APPLICATIONS MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR LOANS (ANNUAL RETURN OF) UNDER "THE GOVERNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACT, 1886," FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1890.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1890 Session I, B-11

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1890. NEW ZEALAND.

APPLICATIONS MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR LOANS (ANNUAL RETURN OF) UNDER "THE GOVERNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACT, 1886," FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1890.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly in 'pursuance of Section 50 of "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886."

Eetuen showing what Applications have been made by Local Authorities, and which of them have been granted or refused, also what Sums have been granted or advanced, and for what Purposes, and the Names of such Authorities; what Sums have been borrowed or raised by the Treasurer; and what are the Outstanding Liabilities and the Assets.

List of Applications during Year ended 31st March, 1890.

Local Authority. Amount applied for. Provisionally granted or refused. Eesult Loan of Poll or paid in Petition. full. Amount of Advances made. Purposes oi' Loan. Kemarks. £ 800 CO NTY C' lUNCIL iS. Akaroa P.G. .. Carried £ £ Wharf at Wainui Bay South Rakaia irriga-tion-works. Drainage-works, Matau Riding. Bridge over Tokomairiro River. To complete Inch Clutha drainage Steps completed, but money not paid. Ashburton 5,000 Rejected .. Bruce 750 Carried .. 750 Bruce 1,000 Rejected .. Bruce 150 G. .. No poll required 150 Under section 22, "Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886." Applied for under section 15, " Public Works Act, 1889." Under section 22, " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886." Uncompleted. Bruce 1,000 R. .. Bridge over Tokomairiro Bruce 75 G. .. No poll required To complete drain-age-works, Crichton and Matau Ridings Kaiteratahi Bridge Geraldine Plat and Orari-Waihi WaterCook Geraldine 4,500 ; 2,500 , P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried 2^500 Geraldine 2,500 | P.G. .. Carried races. Water-supply, Waitohi district Rangitata and OrariWaihi Water-race Uncompleted. Geraldine 250 ! P.G. .. No poll required Under section 22, " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886." Uncompleted. Under section 22. Geraldine 50 P.G. .. No poll required Carried .. 50 To complete Woodbury Water-race Roads. Metalling part Mountain Road Culverts and bridges, Waimate Riding. Main South Road and Hawera-Nor-manby Road. Mountain Road in Ngaire Riding. Opunake - Stratford Road, in Ngaire Riding. Hawera Hawera 2,800 300 P.G. .. P.G. .. 1,200 Uncompleted. Hawera 2,000 P.G. .. Rejected .. Hawera 1,500 P.G. .. Carried .. 1,500 Hawera 1,200 P.G. .. Carried .. 600 Hawera 300 I P.G. .. Carried .. 50 Carried forward i I 26,675 4,950 1,850

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List of Applications— continued.

ROAD BOARDS.

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Local Authority. Amount applied for. Provisionally granted or refused. Result of Poll ov (Petition. Loan paid in full. Amount of Advances made. Purposes of Loan. Remarks, COUNTS ■ COUNI !ILS— cor, '.tinned. Brought forward Manawatu 26,675 1,000 P.d'. .. Carried .. £ 4,950 1,000 £ 1,850 Roads, Campbell and Waitohi Hidings. Various roads. Watershed Road. Ngei Road. To complete ManganohoKoad Pahiatua Rangitikei Rangitikei Rangitikei 11,800 500 500 60 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried .. Carried Carried .. No poll required 500 500 60 6,250 Rangitikei Rangitikei 250 1,000 P.G. .. P.G. .. 250 1,000 Under section 22, " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886." Selwyn Wairarapa North Wairarapa North Wairarapa North Wairarapa North Wairarapa North 1,000 500 600 300 700 2,500 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried Carried Carried .. Carried Rejected .. No poll required Carried .. Rejected .. 500 300 700 Lochaber Road. Formation and bridge Rangatira Road. Bllesmere Waterrace Opaki to Manawatti Road. Te Oreore-Bideford Road. To complete Master-ton-W aimata Road Eketahuna-Tinui Road. Me Galling Eketahuna -Tinui Road. Tiraumoa Road To complete Eketa-huna-Tinui Road Roads in Denlair and Longacre Subdivisions Roads and bridges.. Bridge over Jacob's. River Roadworks Uncompleted. Under section 22. Uncompleted. Under section 22. Uncompleted. Uncompleted. Wairarapa North Wairarapa North ' 300 70 P.G. .. P.G. .. No poll required Carried .. Wanganui 450 P.G. .. 300 Wanganui Wallace 1,000 900 P.G. .. P.G. .. Ditto. Ditto. Wai temata 1,000 51,105 P.G. .. Ditto. 9,760 8,400

Alfred ton _ .V_T. . . P.G. .. iNo poll required To complete lhauraua Valley Road No. 1 Ihauraua Valley Road No. 2. To complete Ihauraua Valley Road No. 2 To complete Uriti Road To metal a road .. Bridges and roads. Mangaone Valley Road. Roads in Wellington No. 1 and No. 2 Special Settlement Blocks and Parkeville Road To complete Mangaone Valley Road To complete Roads in Parke ville Special Settlement Roads. To complete Andrewartha Road 11 roads in Feilding Small-farm Association Block. Roads and bridges Roads. Under section 22, " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886." Alfredton 300 Carried .. 300 Alfredton 30 P.G. .. No poll required 30 Under section 22. O'astlepoint 80 P.G. .. No poll required 80 Ditto. Carringfcon Danevirke I'lketahuna 100 3,000 750 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried .. Carried .. 3," 000 750 Uncompleted. Mketahuna 4,250 P.G. .. Carried .. 2,250 Eketahuna 75 P.G. .. No poll required No poll required Under section 22. Uncompleted. Under section 22. Fketahuna 300 P.G... 300 1'igmont Fiteherbert 200 40 P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried .. No poll required Carried .. 200 Ditto. Uncompleted. Kiwitea 4,000 P.G. .. 2,700 Kaiti .. Mastorton Masterton Masterton 1,500 150 50 600 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried .. Carried .. Carried .. 150 50 Uncompleted. 600 P.G. .. _ W a n g a e h u Main Road W a n g a e h u Main Road extension Uncompleted. Ditto. Masterton Carried forward 16,055 4,890 4,950

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List of Applications— continued.

RIVER BOARDS.

BOROUGHS.

Note. —P.G., provisionally granted ; G., granted ; B., refused.

ProviAmount sionally Result Loan Local Authority. applied granted of Poll or paid in (or. or Petition. lull, refused. Amount Advances P^Pp** of Loan, rnade. Remai'ks. ROAD BOAR] >S— continued. I £ £ Brought forward i 16,055 .. .. 4,890 Masterton .. 250 P.G. £ 4,950 P.G... Koad Te Oreore to Section 13, Kopuaranga 2,322 Roads in No. 5 Ward. Roads Unc ' Unc Uncompleted. completed, completed. Manchester .. j 4,750 P.G... Carried .. Manchester ..j 3,572 P.G... Matamata .. 850 P.G. .. Carried .. 850 Manawatu .. 333 P.G. .. No poll re- 333 quired P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Uncompleted. To complete certain roads Und vei Under section 22, " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1866." der section 2 irnment Loans n/Iipc Apf. 1 ftpil Manawatu .. 2,060 P.G... Carried .. Mangawhero .. 500 P.G. Mauriceville .. 200 P.G. Mount Eden .. 1,000 P.G... Carried .. 1,000 Mount Eden .. 500 P.G. .. Carried .. 500 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. 1,560 Roads. Not yet defined .BO Unc TVff Uncompleted. Ditto. ocues Act, lSbi completed. 4-~ Okain's Bay .. 500 P.G. .. Carried .. 500 TeHoro .. 1,200 P.G... Upper Wangaehu 100 P.G. .. Carried .. 100 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Waterworks. To complete waterworks. Wharf at Little Akaloa. Roads Bridge over Wangaehu River. To complete road on left bank Wangaehu River Roads Ditt Unc Und CO) Unc Uncompleted. to. completed. der sectitfn 2 impleted. completed. Upper Wangaehu 180 P.G. .. No poll required P.G. .. Under secticm 22. Uncompleted. Waitotara-Momo- 3,000 P.G... haki Whataupoko .. 230 P.G. .. No poll re- 230 quired P.G. .. Uncompleted. P.G. .. To complete road and bridge Una Under section 22. der section 22 35,280 8,403 8,403 8,832

kuimore - Limehills J. .1_F. . . No poll required To complete overworks Under section 22, " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886." Uncompleted. Tipton,. clenley 73 1,000 P.G. .. P.G. .. Ditto Carried .. ljooo Ditto Repairs to damages by floods. Riverworks Improving Whiskey Creek. Cutting channel. rlenley Mangaone 500 700 P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried .. Carried .. 700 Uncompleted. Jpper Dipton .. 1,400 P.G. .. Carried .. 200 3,798 1,825 I 200

Brunner Brunner .. 1,350 .. 1,500 P.G. .. B. .. Carried .. 800 Wallsend Bridge. To pay award made No power to grant, by Auditor-General between county and borough Drainage-works. 2,000 Waterworks. 2,800 Kaitangata Picton.. 250 .. 4,000 7,100 P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried .. Carried .. 250 250 TOWN BOABD. Bichmond Totals 600 P.G. .. j Carried .. .. | 300 Waterworks. .. 97,883* ..' •■ 20,238 20,532 , L - * £2,500 has to be deducted from this amount for loans refused.

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£ s. d. £ s. d. Money bolfrowed to make advances to local bodies ... ... ... 50,000 0 0 Money advanced to local bodies ... ... ... ... ... 59,763 10 0 Outstanding liabilities, —■ Money promised to local bodies which have complied with the provisions of the Actf ... ... ... ... 14,928 0 0 Money liable to be advanced as required when provisions of tiie Act are complied with ... ... • ... ... 39,530 0 0 54,458 0 0 Assets, — Inscribed debt of local authorities! ... ... ... ... 241,006 14 3

Note. —The total amount borrowed up to the 31st March, 1890, to make advances to local bodies was £250,000. The total amount advanced to local bodies up to the 31st March, 1889, was £248,200 4s. lOd. t Including second year's grants, for which all formalities have been completed. I This amount represents the debt as inscribed on the Ist February, 1890. It excludes the inscribed stock exchanged for debentures under "The Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882," separately described. (See 8.-12 A, 1889.)

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