') 5° g« s53 54 gj go 57 g8 S9 do 61 r>2 63 64 <>> M. 67 68 69 7° 71 r73 74 Malvern South. Courtenay. Templeton. Riccarton. Avon. Heathcote. Port Victoria. Port Levy. Pigeon Bay. Okain's Bay. Akaroa and Wainui. Little River. Halswell. Spreydon. Lincoln. Springs. Ellesmere. Rakaia. Ashburton. Mount Somers. Temuka. Levels. Geraldine. Mount Peel. Mount Cook. Okarito. Jackson's Bay. Waimate. Waitaki. Awamoko. Waiareka. Kakanui. Otepopo. Hampden. Palmerston. Hawkcsbury. Waikouaiti. Blueskin. 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 9> 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 North-East Valley. Halfway Bush. Roslyn. Mornington. Portobello. Peninsula. Caversham. Suburban. Kaikourai. Taieri North. Taieri. Seaside. Grey. Outram. Kuri Bush. Waihola. Waipori. Glen Ledi. Tokomairiro. Mount Stuart. Kaitangata. Matau. Crichton. Balmoral. Clydevale. Pomahaka. Clinton. Clutha. Molyneux South. Orete. Riverton. Aparima. Makarewa. Lindhurst. Tuturau. Oteramika. Invercargill. 22 23 24 25 26 27 27A 28 29 3O 31 32 33 34 35 36 West. Cust. Oxford. Waimakariri. Paroa. Arahura. Kanieri. Totara. Lake Coleridge. Malvern. East. 101 102 i°3 104 IO5 106 107 108 109 110 in N OTE . —The maps attached to this Return have been deposited in the General Assembly Library. By Authority: Gkobge Didsbukt, Government Printer, Wellington.—1876. 'rice 9d.;