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PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, BY THE MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON. EDWIN MITCHELSON, 18th AUGUST, 1888.
Me. Spbakee,— As the question of the Public Works of the colony is becoming, in comparison with other questions, of less and less importance as time goes on, and as I think that this is as it should be, I propose to confine my remarks on the subject this morning within much narrower limits than has usually been the case hitherto.
EAILWAYS IN COUESE OF CONSTEUCTION AND PEOPOSED, INCLUDING ADDITIONS TO OPENED LINES. On the subject of the railways in course of construction and proposed it will only be necessary to say a very few words. The Government is distinctly of opinion that the present financial position of the colony does not warrant the undertaking of any railway works other than such as will be of an immediately reproductive character, and we have therefore decided to recommend to Parliament that, with two exceptions, only such amounts should be voted this year as will enable us to meet the liabilities already incurred, with a small sum over for supervision and contingencies. The two exceptions are the Woodvillc to Palmerston Eailway and the Otago Central Eailway. On the Woodville to Palmerston Eailway, in addition to amount required for existing liabilities, authority will be asked for .£lB,OOO to enable a contract to be let for the Pohangina Bridge ; and, for the Otago Central Eailway, in addition to existing liabilities, an authority for £35,000 will be asked for, of which £30,000 is for the completion of the requisite bridges and other works up to and across the Sutton Stream, and the balance —£5,000 — for the formation of a portion of the Middlemarch section. The completion of the Woodville to Palmerston Eailway is considered by the Government to be a work of the utmost importance, and a larger appropriation would now be asked for it were it not that nothing would be gained by undertaking any further works until the Pohangina Bridge has been put in hand. It is proposed, however, to ask for a vote next session for the whole balance of the loan allocation, and to then put all the works in hand which are required for the completion of this railway at such times as will insure their completion contemporaneously with the Pohangina Bridge and the Tunnel contracts. It is also intended next year to ask for a vote for the whole balance of the loan allocation for the Otago Central Eailway, so as to enable the line up to Middlemarch to be completed within about two years from now. The total length of railways opened on the 31st March last was: In the North Island, 643 miles; and in the South Island, 1,108 miles: total, 1,751
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miles. There were also at that date 164 miles of railway in course of construction, of which 80 were in the North Island and 84 in the South Island. The total expenditure on railways, including cost of provincial lines and purchase of district railways, up to the 31st March last, was £14,406,705, and the liabilities on the 31st March were £261,577; making in all £14,728,282. For railways in course of construction as a whole, the amount voted last year was £460,600, of which £365,449 was expended; and, for this year, with liabilities at the end of March last amounting to £247,951, we propose to ask for votes to extent of £338,900, leaving £829,518 for future appropriation. To proceed now to detail the existing condition of each several line, as has usually been done in the past, would, I think, under the present circumstances, be simply tedioxis. That such should be done where new works are proposed is, no doubt, very desirable, in order to enable honourable members, who may not all be acquainted with the several localities, to understand the existing condition of things, as a first step towards realising what is proposed to be undertaken. When nothing is proposed to be done, however (with the two exceptions already mentioned), beyond making progress and final payments on account of the works already contracted for, it seems scarcely necessary to weary the House with a recital of what these works consist of in each several instance. Besides this, too, the interval between this and my last Public Works Statement is so short, that the scope of the undertakings on the various railways, as there described, has not materially altered in the meantime. It is no doubt desirable, however, for record purposes, that a brief summary of the condition of each railway should be embodied in the Public Works Statement as usual. I have therefore had one prepared, which will be attached to this Statement as a supplement, and in the same supplement there will also be found some remarks, which I would wish to bring under the notice of honourable members, on the subject of our railways generally, retrospective and prospective. In the case of all works other than railways I propose to state the details in the usual manner. ADDITIONS TO OPENED LINES. As mentioned in my Statement last session, the expenditure on additions to opened lines has been steadily decreasing, and the amount expended during the year ended 31st March last is a further illustration in the same direction. The amounts for the last few years were in round numbers as follows : 1884-85, £140,000; 1885-86, £91,000; 1886-87, £80,000; 1887-88, £38,000. This is exclusive of permanent-way, and if permanent-way is included, the amounts are : For 1884-85, £183,000; 1885-86, £109,000 ; 1886-87, £91,000 ; 1887-88, £41,000. The item of rolling-stock I have not taken into account, as the proportion of rolling-stock added was little, if anything, more than equivalent to the length of new lines opened during these years. For additions to opened lines the amount voted last year was £40,000, of which £38,277 was expended; and for the present year, with liabilities at the end of March last amounting to £13,625, we propose to ask for a vote of £65,000. Up to about five years ago the undertakings of this character were undoubtedly rather lavish. No separate account had until that time been kept of the works done in the shape of additions to the opened portions of the railways, as distinct from new extensions. Towards the close of 1883, however, the matter engaged the serious consideration of the Government, and steps were taken to curtail expenditure of this class as much as possible. With that object accounts were opened in the books of the Public Works Department in order to show exactly how matters stood, and my successor in office carried this reform a step further, in 1884, by bringing down separate estimates and taking separate votes for this class of works. By this means it was possible, for the first time, to properly realise what was being expended from year to year upon such undertakings, and to keep a proper check upon them. It was not, of course, possible to countermand undertakings which had already been entered upon, but great care was exercised to avoid any unnecessary expenditure in the future, and I can
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vouch for it that certainly no expenditure of this class has recently been undertaken which did not promise an immediate return for the capital invested. The vote proposed for the present year includes the sum of .£25,000 for the purchase of a stock of permanent-way to be held in hand for working-railway requirements. This is intended to be drawn upon from time to time as may be necessary to provide for requisite renewals; and, as each draw is made, there will be a corresponding payment out of the votes for working expenses into a suspense fund, and purchases will thereafter be made out of that fund to restore the stock of rails. Thus the £25,000 will always be represented, partly in rails and partly in money. By this arrangement two considerable advantages will be attained—(lst) That the Working Eailways Department will always have an assured stock of permanent-way located in the most convenient manner to meet their requirements, which they can draw upon with certainty, and without the inconvenience and cost attending upon transhipments, which have often been requisite in the past; and (2nd) that the construction stocks and votes will not be complicated and disarranged by having to provide an indefinite quantity of permanent-way at uncertain periods to meet the working-railways requirements. WOEKING EAILWAYS. As regards the Working Eailways, the Annual Eeport of the General Manager will be found to give full details of the traffic, revenue, and expenses, and it is satisfactory to find that the efficient administration of the railways during the past eight years has, by gradual improvement in the permanent-way, structures, appliances, and organization, led to a corresponding economy in working. The total expenditure last year was less than that for any of the three preceding years ; and the average cost of working per mile was the lowest that it has ever been. For these results there can be no doubt that the Eailway Department deserves a great deal of credit, as they could only have been brought about by careful organization and patient supervision, extending over a series of years. Still further improvements are expected during the current year, but it must not be supposed that economy can be indefinitely extended, as we have already arrived at fairly good results, in view of the relative situations of our various lines, the character of the traffic on some of them, and the extent of the requisite renewals. That this is so can be realised from a careful study of Table A, which will be attached to this Statement, and which shows the results of the working of the several railway systems of the adjoining colonies, compiled from their official reports. This year the railway from Lyttelton to Selwyn will have been open twentyone years; and on this, and others of the older lines, rebuilding bridges and structures, and paying for new rails and sleepers, is a heavy item of expense. Eeturn No. 8 in the Annual Eeport on Working Eailways shows that the average cost of keeping the lines in order is under ,£7O a mile, apart from actual rebuilding of structures and bridges, purchase of new rails and sleepers, and other new works. The same return also shows that the whole cost of maintenance, including such items, is only £141 per mile. Further statistics, compiled on Table A, show that the average gross charge per ton of traffic on the New Zealand lines is the lowest in the Australasian Colonies, being only Gs. lOd. This fact is due, not so much to our mileage rates being low, as to the average distance carried being shorter in New Zealand than in the other colonies, in consequence of our numerous chief towns and ports. Be the cause what it may, however, the producers in this colony must, as a whole, derive an advantage, as compared with the producers in the other colonies, from this low average rate of carriage from the place of production to a port; and the consumers in the chief towns, as a whole, must have a correspondingadvantage, as compared with the consumers in the other colonies, in the low average rate of carriage from the place of production to the place of consumption. At the same time it has to be remembered that our railways cannot make as
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much net profit, ont of this lower average rate, as the railways ol the other colonies can make out of their higher average rate, even though they may have to carry the goods a somewhat longer distance for the average rate which they get. The reason for this is that a large proportion of the cost of performing each transaction is a constant, irrespective of the distance carried. Nevertheless, if if we are not getting so large a revenue, as we might do with higher rates, we gain a corresponding advantage in other ways, by fostering production, and industries of all kinds. We must, however, await the growth of population before we can gain any large increase in traffic. Our railways in many cases have been carried into country without sufficient population, and cannot pay expenses in such places until settlement and production have advanced. In addition to the information regarding railway rates, supplied in the reports of the General Manager on European and American Railways (Parliamentary papers D.-2. and D.—2a. of this session), there has also been laid on the table of the House this session a reprint of a very important English Parliamentary paper on the subject of railway-rates in the United States of America (vide Parliamentary paper D.-2b. of 1888). These documents are, I think, well worthy of perusal by honourable members, as bearing on the question of our general railway policy. ROADS. The next subject is roads of all classes. The length of roads and bridges constructed and improved out of Public Works Fund last year was :— Dray roads, North Island .... .... .... 147 miles. „ Middle Island .... .... .... 105 „ Total dray roads .... .... 252 miles. Horse roads, North Island .... .... .... 235 miles. „ Middle Island .... .... .... 71 „ Total horse roads .... .... 306 miles. Grand total of roads of all classes .... 558 miles. Bridges, North Island .... .... 19 bridges, 1,337 feet. „ Middle Island .... .... 7 „ 779 „ Total bridge-work in both Islands 26 bridges, 2,116 feet. The total length of roads constructed and improved in the colony generally out of Public Works Fund, from the commencement of the Public Works policy up to the 31st March last, was as follows : — Dray roads, North Island .... .... .... 3,381 miles. „ Middle Island .... .... .... 1,213 „ Total dray roads .... .... 4,594 miles. Horse roads, North Island .... .... .... 2,687 miles. „ Middle Island .... .... .... 1,197 „ Total horse roads .... .... 3,884 miles. Grand total of roads of all classes .... 8,478 miles. Bridges, North Island .... .... 630 bridges, 49,576 feet. „ Middle Island .... .... 161 „ 33,529 „ Total bridge-work in both Islands 791 bridges, 83,105 feet.
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EOADS NOETH OF AUCKLAND, MAIN EOADS, MISCELLANEOUS EOADS AND BRIDGES, AND GEANTS IN AID. EOADS NoETH OP AUCKLAND. On roads north of Auckland the expenditure for the year ending the 31st March last was £3,138, leaving a balance then available, out of the amounts provided for this class of works, to the extent of only £732. Of this sum £40 is due to counties under grants already made, leaving £692 available for further undertakings. The vote proposed for this year is £300, leaving £432 for next year. Main. Eoads. Under the head of "Main Eoads " the work required to be done, which practically means the maintenance of arterial lines of communication passing through uninhabited districts, is being gradually reduced to the lowest possible limits. This is the more necessary as the funds available for such purposes out of Public Works Loans are very nearly at an end. After next year, therefore, it will be necessary to provide out of Consolidated Fund for the maintenance of such of these roads as cannot reasonably be handed over to the local bodies. Under the votes of last year twelve of these roads were provided for, but in the votes.proposed for this year the number is reduced to six. Those still retained are: Oxford to Eotorua, Tauranga to Napier via Taupo, Nelson to Tophouse and Tarndale, Nelson to Westport Greymouth and Hokitika, Haast Pass Track, and Hokitika to Christchurch; and one new item has been added, namely, for the maintenance, daring the present year, of the roads recently constructed along the North Island Trunk Eailway. The amount voted under this heading last year was £18,650, of which £13,756 was expended; and, for this year, with liabilities at end of March last amounting to £5,311, we ask for a vote of £15,100, the whole of which, however, will not probably be expended. Miscellaneous Eoads and Bbidges. For Miscellaneous Eoads and Bridges the amount voted last year was £34,500, of which £25,989 was expended; and, for this year, with liabilities at the end of March last amounting to £12,642, we propose to ask for a vote for £34,354. The principal items for which provision is being made this year are : Main road from Warkworth to Kawakawa ; completion of roads Bay of Plenty ; restoration of Mangare Bridge ; completion of road Napier to Murimotu ; restoration of road Lyell to Westport; bridges on road Nelson to Eeefton and Greymouth ; completion of road through Pelorus District and Eai Valley ; continuation of road Kaikoura to Clarence ; improvements in road Christchurch to Hokitika; and bridge over the Clutha at Cromwell. Geants in Aid, Including lioads under the lioads and Bridges Construction Act; Subsidies to local bodies under Finance and, Powers Act; and Provision for work for unemployed. lioads under the Pvoads and Bridges Construction Act. —Under the general heading of Grants in Aid, and the subheading of Eoads under the Eoads and Bridges Construction Act, we voted last year the sum of £10,520, with probable credits to accrue £3,000, making the net vote £7,520; and, as against this, we expended in all £8,658, and received in the shape of credits £3,206, leaving net expenditure £5,452. No new grants have, of course, been made for a long time past, so that the liability of £3,104, existing at end of March last, is the only claim which we have to meet.
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To cover so much of this liability as will fall due during the current year, after allowing for credits which will come in during same period, the vote now proposed to be asked for is £2,000. Subsidies to Local Bodies. —As regards subsidies to local bodies under the Local Bodies Finance and Powers Act, it has now been decided that if these subsidies are to be continued they must be charged on Consolidated.Fund, and no provision has therefore been made for them in the Public Works Estimates of this session. Work for Unemployed. —Under the heading of Work for Unemployed the sum of £10,000 was voted for last financial year, and we propose to ask for the same amount for the current year. Of the £10,000 voted last year, £5,361 was expended, and we had liabilities existing at end of March amounting to £1,863. The £10,000 proposed for this year may possibly be more than will be required, but it is thought better to provide sufficiently for any emergencies which may arise. No money, however, will be expended which is not absolutely required. We have latterly been getting very fair value for the money expended on this class of work, as the men employed have been fairly good labourers, and have been engaged, wherever practicable, on roads in the country districts, and on railways and other works of a reproductive character. The w rork is generally let in piecework contracts. EOADS TO OPEN UP CEOWN LANDS BEFOEE SALE, ALSO VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS. Bonds to open up Grown Lands. —On the very important work of clearing and forming pioneer roads through Crown lands, preparatory to settlement, the expenditure last year was £61,488, and the vote proposed for this year is £50,000, leaving £33,512 for appropriation in succeeding years. Village Settlements. —For village homestead settlements last year, the sum of-£72,200 was allocated under loan funds to meet the then existing engagements, and of this sum £12,053 was expended during the year. There remained, therefore, on 31st March last, an unexpended balance of £60,147. Of this sum, however, only about £45,000 will be required to meet the engagements now found to be due. This will leave £15,000 clear, which we propose to ask Parliament to authorise the Government to expend on new settlements. The vote proposed for this year is £20,000, of which £12,000 is required for expenses incurred in locating and for continuing the stipulated advances to the present settlers, and £8,000 for further extension of the system, if authorised to be extended as I have suggested. In addition to expenditure out of funds specially allocated for village settlements, the settlers have also had the advantage of an expenditure on roads in their districts, out of votes for roads to open up Crown lands before sale, amounting to £10,148. It will be necessary to continue to find similar work in the vicinity of many of the settlements, in order to give the settlers a chance of permanently establishing themselves. Most of the settlements have, however, been now 7 rendered fairly accessible by roads and tracks, and the expenditure from the vote for roads to open up Crown lands for sale cannot therefore continue to be reasonably applied to this purpose. It is proposed, therefore, that a vote should be asked for in Supplementary Estimates to enable assistance to be continued ; and in asking for this vote the Minister of Lands will make a statement to the House of the condition of the several settlements, and the amount of help that they severally require. EOADS ON GOLDFIELDS. On account of roads constructed for the development of the mining industry, the expenditure during the five years ending the 31st March last has been, in round numbers, £131,000, and of this amount about £25,000 was expended during last year. The amounts required for the present and following year are
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£35,000 and £11,707 respectively, and this will exhaust the loan funds at present available for this class of works. The ,£35,000 proposed to be expended this year is required to cover liabilities, at the end of March last, amounting to £13,574, and to complete roads on which large sums of money have been expended, so that they can be fully utilized. WATEEWOEKS ON GOLDFIELDS. On account of waterworks on the goldfields, the expenditure during the five years ending the 31st March last was, in round numbers, £42,000, of which about £1,000 was expended during last year. It is not proposed to undertake any new works of this character, but merely to complete some of the more important works now in hand. The amount required to be provided for the present year is £755, leaving £229 for next year. EXPENDITUEE ON EOADB OF ALL GLASSES. On account of roads of all classes the amount voted out of Public Works Fund last year was £203,620, and the amount expended was £219,519. For this year, with liabilities at end of March last amounting to £120,670, we propose to ask for votes to extent of £168,654. This will leave, under present loan allocations, £151,741 available for appropriation for road works in succeeding years. PUECHASE OF NATIVE LANDS, NOETH ISLAND. In the North Island generally. —Under the heading of purchase of Native lands in the North Island generally, as distinct from purchases out of the loan for the North Island Trunk Eailway, I find that during the year ended the 31st March last the purchase of 210,000 acres, on which large sums had previously been adva-nced, was completed at a total cost of about £40,000, equivalent to about 3s. 9d. per acre. This area includes some valuable auriferous land at Coromandel. The expenditure during last year, including £15,072 recovered from the vote for Purchase of Lands along the North Island Trunk Eailway, was £16,587, and the balance remaining for expenditure under loan allocation of last session, is £14,485. Of this amount £9,000 is proposed to be voted for expenditure during the current year, leaving £5,485 for next year. The object of the Government in regard to these land purchases has been, and still is, to use every effort to close up old transactions. On many of these, in former years large sums have been paid, and, it is feared, in some cases thrown away. So far as time and opportunity offers the Native Land Court will be moved to award to the Crown an equivalent area of land for the money that has been paid, and it is hoped that substantial recoveries will be made with the assistance of the legislation proposed during the current session. It is not the intention of the Government to undertake new purchases under this heading, except in special cases where it is very desirable in the public interest that the lands should be acquired, and where they can be obtained at a reasonable rate. Along North Island Trunk liaihvay. —Coming now to the land purchases out of the loan for the North Island Trunk Eailway, we completed during last year the purchase of 100,000 acres at a total cost of £8,000, or about Is. 7d. per acre. The expenditure during the year, exclusive of £15,072 repaid to the general Land Purchase Fund, to recoup former advances, was £9,057. Of the £100,000 taken from the North Island Main Trunk Eailway Loan, and set apart for the purchase of Native lands along that line, the sum of £5,571 still remains available, and is proposed to be voted for expenditure during the current year; and, by the 31st March next, as the result of the expenditure of this £100,000, it is estimated that a total area of 700,000 acres will have been acquired. This would mean an average price per acre of about 2s. lOd.
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No further land purchases along the line of the railway can with advantage be gone on with at present, but we propose next session to ask for authority to devote a further sum of £50,000 out of the North Island Trunk Railway Loan to this purpose, and if this is approved of by the House further very desirable land purchases can then probably be made. By that time it is hoped that the title to the land in the Waikato District, along the line of railway, will be settled. The line runs through the block known as the Rohae Potae for 92 miles. This block, which contains 2,638,000 acres, has been before the Land Court for over two years, but the settlement of the title has been delayed from time to time by unavoidable adjournments. For some months past the Court has, however, been making good progress with the larger subdivisions, and it is expected that some portions adjacent to the line may soon be in a position to be dealt with. IMMIGRATION. As regards immigration, as honourable members are already aware, the acceptance of nominations within the colony for passages was stopped on the 22nd December 1887. After that date no nominations were entertained, and the services of the immigration officers and their staffs have been dispensed with. Since the date up to which information was given in my last Public Works Statement, namely, since the 30th November 1887, 623 souls have arrived, who- had been nominated for passages prior to 22nd December, and towards the cost of whose passages the sum of £5,512 has been contributed by their friends in the colony. Since the same date 47 small farmers have also arrived, with a known capital of £5,630. The total number of this class introduced since the commencement of the system on the 28th September 1885, is 397, with a known capital of £43,785. The Agent-General on the 17th May informed all persons who had been nominated for passages that their nomination would lapse unless taken advantage of within three months from that date. The outstanding liabilities, in the colony and in London, on the 31st March 1888, including cost of passages and incidental expenses up to that date, amounted to £8,000; some small contingencies in connection therewith will amount to £110; and a contribution proposed to be made towards the passages of some persons in England, who are separated from their families here, will amount to about £1,000; making in all £9,110; for which we now propose to ask for a vote. The total number of immigrants, exclusive of small farmers, introduced since the inauguration of the immigration scheme by the Colonial Government, is 114,576. Details of nationalities and classes of immigrants, introduced up to the 30th April last, will be found in Parliamentary paper D.-3, 1888. TELEGRAPH EXTENSION. On account of telegraph and telephone extension, the amount expended last year was £22,984, and the amount proposed to be asked for this year is £20,000, leaving £8,370 for future appropriation. Of the expenditure last year £13,029 was on account of telephone exchanges throughout the colony generally, and was principally for material imported for the purpose. The total capital cost of these exchanges amounted on the 31st March 1888, to £53,288. The work of the year consisted principally of bringing a large number of small villages into connection with the telegraph system, by means of the telephone, as set forth in Table No. 8 accompanying this Statement. The most costly of these telephone connections were to Patumahoe, Mangamahoe, Tologa Bay, Kumeroa, Clevedon, Cambrian, Blackstone Hill, and Nightcaps. During last year also, a telephone exchange was established at Blenheim. The only important telegraph extension work done during last year was the erection of the fifth wire on the main north line between Woodville, Tahoraite, and Waipukurau, this being necessary for the proper dispatch of the large business on the North Island wires.
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The further extensions provided for in the Estimates for the present year, include the erection of a telephone exchange at Greymouth ; and also the completion of the Kaipara Heads line, the Middlemarch line, and the line from Waipa to Parua Bay. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The principal public buildings in course of erection since the last Public Works Statement was made, have been—The construction of a new Printing Office, the re-erection of the Post Office, and the continuation of the Prison Works, in Wellington; The construction of new Departmental Buildings, additions to Lunatic Asylum, and continuation of Prison Works, in Auckland; and Some additions to the Lunatic Asylum in Christchurch. The amount voted for buildings last year was £109,105, of which £90,529 was expended; and, for this year, with liabilities at end of March last amounting to £29,610, we propose to ask for a vote of £52,244. This will leave a balance of £69,637 of loan allocation for appropriation in succeeding years. As promised in my Statement of last year, the cost of the re-erection of the Wellington Post Office has been provided for out of the Consolidated Fund, as has also the cost of school buildings for this year, with the exception of a small amount for liabilities existing on the 31st March last. A beginning has also been made towards gradually throwing the whole cost of public buildings on the Consolidated Fund, by providing out of that fund this year for the construction of some of the ordinary departmental buildings required, in addition to school buildings. LIGHTHOUSES, AND ITAEBOUE WOEKS Lighthouses. —On account of lighthouses, the amount voted last year was £4,300, of which £2,866 was expended. For this year we propose to ask for a vote of £3,750, leaving £1,684 for next year. The amounts thus proposed to be asked for this year and next year, with the exception of £100 for survey of Kaikoura Lighthouse, and £150 for sundries and contingencies, are all for the Cuvier Island Lighthouse, that being the only work of the kind for which provision was made in the loan allocation of last year. The necessity of erecting a lighthouse on Stephen's Island to reduce the danger of navigating Cook Strait, and of placing a coast light at the Kidnappers, on the East Coast, has engaged the attention of the Government, but as both works are of a costly character, it has been decided to allow them to stand over for future consideration. Harbour Worlcs. —For harbour works, no provision is made in this year's Estimates, the loan allocation for that class of work having been exhausted by the vote of last year. HAEBOUE DEFENCES. Coming now to the subject of harbour defences, I find that the total cost of the harbour defences of New Zealand, up to the 31st March 1888, has been £392,286 ; of which £52,231 was spent on 64-pounder and 7-ton M.L. guns, torpedo-boats, and reports by military engineers, &c, prior to the war scare of 1885, leaving in round numbers £340,000 as the total cost, on all accounts, of land defences and submarine defences, equipments, armaments, and material of war, since the actual construction of the defence works began. The vote for the year 1887-88 was £80,000, and the expenditure £73,459, with liabilities at end of year £36,422; of which £3,145 was for works, and £33,277 for war material. Of the total sum of £130,000 provided for harbour defences in the loan allocations of last session, there remained on 31st March last an unexpended balance of £56,541, which is proposed to be expended during 2—D. 1.
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the present year, in discharging the liabilities already referred to, and carrying on the works. It is hoped that by the end of March next most of the yet unmounted new guns will be emplaced, with magazines and submarine depots improved, so that both land and submarine defences may be effective against any sudden emergency. To complete the works, however, to such a stage as would enable all the guns and other materials of war, obtained at large expense from England, to be barely utilised, would, making allowance for prison labour, entail an expenditure of about £9,000, in addition to the amount already provided; while, to place them in a state of fairly-complete equipment, would entail a further expenditure of about .£2,000. That would be, in all, about .£ll,OOO in excess of the amount already provided. In the carrying out of these works during the last year, the Government have had the advantage of General Schaw's reports and advice as to the defences, and of his generous co-operation towards their improvement. BATES ON NATIVE LANDS. For rates on Native lands the amount required as an advance for the payments which will fall due during the current year is ,£11,500, and a vote for that sum will be asked for accordingly. Beyond this amount no further provision is intended to be made for these rates out of the Public "Works Eund, the intention being to provide out of Consolidated Eund for such further amounts as may be decided to be expended. The balance remaining on loan allocation for this purpose has therefore been allocated to other services. THEEMAL SPEINGS. As regards our thermal springs, it is gratifying to observe that they are rapidly becoming of national importance, as the resort of invalids from all quarters. The waterworks at Eotorua have been completed, and are in good order. An unlimited supply of water is thus available for the baths, and also for the ornamental fountains and grounds, and hydrants have been provided in connection with the pavilion, and other Government buildings, as a safeguard against fire. At the Hanmer Plains, the baths and ornamental grounds are reported to be in a very satisfactory condition, and the increase in the number of visitors is so great that an early addition to the number of baths will be necessary. At Te Aroha the number of visitors attracted to the spa has so increased as to have had an appreciable effect on the railway traffic. Details as to the extent to which the various baths are being used and other information of a like character will be found in the Crown Lands Eeport. The loan allocation for thermal springs last session was ,£3,500, to which <£500 is now proposed to be added, making in all ,£4,000: of this amount £2,999 was expended last year, leaving £1,001 for the current year. EXPENDITUEE ON PUBLIC WOEKS OF ALL CLASSES. On account of public works of all classes, the amount voted last session was £1,128,077, of which £966,159 was expended during the year. Of the amount thus expended, £440,854 was under Part I. of the fund, for the various works and services therein provided for; £152,315 was under Part 11. of the fund, for the North Island Trunk Eailway, including road works and Native land purchase in connection therewith; and £372,990 was under Part 111. of the fund, on account of the various railways comprised therein. PUBLIC "WOEKS FUND. The funds available for Public Works as from the 31st March last are as follows:—
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PART I. Comprising Immigration; some small items of Eailways; Koads of all classes, except roads along North. Island Trunk Railway; "Waterworks on Goldflelds; Purchase of Native Lands, North Island, except lands along North Island Trunk Kailway; Telegraph Extension; Public Buildings; Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences; Bates on Native Lands; and Thermal Springs. In Part I. of the Fund, we had at 31st March last the sum of £50,392, and to this there is to be added ,£87,398, to which this fund is entitled under section 31 of the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act; and also £14,336 to be recovered from the Westport Harbour Board, and £500,000 of the loan recently floated; making in all £652,126. As against this, the amount proposed to be expended during the present year, including £205,323 liabilities at end of March last, is £374,555, which will leave £277,571 available for appropriation in succeeding years. PART 11. For the North Island Trunk Eailway, including Koad "Works, and Native Land Purchase in connection therewith. In Part 11. of the Fund, taking credit for the £1,000,000 loan recently floated, the amount available for expenditure from 31st March last was £522,000; and, as against this, with liabilities at end of March amounting to £75,904, we propose to expend £135,711 during the present year, leaving £386,289 for appropriation in succeeding years. PART 111. For kailway Works generally, with the exception of the North Island Trunk Railway, and the small items of Railways included under Part I. In Part 111. of the Fund, taking credit for the additional £500,000 recently floated, we had available for expenditure from 31st March last the sum of £896,245; and, as against this, with liabilities at end of March amounting to £190,468, we propose to expend during the present year the sum of £352,541, leaving £543,704 for appropriation in succeeding years. The Public Wobks Fund as a Whole. Taking the Public Works Fund as a whole, therefore, we had available for expenditure from 31st March last the sum of £2,070,371; and, as against this, with liabilities at the end of March last amounting in all to £471,695, we propose to expend during the present year the sum of £862,807, leaving £1,207,564 available for appropriation in succeeding years. As regards the amounts which I have just stated as proposed to be expended during the present year, I should, however, explain that these are the amounts for which we propose to ask for votes in the first column of the appropriations ; but it is not probable that quite so much will in any case be spent. In estimating the amount required for each work, it is necessary to provide for the maximum amount of liabilities which may accrue under it, but this maximum is generally only reached in practice in a very few instances. The amount provided as a whole, therefore, usually turns out to be considerably greater than is actually requisite, and, on this basis, I estimate that the actual total expenditure during the current year may probably be kept within £750,000. That is, only, in round numbers, about £280,000 in excess of the liabilities existing at the end of March last, and in this £280,000 there is included the probable costs and charges of raising the two million loan recently floated, amounting to about £100,000. If these anticipations as to probable actual expenditure are fulfilled, the amount remaining unexpended at the end of March next will be about £1,320,000. TABLES B, C, D, AND E. The condition of the various funds, in relation to the several works and services therein provided for, will be found in detail on Tables B, C, and D, which will be attached to this Statement. From Table B of these it will be seen that some readjustments are proposed in the allocations recommended last session for the various classes of works under Part I. of the fund.
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The majority of these readjustments are unimportant, as they consist merely in taking sums from classes of works from which they can be spared, and adding them to other classes where they are more required ; but with regard to the item of £70,000, which was originally intended for immigration, but which was "unallotted " in the loan Act of this session, it may be necessary to give some explanation. As honourable members are aware, a considerable amount of expenditure and liabilities had already been incurred in respect of immigration before the House decided last session that immigration was to cease. A sum of £25,000 out of the £70,000 unallotted has therefore had to be allocated to immigration, to cover the expenditure and liabilities thus incurred; and a further sum of £10,000 has had to be allocated towards covering the costs and charges of raising a portion of the recent loan, the amount previously allocated to this purpose having been found to be insufficient. Only one half, however, of this £10,000 is due to the £500,000 of loan belonging to Part I. of the fund, the remainder being due to the £500,000 belonging to Part 111., but, as the funds under Part 111. are absolutely tied up by the Loan Act to certain fixed items, nothing more could be got out of them for this purpose, and the whole of the additional amount required had consequently to be provided for out of Part I. The amount under the heading of " unallotted " has therefore been reduced to £35,000. In the case of Part 11. of the fund, the details of which are shown on Table C, a small re-adjustment has been made in respect of road works. Also a readjustment to extent of £10,000 on account of charges and expenses of raising loan, for the same reason as has been already explained in the cases of Parts I. and 111., namely, that the amount previously allocated was insufficient. Table D shows the details of the allocations under Part 111. of the fund, in which no alterations have been made ; and table E shows, same as last year, the total expenditure under all classes of works for several years back, in comparison with the total expenditure proposed for the current year, and the amount which will then be left available for future appropriation. PEOPOSAL TO DO AWAY WITH THE PUBLIC WOEKS DEPAETMENT. As indicated in the Financial Statement of my colleague the Colonial Treasurer, the Government proposes during the recess to take steps towards the early abolition of the Public Works Department. EAILWAY COMMISSIONEES. On the subject of the Chief Commissioner for Eailways, communications with the Agent-General have not yet been brought to a close, but we hope to hear finally from him very shortly, and will then set up the Commission without delay. CONCLUSION. I have now, Sir, come to the end of my Statement; and I would wish to thank the House for the patient hearing which it has vouchsafed to me. Whilst my task has not been the pleasant one of proposing an active prosecution of public undertakings, such as a condition of general prosperity would demand and justify, I have at least the satisfaction of feeling that our proposals are founded on a careful and well-considered view of the necessity of the undertakings proposed, and I am at the same time confident that one means of securing a sound condition of affairs will be found in bringing the Public Works expenditure within reasonable compass, and conducting it on a scale in proportion to the means of the colony. The usual reports by the several permanent officers of the department will be attached to this Statement, and also the usual tables showing cost of works and result of working railways.
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SUPPLEMENT TO PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, 1888.
DESCBIPTION OF BAIL WAYS IN COUBSE OF CONSTBUCTION. Helensville Noethwabds. On the railway from Helensville northwards a contract is in progress to complete the line to a point in the Kaukapakapa Valley, about 8 miles from Helensville. When this is done, the total length of the railway northwards from Auckland will be 44 miles. The works now in hand are expected to be finished about the end of March next. A trial survey has been run for the continuation of the line to near Wellsford, 37 miles from Helensville, but it is not proposed to put any more works in hand for the present. The vote required to meet existing liabilities on account of this railway will be £15,000 for this year and about £4,000 for next year, leaving £49,839 for further undertakings in the future. Gbahamstown-Te Aboha. On the Grahamstown-Te Aroha Eailway the rails are laid from Grahamstown to Kaueranga, about 5 miles, and the formation, without bridges, is completed between Kaueranga and Hikutaia, about 8 miles ; and in progress from there to near Ohinemuri, about 6 miles. It is expected that the latter section will be finished next month. From Ohinemuri to Te Aroha, 13 miles, the con-tract-survey is complete. The total distance from Grahamstown to Te Aroha will be 32 miles. Plans and specifications have been prepared for a contract for the bridges and culverts on the Hikutaia and Ohinemuri sections, but it is not proposed to call for tenders during the current year. The amount now required to be voted for this railway, in order to meet existing liabilities, which include a considerable sum for land purchase, will be .£5,000, leaving £32,926 for appropriation in succeeding years. PUTAEUBU-BOTOBTJA. On the Putaruru-Botorua Bailway, the first contract from Putaruru to Ngatira, 8 miles, has just been finished, but as there would be no traffic on this section by itself it is not proposed to open it. At the Botorua end, the formation on 6 miles, between Botorua and Ngongotaha, has been carried out by the Maoris, in piecework contracts, to the extent of £5,940, in a very satisfactory manner. The intervening distance between Ngatira and. Ngongotaha, about 19 miles, has been surveyed for contract. The total distance from Putaruru to Ohinemutu is 32 miles. A survey is in progress for a road to connect the proposed station at Okohiriki, which is 18 miles from Putaruru, with the OxfordOhinemutu Boad. The length of this road will be about 6 miles, and it will strike the existing road about 6 miles from the Ohinemutu Township. Beyond the completion of this road-survey, it is not intended to do any more work in connection with the Putaruru-Botorua Bailway at present. The amount required to be now voted for this railway, to meet existing liabilities which will all probably fall due within the current year, is £20,000, leaving £36,103 for further undertakings in the future. Nobth Island Tbunk Bailway. North End. —On the North Island Trunk Bailway, at the north end, the line is completed and open for traffic from Te Awamutu to Te Kuiti, a distance of 25 miles. A further section of 9 miles is in progress, and expected to be
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completed in December next. This will bring the railway to the Upper Mokau Valley, a distance of 34 miles from Te Awamutu, and 134 miles from Auckland. From the Mokau Valley working-surveys have been made to a point about 2 miles south of Te Koura, 66 miles from Te Awamutu, but no construction work has been put in hand beyond the Upper Mokau, except the Poro-o-tarao tunnel contract, length about lj miles, which occurs near the forty-seventh mile. After considerable delays, this contract is now making satisfactory progress, the work being well advanced towards completion. The amount required to be now voted to meet existing liabilities on account of these north end works, which will all probably fall due within the current year, is ,£57,000, leaving £177,359 for further undertakings in the future. South End. —At the south end, the railway is completed and open for traffic from Marton Junction to Eangatira, a distance of 19 miles. Working-surveys and plans have been made from there to the end of the Paengaroa section, 51 miles from Marton; and from thence to the head of the Hautapu Valley, at 61 miles from Marton, the line has been finally located. This embraces all the rough country at the southern end of the line. The amount required to be voted this year for south end works, in order to meet existing liabilities which will all probably come in for payment before the end of March next, is £8,000, leaving £114,756 for appropriation in succeeding years. Road Works. —The road works, in connection with the North Island Trunk Eailway, that were in progress when the last Public Works Statement was delivered, have been carried on to completion, but no new road work has been undertaken. In inland Patea a fair dray-road has been made from the Eangitikei to the Moawhanga, 16 miles, and from thence to the Hautapu, 11 miles further, the track is just passable. Following the railway-line itself there is now a good riding road all the way from Hunterville to the Mokau (about 170 miles), with a branch from Murimotu to the Wanganui Eiver at Pipiriki, 25 miles. The amount required to be voted this year on account of road works, in order to meet existing liabilities, is £1,900, leaving £690 for future appropriation. Surveys. —ln connection with the North Island Trunk Eailway, but paid for out of the vote for " Surveys of New Lines of Eailway," under Part 111. of the Public Works Fund, an exploration has been undertaken for a line of railway to connect Taranaki with the Main Trunk line. This was commenced in January last, and the field work is expected to be finished about December next. A survey is being made of two routes —the Ngaire and Waitara routes. The Ngaire line leaves the Foxton-New Plymouth Eailway at a point near the Ngaire Station, about 33 miles south of New Plymouth, and practically follows the original Stratford route to Nihoniho. It then crosses the intervening range to the Ongaruhe Valley, near Maramata, where it merges into the central route. The Waitara line follows up the coast from Waitara to the Mimi Eiver, and then strikes inland up the Mimi Valley, and across the intervening ranges into the Tangarakau watershed, where it joins the Ngaire route. It is impossible to give a definite opinion with reference to either of these lines till the surveys and plans are completed. The information obtained so far shows no insuperable difficulty, but a considerable portion of the country is very rough and broken. General. —Beyond completing the works and surveys that are actually in hand, it is not proposed to incur any further expenditure on the North Island Trunk Eailway for the present. Purchase of Native Lands. —The particulars as regards the purchase of Native lands out of the loan for this railway will be found under the heading of "Purchase of Native Lands, North Island." In my Public Works Statement of last year these particulars were given under the heading of the railway itself, but I have thought it better this year to deal with all the Native land purchases in the North Island under one heading.
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North Island Trunk Railway Works as a tvliole. —Taking the North Island Trunk Eailway works as a whole, including departmental expenditure, purchase of Native lands, and charges and expenses of raising loans, &c, the amount required to be voted this year is ,£135,711; and for next year about £2,150, which will leave 50384,139 for future appropriation. Woodville-Palmerston. On the Woodville-Palmerston Eailway, the total length to be constructed from Woodville to Terrace End, lj miles from Palmerston Station, is 15 miles. Of this length, 4J miles of formation in the Manawatu Gorge is under contract, and expected to be finished in July next. The works, which include heavy cuttings, bridging, and tunnelling, are making fair progress. Tenders have been invited for the erection of the Pohangina Bridge, and if a satisfactory tender is received it is proposed to accept it forthwith. The vote which we now propose to ask for for this railway is £50,000, leaving £77,201 for future appropriation. Wellington-Wood ville . The Wellington-Woodville Eailway is completed and open for traffic from Wellington to Mangamahoe, a distance of 82 miles, and a combined road and railway-bridge has been constructed over the Manawatu Eiver at Awapurua, near Woodville. From Mangamahoe to Bketahuna, length 6 miles, a contract for formation and platelaying is in progress. Although somewhat retarded by adverse weather and other difficulties the works have been carried on vigorously, and they are expected to be finished in October next. The completion of the railway to Eketahuna will leave a gap of only 27 miles in the whole distance between Wellington and Woodville, 115 miles. A contract has just been entered into for protective works at the Awapurua Bridge, the encroachment of the river having made it necessary to protect the banks and extend the approach on the southern side. The completion of the works thus in hand will practically exhaust the present loan allocation, so it is not contemplated to undertake any further works on this line at present. The vote required, in order to meet existing liabilities which will probably accrue this year, is £24,000, and for next year about £4,000, leaving £4,844 for appropriation in succeeding years. Blenheim-Awatebe . On the Blenheim-Awatere Eailway, the formation is finished to the end of the Dashwood section, 8 miles from Blenheim. It is not proposed to enter upon any further works for the present. The vote now required for this railway, in order to meet existing liabilities, which will all probably fall due during the current year, is £6,000, leaving £23,340 for appropriation in succeeding years. Greymouth-Brunnerton. On the Greymouth-Brunnerton Eailway, but out of Harbour Board funds, considerable additions have been made to the shipping facilities at Greymouth. The wharf has been extended 650 feet, and two 8-ton hydraulic cranes have been provided for loading coal. Greymouth-Hokitika. On the Hokitika-Greymouth Eailway, at the Hokitika end, the line is finished from the Hokitika Wharf to near the Arahura Eiver, 4 miles, and between that point and the Kapitea Creek, 7 miles, the formation is nearly all done, and the Arahura Eiver is bridged. At the Greymouth end, the rails are laid for 1J miles, and the formation partly made to the Teremakau Eiver 7J miles further. Tenders were received some time since for the completion of the Greymouth-Teremakau section, but
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in view of the determination to postpone proceeding with all other railways, except the Otago Central and Manawatu Gorge lines, it has not been thought desirable to accept them. The Teremakau Bridge is under contract. Its erection has not yet been commenced, but the material is all provided, and some of it manufactured. The vote required for this railway, in order to meet existing liabilities, will be £23,000 for this year, and about £6,000 next year, leaving £20,064 for appropriation in succeeding years. Mount Somees. On the Mount Somers Branch Eailway, the earthwork has been done from Mount Somers Township to Springburn, 4 miles, and the line will probably be completed for traffic during the current year. The total balance of loan allocation for this railway, remaining unexpended at 31st March last, was £6,292, of which £4,000 will be required for expenditure during the current year, and. the balance next year. Otago Centeal. On the Otago Central Eailway, the rails are laid from Chain Hills Junction to the crossing of the Taieri Eiver—l6 miles, and the formation and tunnels are completed to the Sutton, 33 miles from Chain Hills. The masonry of the bridges is finished as far as the twenty-second mile, and in progress to the Sutton, and well advanced. The bridge superstructures are finished to the Taieri, and under contract to the Deep Stream at the twentieth mile. A small station, which will be the outlet to the Hindon country, is in course of formation on the southern side of the Taieri, and a well-graded road is in course of construction, and nearly finished, between this station and the Hindon settlement. The line will be ready for opening to this point early next summer. Tenders have been invited for a contract for the superstructures of the biidges between the Deep Stream and the Sutton, and if a satisfactory tender is received it is proposed to put the works in hand at once, and also to proceed with the platelaying over the same distance as the bridges get finished. It is also intended to proceed, during the current year, with a portion of the formation work on the Middlemarch Section. The vote proposed to be asked for this year is £40,000, leaving £62,822 for future appropriation. Catlin's Eivee. On the Catlin's Eiver Branch, an extension from Eomahapa to Ahuriri Flat, 5 miles, is in progress by the " unemployed," the culverts and drains being done by contract. The earthworks are approaching completion, and it is not proposed to put any further works in hand this year. The amount now required to be voted for this railway, in order to meet existing engagements, is £2,000, leaving £27,482 for appropriation in succeeding years. EIVEESDALE-SwiTZEES. On the Eiversdale-Switzers Eailway, the rails are laid from Eiversdale to the .Mataura Eiver, a distance of 3 miles; the formation, exclusive of bridges, is constructed for 5 miles further; and the contract-survey is completed throughout. The total length from Eiversdale to Switzers is 14 miles. Tenders were received some time since for the bridge over the Mataura Eiver, but, for the same reasons as stated in the case of the Hokitika to Greymouth Eailway, it has not been thought desirable to accept them, or to undertake any other works on this line at present. The amount required to be voted this year, in order to cover existing liabilities, is £250, leaving £18,409 for future appropriation. Edendale-Foetbose. The Edendale-Fortrose Eailway is completed and opened from Edendale to Wyndham, a distance of 4 miles, and the formation is finished for 3J miles further. A contract is in progress for another 2 miles, including a tunnel 10
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chains long. This brings the line to the crossing of the main road at Grlenham Homestead. It is estimated that the tunnel-works will be finished by about January next. Beyond carrying on the works contracted for, it is not proposed to incur any further expenditure on this railway during the present year. The amount now required to be voted for this railway, in order to meet existing liabilities, which will all probably fall due before the end of March next, is .£9,000, leaving £11,084 for appropriation in succeeding years. Seawaed Bush. The Seaward Bush Eailway is completed and opened for traffic from Appleby to Oteramika, a distance of 11 miles. A contract-survey is made to Waimakaka, 12 miles further, but it is not intended to undertake any more works at present. The amount now required to be voted for this railway, in order to meet existing liabilities, which will all probably fall due before the end of March next, is ,£I,OOO, leaving £3,609 for future appropriation. Summary. On account of railways in course of construction, as a whole, the votes proposed to be asked for this year will amount to £338,900, leaving £829,518 for future appropriation. Of these amounts £75,240 and £334,084 respectively appertain to the North Island Trunk Railway, and the balance, namely, £263,660 and £495,434 to other railways. EEMARKS ON OUR RAILWAYS GENERALLY, RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE. In connection with the subject of railways in course of construction, I would wish to take this opportunity of making a few remarks on the question of our railways generally, retrospective and prospective. My object is to look back at what we have done during the last seventeen years, in order to realise what we have obtained for our expenditure, in comparison with similar expenditure in other countries. In doing this, I propose, for reasons which I shall explain presently, to confine my remarks, in the meantime, to a comparison between the railways of New Zealand, and those of Victoria, New South Wales, and Cape Colony, taking in each case the latest data that we have got to hand:— In New Zealand, taking, as in the other colonies, the working railways mileage, we had, in March 1888, 1,758 miles of railway, which cost £13,352,978, or an average of .... .... .... •••• ••■■ £7,595 per mile. In Victoria, they had, in June 1887,1,880 miles of railway, which cost £26,171,609, or an average of .... .... £13,921 per mile. In New South Wales, they had, in December 1886, 1,889 miles of railway, which cost £24,071,454, or an average of .... ... .... .... •■•• £12,743 per mile. And, in Cape Colony, they had, also in December 1886, 1,599 miles of railway, which cost £14,130,616, or an average of .... .... .... •••• ■••• £8,837 per mile. These are the actual figures as given in Table A attached to this Statement, but, in order to do full justice to the cases of the other colonies, as they have greater lengths of double line than we have, I have calculated the cost per mile anew on the basis that each mile of double line is equal to two miles of railway. The several lengths of double line are as follows: In New Zealand, 6 miles; in Victoria, 236 miles; in New South Wales, 66 miles; in Cape Colony, 15 miles. This, however, is doing more than justice to the cases of the other colonies, as the cost of constructing a double line is not in reality anything like double the • 3-D. 1.
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cost of constructing a single line. On the basis which I have assumed, however, the case stands as follows :— New Zealand, 1,764 miles, average cost .... .... .£7,570 per mile. Victoria, 2,116 miles, average cost .... .... .... =612,368 ~ New South Wales, 1,955 miles, average cost .... .... £12,313 ~ Cape Colony, 1,614 miles, average cost .... .... £8,755 ~ For the purpose of a more simple comparison of these cases, I propose now to state, on the basis of the average price per mile in each colony, what the cost would be, in Victoria, New South Wales, and Cape Colony respectively, of a mileage equal to what we have in New Zealand; and, stating the case in that way, the figures would be as follows : — In New Zealand, at our average cost per mile, 1,764 miles comes to .... .... .... .... .... ....£13,352,978 In Victoria, at their average cost per mile, 1,764 miles would come to .... .... .... .... .... ....£21,817,152 In New South Wales, at their average cost per mile, 1,764 miles would come to .... .... .... .... .... £21,720,132 And, in Cape Colony, at their average cost per mile, 1,764 miles would come to' .... .... .... .... ....£15,443,820 From these figures it will now be seen, that if we had proceeded on the Victorian basis, our railways would have cost us £8,464,174 more than they have done ; and similarly, on the New South Wales basis, they would have cost £8,367,154' more; and, on the Cape Colony basis, £2,090,842 more; and the question which has arisen in my mind for consideration is, whether we would have been better or worse off if we had adopted any of these bases of construction, rather than the one which we have adopted. The first aspect of the matter which naturally strikes one in this connection is, What has Victoria gained for its £8,000,000 extra cost, and New South Wales for its £8,000,000, and Cape Colony for its £2,000,000 ? Presuming that in each case the railways fulfil the requirements of the existing traffic, the advantage, or disadvantage, of a more expensive class of line, will rest mainly on the relative cost of its maintenance, as compared with the maintenance of a line having structures of a cheaper and more perishable character, and it is on this basis that I propose to examine these several cases. In applying this test of the relative cost of maintenance, however, it is of course necessary to bear in mind the fact, that before it can bo properly applied, the lines must all have been in existence for a sufficient time for the renewals of structures on the cheaper class of line to have become general, and to have got, in fact, into such a condition that they are uniform year by year, and not liable to periodical culminations or fluctuations to any great extent. I believe that the New Zealand Railways as a whole have already got into this condition, and I think, therefore, that a comparison may fairly be made as between them and the more expensive class of lines with which I am now comparing them; and I should here explain that it was for this reason that I have selected the Victorian, New 7 South Wales, and Cape Colony railways for comparison, rather than the cheaper railways in Tasmania and elsewhere. The conditions governing working expenses, as a whole, and the relation of working expenses to revenue, are so intricate ; depending upon the situation of the lines, the character of the traffic, the gradients, and the tariff rates, &c, that it is scarcely possible to make any intelligible comparison on that basis. The relative cost of maintenance, however, is not such an intricate subject, because, for similarly constructed lines, w Then rates of wages and prices of materials are about equal, the cost of maintenance, with reasonable speeds, should depend almost entirely on the train-mileage. When once a railway has got to such a stage that the cost of maintenance becomes uniform, the matter of permanence or otherwise of the structures becomes practically eliminated out of the question, and the only matter for consideration is, whether the interest on the extra cost of the more expensive line, is greater or less than the extra cost of maintenance of the cheaper line. This is, of course, presuming, as already stated, that in either case the railway is good
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enough to fulfil the requirements of the existing traffic, and also bearing in mind that we are speaking of colonial railways, where high rates of speed are not required or justified by the circumstances of the cases. If the more expensive class of line does not show justification for its extra cost by a corresponding saving in working expenses on this basis, then its extra cost is not justifiable, as every expenditure beyond what is revenue-producing or labour-saving is merely luxury and extravagance. The gauge of the Victorian Railways is 5 feet 3 inches, of the New South Wales Eailways 4 feet 8} inches, of the Cape Colony Railways 3 feet 6 inches, and of the New Zealand Eailways 3 feet 6 inches ; but the item of gauge cannot affect the question at present under consideration in any way, unless it can be shown that a gauge of 3 feet 6 inches is insufficient for the requirements which have to be met. The cost of maintenance per mile per annum of the various railway systems, as shown in Table A, is, in New Zealand, ,£141; in Victoria, ,£170; in New South Wales, £242; and in Cape Colony, ,£144. These, as in the former case, are the actual figures as given in Table A. They are based, as is customary, on the average mileage open during the year, which is shown in third column of Table A. Allowing, however, as before, that each mile of double line is equal to two miles of railway, they would become as follows: New Zealand, £141; Victoria, £150; New South Wales, £233; and Cape Colony, £143. This is, however, again giving the railways of the other colonies the advantage, as the cost of maintenance of a double line for a given amount of traffic is little if anything greater than that of a single line. On this basis the total cost of maintenance per annum in the several colonies, for a mileage equal to what we have in New Zealand, would be as follows :— In New Zealand, 1,749 miles at £141 per mile .... .... £246,340 In Victoria, 1,749 miles at £150 per mile .... .... £262,350 In New South Wales, 1,749 miles at £233 per mile .... £407,517 And in Cape Colony, 1,749 miles at £143 per mile .... £250,107 Referring again to Table A, we find that the train mileages for the years under consideration we're in the respective colonies as follows :— New Zealand .... .... .... 2,944,786 train miles. Victoria .... .... .... 7,991,378 ~ New South Whales .... .... 6,479,265 „ Cape Colony .'... .... .... 2,522,149 These are the total train mileages for the several railway systems, irrespective of the length of the several systems. Converting them, for the purpose of comparison, into "train miles per mile of railway," they become as follows:— New Zealand .... .... 1,684 train miles per mile of railway. Victoria .... .... 3,942 „ „ „ New South Wales .... 3,491 „ „ „ Cape Colony .... .... 1,563 „ „ „ In this calculation the mileages taken, as before, have been the average mileages open during the year, with length of double line added. From this data the following results are deducible by simple proportion:— First, taking the case as between Victoria and New Zealand. If our railways had been constructed on the Victorian basis, with bridges and other structures of the more durable character obtaining there, our charge for maintenance last year, on the basis of the relative train-mileages, and the cost of maintenance in Victoria, would have been £134,266 less than it has been; but, as against this, we should have had to pay interest on £8,464,000 additional capital, which, at say 4 per cent., would have come to £338,560. It would appear, therefore, that we are better off by £204,294 per annum, than if we had built our railways on the Victorian plan. Similarly, on the New South Wales basis, our charge for maintenance last year would have been £49,761 less than it has been; but, as against this, we should have had to pay interest (on additional capital of £8,367,000) to extent of
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£334,680. We would, therefore, appear to be better off by £284,919 per annum than if we had adopted the New South Wales plan. Similarly, again, on the Cape Colony basis, our charge for maintenance last year would have been more than it has been by £23,129 ; and, in addition to this, we should have had to pay interest (on additional capital of £2,091,000) to the extent of £83,640, —so that we are better off by £106,769 per annum than if we had adopted the Cape Colony plan. In considering the cost of our railways as a whole, there is also an item which should not be forgotten, namely, that this cost includes the Lyttelton Tunnel, which is the largest undertaking of the kind in any of the colonies. It would seem evident, therefore, that we have acted wisely in New Zealand in adopting the cheaper class of railways, which, though, cheap, are nevertheless quite adequate to our requirements; and it is also evident, from the low cost of maintenance, that we must have had good work done in the construction of our lines, and that the supervision of their maintenance has been careful and painstaking. All that we require, therefore, is further agricultural development, and consequent increase in traffic, in order to produce from our railways a handsome dividend. Coming now to the cases of the colonies having cheaper railways than ours, the data as regards these lines, in comparison with the New Zealand ones, will be found in the following table :—
From this data the comparison between the several lines is arrived at, as before, -by simple proportion :— In the case of South Australia : If the South Australian Eailways had been built and maintained on New Zealand Railway basis, their charges for maintenance and interest together would have been, for last year, at the rate of £135,606 per annum more than they have been. They appear, therefore, to be better off to that extent than we are; by reason, partly, of having constructed cheaper lines, and also probably because their country is not so rough as ours is, and their maintenance consequently cheaper. Similarly in the case of Queensland. They were better off during last year than they would have been on our basis to the extent of .£57,623. This is entirely due to saving of interest on capital, as their maintenance was more expensive, in proportion to the work done, than ours was. Similarly, again, in the case of Tasmania. They were better off during last year than they would have been on our basis to the extent of £8,833. Part of their saving in this respect was due to less expensive maintenance, and part to saving of interest by reason of their cheaper lines. Taking these results, in connection with those for the more expensive lines, it would- appear, that while we have the advantage as compared with the railways which are more expensive than ours; the railways, on the other hand, which are less expensive than ours have the advantage over us. It seems probable, however, that in the case of the more recent Tasmanian railways they have carried economy in construction to an extreme, and that their maintenance in future years will not probably be so cheap as it was last year, while the lines were new. The first 45 miles of their railways cost on the average £10,344 a mile, while the later 88 miles cost only £4,623 a mile; and,
Colony, £i )g£ SS — Cost. tcd- Year Cost per Mile structed. Cost per Mile constructed, including length of Double Line. Maintenance. Total. Train Mileage; PerMilo of Railway New Zealand South Australia .. 1,758 1,743 1,420 1,221 6 9 £ 13,353,978 9,083,093 £ 7,595 6,397 0,531 0,558 7,570 6,856 6,531 0,558 141 90 & 141 89 2,-944,786 2,102,856 1,084 1,710 Queensland 1,555 1,453 133 10G 10,155,603 158 15.8 2,603,204 1,833 Tasmania 872,332 144 144 224,143 2,114
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concerning these later lines, their General Manager, in his report of Cth July 1887, ways, " Whilst our working expenses have fallen to a satisfactory rate, both per mile open and per train mile, I am constrained to observe that there is a probability of an increase in this direction on new lines." * * " The economical construction of the railways has necessitated steep grades on most of the lines, which will militate against a profitable working should the traffic increase as anticipated." The gauges of the last series of railways which I have been alluding to are as follows —but, as before stated, the relative gauges cannot affect the question at present under investigation. In New Zealand the gauge is 3 feet (3 inches; in South. Australia it is 5 feet 3 inches for about 490 miles, and 3 feet 6 inches for the remaining 930 miles; in Queensland it is 3 feet 0 inches; and in Tasmania it if? both 5 feet 3 inches and 3 feet 6 inches (by means of a centre rail) for about 45 miles, and 3 feet 0 inches for the remaining 88 miles. In view of all these facts I am convinced, that the proper principle for adoption in a young colony like this, is to construct our railways from time to time in such a way as to march along with, but not outpace, the requirements of the existing traffic. In that way the real requirements'of the country will be provided for as they arise; lavish expenditure on stations and other works, in anticipation of traffic which may never ensue, will be avoided; and the burden of the interest on the cost of construction will fall gradually upon the country, as it grows able to bear it, instead of being imposed before its time, in the shape of a dead-weight of taxation, on account of expenditure for which there is no adequate return. My remarks in this direction have been to some extent prompted by what has struck me as a tendency, which has recently been growing up, to build our later railways of a much more expensive character than was adopted for our earlier lines; or, in other words, to construct our new extensions of the character up to which it has been found necessary to bring the older railways; and I think myself that this is a mistake, as there is clearly no necessity to construct new railways, which are of the character of pioneer lines, through comparatively uninhabited country, of as high a class as the existing lines in populous districts, where large traffic has been already developed. I would recommend, therefore, if we are to further extend our railways in the future, that we should revert towards the less expensive type of railway originally adopted, bearing in mind that these cheaper railways (provided that good grades are obtained in the first instance) can readily be improved and further equipped from time to time, so as to meet all the requirements that are likely to arise ; and I should gather, from the facts which I have adduced in this connection, that such railways as we require in the shape of new extensions, should be produced, in average country, at a cost not exceeding ,£6,000 a mile. The conclusions which I have arrived at on this question may be concurred in or they may not, but in either case I do not think that I need apologise for having introduced the subject, as this question of the scope and type of our railways is, to my mind, the most important question which can engage the attention of the colony in connexion with its public works. The determination of such questions as this, in fact, necessarily affects the whole of our present and future policy in connection with railway construction, and as it is the determination of such questions as this, with wisdom or otherwise, which makes or mars the fortunes of private companies, so such determination must to a great extent go towards promoting or retarding the welfa.re of a colony.
E. MITCHELSON. 18-8-88.
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LIST OF TABLES ATTACHED TO STATEMENT.
Table A— Comparative Statement of Revenue and Expenditure, &c, o£ Railways in Queensland, New South Wales Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand, Gape Colony, and Tasmania. Table B—Public Works Fund, Part I.— Condition on 3ist March, 1888. Table C—Public Works Fund, Part ll.— Condition on 3ist March, 1888. Table D—Public Works Fund, Part lll.— Condition on 3ist March, 1888. Table E—General Summary.-Showing total expenditure under Public Works Fund on all classes of works for the years 1880-81 to 1887-88, and the proposed expenditure on same for the year 1888-89. Also the balances of existing loan allocations which will then remain available for appropriations in succeeding years.
PUBLIC WOEKS STATEMENT, 1888.
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THE EAILWAYS OF THE AUSTBALASIAN COLONIES, COMPAEATIVE STATEMENT OF COST, &c.
Table A. (To accompany Public Works Statement of August, 1888.) COMPARATIVE STATEMENT of Revenue and Expenditure, &c., of Railways in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, New Zealand, Cape Colony, and Tasmania, compiled from Official Tables of Railway Reports.
Working Railways Department, Wellington, . 21st May, 1888.
Railway. id a H a g o I spI ga <!§, o © Capital Cost. g || ■§-s° o O Construction. o Id Rolling-stock. i w c5 a=3 o - 93 Number of Passengers conveyed. Tonnage of Goods, and Live Stock conveyed. Gross Revenue. Total. tu ■ ta>d II Total Train-miles. P.a SS s C5 I s Year ending Queensland New South Wales .. Victoria South Australia New Zealand Cape Colony Tasmania .. 1,555 1,889 1,880 1,420 1,758 1,599 133 1,453 1,790 1,791 1,221 1,743 1,599 106 £ .0,155,603 !4,071,454 !6,171,609 9,083,093 .3,352,978 4,130,616 872,332 £ 6,531 12,743 13,921 6,397 7,595 8,837 6,558 189 406 346 176 271 228 17 206 940 808 257 511 302 30 2 8 5 4 8 3 709 364 633 514 153 417 362 1,579,658 14,881,604 49,219,857 3,666,452 5,428,492 2,237,465 193,829 648,548 3,218,582 2,972,761 782,350 1,770,638 324,470 42,661 £ 252,617 849,253 1,259,496 227,091 387,453 274,732 24,177 £ 440,472 1,310,817 1,193,582 368,101 607,390 773,954 21,747 £ 693,089 2,160,070 2,453,078 595,192 994,843 1,048,686 45,924 £ 477 1,207 1,370 487 571 656 433 2,663,204 6,479,265 7,991,378 2,102,856 2,944,786 2,522,149 224,143 s. d. 5 2-50 6 8-01 6 1-67 5 7-93 6 9-08 8 3-80 4 1-10 366,940 1,042,919 1,036,118 312,421 603,361 300,000 142,478 31 Dec, 1886. 31 Deo., 1886. 30 June, 1887. 30 June, 1887. 31 Mar., 1888.' 31 Dec, 1886. 31 Dec, 1886. Maintenance. Loco; [Otive. Traffic. General. 'otal Worki: ig Cost. Net Earnings. Railway. o I CJDR || la 3 o a <1 o - ex S d o §§< < (V, IS o a < *H ft £ o 4= o 0 • tea I! |a a § a ° d ggg a Is It < o la o I a & go ft2 h §1 ja* M <B O Year ending Queensland New South. Wales .. Victoria South Australia New Zealand .. Cape Colony Tasmania £ 230,007 432,371 304,149 109,879 246,340 230,880 35,308 £ 158 242 170 90 141 144 144 £ 144,572 544,354 443,555 151,210 224,775 241,915 11,863 £ 100 304 248 123 129 151 112 £ 99,885 430,501 630,866 104,619 179,233 108,501 8,505 £ 69 240 352 86 103 68 80 2,502 85,766 48,546 16,598 36,980 65,419 2,241 £ 1 48 27 14 21 41 21 £ 476,961 1,492,99: 1,427,111 382,301 687,321 646,71i 37,91' 68-82 69-12 58-18 64-23 69-09 61-70 82-56 s. a. 3 6-98 4 7-30 3 6-86 3 7-63 4 8-02 5 1-50 3 4-60 £ 328 834 797 313 394 404 357 £ 216,123 667,078 1,025,962 212,886 307,515 401,971 8,007 £ 149 373 573 174 177 252 76 s. a. 1 7-52 2 0-71 2 6-81 2 0-30 2 1-06 3 2-30 0 8-50 2-13 290 392 2-52 2-30 2-85 0-90 236 552 551 220 343 188 1,071 31 Dec, 1886. 31 Dec, 1886. 30 June, 1887. 30 June, 1887. 31 Mar., 1888. 31 Dec, 1886. 31 Dec, 1886.1 Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Australia Avi eeage Charges ] £ s. a. 0 13 7 .. 0 8 2 .. 0 8 0 .. 0 9 5 per Ton of Goods carried. Ne\r Zealand .. Cape Colony Tasmania £ s. a. 0 6 10 2 7 9 0 10 2
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PUBLIC WOEKS FUND.—PART I.
Table B. [To accompany Public Works Statement of August, 1888.] PUBLIC WORKS FUND.-PART I.
Classes Description of Work. Allocations as determined in December, 1887. Expenditure during Tear ending 31 March, 1888. Balances of Allocations unexReadjustment of Allocations nowproposei (July, 1888). Unexpended Balances of Allocations as thus readjusted (July, 1888). Liabilities on 31st March, 1888. Amounts proposed to be voted for Expenditure during the Year ending 31st March, 1889. Balances of readjusted Allocations which will fclius remain 'available for Appropriation in succeeding Years. 31st March, J888. Plus. Minus. I. Immigration £ 720 £ 15,598 £ Dr.14,878 £ 25,000 £ £ 10,122 £ 3,800 £ 9,110 £ 1,012 II. Public Works, Departmental 13,000 6,089 6,911 6,911 1,411 5,500 III. Railways 3,500 1,408 2,092 10,000 12,092 1,033 8,400 3,692 IV. Roads:— Roads, Bridges, and Wharves North of Auckland 3,870 3,138 732 732 432 40 300 Main Roads 48,400 13,756 34,044 34,644 5,311 15,100 19,544 Notes. Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges 69,500 25,989 43,511 15,000 58,511 12,642 34,354 24,157 ( J) Distributed as follows :— £5,000 to Railways (Class III.), for Surveys New Lines of Railway (liability already incurred). £5,000 to Railways (Class III.), for Drainage Akaroa Railway Endowment; to be recouped to the Public Works Fund when lands sold. £15,000 to Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges. (Class IV.) £20,000 to Roads to open up Lands before Sale. (Class IV.) £5,000 to Telegraph Extension. (Class VII.) Grants-in-aid Roads to open up Lands before Sale Village Settlements Roads on Goldfields Total Roads 137,600 125,000 72,200 71,760 528,330 57,632 61,488 12,053 25,053 199,109 329,221 79,968 63,512 60,147 46,707 3,584* 20,000 38,584 050,000 50,000 33,552 83,512 60,147 46,707 317,805 7,367 20,049 60,138 13,574 119,121 12,000 50,000 20,000 35,000 166,754 21,552 33,512 40,147 11,707 ! 151,051 V. Waterworks on Goldfields 2,000 1,016 984 984 55 755 229 VI. Purchase of Native Lands, North Island 16,000 1,515 14,485 14,485 1,068 9,000 5,485 VII. Telegraph Extension 41,100 22,984 18,116 10,254 28,370 3,004 20,000 8,370 VIII. Public Buildings :— Parliamentary Buildings 100 24 76 76 76 Departmental Offices 40,000 12,742 27,258 27,258 18,878 20,500 6,758 Judicial 34,550 8,273 26,277 8,000 34,277 3,034 12,930 | 21,347 ( a) £20 allocated to Hospitals and Charitable Institutions in Aid of Construction of Buildings. (Class VIII.) Post and Telegraph Customs 4,640 20 2,227 2,413 20 P)20 2,413 3 2,000 413 I Lunatic Asylums 77,000 23,107 53,893 53,893 5,642 13,900 ! 39,993 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions 6,000 4,156 1,844 1,120 2,964 1,643 2,044 920 ( 3) £100 allocated to Hospitals and Charitable Institutions in Aid of Construction of Buildings. (Class VIII.) Quarantine Stations School-buildings 100 50,000 40,000 100 10,000 3)100 ( 4)9,000 1,000 410 794 206 | 69,637 ( 4) Distributed as follows :— £8,000 to Judicial Buildings. (Class VIII.) £1,000 to Hospitals and Charitable Institutions in Aid of Construction of Buildings. (Class VIII.) Total Public Buildings 212,410 90,529 121,881 9,120 ■ 9,120 121,881 29,610 52,244 IX. Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Defences :— Lighthouses 8,300 2,866 5,434 5,434 10 3,750 1,684 Harbour Works 500 500 Harbour Defences 130,000 73,459 56,541 56,541 36,422 56,541 ( 5) Distributed as follows :— £5,254 to Telegraph Extension. (Class VII.) £500 to Thermal Springs, (Class XL) Total Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences 138,800 76,825 61,975 61,975 36,432 60,291 1,684 X. Rates on Native Lands 25,700 8,446 17,254 p)5,754 11,500 11,000 11,500 XL Thermal Springs 3,500 2,999 501 500 1,001 200 1,001 ( 6) Distributed as follows :— £25,000 to Immigration. (Class I.) £10,000 to Charges and Expenses of raising Loans. (Class XII.) XII. Charges and Expenses of raising Loans 20,000 20,000 10,000 30,000 30,000 Unallotted ( 35,000 70,000 70,000 ( 6) 35,000 35,000 103,458 99,874 652,126 205,323 374,555 277,571 Totals .. 1,075,060 426,518 648,542 Total distributed £99,874 Add addl. funds £3,584 • Advanced to Westport Harbour Board (repayable) 14,336 Total plus .. £103,458 103,458 99,874 652,126 205,323 374,555 277,571 Grand totals 1,075,060 440,854 648,542 * This is an additional sum to which Public Works Pi G> nd, Part I., ivernment I has becomi loans to Lo< : entitled during year ending 31st March, 1888, under section 31 of " The sal Bodies Act, 1886."
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Table C. [To accompany Public Works Statement of August, 1888.] PUBLIC WORKS FUND.—PART II.
(1) (2.) (3.) Balances Qf Allocations unexpended on 31st March, 1888. (4.) Readjustment of Allocations now proposed (July, 1888). (5.) Unexpended Balances of Allocations as thus readjusted (July, 1888). (G.) Amounts proposed to be voted for Expenditure during Year ending 31ab March, 1889. Balances of readjusted Allocations which will thus remain available for Appropriation in succeeding Years. Length completed up to 30th June, 1888. Condition into wl icl it is estimated the Railway will be Amounts stated in Column 6. iroug] Additional Amount which will be required to complete the whole Line, with Permanent-way, Stations, Ac, from Marton to Te Awarnutu, over and above the £1,000,000 already provided. Classes. Balances of Allocations as proposed in Dec, 1887. Expenditure during Fear ending 31st March 1888. Liabilities, 31st March, 1888. Complete with 'ermanent-way. Formation only. Plus. Minus. Miles. Miles. Miles. Froni To Miles. From To Amount. From To From To £ & & & & £ & & & I. Departmental 15,000 5,000 10,000 10,000 3,000 7,000 II. Bail way Construction — Construction, north, end 300,000 65,641 234,359 234,359 53,148 57,000 177,359 Te Awamutu Maramata I 216 122,756 5,530 8,000 114,756 26 Te Awamutu .. Te Kuiti 55 Marton Te Awamutu .. 1,285,000 south end 143,000 20,244 122,756 19 Marton Bangatira 32 Marton Powhakaroa .. Surveys 9,000 2,859 6,141 6,141 1,157 6,141 Permanent-way, sleepers and rollingstock 60,100 14,032 46,068 46,068 10,240 10,240 35,828 Total Bailways 512,100 102,776 409,324 409,324 70,075 75,240 334,084 III. Boads to give access to Bailway— North end 1,000 60 940 500 440 9 250 190 South end 22,000 20,350 1,650 500 2,150 1,540 1,650 500 Total Eoada 690 23,000 20,410 2,590 500 500 2,590 1,549 1,900 IV. Purchase of Native Iand3 29,700 24,129 5,571 5,571 4,280 5,571 V. Charges and expenses raising loans 40,000 40,000 10,000 50,000 50,000 Unallocated 44,515 54,515 54,515 10,000 44,515 Total 75,904 135,711 386,289 674,315 152,315 522,000 10,500 10,500 522,000
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Table D. (To accompany Public Works Statement of August, 1888.) PUBLIC WORKS FUND.-PART III.
(1.) (2.) (3.) (4.) (5.) (6.) (7.) Amounts proposed to be voted for Expenditure during Year ending 31st March, 1889. (8.) Balances of readjusted Allocations which will thus remain available for Appropriation in succeeding Years. Condition into which it is estimated thit the va] of Amounts state ■ious Bail-srays will be brought by Expenditure ;d in Column 5. Name of Eailway, &c. Allocations as determined in December, 1887. Expenditure during 5Tear ending 31 March, 1888. Balances of Allocations unexpended on 31st March, 1888. Readjustment of Allocations now proposed (July, 1888). Unexpended Balances of Allocations as thus readjusted (July, 1888). Liabilities on 31 Mar., 1888. Length completed up to 30th June, 1888. Additional Amount which would be required to complete, with Permanent-way and Stations, &c, to extent hereunder. Complete with Permanent-way. Formation. Plus. Minus. Miles. From To I Whether open for ! Traffic or not. Miles. From tA Miles. From To Miles. From To Amount. I • £ £ £ -g £ £ £ £ £ £ Helensville northward .. 74,761 5,922 68,839 68,839 14,116 15,000 53,839 I i Kauaeranga .. ! Not opened j Woodville .. \ Opened Mangamahoe .. ■ Opened Hospital .. j Not opened Arahura .. I Not opened Mount Somers ■' Opened 7 Helensville Kaukapakapa.. 8 Kaukapakapa.. Makarau 35 Helensville Te Hana River, near Wellsford Penrose 160,000 Penrose, double line .. 23,000 23,000 23,000 23,000 " | 6 Auckland 77,000f Grahamstown-Te Aroha .. 41,921 3,995 37,926 37,926 2,468 5,000 32,926 5 Grahamstown.. 20 Grahamstown .. Ohinemifri 32 Grahamstown Te Aroha 65,000 Putaruru-Rotorua .. .. 97,377 41,274 56,103 56,103 18,163 20,000 36,103 18 Putaruru OkohirikiiSaddle* 32 Putaruru Rotoma 80,000 Tahoraite-Palmerston .. 160,813 33,612 127,201 127,201 44,990 50,000 77,201 15 Tahoraite 30 Tahoraite Palmerston Eketahupa Vernon Teremakau Arahura Springburn Toka Raiki Middlemarch Mauriceville-Woodville .. 61,421 28,577 32,844 32,844 19,803 24,000 8,844 4 Mauriceville .. 11 Mauriceville Mauriceville .. Woodville 170,000 38 Blenheim-Awatere .. 81,675 2,335 29,340 29,340 4,383 6,000 23,340 5 Blenheim 4 Vernon Dashwood 16 Blenheim South bank of Awatere Hokitika I 90,000 Greymouth-Hokitika .. 63,904 14,840 49,064 49,064 25,320 23,000 26,064 f 2 1 Greymouth Hokitika 9 4 Greymouth Hokitika | 7 Arahura Kapitea 24 Greyraouth 70,000 Mount Somers .. .. 9,027 3,735 6,292 6,292 628 4,000 2,292 23 Tinwald 27 Tinwald Livingstone Branch .. 6, 562 5,488 1,074 1,074 46 46 1,028 12 Windsor Toka Raki .. ■ Opened Christmas Creek . Not opened Romahapa .. ; Opened Mataura .. j Not opened Wyndham .. \ Opened 12 Windsor Chain Hills .. Taieri Lake Otago Central .. .. 170,974 68,152 102,822 102,822 24,540 40,000 62,822 16 Chain Hills .. 40 Chain Hills 67 170.000 Oatlin's River .. .. 37,398 7,916 29,482 29,482 687 2,000 27,482 8 Balclutha 13 Balclutha Ahuriri Plat .. Mataural Glenhank Oteramika O Ahuriri Flat .. Owake Saddle.. 18 Balclutha Owake Landing 37,000 Riversdale-Switzers .. 19,646 987 18,659 18,659 53 250 18,409 3 Riversdale 3 Riversdale 11 llataura Switzer's 14 Riversdale Switzer's 15,000 Edendale-Fortrose.. .. 27,656 7,572 20,084 20,084 7,326 9,000 11,084 4 Edendale 9 Edendale Appleby Oteramika Gap Seaward Bush .. .. 7,508 2,899 4,609 4,609 626 - 1,000 3,609 11 Appleby 11 Appleby 13 000 Lumsden-Mararoa.. .. Dr. 29 Additions to opened railways 127,239 38,277 Dr. 29 88,962 Dr. 29 88,962 13,625 65,000 Dr. 29 23,962 11 Lumsden Oteramika .. ; Opened Mossburn .. '• Opened i 11 Lumsden Mossburp. 14 Permanent-way, sleepers, and 167,653 rolling-stock Raising loan and contingencies— Departmental .. .. 45,000 Surveys, new lines .. 6,000 Raising loan .. .. 80,729 Unallotted .. .. 9,000 Totals .. .. 1,269,235 33,925 133,728 133,728 13,644 50,000 83,728 14,000 36 59,448 31,000 5,964 20,281 31,000 5,964 20,281 50 12,000 5,964 20,281 19,000 ', 9,000 9,000 9,000 372,990 896,245 352,541 543,704 947,000 896,245 190,46! *The t TMi money p: ; estimate 'ovided for this will apply app: railway also ■oximately ti makes provision for a road, al o either route, the probable c< 3Out six j ist of wo: idles in length, froi :ks being greatest fi n the OkohiriM Saddle to a point on th. >r route along present line but this beii i Botoru: ig about a, Road about six mile; equalized by the prot 3 from Ohinemutu. lable additional cosi of land on tlie Beach route.
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Table E. [To accompany Public Works Statement of August, 1888.] GENERAL SUMMARY. Showing Expenditure under Public Works Fund, 1880-81 to 1887-88, and Proposed Expenditure, 1888-89, &c.
Class. Class. Description of Services. Expenditure. Amounts proposed B^" 0o 4 B,?( 6*! stln8 ! " i ~ | 18S0-81. 1881-82. 1882-#S. I " ' !■ I' 186»»84. L884-85. 1885-86. 1880-87. LU8T-88. SekVICKS AT PBE8ENT CHARGED To PART T. OF TH3 Public Wobks Fusd. e £ £, ££££■£ :t 'O I. I. Immigration .. .. .. • • • ■ > 2-.).701 i 4,334 , 3,99!) , _ I 107.011 57.148 I 11,075 \ 12,454 15,598 12,890 I 6,089 9,110 - 1,012 5.500 1.411 II. ; II. Publio Works Departmental* III. IV. III. IV. Railways \.. Roads :— Roads North of Auckland Main Roads Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges (rrauts-in-Aid Roads to open up Lands.. Village Settlements Roads on Goldflelds Miscellaneous 43,773 : 17,022 : 7,929 '■ 83,501 92,519 111,003 10,729 1.408 17,566 ! 34,571 33,163 30,738 3,138 ! 81,809 i 30,380 20,833 22,294 13,750 \ 61,635 i 37,165 37,615 39,748 25,989 106,399 149,982 i 188,045 81,264 j 57,632 84,681 49,314 j 61,794 57,157 j 61,488 .. 1.891 12,053 26,602 15,631 31,022 32,025 I 25,053 i 8,400 8,692 300 482 15,100 19,544 34,854 24,157 12,000 11,552 50,000 38,512 20,000 40,147 35,000 11,707 52,152 35,936 81,634 9,439 51,117 j L29 v. Total, Roads | Waterworks on Goldfields 230,543 145,600 | 210,005 ! 328,642 : 317,043 329,072 265,717 | 199,109 100,754 151,051 051 229 VI. j Purchase of Native Lands, North Island 10,577 i 13,272 i 0,824 | 56,887 37,912 29,844 \ 10,590 \ 8,029 i 9,032 24,480 | 70,572 j 34,545 | 19,532 ! 25,799 30,010 j 7,605 1,016 18,457 1,515 18,952 22,984 9,000 755 5,485 8,370 VII. Telegraph Extension 43,783 7,485 j 18,654 [ 1 ' 20,000 VIII. Public Buildings :— Parliamentary General Departmental Offices Judicial Post and Telegraph Customs Survey Quarantine Station Lunatic Asylums Miscellaneous Hospitals and Charitable Institutions School-buildings 5,331 55,402 i 10,259 10,743 9,336 1,752 9,939 193 20 971 990 39,004 I 26,695 31,652 8,410 ' 183 22,052 12,227 11,106 22,616 8,955 4,880 j 1,059 830 99 34 .. 461 848 313 128 58,047 24,992 4,007 34 256 3,792 , 3,299 49,814 66,069 62,884 8 24 947 '■ 12,742 15,875 8,273 2,772 2,227 76 20,500 12,980 2,000 6,758 21,347 413 "274, ;: 13,694 ■ 23,107 13,900 39,993 2,219 | 140 04 99,173 i 82,535 88,134 | 4,421 ; 4,156 51,607 40,000 2,044 794 920 206 Total, Public Buildings 205,734 128,352 I 153,072 j j 164,370 117,361 : 80,859 89,598 90,529 52,244 69,637 IX. IX. Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences:— Lighthouses Harbour Works Harbour Defences 24i512 904 2,397 i 4,724 18,810 | 19,874 6,730 7,382 | 300 29,591 17,050 { 0,508 7,213 9,001 127,107 6,730 29,591 7,213 3,272 6,004 139,429 2,866 500 73,459 3,750 1,084 50,541 Total, Lighthouses, &c. 25,416 21,207 24,598 I 43,534 i „ I I 34,033 133,975 148,705 76,825 00,291 1,684 i i I Contingent Defence 154,000 133,219 i i 25,000 12,500 X. X. Rates on Native Lands 25,139 8,446 11,500 XI, XI. Thermal-Springs ~ i • • .. • • "■ ■" 7,814 2,999 1,001 XII. XII. Charges and Expenses raising Loans i j ■ i i 30,000 I ■• i | Advance to Westport Harbour, repayable ' ■ i • * 14,336 Unallotted i 35,000 Totals for the Services at present charged to Part I. of Public Works Fund .. 702,641 491,387 447,596 ; 704,201 629,985 006,168 036,620 440,854 374,555 277,571 Other Services. i I Railways:— Construction Works, including Rails, Sleepers, and Rolling-stock, and Additions to Open Lines Roads to give access to North Island Trunk Railway Purchase of District Railways Purchase of Native Lands, North Island Unallotted 950,395 432,524 436,054 662,046 663,063 537,196 6,832 188,300 432,349 12,900 166,187 70,379 i 102,318 20,410 395,500 1/J00 849,788 690 24,129 5,571 53,515 .. Total charge to Railways (except the small items m Part I.) 950,395 j 432,524 436,054 662,040 663,063 732,828 681,815 446,857 402,971 903,993 Miscellaneous, including Charges and Expenses raising Loans, Interest and Sinking Fund, Public Works Departmental 206,005 26,808 13,387 43,341 48,679 I 76,890 706,742 809,218 I ' ! i 1,336,727 1,475,386 15,043 78,448 85,281 26,000 Total, Other Services 1,157,000 459,332 449,441 705,387 690,858 i 525,305 488,252 929,993 Grand Total i 1,333,484 966,159 862,807 1,207,504 1,919,041 950,719 897,037 1,409,588 * Up to 1886-87 this item was not : t These are isolated items of railwi iubdividod, j lys not cove: md is inelud red by loan o ed under item " Miscella: >f 1880. Up to 31st Marc neous," at foot of table. 5h, 1886, all expenditure in railways 'as included under one headini
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PUBLIC WORKS TABLES AND ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE ENGINEEE-IN-CHIEF, MARCH, 1888,
INDEX.
CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT. TABLES. Page No l —Total Expenditube :—Summary showing the Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Works out of Immigration ana Public Works Fund to 31st March 1888 .. ... ■• •• No 2 —Railways :—Statement showing Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Radways, including Valuation '- ' • ■ of Provincial Lines, to 31st March, 1888 .. .. ■■ •■ ;' Q1fA ;' , 1000 7 No 8 -Roads genebally-.-Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Roads to 31st March, 1888 7 No 4 -Roads to open up Lands :-Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Roads under the Control of the Hon. the Minister of Lands, to 31st March,1888 .. •■ ■• •• No. 5.—Goldeields Roads :—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities 011 Goldfields Eoads to 31st No. 6.-Pn 5 BHCClBumDiNGs':-Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Buildings to 31st No. 7.—Wam^-eaobs :—Statement "showing" Expenditure and Liabilities on Water-races on Goldfields to No s.-TBMGB^ras^iltatement showing Expenditure on Telegraphs out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1888 ,. .. •• ■• •• •• . •• ,.,y No 9 -Lighthouses and Haeboub Woeks :—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Lighthouses and Harbour Works and Harbour Defences out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1888
APPENDICES. Armendix A — Expendituee fob the Yeab :— Audited Statement of Expenditure on Public Works out of Appendix A. mmi tion and Public Works Loan for thc year 1887-88 ■• •■ ■• 21 B -Total Liabilities :-Statement of all Liabilities of the Public Works Department outstanding on 31st March, 1888 .. ■• .•• ■ ;•• •• •• - ■• C —Railway Contbacts :—Schedule of Railway-construction Contracts current on 1st April, 1887 and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1888 .. .. •• ■•' .•• • • •■ 2t> I) —Sleepeb Conteacts :—Schedule of Sleeper Contracts current on 1st April, 1887, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st E -RoIiTconteIcts, etc! -.-Schedule of Contracts'for Roads and Miscellaneous Works current ' on 1st April, 1887, and further Contracts entered into by thc Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1888 .. .. ■■ , •• „ •• TIT ; • 2a F-Roads to open up Lands :—Schedule of Contracts for Roads and Miscellaneous Works under the Control of the Hon. the Minister of Lands, current on 1st April, Wtit, ana further Contracts entered into during the Year ended 31st March, 1888.. .. •■ G— Goldfields Roads :—Schedule of Contracts for Roads on Goldfields current on 1st April, 1887, and further Contracts entered into during the Year ended 31st March, lbbb .. au H Annual Rhpobt on Railways, by the Engineer-in-Chief .. .. •• , •• i!—Annual Repoet on Roads, Miscellaneous Woeks, Buildings, &c, by the Engmeer-m-K.—Annual Repobt on Lighthouse Woeks, &c, by the Marine Engineer Enclosures with Appendix H. 1 Maps of North and Middle Islands, showing Railways opened, in progress, and proposed. 2' Diagrams showing Miles of Government Railway opened in the North and Middle Islands separately, and in the Colony as a whole, year by year since 1872. 3. Table of Lengths of Government Railways authorised, constructed, and surveyed up to 31st March, 1888.
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PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, 1888.
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WORKING RAILWAYS DEPARTMENT. WORKING-RAIL WAYS REPORT (D.-U, 1888):— Page Annual Bepobt op the Genekal Manages of Railways .. .. .. .. .. 1 Returns accompanying same : — No. I.—Revenue Accounts .. .. ~ .. .. .. .. .. 5 No. 2.—Expenditure Account .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 No. 3.—Details of Classified Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 No. 4. —Classified Expenditure and Revenue, showing Percentage of former to latter, &c. .. 8 No. s.—Comparative Statement of Passenger and Goods Traffic .. .. .. .. 9 No. 6.—Cost of Construction, Net Revenue, and Rate of Interest .. .. .. .. 11 No. 7.—Comparison of Traffic Revenue and Expenditure for last Nine Financial Years .. 12 No. B.—Traffic Ton-mileage, and Expense of working of Five Principal Sections for last Four Years 12 No. 9.—Classified Maintenance Expenditure .. .. .. .. .. 13 No. 10.—Revenue and Expenditure of Stations .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 No. 11.—Schedule of Stores Contracts current .. .. .. .. .. .. 19 No. 12.—Carriage and Wagon Stock, and Tarpaulins .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 No. 13.—Locomotive Stock .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 AVeighing Machines Weighbridges No. 14.— jTraversers and Turntables^ .. .. .. .. .. .. ..23 Cranes V Pumps No. 15. —Renewals of Rails.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 No. 16. —Renewals of Sleepers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 No. 17. —Number of Stations and Private Sidings .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 No. 18.—Particulars of Private-siding Traffic .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 No. 19.—Comparative Mileage of Lines, 1887-88 .. .. .. .. .. 32 No. 20. —Comparative Statement of Sleepers laid and removed .. .. .. .. 33 No. 21.—Number of Employes .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 33 No. 22.—Accidents .. ".. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..33 No. 23.—Locomotive Returns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 34 No. 24.—Repairs to Rolling-stock, Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 No. 25. —Traffic from Coal-mines, Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 No. 26.—Vessels loaded and discharged at different Ports, Hurunui-Bluf! .. .. .. 39 ' No. 27. —Mileage of Track in Main Lino and Sidings, Hurunui-Bluff .. .. *. ..39 No. 28.—Comparison of Expenditure on Maintenance for last Ten Years, Hurunui-Bluff .. 40 No. 29. —Average Rate of Classified Expenditure on Maintenance, Hurunui-Bluff .. .. 41 No. 30. —Statement of Maintenance of different Divisions of Hurunui-Bluff .. .. .. 42 No. 31.—Alterations in Scale of Charges .. .. .. .. .. .. 43 Diagram showing Comparison of Traffic, Revenue, and Expenditure for the last Nino Years (following page 46).
INDEX TO TABLES.
IMMIGRATION AND PUBLIC WOEKS LOAN. Table 1. — Summary showing Total Bxpbhditube and Liabilities on all Public Works out of Page Immigration and Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1888 ... .. .. .. 4 ,, 2.—Statement showing Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Railways, including Valuation op Provincial Lines, to 31st March, 1888 .. .. .. .. .. 6 „ 8. —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Roads to 31st March, 1888 .. 7 „ i. —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Boads .under the Control of the Minister of Lands to 31st March, 1888 .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 ,, 5.—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Roads under the Control of the Mines Department to 31st March, 1888 .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 ,, 6.—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Buildings to 31st March, 1888 16 ,, 7. —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Water-races to 31st March, 1888 .. „ 8. —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Telegraphs to 31st March, 1888 .. 17 „ 9. —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences, to 31st March, 1888 .. .. .. ,. .. .. 18 For Index to Appendices see page 19.
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TABLE No. 1. Summary showing the Total Expenditure on Public Works and other Services, out of Immigration and Public Works Fund only, to 31st March, 1888, and the Liabilities on that Date.
W. A. Thomas, Public Works Department, 28th April, 1888. Accountant.
Number of Table containing Details. Works. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1887. Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 188S. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 188S. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Works. 2 3.4. 5 7 8 6 9 Railways ... Roads Water-supply on goldfields ... Telegraphs Public buildings Lighthouses, harbour worts, and harbour defences Departmental Coal exploration and mine development Aiding works on Thames Goldfields Immigration Purchase of Native land Defence Charges and expenses of raising loans ... Interest and sinking fund Hates on Native lands Thermal Springs Advances to Westport Harbour Board £ s. d. 12,958,696 16 5 3,144,032 o 11 508,921; 19 6 538,978 15 8 '.597.37' '8 9 745.299 " ° £ s. d. 403,726 18 10 2'9>5'9 5 8 1,015 " S 22,984 6 1 90,528 15 o 76,825 5 S £ s. d. *I3,362,423 15 3 3.363,55' 6 7 509,941 10 11 561,963 1 9 1,687,900 13 9 822,124 16 5 £ s. d. 261,576 14 5 1 20,669 '' 3 54 10 6 3,004 o o 29,610 19 7 36,431 12 1 £ s. d. 13,624,000 9 8 3,484,220 17 10 509,996 1 5 564,967 1 9 i.7'7,5" T3 4 858,556 8 6 Railways. Eoads. Water-supply on goldfields. Telegraphs. Public buildings Lighthouses, harbour works, and harbour defences. Departmental. Coal exploration and mine development. Aiding works on Thames Goldfields. Immigration. Purchase of Native land. Defence. Charges and expenses of raising loans. Interest and sinking fund. Kates on Native lands. Thermal Springs. 18 of 1878 283,063 9 8 10,835 8 o 25,089 11 10 308,153 1 6 10,835 8 o 308,153 1 6 10,835 8 o 11 of 1877 50,000 o 0 2,118,071 2 2 1,115,644 14 11 429,718 19 3 857,113 11 1 218,500 o o 25,138 18 I 7.813 '4 5 15.597 '4 10 25. 643 3 8 50,000 o o 2,133,668 17 o 1,141,287 iS 7 429,718 19 3 916,561 5 11 218,500 o o 33,585 6 2 10,812 17 11 '4.335 '3 4 so, 000 o o 2,137,468 17 o 1,146,635 17 o 429,718 19 3 916,561 5 11 218,500 o o 44,585 6 2 11,012 17 11 H.335 '3 4 3,800 o o 5.347 18 s 59.447 »4 10 8,446 8 1 2,999 3 6 '4.335 '3 4 I [,OOO O O 200 o o TOTALS 471,695 6 3 I 26,047,059 18 7 Totals. 24,609,204 19 10 966,159 12 6 25'575.364 '2 4 * Exclusive of v: line of provincial railways taken over by Government.
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TABLE No. 2. Total Expenditure on Railways to 31st March, 1888, and Liabilities on that Date.
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Lines of Railway. Total Expenditure on Government Lines to 31st March, 1887. Expen3iture on District Lines to 31st March, 1888. New Works. Expenditure during Year 1887-88 and Value of Stock (£26,490 4s. 8d.) issued to Lines. W Additional Works. Works on Open Lines. forks on Open Lines. ' Permanent- | Total Works way. I on Open Lines, j Surveys. Eolling-stock. Additions to. Eed r u o c^ ions Rolling-stock. Total Expenditure by General Government, 31st March, 1888. Liabilities. Total Liabilities. Total Expenditure by | General Government, and Liabilities, j 31st March, 1888. 1 Valuation of Works constructed by Provinces. Total Expenditure and Liabilities, 31st March, 1883. Lines of Railway. New Works. Works on Open Lines. Surveys. Construction. ! P™ent" way. Total New Works. £ s. d. 90,527 15 2 69,960 11 0 238 15 5 1,310,441 3 8 56,234 4 0 £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. 130 0 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. 130 0 3 £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. 588 17 9 239 1 3 £ s. a. 90,068 17 8 69,721 9 9 6,160 10 6 1,317,515 7 7 56,347 4 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. 90,068 17 8 69,721 9 9 20,276 6 7 1,319,310 2 9 56,347 4 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. 90,068 17 8 69,721 9 9 20,276 6 7 1,319,310 2 9 56,347 4 4 Kawakawa Whangarei to Kamo Helensville Northwards Kaipara to Waikato Cambridge Branch Waikato to Thames — Hamilton to Te Aroha Te Aroha to Thames Morrinsville to Botorua — Morrinsville to Lichfield Putaruru to Rofcorua Marton to Te Awamutu Gisborne to Ormond .. Wellington to Napier— Napier to Woodville and PalmerstonSNorth Wellington to Woodville Wellington to Foxton Foxton to Waitara Nelson to Boundell Greymouth to Nelson Creek Greymbuth to Hokitika Westport to Ngakawau Pieton to Hurunui Pieton to Awatere Hurunui to Red Post Hurunui to Waitaki — Main Line Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Lyttelton Branch Southbridge Branch Springfield, Whitecliffs Branches Fairlie Creek Branch Waimate Branch Ashburton Forks Branch Upper Ashburton Branch Little Eiver Branch Canterbury Interior Main Line— Oxford to Malvern Whitecliffs to Eakaia Temuka to Eangitata Waitaki to BluffMain Line, including Port Chalmers Branch Duntroon Branch Ngapara Branch Brighton Road Branch Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Livingstone Branch Waihemo Branch Catlin's Eiver Branch Heriotburn Branch Waimea Plains Branch Toitois Branch Riversdale to Switzer's Kelso to Gore Seaward Bush Branch Otago Central Invercargill to KingstonMain Line Makarewa to Orepuki .. ] Thornbury to Wairio .. ) Mararoa Branch Expenses of Eailway Commissions and other Expenditure not chargeable to Individual Lines Surveys of New Lines — North Island Middle Island 143,758 13 8 46,831 17 11 9,288 13 1 2,229 2 8 ♦163,135 7 4 4,975 1 7 635,971 4 11 980,106 15 4 41,815 7 2 1,398,737 5 9 176,464 3 3 205,351 6 11 54,548 19 2 214,803 9 11 226,699 14 7 39,025 14 6 1,722,147 8 5 55,185 14 5 47,624 15 9 90,971 13 1 99,615 15 1 107,168 5 10 73,935 2 4 15,360 0 3 49,784 3 6 99,114 19 8 155,187 7 11 33,900 0 0 +73,300 0 0 5,92l"lo 1 3,995 0 4 21 7 6 41,252 14 6 88,744 5 1 33,612 9 8 28,576 17 6 Cr. 17 15 7 989 6 6 14,839'l4 4 2,334 17 1 7 19 10 3,734 11 10 428 14 7 6,665 2 6 2,759*19 0 14,032 0 0 1,036 3 6 5,921 15 1 10,660' 2 10 21 7 6 44,012 13 6 102,776 5 1 33,612 9 8 29,613 1 0 Cr. 17 15 7 989 6 6 14,839'14 4 2,334'l7 1 7 19 10 3,734" 11 10 428 14 7 6,848'19 9 113 0 4 231 8 7 675 19 11 7,225 14 9 3,213 1 11 2,160 3 3 18 8 0 64 14 6 11 1 3 2,653 17 3 17 8 6 11 18 9 42 19 8 10 8 0 19 3 11. 6 11 0 67 18 2 4 10 0 22 i 11 493 3 0 572 6 0 126' 0 0 2,227 7 6 6,848'19 9 113 0 4 231 8 7 075 19 11 7,798 0 9 3,213 1 11 2,280 3 3 18 8 0 64 14 6 11 1 3 4,881 4 9 17 8 6 11 18 9 42 19 8 10 8 0 19 3 11 6 11 0 67 18 2 4 10 0 22 4 11 493 3 0 225' i 2 10,668 19 0 2,797 4 8 1,034 9 11 1,J95 15 10 5,657 6 0 8,09011 0 10,094 11 2 86*17 0 143,990 2 3 57,492 0 9 165,173 8 5 46,241 16 2 265,911 12 5 4,975 1 7 688,050 14 4 1,015,730 2 11 41,797 11 7 1,403,041 5 5 177,678 7 1 211,073 7 5 69,388 13 6 222,894 0 11 228,958 15 11 39,033 14 4 1,737,123 4 4 55,203 2 11 47,636 14 6 91,014 12 9 99,626 3 1 107,187 9 9 73,941 13 4 49,327 18 5 73,304 10 0 53,541 0 3 100,036 17 3 14,115 16 1 2,467 13 10 18,162 16 8 59,835 12 6 44,991 2 11 19,802 17 2 286 9 7 25,320 19 6 4,382 18 i 746 19 7 627 10 3 1,794 15 2 877 17 0 244 19 6 1,897 4 7 2,811 3 9 1,953" 7 10 98 14 5 874 13 9 148 0 0 1 15 0 14,115 16 1 1,794 15 2 877 17 0 2,467 13 10 244 19 0 18,162 16 8 59,835 12 6 46,888 7 6 22,614 0 11 286 9 7 1,953 7 10 25,320 19 6 4,481 7 9 874 13 9 746 19 7 148 0 0 629 5 3 144,867 19 3 59,959 14 7 165,418 7 11 64,404 12 10 325,747 4 11 4,975 1 7 734,939 1 10 1,038,344 3 10 42,084 1 2 1,404,994 13 3 177,678 7 1 211,073 7 5 94,709 13 0 222,894 0 11 233,440 3 8 39,033 14 4 1,737,997 18 1 55,203 2 11 47,636 14 6 91,014 12 9 99,626 8 1 107,934 9 4 73,941 13 4 49,327 18 5 73,452 10 0 54,170 5 6 100,036 17 3 310,135 0 0 340,500 0 0 75,124 0 0 144,867 19 3 59,959 14 7 165,418 7 11 64,404 12 10 325,747 4 11 4,975 1 7 734,939 1 10 1,038,344 3 10 42,084 1 2 1,404,994 13 3 177,678 7 1 211,073 7 5 94,709 13 0 222,894 0 11 233,440 3 8 39,033 14 4 2,054,132 18 1 55,203 2 11 47,636 14 6 431,514 12 9 99,620 3 1 107,934 9 4 149,065 13 4 49,327 18 5 73,452 10 0 54,170 5 6 100,036 17 3 Kawakawa. Whangarei to Kamo. Helensville Northwards. Kaipara to Waikato. Cambridge Branch. Waikato to Thames— Hamilton to Te Aroha. Te Aroha to Thames. Morrinsville to Eotorua — Morrinsville to Liohfield. Putaruru to Eotorua. Marton to Te Awamutu. Gisborne to Ormond. Wellington to Napier— Napier to Woodville and Palmerston North Wellington to Woodville. Wellington to Foxton. Foxton to Waitara. Nelson to Eoundell. Greymouth to Nelson Creek. Greymouth to Hokitika. Westport to Ngakawau. Pioton to Hurvmui. Pieton to Awatere. Hurunui to Bed Post. Hurumii to Waitaki— Main Line. Oxford Branch. Byreton Branch. Lyttelton Branch. Southbridgo Branch. Springfield, Whiteclifis Branches. Fairlie Creek Branch. Waimate Branch. Ashburton Forks Branch. Upper Ashburton Branch. Little River Branch. Canterbury Interior Main Line— Oxford to Malvern. Whitoclifis to Eakaia. Temuka to Eangitata. W'aitaki to BluffMain Line, including Port Chalmers Branch. Duntroon Branch. Ngapara Branch. Brighton' Eoad Branch. Outram Branch. Lawrence Branch. Livingstone Branch. Waihemo Branch. Catlin's Eiver Branch. Heriotburn Branch. Waimea Plains Branch. Toitois Branch. Eiversdale to Switzer's. Kelso to Gore. Seaward Bush Branch. Otago Central. Invercargill to Kingston— Main Line. f Makarewa to Orepuki. I Thornbury to Wairio. Mararoa Branch. Expenses of Eailway Commissions and other Expenditure not chargeable to Individual Lines. Surveys of New Lines— North Island. Middle Island. 53,559 1 6 499 6 10 5,152 2 8 53,559 1 6 499 6 10 5,152 2 8 53,559 1 6 499 6 10 5,152 2 8 53,559 1 6 499 6 10 5,152 2 8 2,677,222 7 2 10,995 6 6 207 6 0 11,202 12 6 -10,094 11 3 2,698,519 10 11 2,065 12 3 2,065 12 3 2,700,585 3 2 82,258 17 3 2,782,844 0 5 35,165 16 5 27,397 4 8 7,283 12 11 14,585 11 0 169,481 9 6 66,317 8 3 31,993 15 7 39,783 18 1 93,294 13 10 61,100 0 0 56 10 4 1,081 6 11 51 15 6 201 6 5 7 13 3 56 16 4 1,081 6 11 51 15 6 201 6 5 7 13 3 96,322 12 9 28,478 11 2 7,335 8 5 14,786 17 5 169,489 2 9 81,530 3 7 32,555 14 8 47,699 10 9 93,297 19 10 31,037 2 11 35,314 6 11 7,395 0 4 602 2 5 30,446 7 2 406,734 13 11 64 10 3 216 0 4 64 10 3 210 0 4 96,387 3 0 28,694 11 6 7,335 8 5 14,796 17 5 169,489 2 9 81,576 8 5 32,770 18 8 48,386 9 3 93,304 13 10 31,774 19 8 42,640 2 10 7,447 12 3 602 2 5 31,072 14 1 431,274 5 5 37,500 0 0 58,009 0 0 12,829 0 0 29,691 0 0 133,887 3 0 86,703 11 6 20,164 8 5 44,487 17 5 169,489 2 9 81,576 8 5 32,770 18 8 48,386 9 3 93,304 13 10 31,774 19 8 42,640 2 10 7,447 12 3 602 2 5 31,072 14 1 431,274 5 5 10 0 0 10 0 0 5,488' 0 11 7,91512 8 9,724*14 5 15,212'l5 4 7,91512 8 561'l9 1 3 6 0 637 2 11 561*19 1 8* 6 0 637 2 11 46 4 10 686 18 6 215' 4 0 6 14 0 137 16 9 46 4 10 215 4 0 686 18 6 6 14 0 137 16 9 7,325 15 11 52 11 11, 31,000 0 0 7,572 16 11 986 14 6 7,572'l6 11 3,251 17 6 7,325 15 11 62 11 11 27,741 10 0 4,143 2 10 602 2 5 20,992 4 4 328,211 12 8 2,898 16 10 68,152 4 9 2,265 3 0 6,555 6 0 10,370 16 6 9,454' 2 10 78,523 1 3 626 6 11 24,539 11 6 626 6 11 24,539 11 6 290,962 15 11 209 15 0 146 10 7 209 15 0 291,172 10 11 168 12 8 168 12 8 291,341 3 7 91,937 5 2 383,278 8 9 223,616 0 7 146 10 7 223,762 11 2 30 0 0 30 0 0 223,792 11 2 60,297 0 0 284,089 11 2 26,790 4 5 10,336 19 11 281 14 10 281 14 10 27,071 19 3 10,336 19 11 7 17 2 7 17 2 27,079 16 5 10,336 19 11 27,079 16 5 10,336 19 11 17,333 16 3 37,094 7 4 ■ 36 8 3 17,370 4 0 37,094 7 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 17,420 4 6 37,094 7 4 17,420 4 6 37,094 7 4 Stock—Mar. 31,1888' £162,594 18 6 162,594 18 6 Allocatea to lines auring 1887-88 .. 26,490 4 8 12,604,209 8 6 354,487 7 11 f 88,696 13 10 { 16,375 0 0 14,110 4 5 9,773 10 7 14,110 4 5 9,773 10 7 102,806 18 3 26,148 10 7 102,806 18 3 26,148 10 7 I c , , (Permanent-way, j Stock. { Eolling . stook / 12,958,6! 26,4i )6 16 5 10 4 8 31,033 0 0 136,104 13 10 317,474 0 5 Cr. 17 15 7 370,883 5 4 Cr. 17 15 7 Totals 3,126 19 6 Totals. 12,932,206 11 9 317,456 4 10 53,409 4 11 370,865 9 9 38,277 9 0 41,404 8 6 36 8 3 49,858 13 0 31,947 16 0 13,362,423 15 3 247,901 16 0 13,624 18 5 50 0 0 261,576 14 5 13,624,000 9 8 1,104,281 2 5 14,728,281 12 1 * This rolling-stock is common to both main and branch lines. t Does not include amount expended out of Consolidated Fund, viz., £35 17s. lOd. * The sum of £19,732 14s. lOd. expended on roads to give access to Main Trunk Line has been transferred to the road class.
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Statement showing Agreement of Public Works Table No. 2 of Expenditure on Eailways with Eeturn No. 6 attached to Eeport of General Manager, New Zealand Eailways. Expenditure to 31st March, 1888, on Eailways constructed by General Government £ out of Public Works Fund (as per Table No. 2) ... ... ... ... 13,362,423 Expenditure on account of Bakaia-Ashburton Forks Eailway out of Consolidated Fund ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 Expenditure on Greymouth and Westport Harbour Works forming part of railway system (as per Table No. 10) ... ... ... ... ... ... 141,345 Valuation of Bailways constructed by Provinces (as per Table No. 2) ... ... 1,104,281 14,608,084 Less expenditure on Permanent-way for Gisborne to Ormond Tramway ... 4,975 Leaves amount shown by General Manager ... ... ... £14,603,109
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TABLE No. 3. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Roads out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1888, and the Liabilities on that date.
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Expenditure to 31st March, 1887. Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1S88. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. lOADS, BbIDGES, and WlTABVES, NORTH of Auckland £ s. A. 226,002 16 11 £ s. d. 3,137 18 10 £ s. d. 229,140 15 9 £ s. a. 40 0 0 £ s. d. 229,180 15 9 /Lain- Roads : — Pacroa to Owharoa Cambridge to Taupo Oxford to Rotorua Tauranga, East Cape,Whakatanc,Te Teko, and sundry roads, Bay of Plenty Tauranga to Napier, via Taupo Kurupapanga to inland Patea Seventy-Mile Busli Manawatu Gorge ... Nelson, Tophouse, and Tarndale Nelson, Westport, and G-reymouth ... Inangaliua Bridge, maintenance Pelorus District and Rai Valley Haast Pass Track... Holritika to Christchurch ... OtiraToll Native districts 133 0 0 1,341 10 7 14,515 14 5 6,212 11 3 17,023 9 9 5,000 0 0 61,046 5 7 117,248 18 4 4,066 8 6 44,007 18 9 118 16 0 28.G43 1 11 3,383 1 2 95,455 17 1 500 0 0 11,386 8 3 367 0 0 632 8 11 1,261 11 11 1,877 15 4 280 0 0 Or. 12 12 0 137 19 8 4,351 12 6 23 1 6 17 12 4 31 6 0 4,688 0 9 500 0 0 1,341 10 7 15,148 3 4 7,474 3 2 18,901 5 1 5,000 0 0 61,326 5 7 117,236 6 4 4,204 8 2 48,359 11 3 141 17 G 28,6fiO 14 8 3,414 7 2 100,143 17 10 500 0 0 11,486 8 3 46 0 0 188 8 3 870 19 3 GO 11 10 500 0 0 1,387 10 7 15,336 11 7 8,345 2 5 18,970 16 11 5,000 0 0 61,326 5 7 117,236 6 4 4,431 16 6 49,744 12 0 156 4 9 28,663 1 11 3,890 4 6 102,174 7 5 500 0 0 11,486 8 3 227 8 4 1,385 0 9 11 7 3 2 7 8 475 17 4 2,030 9 7 106" o o Totals 410,083 1 7 13,7G8 8 11 Or. 12 12 0 423,838 18 6 5,310 10 3 429,149 8 9 itlSCELLANEOUS RoADS AKD BRIDGES : — Groat South Waikomiti Bridge Payment to Ferryman, Port Wnikato Pukekohe Railway-station to Waiuku Punt at Tuakau ... Tuhikaramea to Hamilton ... Raglan to Waipa ... Bridge over Waikato at Hamilton ... Cambridge to Tauranga Katikati to Te Arolia (horse-track) ... Katikafi to Te Aroha (Thompson's track) Rotorua-Rotomahana Thames to Tauranga Opotiki to Wliakatane Repairing flood damages, Cook County Sundry roads and bridges, Auckland... Bay of Islands District ... ' Mangere Bridge ... Thames ... Waikato... Bay of Plenty Poverty Bay Taupo ... Tools, &e. Mahurangi to Whangarei ... Pukckolio Railway-station, through East Pukekohe, to Bombay Buckland Station Bridge overWaipa,on Raglan MainRoad TeA wanuitii Station to Township To free Hamilton Bridge from tolls ... Waimapu Bridge... Repairing flood damages at the Thames : Thames County Tli ames B orougl i Tararu Tramway ... Tauranga to Opotiki Ormond to Opotiki Hamilton to Cambridge Coromandel to Thames ,, Port Charles ,, Tairua Maungatawhiri Ynlley ... .... Maketu to Ararimu To Ohaupo Station 'Whan to Henderson's Creek Rukuhia Swamp 764 5 8 150 0 0 7 10 0 5,274 2 1 270 9 6 500 0 0 1,619 9 4 284 12 3 4,000 0 0 208 9 11 330 16 11 5.323 8 0 510 13 9 1,490 12 0 10,412 12 G 34,903 16 5 15,486 7 8 75 2 9 27,582 11 7 90,048 19 11 21,499 5 4 9,336 17 1 714 13 6 129 15 3 13,755 16 11 149 11 8 15019 G 610 0 0 376 0 0 64." 7 1 764 5 8 150 0 0 7 10 0 5,274 2 ) 270 9 6 500 0 0 1,769 1 0 284 12 8 4,000 0 V 359 9 6 946 16 11 5,323 8 0 886 19 9 1,490 12 0 10,466 19 7 84,903 16 6 15,486 7 8 75 2 9 27,582 11 7 90,048 19 11 21,499 5 4 9,336 17 1 714 13 6 129 ]5 3 230 1G G 50 0 0 8 13 8 250 0 0 619 0 0 377 19 6 764 5 8 150 0 0 7 10 0 5,274 2 1 . 270 9 6 500 0 0 1,909 17 G 284 12 3 4/100 0 0 409 9 5 955 10 7 250 0 0 5,323 8 0 1,505 19 9 1,490 12 0 10,814 19 1 31,903 16 5 15,486 7 8 75 2 9 27,582 11 7 90,048 19 11 21,499 5 4 9,336 17 1 714 18 6 129 15 3 15 2 2 300 0 0 1,006 4. 8 315 16 3 (1,700 0 0 5,655 3 0 15 2 2 300 0 0 1,006 4 8 315 16 3 6,700 0 < 5,655 3 C 15 2 2 300 0 0 1,006 4 8 315 16 3 6,700 0 0 5/555 3 0 4,928 10 0 2,452 10 0 1,000 0 0 100 0 0 912 18 8 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 102 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 400 0 0 693 1 8 4,928 10 0 2,452 10 0 1,000 0 (i 100 0 0 912 18 8 100 0 0 200 0 f 100 0 0 200 0 0 102 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 400 0 0 693 1 8 4,928 10 0 2/152 10 0 .1/00 0 0 100 0 0 912 18 8 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 102 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 400 0 0 693 1 8 Carried forward 256,461 17 10 1 ,341 4 3 257,803 2 1 1,536 9 8! 259,339 11 9
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TABLE No. 3— continued. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Roads — continued.
Expenditure to 31st March, 1887. Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1888. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1S88. Total! Expenditure and Liabilities: dlSCEHANEOT/S RoADS AND BRIDGES — continued. Brought forward South Bombay to Paparata Tuakau to Waikato Sundry roads, Waitoa District Wade to Waimii ... llelensvillc to Kaukapakapa Komorau B ridge ... Wliangaroa to Kaeo Clark's Road Road to Omaha Wharf Stokes Point to Lucas Creek ,, Lake District Removal of snags, Thames River Whatawhata Bridge Coroniandel Wharf Coromandel to Mercury Bay Aroha Township to Gold-mines Removal of punt, Te Rori to Churchill Removal of Churchill punt. Manawatu and Makotuku Rivers, Ormondvillc Sundry foads'and bridges, Hawke's Bay Roads, Ifapicr District Roads, Wairoa Tools, &c. Bridge over Ahuriri Harbour Bridge over Wangaelm Bridge approach, Orepuhi ... Foxton to Otaki, inland Grant-in-aid for bridge over Manawatu River ... Roads in Fitzhci'bcrt Block Sundry roads, Wellington ... Patea to Wanganui Wanganui to Taupo Hutt to Lowry Bay Tools, &c. Bridge over Waiohine Parakaretu Block ... To relieve Wanganui Bridge from tolls KaroriRoad Wavorley to Patea Road Manawatu Bridge at Foxton. Roads and bridges in unsettled districts, Patca and Taranaki Great Soutli Road between Opunake and Manaia Bridge over Stony River, and approaches Inglewood to Whiteeliffs ... Hen wood and L Tpland Sundry roads, Taranuki Ntsw Plymouth, inland Hawera to Waitara Wai-iti to Patea ... Tools, &c. Waverley to Patca General salaries, &c. Refund expenses, T. ICellv, Mountain Road Commission Roads, Lower Moutere, flood damages Bridge over O vanity Creek... Bridge over Owen Creek Horse-bridge over MataMtaki Bridge over Matiri River ... Bridge over Inangahua, at Buller Junction Bridges on road, Kelson to Rcefton ... Bridge over Little Grey,atDevery's... Bridge over Grey, at Cobden Bridge over Waiau, in Amuri County Bridge over Waiau, at Hanmer Plain... Sundry roads and bridges, Nelson B uller to Arnould Boatman's Westport to Lyell £ s. d. £ S. (1. £ s. d. £ s. d.J £ s. d. 256,461 17 10 100 0 0 50 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 658 19 1 250 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 636 18 11 34 17 0 3 9 0 14 4 8 500 0 0 40 14 9 42 2 o! 1,341 4 3 257,803 2 1 100 0 0 50 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 658 19 1 250 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 636 18 11 34 17 0 3 9 0 It 4 8 500 0 0 40 11 9 42 2 0 1,536 9 8 I 259,339 11 9 100 0 0 -50 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 658 19 1 250 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 636 18 11 34 17 0 3 9 0 14 4 8 500 0 0 40 14 9 42 2 0 ... 450 0 0 408 9 6 32,189 19 2 1,212 7 8 248 15 0 625 10 1 1,000 0 0 150 0 0 599 10 9 11 0 11 450 0 0 419 10 5 32,189 19 2 1,212 7 8 248 15 0 625 16 1 1,000 0 0 150 0 0 599 10 9 450 0 0 419 10 5 32,189 19 2 1,212 7 8 248 15 0 625 16 1 1,000 0 0 150 0 0 599 10 9 2,002 16 0 1,050 5 3 343 7 5 36,275 18 9 5,376 18 1 290 0 0 504 9 8 13 15 6 149 0 0 17,000 0 0 153 1 8 130 0 0 0 18 0 3 14 6 2,002 16 0 1,050 5 3 347 1 11 36,275 18 9 5,376 IS 1 290 0 0 504 9 8 13 15 6 119 0 0 17,000 0 0 153 1 8 130 0 0 0 18 0. 16 10 G 2,002 16 0 1,050 5 3 363 12 5 36,275 18 9 5,376 18 1 290 0 0 504 9 8 13 15 6 149 0 0 17,000 0 0 153 1 8 130 0 0 0 18 0 48,296 16 3 48,296 10 3 48,296 16 3 2,946 0 0 2,946 0 0 2,946 0 0 1,151 6 2 5,000 0 0 993 12 10 250 3 0 3,760 17 3 14,469 19 2 58,566 6 9 254 4 2 70 0 0 402 18 8 1 8 3 1,151 6 2 5,000 X) 0 993 12 10 251 11 3 3,760 17 3 14,469 19 2 58,566 6 9 254 4 2 70 0 0 402 18 8 54 0 0 1,151 6 2 5,000 0 0 993 12 10 305 11 3 3,760 17 3 14,469 19 2 58,566 6 9 254 4 2 70 0 0 402 18 8 19 8 0 1,661 18 10 762 19 11 1,797 10 1 889 13 2 2,841 16 0 19 8 0 1,661 18 10 762 19 11 1,797 10 ] 889 13 2 2,841 16 0 19 8 0 1,661 18 10 762 19 11 1,797 10 1 1,289 13 2 2,841 16 0 400 0 0 8,804 2 7 5,173 11 10 3,870 18 1 4,971 8 5 11,240 14 11 10,657 2 6 784 6 0 73,197 4 8 844 10 0 7,373 13 10 4,621 18 4 4,280 15 10 9 14 1 8,804 2 7 9,795 10 2 3,870 18 1 4,971 8 5 11,240 14 11 14,937 18 4 794 0 1 73,197 4 8 844 10 0 12,405 6 6 8,884 9 2^ 8,804 2 7 18,679 19 4 3,870 18 1 4,971 8 5 11,240 14 11 14,937 18 4 794 0 1 73,197 4 8 844 10 0 12,414 8 4 5,03 i 12 8 9 1 10 Carried forward 631,201 U 10 15,301 8 H 646,503 3 8 10,900 11 2 657,403 14 10
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Expenditure Expenditure during to 12 Months ended 31st March, 1887. I 31st March, 1888. I Total Expenditure 'to 31st March, 1888. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 188S. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Miscellaneous Roads and BbidOtES — continued . Brought forward Upper B uller Road Ahaura to Amuri Nile Bridge Takaka Valley Collingwood to Quartz Range Takaka Road Takaka Tramway Bridge over Wairoa, in Waimea District Bridge over Inangalma, at Reefton ... Bridge over Ahaura Tracks, Pelorus and Queen Charlotte Sounds Bridge over Wairau, near Blenheim... Bridge over Clarence River. ICaikoura to Clarence Kaikoura to Waiau Wharf at Havelock Sundry Roads & Bridges, Maiiborough Greymouth to Okarito Bridge over Teremakau, Kuinara Bridge over Donnelly's Creek Extension south of Okarito Sundry roads, &c, Westland Dray-road through Cheviot Hill Country Bridge over Grey, at Cobden Greymouth to Arnould South Creek to Main Line ... Junction Line Greenstone to Lake Brunner Marsden to Maori Creek Marsden to Paroa Still water to Maori Gully ... ICanieri Forks, Kanieri Lakes Hokitika to Bluespur Kanieri Bridge Waimea Bridge ... Weslland, general Bridge over Upper Waitaki Bridge, A-ahburton, subsidy Sundry roads, Canterbury ... Waikari to Waitati Maori Kaika to Taiaroa Head Lighthouse Anderson's Bay ... Green Island to Brighton ... Bridge over Taieri, Main South Road Bridges over Clutha at Beaumont and Roxburgh, grant-in-aid ... Kaifcangata to Wangaloa Bridge over Mataura, Otama District Martin's Bay Settlement Sundry roads and bridges, Otago Queeustown Jetty Bridge over Kaikorai Stream Grant in aid of bridge at Kaikorai, on Main South Road Subsidy, Clutha Bridge Bridge over Oroti at Elbow Warrington Bridge over Clutha at Alexandra, grant-in-aid Waitahuna Bridge fExpenditure under Miscellaneous Public Works Votes (see Table No. 7 of 1884) £ 8. a. £ a. d, £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. A. 631,201 14 10 2 14 6 6,210 13 10 1,115 16 4 2,000 0 0 507 1 1 21 6 0 3,000 0 0 3 18 0 2,099 6 7 125 14 0 15,301 8 10 243 5 7 646,503 3 8 246 0 1 6,210 13 10 1,115 16 4 2,000 0 0 507 1 1 21 6 0 3,000 0 0 3 18 0 2,099 6 7 125 14 0 10,900 11 2 657,403 14 10 246 0 1 6,210 13 10 1,115 16 4 2,000 0 0 507 1 1 21 6 0 3,000 0 0 3 18 0 2,099 6 7 125 14 0 348 6 1 4,362 8 3 17,850 14 8 1,283 6 1 29,749 9 10 441 G 10 382 13 2 103,447 12 11 1,079 18 0 2,010 18 7 1,033 10 0 3 8 5 636 3 3 3,845 9 2 1.432 19 1 125 7 9 348 6 1 4,362 8 3 18,486 17 11 5,128 15 8 31,182 8 11 441 6 10 508 0 11 103,447 12 11 1,079 18 0 2,010 13 7 1,033 10 0 47 15 11 20 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 1,441 0 10 100 0 0 368 6 1 4,382 8 3 18,516 17 11 6,569 16 1 31,282 8 11 441 6 10 508 0 11 103,447 12 11 1,079 18 0 2,010 13 7 1,033 10 0 47 15 11 44' 7 e 100 8 0| 18 10 Oj 5,058 1 5 281 17 6 3,923 9 5 2,750 5 6 2,538 3 0 798 8 0 1,869 2 0 1,578 1 0 2,520 3 5 489 15 0 207 12 G 2,613 13 3 510 18 3 7,000 o o 813 14 2 3,257 6 4 100 8 0 13 10 0 5,058 1 5 281 17 6 3,923 9 5 2,756 5 6 2,538 3 0 798 8 0 1,869 2 0 1,578 1 0 2,520 3 5 489 15 0 207 12 6 2,613 13 3 510 18 3 7,000 0 0 818 11 9 3,257 6 4 100 8 0 13 10 0 5,058 1 5 281 17 6 3,923 9 5 2,756 5 6 2,538 3 0 798 8 0 1,869 2 0 1,578 1 0 2,520 3 5 489 15 0 207 12 G 2,613 13 3 510 18 3 7,000 0 0 824 15 9 3,257 6 4 4 17 7 g" 4 0 881 8 6 100 0 0 990 13 0 10,811 7 4 881 8 6 100 0 0 990 13 ( 11,916 4 8 881 8 6 100 0 0 990 13 0 11,916 4 8 1,104 17 4 14,(160 12 1 1,998 17 2 1,743 1 1 500 0 0 75" 0 0 181 18 5 16,403 13 2 500 0 0 1,998 17 2 75 0 0 1,001 5 1 453 2 3 400 0 0 125 0 0 16,403 13 2 500 0 0 1,998 17 2 200 0 0 1,001 5 1 453 2 3 400 0 0 819 6 8 453 2 3 400 0 0 456 0 0 2,500 0 0 9 0 0 200 0 0 456 0 0 2,500 0 0 9 0 0 200 0 0 456 0 0 2,500 0 0 9 0 0 200 0 0 5,000 0 0 *75O 0 0 5,000 0 0 750 0 0 5,000 0 0 750 0 0 318,948 10 3 318,948 10 3 318,948 10 3 Totals 1,202,840 19 0 25,988 15 7 1,228,829 14 7 12,642 16 0 1,241,472 10 7 toads to give access to railway, Mabton-Te Awamutu : —■ North end South end GO 2 3 20,349 18 9 3,506 5 5 36,576 10 5 9 5 0 1,539 16 1 3,575 10 5 38,116 G 6 41,691 1G 11 3,506 3 2 16,226 II 8 Totals {19,732 14 10 20,410 1 0 40,142 15 10 1,549 1 1 • Charged as unauthorised. t l'or the distribution of this eipendituro until je referred to in ascertaining the total eipenditure on road-lines mentioned in thi: jharged under the railway class. jr the several roads. i table. % Pr< see Table No. 7 0 svious expendituri f 1884, which should ), filB,782 Us. lOd.
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Expenditure Tntol Expenditure : during tv™?,*/*,---. to 12 Months ended 31st Marcn, 1887. "arch, 31st Mo £ hj 1888 , Liabilities o;i Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1888. Total tnditure and Liabilities. GrEANTS-IN-AID : — Grants-in-aid under " Tlie Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882" ... Grants to complete works already commenced Expenses taking poll re Buller Bridge Portion of subsidies to local bodies ... Contingencies and subsidies to local bodies for pro riding work for unemployed Grant to Ohincrouri County 360,164 19 9 8,397 17 0 85,431 1 11 5,152 4 7 79 4 4 46,739 !4 6 365,617 4 4 8,397 17 0 ' 79 4 4 132,170 16 5 3,103 18 0 2,400 0 0 368,721 2 4 8,397 17 0 79 4 4 134,570 16 5 20,695 7 8 *l,000 0 0 5,360 11 II 26,035 19 7 1,000 0 0 1,863 0 4 27,918 19 11 1,000 0 0 Totals 475,689 6 4 57,631 L5 4 533,321 1 8 7,366 18 4 540,688 0 0 SUMMARY. Roads, Bridges, &c, North of Auckland Main Roads Miscellaneous Roads and Bbid&es Koads to give Access to Railway, Marton-Te Awamutu Gtrants-in-aid Roads to open up Lands (see Table No. 4) Improvement of Village Settle226,002 16 11 410,083 1 7 1,202,840 19 0 •j-19.732 14 10 475,689 6 4 3.137 18 10 13,755 16 11 25,988 15 7 20,410 1 0 57,031 15 4 229,140 15 9 423,838 18 6 1,228,829 14 7 40,142 15 10 533,321 1 8 40 0 (I 5,310 10 3 12,642 16 0 1,549 1 1 7,366 18 4 229,180 15 9 429,149 8 9 1,241,472 10 7 41,fi91 16 11 540,688 0 0 445,346 15 3 61,488 2 0 506,834 17 3 20,049 0 0 520,883 17 3 ments ... Thkottgh Lands eecently purchased (see Table No. 5, 188S) Goldeields Roads (see Table No. 5) Payments to Road Boahds (see Table No. 11, 1877) 1,890 15 4 {12,053 (i 8 13,914 2 0 60,137 13 5 74,081 15 5 21,527 14 5 115,917 17 3 25,053 9 4 21,527 14 5 140,971 6 7 ... 13,573 12 2 21,527 14 5 154,541 18 9 225,000 0 0 225,000 0 0 225,000 0 0 Gband Totals 3,144,032 0 11 219,519 5 8 3,363,551 6 7 3,484,220 17 10 120,669 11 3 Charged as unauthorised. f Previous expenditure, £19,732 14s. 10d., charged unde: the railway class. % £11 9s. charged us unauthorised-
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TABLE No. 4. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Roads under the Control of the Minister of Lands, to 31st March, 1888, and the Liabilities on that Date.
,., ,., ! Expenditure Expenditure ; a^ la O1 . !° , I Months ended 31st March, j 31st Marcl 1887. 1888 _ Total Liabilities on Expenditure Authorities, to Contracts,&c, 31st March, 31st March, 1888. 1888. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads to open dp Lands before Sale. North Island. Auckland— Kaihu to Kaikohe Homestead blocks, Manganui Pakiri Block Wairua to Sandy Bay Wairua to Helena Day Whangarci through Talicke .. ! Purua and Mangakahia Tangihua No. 3 .. Manganui Bluff to Kaihu .. .. Takahue to Mangonuiowae Okailiu to Victoria Valley.. Helensville to Kaipatiki .. .. j Waikato to Block XVI., Awaroa .. | Lake Whangape to Blk. VII., Awaroa • Hikutaia to Ohinemuri Tauranga to Te Puke and Matata .. Opotiki to Waiotahi Opotiki to Ormond Te -Aroha Block Takahue to Herd's Point Block II., Tangihua Wairoa and Waikarcmoana bridletrack through the Waiau District, Poverty Bay Huihuitaha to Patetere Ruakituri Block Ormond to Waiapu Gisbome to Waimata Gisborno to Wairoa Taupo, via Eotoaira and Murimotu, to West Coast Katikati to Te Aroha Tolago Bay to Arakihi Kohukohu to Rahutapu Ohuka to Waikaremoana Whangaroa to Kaliuru Hamilton-Whatawhata Drain Wareronga Eoad Waimamaku Bridge Awaroa Swamp, drains and roads .. Paparoa to Waikickio Otamarakau Bridge Churchill Punt .. Otonga Bridge Kawhia to Waipa Alexandria to Kawhia Kotorua to Galatea via Rotomahana Galatea to Te Kapu via Waikaremoana Alexandra to Hikurangi Wangaro to Akatea Akaaka Swamp Waihou Ferry through Komata Draining Tatarariki Drain, Te Aroha Cabbage Bay to Capo Colville Lower Waihou Road Otama to Deeds .. Mangapai to Marerotu Puriri to Tairoa .. Whaingaroa to Waitotuna Matawhero to Whangape Mauku Bridge (subsidy) Huka Palls Ahipara-Herelrino Wairoa Ferry, Dargaville Tairua to Whenuakito Miscellaneous Taranaki — Road through bush, Waimatc Plains Eoads east of Stratford Bush land inland of Patca Continuous Reserve (to bo refunded) Mountain Road to blocks under & s. d. 385 1 0 414 15 6 282 7 G 1,540 3 6 1,051 1 7 885 17 10 1,411 5 3 827 8 2 4,018 15 0 2,931 7 7 6,260 8 5 2,23G 5 7 3,806 19 11 3.035 10 4 4,022 7 7 12,9G2 1 2 562 10 0 13,624 6 4 5,300 2 6 2,712 18 5 G35 6 0 544 18 6 705 8 2 2,149 14 4 12,4G2 6 1 4,250 9 6 11,952 12 0 10,094 11 5 785 11 1 1.847 11 0 484 13 6 100 0 0 2.036 5 0 137 18 G 550 18 1 60C 8 9 402 3 6 482 G 3 378 19 0 150 5 2 225 4 3 I 2,888 10 10 2,220 13 5 1.848 3 9 1,341 15 3 50 4 4 592 0 0 80 13 0 100 0 0 350 0 0 11 11 0 4 9 0 12 16 6 143 17 2 11 8 01 3G 0 0 44 17 0 2,600 6 6 15,714 8 9 1,108 4 11 1,340 14 11 5,045 10 4 890 14 0 £ s. d. 40 0 0 506 10 0' 206 13 6 475 12 11 1,334 7 9 13 Id 0 10 IS 8 2,027 16 3 324 15 9 29 10 0 £ s. d. 385 1 0 454 15 6 282 7 6 1,540 3 6 1,557 12 1 1,092 11 4 1,411 5 3 827 8 2 4,018 15 0 2,931 7 7 6,736 1 4 2,236 5 7 3,806 19 11 3,035 10 4 4,022 7 7 12,962 1 2 562 10 0 14,958 14 1 5,300 2 6 2,712 18 5 635 6 0 544 18 G 705 8 2 2,149 14 4 12,476 0 1 4,250 9 G 11,963 7 8 12,122 7 8 785 11 1 2,172 6 9 484 13 6 100 0 0 2,065 15 0 137 18 0 552 2 9 606 8 9 460 2 6 497 11 10 378 19 0 150 5 2 225 4 3 £ s. d. 383 9 6 193 6 C 1,524 8 1 100 0 0 *7 13 0 362 2 0 & s. d. 385 1 0 454 15 6 282 7 G 1,540 3 6 1,941 1 7 1,285 17 10 1,411 5 3 827 8 2 4,018 15 0 2,931 7 7 8,260 9 5 2,236 5 7 3,806 19 11 3,035 10 4 4,022 7 7 12,962 1 2 562 10 0 15,058 14 1 5,300 2 6 2,712 18 5 635. 6 0 544 18 G 705 8 2 2,149 14 4 12,476 0 1 4,250 9 6 11,963 7 8 12,122 7 8 785 11 1 2,172 6 9 484 13 6 100 0 0 2,073 8 0 500 0 0 552 2 9 697 7 9 4G0 2 6 499 18 9 378 19 0 150 5 2 225 4 3 'i i 8 90 19 0 57 19 0 15 5 7 2 6 11 101 19 1 3,050 9 11 I 40 0 0 138 0 0 15 0 0 [- 3,228 9 11 1,580 6 11 3,807 0 4 1,848 3 9 1,341 15 3 523 0 10 636 5 2 80 13 0 250 0 0 533 13 7 350 0 0 284 11 0 375 0 0 502 0 G 706 2 3 1,441 9 6 511 8 0 41 0 0 1,413 17 1 2,051 11 6 299 18 11 100 0 0 6,600 18 10 3,822 0 4 1,848 3 9 1,341 15 3 849 14 10 644 10 0 80 13 0 250 0 0 823 11 4 350 0 0 299 11 0 575 0 0 504 9 0 706 2 3 1,517 4 1 511 8 0 41 0 0 1,413 17 1 2,051 11 6 299 18 11 250 0 0 7,230 18 10 472 1G 6 44 5 2 326 14 0 8 4 10 150 0 0 533 13 7 289 17 9 273 0 0 375 0 0 497 11 G 693 5 9 1,297 12 4 500 0 0 5 0 0 1,369 0 1 2,051 11 6 299 18 11 100 0 0 4,000 12 4 15 0 0 200 0 0 2 8 6 75 14 7 150 0 0 630 0 0 334 1 0 585 G 0 15,714 8 9 1,442 5 11 1,926 0 11 5,045 10 4 890 14 0 165 19 0 15,714 8 9 l,C08 4 11 1,926 0 11 5,045 10 4 890 14 0 survey Carried forward 155,098 1 5| 155,698 1 5] 20,309 0 176,007 7 8! 4,721 3 8 180,788 11 4
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Expenditure to 31st March, 1887. Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1888. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. EOADS TO OPEN TO LANDS BEFOBE SALE — continued. Brought forward North Island —continued. Taranaki — continued. Waitara Bridge Opening up Huiroa Block.. Huiroa Block, bridge over Mangamii River To complete bush-felling, Stratford.. Through parts of Blocks I., II., V., VI., X., Ngaire District Through parts of Blocks III., V.,X., Ngairo District Block X., Huiroa Egmont District Kahouri Bridge .. Eltham and Branch Roads Native Trust Blocks Tronsand Blocks Tariki Road Road through bush, Waimato Plains Pukoaruho to Mokau Bridge on Stratford to Opunake Road Inglcwood to "Waitara Roads east of Midhirst Egmont Road Roads East of Waitara Miscellaneous Hawke's Bay— Puketitiri Block Norsewood District, Ngamoko, and Maharahara Ahuturanga Block Tautanc and Tahoraite Tukittiki to Waipawa Mohaka and Waitara Waitara Block Umutaoroa Block Maharahara Block Victoria and Bush-mills Settlements Wairoa to Rotokakaranga Makarotu To Ohu Miscellaneous Wellington— Pahiatua, Mangaone, &c. Repairs, Fitzherbert Bridge Roads, Pitzherbert Block Otamakapua and Waitapu East side of Pohangina River Momahaki Block.. Tokomaru Block Wanganui to Murimotu Marton to Murimotu Rangitumau Block Sandon Township Wairarapa East Mungaroa to Waikanae Blocks V., VI., IX., and XIII., Kairanga Survey Dist., Palmorston N. Blocks V., VI., IX., X., and XIII., Kairanga Survey District, Palmerston N., 24 miles, to open 8,582 acres Karewarowa Block Paratieke Kaiwhata and Pahaoa Otairi Block Makakahi Road Road, Wairoa Survey District Kairanga Drain Kimbolton Road Extension Kimbolton Road to Orua Waitapu Block Mangatainoko Roads Tiraumea Bridge Tutaekara Road South Pahiatua Road £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 155,698 1 6 20,369 6 3 176,067 7 8 4,721 3 8 180,788 11 4 906 0 9 781 1 3 5 15 0 5 15 0 906 0 9 781 1 3 1,000 0 0 1,005 15 0 906 0 9 781 1 3 34 0 0 2,041 0 10 34 0 0 2,041 0 10 34 0 0 2,041 0 10 1,146 3 6: 1,146 3 6 1,14G 3 6 745 17 0. 158 12 0 600 0 0 4,671 15 3 1,099 15 11 514 0 2 1,149 7 0 1,614 9 8 390 3 7 376 19 8 865 2 0 198 0 11 1,223 13 2 627 16 0 172 4 6 745 17 0 356 12 11 600 0 0 5,895 8 5 1,727 11 11 514 0 2 1,149 7 0 1,614 9 8 562 8 1 376 19 8 2,702 1 0 253 10 3 185 15 0 657 12 11 35 11 9 513 19 3 162 12 0 32 12 0 23 0 4 46 19 11 745 17 0 356 12 11 600 0 0 6,409 7 8 1,890 3 11 514 0 2 1,149 7 0 1,614 9 I 593 0 1 400 0 0 2,749 0 11 253 10 3 185 15 6 981 12 8 115 11 9 1,830 19 0 253 10 3 185 15 6 657 12 11 35 11 9 323 19 9 80 0 0' 520 0 0 2,709 16 6 520 0 0 2,709 10 6 520 0 0 2,709 16 6 1,883 7 11 12,546 16 1 985 1 5 151 6 4 781 0 6 2,088 15 4 1,927 12 8 800 0 0 1,139 2 10 981 10 0 162 9 0 0G8 8 1 3,143 2 10 1,883 7 11 15,689 18 11 985 1 5 151 6 4 781 0 6 2,088 15 4 1,938 12 8 800 0 0 1,569 7 10 1,512 7 7 434 8 10 698 8 1 550 4 0 1,883 7 11 10,240 2 11 985 1 5 151 6 4 781 0 6 2,102 10 4 1.938 12 8 900 0 0 1,509 7 10 1,562 7 7 434 8 10 913 3 1 13 15 0 11 0 0 100 0 0 430 5 0 530 11 7 271 19 10 30 0 0 50 0 0 215 0 0 18,159 19 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 3,314 13 8 920 17 0 2,942 0 5 1,292 5 4 2,210 17 0 2,570 6 0 1,394 10 2 1,430 7 9 1,500 0 0 4,373 2 11 3,738 8 0 349 8 9 909 15 0 200 0 0 612 9 0 58 0 7 100 0 0 1,179 18 6 18,509 7 9 500 0 0 400 0 0 4,224 8 8 920 17 0 3,142 0 5 1,904 14 4 2,274 17 7 2,670 6 6 2,574 8 8 1,430 7 9 1,500 0 0 4,373 2 11 3,738 8 0 162 0 0 I 37 10 4 18,671 7 9 500 0 0 400 0 0 4,224 8 8 920 17 6 3,142 0 5 1,942 4 8 2,274 17 7 2,770 0 6 3,033 19 11 1,430 7 9 1,500 0 0 4,373 2 11 3,738 8 0 100 0 0 459 11 3 1,524 7 2 1,524 7 2 1,524 7 2 319 1 9 588 2 7 6 0 0 281 8 3 350 0 0 372 6 6 3 0 0 22 6 3 2,179 5 5 6 12 6 1 10 0 56 15 6 500 0 0 in 17 o; 248 15 1 635 18 6 493 2 o! 140 13 0 2,617 10 3 411 12 11 319 1 9 588 2 7 500 0 0 117 17 6 530 3 4 350 0 0 1,008 4 11 496 2 0 162 19 3 4,796 15 8 418 5 5 1 10 0 1,130 17 9 200 0 0 250 0 0 67 6 3j 3 18 0 437 0 9 107 10 0 1,697 3 10 300 0 0 60 2 3 319 1 9 588 2 7 500 0 0 117 17 0 730 3 4 250 0 0 350 0 0 1,075 11 2 500 0 0 600 0 0 4,904 5 8 2,115 9 3 301 10 0 1,197 0 0 1,074 2 3 Carried forward .. 250,788 2 4 39,440 12 3 290,228 11 7 11,721 8 7 301,950 3 2
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TABLE No. 4— continued. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Roads, &c.— continued.
Expenditure to 31st March, 1887. Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1888. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads to open up Lands befobe Sale — continued. Brought forward North Island —continued. Wellington— continued. South Mangaone Road Maungakarotu Mikimiki .. Miscellaneous £ s. c"l. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 250,788 2 4 39,440 12 3 290,228 14 7 11,721 8 7 301,950 3 2 35 6 0 122 19 3 179 1 4 870 9 9 214 7 4 993 9 0 923 0 0 300 11 0 127 0 0 1,137 7 4 1,300 0 0 127 0 0 809 19 4 711 14 4 98 5 0 809 19 4 Middle Island. Nelson — Cobden to Seventeen-mile Diggings.. Hampden to Maruia Grey Valley to Tcrcmakau Wakefield to Stanley Brook Aorere Valley to Karamea Tadmor and Sherry to Buller Baton to Karamea Maruia to Amuri Takaka to Anatoki and Gollingwood Takaka to Karamea Ahaura to Kopara and Amuri Qrqnoko to Eosedale Brooklands Valley Road Karamea to Mokihinui Ahaura (Mason's) to Haupiri Takaka to Stockyard Pigeon Valley to Motuoka.. Pretty Bridge Valley Grey Valley, via Clarke, to Maruia.. Dovedale Miscellaneous Marlborough— Awatere Valley Road Westland — Mapourika to Gillespie's Mahitahi to Ilaast Mathias Pass Road In the County of Westland Kumara to Beach Kokatahi River to Hokitika River .. Moemki Crossing to Otumotu Mount Bonar to Poerua River Wataroa and Waitangi-taone Teromakau to Bell Hill Road Waikukupa to Cook's River Plat .. Gillespie's to Cook's River Plat Cascade Valley Road Pounamou to Teramakau Maintain to Paringa Miscellaneous Canterbury— Mathias Pass Road To Upper Ashley over Kuku Pass .. ] irrigation works, Byre & Waimakariri Oxford Bush to Upper Ashley Burke's Pass, Mackenzie County .. To deferred-payment lands, Teviotdale To deferred-payment lands, Waikari To village & deferred-payment blocks Blackford to Bedoliffe Blackbill's Road .. Road to Mount Cook Waihao to Ha.kateramca Mount Grey Downs Glentui Road Miscellaneous Otago— Beaumont to Miller's Flat Through Blocks VIII. and X., Benger Run 106 Kelso to Groonvale Tapanui Railway to Run 140 To open up Otago and Southland runs Through Runs 171 and 171a Otara to Waikawa, and bridge over Tokanui Creek 1,678 11 0 10,507 5 9 2,688 2 1 200 0 0 4,699 7 5 5,199 8 5 200 0 0 1,603 4 1 4,733 6 5 289 3 4 2,065 1 8 963 14 0 178 6 D 250 0 0 31 18 0 283 8 6 50 0 0 1,678 11 0 10,507 5 9 2,6S8 2 1 200 0 0 4,099 7 5 5,482 16 11 200 0 0 1,653 4 1 4,733 6 5 289 3 4 2,065 1 8 963 14 0 178 G 6 913 12 2 1,938 8 5 14 17 7 500 0 0 200 0 0 191 10 2 200 0 0 1,297 8 4 1,678 11 0 10,507 5 9 2,688 2 1 200 0 0 4,699 7 5 5,482 16 11 200 0 0 1,653 4 1 4,733 6 5 289 3 4 2,065 1 8 963 14 0 178 6 6 913 12 2 2,103 9 6 204 17 7 500 0 0 200 0 0 211 10 2 200 0 0 1,297 8 4 88 10 9 56 18 9 663 12 2 1,906 10 5 14 17 7 411 9 3 143 1 3 191 10 2 200 0 0 491 6 1 105 1 1 250 0 0 20 0 0 806 2 3 8,484 11 1 8,484 11 1 8,484 11 1 8,077 5 0 16,234 16 9 336 18 0 1,980 0 0 2,000 0 0 970 0 0 1,510 18 5 900 0 0 1,500 0 0 1,484 11 0 440 15 0 470 0 Oj 62 17 8 1 8,077 5 0 10,234 16 9 336 18 0 1,980 0 0 2,000 0 0 970 0 0 1,510.18 5 900 0 0 1,500 0 0 1,786 16 0 1,000 0 0 1,061 16 0 1,809 9 2 500 0 0 8,077 5 0 16,234 16 9 336 18 0 1,980 0 0 2,000 0 0 970 0 0 1,510 18 5 900 0 0 1,500 0 0 1,980 16 0 1,000 0 0 1,920 0 0 1,870 G 0 500 0 0 1,400 0 0 279 15 6 302 5 0 559 5 0 591 16 0 1,746 11 6! 500 0 0 200 0 0 858 4 0 00 16 10 1,400 0 0 279 15 6 279 15 6 2,046 15 10 8,193 3 5 3,250 0 o 3,990 2 3 249 18 10 1,764 4 11 784 19 1 1,399 15 10 300 0 0 970 0 0 1,200 0 0 512 18 4 237 9 8: 150 0 0 300 0 0 2,046 15 10 8,430 13 1 3,400 0 0 3,990 2 3 249 18 10 1,764 4 11 784 19 1 1,399 15 10 600 0 0 970 0 0 1,200 0 0 823 19 1 350 0 0 579 19 10 1,235 4 11 237 18 9 124 0 0 2,046 15 10 8,668 11 10 3,400 0 0 3,996 2 3 249 18 10 1,764 4 11 784 19 1 1,523 15 10 600 0 0 970 0 0 1,200 0 0 943 19 1 500 0 0 599 19 10 1,307 18 3 287 17 0 1,221 5 0 311 0 9 350 0 0 292 2 10 13 19 111 120 0 0 150 0 0 20 0 0 132 13 4 5,534 10 0 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,145 2 3 12,941 15 7 1,500 0 0 1,000 0 0 465 4 0 6,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,148 7 3 500 0 0 1,145 2 3 12,941 15 7 1,500 0 0 1,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,200 0 0 500 0 0 1,145 2 3 12,941 15 7 1,500 0 0 1,000 0 0 148 7 3 51 12 9 Carried forward ,, .. 383,428 5 1 50,912 5 8 434,340 10 9 10,808 6 4 451,208 17 1
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TABLE No. 4— continued. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Roads, &c.— continued.
Expenditure to 31st March, 1887. iditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 18S8. Liabilities on Total Authorities, Exp6naiture Contracts, ceo., n, n d 31st March, ; Liabilities . looo. ROADS TO OPEN UP LANDS BEFOEE SALE — continued. Brought forward Middle Island —continued. Otago— continued. Arrowtown to Crown Terrace Waitainma to Bun 52c Run No. 75 (Boyd's) Education reserves Through Runs 177 and 257 Glenorehy up Roes and Dart Lauder Block Upper Clutha Blocks Waikaia Bush to Clutha Valley Pembroke to Matukituki .. Block II., Blackstone Taieri Lake, Block XV., Maniototo Taieri Bridge to Nenthorn Bridge .. Ida Valley Kurow Run Pyramid Bridgo to Waikaia Taieri River Road Hummocksido District Athol to Nokomai Saddle Block XIII.; Moeraki Blocks XVI., XIV., IX., Maniototo Block VI., Gimmerburn Swinbum and Rock and Pillar Run 210 Silverpeak, &c. .. Switzer's Track to Spylaw and Clutha Bridge Tokomairiro River, N. Branch Hindon Glenomaru and Owake Waikaka to Wendon and Greonvale Wendon District Seaward Forest to coast Forest Hill Tramway Waikawa to Catlin's Orepuki to Waiau Branch Road to Forest Hill Tomogalak Creek to D. P. Land .. Waikaka Siding to Waikaka Town.. Bay Road to Otara Bush Bush land east of Makarewa Port William to HaJimoon Bay .. Wyndham, via Mimihau, to Otaraia Waikaka to Pyramid Wendon side Pyramid Bridgo Otatara Bush West's to Mokohua Waimatuku Bush Blackmount to deferred-payment land Bush land, Makarewa Seaward Moss to Awarua Bay Hodgehope Road Waikivvi Suburban Wallacetown to Tomoporakau Winton Tramway to Win ton Forest Seaward Forest to D. P. Block Halfmoon Bay, Stewart Island Sundry roads Sundry roads, Native labour Miscellaneous £ s. a. £ s. d. & s. a. & s. a. & s. d. 383,428 5 1 50,912 5 8 434,340 10 9 16,808 6 4 451,208 17 1 1,500 0 0 1,200 0 0 3,000 0 o 1,821 3 9 3,002 0 0 1,805 3 7 1,004 0 0 277 8 0 3,250 0 0 937 2 8 200 0 0 152 5 6 175 0 0 250 0 0 927 13 8 500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 2,000 0 0 177 7 0 250 0 0 702 8 8 1,500 0 0 1,200 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,821 3 9 5,002 0 0 1,805 8 7 1,004 0 0 454 15 0 3,500 0 0 1,729 11 4 200 0 0 200 D 0 175 0 0 500 0 0 1,26-1 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 2G0 0 0 no g o 145 0 0 150 0 0 1,500 0 0 1,200 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,821 3 9 5,002 0 0 1,915 9 7 1,149 0 0 604 15 0 3,500 0 0 1,729 11 4 200 0 0 200 0 0 175 0 0 500 0 0 1,261 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 260 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 540 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 900 0 0 320 0 0 750 0 0 250 0 0 1,005 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 6,0G4 15 11 13,010 7 10 2 14 0 900 0 0 1,494 19 5 499 5 0 1,000 0 0 1,179 18 3 520 0 0 250 0 0 999 18 2 200 0 0 100 0 0 850 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 256 5 0 9,394 2 11 9 9 0 4,854 4 6 47 14 G 250 0 O 1 333 G 4 i 60 0 0 200 0 0 32 9 4 167 10 8 540 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 293 0 0 250 0 0 690 5 8 250 0 0 1,005 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 167 10 8 540 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 293 0 0 250 0 0 090 5 8 250 0 0 1,005 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 6,064 15 11 12,766 7 10 2 14 0 900 0 0 1,494 19 5 499 5 G 100 0 0 607 0 0 70 0 0 59 14 4 200 0 0 6,064 15 11 12,0G6 7 10 2 14 0 900 0 0 1,494 19 5 499 5 G 700 0 0 250 0 0 1,179 18 3 520 0 0 250 0 0 999 18 2 200 0 0 100 0 0 850 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 SOO 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 40 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 153 16 0 256 .5 O' 9,304 2 11 9 9 Oj 4,854 4 G 1,000 0 0 1,179-18 3 520 0 0 250 0 C 999 18 2 200 0 0 ioo o o; 850 0 0 485 10 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 Oi 500 0 (V 200 0 0 14 10 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 153 16 0 36 12 6 110 0 0 146 4 0 219 12 6 9,394 2 11' 9 9 0 4,779 19 G 74 5 0 Totals 445,310 15 3 61,488 2 0 506,834 17 3 20,049 0 0 526,883 17 3 Village Settlements :— Village settlements 1,890 15 4 *12,053 6 8 13,944 2 0 CO,137 13 5 74,08.1 15 5 SUMMARY. Roads to open up Lands before Sale Village Settlements 145,346 15 3 1,890 15 4 61,488 2 0 *12,053 6 8 506,834 17 8 13,944 2 0 20,049 0 0\ ' CO,137 13 5 ' 80,186 13 5 I 526,883 17 3 74,081 15 5 Gband Totals 000,905 12 8 447,237 10 7 73,541 8 8 520,778 19 3 * Including £11 9s. charged as authorised.
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TABLE No. 5. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Goldfields Roads (Class IV.) out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1888, and Liabilities on that Date.
TABLE No. 6. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Public Buildings out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1888, and the Liabilities on that Date.
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Expenditure to 01st March, 1SS7. Expenditure during Twelve Mouths ending 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 18S8. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, etc., 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. lOADS ON GOLDFIELDS — Subsidies towards the construction of roads and tracks in mining districts, and minor works for the development of minerals, upon a subscription of one-half being contributed .. tUCKLABD — Assistance to Piako County Council towards constructing tramway from Te Aroha Mountain to batteries Opening Mokau Eiver for development of coal-mino Kelson — Lyell to Mokihinui via Eight-Mile Mokihinui Quartz Reefs to Specimen Creek Mokihinui to Karamea via Bough-and-Tumble Brighton to Seventeen-Mile Beach via Terraces Cobden to Seventeen-Mile Beach Wangapeka to Karamea Aorore Valley to Karamea Owen Valley Eoad Hatter's Terrace to Bell Hill Larry's Creek to Lyell Eoad, near Dee Eiver (subsidy of £1 for £1) Bridle-track to Upper Anatoki Tracks for opening up and prospecting Collingwood and Takaka Districts Hafctor ls Terrace Eoad (£1 for £1 subsidy) Deep Creek to Bell Hill (£1 for £1 subsidy) Irishman's to Lake Brunner (£1 for £1 subsidy) Improving roads and tracks, Collingwood to Takaka, Motueka, and Karamoa .. Ahaura to Amuri Iablboeough— Wakamarina Valley .. Janterbuey— Eoad to open up Wilberforce Quartz Reefs Vestland — Cedar Creek Eoad Browning's Pass to Reefs (subsidy of £2 for £1) .. Jackson's Bay to Cascade and Gorge River Districts .. £ s. d. 52,026 8 2 6,000 0 0 552 8 0 5,015 7 10 1,238 7 5 10,511 16 2 1,213 14 4 2.102 1 4 1,823 15 10 400 0 0 1,233 12 3 100 0 0 £ s. d. 6,637 7 l' 83 0 8' 4,591 10 8 575 12 10 550 0 0' 174 4 2; 1,872 6 3! 811 11 5 400 0 0 £ s. d. 58,C63 15 9 6,000 0 0 552 8 0 5,098 8 6 1,238 7 5 15,103 6 5 1,789 7 2 2,652 1 4 2,000 0 0 2,272 6 3 2,045 3 8 500 0 0 £ s. d. 4,680 2 2 234 0 0 3,916 9 0 150 0 0 £ s. d. 63,343 17 11 0,000 0 0 552 8 0 5,098 8 6 1,238 7 5 15,103 6 5 1,789 7 2 2,886 1 4 2,000 0 0 6,188 15 3 2,195 3 8 500 0 0 705 16 0 705 16 0 750 0 0 10 12 0 750 0 0 722 8 0 400 0 0 400' 0 0 176 10 0 176 10 0 223 10 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 000 0 0 300 0 0 900 0 0 5,253 0 1 2,504 19 7 4,842 7 8 10,095 7 9 2,504 19 7 32G 10 0 10,421 17 9 2,504 19 7 11 0 0 11 0 0 11 0 0 1,830 17 7 1,830 17 7 1,830 17 7 2,790 1 0 209 19 0 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,484 2 8 723 8 0 2,207 10 8; 2,207 10 8 556 4 S 2,289 12 C 2,845 16 9 1,576 9 0 4,422 5 9 )tago— Arthur's Point to Skipper's Waikaia Bush Eoad .. .. Arrowtqwn to Macetown Quartz Ecofs and Motutapu Bush Waitahuna Bridge, on account of reconstruction lOUTBXAND — Tracks, Merrivale District 'ontingencics 7,547 14 1 1,000 0 ( 9,270 6 6 7,547 14 1 1,000 0 0. 9,270 6 8 1,000 0 0 8,547 14 1 1,000 0 0 9,270 6 8 750 0 C 750 0 0 750 0 0 400 0 ( 100 0 0 10 3 0 500 0 0 10 3 0 500 0 0 10 3 0 Totals 115,917 17 i 25,053 9 4 140,971 6 7 13,573 12 2 154,544 18 9
Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1887. Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1888. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure and Liabilities, "udicial 'ostal and Telegraphic Justorns )ffices for Public Departments junatic Asylums .. Ichool-buildmgs lospitals Miscellaneous ■ .. Quarantine Stations iurvey .. 'arliamont Buildings £ s. d. 228,764 3 2 139,193 3 3 4,749 2 2 145,874 18 3 243,744 1 8 778,734 8 9 28,495 14 7 9,838 14 10 3,525 0 3 514 13 2 13,937 18 8 £ s. d. 8,272 7 11' 2,227 7 0, £ s. d. 237,036 11 1 141,420 10 3 4,749 2 2 158,610 19 6 266,851 4 6 818,734 6 9 32,651 4 2 9,838 14 10 3,525 0 3 514 13 2 13,962 7 1 £ s. d. 3,034 4 4 3 G 3j £ s. cl. 240,070 15 S 141,423 16 G 4,749 2 2 177,494-18 8 272,493 14 4 819,144 6 9 34,294 4 2 9,838 14 10 3,525 0 3 514 13 2 13,902 7 1 12,742 1 8 23,107 2 10 39,999 18 0 4,155 9 7 18,877 19 2 5,642 9 10 410 0 Oi 1,043 0 0 24 S 5 Totals .. 1,597,371 18 9 90,528 15 0 1,687,000 13 0 29,610 19 7] 1,717,511 13 i
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STATEMENT showing the Expenditure for Water-races on Goldfields out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1888, and the Liabilities on that Date.
EXPENDITUB] Liabilities. Total Locality and Name op Race. Survey and Construction, 1870-87. 111 AjJtmUl U Lilt lOCALITY AND NAME OF RiCB. Subsidies, 1870-87. Survey and Construction 1887-88. Subsidies, 1887-88. Totals. Authorities on Construction. Authorities on Subsidies. 'Contracts. Totals. and Liabilities. 1 NORTH ISLAND. Auckland Provincial Distbict — Thames £ s. d. 80,708 19 3 £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. NORTH ISLAND. Auckland Provincial District — Thames. 80,708 19 3 80,708 19 3 MIDDLE ISLAND. Westland Provincial Distbict — Subsidies — Hohonu Hibernian New Eiver .. Kanieri Boss Sludge-channel.. Kumara Sludge-channel No. 2 Government Works — Waimea Mikonui Nelson Provincial Distbict — Government Works — Nelson Creek Napoleon Hill Argyle (Charleston) Black's Point Otago Pbovincial' Distbict — Subsidies — Arrow Beaumont and Tuapeka Carrick Range Mount Pisgah Lawrence Drainage-channel .. Ophir Tail-race Muddy Creek Channel St. Bathan's CriSel Maerewhenua Government Works — Mount Ida "Waipori Southland Provincial District — Subsidy — Round Hill General — Increased water-supply Departmental — Salaries, travelling, advertising, &e. I 3 7 0 12 5 8 21 5 0 15 6 " 173,363 7 1 25,644 9 6 90,721 4 8 257 16 7 14,701 15 3 244 9 0 4 G 2 1,955 12 1 1,992 14 8 3,496 0 3 10,310 18 4 1,360 6 9 2,762 17 2 612 10 0 640 0 0 9,249 13 1 200 0 0 2,956 14 0 1,099 8 6 850 0 0 711 3 10 ■■ 1 6 C ■■ ■■ ■■ I 130*13 3 - 1,958 19 1 2,005 0 4 3,517 5 3 10,312 3 10 1,500 0 0 2,762 17 2 173,363 7 1 25,644 9 6 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 14,701 15 3 244 9 0 612 10 0 644 6 2 9,249 13 1 200 0 0 2,956 14 0 1,150 0 0 850 0 0 1,000 0 0 54*io 6 54*10 6 1,958 19 1 2,005 0 4 3,517 5 3 10,312 3 10 1,554 10 6 2,762 17 2 173,363 7 1 25,644 9 6 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 14,701 15 3 244 9 0 612 10 0 644 6 2 9,249 13 1 200 0 0 2,956 14 0 1,150 0 0 850 0 0 1,000 0 C MIDDLE ISLAND. Westland Provincial District — Subsidies — Hohonu. Hibernian. New River. Kanieri. Ross Sludge-channel. Kumara Sludge-channel No. 2. Government Works — Waimea. Mikonui. Nelson Provincial District — Government Works — Nelson Creek. Napoleon Hill. Argyle (Charleston). Black's Point. Otago Provincial District — Subsidies — Arrow. Beaumont and Tuapeka. Carrick Range. Mount Pisgah. Lawrence Drainage-channel. Ophir Tail-race. Muddy Creek Channel. St. Bathan's. Criflel. Maerewhenua. Government Works — Mount Ida. Waipori. Southland Provincial District— Subsidy — Round Hill. General — Increased water-supply. Departmental — Salaries, travelling, advertising, &e. •• I " 50*11 6 " 288" 16 2 1,065 0 0 1,065 0 0 1,065' 0 0 65,766 3 8 11,263 1 0 65,766 3 8 11,263 1 0 65,766 3 8 11,263 1 0 133 19 4 133 19 4 133 19 4 100 0 0 530 4 0 630 4 0 630 4 C 6,715 6 2 5 0 6 6,720 6 8 6,720 6 8 Totals 1389,785 2 3 479 0 11 Totals. 38,431 18 0 536 10 6 429,232 11 8! 54 10 6 54 10 6 ;429,387 2 2 SUMMARY. Kobth Island Middle Island 80,708 19 3 389,785 2 3 80,708 19 3 !429,232 11 ■ 8 SUMMARY. North Island. Middle Island. 38,43l'l8 0 536 'lO 6 479 "o 11 •• 54'lO 6 54'lO 6 80,708 19 3 429,287 2 2 Totals 470,494 1 6 38,431 18 0 479 0 11 509,941 10 11 I Totals. 536 10 6 •• 54 10 6 54 10 6 509,996 1 5 \
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TABLE No. 8. STATEMENT showing Expenditure on Telegraphs out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1888, and the Liabilities on that Date.
Line. Miles of Expenditure during Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure ana Liabilities. Poles. Wire. £ s. a. £ s. d. 538,978 15 8 Expenditure to the 31st March, 1887 ■ .. * Telephone exchanges Cambridgo-Taupo Patumahoe Shortland Mauku Olovedon Te Ahuahu Hikutaia ■ Matakohe Taranaki District Pihama Stratf ord-Midhirst Woodville, Tahoraite, and Waipukurau (fifth wire) Tologa Bay Pakipaki-JRoyston Campbelltown-Sanson Kai Iwi Woodville-Kumeroa Te Kopuru-Kaipara Heads Marsdcn Point, Whangarei Heads, and Parua Bay Mauricovillo-Mangamahoe Omatere Owen Eiver lino Stillwater-Richardson Lighthouse Springston-Prebbleton .. Naseby-Hydc St. Bathan's, Cambrian, and Blackstone Hill Berwick Queensberry Broad Bay Nightcaps Otakaia Milburn Inangahua Junction Cronadon Little Grey-Junction Christchurch-New Brighton Hororata .. .. - .. Blackstone Hill-Cambrian Clinton-Waiwera South Tinker's Kakanui Ophir-Matakanui Abbotsford-Middlemarch Stock .. "<3 'i 8 16$ 35 *8 6 1 1 8 6 72 35 13 'ii 13,029 12 3 107 9 0 207 10 10 89 3 4 45 0 7 361 12 0 14 11 0 60 3 2 88 6 8 105 0 6 109 3 5 158 5 2 1,151 G 7 833 6 11 269 16 7 155 0 6 15 6 8 284 9 7 109 8 2 5 14 6 329 15 6 4 16 1G 7 3 38 0 4 3 10 0 138 16 6 22 8 7 349 11 8 169 17 10 28 13 10 110 7 10 436 7 8 80 5 10 14 19 0 3 2 6 0 7 3 3 19 6 43 13 0 73 5 9 2 11 0 40 0 0 G4 17 9 5 3 6 5 15 10 26 8 8 3,771 10 7 'ii io 4 ' \ 'ii 13 3 13 5 'h 1 12 7 22,984 G 1 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1888 Liabilities on 31st March, 1888 501,903 1 9 3,004 0 0 Total Expenditure and Liabilities £564,9G7 1 9
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TABLE No. 9. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1888, and the Liabilities on that Date.
Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1887. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1888. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, to 31st March, 1888. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Lighthouses. £ s. d. 7,148 10 5 6,241 0 0 3,354 6 4 6,955 9 1 7,028 14 8 6,066 0 3 5,785 19 0 990 9 11 668 15 8 1,427 17 5 801 9 7 2,672 17 1 5,571 8 0 600 13 11 499 11 3 2,943 1 11 8,185 11 0 6,554 14 5 9,958 19 5 70 18 1 1,116 17 3 1,085 19 6 353 7 7 5,909 18 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 7,148 16 5 6,241 0 0 3,354 6 4 6,955 9 1 7,028 14 8 6,066 6 3 5,785 19 0 3,349 16 6 068 15 8 1,427 17 5 801 9 7 3,180 0 5 5,571 8 0 600 13 11 499 11 3 2,943 1 11 8,185 11 0 6,554 14 5 9,958 19 5 70 18 1 1,116 17 3 1,085 19 6 353 7 7 5,969 18 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 7,148 16 5 6,241 0 0 3,354 0 4 6,955 9 1 7,028 14 8 6,066 6 3 5,785 19 0 3,359 16 6 668 15 8 1,427 17 5 801 9 7 3,180 0 5 5,571 8 0 600 13 11 499 11 3 2,943 1 11 8,185 11 0 6,554 14 5 9,958 19 5 70 18 1 1,116 17 3 1,085 19 6 353 7 7 5,969 18 11 Akaroa Brothers Cape Egmont Cape Foulwind Cape Maria van Diemen Cape Saunders Centre Island Cuvier Island French Pass Beacon French Pass Hokitika Jackson's Reef Beacon Kaipara Manukau Heads Marine Store Moeraki Mokoliinau Portland Island Puysegur Point Stephen's Island Timaru Tiritiri Cable Tory Channel .. .. Waipapapa Point Miscellaneous, including expenditure on s.s. "Hinemoa" and "Stella" .. 2,359 6 7 507 3 4 10 0 0 20,590 5 9 20,590 5 9 20,590 5 9 Habboue Wobks. Pollock Wharf, Manukau Whangarei Heads Wharf Matakana Wharf Waiuku Channel Coromandel Wharf Waitara Harbour Removing eel-weirs, Patea Eiver Napier Harbour Castlepoint Jetty .. Kaikoura Jetty and Harbour Picton, removal of old wharf Collingwood Harbour Karamea Wharf Westport Harbour .. Greyrnouth Harbour Hokitika Harbour Timaru Harbour Oamaru Harbour Martin's Bay, removal of rock Port Levy Jetty Toitois Jetty Balclutha Jetty Catlin's River, removal of rocks Catlin's River Jetty Queenstown Beacon Queenstown Jetty Jackson's Bay Jetty Miscellaneous 150 0 0 600 0 0 550 10 3 357 11 0 Cr. 0 10 0 2,000 0 0 50 0 0 328 0 0 51 14 1 2,912 16 10 94 0 0 745 18 8 75 0 0 14,110 18 7 127,233 19 6 56,000 0 0 100,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 1,000 0 0 250 0 0 277 19 0 1,015 7 7 35 0 0 297 8 0 32 6 4 400 0 0 150 0 0 600 0 0 556 10 3 357 11 6 Cr. 0 10 0 2,000 0 0 50 0 0 328 0 0 51 14 1 2,912 16 10 94 0 0 745 18 8 75 0 0 14,110 18 7 127,233 19 6 56,500 0 0 100,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 1,000 0 0 250 0 0 277 19 0 1,015 7 7 35 0 0 297 8 0 32 6 4 400 0 0 150 0 0 600 0 0 556 10 3 357 11 6 Cr. 0 10 0 2,000 0 0 50 0 0 328 0 0 51 14 1 2,912 16 10 94 0 0 745 18 8 75 0 0 14,110 18 7 127,233 19 6 56,500 0 0 100,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 1,000 0 0 250 0 0 277 19 0 1,015 7 7 35 0 0 297 8 0 32 6 & 400 0 0 500 0 0 Harbour Defences 318,827 2 3 73,458 15 6 392,285 17 9 36,421 12 1 428,707 9 10 Totals .. 745,299 11 0 76,825 5 5. 822,124 16 5 30,431 12 1 858,556 8 6
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INDEX TO APPENDICES.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. Appendix A.-Audited Statement op Expenditure on Public Wobks out of the Immigration and Public Works Loan fob the Yeab 1887-88 .. • • • • •• • • 21 - ■ B\—Statement op all Liabilities in bbspect of the Services of the Public Wobks DepartMENT OUTSTANDING AT THE CLOSE OF THE FINANCIAL PEBIOD FjNDED 31ST MABCH, 1888, PBEPARED IN TEEMS OF " THE PUBLIC REVENUES ACT, 1882," AND FOBWABDED AS THEREIN PROVIDED TO THE AUDIT OFFICE C—Schedule op Railway Contracts cuebbnt on Ist April, 1887, and Contracts entered INTO BY THE PUBLIC WOBKS DEPARTMENT DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1888 25 D._SCHEDULE OF SIEEPEE CONTRACTS CURRENT ON IST APRIL, 1887, AND CONTBACTS ENTEBED INTO BY THE PUBLIC WOEKS DEPABTMENT DUBING THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH, 1888 27 E.—Schedule of Contracts fob Roads and Miscellaneous Works current on Ist April, 1887, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1888 F.—Schedule of Contracts for Roads and Miscellaneous Works current on Ist April, 1887, and Contracts entered into by the Minister of Lands during the Year ended 31st March, 1888 G.—Schedule of Contracts for Goldfields Roads current on Ist April, 1887, and Contracts entered into by the Mines Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1888 H.—Annual Report on Railways by the Engineer-in-Chief I.—Annual Report on Roads, Miscellaneous Wobks, and Buildings, by the Engineer-in-Ciiief 37 X.—Annual Report on Lighthouse Works, &c, by Marine Engineer ..
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APPENDIX A. AUDITED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITUBE ON PUBLIC WOEKS OUT OF THE IMMIGEATION AND PUBLIC WOEKS LOANS FOE THE YEAE 1887-88.
Prepared in compliance with Section 8 of " The Public Works Act, 1882."
Sir, — Public Works Department, Wellington, 14th May, 1888. In compliance with the Bth section of " The Public Works Act, 1882," I enclose a statement of the expenditure during the preceding financial year upon all Government works authorised by Parliament.under "The Public Works Appropriation Act, 1887." I have, &c, Edwin Mitchelson, Minister for Public Works. The Controller and Auditor-General, Wellington.
Statement of Net Expenditure on Government Works for the Year 1887-88 out of Immi gration and Public Works Loans.
W. A. Thomas, Public Works Department, 11th May, 1888. Accountant. Examined and found correct. James Edward EitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.
Class. Votes. Summary. Appropriation. Expenditure. Credits. Net Expenditure. Public Wobks Fund. £ £ s. a. £ s. d. & S. d. Pabt I. 1,595 2 4 203,749 13 5 1,015 11 5 24,191 9 2 94,105 19 0 76,891 14 4 186 17 0 5,401 17 9 1,408 5 4 198,347 15 6 1,015 11 5 22,984 6 1 90,328 15 C 76,825 5 5 III. IV. V. VII. VIII. IX. 19-23 24-30 81 33 34-42 43-45 Railways Roads Water-races Telegraph Extension Public Buildings Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences Thermal Springs 3,500 243,620 1,200 20,100 109,105 84,800 1,207 3 1 3,837 4 0 66 8 11 XL 47 3,200 3,005 12 1 6 8 7 2,999 3 6 Unauthorised expenditure on works not provided for 405,525 404,615 1 9 10,705 19 4 393,909 2 15,297 2 4 15,297 2 Paet II. II. III. 50-52 53 Railways Roads 126,100 20,000 182,676 0 10 20,410 1 0 79,899 15 9 102,776 5 1 20,410 1 0 Paet III. 146,100 203,086 1 10 79,899 15 9 123,186 6 1 II. 57-73 Railways 371, 349,608 14 1 50,066 5 299,542 8 5
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Vote No. Name of Vote. Appropriation. Expenditure. Credits. Net Expenditure. Exponded in Excess of Appropriation. Public Woeks Fund. Pabt I. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 19 20 21 22 23 Railways— Now Plymouth-Foxton Wcllington-Foxton Ilurunui Northwards Springfield Branch Lincoln-Little River 1,200 500 100 900 800 989 6 6 169 1 5 7 19 10 186 17 0 989 6 6 Cr. 17 15 7 7 19 10 428'l4 7 428*14 7 Roads— Roads, Bridges, and Wharves North of Auckland Main Roads Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges Grants-in-aid Roads to open up Lands before Sale Village Special Settlements Roads on Goldfields 3,500 1,595 2 4 186 17 0 1,408 5 4 24 3,870 3,137 18 10 3,137 18 10 25 26 27 28 29 30 18,650 34,500 72,600 60,000 23,000 31,000 13,835 10 11 26,067 14 7 60,869 0 2 61,670 5 7 12,062 6 7 26,106 16 9 79 14 0 828 19 0 3,237 4 10 182 3 7 20 8 11 1,053 7 5 13,755 10 11 25,238 15 7 57,631 15 4 61,488 2 0 12,041 17 8 25,053 9 4 1,488' 2 0 Water-races— Water-races, Middle Island 243,620 203,749 13 5 5,401 17 9 198,347 15 8 1,488 2 0 31 1,200 1,015 11 5 1,015 11 5 33 Telegraph Extension— Telegraph Extension 20,100 24,191 9 2 1,207 3 1 22,984 6 1 2,884 0 1 34 35 36 m 38 39 40 Public Buildings— • Parliamentary Buildings General Departmental Offices.. Judicial Postal and Telegraph Customs Lunatic Asylums Hospitals and other Charitable Institutions Quarantine Stations School Buildings 100 19,300 10,945 3,640 20 29,000 6,000 24 8 5 12,760 8 0 8,272 7 11 3,767 1 1 23,009 16 10 6,310 18 3 18 7 3 1,539 14 1 102 14 0 2,155 8 8 24 8 5 12,742 1 3 8,272 7 11 2,227 7 0 22,907' 2 10 4,155 9 7 41 42 100 40,000 4O,O2o'l8 0 21 0 0 39,999 18 0 Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences — Lighthouses.. Harbour Works Harbour Defences 109,105 94,165 19 0 3,837 4 0 90,328 15 0 43 44 45 4,300 500 80,000 2,806 9 11 500 0 0 73,525 4 ' 5 66' 8 11 2,866 9 11 500 0 0 73,458 15 0 84,800 76,891 14 4 66 8 11 70,825 5 5 Thermal Springs 47 3,200 3,005 12 1 6 8 7 2,099 3 6 Pabt II. 50 51 Railways— Marfcon-To Awamutu Permanent-way, Sleepers, and RollingStock Surveys 90,000 20,100 164,165 11 9 15,651 5 10 78,280 9 11 1,619 5 10 85,885 1 10 14,032 0 0 52 4,000 2,859 3 3 2,859 3 3 120,100 182,676 0 10 79,899 15 9 0 5 1 53 Roads — Roads 20,000 20,410 1 0 20,410 1 0 410 1 0 57 58 59 GO 61 62 63 64 65 66 07 68 69 70 71 72 Pabt III. Holensville Northwards Grahamstown-Te Aroha Putaruru-Rotorua Woodville-Palmerston Mangamahoc-Woodville Blenheim-Awatere .. Groymouth-Hokitika Upper Ashburton Branch Livingstone Branch Catlin's River Branch Otago Central Seaward Bush Riversdale-Switzors .. Wyndham-Fortrose Additions to Open Linos Permanent-way, Sleepers, and Rollingstock Surveys 10,000 10,000 40,000 40,000 37,000 7,000 24,000 7,000 6,500 12,000 70,000 5,000 3,000 9,000 40,000 50,000 5,921 15 1 4,095 1 1 43,099 2 0 33,662 2 4 28,713 18 1 2,334 17 1 14,887 11 5 3,734 11 10 5,488 0 11 7,916 7 8 68,221 11 10 2,908 5 10 986 14 6 7,572 16 11 39,823 9 3 79,602 9 0 100 0 9 2,425 0 0 49 12 8 137 0 7 47 17 1 5,921 15 1 3,995 0 4 41.274 2 0 33,012 9 8 28,576 17 6 2,334 17 1 14,839 14 4 3,734 11 10 5,488 0 11 7,915 12 8 68,152 4 9 2,898 16 10 986 14 6 7,572 16 11 38,277 9 0 33,924 16 9 1,274' 2 0 0 15 0 69 7 1 9 9 0 1,546' 0 3 45,677 12 3 73 500 39 19 3 3 11 0 36 8 3 371,000 349,608 14 1 50,066 5 8 299,542 8 5 1,274 2 0
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APPENDIX B. STATEMENT of all Liabilities in respect of the Services of the Public Works Department outstanding at the Close of the Financial Period ended 31st March, 1888, prepared in terms of Section 9, Subsection (2), of "The Public Revenues Act, 1882," and forwarded, as therein provided, to the Audit Office.
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Class. Votes. Summary. Total. Public Woeks Fund. Past I. III. IV. 'III. 20-22 24-27 35-40 Eailways Eoads Public Buildings 1,033 9 2 25,360 4 7 29,200 19 7 £ s. d. 55,594 13 4 50-52 53 Past II. II. III. Eailways Eoads 70,075 12 6 1,549 1 1 71,624 13 1 57-73 Paet III. 190,467 12 I II. Eailways 317,686 19 12a,12b Consolidated Fund. Public Buildings and Government Gardens .. XII. 21,107 4 Vote No. Name of Vote. Works under Contract. Material, Wages, Salaries, &c. Material from England. Total. Public Woeks Fund. Chargeable to the Unexpended Balance of Loans raised prior to the 31st March, 1886. Eailways— Wellington-Foxton Springfield Branch £ s. d. £ s. d. 286 9 7 15 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. a. 20 22 731 19 7 286 9 ', 746 19 r t 731 19 7 301 9 7 1,033 9 24 25 26 27 Eoads— Eoads, Bridges, and Wharves, North of Auckland Main Eoads .. .. .. . * Miscellaneous Eoads and Bridges Grants-in-aid 110 18 11 8.57G 11 11 40 0 0 5,199 11 4 4,066 4 1 7,366 18 4 40 0 0 5,310 10 3 12,642 16 0 7,366 18 4 Public Buildings— General Departmental Offices Judicial Postal and Telegraph Lunatic Asylums .. Hospitals and other Charitable Institutions 8,687 10 10 16,672 13 9 25,360 4 35 36 37 39 40 16,842 10 2 1,471 3 0 2,784 4 4 3 6 3 2,409 0 10 1,643 0 0 564 6 0 250 0 0 18,877 19 2 3,034 4 4 3 6 3 5.642 9 10 1.643 0 0 3,233 9 0 20,075 19 2 8,310 14 5 814 6 0 29,200 19 7 Services chargeable to the £1,000,000 authorized to be raised under " The North Island Main Trunk Loan Act, 1882." Eailways— Main Trunk Line, Marton-Te Awamutu .. Permanent-way, Sleepers, and Eolling-stock Surveys 50 51 52 53,539 8 6 5,138 18 1 1,157 5 11 10,240* 0 0 58,678 6 7 10,240 0 0 1,157 5 11 53,539 8 6 6,296 4 0 10,240 0 0 70,075 12 6 Eoads to give access to Marton-Te Awamutu Eailway 1,549 1 1 1,549 1 1 53
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STATEMENT of all Liabilities— continued.
W. A. Thomas, Public Works Department, 27th April, 1888. Accountant.
Vote No. Name of Voto. Works under Contract. Material, Wages, Salaries, &c. Material from England. Total. Services chargeable to the £1,325,000 authorized to be raised under "The New Zealand Loan Act, 1886." Helensville Northwards .. Grahamstown-Te Aroha . Putarura-Rotorua Woodville-Palmerston .. Mangamahoe-Woodville Blenheim—Awatere G-reymouth-Hokitika Upper Asliburton Branch Livingstone Branch Catlin's River Branch .. Otago Central Seaward Bush .. Riversdale-Switzors Wyndham-Fortrose Additions to Open Lines.. Permanent-way, Sleepers, and Rolling-stock Surveys New Lines — Miscellaneous expenses £ s. d. £ s. a. s s. a. £ s. a. 57 58 59 CO 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 13,828 16 10 2,194 17 5 11,532 0 0 43,246 1 1 18,012 0 0 3,187 6 8 19,300 12 8 286 19 3 272 10 5 6,630 16 8 1,745 1 10 1,790 17 2 1,195 6 8 0,020 6 10 627 10 3 46 4 10 686 18 6 6,612 3 11 626 6 11 52 11 11 437 16 5 13,558 14 2 10,610 16 11 14,115 16 1 2,467 13 10 18,162 16 8 44,991 2 11 19,802 17 2 4,382 13 4 25,320 19 6 627 10 3 40 4 10 686 18 6 24,539 11 6 626 6 11 52 11 11 7,325 15 11 13,624 18 5 13,643 15 0 17,927 7 7 6,887 19 6 66 4 3 2,277 10 0 75s' 8 1 73 50 0 0 50 0 0 138,460 16 0 51,251 8 8 755 8 1 190,467 12 9 Consolidated Fund. Public -Buildings Government Gardens 12a12b 14,696 17 7 6,230 16 8 84 9 10 95 0 0 21,022 14 3 84 9 10 14,696 17 7 6,315 6 6 95 0 0 21,107 4 1
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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Railway Contracts current on the 1st April, 1887, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1888.
Date of Contract. Lines of Railway and Branches. Narne of Contract. Particulars. Length of Contract. Length of Sidings in Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Remarks. Aug. 14, 1885 Aug. 21, 1886 Sept. 10, „ Dec. 13, „ March 10, 1887 Aug. 12, „ Marton-Te Awamutu Poro-o-taroa Tunnel Hunterville Te Kuiti Piinui Station-buildings Waiteti .. .. .. Porewa and Hunterville Sta-tion-buildings Makohine Cottages Te Kuiti Station-buildings .. Kaipara .. Kaukapakapa Hikutaia Formation F. & P.L. M. eh. Ik. 1 34 0 5 57 0 10 59 40 M.ch. Ik. 0 62 0 0 60 0 J, J. O'Brien Jesse Coates Coates and Metcalfe G. T. Worthington J. and A. Anderson Gifford and O'Connor .. Aug. 11, 1887 June 19, „ Aug. 20, 1887 May 19, „ £ s. d. 46,849 0 0 14,242 14 8 17,273 13 0 647 0 0 57,858 17 0 1,602 5 4 (■Contract assigned to E. Porter and 1 Co., 11th May, \ 1887. Contract assigned to Peter Dey. F. & P.L. 8 53 0 0 25 0 Feb. 17, „ Dec. 10, 1888 Nov. 11, 1887 Dec. 24, 1887 15, „ 26, „ March 26, „ 9, 1888 Aug. 3, 1885 Helensville Northwards Formation F. &P.L. Formation 4 12 0 7 58 0 8 25 0 Arthur Burns Hugh Fulton .. W'ilkie and Wilson Larkins and O'Brien .. Feb. 13, 1888 Oct. 28, 1887 22, „ March 5, 1889 Jan. 28, 1887 Feb. 15, 1888 Dec. 19, 1887 725 0 0 968 19 0 6,875 4 8 11,903 12 2 10,879 9 0 Contract determined. Contract relet to Frank Dye. Graham st o wn-Te Aroha Ditto 1 40 0 May 20, 1887 Jan. 4, 1887 Nov. 15, „ March 19, „ Ohinemuri Completion of Ohinemuri .. Ngatira 6 15 0 Irvine and Heath T. Mulvihill Daniel Fallon Oct. 29, „ July 11, 1888 June 11, » 3,973 8 0 3,465 13 8 34,785 14 2 Contract determined. Putaruru-Rotoma .. F., P.L., & bldgs. Formation 8 '6 0 0 50 0 Nov. 6, 1886 Dec. 10 „ Woodville-Palmerston Manawatu Gorge Tamaki and Woodville Sta-tion-buildings Woodville Cottages WiWaka.. Dashwood Bridge over Arahura River .. Freight on Bridge-material, Wellington to Hokitika Extension to Hokitika Wharf Teremakau Bridge Additions to Hokitika Wharf Awamoko 4 32 0 Jones and Peters Munro Brothers Oct. 23, „ Feb. 18, 1887 May. 16, 1887 45,156 3 1 1,675 0 0 June 8, 1887 Aug. 23, 1886 July 9, 1884 Aug. 30, 1S86 Feb. 18, 1887 Mangamahoe-Woodville Blenheim-Awatere .. Greymouth-Hokitika F. & P.L. Formation 6 15 0 3 4 0 0 50 0 Wortley and Hurst Martin Danaher Parker and Maddock .. McKenzie and O'Connor J. H. Cock .. Sept. 4, „ Aug. 23, 1888 July 9, 1886 Feb. 28, 1888 March 16, 1887 Oct. 3, „ Nov. 4, 1887 April 13, „ 349 17 9 60,500 0 0 17,746 6 8 7,160 12 0 219 12 0 » April 26, „ May 25, „ June 25, „ July 26, 1886 G. M. Ffaser Scott Brothers G. Filmer D. McKendry.. June 21, „ March 18, 1889 Sept. 16, 1887 March 20, „ July 2, „ Jan. 28, 1888 July 2, 1887 339 0 0 19,300 12 8 1,895 0 0 11,761 14 11 Livingstone Branch .. F., P.L., & Station 7 75 0 0 50 0 May 2, 1887 Dec. 24, 1884 Jan. 6, 1885 5, 1887 Feb. 19, „ March 10, „ July 1, , May 16, „ 10, . Catlin's River Branch Otago Central Culverts, Glenomaru Section Deep Stream (completion) .. Wingatui Viaduct.. Mount Hyde Bridges Taieri Gorge Bridges Silver Peak Bridges Barewood Bridges Waimea Permanent-way .. Glenham W. Mercer Miller and Smillie R. S. Sparrow and Co. .. Black and Allison J. and A. Anderson W. J. A. Sanderson John Whittaker J. Campbell A. Menzies July 29, „ Aug. 22, 1886 Sept. 29, „ Oct. 29, 1887 Dec. 14, 1888 Nov. 5, 1887 June 24, 1888 July 12, 1887 Feb. 3, 1888 Nov. 7, „ Oct. 26, „ June 4, „ 1,542 0 0 32,874 13 0 13,922 14 10 15.934 2 4 12,879 10 6 18,410 17 9 13.935 17 0 653 12 0 13,840 19 6 .. I I Masonry Masonry Riversdale-Switzers .. Wyndham-Fortrose .. P.L. Tunnel & Formation 2 '6 0 1 66 0 Aug. '5, 1887 Sept. 7, 1883 Additions to open lines Waitaki-BlufI, Pal-merston-Clinton Permanent-way, &c. Piers, &c, Dunedin Station Overbridge Kincaid, McQueen, & Co. March 6, 1885 Oct. 31, 1887 13,826 19 8 March 7, 1887 50 sets Points and Crossings, and 20 pairs of switches Freight on Bails, &c, Lyttelton to Wanganui Freight on Rails, Wellington to Greymouth Freight on Rails, Wellington to Hokitika 10 Locomotive-engines Aug. 21, 1887 June 14, „ 697 10 0 23, „ Caff and Graham May 3, „ April 16, . 367 15 3 June 6, „ Union Steamship Co. .. Aug. 6, „ June 29, „ 368 10 0 6, „ • • J. H. Cock 6, . July 19, „ 152 0 0 April 15, 1885 I Rolling-stock ,. I I .. I Scott Brothers March 27, „ Mar. 31, 1888 13,850 0 0
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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Railway Contracts current on the 1st April, 1886, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1887— continued.
Date of Contract. Lines of Railway and Branches. Name ofContract. Particulars. Length of Contract. Length of Sidings in Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Remarks. M. ch. Ik. 4 0 0 7 75 0 M. oh. Ik. £ s. d. 5,597 12 8 11,761 14 11 July 30, 18S5 26, 1886 Livingstone Branch... .Rakis Awamoko F. & P.L. P., P.L., & Station 0 50 0 Cuthbert and Stewart .. D. McKendry.. Feb. 25, 1886 March 20, 18S7 July 8, 1886 Dec. 8, 1883 March 3, 1884 Nov. 19, „ Dec. 24, , Jan. 6, 1885 March 5, „ May 11, „ July 10, „ Jan. 5, 1887 Feb. 19, „ March 10, „ Feb. 16, 1886 Otago Central Deep Stream (completion) .. Nenthorn Hindon Section Tunnels Deep Stream (completion) .. Wingatui Viaduct Hindon Wingatui Permanent-way .. Wingatui Viaduct Mount Hyde Bridges Taieri Gorge Bridges Silver Peak Bridges Mossburn.. Formation 9 12 65 Collier and Clephane .. R. Meikle and Co. C. and W. Gore Miller and Smillie R. S. Sparrow and Co. .. Matheson Brothers John Whitaker John Black and Co. Black and Allison J. and A. Anderson W. J. A. Sanderson Martin Hughes June 8, 1885 May 3, 1886 May 15, „ Aug. 22, „ Sept. 29, „ March 3, „ March 6, „ Jan. 3, „ Oct. 29, 1887 Dec. 14, 1888 Nov. 5, 1887 Aug. 10, 1886 Mar. '5,1887 23,924 8 6 42,333 0 0 20,560 11 4 32,874 13 0 13,922 14 10 10,790 0 0 10,944 7 2 8,037 11 8 15,934 2 4 12,879 10 6 18,410 17 9 3,721 4 0 I Contract determ'd, and relet to Miller and Smillie. (See below.) Formation P.L. Masonry 2 65 16 6 65 0 0 57 0 Nov. 12, 1886 April 21, „ Sept. 4, „ Aug. 3, 1885 Lumsden-Mararoa .. Seaward Bush. ., Kilbrony Masonry F., P.L., & Station P.L. and Station 4 10 0 5 40 0 0 18 0 0 25 0 John Concher.. Feb. 27, „ Feb. 25, 1887 July 2, 1886 3,158 7 6 May 12, „ Sept. 7, 1883 Additions to Open Lines — Picton-Blenheim .. Waitaki- Bluff, Pal-merston-Clinton .. Permanent Way, &c. Picton Wharf Extension Piers, &c, Dunedin Station Overbridge Freight on Rails, &c, Lyttelton to Auckland 50 sets Points and Crossings, and 20 pairs of Switches .. Freight on Rails, &c, Lyttelton to Wanganui 10 Locomotive Engines 3 3-ton Steam-cranes G. A. Smith and Co. .. Kincaid, McQueen, & Co. May 12, „ March 6, 1885 May 28, . 2,458 13 8 13,826 19 8 Sept. 15, 1886 Cuff and Graham Feb. 2, 1887 Feb. 15, 1887 643 10 0 March 7, 1887 Kincaid, McQueen & Co. Aug. 21, „ 697 10 0 March 23, , Cuff and Graham May 3, „ 367 15 3 April 15, 1885 March 12, 1886 Rolling Stock Scott Brothers S. Luke and Sons March 27, „ Oct. 8, 1886 Feb. 5, 1887 13,850 0 0 1,345 0 0 .. .. ..
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APPENDIX D. SCHEDULE of Sleeper Contracts and Deliveries on 1st April, 1887, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1888.
Date of Contract or Agreement. Contractor's Name. Address. No. of Sleepers contracted for, and Class of Timber. Rate per Sleeper. Place of Delivery. Rate per Month. -p. , Total Date , ,. -, of Completion. *« Remarks, NOETH ISLAND. WANGANUI DISTRICT. 14 March, 1887 W. W. Corpe .. 14 „ „ Bailey Brothers 14 „ „ George Searle.. 14 „ „ A. H. Ihle 14 „ „ H. C. Nissen .. .. Makino, Feilding .. Taonui, Feilding .. Ashurst .. Palmerston North „. 3,000 totara* .. 550 totara* .. 500 totaraf .. 3,000 totaraf .. 2,000 totaraf s. a. 2 9 Makino .. .. .. 1,000 .. .. .. 14 June, 1887 2 9 Cliff Road .. .. 183 .. .. .. 10 May „ 2 6 Terrace End, Palmerston N. 166 .. .. ... 14 June „ 2 5 Bunny thorpe .. .. 1,000 .. .. .. 31 May „ 2 7£ Bunnythorpe and Terrace End 666 .. .. .. 14 June „ 3,000 Completed. S50 „ 500 3,000 2,000 „ WELLINGTON DISTRICT. 15 November, 1887 Joseph Oorpe .. 18 ,, ,, Duncan Brothers 22 „ „ Robert Donald .. Clareville .. ... Featherston Masterton ■. .. 5,000 totara .. 4,000 totara .. 4,000 totara 2 3 Carterton Railway-station .. I 1,250 .. .. .. 15 March, 1888 2 4 Armstrong's Siding .. j 1,000 .. .. .,. 18 „ „ 2 5J Masterton Railway-station.. [ 1,000 .. .. .. 22 „ „ 5,000 Completed. 4,000 „ 2,335 MIDDLE ISLAND. OTAGO DISTRICT. 10 June, 1885 Campbell and Co. .. 1 Dunedin .. .. 150,000 creo- I soted. 3 llf Woodend .. .. 10,000 per month after the 27 May, 1887 fiist nine months 88,200 Completed. WESTLAND DISTRICT. 22 March, 1887 G. Perotti 2 July, „ R. Barrett and Co. 29 June, „ R. S. Park 30 „ „ McFadyen and Co. 30 „ „ W. Douthwaite 1 July, „ John Olson 8 August „ W. Haurihan .. Greymouth .. .. Kumara .. Hokitika ... Kanieri .. Hokitika .. Arahura .. Goldsborough .. 300 black birch* .. 1,000 silver pine I .. 300silverpine§ .. 3,000 „ t .. 1,000 „ § .. 2,000 „ § .. 800 „ § 3 3 Greymouth Wharf.. ., Two-thirds .. .. 30 April, 1887 2 10 Road-crossing near Flowery Nine-fiftieths .. 3 Dec, , Creek 2 5 Arahura Road-crossing .. Eleven-sixtieths . ■ .. 15 „ „ 2 9 Flowery Creek Road-crossing Eleven-sixtieths .. .. 6 Feb., 1888 2 9 Flowery Creek Road-crossing Nine-fiftieths .. .. 29 March, „ 2 5 Flowery Creek Road-crossing Nine-fiftieths ... .. 28 Jan., „ and Arahura Crossing 2 8 Railway Reserve near Nineteen-eightieths .. 3 Dec, 1887 Flowery Creek 301 Completed. 1,000 300 3,000 1,000 2,000 800 ♦ Sawn. t Split. ; Sawn and squared. § Sawn and split.
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APPENDIX E. SCHEDULE of Contracts for Roads and Miscellaneous Works current on the 1st April, 1887, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1888.
Date of Contract. Line of Boad or Work. Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Bemarks. Jan. 9, 1885 Main Boads — Tauranga-East Cape Bridle-road, Hawai Biver to Maraenui .. Te Tataua Ngatatori and another Wiremu Kingi May 9, 1885 £ s. d. 450 0 0 Feb. 17, „ Miscellaneous Boads — Boads, Opotiki-Whakatane .. Lyell to Westport .. Repairs, &c, Opape-Torere Section Feb. 17, „ 150 0 0 May 7, 1886 Jan. 17, 1887 Jan. 17, „ Mar. 5, „ March 7, „ April 16, „ May 25, „ June 6, „ June 13, „ May 26, 1886 Sections 2, 3, 5, and. 6, Waiotahi Section Section 2, Buller Boad Improvement Section 3, „ Section 4, „ Section 1, „ Section 5, „ Section 9, „ Section 7, „ Section 6, „ Motueka and Motupiko Cart-bridge W. Parkinson and Co. Ungherer and Kahl Stephen Garvin Thomas Howard .. N. Ungherer Kelly and McLeod John Berlin Patrick Burke J. W. McLeod James W. Thomas Nov. 7, 1886 April 10, 1887 March 14, „ May 28, „ May 28, „ July 12, , July 9, „ Sept. 2, „ Sept. 2, „ May 21, „ Aug. 22, 1887 Aug, 30, „ June 30, „ July 15, „ Aug. 2, „ Aug. 21, „ Oct. 3, „ Sept. 19, „ April 4, „ 443 0 0 935. 6 0 1,263 0 6 468 2 0 597 10 0 926 0 6 303 5 0 115 10 0 131 9 6 3,578 5 4 Completed. Bridges on Boad, Nelson co Beefton Ditto June 12, „ July 8, 1887 Aug. 19, 1885 Feb. 9, 1886 Bridge over Waiau Bridges over Clutha, &c. Bridge over Waitahu Biver Lyell Bridge Upper Waiau Boad-bridge Boxburgh Bridge Bobcrt Cochrane .. J. and A. Anderson J. Anderson Daulby and Millar March 4, „ March 17, 1889 April 28, 1887 Sept. 20, 1886 Dec. 20, „ Aug. '8, 1887 April 28, „ 3,815 16 10 8,957 0 0 13,482 15 0 3,340 4 8 (■Contract asJ signed to John 1 McCormick, [ 5th July, 1886.
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APPENDIX F. SCHEDULE of Contracts for Roads and Miscellaneous Works current on the 1st April, 1887, and Contracts entered into by the Minister of Lands during the Year ended 31st March, 1888.
j Date when Contract was completed. Date of Contract. Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Amount of Contract. AUCKLAND. 17 Oct., 1887 17 Oct., 1 May, „ 5 Sept., „ 17 Jan., 1888 | Okaihu to Victoria, Nos. 1-5 ... No. 6 Lower Waihou Mangapai, Maretu I Whangaroa, Waitetuna K. Otene ... T. Pou H. te Wake H. Sutherland Monro and Co. 30 Sept., 1887 30 Nov., 31 Mar., 1888 31 Jan., 1887 31 Jan., „ 30 Nov., „ 30 Nov., „ 20 Mar., 1888 £ s. d. 150 0 0 150 0 0 259 9 0 151 2 6 285 0 0 12 Aug., 1886 9 Oct., „ 9 Oct., 24 Not., 11 Jan., 1887 25 March, „ 5 Dec, 1885 29 Dec., 6 Nov., „ 23 Nov., „ July, 1886 Dec, ■ „ • Jan., 1887 Jan., 20 Feb., 1888 Tautane Eoads, No. 19 „ No. 18 No. 17 No. 21 „ No. 20 „ « No. 22 „ No. 13 Nos. 14-16 ... Umutaoroa Block, Nos. 9, 10 ... No. 11 Makaretu, Nos. 7-9 ... „ Nos. 10-14 Te Olm, No. 1 No. 2 Tautane Roads HAWKE'S BAT. 31 Dec., 1886 30 Nov., „ 31 Jan., 1887 28 Feb., „ 81 May, „ 30 June, „ 31 Mar., 1886 30 April, „ 31 Mar., „ 31 Mar., „ 31 Dec, „ 30 April, 1887 31 May, „ 31 May, „ 31 Aug., 1888 20 Aug., 1887 374 9 2 J. McCarthy and Co. M. Tracey ... Ready and McFall ... E. McMahon W. Hood ... Butler and Browne... J. Cripps ... Sidwell and Oo. P. McCarthy J. Henry ... W. and A. Berkahu... C. Bolton and Co. ... J. Sorenson W. Lehndorff J. McCarthy and Co. 31 Aug., 1887 21 1888 5950 0 694 10 0 453 12 0 30 June, 1887 30 June, „ 20 June, ,, 20 June, „ 435 0 0 376 5 7 158 13 1 112 14 0 550 4 0 7 Feb., 1887 14 March, 1888 Mount Egmont Road, Nos. 92-94 Elthain and Bush Roads, Nos. 140-144 Roads east of Waitara, Nos. 129, 130 Waitara Bridge TARANAKI. 31 May, 1887 30 June, 1888 31 July, 1887 147 15 6 152 13 4 — Lelirk ... A. Weisaderstei 18 Nov., 1887 E.Stanley... IMar., „ 226 0 0 6 March, 1888 Clare and Bundle ... 1 Sept., „ 939 15 0 25 March, 1886 16 Nov., „ 1 April, „ ; Feb., Mangaono Roads, Nos. 6, 7 „ No. 24 „ No. 3 No. 5 WELLINGTON. 30 Sept., 1886 31 Mar., „ 30 June, „ 30 June, „ April, ,, April, .., April, ,, Oct., Feb., 1887 Feb., „ March, „ 1 March, 1886 26 Feb., 5 April, ,, 5 April, ,, 1 June, ,, 1 Sept., 1887 1 Sept., „ 19 Dec, „ Sept., „ 1 Sept., „ 1 Sept., „ 1 Sept., „ No. 2 Mangatainoka, Nos. 20, 21 Otamakapua, Nos. 27-29 Makakahi, Nos. 25, 26 South Pahiatua, No. 31 Pohangina ... Otamakapua, No. 2 ... Makakahi, No. 16 No. 17 ... Awakino Bridge Tokamaru, Nos. 1, 2 ... „ No. 3 „ No. 4 „ No. 5 Rangitumau Mangatainoka Tiraumea Bridge Tanguey and Co. J. Coleman ■0. Sheehyu Briglitwell and Newberry J. Hennellyand Co.... B. Slieerin and Co. ... P. Handbrook and Co. F. Qirdwood and Co. Younger Laing F. Petterson and Co. C. Sheehyn .... A. Pringle ... Jameson Brothers ... F. G-irwood T. Cliisholm T. Dawson... Coupe Brothers O'Donnell and Ready 31 Aug., „ 30 June, „ 30 June, „ Feb., 1887 31 July, „ 30 June, „ 30 June, ,, 30 June, 1886 30 April, „ 31 July, „ 31 July, „ 30 Sept., ., 30 Oct., 1887 30 Oct., „ 10 Oct., 1887 30 June, ,, 31 July, „ 20 Oct., „ 1,886 0 6 430 17 0 234 5 0 337 19 0 ,» J. Barnes ... C. Madson and Co. ... A. Reese ... C. B. Vine... 30 Oct., 1887 1 Mar., 1888 31 Mar., „ 30 June, „ 30 Oct., 1887 20 Oct., „ 20 Oct., 1887 30 Mar., 1888 264 6 0 129 14 0 172 10 0 137 12 0 681 3 10 432 12 0 1,956 13 10 31 March, 1885 1 Feb., 1886 20 March, „ 20 March, „ 31 March, 1887 11 March, „ 11 March, „ Takaka Bridge Cannibal Gorge Tadmor Road, No. 20 „ No. 22 No. 21 Ahaura to Kopara, No. 32 „ No. 33 NELSON. 31 Oct., 1885 31 Aug., 1886 30 Sept., „ 30 Sept., „ 31 July, 1887 30 June, „ 30 June, „ Manson Brothers Connington & Searight J. Lawson ... F. Needham J. Robson ... P. Hampson A. Smith ... 25 May, 1887 1 Oct., „ 406 0 0 563 0 0 744 0 0 Oct., 1886 J I Glendhu Bluff ... ... | OTAGO. 1 June, 1887 30 June, 1887 | 1,531 5 4 ... I Romans and Henderson 1
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APPENDIX G. SCHEDULE of Contracts for Roads on Goldfields current on the 1st April, 1887, and Contracts entered into by the Minister of Mines during the Year ended 31st March, 1888.
Contract to be completed. Date Contract Amount of Contract. Additions authorised. Date of Contract. Name of Eoad. Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. was completed. £ s. d. 492 0 0 101 0 0 & s. d. June 22, 1886 Jan. 13, 1887 Oct. 29, 1886 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 23, „ Dec. 1, „ Oct. 29, „ Oct. 29, „ Mokihinui to Karamea H Section 8 Completion of Section 8 Section 9 ,,10 ,,11 ,,19, ,,13 ,,14 15 Frederick Bay .. William Tavendale Stephen Garven.. Nicholas Ungherer Eobert Bush Stephen Garven.. Con Dean Timothy Corby and Co. Feb. 23, 1887 Jan. 24, „ Mar. 17, „ Mar. 17, „ Mar. 17, „ Feb. 25, „ Jan. 29, „ Jan. 29, , June 29, 1887 June 29, „ June 29, „ Aug. 19, „ June 29, „ Sept. 1, „ June 13, „ May 19, „ 432 15 0 560 0 0 670 0 0 512 10 0 530 14 0 542 10 0 580 0 0 2 0 0 12 0 0 24"o 0 23*10 0 19 5 4 Dec 13, „ July 16, „ •Brigbton-to SeventeenMile Beach Ditto Aorere Valley to Karamea Ditto ,,16 ,,15 Sams and Burke William Price and Co. Ditto Day and Ellis .. Feb. 29, „ Oct. 16, 1886 Oct. 31, „ Nov. 25, „ 1,639 2 0 242 10 0 14 15 6 11 0 0 July 16, „ Sept. 24,1887 ,,16 1 Oct. 16, „ Jan. 14, 1888 June 8, „ Jan. 16, 1888 202 10 0 170 0 0 3"o 0 Sept. 24, „ Mar. 28, „ Mar. 26, „ Mar. 26, „ Dec. 20, 1886 Dec. 20, „ Dec. 20, „ Dec. 20, „ Dec. 20, „ Dec. 20, " April 5, 1887 2 "„ 3 4 "„ 5 6 7 8 9 ,,10 ,,11 1 Gottherd Cederman Day and Perry .. Gottherd Cederman Ellis and Miles .. Jan. 14, „ Aug. 27, 1887 Aug. 27, „ Aug. 27, „ Mar. 20, „ Mar. 20, „ Mar. 20, „ Mar. 20, „ Mar. 20, „ April 20, „ June 5, „ Jan. 11, „ Nov. 19, 1887 Nov. 19, „ Mar. 24, „ Oct. 12, „ Mar. 24, „ Mar. 24, „ Mar. 24, „ 160 0 0 200 0 0 144 0 0 120 0 0 167 0 0 196 0 0 128 0 0 128 0 0 118 15 0 127 8 8 84 10 0 Bridle-track to Upper Anatoki Ditto Eoland Fairhall and others Ditto William Bond .. William Spittal and another William Mollison Oct. 27, „ April 5, „ May 5, „ May 7, „ 2 3 4 July 5, „ Aug. 5, „ Aug. 7, „ Oct. 27, „ Oct. 27, „ Oct. 27, „ 135 0 0 199 0 0 132 0 0 Sept. 8, 1886 Nov. 8, „ Aug. 16, 1887 June 15, 1886 Deo. 29, „ April 22, 1887 Sept. 7, 1886 Motueka to Takaka .. Banfield Nikau Completion of Nikau Stockyard Main Creek Pikikirunga Sections 1, 2, and 3 Gottherd Cederman Henry Wratten .. Mace and Bassott John A. Lawson.. Dolphin and O'Connor Henry Hawes John H. Bichards Mar. 8, „ Feb. 9, 1888 April 2, 1887 June 20, „ Dec. 12, „ Dec. 13, 1886 Sept. 30, „ Mar. 10, „ July 4, „ Nov. 12, „ June 24, „ 828 15 8 1,469 13 4 942 0 0 1,274 0 0 896 0 0 1,029 0 0 700 0 0 15 "o 0 Dec. 21, „ Aug. 13, 1887 Collingwood to Karamea Ditto Clarke's Eiver to head Aorere Valley Ditto Section i . 1 Feb. 29, 1887 Dec. 17, „ June 24, „ Nov. 17, „ 110 0 0 89 5 0 Aug. 13, „ Aug. 13, „ Jan. 8, „ Cascade Eiver to Pyke Valley Ditto ,,2 ,,3 Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 Sections 5, 6, 7, and 8 Sections 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 Thomas Brewer.. Eiohard Ellis .. Patrick Jamieson Nov. 9, „ Dec. 12, „ Aug. 8, „ Jan. 11, 1888 Nov. 19, 1887 Aug. 7, „ 59 18 6 39 10 0 729 10 0 12'io 0 June 1, „ Murdoch McPherson Harris and Gutance Mar. 1, 1888^ 965 15 0 Sept. 1, » July 1, » 1,061 9 0
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APPENDIX H. ANNUAL KEPOET ON BAIL WAYS BY THE ENGINEEB-IN-CHIEF. The Engineee-in-Chief to the Hon. the Ministee for Public Woeks. Sir,— Public Works Office, 31st March, 1888. I have the honour to submit the following report on railway works executed and in progress throughout the Colony during the year ending 31st March, 1888 : —
Abstract. The following table shows the expenditure and liabilities on Government railways in New Zealand up to the 31st March, 1888: —
A total length of 29 miles 4 chains has been opened during the year—11 miles 41 chains in the North Island and 17 miles 43 chains in the Middle Island. The details are as follow, viz.:—
Attached to this report is a coloured diagram showing the length of railway opened each year from the commencement of the Public Works. AUCKLAND DISTEICT. Eailwat from Helensville Northwaeds. Eaipara Contract (4 miles 12 chains Formation, extending from Helensville up the Kaukapakapa Valley).—This work, after being nearly completed, was abandoned by the contractor on the 4th February ; but arrangements were made for its completion under another contract, which is now being carried on. 6—D. 1.
Name of Railway. Total Length of Railway or Section. Open for Traffic. Expenditure to 31st March, 1888. Liabilities on 31st March, 1888. Kawakawa Whangarci-Karno .. Helensville-Northwards Kaipara-Waikato, with Branches Waikatc—Thames .. Morrinsvillc-Rotorua Wellington-Napier and Palmerston North Wellington-Foxton .. Foxton-Waitara North Island Slain Trunk Nelson-Roundell Greymouth-Nelson Creek Greymouth-Hokitika Westport-Ngakawau Pioton-Hurunui—Pioton-Awatere Section „ Red Post Section .. Ilurunui-Waitaki, with Branches Oxford-Malvem Waitaki to Bluff, with Branches Otago Central—Chain Hills-Blair-Taieri Section Invercargill-Kingston, with Mararoa Branch .. Western Railways Preliminary surveys Miscellaneous Stock of permanent-way and rolling-stock on hand M. ch. 7 41 9 20 110 0 172 36 62 55 73 36 230 22 M. ch. 7 41 6 52 £ s. d, 90,068 17 8 09,721 9 9 0,160 10 0 1,373,862 11 11 201,482 3 0 211,415 4 7 1,703,780 17 3 41,797 11 7 1,403,04] 5 5 265,911 12 5 177,078 7 1 211,073 7 5 09,388 13 6 222,894 0 11 228,958 15 11 39,033 14 4 2,487,943 6 7 59,210 11 0 3,375,410 12 0 406,734 13 11 318,244 10 2 223,762 11 2 54,464 11 10 10,336 19 11 105,071 13 10 & s. d. 151 1 30 55 41 60 181 07 14,115 16 1 1,794 15 2 3,345 10 10 18,407 16 2 09,502 8 5 286 9 7 1,953 7 10 59,835 12 6 202 63 216 0 52 0 16 3 24 0 19 63 34 40 9 50 ' 474 41 11 44 500 60 37 0 117 4 57 56 197 60 25 61 22 73 7 69 19 19 17 73 9 50 429 30 11 44 434 8 25,320 19 6 4,481 7 9 2,398 18 7 97 44 57 56 11,453 15 8 24,539 11 6 176 9 10 30 0 0 50 0 0 23,883 15 0 Total 2,498 74 1,750 63 13,357,448 13 8 261,576 14- 5 Provincial Govebnment Lines. Canterbury (lengths included above) Otago 731,759 0 0 372,522 2 5 Grand total 14,401,729 16 1 261,576 14 5
Railway. Section. Length. Date o£ Opening. Torth Island Main Trunk .. jivingaton Branch leaward Bush Branch .. Otorohanga to To Kuiti .. Windsor to Livingston .. ! Waimatua to Mokotua.. M. ch. 11 41 2nd December, 1887. 11 75 10th August, 1887. 5 48 16th January. 1888.
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Kaukapakapa Contract (Formation and Permanent-way, 7 miles 58 chains). —This length includes 3 miles 46 new chains of new formation beyond the Kaipara contract, and the platelaying over both of the sections : the contractors have begun bush-felling and other works. This contract takes the line of railway up to a point 43 miles 30 chains from Auckland. Surveys. —A trial survey was finished to the Makarau Eiver in September last, and was again taken up in November :it has now reached the Kaitoto Stream, a branch of the Hoteo Eiver, at a point 61f miles from Auckland, or 18 miles 30 chains beyond the end of the Kaukapakapa contract. The survey is now being plotted. The greater part of the distance surveyed is through rough bush-country, and there will be three tunnels on the route, 30 chains, 22 chains, and 18 chains respectively. Waikato-Thames Eailway. Grahamstozon-Te Aroha Section. —The Hikutaia contract, 8 miles 25 chains, was completed in May last; it included formation only. Ohinemuri Contract (6 miles 15 chains, Formsftion only).—The contractor for this stopped work on the 14th July ; and, under the usual procedure in such cases, a now contract was entered into on the 11th November. The new contractor is making satisfactory progress. Bridges Contract. —A contract including the bridges and culverts on the Hikutaia and Ohinemuri sections is now being prepared for public tender. Surveys. —The land plans of the Ohinemuri section were completed in January last, as also a survey of the subdivision of the Whakau Block in connection with the Hikutaia land-plan survey. The survey plans of the line as constructed between Hamilton and Te Aroha have also been finished. HamiUcrtir-Gambridge Branch. —The plans of the survey of this line as constructed (reported last year as being in hand) have since been completed. Taupiei Branch Eailway. Formation and Permanent-way (1 mile 76 chains). —This is a branch from the main line (Kaipara-Waikato) near Huntly to Lake Kimihia, and was constructed for the Taupiri Eeserve Colliery Company, under " The Eailways Authorisation Act, 1885." The work was finished on the Ist August, 1887. Surveys. —The land plans for this branch were completed in October last. Main Tbunk Eailway, North Island (Northern End). Puniu Station-buildings Contract. —This work was completed on the 19th May last. Te Kaiti Contract (Formation and Permanent-way, 10 miles 59-| chains). —This was completed on the 20th August, and the section was opened for goods traffic on the 2nd September, and for passenger traffic on the 2nd December. This brings the open line to 25 miles 60 chains from Te Awamutu, or 125 miles 60 chains from Auckland. Te Kuiti Station-buildings Contract. —This comprises the necessary buildings, &c, at four stations, and the work was completed in January. Waiteti Contract (Formation and Permanent-way, 8 miles 53 chains). —This contract was lot on the 9th March, 1887, and should be completed by the 10th December, 1888. The contractor is making good progress. Poro-o-tarao Tunnel Contract. —As explained in last year's report, this work was not being carried out in a satisfactory manner, and this ultimately led to the transfer of the contract to another contractor, which took place in June last, since which time the work has been carried on in a more energetic and satisfactory manner. Mokau Section (11 miles 9 chains). —This section fills up the distance between the Waiteti contract and Poro-o-tarao Tunnel contract. The survey is now complete, and the plans and draft specifications have been received at the head office. Taumaranui Section. —This lies south of the tunnel contract, and surveys have been made as far as about 2 miles south of Te Koura, about 65 miles 60 chains from Te Awamutu, the work being pegged out, levelled, and cross-sectioned. Two alternative lines were run for the last 5 miles, the second one, on the left branch of the Ongaruhe, being found the best and shortest. This piece has been pegged out only to 62 miles 16 chains, or 16 miles beyond the south end of the tunnel contract. At this point the survey has for the present been stopped. Land Plans (Waiteti section and Part of Mokau Section: total, 11J miles). —This survey has been satisfactorily completed, and the plans have been sent in. The land plans for the Poro-o-tarao section will, it is expected, be finished shortly. Surveys. Auckland-Taranald. —Under instructions, a section of a trial survey of a probable route for a railway between Auckland and Taranaki was begun in February last. After some reconnaissance, the point for leaving the main line was fixed upon at 59 miles 60 chains on the permanent survey, or 12 miles 53 chains south of the tunnel contract, the route under survey being selected by way of the Tumataki Valley towards Nihoniho, which is estimated to be about 16 miles distant from the starting-point. This place has been selected as the point which the survey parties working from the south will make for. The ground over this section is broken, and covered with scrub and patches of bush. Five miles of the survey have been plotted in pencil, and another 5 miles will be plotted in a few days, the field work being finished for 10 miles 25 chains. Auckland-Helensville. —A survey of this line as constructed has been made, and plans were completed in July. Azickland-Penrose. —A proposition has been made for duplicating the railway-line between those two places, and the survey is now in hand.
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Land Plans. —Various detached surveys have been made, such as the railway deviation at Pokeno, land for coal-siding at Huntly, Woodhill deviation, &c. Thames A^alley-Eotobua Bailway. Putaruru-Botorua Section: Ngatira Contract (8 miles Formation, Platelaying, and Buildings).— On this contract 7-J miles of formation are completed, all the bridges and culverts are finished, and the line is linked in for 4-J miles, fencing about three-fourths done, and buildings practically completed. Native Petty Contracts. —At the Eotorua end the formation has been constructed between 3 miles and 9 miles by Native labour. Surveys. —The whole of the remainder of this section of the railway has been surveyed, and plans, &c, are ready for contract. The land-plan survey has been completed, and plane are now in a forward state of progress. A survey is also in hand of a road about 6 miles long, connecting the proposed railway-station at 18 miles 5 chains with the main road leading to Ohinemutu. WANGANUI DISTRICT. Main Teunk Bail way, Noeth Island (Southekn End). Poreiva Contract (12 miles 54 chains, Formation and Platelaying). —At the date of last last year's report this contract was under maintenance, and it was finally taken over in June, 1887. Some minor works have since been added, such as additional flood-openings at two places, and water-supply at Marton Junction, as well as the necessary station-buildings. HunterviUc Contract (12 miles 54 chains to 18 miles 31 chains, Formation and Platelaying).—The work on this contract is still incomplete. Circumstances rendered it necessary to arrange for a transfer from the original contractor to another, who is now pushing on the works, which it is expected will be finished by the end of May. The station-buildings contracts on this length are completed. Service Beads. —These were described in last year's report, and the portions then not finished have been completed since, with the exception of one or two bridges. The road from Pukeore (about twenty miles from Marton) had been opened 22-J- miles at date of last year's report. It has been completed since to a total distance of 36J miles, beyond which a distance of 1 mile 11 chains has been felled, but not cleared, through the bush to the site of Turangarere Station, which is, by the railway-line as surveyed, 61 miles 48 chains from Marton Junction. This road has been laid out as a dray-road, and will form a leading and useful line of road for settlement purposes. It is probably the best line of through road yet laid out from the West Coast to Murimotu. Pipiriki-Ohakune (25 miles 5 chains). —Beported last year as being completed for a packtrack for 16 miles. Since then it has been completed to Ohakuue, and maintained during the year. Complete plans and sections of this road, laid out for dray-traffic, have been prepared. Kerioir-Taumaranui (about fifty miles). —This has been maintained, and is available for horsetraffic. Inland Patca Boad. —This extends from the Bangitikei Biver (on the line of road from the East Coast) to Turangarere, about 27f miles, where it joins the open country near Murimotu Plains. Certain works have been done on this road, the present position of which is this : From Bangitikei Biver to Moawhanga, 15-J- miles, and on to about 23 miles, the road is passable for drays, except at the Bluff, at 13 miles, where about 19 chains require to be widened; and other improvements are needed between 15 miles and 23 miles. Thence to 24 miles 75 chains (Hautapu Falls) the natural formation would allow of the passage of drays with very little work. From the Falls to Taurangarere Station site, 27 miles 55 chains, no work has been done, and the route is not passable. The estimated cost of making the whole of this length passable for drays is £1,050. Plans and sections of bridge-sites on the Bangitikei and Moawhanga Bivers have been prepared for the purpose of estimating the cost of bridging these rivers. Surveys. —The line is now finally located and pegged out, and plans furnished from end of Hunterville section, at 18 miles 31 chains, to end of Paengaroa section, at 50 miles 62-J- chains; and the line is located and survey nearly completed from thence to Turongarere Station, at the head of Hautapu Valley, 61 miles 48 chains. About two months' work would complete the pegging-out of this latter portion. Excavations have been made at various places to ascertain the nature of the foundations of walls, sites of bridges, and the material likely to be found in a tunnel. This survey was discontinued, by order, in January, 1888, and the officers employed on it were removed to the New Plymouth District to make surveys of the Taranaki-Auckland routes, particulars of which are given below—viz. : First, from near Ngaire (or about five miles south of Stratford) to Nihoniho ; second, from Waitara, via the coast and the Miini Valley, to join the former at an intermediate place. Ngaire Boutc. —On this there are employed three survey parties, and at the southern end eight miles have been explored, and position of line determined, three miles of trial line completed, and information obtained for junction with main line : the formation and grades will be easier on these eight miles than if the line started from Stratford. On the inland part of this route the work has as yet been preliminary—viz., exploration from the Tangarakau to Nihoniho, and determining there the approximate position of trial lines ; also the getting-in stores and the opening-up of a pack-track by way of the Tongaporutu Stream, as the nearest way to the centre portion of the survey. Nine miles of this track have been completed, leading towards the Tangarakau Biver. Waitara Boute. —This follows the open country at no great distance from the coast to the Mimi, which it reaches about fifteen miles from Waitara, and then turns off inland. % miles of survey have been completed, mostly over easy country, which will continue as far as the junction
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of the Uruti stream with the Mimi, about twenty miles from Waitara. The route has been explored as far as 33 miles over much rougher country, all in bush, by two alternative lines, on either of which grades of lin 50 could be obtained. Prom the 33rd mile to the 40th (where the line would join the Ngaire-Nihoniho line) the country has also been observed, and presents no more than ordinary difficulties. On this route one survey party is employed. Napieb-Palmeeston Bailway. Napier-Woodville Section: Tamaki and Woodville Contracts. —Various minor works, which were not completed at date of last year's report, have since been completed, such as fencing, stationbuildings, cottages, water-supplies, and drainage-works. Surveys. —Land plans for the section Tahoraite to Woodville have been completed; also plans for land taken at Hastings and Danevirke Stations, and for Tamaki water-supply; also for land taken for railway between Napier and Spit Stations, The latter was done by the Survey Department. Woodville-Palmerston Section: Gorge Contract (4 miles, 32 chains). —This work has been proceeded with steadily ; all the bush-felling is done, and about nine-tenths of the earthwork. The retaining-walls will be heavier than was expected in consequence of the rock being found not to be so solid as it looked, necessitating foundations much deeper and heavier. The retaining-walls will also be more numerous; there are seven of these completed, and four in hand: The order to begin the tunnels (which were cut provisionally out of the contract) was given to the contractors on the 31st January, 1888, and work in connection with them was begun at once. The concrete abutments and piers for the bridges and for the culverts are well in hand, and nearly all the ironwork for the bridges is now on the ground. Only one large slip has occurred on this contract, but it has taken a long time to remove it. The site for the Pohangina Bridge has been re-surveyed, and a fresh section of the river has been taken; the designs for the bridge are now nearly complete, and tenders for the work will, it is expected, be called for shortly. Surveys.. —Land plans from Woodville Station to the boundary of Hawke's Bay Provincial District in the Gorge have been made by the Survey Department, but have not yet been handed over. Woodville-Wellington Section. —Tenders were called for protective works at the Awapurua Bridge, and were received on the 27th instant. The contract, however, has not yet been let. SUNDET WOEKS. Survey of Completed Lines — Foxton-New Plymouth. —For New Plymouth and Waitara to Hawera section, plans have been sent in from 24 miles from New Plymouth to 47 miles 60 chains (Hawera Station), which completes the plans of survey on this section. Prom Greatford (34 miles 14-16 chains from Aram oho) to Poxton (83 miles 1-67 chains) the survey has been completed and plans plotted. The section from Greatford to Wanganui will be surveyed from time to time, as an officer can be spared for the work. WELLINGTON DISTEICT. Wellington-Woodve&liE Eailwat. Wiivaka Contract (6 miles 15 chains Formation and Permanent-way, terminating at Eketahuna). —This work has been carried on vigorously, in spite of adverse weather and other difficulties. The earthwork is now very nearly finished, as are also all the bridges and culverts, with a few exceptions ; fencing is nearly complete, and the work at the tunnel is proceeding satisfactorily. The time for completion of this work is the 23rd August, 1888. Sleeper Contracts. —A supply of sleepers was required for the Wiwaka contract, and contracts were lot for 13,000, of which, up to date, 9,747 have been supplied. Surveys. —Sundry petty surveys have been made during the year. NELSON-MABLBOBOUGH DISTEICT. PICTON-AwATEEE EAILWAY. Dashwood Contract (3J miles of Formation, beginning at a point 22 J miles from Picton). —This work is still unfinished, but it is expected that it will be completed by the end of April. WE STL AND DISTBICT. Gkeymouth-Hokitika Bailway. Arahura Bridge. —This contract was satisfactorily completed in November. Protective Works, Arahura River. —These works are to the south of the Arahura Bridge, and will form an approach to it. They are designed to prevent any overflow of the river, as well as to form an embankment as part of the railway formation. The work—which consists of a strong earthen bank heavily faced with stone, and with projecting timber and stone groins to prevent scour— extends for a length of about 20 chains, and is now about half finished, partly by contract and partly by day-labour. Tereinakau Bridge Contract. —This contract was let in May last to Messrs. Scott Brothers, of Christchurch, and the time for its completion is the 18th March, 1889. There has yet been no work done on the ground ; but a considerable quantity of material, mostly iron plates and bars, &c, has been delivered at Greymouth, and the contractors expect to start erection of the work shortly. Platelaying. —About 4 miles of platelaying have been executed for some time at the Hokitika end, and this has been extended on to the Hokitika Wharf, a distance of 26 chains. The wharf
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has been substantially repaired and strengthened, and sidings have been laid upon it in connection with the platelaying last mentioned. New Biver Contract. —This work has been advertised ; it comprises the completion of formation, the construction of bridges and culverts, and laying of permanent-way from Greymouth to near the Teremakau Bridge, about 8 miles. Sleepers. —Contracts for the supply and delivery of 8,000 railway-sleepers have been completed during the year. Surveys. —A land-plan survey of the whole line, except for about 4t miles south of Teremakau, has been made during the year. Greymouth-Brunnerton Eailway. Greymouth Wharf Extension Contract. —This work was finished in November, making a total length of wharf accommodation at Greymouth of 1,900 ft. Upon the wharf have been erected two 8-ton hydraulic cranes, and for the purpose of working these the necessary engines and boilers have also been erected upon the land adjoining. The pipe connections between the engines and cranes are not yet laid, as the filling-in behind the wharf is not completed. Considerable delay has been experienced in executing this work, which depends upon getting a supply of quarry rubbish, of which only a limited quantity is produced : it is hoped, however, that no long time will now elapse before the pipe-laying can be proceeded with, and the engines and cranes set to work. CANTEEBUEY DISTEICT. Upper Ashburton Branch. Mount Somers-Springburn (4 miles). —The formation of this section has been executed by piecework, as also a part of the fencing, and the laying of the drain-pipes. The line is now ready for laying the permanent-way, and erection of the bridges, &c. Springfield Branch. Hawkins Bridge Contract. —A tender has been accepted for this work, and the piles and a portion of the timber for the superstructure have been delivered. Surveys. —A survey has been made and land plans completed for the Mount Somers to Springburn section. Various minor surveys have also been made, and plans furnished. OTAGO DISTEICT. Waitaki-Bluff with Branches Eailway. Dunedin Railway-station Overbridge Contract. —This work, which has been a long time in hand, was completed on the 31st October, 1887. The western and north-eastern approaches are completed, and the south-eastern one nearly so. Minor Works. —Several minor works and improvements have been carried out at various stations on the main line during the year. Branch Lines. Awamoko Contract (7 miles 75 chains, ending at the Awamoko Stream, and including Formation, Platelaying, and Buildings).—This work was completed on the 2nd July, 1887, and, along with the Eakis section of four miles, was opened for traffic on the 10th August. Catlin's River Railway. —A contract for laying the necessary culverts and pipes on the section extending from 6 miles 72 chains to 12 miles was completed on the 7th November, and an average of about seventy men have been employed on the earthwork and fencing and the clearing of bush, all of which works are now well advanced. Tenders for all the bridging will shortly be called for. Waimea-Switzers Branch. —The contract for laying two miles of permanent-way was completed on the 6th August, and the line will be used for carrying material for the erection of the Mataura bridges. Mataura Bridge Contract. —Tenders have been called for this work, and will be received up to the 12th April. Plans for the extension of the line beyond this to Switzers, 13 miles 65 chains, are ready, and a contract could be prepared for the formation and bridging at short notice. Edendale-Toitois Railway. —A contract has been let for the Glenham tunnel and formation contract, extending from 7 miles 50 chains to 9 miles 36 chains. It includes a tunnel 220 yards long, and the formation of a station-ground at the end of the contract at the main road leading to Fortrose. The work is not progressing in a very satisfactory manner. Seaward Bush Railway. —The ballasting and platelaying over the 5 miles 48 chains, reported last year as having been cleared and formed beyond the Kilbrony section of 5J miles long, have been executed in small sections under petty contracts. A small station-building and water-supply have been erected, and the line was opened for traffic on the 16th January, its total length from its unction with the main line being 11 miles 25 chains. Invercargill-Kingston Eailway, with Branches. Encroachment of Jacob's River at Ringway. —This has been effectually prevented by the erection of a groin near where the railway was threatened with damage by the river. Otago Central Eailway. Wingatui Viaduct. —This work was fully described in last year's report; it was finally com. pleted on the 4th June, and tested by the passage of heavy trains over it.
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Duck Point Tunnel (a Portion of tho Hindon Contract). —Some extra work was required in this tunnel, which was finished in July, 1887. Deep Stream Contract. —This work was completed on the 26th October, 1887, but it has since been decided to slightly lengthen one of the tunnels, and this piece of work is now in progress. Silverpeak Bridges Masonry Contract. —This contract includes the masonry for three bridges, the work on two of which is finished, and that on the third nearly so. Mount Hyde Bridges Masonry Contract. —The works on this contract were completed early in February last in a satisfactory manner; they included the masonry for five bridges. Bareiuood Bridges Masonry Contirict. —This includes the masonry for eight bridges, and the work is making fair progress, but not sufficient to insure completion within contract time. Taieri Gorge Bridges Superstructure Contract. —This includes the erection of eight bridges complete, for which the masonry was erected in the Silverpeak and Mount Hyde masonry contracts. The first bridge, at 12 miles 73 chains (Big Mount Allan), has been completed: and the next, at 14 miles 54 chains, is now being proceeded with, and will probably be finished next month. As each bridge under this contract is completed, the permanent-way will be laid over it and extended to the site of the next for the carriage of materials. The rails are now laid as far as 14 miles 52 chains, and it is expected that the contract will be completed within the specified time, the 14th December, 1888. Line to Ballast-pit, North Taieri. —About an acre of land has been purchased at North Taieri for ballast purposes, and a siding has been laid into it. Belief Works. —For two or three months past two parties have been engaged in removing slips and flattening slopes to facilitate the laying of the permanent-way. GENEBAL. Permanent-way, Sleepers, and Bolling-stock. Points and Crossings Contract. —A contract for the manufacture of fifty sets of 531b. points and crossings'was-let in Dunedin in February, 1887, and was satisfactorily completed in June. Creosoted Sleepers Contract. —This was completed on the 17th September, 1887, the .total number creosoted being 150,000; the contractor, Mr. John Campbell, has carried out the work in a thorough and most satisfactory manner. Subvets. Land Plans. —Besides various surveys for small pieces of land required by the Eailway Department, that for the Glenham section (Edendale-Toitois Branch) has been made, and the plans are now completed; also, Moeraki to Kakanui, 53 miles 30 chains to 69 miles 20 chains, and Kakanui to Waitaki North, 69 miles 20 chains to 92 miles 71 chains, the plans for which are nearly finished, as also for 19 chains from 0 miles to 19 chains on the Invercargill-Winton Eailway. Surveys for Defence Department. —A survey of the land required for fortifications at St. Clair was executed during the year, as well as of a road from Ocean Beach Battery to Lawyer's Head, and plans of the same forwarded to Defence Department. Numbeb op Men on Works. The table below shows the average number of men employed under this department on works and surveys for the year, not including contractor's' men engaged away from the works : — Number of Employes. Auckland ... ... ... ... ... ... 688 Wanganui ... ... ... ... ... ... ) 3gg Hawke's Bay ... ... ... ... ... ) Wellington... ... ... ... ... ... 336 Nelson and Maryborough ... ... ■ ... ... 80 Westland ... ... ... ... ... ... 122 Canterbury... ... ... ... ... ... 254 Otago ... ... ... ... ... ... 563 Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... ... 125 Total ... ... ... ... 2,567 Enclosures. Accompanying this report are the following, viz. : — 1. Maps of the North and Middle Islands, showing railways opened and in progress. 2. Diagram of railways, showing mileage opened each year. 3. Statement showing lengths of railway authorised, constructed, and surveyed. I have, &c, John Blackett, The Hon. the Minister for Public Works. Engineer-in-Chief. *
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ANNUAL EEPOET ON EOADS, MISCELLANEOUS WOEKS, BUILDINGS, ETC., BY THE ENGINEEE-IN-CHIEE. The Engineeb-in-Chief to the Hon. the Ministbb for Public Woeks. Sib,— Public Works Office, 31st March, 1888. I have the honour to submit the annual report on roads and bridges, miscellaneous works, buildings, &c, for the year ending the 31st March, 1888. EOADS AND BEIDGES. Auckland Distbict. Oxford-Botorua Road. —Maintenance has been attended to, and the road kept in fair order. No metal is obtainable on this line of road, but, as a substitute, sand has been tried over a mile's length in the bush, which has proved a success. To treat the remaining eleven miles in the same manner would cost about £2,600. Waipa-Baglan Boad. —Eepairs and renewals at the bridges have been attended to, slips removed, &c, and the road is in fair order for an unmetalled road. Katikati-Te Aroha Horse-track. —On this road fords and stream-crossings have been repaired and improved, the second growth of trees and shrubs cleared, water-tables and drains cleared, &c.; and the track is now in fair order. Katikati Boad via Thompson s Track. —The completion of the survey of this road was, under direction, handed over to the County Engineer in June. .Boad from Waikomiti to West Coast. —This route was examined and reported on in February last. Beads Henderson, Swanson, and Waitakerei to West Coast. —These different lines of road are being examined as directed, and will be reported on shortly. Boad on West Side of Waipa. —This lies about nine miles north of Alexandra, between Noble's farm and bridge. A preliminary examination has been made, and a working survey is now in hand, with a view to let the work by contract, about a mile and three-quarters. Boad from Kama Baihvay-station to Waiotu. —lnstructions have been given to have this road opened, and the work will be put in hand shortly. Mangere Bridge, at Onehwiga. —This bridge is very much in need of repairs, a contract for the work is being prepared, and will soon be advertised for tender. Bat of Plenty and Napieb. Tauranga-East Gape. —The various sections of this line of road have been maintained, repaired, and improved during the year, and on sundry roads branching from it inland repairs and improvements have also been effected. Opotiki-Ormond. —Forty-four miles of this horse-road have been maintained during the year, that is, as far as Motu, and on the same section improvements have been effected —viz., 112^ chains of side-cuttings widened from 4ft. to Bft., and 114 chains of bush cleared 20ft. wide. There still remains a distance of twenty-two miles over which the track requires widening as above to fit it for stock-driving. The traffic on it is increasing, more than a thousand horsemen having passed over it since last November. Tauranga-Napier Boad. —This has been maintained as usual by Government, and, considering the very small number of hands employed, has been kept in fair order during the year. Many improvements and repairs are, however, necessary. Amongst these may bo noted the renewal of the Mangarewa and Ohaupora Bridges, in the Mangarewa forest, and of two other bridges on the southern section of the road, which are much decayed. On this section the Te Haroto Bridge has been pulled down, and a large culvert substituted. The maintenance of the alternative road from Tauranga to Eotorua via Te Puke has been abandoned since July last on account of the cost of keeping it in order. Tabanaki and Wellington. Manawatu Gorge Boad and Bridge. —The maintenance of these had been handed over to the local bodies; but difficulties connected with this arrangement ensued, and the work was resumed by Government on the 6th June, 1887. In September heavy slips occurred, and blocked the road for about four days; again in October for about seven days, during which dray traffic was suspended. Smaller blocks occurred in November; and a large fire in January in the bush above the road caused a considerable amount of inconvenience and damage. These several mishaps rendered a much larger Sum necessary for maintenance than usual. With a view to prevention of fire at the Gorge Bridge, two 400-gallon water-tanks have been placed in position, and are kept filled with water. The toll at this bridge, hitherto taken by a salaried collector, was let by tender for nine months ending the 31st March, 1888, for £459 15s. 6d. W'airoa Bridge, Wairoa County. —This work is being constructed under grants in connection with the Eoads and Bridges Construction Act, and has been twice visited by the officers of this department. Tiraumea Bridge. —This is a road-bridge being built by contract over the Tiraumea Eiver for the Lands Department: the Public Works Department is superintending the contract during its progress. It is not far from Pahiatua.
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Nelson District. Boads in the Sounds. —A track 2ft. 6in. wide and 3 miles 76 chains long has been made from the Native village, Waikawa, 3 miles from Picton, to Watamonga Bay. The works were completed April, 1887. A desire has been expressed that it should be extended to Port Underwood. Belgrove-Tophouse. —The usual repairs and maintenance have been executed during the year. Main Boad, Nelson, Westport, and Greymouth. —This road has been effectively maintained. The traffic has been heavier than usual, owing to the carting to the Owen Eeefs. Biwaka—Takaka and Collingivood. —At the beginning of this year the road from Eiwaka to Takaka was completed for a distance of 8 miles. The following contracts have since been completed, viz., Banfield, 2 miles; Main Creek, 2 miles; Nikau, 2 miles 72J chains; Pikikerunga, 2 miles. Since the completion of the several contracts and their specified terms of maintenance, the road has been attended to by the Government: the work has been light. The road is now opened throughout from Eiwaka to Takaka Valley. Motueka-Motupiko Cart-bridge. —This work was satisfactorily completed in April, 1887. It has since been well screwed up, preparatory to its being painted. Owen Valley Boad (9 miles 22 chains). —This has been attended to as well as the limited amount of funds available would permit. If circumstances should require that it should be made into a proper dray-road, it will need a very much larger expenditure. Upper Butter Bridge. —This work was satisfactorily completed in May, 1887. Westland Disteict. Butter Boad. —Four contracts let during last financial year and four during the present year have been finished. They consisted of improvements to the road in various places between the Nine-mile Perry and Inangahua Junction, such as building stone retaining-walls (instead of criblogging, which had become decayed), widening the road, and strengthening the bridges. Unfortunately, after heavy rain in February, many very heavy slips occurred between the Nine-mile Ferry and Berlin's, respectively 6 miles and 20 miles from Westport, and the road is closed for wheeltraffic. It will require a considerable expenditure to restore the road, and all that has yet been done in this direction is to clear a passage for horse-traffic. Lyell Bridge. —The contract for this work was let in July last to Messrs. Anderson, of Christchurch. It is to be finished in March, 1889. The work on the approaches is well advanced, and there is some bridge material delivered on the ground. The foundations of the main or central pier have not turned out so satisfactorily as expected ; rock shown on the surface did not turn out solid enough to build on : this will necessitate a modification of the lower part of the piers at an increased cost. Waitahu Bridge. —This contract was finished in December. It was much needed, and has proved a convenience, as the river is a dangerous one in freshes. The full length of the bridge is 500 ft., and that of the approaches, which form part of the work, is 65 chains. The structure will shortly be tarred. Inangahua Bridge (Eeefton). —This was tarred during the year. Inangahua Bridge, near the junction with the Buller, has been maintained during the year. Hokitika-Christchurch Boad.' —The maintenance of this road from the Loop-line Junction to Arthur's Pass, 36J miles, has been attended to as usual. The slips and damage from river encroachment have been more numerous than usual. Some protective-works have been erected at the Taipo Bridge. General. —An average of thirty-five men have been employed on day-labour works. The approximate number of men employed during the year, exclusive of contractors' men engaged away from the works, was 122. Good workmen are now obtainable at Bs. per day. Wobk in Westland fob Otheb Departments. Inspections have been made of the following roads for the Mines and Lands Departments : — Mines Department, Buller County. —Eoad, Barrytown to Brighton ; Mokihinui to Karamea ; Promised Land to Karamea; Dermiston to Cedar Creek; North Terrace to Oparara (Karamea) ; Lyell Creek to Low-level Tunnel; Deadinan's Creek Eoad; Ngakawau to Mokihinui; Deadman's Creek to North Beach; Addison's Flat towards the ranges; road south of Brighton towards Charleston. Inangahua County. —Eoad from Grey Valley Eoad to Snowy Creek; Merrigig's to Big Eiver. Grey County. —Eoad, Barrytown to Brighton; Notown to Bell Hill; Limestone to Maori Creek; Cobden to Seventeen-mile Beach; German Gully to Arnold Flat; Hatter's Terrace to Haupiri; Baird's Terrace to Lake Brunner; Main Grey Valley Eoad to Hatter's Terrace. Lands Department, Westland County. —Grey Valley via Bell Hill to Teremakau. Canteebuey Disteict. Bridge over the Waiau, Hanmer Plains. —This contract was completed on the Bth August, 1887, and was opened for traffic at same date. The work has been well done, and is a very great convenience to the district. It has been handed over to the Amuri County Council. Kaikoura-Clarence Boad. —The formation of this road was begun in August, 1887, by piecework, to afford employment to numerous men in want of it. Good progress was made, and the work was completed for about 7 miles (Hapuka Eiver to Clarence Eiver), when the storm at the end of March occurred, doing much damage to the newly-formed work. Waiau-Hanmer Springs Boad (4-J miles). —During the latter part of the year this line of road was surveyed, and in February, 1888, the men then working at the Sandhills and Hagley Park were transferred to this road, and have since been employed in forming a road from the Upper Waiau Bridge to the Hot-springs. About twenty-four men have been thus employed.
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HokitiJca-Christclmrch Eoad. —ln July, 1887, considerable damage was done to this road by heavy rains, causing many large slips. In March of this year also much damage was done by floods. The number of maintenance men was reduced in September last from twelve to eight. The road, however, has been kept in a fair state of repair. Belief Works. —Men have been employed during the year on various works—viz., at the Irrigation Eeserve, where they have been employed in levelling sandhills, clearing out drains, and trimming hedges, &c.; in Hagley Park, forming and gravelling footpaths, improving plantations, clearing drains, and fencing; at the Kaituna quarries, in quarrying stone for the various railway protective works; at Addington workshops, stone-breaking, and in making and deepening drains round the yard to prevent it being flooded; and on the main line of railway, in weeding plantations, &c. Land Plan Surveys. —The land plans for the Waimate Gorge branch were completed in the beginning of the year ; and a survey has been made, and Proclamation plan prepared for a portion of the Waiau-Hanmer Springs Eoad, which had not been previously laid off for road purposes. Survey and Proclamation plan have also been made of the ballast-pit, Lincoln Eoad, which is no longer required, and will be sold. Various other small surveys have been made and plans prepared in connection with land plans in the district. Otago District. Ilaast Pass Trade. —A party of men is now employed in effecting repairs and improvements on this track, and, if weather permits, will remain on the ground until June. Maori Kaika to Taiaroa Heads. —This road has been maintained during the year at a small cost. Roxburgh Bridge. —This work was finished in April, 1887, and was shortly afterwards handed over to the Tuapeka County Council. Hindon Road. —This road is intended to connect the Township of Hindon with the railwaystation on the Otago Central Eailway at 16 miles 70 chains; it will be about 3f miles long, with grades varying from lin 12J to lin 25. The work has been done as a "relief" work, and up to.date about LJ miles from the upper end have been formed 18ft. wide ; the remainder ranging from Bft. to 12ft. wide, which will require widening to 18ft. when funds are available. This is one of the roads intended to open up Crown lands before sale. lioad from Native Reserve, Pur ahanui, to Purakanui Railway-station. —Under a "grant in aid" this work was carried out, in small contracts, by Natives, under the Waikouaiti County Council, the plan having been previously approved by this department. BUILDINGS. Auckland. New Prison, Mount Eden. —This work is making satisfactory progress ; it is expected that the ground-floor will be ready for occupation in about four weeks ; all the walls are nearly ready to receive the second-floor joists, some of which are now being fixed." Additions to Whau Lunatic Asylum. —A contract was let in December, 1886, for the above, the date fixed for completion being the 9th March, 1888. After a considerable amount of unnecessary delay the work is now nearly finished, and it is hoped the whole building may be occupied about a month hence. Mortuary and Outbuildings Contract, Whan Asylum. —This work was let by contract in September, and completed in January. Courthouses. —The maintenance of these generally has been attended to, as well as that of police buildings. A small cottage has been built at Te Kuiti, and a lock-up at Pukekohe. Post and Telegraph. —Additions and repairs have been executed at Onehunga and Te Aroha Post-offices. Departmental Buildings, Auckland. —A contract has been let for the construction of these, which will be carried out under the superintendence of Mr. Mahoney, architect, of Auckland. Government House and Grounds. —These have been maintained as usual, and a contract for painting and further repairs will shortly be let. Supreme Court Grounds. —A new picket-fence has been erected. The erection of Native schools and teachers' houses at Wharekakiha (Hicks Bay) and at Kawakawa (East Coast) has been supervised, as well as repairs to the police gaol, Opotiki. Stone-breaking. —This work was put in hand on the 12th December, at Mount Eden. The highest number of men employed since was eighty-two, the number varying exceedingly. During the last four weeks it has averaged sixty-nine, sixty-eight, sixty-three, and sixty-two. Tabanaki, Manawatu, and Hawke'b Bay. Various public buildings, such as post and telegraph offices, gaols, police-stations, courthouses, &c, have been attended to and kept in a state of repair, and sundry small improvements and additions made at New Plymouth, Normanby, Hawera, Manaia, Wanganui, Marton, Feilding, "Woodville, Spit, and Napier. Wellington. Mount Cook Prison. —Fair progress has been made with this building. An average of six-ty to seventy prisoners has been kept at work, mostly on the southern wing of the building, which has now reached the height of 45ft. from the basement, and is ready to receive the roof. The work is now being black-joint-pointed, which work is about two-thirds done. The cells throughout have been prepared to receive asphalte, and a few of them have been asphalted. The number of bricks used during the year is 413,000, making 1,200 cubic yards of brickwork ; cement, 160 casks ; lime, 1,068 bushels ; sand, 365 cubic yards; water, 171,000 gallons ; timber wrought and fixed, 2,500 ft. 7—D. 1.
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8.M.; wrought-iron fixed, 6,6001b.; hoop-iron, 3,2001b. The weather during the year has been veryadverse to progress. Government Printing-office. —This contract is now on the eve of completion. A few items of work yet remain to be completed, such as the steam lift, and distempering the walls, which was delayed as the walls were not dry enough. The building will be heated by means of hot air, under Mr. Asbury's patent process : the contract for this work was completed by Mr. Asbury in January. The brick-carting contract for this building has been satisfactorily completed : the number of bricks carted was 1,097,000. The contract for supplying engines and boilers and all the new shafting and hangers, &c, required for the new printing-office is now nearly completed: the boilers are in position, the shafting is fixed, and the engines will be finished in a very short time. Steps are being taken for the early removal of the machines now in the old office into the new one, whero foundations have been prepared for them. Additions to Wellington Hospital. —These consist of a children's ward and rooms for the attendants. The work was satisfactorily completed on the 28th October. A small contract for laying 12in. drainage-pipes from the hospital, to connect with the town sewers, was also completed on the 18th September, and answers its purpose completely. Telephone Exchange. —A brick building for this purpose has been erected within the grounds attached to the departmental buildings. Its quick completion was a matter of importance, and it was finished in the short space of fifteen working days. A watercloset and coal-shed were afterwards built in connection with it. ■ Post and Telegraph Office, Wellington. —On the morning of the 28th April this building was partially destroyed by fire, the outer walls and inner walls and safes of brick being left standing. Arrangements were at once made to prepare a temporary post-office, and the necessary alterations and additions were made to the premises occupied by Mr. W. E. Williams; additional flooring was laid, office-fittings erected, walls distempered, gas laid on, and other minor works done, the whole occupying the time from the 19th May to the 14th June. Plans were prepared at an early date for the restoration of the building, and tenders were called for the work. None of these were accepted at the time,'but eventually the work was let on the 4th February, 1888, an arrangement being made by which the building of the clock-tower in brick was added to the contract. The work so far is progressing slowly, but when more materials are delivered it will, it is expected, be carried on with more speed. The Davy motor, which was partially damaged by the post-office fire, has been substantially repaired, and it will be used in the restored building for its original purpose—that of driving the dynamo for the electric light. Sundry gas-fittings, recovered from the fire, have also been repaired and will be used again. General Assembly Buildings. —During the month of July alterations were made to the Speaker's and Press reporters' gallery, so as to give reporters a better view of the House. Other minor improvements and additions were also made.' Photographic Gallery Contract. —The lease of the old photographic gallery expired during February, 1888, and it was necessary to provide another on Government ground : this was done by contract, and was completed during March. Departmental Buildings, Wellington. —For the purpose of fire-prevention a complete system of waterpipes has been laid around and within these buildings, fitted with the necessary fireplugs and sluice-valves, hose-pipes and branches, &c, and all connected with the town water-supply. A firebrigade, composed of a number of the officers in the buildings, has been organized under Captain Hume, and has been taught the use of the various appliances by means of periodical practice. The bric.k safes in this building have also been altered in such a way as to render them more absolutely fireproof than before. The offices in occupation of the Property-tax Department have been materially altered by throwing several rooms and part of a passage into one, so as to facilitate inspection of work. Government House and Ministerial Besidences. —Various alterations and small additions have been made to these during the year. Porirua Lunatic Asylum.- —An excellent water-supply has been provided for this establishment: the water is thrown at the rate of 1,500 gallons per hour, by a No. 5 hydraulic ram, into a 6,000---gallon reservoir, situated on the top of a hill about 80ft. above the building, to which the water is conveyed by gravitation. Stand-pipes and hose for a fire-service have also been fixed at the asylum. Sundry Small Works have been executed at Lower Hutt Post-office and Courthouse; Museum, Wellington ; and Police-station, Featherston : and a post and telegraph office has been erected by contract at Herbertville, the work being finished on the Bth August. Nelson and Maelbokough. Lunatic Asylum and Hospital, Nelson. —Fire-extinguishing appliances have been provided for both of these buildings, and the lunatic asylum has been connected with the town water-supply. Government Buildings, Blenheim. —The whole of the exteriors of these buildings have been well painted. liepairs to Public Buildings generally. —During the year various small repairs have been effected in the different offices in Nelson and Marlborough. Westland. The works under this heading have been small during the year. The principal items are— Additions to police-station, Westport; laying on gas to Government Buildings, Westport; repairs to police-station, Charleston; erection of police-station at Brunnerton; repairs to police-station
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and telegraph-office, Hokitika ; repairs to courthouse, Jackson's Bay ; fencing at powder magazine, Greymouth. Canterbury. Sunny side Asylum. —The contract for the main portion of the central block, with the exception of a few small extras, is now complete, and the building will shortly be handed over to the Asylum authorities. The work has been well done. Old Government Buildings, Christckurch. —New Venetian blinds have been put up in the deeds office, and the walls distempered. Gaoler's Cottage, Lyttelton. —This contract was completed in August, and a smaller contract for laying on gas and water in September. Sundry repairs have been executed at the policestations, Christchurch and Philipstown, and the courthouses, Waimate and Ashburton, as well as Addington Gaol, and other public offices. Post and Telegraph Office, Bangiora. — The contract for the erection of this building, which is of brick, was completed in October. Otago. Bepairs and Fittings to Public Buildings. —The following are the various works undertaken and completed: Courthouses —Bepairs and fittings at Wyndham; accommodation for female prisoners, Supreme Court, Dunedin ; repairs at Balclutha and Lawrence ; cellar for storing papers at Dunedin ; furniture and fittings for Official Assignee, Dunedin. Police-stations—Piepairs and alterations at Waitahuna, Oamaru, Macrae's, Palmerston, Clyde, Ophir, Cromwell, Arrowtown, and Alexandra South. Customs—lmprovement of long-room and repairs, Dunedin. Post and telegraphs —Repairs, additions, and alterations at Eiverton, Arrowtown, Dunedin, Naseby. Gaols —Laying on gas to Gaoler's quarters, Dunedin. Seacliff Asylum. —Various small works have been carried out during the year in the way of maintenance and improvement, and provision is being made for asphalting the various airingcourts at the back. The condition of a portion of this building has been made the subject of inquiry by a Eoyal Commission, and their report has been received. The recommendations made by the Commissioners are now under consideration. I have, &c, John Blackett. The Hon. the Minister for Public Works, Wellington. Engineer-in-Chief,
APPENDIX K. ANNUAL REPORT ON LIGHTHOUSE WOEKS, ETC., BY THE MAEINE ENGINEER. The Marine Engineer to the Secretary, Marine Department. Sir, — Marine Department, 31st March, 1888. I have the honour to report that no works of any magnitude or importance have been carried out during the year. Drawings and specifications have been prepared for a cast-iron tower for the light proposed to be placed on Cuvier Island, and it is intended shortly to call for tenders for its construction. On the acceptance of a tender for the tower steps will be taken to commence work on the island, in preparing sites for the tower and dwellings, &c, making roads, and in erecting houses and stores, &c. It is expected that this work may be begun about the end of July. I have, &c, ( John Blackett, The Secretary, Marine Department. Marine Engineer.
1888. MAP SHOWING RAILWAYS. NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.
1888. MAP SHOWING RAILWAYS. MIDDLE ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND.
Number of Miles open of Government Lines. NORTH ISLAND. MIDDLE ISLAND.
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Enclosure to Appendix H— continued. TABLE of Lengths of Government Lines Authorized, Constructed, and Surveyed, up to 31st March, 1888— continued. MIDDLE ISLAND.
By Authority: Geoikhs Didsbuey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBB.
Appropria- ofLme. Mileage. Subdivision. j JJdn m]af , t , j ] 1 -2 l 3 4 5 6 M. ch. I M. ch. M. ch Nelson- Nelson -Eomidell, 70 10 Port Extension .. I 1 0) Greymoutb with extension to ; Nelson-Foxhill .. 18 73!'- 2 52 Hope Junction Foxliill-Belgrove .. 3 0| J Wai-iti .. 2 47! 0 20 : Surveyed .. 17 9 ..I Trial survey .. 9 31 .. I Itoundell-Hope June- 18 101 tion, Trial Survey Greymouth - Nel- 16 S Groymoutli-Brunner- 7 50 \ son Greek ton Extension .. 0 5J;- 3 48 Stillwater (portion).. 0 4| „ -.. OloJ „ .. 0 49 .. Surveyed .. 7 45 .. ] West part- Wcstport - Ngaka- 19 68 Station .. 0 20) Ngakawau wan Westport .. 6 20J [ J Waimangaroa .. 8 60 I Ngakawau .. 8 70! j Survey of Extension 0 441 Greymoufcli- Greymouth-Hold- 24 0 Greym'th-Teremakau 9 0 Hokitika fcika Teremakau-Arahura 10 51 Arahura-Hokitika .. 3 70 Extension to Hoki- 0 39 0 26 tika Wharf Pie ton- Picton-Awatere .. 84 40 Picton-Blenheim .. 16 51) „ ,. Hurunui j Blenheim .. 1 22 j Vernon Contract .. 4 40J .. | DasbwQod Contract 3 40 Surveyed .. 2 5o| Surveyed (trial) . . 5 77' Kahautera-Waiiui 20 13 Kahautera-Waiau ... 20 lol i Waiau-Hurvmui 2S 0 3Seeonnaiseaace .. j 13 30 Oulverden-Hiirunui ! 9 60 0 i-2 Hurunui- Main Line .. I 190 37 Hurunui-Medbury .. ; 114!] | Waitaki,! Medbury-Waikari .. 8 40 with J Waikari-Waipara .. 9 10 Branches j Waipara-Amberley .. 6 77 Amberley-Ashlev(part) 7 64 3 63 Ashley-Eangiora .. 1 71j Rangiora-Southbrock I 1 63! Southbrook-Kaiapoi | 5 l! I Kaiapoi-Addington .. 11 08 j Christchurch-Selwyn 22 43 Sehvyn-Dunsandel .. 1 77 j Dunsandel-Eakaia .. 10 06 i Rn <, r -, Eakaia-Ashburtou .. 17 7' bUii0 ' ; Ashburton-Ealing .. 19 29 Ealing-Woodbridge.. 2 59 Woodbridge-Temuka 13 05 Temuka-Timaru .. 1115 Timaru-St. Andrews 10 28! St. Andrcws-Otaio .. 3 66! Otaio-Makikihi .. 8 61 Makikihi-Hook .. 3 36 Hook-North Waitaki 16 14 North Waitaki-South ' 1 401 Bmiu-Mti— Waitaki Eangiora-Oxford 21 76 Rangiora-Cust .. 11 77;) ! Cust-Carlton .. 5 53 \ 2 44 Carlton-Oxford West 4 26 J Eyreton (from 20 7 Main Line - West 14 25) Main Lifle) E.vreton I 1 44 : Evrcton-Bcnnctt's .. 5 62|} Lyttelton .. 0 20 Lyttelton - Christ- 0 20 church Southbridge .. 25 81i IIomby-Ellesmore .. 14 02!) „ r ILllesmere - South- 10 49 / d j bridge Little River- 42 10i Lincoln-B irdling's 17 8!] Akaroa I Plat [- 2 16 i Birdling's Flat-Little 5 38; j J Eivor ! Reconnaissance .. 19 44! Siirmgflold .. 30 601 Rollcston-Sheffield .. 24 4i) Sheffiold-Sprmgneld 5 59| \ 3 14 : SpringfieM Coal-mine 0 77) W hiteoliffs .. 11 57 Darfleld-Whitecliffs 11 33i I , .„ . I Whitcclifis to Bridge 0 5 1 / Extension Section .. 0 10; E a k a i a - A s h- 22 20 llakaia-Methvon .. 22 20 2 43 7 8 I 9 I 10 11 12 13 i 14 M. cb. M. c-h. M. ch. ' M. ch. M. ch M. ch. M ch ( 17 May, 1880 .. .. j 25 45 .. .. .. J 31 Jan., 1870 .. .. ! .. (:25 July, 1881 .. .. ', 2 67 ! .. 2 47 ,. \ .. .. .. J ., 17 9 17 9 .. .. .. .. .. j .. 9 31 9 31 Prelim. .. .. .. .. i .. 18 10 18 10 Prelim. .. .. .. .. .. I (\ 7 April, 1876| .. .. j .. ! 11 87 i .. I .. ! • • -j 1 Feb., 1881 .. .. I .. 14 Mar., 1881J .. .. i .. { 1 Sept., 1885 0 49 .. 0 49 I . i .. 7 45 7 45 .. .. .. i / 17 Dec, 1878 28 16 j 5 Aug., 1878, 0 ! •• •■ - 1 5 Aug.,lS76 I 26 Sept.. 1877 0 44 0 44 .. .. .. 9 0 1 20 6 20 1 40 .. 10 51 4 77 ; 5 44 [ 0 10 3 70 .. .. 3 70 .. 0 65 .. .. 0 39 ■ .. 9n m I (18 Nov., 1875 •■ j " ■■ ( ; 24May, 1880 ! 4 40 .. I 4 40 .. ' .". 3 40 .. 8 40 2 50 2 50 .. .. .. I .. ! .. 5 77 5 77 Prelim. .. .. t .. I .. 20 15 26 15 ! Prelim. . ....... IS 30 18 30 I Prelim.! .. .. j .' 10 12 .. .. [ .. 9 Feb., 1886! f 9 Feb., 1886 38 Oct., 1884 17 April. 18821 i 6 Oct., 1880 .. i .. ..' 3 Nov., 18751 9 Feb., 1876 ! 17 April, 1875; 5 Nov., 1872! .. 1 03 .. I j 2 Sept., 18721 .. 5 1 .. j 1 April, 1872 11 68 .. 2 Oct., 1867; 22 43 15 Feb., 1S73 .. 1 77 .. ■za 7 o i 29 May, 1873 .. 10 60 .. ' ■ ■ i ■ ■ ■ ■ ] 4 Aug., 1874 .31 May, 1875 24 Aug., 1875 ! 4 Feb., 18761 ! 22 Oct., 1875 i 1 July, 18761 1 Sept., 1876: ISO Oct., 1876; I 1 Feb., 1877; 1 Feb., 1877; 17 April, 1870! Total. I State of Line. Sllr _ Under Uiidor O i"» ,e<i mation. laying. | T jg^, ne, .1872-73. 1873-74.1874-75. 1975-76. 1876-77.1877-73. 1878-79. 14 M. ch 15 t. M. ch i J i*71 :: 17 7 19 29 15 ; 16 M. ch.; M. oh. '.. 1878 .. .. .. j 7 50 .. 16 51 •• •• I " i 17 M. ch 6 20 3 60 18 M. ch 8 70 19 M. ch. 029 1879-80. 18S0-8I. 1831-82.; 20 M. ch 21 M. ch 1 0 0 5 0 4l 1 22 22 M. ch 8* C jl882-33.'lS83-81.1884-85. 23 M. ch 911 24 M. ch 8 25 M. ch. 840 1S85-8G. 18S6f-8~. 1887-88. 26 M. ch. 6'10 o'so; 114 27 M. ch. • i 28 M. eh :: ■■) l\ 29 h. M. ch. [ 22 73 7 60 \ ■ 19 19 I 17 73 9 50 Total. 7 # 64 3 63 6>7 ■GO :j( 256 73 1 ■■ ill 196 37 .. I .. 2 59 13 65 11 15 .. ! 10 28; 3 66 3 61 3 30 16 14 I 21 76 1 40 Brano&es x — Kangiora-Oxford I ( 1 Dec., 18741 24 40 .. ] .. ... 6 April. 1875 .. .. j .. 21 Juno, 1875 I 27 Doe., 1875 21 51 I 1 Feb., 1878 .. .. I .. 6 26 9 Dec, 1867 0 26 .. I .. 28 QK / 26 April, 1875 Ja * t 80 July,, 1875 ( 1177 5 53 4 26 14 62 11 77 5 53 4 26 1C y r e t o n {from Main Ijinc) 24 40 21 51 ( 1 i 14 25 20 7 Lyttelton 6 26 5 02 ■• ! ••J I 6 20 Southbridge 28 36 1 14 62 ■ • ) 25 31 ( 10'49 Little RiverAkaroa 24 62 f 7 June, 1882 24 62 -I 17 8 "I 22 46 bij . . .. . . -j I 16 Mar., 1880 1 5 38 ■■) Springfield 10 44 19 44 19 44 Prelim I 1 Dec, 1874 33 74 3 Jan., 1880 110 Feb., 1880 .„ ... I 3 Nov., 1875 1310 \ 27 June, 1886 n 10 n Iα 10 44 Preliin, 24' 4 24' 4 '■'■ 1 '■'■] 30 601 33 74 5'50 0 77 30 60 W liiteoliffe 11 57 13 16 1133 '■'■} 11 38 6' e B a k a i a - A s hburton Forks Ashburton 22 20 0 19 24 63 0 19 .. 0 19 .. .. 24 63 1 April, 1885* .. I ... 0 19 22'20 22 20 burton Forks Ashburton .. 29 46 Tinwald-Westerfleld 10 i7\ Westerficld-Anama.. 8 30; Anama-Cavendish .. 2 47;!- 1 8 Cavendish-Mount 1 48 . Somers ) Extension .. 6 25 .. Opawa and Al- 55 8 Washdyke - Pleasant .8 67 \ i'airiie TPotnr Creek and Pleasant Point-Albury 16 61 V 2 42 Burke'e Pass Albury-Winscombe.. 7 7 Winscombe-Eversley 3 30 J Preliminary survey .. 19 3 Waimate .. 4 42 Stuoholme-Waimate 4 42 13 Waimate Gorge 8 21 Waimato-Waihao 8 21 0 54 Downs Waitaki- Main Line .. 246 69 South Waitaki- 13 8 Bluff and Oamaru Branches Oamaru-Hillgrove .. 24 52 Hillgrove-Palmerston 12 68 Palmerston - Waikou- 9 3 aiti Waikouaiti-Waitati 14 33 Waitati-Glendermid 9 77 Glendermid-Dunedin 7 6 Dunedin-Abbotsford 5 7 Abbotsford - Clutha 46 36 l 5 g lsa Clutha Eiver - Bal- 0 60 clutha Balclutha-Clinton .. 20 76 Clinton-Waipahi .. 9 62 Waipahi-Gore .. 16 11 Gore-Mataura .. 7 40 Mataura-Woodlands 20 08 Woodlands-Invercar- 11 21 gill Invercargill-Bluff .. 17 1. Branches. — 29 46 24 29 8 April, 1880 7 Oct., 18S2 24 29 .. .. .. 1 Mar., 1884 4 Oct., 1S86 10 47 8*39 2 47 iil 23 21 i'48 Opawa and Alburyto fairlie Creek and Burke's Pass >.a 6 25 6 25 2 25 4 0 .. .. I'24 Dec, 1875 38 47 ■ 'fjarC 1877 .". ~ .. 22 Aug., 1883 30 Jan., 1884 19 3 19 3 Prelim. .. .. 5 45 19 Mar., 1877 8 75 1 April, 1885' 2 25 4 0 8'67 1 55 38 47 16 61 7 7 3 30 -84--8-Waimate Waimate Gorge 19 3 5 45 8 75 19 3 Prelim i - 42 8 21 4 42 8 21 4 42 821 aitakiBlufl and Branches Main Line 246 69 25 Sept., 1875 13 S| 4 Nov., 1876 22 May, 1878 6Sept.,187S 24 52 12* 68 9' 3 ■ 50 II 306 2 7 May, 1878 20 Doc, 1877 9 April, 1S73 .. 7 0 .. 1 July, 1874 . 06 2 J I Sept., 1878 7' 0 5 7 5' 7 46'36 14 33 9 77 I 246 69 22 Jan., 1878 0 60 I 22 Jan., 1879 X Nov., 18.77 21 June, 1877 30 Aug., 1875 .. 7 June, 1S75 11 Feb., 1874 .. .. 11 21 20 OS 902 20 70 16 11 740 20 08 21 75 11 21 5 Feb., 1807 17 1 .. 17 1 ! uranettes, — Duntroon .. 21 75 Pukeuri-Marawhenua 21 29 ) , q J Marawhenua - Dun- 0 40 j" troon Duntroon-Haka- 15 38 Duntroon - Hakatera- 15 38 1 5 teramea mea Ngapara .. 14 76 Waiareka-Ngapara.. 14 70 1 311 Livingstone .. 16 40 Windsor-Livingstone 12 0 0 50 ! Survey (trial) .. 4 40 .. Palmerston-Wai- 9 40 Palmerston-Dunback 1 58 ] hemo (part) I 0 54 . Palmerston-Dunbaek ! 6 77 J ■ (pa") j Surveyed .. 0 65 Port Chalmers.. 19 Glendermid - Port j 19 3 40 Chalmers Green Island .. 2 44 Bumside-WaltonPark' 1 74 ) n r . Walton Park - Saddle ! 0 50 } Hill i Outram .. 8 78! Mosgiel-Ontram .. i 8 78 0 68 I Lawrence .. 21 76'Clarksville-Waitahuna ! 15 4 1 ) „ ' Waitahuna-Lawrenee 6 72|) Lawrenee-Rox- 38 25 Preliminary survey.. 38 25 .. I bureli "Branches, — Duntroon 21 75 „„ on I IDec, 1875 M dU '' •' / ' i 11 July, 1881 21 29 046 - •• !■ 185 23 30 " I ■• -1 Duntroon-Haka-teramea Ngapara Livingstone 15 38 1 5 16 43 10 43 .. .. .. 1 April, 1885* - 15 38 1 15 38 14 76 16 40 1 31! 0 50 16 27 12 50 I 4 40 I 16 27 .. .. .. 2April,1877 12 50 .. I 0 5 .. 12 Aug., 18S7 4 40 4 40 Prelim. .. .". f 30 July, 1882 9 29 J I 0-5 jPrelim. 14 76 ii'75 14 75 11 75 9 40 ! 440 158 Palmersfcon-Wai-hcmo - 0 54 ! 9 29 :; { ::) 8 S5 J zy .. .. ..-{ [ 1 Oct., 1885 .. .. j .. ■• [ 6 77 Port Chalmers.. 3 40 0 65 4 40 0 65 0 65 .. .. ., 4 49 .. .. .. 9 April, 1873 .. 19 .. 0 65 i' 9 i' 9 1 9 Green Island .. 2 44 I 0 52 J 3 10 3 10 f 1 July, 1874 J ° •• J •• •■ ( i Sept., 1879 ■■ I 1 74; 1 740 50 ::} 2 44 Oatrara Lawrence 8 78! 21 76, 0 68 9 66 9 66 .. .. .. 1 Oct., 1877 ,0 7 o I 22 Jan., 1877! ** ' 8 I 2April,1877i 38 95 38 95 P™K™ i r Iβ' 4 6 72 8 71 ::} 8 78 '-2 2 ' 23 78 38 25 '' 1 1 21 76 Lawrenee-Box-burgh Catlin's River .. 38 25 38 25 38 25 Prelim. .. .. .. .. 1 .. I 38 25 Prelim. •■ i • • I burgli Catlin's River .. 19 16 Balclutha-Eomahapa 7 06 0 50 Glenomam Section.. 5 14 Surveyed i. 6 16 Waipahi - Heriot \ 26 22 Waipahi-Kelso .. 15 27;) „ „ , Burn Kelso-Heriot .. 4 56|j \ * 6 ■ Surveyed .. 6 19 Waimea Plains 30 39t Gore-Lumsden .. 30 39 1 34 I Districh Rv. 19 16 0 50 8 36 8 14 0 16 8 36 .. .. ..15 Dec, 1885 r-, 1A r, ii 5 14 t 7 Oβ 7 66 ;, 5 14 .. 5 14 .. .. e'io Waipahi - Heriot Buiii 26 22 ■• } 2 3 22 6 6 16 6 10 .. .. .. ,„, K (1 Dec, 1880 ' " •• •• •■ t 1 April, 1884 6 19 J 15 27 456 ::} 20 3 G 19 37 73 i Waimea Plains District Ry. Keleo-Gore ,. 36 89 i'34 G 19 6 19 37 73 } April, 1886* 3639 36 39 District Ry. Keleo-Gore " .. 24 0 Surveyed .. 9 58 Preliminary survey .. 14 22 Biversdale- Swit- 13 70 Eiversdale Section .. 7 0 zers Surveyed .. 6 70 Edendale-Toitois 19 30 Edendale-Wyndham 4 0 0 43 Mokoreta Section .. 3 50 Glenham Section .. 1 66 Surveyed " .. 9 74 1 Seawai-d Bush.. 23 33 Appleby-Waimatua 5 57 ) n qA Waimatua-Mokotua 5 48 j" u dt> I Surveyed .. .. 12 8 .. : Canterbury I Oxford-Temuka .. 83 0 Oxford-Sheffield .. 11 44 0 28 : Interilor 1 Kiversdale- Switzers Edendale-Toitois 24 Oj 13 70 19 30 0 43 9 58 14'22 7 0 6 70 4 43 8 50 1 66 9 74 9 08 9 58 . .. ... 14 22 14 22 Prelim. .. .. 7 0 .. 5 c 2 0 •• 6 70 6 70 .. .. .. 4 43 .. .. .. 9 Oct., 1882 8 50 .. 3 50 .. .. 1 P.r. 1 ci; 9 58 14 22 670 Prelim. 5 C 350 1 66 2"o i' 0 4 0 Seaward Bush.. 23 33 I 1 66 .. 1 66 .. .. n u a f\ r?A 9 74 i 1 0 36 11 61 12 8 11 72 9 74 9 74 .. .. .. t1 fil ( 9 July, 1886 •• '( 16 Jan.,188S 12 8 12 8 .. .. .. 1172 .. ,. .. 7 Aug., 1884 •■ ( 5 57 m 5 48 11 25 I Canterbury ! Interilor i Main Line Oxford-Temuka .. 83 0 0 28 12 8 11 44 11 44 interiior 1 Main Line Surveyed .. 21 7 .. ! Reconnaissance .. 50 29 .. > Otago Cen- Waitaki Bluff 182 56 Wingatui Section .. 6 65 0 57 tral Main Line to Hindon Section .. 12 50 .. : Lake Hawea Deep Stream Section 4 22 Nenthorn .. 9 0 Surveyed .. 149 79 .. 1 Invercar- Invcreargill-King- 80 74 Invercargill-Winton 18 58 ' gill-King- ston Winton-Carolihe .. 22 10 ston and Caroline-Elbow .. 8 27 Branch, Elbow-Lowther .. 5 76 ~ lt , , Lumsdon- Lowther-Athol .. 13 18 ° 10 Mararoa Athol-Fairlight .. 10 10 Fairlight-Kingston .. 8 35 Kingston Wharf 0 10 Kingston Wharf .. 0 10 Lumsden-Mararos 30 0 Lumsden-Castle Rock 2 21 ) Castle Roek - Murray 4 0 . „ Creek [ MurrayCrk.-Mossburn 4 10 ) Surveyed .. .. 8 20 Reconnaissance .. 11 20 Western Wallacetown 17 53 Makare-iva Junction- 17 53\ Railways Branch Eiverton Otautau Branch 11 40 Thornbury (Aparima 11 40 June) to Otautau « 07 Otautau-Nightcaps 10 55 Otautau-Wairio .. 10 55 D "' 1 Orepuki Branch 17 68 Riverton-Oraki .. 6 3 Oraki-Colac .. 1 30 Colac-Orepuki .. 10 35 Waitaki Bluff Slain Line to Lake Hawea 182 56 0 57 21 7 50 20 7 42 12 50 4 22 9 0 149 79 21 7 21 7 .. .. '...'. sr> 00 ko'oo Dui; M 21 7 50 29 Prelim. )tago Central 50 29 50 20 Prelim. „,. .. n Ao u fie 7 42 .. .. , 65 ... 1 f> tzf\ a nt ' an 4 01 4 22 9 0 ' 69 , , 12 50 .. 4 01 '69 .. A OO . A OO 4 22 .. 4 22 .. .. .. .... on on gill-King-ston and B ranch, LumsdenMararoa 9 0 .. 9 0 .. .. .... .. <tO 1 ACt Tn 149 79 Iiivercargill- Kingston 80 7: • 5 15 I49 79 149 79 .. .. .. 22 Feb., 1871 18 58 .. 20 Oct., 1875 7 Feb., 1876 an -to 15 Jan., 1877 28 Jan., 1878 29 April, 1878 10 July, 1878 I 14 Dec, 1878 I 1 April, 1881 U 40 !l3 Mar., 1886 j Iβ". 22*10 8 27 h Kingston Wharf Lumsden-Mararos 92 19 5 76 13 II 10 II 87 4 8 35 0 10 0 10 30 0 2 - 21 10 40 11 40 [ 22 Jan., 3887 8 20 8 20 .. .. .. 11 on 11 on d,.~t;.v* i 9 4 10 W al 1 a ce t own Branch Otautau Branch 8 20 11 20 8 20 11 20 Prelim, /e stern Railways 17 53 6 37 11 20 11 20 Prelim. .. .. / 9 June, 1870 ( 17'53 17 53 11 40 15 Dec, 1879 11 40 11 40 Otautau-Nightcaps Orepuki Branch 10 55 17 68 64 13 5413 ' 3Mar.,1882 25 July, 1881 24Sept.,18S3 V & May, 1885 j 1 10 55 6 3 10 55 •17 68 130 1 1 10 '35 " I ■■ Totals 187 11 60 77 22 53 27 62 11 21 56 40 18 60 35 22 I 22 45 24 60 i j 17 43 Totals .. 1689 28 .. 1689 28 187 11II 1689 1689 1876 89 376 39 497 72 60 77 22 53 .. 76 36 27 62 11 2l!l 497 72 70 36 Il26 78 126 785 24S 152 39 94 68 40 35 14 toi t47 7i 1107 66 * In tliese ca I This compi } This compi .ses the rises 45l rises 111 lates given are the date 1. 59jh. of railways eons i. 33ch. of railways con! ;s on which the railways 3tructed by the Governm structed by the Governn became tent anc lent an< the pro] 45m. 7S . 36m. 3i perty of 1 )oh. of Hi 3ch. of li: the Governme aes constructe nes constructi mt. ed by ■ .eel by rivate ■ >rivate ompanies uni uu ler the '. der the >istrid }istric t Eailv it Bail' rays Ad says Ac t, and : :t, and ifterwards pu] afterwards pi: chased by the 1 by the Gover i Gove] lent, nent,
Enclosure to Appendix H. TABLE of Lengths of Government Lines Authorized, Constructed, and Surveyed, up to 31st March, 1888. NORTH ISLAND.
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lion. Nan* of Line. J 1 2 Kawaka/wa Kawakawa Whaaigorci- Whangarei-Kstnio .. Kaino Heleiisville, Helonsville, uo.rfchNorth- 1 wards wards .110 0 3 M. chs 7 41 9 20 J J Subdivisics. \%£ I J Total. '7 under ; ■ r i $" Forma-i J J J j M ! 4 5 6 7 8 I 9 [S I i 31. chs.- ?J. chs. SI. chs. M. chs. M. chs 1 ! Kiuvakawa - Tauma- i 2 80 ) rere - 0 57 S 18 j Taumarere - Opua . 5 11 I 7 hari J Kamo-Wliangarei .. ! i 50 1 , ... „- ! Whangarci - Opau i 2 2 i / 2 -' : » •'> ' ■■ I Wharf Opau Wharf ■ Deep • 2 48 ' .. I 3 18 2 48 water ) ! Extension .. .. j 81 38 : esLim. ! I Kaitoto Stream to ■ 18 0 .. 18 0 ■■ Vβ"0 Prelim. t Makarau Eiver .Makai.au, Hirer toKau-j 3 0] ..13030'. I kapakapa Contract Kankapakapa Con- 7 42 i 0 60 I 8 22 ; I tract I Halensville Terminus, 0 ii \ \ —Helensville FelensviUe-Kumeu 12 79 ' „ ,,„ ■ ,„ ■ Kumen-Henaerson .. j 11 0 ! ■ ° &0 | 42 50 | •• ; Henderson-Waikoiniti 1 50 j Waikomiti-Newmarket 9 61 / I Penrose-Onehunga .. 2 53 jl , „ j ! Onehunga Wharf .. 0 20 ij i 3 ! " \ Auckland V>'harf .. .. 0 55 .0 55 Auckland Station .. 0 15 \ Auckland-Mercer .. | 42 72 ! Mercor-Newcastle ..81 2 L fi11 L fl ,. Newcastle-Hamilton | 10 33 [ ' 116 2i Hamilton-Ohaupo .. j 9 27 : Ohaupo-Te Awamutu | 0 24 1/ i Auokland-Penrose— I i Deviation vlu Beach 6 50 .. 6 50 0 50 Auckland City Branch 2 60 .. j 2 60 | 2 60 Prelim. ! t 1 9 Jμ. chs I Prelim. Under Plate- _ — ._ laying. " ° Date. 10 31. chs. .. -. I i.l f " 1 11 13. [22 Feb., 1877 -. 1 11 Ij 7 April, 1884 ( i8 Oct., 1S80 1 30 Nov., 1832 i I ! 1873-4 1874-5 1875-6 1870-7 i I I 12 M. ehs. 13 M. chs 14 M. chs. 15 M. chs. 2 30 16 M. chs : 1 I 1877-8 ; 1878-9 1879-80 1880-1:1881-2 ; 1882-3 State of Line. 17 M. chs. 18 M. chs. Opened. 19 M. chs. 4 50 [ 20 , M. chs. i 21 M. chs. 2 2 1883-4 J 1884-5 1885-6 188C-7 22 M. chs. " I .. I 23 M. chs. ,n| 24 M. chs. i ■■ ! 25 M. chs 1887-8 28 M. chs. ! ! 27 :. SI. chu. I 7 41 > ) 0 52 Total. K a, i p a r a - Kaipara-Auckland .. Waikato •• ! 7 42 2 .. I I i " ! 33 73 f; / 18 Sept., 1880 ■• I ! 0 43 .. i I h I 29 Oct., 1875 I 18 July, 18S1 21 Dec., 1S80 i. 29 Mar., 1880 I 24 Dec, 1873 I 28 Nov., 1878 .. f 12 79 ■■ j 11 "0 I " I •• I ,. , I -35 73 I ; Oneliunga Branch .. •• is 961 1 50 .. 1 J |}2 73 2 73 2oZ •• i I •■ i I 020 •• ! ' Auckland-Waikato .. I 100 13 /=50 Nov., 1885 I JO May, 1875 j 13 Aug., 1877 1 19 Dec, 1877 j 4 June, 1878 V 1 July, 1880 1 .. I o'is J - •• 42 72 h j LlOO 13 J J 31 2 10 33 9 27 •• 1 \ Auckland- Penrose — : : Deviation via Beach ; I Auckland City Branch J —Kingslaud Station ; to Auckland Station I via Western Park | and Freeman's Bay i Pakekohe- Pukefeohe-Waiuku .. j Waiuku i •• 1 6 k i ■ •■ j (i 50 2 00 6 50 2 60 6 50 2 00 t ■■ Prelim. ■• 1 .. PukekolieWaiukn W a i k a t o - Thames i j I • Pacrafca-Waiuku .. [ 12 5 .. 12 5 12 u 12 S . I 12 5 12 5 12 5 vvaiuKU W aik ato- Waikato-Thaancs .. ! Thames C2 55 : Frankton Junction, 1 1 ) I —Hamilton ' [ „ I | j Hamilton-llorrinsville 1C 79 , I ' ° j "I • Morrinsville-To Aroha 12 55 J ; To Aroha-Ohmemuri 13 0 .. ! 13 0 18 0 ! Ohhicnmri Contract 6 15 .. 6 15 .. 015 i Hikunaia. Contract 8 25 .. 8 25 8 25 I Kauaeranga Contract 4 40 1 35 5 75 „ i Kuakura Junction, I 12 2 3 14 15 1C .. j — Cambridge i Morrhisville-Oxford.. 30 60 ) 0 , n .„ : Oxford-l'utarura .. 6 77 j J *° 40 17 : Ngatira Contract .. 8 0 0 50 8 50 : Ngatira-Ngongotaha 17 56 .. 1756 17 56 .. j Ngongotaba-Rotorua 6 0 .. 6 0 .. 6*0 i Putaruru-Lichfield .. 4 3 .. 4 3 , 1 1 J f I 20 Oct., 1379 1 - j 1 1 [ .. I •• l I ; I j I !-30 55 ) Haniil tonCambridge Thames Valley - Rotorua le 1C 79 a 12 55 13 0 0 15 . 8 25 t 4 40 , I 12 2 i>6 56 13 0 6 15 8 25 5 75 15 16 13 0 G'l5 8 25 i ! j 1 Oct., 1884 ( 1 Mar., 1886 S6 i •■ i 16 79 3 ! 12 - 65 < 3 Ha.miit on- llauii!ton-CaniWidge Cambridge 135 3 14 4*40 8 Oct., 1884 1 A '* 12 2 12 2 i li' 2 utuaDriage rbamesVal- Thames Vajky-Eoto-ley - Roto- rua 69 33 54 j 2 rua . 30 60 . 6 77 . 8 0 17 56 6 0 . 4 3 ]■ 2 40 0 50 40 17 8 50 17 56 6 0 4 3 17 56 f 8 0 f 8Mar.,lS86 ( 2.1 Juno, 1886 56 )/3 S6 30 60 J 37 57 N a p i e x - Woodvillc and Paljii erston North Putaruru - Liehfield Branch Napi g r - Napier- Woodvi lie .. 6 "0 4 3 21 June, 1886 i,-> Sβ i 4"3 » i 3 90 65 Spit-Napier .. 2 16 "I Napier-Hastings ,. 11 64 Hastinys-Pakipaki .. 4 27 Pakipaki-Te Aute .. 10 17 Te Aute-Waipawa .. 12 53 Waipawa-Waipukurau 449 . u , ( ,„ ,„ vtTupUKLirau-Takapai Iα i*j ----- c~ .. .. Takapau-Kopua .. 5 63 Kopua-Makotuku .. 5 22 Makotuku-Matamau 4- 22 Matamau-Tahoraite 7 43 1 Tahoraite-Woodville 15 10 Woodville-Gorge .. 3 3 .. 3 3 3 3 Manawatu Gorge Con- 4 32 .. 4 32 4 32 tract Gorgc-Palmerston 8 11 .. 8 11 8 11 North Woodville-Eketahuna 26 54 .. 26 54 26 54 Wiwafea Contract ..615 .. 6 15 Mangamahoe-47 Mauriceville Mauriceville - Master- 12 8 ton Masterton-Woodside 16 22 I Woodside - Feather- 4 io ston Featherston-Kaitoke 17 48 r 18 75 j 100 70 Kaitoke-Upper Hatt 7 47 Upper Hutt - Silver- 3 35 stream 1 Silverstreara.- Lower 8 0 ! Hutt I Lower Hutt-Pipitca 8 2 Pipitea-Wellington.. 0 47 J Woodsule-Greytown 37 0 04 3 71 Foxton-Palmerston.. 23 39 Palmerston-Foilding 11 28 Fcilding-Halcombe.. 7 76 Halcombe-Marton .. 10 49 i Marton-Turakina .. 9 10 I ,. -J i Turakina-Aramoho .. 20 25 U 7o:13 ° 89 ■- ' J Aramoho-Ivai Iwi .. 9 31 i Kai Iwi-Waitotara .. 13 2 ! Waitotara-Wavorloy 6 73 I Waverley-Patea .. 8 31 I Patea-Mamitahi .. 8 57 \ J Manutahi-Hawera .. 9 24 j Hawera-Normanby.. 3 35 | I Normanbj'-Eltham .. 8 32 I Eltham-Ngairo .. j 2 60 1 ,, ,, Ngaire-Stratford .. 3 20 f 11 ' 52 \ w 28 Stratford Inglew-ood I 13 40 ! Inglewood-Sontry Hill! 8 60 Waitara-N. Plymouth I 11 13 N. Plymouth-Moturoa 2 35 / Moturoa-Breakwator .. 0 53! 0 53 Taonui Branch .. s 15 Q 20 3 33 14 Bull's Branch .. 3 79 ... 3 79 3 79 Prelim. Aramoho Loop .. 0 10 ) „ . Aramoho-Wanganui 3 19 j ° Marton Junction Sta- 0 22 0 63 1 S ( tion Porewa Contract .. 12 54 1 18! 13 72 1! Hunten-ille Contract 5 57 0 62! 6 39 .. Makohino Section .. 8 40 . . I 8 49 8 49 Powhakaroa Section 13 40 ..18 40 13 40 Pacngaroa Section .. 10 22 .. 10 22 10 22 ]'. . 2 16 . 11 64 . 4 27 . 10 17 . 12 53 u 4 49 i I-α i-j 5 63 5 22 4 22 7 43 15 10 3 3 - 4 32 ' 25 Nov., 1874 12 Oct., 1874 1 Jan., 1875 17 Feb., 1876 28 Aug., 1876 1 Sept,.187<! 12 Mar., 1877 25 Jan., 1878 9 Aug., 1880 23 June,lS84 15Dec, 1884 22 Mar., 1887 2 16 11 G4 4 27 ! •i 'A ■• 'i '5 '1? '6 io'l7 4«4. 11 s>. '6 ■fi 12 53 4 49 12 79 ■7 'Q '8 563 1 •96 65 ! 10 Woodvillc-1 North 14 A 4 # 22 7 43 ) 4 ! tlnicrstoi <7 i 15 io 1 15 46 3 3 4 32 3 3 ) 4 32 Wooaville-\ i 8 11 8 11 8 11 Wellington - Woodvillc r ellingtoi i, 26 54 6 15 ■ 4 7 26 54 6 15 26 54 I 114 64 G'l5 10 Jan., 1887 n - 12 8 7 1 4-7 ' 14 June,lS86 6 j 12 8 i Grey town Branch .. Foxton-Ptitcft ' 16 22 ■ 4 19 17 48 7 47 8 35 18 75 100 70 1 Nov., 1880 14 May, 1880 12 Oct., 1878 1 Jan., 1878 1 Feb., 1876 0 ( 8 8 6 3 35 '• t 7 47 17 48 4 19 1 I I ■81 75 ■ 3 0 15 Dec, 1873 8 0 < 1 8 2 0 47 3 7 23 39 11 28 7 76 10 49 9 10 20 25 ! 9 31 ] 13 2 ! 6 73 ! 8 31 8 57 9 24 3 35 8 32 I 2 60 3 20 ! 13 40 l| 8 60 11 13 b 2 35 I - ■• !14 April, 1874 i 1 Nov., 1880 14 May, 1880 '27 April, 1876 20 Oct., 1876 22 April, 1878 ! 20 May, 1878 4 Feb., 1878 17 May, 1877 28 Juno, 1879 [20 Sept.,1880 ! 23 Mar., 1881 : 28 Aug., 1S83 28 Aug., 1883 23 Mar., 1885 20 Oct., 1881 18 June, 1881 7 Feb., 1881 27 Sept., 1880 117 Dec, 1879 30 Nov., 1877 14 Oct., 1875 28 April, 1886 4 8 2 * 047 3 7 3 7 120 44 0 04 3 71 0 I •• Foxton-New Plymouth 0 23 39 Taonni Branch Bull's Branch Wanganui Branch .. I. Marton-Te Aivamutu 6 s 1128 •• I I •• 3 7 3 3 3 7 76 10 49 9 10 ■• I .. .120 44 •' ! I ■• 14 75: : 135 39 3 20 25 .. I J ) i 931 I ■• i •■ 13" 2 6 73 - I i - J I i ! j I 5 .. 71 56 i .. 8 81 8 57 i 3 35 8 32 9*24 L 83 28 \ - 2'eo 3 20 11 52i I ..'■{ L 8 - 60 13 io 71 56 I , . > .. I ■ 11'iis I " .. I I ,. I 3 15 3 79 0 10 3 19 0 22 0 S3 o 2o| SI 0 S3 ) 3 35 3 70 •• ! .. 2*35 3 15 3 79 3 29 3 79 17 Not!., 1879 1 2'ii Prelim. i ■ •• > a'n 21 Jan., 1878 21 Jan., 1878] ■ • i i o'io 3 19 North Island j Main Trunkj Railway 216 0 } 2 13 0 69 1! 5 42 0 22- ! •■ !] .. ■• •• ! :-. \ J 3 29 •■ i ■• -t 1 t 12 54 5 57 8 49 13 40 10 22 1 18 0 62! I I 13 72 !| 6 39 I 8 49 J 13 40 10 22 12 54 5 57 j •• ! 1 ; I ' ) 8 49 13 40 10 22 (6 0 1 4 66 91 13 16 0 .. ' .. '' ! i I Turangarere Section 10 66 .. 10 66 I ? -9 _ ;: I 10 66 I t ; 10 6G Prelim. Prelim, j I •■ I „ . . 4 66 Prelim.i Trial survey . 91 13 .. 91 18 91 13 Prelim. Taumaranui Section 16 0 .. 16 0 16 0 Poro-o-tarao Tunnel 1 34 .. I 1 34 .. l'kil Contract Mokau Section .. 11 9 .. 11 9 11 9 Waiteti Contract .,853 0 25 8 78 .. '.'.'It reKuiti-Otorohanga i 11 41 i) Otorobanga-Te Awa- ! 14 20 I 1 TO ! 27 51 ! - ■•. inutu Stratford-Nihoniho 3 0 . 3 0 3 0 Sur i?y •. 145 O .. 145 O 145 O Prelim. Waitara-Tangarakau 9 40 9 40 9 40 T^ 1 .Survey. ..110 40 .. 110 40 110 40 Prelim. Hastmgs-Te Awamutu 170 0 ..170 0 |l70 0 Prelim. 91 13 16 0 1 34 I " •• i •• i .. i 91 IS Iβ 0 ! 1 34 l'ik \ .. t i .. ! ! i I .. i I •■ . .... -"• ■' ! 1 I I P - 11 9 I 8 53 I J 11 41 j 14 20 0'2S| I 11 9 ■I 8 78 11 9 j 8 53 ( 2 Dec, 1887 9 Mar., 1887 I ■• i 1 •■ I 170 j 27 51 I ... , .. 14*20 ll'il I 2o 61 Stratford-TeAwaniutu 148 0 3 0 145 O 9 40 110 40 170 0 3 0 145 O 9 40 110 40 170 0 j 8 0 145 O 9 40 110 40 170 0 Prelim. Waitara-Te Awamutu 120 0 Hastings-Te Awamutu 170 0 Prelim. Prelim. Totals .. 1522 33 1523 33 112 301553 25:718 9 26 9(5 ss 1522 33 112 30 I 718 9 53 43 l< 10 55 27 19 68 39 jt59 6 " 1553 25; 26 26 61 19 69 23 64 24 103 70 26 33 22 67 2 2 17 8 •43 50 1 11 41 ( 642 77 55 21 * ™ s comprises 12m. 70ch. of railway const t This comprises 48m. of railway constructed tructed by Government and 3Crn. 60ch. of line constructed by private company under the Dist cl by Government and llm. of line constructed by private cempony under the District Kailwa trict Baihvays Ac ays Act, and aftei ct, and aft' irwards pu: iterwar( >urchas< terwart archase r<1 s 1 iedl Is purchs d by the ased by the Government. e Government. !
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PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, BY THE MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON. EDWIN MITCHELSON, 18th AUGUST, 1888., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1888 Session I, D-01
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48,744PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, BY THE MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON. EDWIN MITCHELSON, 18th AUGUST, 1888. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1888 Session I, D-01
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