PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, BY THE MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON R.J. SEDDON 27th September, 1892.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1892 Session I, D-01

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1892. NEW ZEALAND

PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, BY THE MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON R. J. SEDDON 27th September, 1892.

Me. Speaker,— The Financial Statement submitted by my honourable colleague, the Colonial Treasurer, will, to a great extent, have prepared honourable members for the inevitable, so far as the reduction in'the expenditure on public works is concerned, and it has so far lightened my otherwise somewhat unpleasant task. The decision arrived at by the present Parliament to stop borrowing necessarily brings with it a gradual tapenng-off in the public works expenditure. When the self-reliant policy indicated m the Financial Statement of last year, and to which, further effect has been given this year, was first announced, it was asserted that the colony would not be able to continue on the lines laid down , m fact, it was quite understood by many honourable members that this year we should of necessity have to go upon the money market. Kesults have proved, however, that fair progress has been made with our necessary reproductive public works, and yet the expenditure thereon has been less during the past year than it has been for years past, and still the colony has advanced. I may say, indeed, that general prosperity now obtains, as well as a feeling of satisfaction and security, except, perhaps, on the part of those who were unpatriotic enough to wish that circumstances would compel the Government to have recourse to further borrowing When some five years ago the pledge was given by the late Government that further borrowing should not be resorted to for three years, the detractors of the colony abroad (and unfortunately some were found here) loudly announced that, immediately at the end of the three years, the colony would be forced to ask for another loan. Results have proved this forecast to have been entirely erroneous, five years have now elapsed, and further borrowing is not yet required, and from the present outlook we do not consider that further borrowing should take place. The independent position taken up by the Government, supported in this as we are by a large majority m the House and m the country, has done a great deal m restoring confidence m the finances and resources of the colony Our securities,

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when this self-reliant policy was first announced, compared unfavourably with those of the other colonies, but on a comparison being made now it will be found that New Zealand securities have attained to the highest position. From some of our prominent colonists recently returned from the Mothercountry I gather that there is only one expression of opinion at Home in regard to New Zealand —its people, its resources and finances, either as a field for investment or for settlement- —all speak in the most glowing terms, and to be a New Zealander is a thing to be proud of, and not only does this feeling obtain in the Mother-country, but it is the same m Australasia. Reference to the Press of Australasia will fully confirm the favourable opinion and confidence thus expressed in regard to New Zealand, and the policy which has been adopted here, namely, to live within our means, to gradually improve the condition of the country from the revenues received, to promote settlement, and to generally carry on our business without the aid of the moneylender Such a policy places us in an independent position, and not as m times gone by, when, cap in hand, money was asked and grudgingly given at rates satisfactory to the lenders but ruinous to the taxpayers of the colony The evil of the borrowing-policy of the past must be apparent to all thinking men when we realise that the sum of £1,842,686 has to be annually laid aside to meet interest and the instalments due on account of sinking funds. Having thus briefly sketched the advantages of continuing the self-reliant course adopted, it will be unnecessary to say that the Statement this year will probably not be attractive or pleasing to those who are favourable to large loan expenditure, but to those who really have the best interests of the colony at heart, and who are prepared to make the necessary sacrifices entailed by the continuance of the policy indicated, I hope to give a measure of satisfaction. During the recess I have visited the different districts in which the works are in course of progress, with the result that I find that the construction of the works authorised last session has given general satisfaction, but, as previously stated, the amount expended has been small compared with the expenditure during previous years Before dealing with the particular works in detail it is well that I should make a statement as to the condition of the Public Works Fund 1s

PUBLIC WORKS FUND The state of the Public Works Fund on the 31st March last (including an asset of £878 due to Part I. of the fund under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886") was as follows: —

As already announced in the Financial Statement, the Government proposes to devote £200,000 of the estimated surplus revenue of the year to public works purposes. In addition to this a sum of £50,000 will be available under " The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891," and some miscellaneous credits to the extent of another £2,000 or so are expected to be received in addition. The following table shows the state of the Public Works Fund on the 31st March last, and an estimate of how it will stand on the 31st March next, if the proposals which I now submit to the House are approved of.

Parts of Fund. U S^„ P ,? n » d 0 ed Eeceipts Balances, rliirino 31st March, 1S qi 0 .f 1891. 1891-9-. i I Totals. Expenditure,! Balances Liabilities Net Balance Year ended I remaining, existing, available, 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, 1892. 1892. 1892. 1892. 'art I. 'art II. I I i I £ £ £ £ £ £ I £ . | 361 989 *850,071 '. 712,060 |412,482 : 299,578 250,064 49,514 356,107 356,107 79 130 276,977 63,807 I 213 170 .. '. 718,096 350,071 1,068 167 491 612 576,555 313,871 262,684 Totals * Including asset of £878 under Government Loans to Local Bodies Act. loating debt. Including £100,000 paid o:

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The debit balance of £8,798, shown under Part I. in the above table, will be extinguished by the transfer of a sum of about' £10,000 from Part 11. of the fund for Native land purchases within the area mentioned in the Schedule to the North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act Amendment Bill, which have already been defrayed out of Part I. of the fund, but which will be transferred to Part 11. on the Bill becoming law The expenditure on all works and services throughout the colony under the Public Works Fund up to the 31st March last, including the purchase of the provincial and district railways, has amounted to a total sum of £28,379,541, the principal items being as follows, viz Railways, £15,362,110, roads, £3,604,925, immigration, £2,145,967, public buildings, £1,815,577, purchase of Native lands, £1,248,875, lighthouses, harbour works, and harbour defences, £889,165 , defence purposes generally, £429,719 , telegraph extension, £634,421, waterworks on goldfields, £513,358, cost of, and discount on, raising loans, &c, £1,021,472 , and departmental, £359,965. DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION. As mentioned m my Public Works Statement last year, considerable reductions have been made in the departmental staff, and a great saving has thereby been effected. This reduction in the number of the officers necessarily entailed a large amount of additional work on the part of those retained, so much so, indeed, that I have at times had some doubt as to whether, in making the reductions referred to, I had not gone too far I am pleased, however, to say that the officers retained have fully justified the selection made, and the work has been performed in a highly creditable manner, and that no further changes m the staff are necessary at present. On account of the largely increased amount of work now performed by most of the officers, and also on account of the retirement of a number of senior and

Part I. Part II. Total. Cash balances on 31st March, 1892 Credit from surplus revenue and Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Probable recoveries during the year £ 299,578 £ 276,977 £ 576,555 250 000 2 000 250,000 2,000 Amount proposed for actual expenditure during 1892-93 551,578 276,977 828,555 501,621 160,144 661 765 Estimated cash balances on 31st March, 1893, available for expenditure after that date 49,957 116,833 166,790 Part I. Part II. Total. Cash balances on the 31st March, 1892 Credit from surplus revenue and Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Probable recoveries during the year. £ 299,578 £ 276,977 £ 576,555 250,000 2,000 250,000 2,000 Total appropriation proposed for expenditure during 1892-93, and to cover liabilities at end of year 551 578 276,977 828,555 560,376 218,840 779,216 Estimated balance on the 31st March, 1893, available for future appropriation Dr 8,798 58,137 49,339

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more highly-paid men having entailed the promotion of a number of juniors to fill their places, I have proposed several small increases in salary to departmental officers this year, which I trust the House will agree to The amounts are in all cases exceedingly moderate, and the total amount of the increases proposed does not exceed £230 per annum So far as the arrangement of the staff is concerned, very little change has been made during the year The appointment of Mr Blow as Under-Secretary was a wise selection, and a promotion well-earned, and the placing under him of the whole of the administrative and clerical portion of the departmental work has proved the wisdom of the choice made, and I have no hesitation m saying that these branches of the department have never been more efficiently carried on, nor under better control, at any previous period. The Acting Engineer-m-Chief, Mr Hales, has been appointed Engmeer-m-Chief, a position to which, from his long experience and position in the service, he was justly entitled, and which he will most efficiently fill. The change made in placing all work of a clerical nature entirely under the Under-Secretary, thus enabling the whole time and attention of the Engmeer-m-Chief to be devoted to engineering and technical matters, has effected a great saving in administration, and has worked most satisfactorily, and the work has been more evenly distributed. On the 31st of October next Mr. John Blackett, who at present fills the position of Consulting Engineer for the colony in England, will retire from the public service on a well-earned pension. Mr Blackett has been m the public service for more than thirty-three years, partly under the Provincial Government of Nelson, but principally under the General Government of the colony During this lengthened period he has successively filled the offices of Provincial Engineer, Nelson, Assistant Engmeer-m-Chief, Engmeer-in-Charge for the North Island, Marine Engineer, Engineer-m-Chief, and Consulting Engineer m England, in all of which positions he has rendered distinguished service to the country On his retirement at a ripe age, and after so lengthened a period of service, it affords me much pleasure to thus bear official testimony to his great worth as a faithful public servant. WORKING RAILWAYS. The length of line completed and handed over to the Railway Commissioners for working during the year has been 31 miles 8 chains—namely, the Glenomaru Section of the Catlin's River Railway, 6 miles 18 chains, and the Hindon-Middlemarch Section of the Otago Central Railway, 24 miles 70 chains —making a total length of railway opened for traffic at the close of the financial of 1,867 miles. The total earnings during the year amounted to £1,115,431, and the net profit, after deducting working-expenses, amounted to £408,914, being £5,086 less than the Railway Commissioners' estimate for the year, and £12,084 less than the net revenue of the preceding year The percentage return on the total capital invested in the railways amounted last year to £2 15s. 9d per cent., against £2 18s. lid. per cent, for the previous year, and £2 19s. sd. for the year 1889-90. I am glad to state that for the current financial year the Railway Commissioners estimate that a larger net revenue will be earned, their estimate being £423,000, but even this amount will only about bring* the net revenue up to that of 1890-91, though the length of line open for traffic will be over thirty miles more than that year The best paying sections during the late year have again been the two coalcarrying lines on the west coast of the Middle Island, the Westport Section having earned no less than £7 6s. per cent, on its cost, and the Greymouth Section £5 15s. sd. per cent. These sections show a substantial increase on last year's return, both as regards the total amount earned and the percentage of profit paid. Next to these two lines comes the Napier-Wanganui-New Pymouth Section, which earned £3 2s. lOd. per cent., also a substantial improvement for the year The Nelson Section earned £1 4s. 9d. per cent., against a loss of about the same percentage during the previous year. The Kawakawa and Picton Sections show more favourable results than in the previous year, while the

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Whangarei, Auckland, Wellington, and Hurunui-Bluff Sections give less favourable results. On the whole the traffic results of the year cannot be regarded as satisfactory. The gross revenue has declined £6,270, while the net revenue has decreased by no less than £12,084, and the rate of interest earned has decreased by 3s. 2d. per cent. These unfavourable results are more apparent on the Hurunui-Bluff Section than on the smaller sections. On the Hurunui-Bluff Section the gross revenue has decreased by £42,799, the net revenue has decreased by £38,623, the rate of interest earned has decreased 12s. Id. per cent., while the cost of working has increased 336 per cent., the total number of passengers carried has decreased 24,885, and the total tonnage carried has decreased 88,036 tons, and these results have accrued notwithstanding that the length of line embraced m the system has increased by twenty-seven miles. Last year also a sum of £1,075 was charged to the Miscellaneous Services Vote of the Colonial Secretary's Department for compassionate allowances to sundry persons for injuries received upon the railways, which amount should properly have been debited to railway working expenses, and the sum of £14,000, derived from the sale of certain surplus rolling-stock to the Government of Western Australia, which I stated last year it was proposed to credit to the allocation for additions to open lines in the Public Works Fund, was paid to the credit of the Railway Commissioners' vote for the working expenses of the railways instead, thus making the working expenses of the railways appear to be £14,000 less than they actually were. These very unfavourable results, notwithstanding the increased prosperity and increasing population of the colony, appear to the Government to bejso disquieting as to require some special remedy It has therefore been determined to ask for an amendment of the law under which our working railways are at present administered, and it is hoped that if the Bill for this purpose now before the House becomes law very much better results may shortly be apparent. The funds voted last year for additions to open lines proved to be more than sufficient for the requirements of the year, a balance of £12,612 remaining unexpended on 31st March last. The Railway Commissioners estimate that this amount will be sufficient for the requirements of the current year, and a vote for that sum is proposed accordingly The question of the administration and control of the loan expenditure on works on open lines, to which I made special reference last year, and with regard to which proposals were made to the House in the Public Works Appropriation Bill of last session, but ultimately withdrawn, still remains in an unsatisfactory position , but, while I still adhere to the opinion expressed in my Statement of last year, that all expenditure of loan-moneys should be under the sole control of Government, still, seeing that the term for which the Commissioners were appointed will expire in January 1894, I do not now intend to ask for any alteration m the law in this respect. The friction which has unfortunately existed for some time past between the Commissioners and their employes has not altogether abated. The action of the Commissioners in refusing to recognise their employes unions is to some extent the cause of the discontent that exists, and such action, in my opinion, really amounts to an interference with the liberties of the subject. In the Mother country, employers of labour, whether railway companies or dock owners, &c, where they have as many or more men employed than our Railway Commissioners have, have not considered it advisable to restrain their men from joining or forming unions, and, so long as the Railway Commissioners maintain their present hostile attitude towards unionism, so long will their employes have ground for complaint. A draft Bill for a scheme of insurance has been circulated by the Commissioners amongst the employes, and a largely-signed petition has been received m favour of its adoption. That necessity exists for provision being made all must admit, but, at the same time, it must also be admitted that, as regards provision against sickness, the Friendly Societies meet what is required. Accidents and provision for old age should, however, be dealt with under a general scheme applicable to all Government employes.

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To meet such cases provision was made in the Civil Service Bill introduced by the Government, but the provisions of this Bill have not met with general favour from the railway employes. At the same time the objections made were committee objections, as the general principle of making some suitable provision is admitted on all hands. During the recess the details of this matter will be fully gone into, and a comparison of the scheme submitted by the Railway Commissioners and the alternative scheme submitted by the employes will be made, and a satisfactory solution of the question it is hoped may thus be found, and, if so, the matter can be definitely dealt with next session. The Railway Commissioners inform me that they have arranged that, on the retirement of Mr Blackett, Mr John Carruthers, a former Engineer-m-Chief of the colony, shall act for them as Consulting Engineer in England, at a remuneration of £500 per annum Zone System. The agitation in lavour of the zone system still continues, and experience is proving in other countries that there is a great deal to be said in its favour The returns from the working of our railways do not show at all a satisfactory condition of affairs, and the representations of Mr Samuel Vaile, of Auckland, as to the working of the zone system indicate that at no distant date—possibly on the expiry of the Commissioners' term of office—it might be as well that a trial of this system should be made on our railways. Wellington-Manawatu Railway Considerable agitation has taken place relative to the Government taking over this line. The agitation has come principally from the districts served by the New Zealand railways, the principal reason urged being the short-distance rates charged. The persons principally interested have asked the Government, through their representatives in the House, their intentions, but from the company itself no overtures have been received. The question demands careful consideration— more particularly from a financial point of view That under the present policy it would be impossible to provide the means for the purchase of this line, and at the same time proceed with the construction of railways and roads to the districts requiring the same, is of course obvious ' It is quite impossible to provide ways and means for the purchase of the line from the consolidated revenue, so that the next question would be, is the colony prepared to borrow money for the redemption of the company's debentures, and to pay whatever the balance of the purchase-money might be over and above the amount of the debentures ? The Government is of opinion that the time has not yet arrived for this to be done. Since last session a test case has been heard m the Supreme Court, and it has been decided that the company can only charge the same rates as those prevailing for the carriage of goods and passengers on the Government lines. This being the case, the only grievance remaining is the short-distance rates which are charged on through traffic. The Government has been approached with the view of assisting m the running of an express tram through from Wellington to New Plymouth, and the company has been asked to consent to the Railway Commissioners running a Government tram right through, but they have declined to permit this to be done. They have, at the same time, informed the Commissioners that they have the necessary locomotives and rolling-stock for the running of the express train, and are prepared to run it if the Government will give a subsidy towards the cost. THE CO-OPERATIVE SYSTEM. The result of the experiments in the construction of our railways and public works on the co-operative principle has proved highly satisfactory, though, as in all new systems, there was a little friction at first. Amendments have been made m the terms of the agreements between the -workmen in the direction of reducing the numbers in each party, it being very difficult to get thirty or forty men who can work harmoniously together, and who

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are physically and otherwise capable of performing an equal amount of work. But by subdividing the parties and allowing the men to select their own co-partners it is found that they practically classify themselves, and thus very largely reduce one. of the principal difficulties m working the scheme. There have, m some cases, also been little difficulties at first with the officers of the Government in dealing with, the system, owing to their being accustomed to deal only with contractors, and owing also to the subdivision of the work, and having so many separate parties of men to deal with, entailing a considerable amount of extra work upon both the engineers and the overseers. The engineer, in fact, has practically to take the position of the contractor, whilst the overseers have to act not only as, overseers for the Government but also as foremen of works for the contracting parties. Taken as a whole, however, every satisfaction has been given by the staff, with one or two exceptions, and at the present time the whole of the works are going on quite smoothly and satisfactorily to both the Government and the men who are doing the work. The work has cost no more than it would have cost if it had been done under the contract system, and, at the same time, a better class of work has been done A great advantage in constructing works under the co-operative system is that the Government has the expenditure thoroughly under control. Should any circumstances arise rendering it desirable to curtail expenditure, it is simply necessary to reduce the number of men, the agreements with the men providing that the Government is at liberty to order the work to be discontinued at any time without payment of compensation. Under the contract system works cannot be stopped when once the liability has been incurred without heavy compensation having to be paid to the contractor The state of the labour market can also be studied, and a very much better attempt made to equalise supply and demand than under the contract system, as, when once a contract has been signed binding a contractor to complete works within a definite period, they must be continuously pushed on with, even when labour is very scarce and in great demand for other purposes. The contention that, when a large amount of labour is unemployed, pressure, which is well nigh irresistible, would be brought to bear on the Government to find employment, has been proved to be altogether erroneous, as is evidenced by the large reductions m the number of men employed on the Government cooperative works during the last few months A matter now requiring consideration is the application of the system of co-operation to large works requiring skilled labour—ordinary railway culverts of brick and stone-work and some small bridges have already been successfully attempted. A question at the present time is whether the laying of the permanent-way could not also be advantageously undertaken on the same principle. This matter lam now going carefully into I have already let one experimental contract of two miles in length, and am awaiting the result. If satisfactory, an attempt will be made to apply the system to the laying of the permanent-way on the. different railway works now in course of construction. On several of our lines we have a large amount of formation-work done, and it is necessary in order to give the districts in which the railways are situated the full advantage of their, construction, and also with the view of obtaining returns on the expenditure that has been incurred, that the work of laying the permanent-way should now be gone on with, and, with that object in view, I am having reports made by the engineers m charge of the several districts as to how far the work can be done under the co-operative system. There may be some places where it can be done to advantage, while m others it could not be done advantageously and with due regard to economy It is my fixed intention to adhere to the principle laid down at the commencement that the work should not cost more than if it were done under the contract system. I have received communications from the Colony of Victoria, and I am given to understand that the co-operative system has now been introduced m the construction of public works in that colony.

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COLONIAL INDUSTRIES. Another question that has been brought under my notice during the year is the question of using colonial cement I have had careful experiments made, with the result that the colonial-made article is found to be in many instances equal, and in some cases superior, to that imported. This being the case the question will naturally arise, why (when the colonialmade article can be procured at the same price as the imported) should there not be a preference given to it, yet, by a return laid on the table of the House, it will be seen that in the construction of public works the amount of imported cement used is at present double that of the colomal-inade article. The cement companies employ a large amount of labour, and much capital has been embarked in the industry, and some of the companies have imported the latest and best machinery, and have done everything to improve the manufacture of the article, but they are handicapped inasmuch as the Direct steamships are bringing cement out as ballast and disposing of it m the colony at rates which cannot be regarded as the fair market value of the article. I think the time has now arrived when the colony should definitely decide to use nothing but the colonial cement in the construction of its public works, leaving the competition as to the supply of imported or colonial cement to private individuals. Another question of a similar nature is the using of galvanised iron m the construction of public buildings. Representations were made to the Government that a firm in Auckland was manufacturing an article quite equal to that imported. On obtaining a report from the Engineer-in-Chief on the subject I ascertained that, from the examination and tests which he had had made, the iron was of exceptionally good quality, and equal to any in the market, and, on his recommendation, an order has been given for several tons of the material, to be used in buildings now m course of construction by the department at Auckland and Wellington. This is what has been done so far, and it is my intention that, so long as the article is supplied at a reasonable price, to give the preference to the colonial make, and thus, while not paying any more for our supplies, we are assisting to provide employment for a large number of persons, and giving practical effect to the wishes of the Legislature when passing the tariff in 1888. RAILWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION I will now refer to the several railway works that have been under construction during the year in their geographical order from north to south. X AMO-K AWAK AW A. The Railways Authorisation and Management Act of last year provided for the extension of the Whangarei-Kamo Railway to Hikurangi. As quickly as possible after last session the survey of the line was put in hand, and was completed before Christmas, and the construction at once commenced. About 4£ miles of the line is now well m hand, and a further length will be taken in hand shortly Only a small proportion of last year's vote was actually expended within the financial year, and a vote of £20,000 is asked for this year to continue the work. The work is being done entirely on the co-operative principle. Helensville Northwards. The formation of the Makarau Section (with the exception of the tunnel) is nearly completed, and the tunnel is well in hand. The expenditure on this line last year amounted to £9,376, while liabilities existed at the end of the year to the amount of £13,673. A vote of £15,000 is asked for this year to cover these liabilities and contingent works. Grahamstown-Te Aroha. The section of this railway between Te Aroha and Paeroa, sanctioned under last year's public works proposals, was put in hand as soon after the close of last session as possible, and the work has proceeded vigorously,—so much so that a

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length of twelve miles of formation is almost completed. The vote asked for this year will provide for the steady prosecution of the work throughout the year, and a vote for a moderate sum next year will complete this section of the line. PUTARURU-ROTORUA. The Kaponga Contract, which, as mentioned in my Statement last year, brings this line to a point about 13| miles from theßotorua Township, was duly completed in December last, and the Tarukenga Contract, which carries the line 4£ miles further towards Rotorua, was let m January The works are being vigorously pushed on, and will probably be completed well before this time next year As there will only be a distance of about 9 miles between the end of the completed railway and the Township of Rotorua when this contract is finished, and as the bulk of the formation-work of about 6 miles of the Rotorua end of this distance has already been completed, as explained in last year's Statement, the Government considers that the completion of the railway is a work of the first importance, and we therefore propose to take a vote this year sufficient to complete it accordingly. A vote of £48,000 has therefore been provided, but only £35,000 of the amount will be required for actual expenditure within the present financial year North Island Main Trunk Railway. At the northern end of this railway the Mokau Section, which is the connecting link between the completed railway from Auckland and the Poro-o-tarao tunnel (which has been completed for some time) has been put in hand. The work has all been done under the co-operative system, and has progressed very satisfactorily. The vote provided for this year is for the purpose of continuing the work on this section. At the southern end of the line the works on the Mangaonoho Section —the contract for which was let in December, 1890 —have progressed fairly satisfactorily, and the Makohine and Pawhakaroa Sections have been put in hand on the co-operative principle. Eketahuna- Woodville . In accordance with the proposals made last year the construction of this -railway has been commenced at both ends, the work being done on the co-opera-tive principle , but only a comparatively small sum was expended during the late financial year The works are still progressing slowly, but will be pushed on more vigorously if the vote which has now been placed on the estimates for the work is passed. A total authorisation of £25,000 is asked for, of which £15,000 is proposed to be voted for actual expenditure within the year. Wellington-Eketahuna (Te Aro Extension). The extension of the Wellington-Napier Railway to Te Aro, authorised by " The Railways Authorisation and Management Act, 1891," has been put in hand during the year, and the formation-works are now nearly completed. The laying of the permanent-way, which forms part of the present contract, will be proceeded with immediately, and tenders for the necessary station-buildings will be invited at an early date. Practically, no part of last year's vote was expended within the late financial year, and a vote for the whole cost of the work, including provision for a goodsstation of moderate size, is therefore included in this year's estimates. Blenheim-A watere . The Utawai Contract of this railway has been finished during the year A contract called the Omaka Contract has also been let, providing for the laying of the permanent-way for a distance of 2J miles to the southward of Blenheim, and is now nearly completed. The vote provided for this railway this year is to cover the liabilities existing on the 31st March last, and any minor contingencies that may arise m bringing the works to completion.

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Westport-Ngakawau-Mokihinui. The extension of the Westport-Ngakawau Railway to Mokihmui is now practically completed, and the line will shortly be available for traffic. The formation-works, including large concrete retaining-walls and culverts, were carried out under the co-operative system, but the Ngakawau and Patten's Bridges Contracts and the platelaying were let in the ordinary way by public tender The line is 7 miles 12 chains in length, and has cost £28,696 up to the 31st August last, including £5,669 for permanent-way materials. The whole of the funds have been found by the Westport Harbour Board, as provided by " The Westport-Ngakawau Railway Extension Act, 1890." Gre ymouth-Hokitika . The whole of the formation-works on this railway are practically completed, and the balance of the bridge-work is now in hand, a great deal of the work having been done on the co-operative principle The platelaying, station buildings, and sundry minor finishing works are all that remain to be undertaken, and these works are provided for m the amount which the House is asked to authorise this year The total amount expended upon this railway up to the 31st March last was £117,748, of which amount £17,137 was expended during the late financial year, and liabilities to the amount of £7,850 existed at its close. Otago Central. At the time that I made my Public Works Statement last year the works on this railway were almost entirely suspended, owing to the loan allocation for the same being exhausted, the line being then open to Middlemarch, and the rails laid to a distance of 2 miles beyond that point. As quickly as possible after our proposals of last year were approved by Parliament the work of construction was resumed, and the formation of the line has now progressed to within a short distance of Hyde, 16 miles from Middlemarch, the work being done on the co-operative principle. The Government regards this line as the most important railway work now under construction in the Middle Island, and therefore proposes to push on with it vigorously An authorisation of a substantial sum—namely, £36,000 —is asked for accordingly, of which amount £30,000 will be required for expenditure within the current financial year The authorisation asked for will complete the formation- and bridge-works between Middlemarch and Hyde, and carry the platelaying as far as it will be practicable to take it this year As soon as the construction of the bridges between Middlemarch and Hyde has progressed sufficiently to admit of it, the work of laying the rails between these two places will be put in hand and energetically proceeded with. Catlin's River Railway. The works on the Catlin's Section of this railway (a short section only half a mile m length, but including a tunnel 12J chains long), are now on the verge of completion. A considerable amount of work was also done under the cooperative principle during the early part of the financial year on a section of the line beyond the tunnel contract, but the work had to be discontinued or the vote for the railway would have been exceeded. The total amount expended on the line during last year was £17,658, and liabilities to the amount of £4,721 existed at the close of the year The vote proposed for this year is to cover these liabilities, and to provide for the resumption of the works on the section beyond the tunnel towards the end of the financial year In the further extension of this railway it is intended to follow the " direct " route already surveyed, as this route is the shortest, the cheapest, and the best. Seaward Bush Railway Shortly after our public-works proposals of last session were agreed to, the Waituna Section of this line was put in hand on the co-operative principle. The

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works have proceeded satisfactorily, the bulk of the formation being now completed. The total authorisation proposed for this year, namely, £15,000, will complete the formation of the line to the Gorge Road, a distance of 18 miles from its junction with the Invercargill-Bluff main line, so as to be ready for the platelaying next year £12,000 of this amount will be required for actual expenditure within the current financial year. Summary The appropriations proposed for railway-works this year total to a sum of £399,755, against a total appropriation of £490,276, and an actual expenditure of £153,736 last year A very much larger sum could doubtless be profitably expended m railway-construction were the funds available, and were it desirable to allow our public-works expenditure to reach a larger figure , but, in view of the fact that our ways and means are somewhat limited, and that the policy of the Government and. the country is against a large loan expenditure, I think that the allocation of moneys amongst the several lines indicated above may be accepted as a fair and satisfactory one

Midland Railway The section of this railway between Brunnerton and Reefton is now open for traffic, and the Springfield Section (4 miles 54 chains in length) of the Sprmg-field-Brunnerton portion of the line, and a distance of 10 miles 14 chains at the Brunnerton end of the same portion of the line, is now completed and ready for traffic, but neither of these latter sections is actually being worked at present. Several miles of the line, namely, from the end of the completed portion of the line from Brunnerton (towards Springfield) to Jackson's, at the crossing of the Teremakau River, are now in course of construction, but between Jackson's and the end of the Springfield Section practically nothing has yet been done, notwithstanding that more than seven and a half years of the total time of ten years allowed for the construction of the entire railway have elapsed. The works on the Belgrove Contract, 5J miles in length, at the northern end of the Reefton to Belgrove Section of the railway, referred to in last year's Public Works Statement, are still proceeding, being now rather more than half done. The Government very much regrets that it is now quite obvious that there is no prospect of even the Springfield to Brunnerton portion of this very important railway being completed within the contract time, and that there seems to be no likelihood of further work being undertaken between Reefton and the end of the Belgrove Section at present. Proposals have been made by the company, under clause 4 of their contract, to substitute a steep incline line over Arthur's Pass for the tunnel line originally provided for These proposals, being of a very important character, have received most careful consideration, and, with sundry modifications, have now, on the advice of Messrs. H.P Higginson, M.lnst.C.E , and J P Maxwell, M.lnst.C.E.— the engineering experts specially selected to advise His Excellency the Governor in the matter —been agreed to. The company estimate that by this alteration not less than half a million of money will be saved in the total cost of the construction of the railway, including interest on cost during construction, so that the alteration is manifestly a most advantageous concession to them, but, at the same time, it would also seem to be an advantageous one to the colony The company has also lately made some very important proposals for an entirely new contract, substituting the system of direct State guarantee on capital invested for the land-grant principle provided for m the contract. These proposals being now under investigation by a Committee of the House, it would be improper for the Government to express any opinion with regard to them at present. The company has further applied for a substantial extension of its contracttime, but no decision has yet been come to on this question, pending the report of the Public Accounts Committee on the new proposals.

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Kaihu Valley Railway This line has continued to be worked under the direction of the Public Works Department with fairly satisfactory results, the receipts having a little more than covered the working-expenses. The Government has learned within the last week or two that there is a prospect of a company being formed to take over the line and work it, and also to provide for its extension further into the kauri forest. ROADS. The expenditure on main roads last year was £11,739, with liabilities at the end of the year of £4,945 This year it is proposed to vote a sum of £16,000 for road-works of this class. There are still several mam roads m unsettled districts which it is imperative for the Government to maintain at present, in order to promote settlement and commerce, and that the convenience of travellers may be reasonably met. On district roads last year the sum of £6,843 was expended, and liabilities existed on the 31st March to the amount of £8,068. This year it is proposed to vote £15,295 for district roads. Roads to open up Crown lands for sale are of by far the greatest importance. The amount expended last year on roads of this class was £27,993, and on village settlements and roads in connection therewith £3,830. The liabilities at the end of the year were £38,784 and £5,788 respectively, and it is nroposed to ask for votes of £88,310 and £5,788. The area of country to be opened is greater this year than for some years past, owing to settlement being m advance of the roads to give access to the land. The blocks principally requiring to be opened up are situated in the several provincial districts where settlement is progressing most actively There is urgent need for this expenditure m the interests of settlement, for without it settlement cannot advance. It is, of course, well known that the lands now to be occupied are more difficult of access than those already disposed of, and the expense of making roads is therefore greater. Last year the funds available under the Government Loans to Local Bodies Act could not be made use of during the financial period to the extent allowed by law, because of the preparations necessary to bring the Act into operation, m the w T ay of getting definite information as to the value of the land, and as to the actual roads required in the blocks to be disposed of. The annual report of the Department of Lands and Survey contains full details of the road-construction work done during the past year. The following are the principal new roads undertaken Ohakune-Pipiriki, Hunterville-Turangarere-Tokaanu, Tunnel-Karioi, Makairo and Makuri m the Wairarapa, Cathn's-Waikawa, Maruwhenua, and Orepuki-Waiau. Since the date of the Lands and Survey Report the mam road from Hunterville has been completed to Turangarere, and it is expected that the gap existing between Turangarere and Taupo will be finished shortly after the New Year This will permit coach- and rail-traffic between Wellington and Auckland. The Ohakune-Pipiriki Road has been under contract during the year, and only 7 miles remain to be finished as a dray-road. In May last a steamer commenced to run between Wanganui and Pipiriki, so that on the completion of the seven miles referred to there will be continuous communication by this route by coach and steamer between Wanganui and Napier The Stratford road is now very nearly finished as a dray-road for a distance of 21 miles from Stratford, and it is proposed to push the extension of it vigorously during the coming season at both ends. A portion of the road from the tunnel on the railway-line to Taumaranui, on the Wanganui River, has been formed for dray-traffic, and some very bad hills have thereby been avoided. It is proposed to continue the construction from 4 miles beyond the tunnel to the junction of the Stratford route.

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Roads on Goldfields (Mines Department) For roads of this class a sum of £30,550 was voted last year Only £9,795 was actually expended within the year, however, but liabilities existed at the end of the year to the amount of £20,555 In order to encourage the development of the mining industry, and to open up mineral country so as to admit of prospecting operations being systematically carried on, it is proposed to vote this year a sum of £35,755 for roads on goldfields, £20,555 of this is required to cover the liabilities existing at the beginning of the year, and the balance of £15,200 will be available for new works. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The total appropriation for Public Buildings and Domains last year was £137,075, viz., £55,600, under the Consolidated Fund, and £81,475 under the Public Works Fund. The expenditure during the year amounted to £86,921 — viz , £52,129 under the former fund, and £34,792 under the latter, while liabilities existed under the two funds at the end of the year to the amounts of £600 and £22,782 respectively The principal new works executed out of the Consolidated Fund vote were school buildings, which are carried out through the agency of the several Education Boards The principal works constructed out of the Public Works Fund vote during the year were the new Lunatic Asylum at Ponrua, the additions to the Asylum at Sunnyside, the enlargement of the Post Offices at Christchurch and Invercargill, and the completion of the Dunedm Judicial and Police Buildings. This year a total appropriation of £103,687 is asked -for—namely, £49,900, under the Consolidated Fund, and £53,787, under the Public Works Fund. About one-half of the Consolidated Fund Vote is for school buildings, the other half being principally for ordinary repairs and maintenance. The proposed vote under the Public Works Fund is for the purpose of completing the asylum at Ponrua, new hospital building at Dunedm (grant-in-aid), enlargements and improvements at the asylums at Sunnyside and. Seacliff, the completion of the enlargements of the Christchurch and Invercargill Post-offices, new gaol at Dunedm, new Courthouses at Stratford, Pahnerston North, and Rangiora, new Customhouse at Westport, new police-stations' at Dargaville, Wellington (Mount Cook), Westport, Greymouth, Temuka, Naseby, and Waikaia, and connecting the Government Buildings at Christchurch with the drainage system. HARBOUR DEFENCES. Last year a vote of £7,000 was passed for works and materiel of war coming under the head of Harbour Defences. The expenditure out of this vote during the year amounted to £7,347, or an excess of £347 The total expenditure out of both Consolidated and Public Works Funds on harbour defences up to the 31st March last, together with the liabilities at ;that date, amount to, in round numbers, £478,000, of which £239,000 represents .cost of materiel of war from England and miscellaneous charges connected therewith, and £239,000 the cost of the works in the colony Of this latter sum about £36,500 represents cost of land, and the balance, £202,500, the cost of forts, batteries, submarine defences, steam-launches, and all other charges. A return giving m tabular form particulars of the total expenditure upon the harbour defences of the colony, from the first steps taken up to the present date, has been laid before Parliament. MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES ON LOAN FUNDS Purchase of Native Lands. A return recently presented to Parliament by command of His Excellency the Governor shows the results of the operations of the Native Land-purchase

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Department since the inauguration of the Immigration and Public Works policy of 1870 to the 31st March last as follows 5,355,457 acres finally acquired at a total cost of £1,172,434, or about 4s. sd. per acre all round, and 1,400,777 acres still under negotiation, on which the sum of £76,441 had been expended up to the above date. The work of the past financial year as to finally-completed transactions, included in the first total above, is 179,618 acres. Since the 31st March the purchase of a further area of 10,000 acres has been finally completed. As regards finally-completed transactions, the total area purchased during the two previous years was under 50,000 acres. The Government Native Land-purchases Bill now before Parliament provides for the future operations of the Land-purchase Department, and, if it becomes law, will, it is hoped, enable the Government to acquire a sufficient area of land, on reasonable terms, to meet the growing requirements of settlement. In anticipation of this Bill becoming law, no vote for the purchase of Native lands has been provided under Part I. of the fund this year, as if the proposals of the Government under the Bill referred to are approved by Parliament, sufficient provision for the purchase of lands hitherto paid for out of this part of the fund will be made by the issue of the debentures provided for Waterworks on Goldfields. The expenditure on waterworks within mining districts last year was only £2,257, the liabilities on the 31st March last being £2,500. It is proposed to ask the House for a vote of £5,000 this year to cover liabilities, and also to enable assistance to be granted towards the further extension of works of this character Telegraph Extension The expenditure out of loan on account of telegraph construction and for the extension of the telephone-exchange system throughout the colony amounted during the financial year to £27,772, and of this sum an amount of £3,687 was expended on the telephone-exchanges, making their capital cost at the close of the year £76,052. Of the new lines erected during the year for the extension of telegraphic communication the most important are those to Waihi, Kaponga, Hunterville, and Maraekakaho, m the North Island, and Stanley Brook, Burkes Pass, Little Akaloa-O'Kain's, and Le Bon's Bay, Tuapeka-Lawrence, Gimmerburn, and Hawea Flat, in the South Island. In the estimates for the present year's expenditure provision has been made for extensions of lines to Blackburn, Bealey to Jackson's, and Taipo, Little Akaloa line, and for the establishment of telephone-exchanges at the Thames and at Palmerston North. CONCLUSION For the purpose of showing how the " tapermg-off " policy, succeeded by the self reliant non-borrowing policy, has affected our Public Works expenditure during the last few years, I give the following figures, which represent the total expenditure under the Public Works Fund during each of the years mentioned, and which bear eloquent testimony to the self-sacrificing spirit exhibited by our colonists in accepting with thorough goodwill the decreased expenditure which that policy has entailed, and which also afford the fullest evidence of the resources and capabilities of the colony, seeing that, notwithstanding this enormous diminution m our loan expenditure, the country is becoming year by year more prosperous, and its financial position steadily improving. The figures showing the loan expenditure during the several years are as follows— namely 1885-86, £1,475,386 , 1886-87, £1,333,484 , 1887-88, £966,159 , 1888-89, £613,939, 1889-90, £482,464, 1890-91, £334,756; 1891-92, £391,501 The abolition of the system of sub-contracting in connection with our public works, announced in last year's Statement, and resolutely adhered to since,

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has given unqualified satisfaction throughout the country , and the introduction of the co-operative system of construction has likewise led to most beneficial results, experience proving that works are carried out m a more satisfactory manner under this system than under the contract system, and at no increase in cost. Having now fully disclosed our proposals for the year, I think I may again claim, in view of the reduced amount of ways and means available, and the resolute determination of the Government to avoid even the appearance of a borrowing policy, that the allocation of funds which we have proposed is a fair and reasonable, and under all the circumstances of the case, not an unsatisfactory one.

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PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, 1892.

LIST OF TABLES ATTACHED TO STATEMENT.

Table A—Public Works Fund, Part I.— Condition on 31st March, 1892, with proposals for 1892-93. Details of Class 111., Railways. (Vide Table A.) Table B—Public Works Fund, Part ll.— Condition on 31st March, 1892, with proposals for 1892-93. Table C—General Summary.— Showing total expendifcure under Public Works Fund on all classes of works for the years 1880-81 to 1891-92, and the proposed expenditure on same for the year 1892-93. Note. —An index of the ordinary Departmental tables and appendices follows the tables above referred to.

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Table A. [To accompany Public Works Statement of 27th September, 1892.] PUBLIC WORKS FUND.-PART I.

(1) (2) (3) (4: (5) (6) (7) Year ending 31st March, 1893. (8) Allocations as determined in Sept., 1891. Expenditure during Year ending 31st March, 1892. Balances of Allocations unexpended on dlst March, 1892. "Readjust Alloca now pr< Sment of itions oposed. Unexpended Balances of Allocations as thus readjusted. Liabilities on 31st March, 1892. Amounts Total proposed to Amount be voted for proposed actual Ex- to be penditure. authorised. Balances which will jhus remain available for further Undertakings in succeeding Years. Classes Description of Work. Additions. Eeductions. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1 140 816 324 176 500 500 500 I. Immigration II. Public Works, Departmental 7 600 0,996 604 5,096 5,700 5,700 5,700 III. Railways (vide details attached) 357 387 135,632 221 755 71,000 292,755 136,892 168,552 172,307 IV Koads: — 3,011 16,000 16,000 Main Koads 11 739 12 989 16,000 4,945 14,750 Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges 15,200 6,843 8,357 6,938 15,295 8,068 15 295 15 295 Grants-in-aid 6,335 10,757 Dr. 4,422 15,581 11,159 1 108 11,159 11,159 Roads to open up Lands before Sale Village Settlements 3,800 27 993 Dr.24,193 112,503 88,310 38,784 88,310 88,310 17 629 3,830 13 799 8,011 5 788 5,788 5,788 5 788 30,550 9 795 20,755 15,000 35,755 20,555 32,000 35 755 Roads on Goldfields Total Roads 88,264 70,957 17,307 163,011 8,011 172,307 79,248 168,552 172 307 Waterworks on Goldfields 6,000 2,257 3,743 1 257 5,000 2,500 5,000 5,000 V VI. Purchase of Native Lands, North Island 15,240 23,610 Dr. 8 370 8,370 VII. Telegraph Extension 12,000 27 773 Dr.15,773 34,000 18,227 8,142 18,227 18,227 VIII. Public Buildings :— 12 975 454 12,521 10,521 2,000 34 2,000 2,000 Departmental Offices 6,738 11,337 806 11,337 11,337 Judicial 13,500 8,901 4 599 Post and Telegraph 8,000 1,009 6,991 2,509 9,500 5,895 9,500 9 500 Customs 233 13 220 180 400 400 400 School-buildings 7 500 7,500 13,835 8,715 22,550 12,047 22,550 22,550 Lunatic Asylums 30,750 16,915 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions 8,000 8 000 8,000 4,000 8,000 8,000 Total Public Buildings 80,958 34,792 53 787 46,166 18,142 10,521 53,787 22,782 53,787 Harbour Defences 7,000 7 347 Dr. 347 5,347 5,000 500 5,000 5,000 IX. 2,038 Dr.2,038 8 138 1 100 X. Rates on Native Lands 1,100 1 100 XI. Thermal Springs 400 264 136 136 XII. Charges and Expenses raising Loans 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 18,668 560,376 250,064 560,376 Totals 575 989 312 482 263,507 315,537 501 621 Recoveries on account of services of previous years ■ Prom Ohinemuri County 111 111 501 621 560,376 575,989 312,482 263,618 j 315,537 18 779 560,376 250,064 Receipts in aid: I Under " Railways Authorisation and Management Act, 1891,"—Kaihu Valley Railway Under " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886 " Balance of Sinking Funds released 680 680 1,870 1 870 2,532 2,532 Tranferred from Consolidated Fund 30,000 30,000 250,064 501,621 560,376 Assets: — 298,700 315,537 53,861 560,376 Prom surplus revenue 200,000 200,000 Under " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886" Under " Government Loans to Local Bodies Amendment Act, 1891 " Transfer from Land Purchases, Part II. 878 878 50,000 50,000 10,000 10,000 Estimated recoveries 2,000 2,000 Grand totals 561,578 315,537 316,739 560,376 250,064 501,621 560,376 1,202

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DETAILS OF CLASS III.-RAILWAYS. (Vide Table A.)

(1.) (2.) (3.) (4.) (5.) (6.) (7. .) (8.) Name of Kailway, <fec. Allocations as determine! (Sept., 1891). Expenditure during Year ending 31st March, 1892. Balances of Allocations unexpended on 31st March, 1892. Eeadjustment of Allocations now proposed. Unexpended Balances of Allocations as thus readjusted. Liabilities on 31st March, 1892. Tear ending 31s Amount proposed to be voted for actual Expenditure. at March, 1893. Balances which will thus remain available for further Undertakings in succeeding Years. Total Amount proposed to be authorised. Additions. Beductions. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Kaihu Valley 855 Dr. 855 2,398 1,054 1,543 770 1,543 1,543 Whangarei-Kamo Extension 23,000 1,946 21,054 20,000 9,633 15,000 20,000 Helensville northward 29,294 9,377 19,917 4,917 15,000 13,673 12,000 15,000 Grahamstown-Te Aroha 32,096 521 31,575 29,245 9,575 22,000 21,037 18,000 22,000 Putaruru-Rotoma 35,000 16,245 18,755 48,000 30,936 35,000 48,000 Woodville-Palmerston 7,000 4,917 2,083 83 2,000 1,433 2,000 2,000 Wellington-Woodville— 8,000 93 7,907 14,000 5,578 14,000 14,000 Extension to Te Aro 6,093 Eketahuna-Woodville .. 17,000 1,950 15,050 9,950 25,000 7,871 15,000 25,000 Blenheim-Awatere 9,035 5,301 3,734 2,266 6,000 5,271 6,000 6,000 Greymouth-Hokitika 26,000 17,137 8,863 17,137 26,000 7,851 20,000 26,000 Otago Central Oatlin's River 30,493 22,000 11,587 17,658 18,906 4,342 17,094 3,158 36,000 7,500 8,159 4,721 30,000 7,500 36,000 7,500 Edendale-Portrose. 126 122 4 4,726 4 15,000 1,285 Seaward Bush 12,000 1,726 10,274 12,000 15,000 Lincoln-Little River 350 197 153 153 11 Land-claims, &e. 1 993 622 1,371 429 700 1,800 723 1,800 1,800 Surveys, new lines 1,000 1,000 300 126 300 300 Additions to opened railways 43,000 30,388 12,612 8,310 12,612 12,612 12,612 12,612 Permanent-way, sleepers, and rolling-stock 60,000 11,690 48,310 40,000 5,202 35,000 40,000 Railway Capital Account 3,300 Dr. 3,300 3,300 Totals 357,387 135,632 221,755 95,796 24,796 292,755 136,892 237,755 292,755

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Table B. [To accompany Public Works Statement of 27th September, 1892.] PUBLIC WORKS FUND-PART II.

(1.) (2.) (3.) Balances of Allocations unexpended on 31st March, 1892. (4.) Readjustment of Allocations now proposed ( , 1892). (5.) 6.) (7. Year ending 189 .) 31st March, )3. (8.) Balances which will thus remain available for further Undertakings in succeeding Years. Classes. Allocations as determined in Sept., 1891. Expenditure during Year ending 31st March 1892. Unexpended Balances of Allocations as thus adjusted (Sept., 1892). Liabilities, 31st March, 1892. Amount proposed to be voted for actual Expenditure. Total Amount proposed to be authorised. Addi- Seductions, tions. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ I. Departmental 5,200 800 4,400 4,400 1,800 1,800 2,600 II. Railway Construction :— 25,000 30,000 Construction, north end south end 161,812 2,194 - 16,590 • 143,028 107,273 l 19,498 \ 20,978 30,000 75,000 I 273 35,755 Surveys 2,000 2,000 Permanent-way, sleepers and rollingstock— North end } 55,264 South end 55,264 55,264 55,264 Total Eailways 55,537 217,076 18,784 198,292 35,755 162,537 40,476 57,000 107,000 Eoads to give access to Eailway:— 1 49,500 III. North end [ 4,574 { 25,715 I 19,211 54,496 r 1,702 ( 21,629 ) 45,800 35,285 54,496 South end Payment of " thirds " and " fourths " to Local Bodies under "Land Act, 1885" (to be recouped out of North Island Main Trunk Eailway Loan Application Act Deposit Account) 500 470 30 470 500 500 500 Total Eoads 54,996 50,000 i 30,759 19,241 35,755 54,996 23,331 46,300 IV. Purchase of Native lands 83,831 28,787 55,044 55,044 55,044 55,044 Total .. 35,755 356,107 79,130 276,977 35,755 276,977 63,807 160,144 218,840 58,137

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Table C. [To accompany Public Works Statement of 27th September, 1892.] GENERAL SUMMARY. Showing Expenditure under Public Works Fund, 1880-81 to 1891-92, and Proposed Expenditure, 1892-93, &c.

Expe] iditure. Amounts proposed to be voted for Expenditure during the Year ending 31st March, 189.3 llass. Description of Services. 1880-81. 1881-82. 1882-83. 1883-84. 1884-85. 1885-86. 1886-87. 1887-88. 1888-89. 1889-90. 1890-91. 1891-92. Services at present charged to Part I. of the Public Works Fund. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 29,701 4,334 3,999 107,041 57,148 11,675 12,454 15,598 8,791 867 1,823 817 500 I. Immigration II. Public Works Departmental* 12,896 6,089 6,458 700 6,996 5,700 III. Railways! 16,729 1,408 4,762 7,976 3,005 135,632 292,755 IV. Roads: — Roads North of Auckland Main Roads Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges I 43,773 83,501 17,022 92,519 7,929 111,603 I I 17,566 31,809 61,635 34,571 30,380 37,165 33,163 26,833 37,615 30,738 22,294 39,748 3,138 13,756 25,989 264 10,968 26,748 f 26,913 (Cr. J90 21,954 10,770 7,015 267 12,799 19,998 2,172 Cr. 1153 28,160 7,345 13,290 9,905 12,489 1,586 Cr. J 395 24,285 4,884 12,687 11,739 6,843 10,757 Cr. Ill 27,993 3,830 9,795 "l6,000 15,295 106,399 149,982 138,045 81,264 57,632 1 j . 11,159 Grants-in-Aid Roads to open up Lands Village Settlements Roads on Goldflelds Miscellaneous 52,152 35,936 81,634 9^439 84,031 26 ] 602 49,314 15,631 01,794 31,622 57,157 1,891 32,625 61,488 12,053 25,053 88,310 5,788 35,755 51,117 "l29 Total, Roads 230,543 145,006 210,005 328,642 317,043 329,072 r 265,717 199,109 104,542 83,878 65,441 70,846 172,307 Waterworks on Goldflelds 13,272 37,912 6,824 16,596 8,029 9,032 7,665 1,016 55 284 821 2,257 5,000 16,577 V. VI. Purchase of Native Lands, North Island I 56,887 29,844 24,480 70,572 34,545 18,457 1,515 5,089 4,144 4,012 23,610 1 Telegraph Extension 43,783 7,485 18,654 19,532 25,799 36,010 18,952 22,984 12,047 16,346 16,292 27,773 18,227 VII. VIII. Public Buildings :— . Parliamentary General Departmental Offices Judicial Post and Telegraph Customs Survey Quarantine Station Lunatic Asylums Miscellaneous Hospitals and Charitable Institutions School-buildings 55,402 9,336 16j 259 1,752 5,331 16,743 9,939 193 20 996 31,652 8,416 22,652 22,616 1,659 34 848 58,047 34 256 49,814 183 12,227 8,955 830 11,106 4,880 99 461 123 4,007 8 947 15,875 2,772 24 12,742 8,273 2,227 14,588 8,228 82 7,256 11,246 1,376 18 2,880 9,892 708 409 454 8,901 1,009 13 2,000 11,337 9,500 400 39]604 "971 26,695 313 24,992 '274 13,694 23,107 l6]242 15,717 8^930 16]914 "22,550 2] 219 99,173 "l40 82,535 64 88,134 3 j 792 60,069 3,299 62,884 4 j 421 51,607 4"l56 40,000 "673 779 Cr.'' 140 7] 500 8,000 Total, Public Buildings 205;734 128,352 153,072 164,376 117,361 86,859 89,598 90,529 34,592 35,473 22,819 34,791 53,787 IX. Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences:— Lighthouses Harbour Works Harbour Defences 24]512 904 2,397 18,810 4,724 19,874 6,730 29,591 7,213 7,382 17,050 9,601 300 6,508 127,167 3,272 6,004 139,429 2,866 500 73,459 2,504 Cr. +5,000 50,089 1,552 "l89 2,477 7,293 7,347 5,000 Total, Lighthouses, &c. 24,598 43,534 34,033 133,975 148,705 76,825 47,593 8,845 2,666 7,347 5,000 25,416 21,207 Contingent Defence 12,500 154,000 133,219 25,000 2,038 Rates on Native Lands 25,139 8,446 10,304 5,874 8,250 1,100 X. 264 XI. Thermal-Springs 7,814 2,999 935 2,587 XII. Charges and Expenses raising Loans 28,758 3,084 6,000 Advance to Westport Harbour, repayable 14,336 Cr.{14,336 Unauthorised—Raising Dredge, repayable 589 Totals for the Services at present charged to Part I. of Public Works Fund .. 762,641 491,387 447,596 704,201 629,985 666,168 036,626 440,854 249,590 167,360 128,416 312,371 560,376 Other Services. 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 70,379 402,318 20,410 24,129 267,315 1,898 3] 983 206,596 248 75,000 24,050 177,015 5,848 13,913 18,784 30,759 28',787 107,000 54,996 "55,044 Total charge to Railways (except the small items in Part I.) 950,395 432,524 436,054 062,046 663,063 732,328 681,815 446,857 273,196 305,894 196,776 78,330 217,040 Miscellaneous, including Charges and Expenses raising Loans, Interest and Sinking Fund, Public Works Departmental I 200,605 26,808 13,387 43,341 43,679 70,890 15,043 78,448 91,153 i 12,294] ;3,084J 9,564 800 1,800 Total, Other Services 1,157,000 459,332 449,441 705,387 700,742 809,218 096,858 525,305 364,349 315,104 206,340 79,130 218,840 Grand Total 950,719 897,037 1,409,588 1,330,727 1,475,386 1,333,484 966,159 .1613,939 482,464 334,756 391,501 779,216 1,919,641 * Up to 1886-87 this item was not subdivided, and is + Up to 31st March, 1886, all expenditure on railway } These credits are recoveries on account of expendi § Voted under Harbour Works, Class IX. s included ur ys was indue! iture of previi ider item " 1 ,ed under om dus years, ar iiscellaneous," at foot of heading. Divided und lounting to, in 1888-89, table, er Parts I., 1 £19,426; 181 X, and III., 39-90, £3,237 from 1886 to 1891. Pari ; 1890-91, £395; 1891-9: ;s I. and III. 2, £111. again amal| ;amated in 1! 191-92.

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INDEX TABLES. Page. No. 1. —Total Expenditure :—Summary showing the Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Works out of Immigration and Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1892 2 No. 2. —Railways : —Statement showing Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Railways, including Valuation of Provincial Lines, to 31st March, 1892 .. 3 No. 3. —Roads generally:—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Roads to 31st March, 1892 5 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, 1892 . 9 No. s.—Goldfields Roads : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Goldfields Roads to 31st March, 1892 14 No. 6. —Water-races : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Water-races on Goldfields to 31st March, 1892 16 No. 7. —Telegraphs:—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Telegraphs out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1892 17 No. B.—Public Buildings : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Buildings to 31st March, 1892 18 No. 9.—Lighthouses and Harbour-works : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Lighthouses and Harbour-works and Harbour Defences out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1892 19

APPENDICES. Appendix A.—Expenditure cor the Year :—Audited Statement of Expenditure on Public Works out of the Immigration and Public Works Loan for the Year 1891-92 20 „ B.—Total Liabilities :—Statement of all Liabilities of the Public Works Department outstanding on 31st March, 1892 .. 22 „ C. —Railway Contracts : —Schedule of Railway-construction Contracts current on Ist April, 1891, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1892 .. 23 „ D.—Sleeper Contracts : —Schedule of Sleeper Contracts current on Ist April, 1891, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1892 . 25 „ E.—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 Ist April, 1891, and further Contracts entered into during the Year ended 31st March, 1892. . 26 „ F.—Goldfields Roads : —Schedule of Contracts for Roads on Goldfields current on Ist April, 1891, and further Contracts entered into during the Year ended 31st March, 1892 27 „ G.—Annual Report on Public Works, by the Acting Engineer-in-Chief 28 Enclosures with Appendix G. 1. Table of Lengths of Government Railways authorised, constructed, and surveyed up to 31st March, 1892. 2. Diagrams showing Miles of Government Railway opened in the North and Middle Islands, year by year since 1872. 3. Maps of the North and Middle Islands, showing Railways opened and in progress.

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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 to 31st March, 1892, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Public Works Department, 14th July, 1892. G-. J Clapham, Accountant.

Number of Table containing Details. "Works. T0tal fureto P6ndi ' duS Months Total Expenditure 31st March, 1891. 31st M 1892 . 31st March, 1892. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Works. 2 3,4, 5 6 7 8 9 18 of 1878 Railways ... Roads 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 Rates on Native lands Thermal Springs £ s. d. * 14, 104,093 1 9 3,598,162 18 5 511,100 18 11 606,647 '5 9 1,780,785 7 1 881,817 12 11 352,169 16 2 10,835 8 o £ s. d. 154.415 JI 4 '01,715 '5 5 2,256 13 4 27,772 16 o 34,792 2 o 7.347 7 8 7.795 '5 6 £ s. a. £14,258,508 13 I §3.699.878 13 1° 513.357 '2 3 634,420 II 9 '.815.577 9 ' 889,165 o 7 359,965 11 8 10,835 8 o £ 8. d. '77,367 4 7 102,579 ° 9 2,500 o o 8,142 o o 22,782 8 9 £ s. d. 14.43 5. 875 '7 8 3,802,457 14 7 515.857 '2 3 642,562 11 9 1,838,359 '7 '° 889,165 o 7 359,965 " 8 10,835 8 o Railways. Koads. Water-supply on goldfields. Telegraphs. Public buildings Lighthouses, harbour works, and harbour defences. Departmental. Coal-exploration and mine-develop-ment. Aiding works on Thames Goldfields. Immigration. Purchase of Native land. Defence. Charges and expenses of raising loans Interest and sinking fund. Rates on Native lands. Thermal Springs. 11 of 1877 50,000 o o 2,145,150 8 o 1,196,478 12 6 429,718 19 3 1,021,472 6 9 218,500 o * o 58,013 13- 1 '4,335 5 10 816 13 t 52.397 3 8 50,000 o o 2,145,967 I I 1,248,875 16 2 429,718 19 3 1,021,472 6 9 218,500 o o 60,051 13 4 '4.599 13 2 50,000 o o 2,145,967 I I 1,248,875 16 2 429,718 19 3 1,021,472 6 9 218,500 o o 60,551 13 4 '4,599 '3 2 12,038 o 3 264 7 4 500 o o Totals 26,979,282 4 5 391,612 5 7 27,370,894 10 o 313,870 '4 1 27,684,765 4 1 Totals. Less receipts in aid — } Revenue, Kaihu Valley Railway, £680 9s. 9d. § Recoveries on account of services of previous years, £954 3s. In aid of roads to open up lands, from Consolidated Fund, £30,000. Receipts under " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," £64,000. Less receipts in aid — ■ { Revenue, Kaihu Valley Railway,£68o 9s. o,d. § Recoveries on account of services of previous years, £954 3s. In aid of roads to open up lands, from Consolidated Fund, £30,000. Receipts under "Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," £64,000. >■ 95.634 12 9 9S.6.H '2 9-j 313,870 14 1 1 27,589, '3° 11 4 Gbantj Totals ... 2 7.275»259 '7 3 Grand Totals. * Exclusive of value of provincial railways taken over by C Government. t £2,038 os. 3d. charged as " Unauthorised."

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TABLE No. 2. TOTAL EXPENDITURE on Railways to 31st March, 1892, and Liabilities on that Date.

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I Lines of Railway Total Expenditure by General Government to 31st March, 1891. New Works. Expenditure during Yeak 1891-92 (including £18,727 5s. lOd. dis Works on Open Lines (including Land-claims and other Old Liabilities). STBIBUTED FBOM STOCK). Rolling-stock. Total Expenditure by General Government, 31st March, 1892. Liabilities. ; Total Expenditure by General Government, [ and j Liabilities, I 31st March, 1892. ! Valuation of Works constructed by Provinces. Total Expenditure and Liabilities, 31st March, 1892. Lines op Railway. „ , ,. PermanentConstruction. way _ Total New Works. Works on Open Permanent- Total Works on Lines, &c. . way Open Lines, &c. Surveys. ...j... i Reductions Additions to. frQm Kaihu Valley Kawakawa Whangarei to Kamo and Extension Helensville Northwards Kaipara to Waikato Cambridge Branch Waikato to Thames — Hamilton to Te Aroha Te Aroha to Thames Morrinsville to Rotorua — Morrinsville to Lichfield Putaruru to Rotorua Marion to Te Awamutu — North End South End Gisborne to Ormond Tramway .. Wellington to Napier— Napier to Woodville and Palmerston North £ s. d. 90,235 8 4 70,095 9 3 43,028 6 3 1 323 192 19 3 56,350 13 7 £ s. d. 1 945 18 1 9 376 7 10 £ s. d. 1,371 12 0 £ s. d. 1 945 18 1 10,747 19 10 £ s. d. 854 12 6 49 0 6 £ s. d. 53 2 7 49 11 9 53 2 7 984 13 6 85 0 0 £ s. d. 854 12 6 102 3 1 49 11 9 53 2 7 3 123 16 7 85 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 854 12 6 90,337 11 5 72,090 19 1 53 829 8 8 1,326,316 15 .10 56,435 13 7 £ s. d. 770 7 6 9 632 18 8 13,673 0 4 385 15 7 £ s. d. 1 625 0 0 90,337 11 5 81 723 17 9 67,502 9 0 1 326 702 11 5 56,435 13 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 625 0 0 90,337 11 5 81 723 17 9 67 502 9 0 1 326 702 11 5 56 435 13 7 Kaihu Valley Kawakawa. Whangarei to Eamo and Extension. Helensville Northwards. Kaipara to Waikato. Cambridge Branch. Waikato to Thames— Hamilton to Te Aroha. Te Aroha to Thames. Morrinsville to Rotorua— Morrinsville to Lichfield. Putaruru to Rotorua. Marton to Te Awamutu— North End. Soutli End. Gisborne to Orniond Tramway. Wellington to Napier— Napier to Woodville and Palmerston North. Wellington to Woodville, including Te Aro Extension. Wellington to Foxton, Foxton to Waitara. Nelson to Roundell. Greymouth to Nelson Creek. Greymouth to Hokitika, Westport to Ngakawau. Picton to Hurunui— Picton to Awatere. Hurunui to Red Post. Hurunui to Waitaki— Main Line. Oxford Branch. Eyreton Branch. Lyttelton Branch. Southbridge Branch. Springfield & Wbiteclifis Branches. Fairlie Creek Branch. Waimate Branch. Ashburton Forks Branch. Upper Ashburton Branch. Little River Branch. Canterbury Interior Main Line— Oxford to Malvern. Whitecliffs to Rakaia. Temuka to Rangitata. 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 River Branch. Heriotburn Branch. Waimea Plains Branch. Toitois Branch. Riversdale to Switzer's. Kelso to Gore. Seaward Bush Branch. Otago Central. Invercargill to Kingston— Main Line, f Makarewa to Orepuki. | Thornbury to Wairio, Mararoa Branch. Forest Hill Tramway. Exp. of Railway Commissions, &o., not chargeable to Individual Lines, Surveys of New Lines— North Island Middle Island. Permanent-way for Railway Department. 2 139 3 1 144 746 12 1 63 322 19 3 521 3 8 521 3 8 219 12 1 219 12 1 145 487 7 10 63 322 19 3 21,080 8 11 166,567 16 9 03 322 19 3 166,567 16 9 63,322 19 3 167 442 8 6 93,993 7 8 16 244 19 0 27 139 15 0 185 16 7 230 17 1 134 11 9 185 16 7 167,628 5 1 121,133 2 8 30,936 3 3 167 628 5 1 152 069 5 11 167 628 5 1 152 069 5 11 10,894 16 0 236 579 2 2 105,820 17 8 4 975 1 7 2,193 18 9 16,589 17 2 2,193 18 9 16,589 17 2 230 17 1 134 11 9 239 003 18 0 122,545 6 7 4 975 1 7 19 498 7 1 20 977 10 6 258 502 5 1 143 522 17 1 4 975 1 7 258 502 5 1 143 522 17 1 4 975 1 7 4,917 6 10 4,917 6 10 608 8 4 1,671 11 6 2 279 19 10 1 922 19 3 859 168 4 2 847 918 13 3 2 129 5 0 857 245 4 11 859 168 4 2 Wellington to Woodville, including Te Aro Extension Wellington to Foxton Foxton to Waitara Nelson to Roundell Greymouth to Nelson Creek Greymouth to Hokitika Westport to Ngakawau Picton to Hurunui — Picton to Awatere Hurunui to Red Post Hurunui to Waitaki— Main Line Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Lyttelton Branch Southbridge Branch .. Springfield and Whitecliffs Branches Fairlie Creek Branch Waimate Branch Ashburton Forks Branch Upper Ashburton Branch Little River Branch Canterbury Interior Main LineOxford to Malvern Whitecliffs to Rakaia Temuka to Rangitata Waitaki to BluffMain Line, including Port Chalmers Branch .. 1,066,770 18 6 2,043 11 1 2,04.3 11 1 2,243 1 3 644 13 0 2,887 14 3 1 071 702 3 10 13,555 2 4 1,085,257 6 2 1,085 257 6 2 42,116 3 4 1 416,947 0 3 177 947 3 8 216,189 18 6 100,610 13 3 227 353 7 5 4,74.6 4 1 Cr. 0 15 0 1,402 12 7 162 19 8 56 13 5 6 148 16 8 162 4 8 56 13 5 2 129 5 0 42,116 3 4 1,425 225 1 11 178., 109 8 4 216,246 11 11 117 748 1 0 227,495 3 4 67 14 0 1,011 3 0 42 183 17 4 1 426,236 4 11 178,109 8 4 216 246 11 11 125 598 12 0 227,559 11 4 42 183 17 4 1 426,236 4 11 178 109 8 4 216,246 11 11 125 598 12 0 227 559 11 4 17 137 7 9 17 137 7 9 7 850 11 0 64 8 0 0 2 6 141 13 5 141 15 11 1,834 2 3 242 998 6 5 ,39,033 14 4 5,301 0 4 5,301 0 4 I 1 378 19 8 127 10 8 70 16 9 1 506 10 4 70 16 9 251,639 19 4 39,104 11 1 5,974 10 4 257 614 9 8 39,104 11 1 316,135 0 0 257,614 9 8 39 104 11 1 1 741 682 15 3 55,219 4 5 47 644 3 2 91,014 12 9 99,626 3 1 108,039 4 1 73 941 13 4 49,450 10 9 *73 454 5 10 60,738 12 1 106,664 16 9 4,433 18 11 1 388 11 5 155 15 7 141 13 5 42 6 6 176 18 10 297 9 0 244 19 3 31 15 2 5,822 10 4 155 15 7 141 13 5 3 342 6 6 176 18 10 344 9 0 244 19 3 31 15 2 1 747 455 5 7 55 375 0 0 47 785 16 7 94 356 19 3 99 803 1 11 108 383 13 1 74 186 12 7 49 482 5 11 73 454 5 10: 61 139 1 & 107,024 10 51 543 13 11 1 747 998 19 6 55 375 0 0 47 785 16 7 94 356 19 3 99 803 1 11 108 383 13 1 74 186 12 7 49 482 5 11 73 454 5 10 01 172 15 7 107 085 2 2 2,064,133 19 6 55 375 0 0 47 785 16 7 434,856 19 3 99,803 1 11 108,383 13 1 149 310 12 7 49 482 5 11 73,454 5 10 61 172 15 7 107,035 2 2 3,300' 0 0 340 500 0 0 47 0 0 75,124 0 0 196 17 0 196 17 0 209 8 5 191 1 0 162 16 8 400 9 5 162 16 8 33 14 1 10 11 9 i' \ 53,559 1 6 499 6 10 5,152 2 8 3,742 9 1 81 8 0 81 8 0 53,640 9 6 499 6 10 5 152 2 8 •53 640 9 6 499 6 10 5 152 2 8 53,640 9 6 499 6 10 5 152 2 8 1 779 4 5 5,521 13 6 3,916 15 2 2 731 496 17 4 82 258 17 3 2,813 755 14 7 2,722,058 8 8 2 727 580 2 2\ Duntroon Branch Ngapara Branch Brighton Road Branch Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Livingstone Branch Waihemo Branch Catlin's River Branch Heriotburn Branch Waimea Plains Branch Toitois Branch Riversdale to Switzer's Kelso to Gore Seaward Bush Branch Otago Central Invercargill to Kingston— Main Line Makarewa to Orepuki ) Thornbury to Wairio J Mararoa Branch Forest Hill Tramway Expenses of Railway Commissions and other Expenditure not chargeable to Individual Lines Surveys of New Lines— North Island Middle Island Permanent-way for Railway Department Stock—March 31,1891 £66,105 15 2 99,403 5 9 28,515 10 0 7 345 18 5 14,790 4 5 169,518 13 5 81,719 16 5 32,829 17 2 63 287 10 4 93 297 19 10 106,767 15 6 51,873 6 10 7,445 1 0 602 2 5 31 101 14 0 539,438 13 7 ' 155 15 7 106 5 2 17 12 8 63 15 4 155 15 7 85 0 0 63 15 4 99 3 6 141 13 5 155 15 7 106 5 2 17 12 8 63 15 4 155 15 7 85 0 0 81 16 8 99 3 6 192 3 2 120 16 4 187 8 3 99,559 1 4 28 621 15 2 7 363 11 1 14,863 19 9 169,674 9 0 81 804 16 5 32,911 13 10 86,982 18 0 93 490 3 0 106 888 11 10 52,182 16 1 7 445 1 0 602 2 5 32 905 13 11) 554 318 12 2 99 559 1 4 28 621 15 2 7,363 11 1 14,853 19 9 169 674 9 0 81 804 16 5 32 911 13 10 91 704 3 7 93 490 3 0 106,888 11 10 52 182 16 1 7 445 1 0 602 2 5 34 190 14 5 562 477 8 1 37,500 0 0 58,009 0 0 12,829 0 0 29,691 0 0 137,059 1 4 86,630 15 2 20,192 11 1 44,544 19 9 169,674 9 0 81 804 16 5 32 911 13 10 91 704 3 7 93 490 3 0 106,888 11 10 52 182 16 1 7 445 1 0 602 2 5 34 190 14 5 562,477 8 1 22,596 4 2 18 1 4 17,658 0 2 4,938 4 0 50 9 9 120 16 4 123 12 11 1,000 0 0 4 721 5 7 122 1 0 122 1 0 63 15 4 1 726 2 5 11 586 10 0 1 726 2 5 11,586 10 0 77 17 6 297 9 0 77 17 6 297 9 0 2,995 19 7 1 285 0 6 8 158 15 11 455 18 3 292 852 9 6 56 15 2 292,909 4 8 384,846 9 10 291 780 10 0 616 1 3 1 071 19 6 91,937 5 2 223 822 15 6 369 17 8 410 17 6 780 15 2 224,603 10 8 224 603 10 8 60,297 0 0 284 900 10 8 27,072 11 3 556 5 2 10,336 19 11 74 7 4 74 7 4 27 146 18 7 556 5 2 10,336 19 11 95 15 0 30 0 0 27 146 18 7 556 5 2 10,336 19 11 27 146 18 7 556 5 2 10,336 19 11 27,497 11 4 37,618 18 8 25,000 0 0 27 497 11 4 37 618 18 8 25,000 0 0 27 593 6 4 37 648 18 8 25,000 0 0 27,593 6 4 '37,648 18 8 25,000 0 0 66,105 15 2 Stock of Permanent-way and Rollingstock decreased by 18,727 5 10 14,104,093 1 9 42,394 13 10 4,983 15 6 | 11,113 17 9 f 53 508 11 7 \ 4,983 15 6 53,508 11 7 4,983 15 6 Stock i Permanent-way I Rolling-stock. 18,727 5 10 £47,378 9 4 Totals. Totals 25,076 6 2 38,288 12 3 10,088 11 10 114,258,508 13 1, 177,367 4 7 14,435,875 17 8 1 104 281 2 5 15,540,157 0 1 14,085,365 15 11 107,561 1 1 17,204 12 0 124,765 13 1 13,212 6 1 * Does not include amount expended out of Consolidated Fund, viz., £35 15s. 7d. t Incl ides amount expended on purchase of District Ri bilways, £429,487 7s. lid. [Summary on back

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SDMMAEY. £ s. d. Expenditure to 31st March, 1891 ... ... .. ... .. 14,104,093 1 9 Less value of Permanent-way distributed from Stock ... .. ... 18,727 5 10 14,085,365 15 11 Amount expended during 1891-92 (including amount distributed from Stock) — New Works — Construction and Permanent-way ... ... £124,765 13 1 Additions to Open Lines — Additional Works and old Land-claims, &c. ... 38,288 12 3 Boiling-stock ... ... ... ... ... 10,088 11 10 f 173,142 17 2 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1892 (as per Table No. 1) ... £14,258,508 13 1

Statement showing Agreement of Public Works Table No. 2 of Expenditure on Eailways with Eeturn No. 6 attached to Eeport of New Zealand Eailway Commissioners. Expenditure to 31st March, 1892, on Eailways constructed by General Government £ out of Public Works Eund (as per Table No. 2) ... ... ... ... 14,258,508 Expenditure on account of Eakaia-Ashburton Eorks Eailway out of Consolidated Eund ... ... ... ~. ... ... ... ... 35 Expenditure on Greymouth and Westport Harbour Works forming part of Eailway System (as per Table No. 9) ... ... ... ... ... .. 141,345 Valuation of Eailways constructed by Provinces (as per Table No. 2) ... ... 1,104,281 15,504,169 Less Expenditure on Permanent-way for Gisborne-Ormond Tramway £4,975 „ „ Eorest Hill Tramway ... ... ... 556 „ „ Kaihu Valley Eailway ... ... ... 855 6,386 Leaves Amount shown by Eailway Commissioners in Table No. 6 of their Annual Eeport" ... ... ... ... ...£15,497,783

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TABLE No. 3. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Roads out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1892, and the Liabilities on that date.

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Expenditure to Slst March, 1891. Expenditure during 12 Mouths ended 81st March, 1892. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1892. I Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, list March, 1882. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Bridges, and Whabves, Nokth of Auckland £ s. d. 229,671 15 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. 229,671 15 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. 229,671 15 9 iIain Roads : — Warkworth to ICawakawa ... Paeroa to Owharoa Cambridge to Taupo Oxford to Rotorua Tauranga, East Cape,Wliakatune,Tc Teko, and sundry roads, Bay of Plenty Tauranga to Napier, via Taupo Kurupapanga to Inland Patoa Maintenance of roads, North Island Trunk Rail way Seventy-mile Busli Manawatu Gorge... Nelson, Tophouse, and Tarndale Nelson, Westport, and Q-reymoufch Inangaliua Bridge, maintenance Pelorus District and Rai Valley Haast Pass Track. Hokitika to Christcliurch ... Otira Toll Native districts Paeroa-Teremakau Nelson -Havelock Cook's River (Southward) 1,080 12 1 500 0 0 1,341 10 7 10,606 18 6 7,474 3 2 26,195 12 3 5,000 0 0 61,326 5 7 117,236 6 4 5,154 10 11! 56,835 17 4 141 17 6 28,660 14 3 3,759 5 2 114,210 9 6 500 0 0 11,486 8 3 : 834 6 5 824 13 3 3,390 8 6 137 13 9 2,877 10 5 1,914 18 6 500 0 fi 1,341 10 7 17,431 11 9 7,474 3 2 29,586 0 9 5,000 0 0 61,326 5 7 117,236 6 4 5,292 4 8 59,713 7 9 141 17 6 28.660 14 3, 3,845 18 10 117,797 17 4 500 0 0 11,486 8 3 365 13 7 320 0 0 1,555 0 0 2,280 12 1 500 0 0 1,341 10 7 17,751 11 9 7,474 3 2 31,141 0 9 5,000 0 0 61,326 5 7 117,236 6 4 5,304 10 11 60,387 3 1 141 17 6 28,6(10 14 3 3,955 2 2 118,307 2 6 500 0 0 11,486 8 3 500 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 12 6 3 673 15' 4 8(5 13 8 3,587 7 10 109 3 4 509 5 2 ... ... 500 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 „ Totals .. ... I 457,510 11 5 11,738 13 10 469,249 5 3 4,945 3 8 474,194 8 11 MISCELLANEOUS RoAJDS AND BRIDGES : — Wfti'kworth (o Kawakawa .. , Maungaturoto to Tokatoka. ... | Mercury Buy to Mahikarau Tlunua to Railway-station .. Putamalioe to Steiiison's Corner Waioro to Poi't Waikato Tarnaki Bridge Great South Waikoniiti, West Coast Payment to Ferrvman, Port Waikato Pukekolie to Waiitku Punt at Tuakiiu Tuhikaramea to Hamilton Raglan to Waipa .. Raglan Wharf, £1 for £1 ... I Bridge over Waikato at Hamilton .. Cambridge to Tauranga. Cambridge-Waotu Katikati to Te Aroha (liorse-track) Katikati lo Te Aroha. (Thompson's track) Wailii Bridge, subsidy £1 for £1 Rotorua-Rotomahana Taurangfij East Cape, &c\ Thames to Tauranga Native Districts Maketu-Rotorua .. Kotoiti-Tikitere To Waitomo Oaves Olovohanga to Kihikilii Mangapai Block Opotiki to Whakatane Repairing Hood damages, Cook County Sundry roads and bridges, Auckland. Bay of Islands District Mangere Bridge .. Thames Waikato Bay of Plenty Poverty Bay Taupo Tools, &c. Mahurangi to Whangarei Pukekolio Railway-station, through j East Pukekohe, to Bombay Works at Rotorua Bucklaud Station Bridge o ver Waipa,on Raglan Main Road 4,000 0 0 230 6 6 400 0 0 50 0 0j 50 0 0 50 0 0 160 0 0 764, 5 8 300 0 0 7 10 0 5,424 2 1 270 9 6 500 0 0 2,417 3 2 242 0 0 284 12 3 4,000 0 0 359 0 5 2,139 16 11 250 0 0 206 17 0 1,332 0 9 5.323 8 0 550 3 111 536 8 5 87 16 0 1,276 15 9 94 1 6 300 0 0 1,099 15 8 1,490 12 0 10.821 6 7 34,903 16 5 17,311 0 9 75 2 9 27,582 11 7 91,220 6 4! 21,499 5 4 9,336 17 1 714 13 6 1 129 15 3 150 0 .0 35 0 0 411 0 6 45 0 0 100 6 10 113 6 6 i 4,000 0 0 230 6 6 400 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 o! 160 0 0 764 5 81 450 0 0 7 10 0 5,424 2 1 270 9 6 500 0 0 2,452 8 2 242 0 0 281 12 3; 4,' 00 0 0 359 9 5 J 2.139 16 11 250 0 0 206 17 0 1,743 7 3< 5,323 8 0 595 3 11 636 15 3 87 16 0 1,276 15 9 207 8 0. 300 0 0 1,099 15 t> 1,490 12 0 10,824 6 7 34,903 16 5 17,311 0 9 ! 75 2 9 27,582 11 7 91,220 6 4 21,499 5 4 9,336 17 1 714 13 6 129 18 3 j 40 0 0 i 100 0 ol 192 8 0 ■1,000 0 0 230 6 6 400 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 ! (50 0 0 764 5 8 450 0 0 7 10 0 5,424 2 1 270 9 6 500 0 0 2,-192 3 2 242 0 0 281 12 3 4,000 0 0 100 0 0 359 9 5 2,139 16 11 250 0 0 206 17 0 1,935 15 3 5,323 8 0 645 3 11 736 15 3 87 16 0 1,276 15 9 207 8 0 300 0 0 1,099 15 8 l,4','O 12 0 10,824 G 7 34,903 16 5 17,311 0 !) 75 2 9 27.582 11 7 91,220 6 4 21,499 5 4 9,336 17 1 714 13 6 129 15 3 50 0 0 100 0 0 I 15 2 2 300 0 0 1,006 4 8 183 2 10 15 2 2 133 2 10 300 0 0 1,006 4 S| I lit 13 8 15 2 2 277 16 6 300 0 0 1,006 4 8 Carried forward .. [ 249,116 16 1 9S8 2 8 250,101 19 7 6:7 1 8 250,732 1 3

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TABLE No. 3— continued STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Roads — continued.

Expenditure to 31st March, 1891. Expenditure during 12 Months ended: 31st March, 1892. Total Liabilities cm | Expenditure Authorities, | to Contracts, &c, \ 31st March, 1892. Slsfc March, 1892. Total Expenditure and Liabilities: llSCELLATOOUS ROADS AND BbIDGES £ S. A. — continued. Brought forward ... S 249,116 16 11 To Awamutu Station to Township ... J 315 16 3, To free Hamilton Bridge from tolls. 6,700 0 0 Wainiapu Bridge... .. ... | 5,655 3 0 Repairing flood damages at the Thames: j Thames County ... ... 4,928 10 0 Thames Borough ... ••• 2,452 10 0 Tararu Tramway .. ... .. 1,000 0 0 Tauranga to Op'otiki ... ... I 100 0 O^ Ormond to Opotild .. ... I 912 18 8 Whukatane-Olinpe ... ... j 75 0 0 Orini Bridge, Whakatane ... ... j West Coast Roads ... ... | Hamilton to Cambridge ... ... | 100 0 0; Coromandel to Thames .. ...I 200 0 0 Coromandel to Port Charles ... ! 100 0 0 Coromandel to Tairua .. .. j 200 0 0 Maungatawhiri Valley ... ... i 102 0 0; Makctu to Ararimu .. ... ] 100 0 0 To Ohaupo Station .. ... j 250 0 0 Whau to Henderson's Creek ... | 400 0 0 RukuMa Swamp .. ... 693 1 8 South Bombay to Paparata ... 100 0 0 Tuakau to Waikato ... .. j 50 0 0 Sundry roads, Waitoa District .. 400 0 0 Wade'to Wainui .. ... ... 100 0 0 Helensville to Kaukapakapa 658 19 1 Ivomorau Bridge .. .. ... 250 0 0 Whangaroa to Kaeo ... .. 250 0 (• Clark's Road .. 50 0 0. Road to Omaha Wharf .. ... 80 0 0; Stokes Point to Lucas Creek .. 100 0 0 Stokes Point to Lake District ... 200 0 0 Removal of snags, Thames River ... ! 636 18 11 Whatawhata Bridge .. ... 34 17 0: Coromandel Wharf .. .. 3 9 0 Coromandel to Mercury Bay ... 14 4 8 Aroha Township to Gold-mines ... 500 0 0 Removal of punt, Te Rori to Churchill 40 14 9 Removal of Churchill punt... .. 42 2 0 Waimarino to Tokaanu ... .. [ 43 6 6 Manawatu and Makotuku Rivers, Ormondville .. ... .. 450 0 0 Sundry roads and bridges, Hawke's Bay 419 10 5 Waiomatatini to Hicks Bay ... 181 3 5 Roads, Napier District .. 32,189 19 2 Napier to Murimotu Road .. 1,047 6 0 Roads, Wairoa .. .. 1,212 7 8! Tools, &c. .. .. j 248 15 0, Bridge over Aliuriri Harbour ... | 625 16 1 Bridge over Wangaehu ... 1,000 0 0 Bridge approach, Orepuhi ... ... 150 0 0 Foxton to Otaki, inland .. 599 10 9 Grant-in-aid for bridge over Manawatu River ... 2,002 16 0 Roads in Fitzherbert Block 1,050 5 3 Sundry roads, Wellington ... 347 111 Patea to Wanganui ... .. 36,275 18 9 Wanganui to Taupo .. 5,376 18 1 Hutt to Lowry Bay .. .. j 290 0 0 Tools, &o. .. .. J 504 9 8: Bridge over Waiohine .. ... 13 15 6 Parakaretu Block... .... 149 0 0 To relieve-Wanganui Bridge from tolls ! 17,000 0 0| KaroriRoad ... ... ... 153 1 S Waverley to Patea Road 130 0 0 Manawatu Bridge at Foxton 0 18 0 Roads and bridges in unsettled districts, Patea and Taranaki ... 48,296 16 3 Great South Road between Opunake j and Manaia ... .. 2,946 0 0 Bridge over Stony River, and approaches! 1,151 6 2 Inglewood to WiiiteclifFs ... .. | 5,000 0 0 Inglewood to Ngatimaru ... 368 3 1 Henwood and Upland .. .. 993 12 10 Sundry roads, Taranaki .. ... 251 11 3 Carried forward .. 437,382 11 4J £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 988 2 8 250,104 19 7 627 1 8 315 16 3 0,700 0 0 5,655 3 0 250,732 1 3 3)5 16 3 6,700 0 0 5,655 3 0 175 0 0 299 5 0 473 14 9 4,928 10 0 2,452 10 0 .1,000 0 0 100 0 0 912 18 8 250 0 0 299 5 0 473 14 9 30 16 3 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 103 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 400 0 0 693 1 8 100 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 K 42 2 0 43 6 6 4,928 10 0 2,452 10 0 1,000 0 0 100 0 0 912 18 8 250 0 0 299 5 0 50 J. 11 0 100 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 8 100 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 S 42 2 0 43 6 6 ••' o 131 17 4 I 450 0 0 419 10 5 313 0 9 32,189 19 2 1,047 6 0 1,212 7 8 248 15 0 625 16 1 1,000 0 0, 150 0 0 599 10 i) 450 0 0 419 10 5 313 0 9 32,189 19 2 1,047 6 0 1,212 7 8 248 15 0 625 16 1 1,000 0 0 150 0 0 599 10 9 1,195 10 1 3,198 15 1 1,050 5 3 347 1 111 36,275 18 9 5,376 18 1| 290 0 0i 504 9 8 ! 13 15 6 149 0 0' 17,000 0 0! 153 1 8 130 0 0 0 18 0 3,198 15 1 1,050 5 3 347 1 11 38,275 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 16 3 2,946 0 0 1,151 6 2 5,000 0 0; 368 3 1 993 12 10J 251 11 8 2,946 0 0 1,151 6 2 5,000 0 0 368 3 1 993 12 10 251 11 3 3,263 18 10. 440,646 10 2\ 657 17 11 4il,304 8 1

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TABLE No. 3—continued. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Roads— continued.

i Expenditure Expenditure during to 12 Months ended 31st March, 1S91. 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1892. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1893. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Miscellaneous Roads and Beidges — continued Brought forward New Plymouth, inland Hawera to Waitara Wai-iti to Patea Tools, &c. Waverley to Patea Junction Road from Inglewood, eastward General salaries, &c Port to Stoke Refund expenses. T. Kelly, Mountain Road Commission Roads, Lower Moutere, flood damages Bridge over Granity Creek. Bridge over Owen Creek Horse-bridge over Matakitaki Bridge over Matiri River Bridge over Inangahua, at Buller Junction Bridges on road, Kelson to Reef ton ... Bridge over Little Grey, atDevery's. Bridge over Grey, at Cobden Bridge over Waiau, in Amuri County Bridge over Waiau, at Hanmer Plain. Sandy Bay Riwaka-Takaka, Collingwood Nelson to Reef ton, and Grey mouth Bridges Sundry roads and bridges, Nelson .. Buller to Arnould Boatman's Westport to Lyell Upper Buller Road Anaura to Amuri Nile Bridge Takaka Valley Collingwoocl to Quartz Range Takaka Road Takaka Tramway Bridge over Wairoa, in Waimea District Bridge over Inangahua, at Reefton Bridge over Ahaura Tracks, Pelorus and Queen Charlotte Sounds Pelorus District and Rai A r alley Bridge over Wairau, near Blenheim. Spring Creek Wharf Bridge over Clarence River... Kaikoura to Clarence Kaikoura to Waiau Whai-f at Hareloek Sundry Roads & Bridges, Maryborough Greymouth to Okarito Bridge over Teremakau, Kumara Bridge over Donnelly's Creek Extension south of Okarito Sundry roads, &c, Westland Hohonu Bridge Dray-road through Cheviot Hill Country Bridge over Grey, at Cobden Greymouth to Arnould Lyell to Westport... South. Creek to Main Line Junction Line Greenstone to Lake Brunner Marsden to Maori Creek Marsden to Paron Still water to Maori Chilly Kauieri Forks, Kanieri Lakes Hokitika to Bluespur Kanieri Bridge Waimea Bridge Westland, general Bridge over Upper Waitaki Bridge, Ashburton, subsidy Christchurch to Hokitika (BealeyValley) £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. cl. 437,382 11 4 3,760 17 3 14,469 19 2 58,566 6 9 254 4 2 70 0 0 3,263 18 10 440,646 10 2 3,760 17 3 14,469 19 2 58,566 6 9 254 4 2 70 0 0 657 17 11 441,304 8 1 3,760 17 3 14,469 19 2 58,566 6 9 254 4 2 70 0 0 1,000 0 0 402 18 8 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 402 18 8 402 18 8 1,000 0 0 19 8 0 1,661 18 10 762 19 11 1,797 10 1 ),413 4 4 2,811 16 0 19 8 0 1,661 18 10 762 19 11 1,797 10 1 1,413 4 4 2,841 16 0 19 8 0 1,661 18 10 762 19 11 1,797 10 1 1,413 4 4 2,841 16 0 ... 8,804 2 7 9,795 10 2 3,870 18 1 4,971 8 5 11,240 14 11 14,937 18 4 300 0 0 250 0 0 400 0 0 8,804 2 7 9,795 10 2 3,870 18 1 4,971" 8 5 11,640 14 11 14,937 18 4 300 0 0 250 0 0 8,804 2 7 9,795 10 2 3,870 18 1 4,971 8 5 11,640 14 11 14,937 18 4 300 0 0 250 0 0 13,731 15 1 794 0 1 73,197 4 8 844 10 0 16/103 15 2 240 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 13,731 15 1 794 0 1 73,197 4 8 844 10 0 16,403 15 2 246 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 13,731 15 1 794 0 1 73,197 4 8 844 10 0 16,403 15 2 246 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 1.171 19 0 3J722 19 2 4,362 8 3 18,615 3 11 13,612 19 1 31,282 8 li 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 1,171 19 0 3,722 19 2 4,362 8 3 20 0 0 18,615 3 11 13,612 19 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 11 200 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 1,171 19 0 3,922 19 2 4,362 8 3 70 0 0 18,615 3 11 13,642 19 1 31,2S2 8 11 441 6 10 508 0 11 103,447 12 11 1,079 18 0 2,01.0 13 7 1,033 10 0 47 15 11 500 0 0 500 0 0 100 8 0 13 10 0 5,038 1 5 1,322 3 7 281 17 6 3,923 9 5 2,756 5 6 2,538 S 0 798 H 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 o o: 1,778 11 1 ... ... 100 8 0 13 10 0 5,058 1 5 1,322 3 7 281 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 1,778 11 I , 100 8 0 13 10 0 5,058 1 5 1,322 3 7 281 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 1,778 11 1 ... Carried forward 914,572 7 4 3,683 18 10 918,256 6 2 3,437 17 11 921,691 4 1

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TABLE No. 3— continued. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Roads — continued.

Expenditure to 31st March, 1891. Expenditure during 12 Months ended I 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1892. Liabilities on : Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1892. Total Exx^euditure and Liabilities. Miscellaneous Eoads and Bridges — continued. Brought forward Sundry roads, Canterbury Waikari to Wait ati Summit Road 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 Taieri Bridge, Otakia, subsidy £1 for £3 Kailangata to Wangsloa Bridge over Mataura, Otama District Martin's Bay Settlement To West Coast Sounds Sundry roads and bridges, Otago Quoenstown Jetty Pomahaka Bridge, £1 for £1 Jacob's River Bridge, subsidy Mossburn, Te Anau Te Anau Jetty Bridge over Kaikorai Stream Waitati Road ... Grant in aid of bridge at Kaikorai, on Main South Road Tomahawk Road ... Subsidy, Clutha Bridge Bridge over Oreti at Elbow Warrington Bridge over Clutha at Alexandra, grant-in-aid Bridge over Clutha at Cromwell Waitahuna Bridge Native Districts ... Riverton-Orepuki Otautau Bridge, subsidy Wrey's Bridge, subsidy Expenditure under Miscellaneous Public Works Votes (see Table No. 7 of 1884) £ s. d. 914,572 7 4 818 11 9 3,257 6 4 881 8 6 100 0 0: 990 13 0 12,581 19 0 i 16,403 13 2 500 0 0 1,998 17 2 200 O 0] 1,505 17 10 1,001 5 1 453 2 3 "7 19 9 £ s. d. 3,683 18 10 225 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 £ s. d. 918,256 6 2 818 11 9 3,257 6 4! 225 0 0! 881 8 6! 100 0 0 990 13 0 12,581 19 0 16,403 13 2 500 0 0 1,998 17 2 200 0 0 1,505 17 10 1,001 5 1 453 2 3i 350 0 0 300 0 0 307 19 9 £ s. d. 3,437 17 11 75" 0 ol 500 0 0 ... 100 0 0 i li I £ s. d. 921,694 4 1 818 11 9 3,257 6 4 300 0 0 881 8 6 100 0 0 990 13 0 12,581 19 0 16,403 13 2 500 0 0 500 0 0 1,998 17 2 200 0 0 1,505 17 10 1,001 5 1 453 2 3 350 0 0 300 0 0 307 19 9 100 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0; 456 0 0 456 0 0 200 0 0 ! l ! 456 0 0 200 0 0 2,500 0 0 9 0 0 200 0 0 2,500 0 0 9 0 0 200 0 0 2,500 0 0 9 0 0 200 0 0 5,000 0 0 1,624. 8 2 750 0 0 735 5 11 1,321 19 4 5,000 0 0 2,946 7 6 750 0 0 735 5 11 553 12 6 1! 1 5,000 0 0 3.500 0 0 750 0 0 735 5 11 250 0 0 250 0 0 1,000 0 0 250 0 0 ! 250 0 0J 1,000 0 0 321,117 7 5 662 9 11 321,779 17 4 1,501 13 10, 323,281 11 2 Totals 1,288,065 2 8 6,843 8 1 1,294,908 10 9 8,068 4 3 1,302,976 15 0 Grants-in-aid : — Grants-in-aid under " The Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882" ... Expenses taking poll re Buller Bridge Portion of subsidies to local bodies Tuvanga Creek Wharf Contingencies and subsidies to local bodies for providing work for unemployed Irrigation works ... Grant to Ohinemuri County Opunaki Wharf, £1 for £2.. 375,213 14 10 79 4 4 143,553 12 ll| 375,213 14 10 79 4 4 143,553 12 11 100 0 0 375,213 14 10 79 4 4 143,553 12 11 100 0 0 44,145 0 2 10,163 15 11 54,308 16 1 500 0 0; 54,308 16 1 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,101 0 0 1,000 0 0 592 19 6 1,000 0 01 592 19 6| 508 0 6 Totals 563.991 12 3 10,756 15 5 574,748 7 81 1,108 0 6, 575,856 8 2 Boatjs to give Access to Railway, Makton-Te Awamutu : — North end South end Tunnel to Karioi ... Kuripapanga to Karioi Huntervilie to Taurangarere Tourangarere to Tokaanu ... Rotoaira to Wuimarino Ohakune to Pipiriki Mangaroa to Stratford Waimarino Block Native track to Murimotu ... 3.886 5 5 38,205 16 0 138 1 11 1.183 19 1) 2,565 3 3 763 6 (i 71 4 0 183 18 6 723 16 fi 4,574 7 5 1,159 7 3 10,718 19 9 4,785 4 8 79S 17 1 3,301 3 11 4,951 0 0 3,886 5 5 38,205 l(i 0 4,712 9 i\ 2,34'S 7 2 13,284 3 0 5,548 10 8 870 1 1 3,584 17 5 5,674 16 6; 1,701 17 10 16 13 0 5,055 17 7 2,085 6 ti 373 0 5 6,186 5 4 6,411 16 5 1,000 0 0 500 0 0 ;;,8SG 5 5 38,205 If! 0 6,414 7 2 2,360 0 2 18,340 0 7 7,633 17 2 1,243 1 6 9,771 2 9 12,080 12 11 1,000 0 0 500 0 0 Totals 78,110 6 7 23,330 17 1 101,441 3 8 47,821 (i 6 30,289 0 1 Local Bodies : — Payments of thirds. &c. 315 8 6 ! 469 15 9 785 4 3 30 4 3 815 8 6

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TABLE No. 4. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Roads under the Control of the Minister of Lands, to 31st March, 1892, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Expenditure ! Expenditure r , during 12 oi j. Tir i- Months ended dlst March, „-, , ,, , 1QO , ' 31st March, 1BJi - 1892. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1892. Liabilities on , , , ,1 -, ■ ■ local Contacts., Ex * en f Ure 31st March, T . SjL 1892 Liabilities. Roads to pen up Lands before Sale. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. North Island. AucklandOpua tcWaimate Kaihu t Kaikohe Homestad blocks, Manganui Pakiri lock Wairuao Sandy Bay Wairaao Helena Bay Whangrei tlirough Taheke Purua ad Mangakahia Tangihi No. 3 Mangaii Bluff to Kaihu Takahuto Mangonuiowae Okaihuo Victoria Valley VictoriiVallcy to main road Hclenslle to Kaipatiki Waikatto Block XVI., Awaroa Lake Yangape to Blk. VII., Awaroa Hikuta to Oliinemuri Tauran. to Te Puke and Matata Opotikfa Waiotahi Opotikb Ormond Te Aroj Block Takahito Herd's Point Block ], Tangihua Wairoaind Waikaremoana bridletracMirough the Waiau District, Pove? Bay Huihuiha to Patetere Ruakiti Block Ormonto Waiapu Gisbor: to Waimata Gisborto Wairoa Taupo.'a Iiotoaira and Murimotu, to W Coast Katikato Te Aroha Tolagcay to Arakihi Kohuku to Rahutapu Ohuka Waikaremoana Whan.oa to Kahuru Hamih-Whatawhata Drain Wareiga to Wangamarino Waimaku Bridge Awardwamp, drains and roads Paparto Waikiekie Otamkau Bridge Churel Punt OtongSridge Kawho Waipa. Alexaia to Kawhia Rotorto Galatea via Rotomahana Rotorto Wairua Galato Te Kapu via Waikaremoana Alexaa to Hikurangi Wang to Akatea AkaaEwamp WaihFerry through Komata Drair Tatarariki Draiis Aroha CabbfBay to Cape Colville Loweaihou Road Otam Deeds Mangi to Mareretu * Purir.Tairoa Whairoa to Waitetuna Mataro to Whangape Maukridge (subsidy) Hukals to Puketarata. Ahipao Herekino Waircerry, Dargaville Tairu Whenuakito PuhoMakarau Omai. Waimku to Pakanae Boton Waiotapu Opano Hokianga 385 1 0 454 15 6 282 7 6 1,540 3 G 1 788 13 10 1 262 19 7 1 411 5 3 827 8 2 4,018 15 0 2,931 7 7 7,368 13 8 155 18 10 155 18 10 385 l o: 454 16 6 282 7 0 1,540 3 6 1 788 13 10 1 262 19 7 1,411 5 8 827 8 2! 4,018 15 0 ! 2,931 7 7, 7 579 0 0' 343 11 2 499 10 0 385 1 0 454 15 G 282 7 6 1,540 3 6 1 788 13 10 1,262 19 7 1,911 5 3 827 8 2 4,018 15 0 2,931 7 7 7 668 18 8 350 0 0 2,236 5 7 3,806 19 11 3,035 10 4 4,022 7 7 12,902 1 2 562 10 0 14,958 14 1 5 300 2 6 3,953 14 5 635 6 0 544 18 6 500 0 01 210 6 4 89 18 8 350 0 0 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 3,605 15 9 635 6 0 544 18 6 I 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 3 703 0 6 635 6 0 544 18 0 190 13 11 97 4 9 705 8 2 2,149 14 4 12,476 0 1 4,250 9 6 11 963 7 8 12,601 17 9 705 8 2 2,149 14 4 12,476 0 1 4,250 9 6 11 963 7 8 12,601 17 9 705 8 2 2,149 14 4 12,476 0 1 4,250 9 6 11 963 7 8 12,601 17 9 785 11 1 2 172 6 9 484 13 6 100 0 0 2,065 15 0 137 18 0 986 4 5 606 8 9 610 2 6 941 13 9 378 19 0 150 5 2 225 4 3 15 18 4 785 11 1 2 172 6 9 484 13 6 100 0 0 2,065 15 0 137 18 0 1,002 2 9 606 8 9 CIO 2 6 955 17 9 378 19 0 150 5 2 225 4 3 49 7 8 785 11 1 2 172 6 9 484 13 6 100 0 0 2,065 15 0 137 18 0 1,051 10 5 606 8 9 610 2 0 1,380 11 11 378 19 0 150 5 2 225 4 3 14 4 0 424 14 2 1 3,210 8 7 16 16 8 3 227 5 3 16 12 1 3,243 17 4 3 825 5 10 1,848 3 9 1,341 15 3 1.050 15 0 1 111 7 0 80 13 0 350 0 0 712 2 7 350 0 0 284 11 0 375 0 0 502 0 6! 924 0 01 1 679 11 9 511 8 0 41 0 0 1,608 15 5 1 2.051 11 6i 299 18 11 100 0 0 300 0 0 272 16 G 562 19 9 374 12 11 202 17 1 407 15 0 185 9 2 51 3 4 217 11 7 3,825 5 10 1,848 3 9 1 341 15 3 1,236 4 2 1 111 7 0 80 13 0 350 0 0 763 5 11 350 0 0 284 11 0 375 0 0 502 0 6 924 0 0 1,897 3 4 511 8 0 41 0 0 1,752 7 5 2,051 11 G 299 18 11 100 0 0 570 0 0 272 16 6 562 19 9 829 15 11 202- 17 1 627- 15 0 300 0 0 50 0 0 216 2 9 34 10 8 13 13 4 4,125 5 10 50 0 0 1,848 3 9 1,341 15 3 1,452 6 11 1,145 17 8 80 13 0 350 0 0 776 19 3 350 0 0 284 11 0 375 0 0 502 0 6 924 0 0 2,060 8 6 511 8 0 41 0 0 1,806 11 10 2,051 11 6 299 18 11 300 0 0 606 0 0 272 16. 6 742 4 9 879 15 11 202 17 1 1,219 15 0 163 5 2 143 12 0 54 4 5 270 0 0 200 0 0' 36 0 0 ! 455 3 0 179 5 0 50 0 0 ! 220 0 0 592 0 0 [ rried forward . 152,173 11 0l 2,053 8 0 154,226 19 0 3,853 19. 0| 158,080 18 0

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TABLE No. 4 — continued. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Roads, &c.— continued.

■T(VT,o,i,i;tv,v n Expenditure I Total j Liabilities on to during 12 j Expenditure ■: Authorities, Plot M 1 Months ended to j Contracts, &c, 1HQ1 31st March, i 31st March, ! 31st March, iBJi. 1892 _ 1892> 18g2 _ Total Expenditure and Labilities. lOADS TO OPEN UP LANDS BEFORE SALE — continued. Brought forward North Island —continued, .uckland — continued. Woodhill Bridge Eoad, Otau Parish Hoteo Valley Road Kawakawa Roads Tauhoa District Wairua Bridge and Eoad Opuawhanga to Whananaki Whaingaroa to Mangapiko Purchase of roads to Crown lands Miscellaneous £ s. a; £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 152,173 11 0 2 053 8 0 154,226 19 0 3,853 19 0 151,080 18 0 0 14 8 263 19 7 204 14 8 34 5 9 400 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0: 300 0 O^ 318 10 0 377 13 9 300 0 0 299 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 607 0 0 400 0 0 449 1 0 20 0 0 1,667 3 5 108 19 i\ 7 1G 8 149 1 0 20 0 0 10,280 5 3 179 10 8i 14 10 0 288 10 0 22 6 8 149 1 0 20 0 0\ 11,207 3 5 920 18 2 460 0 0 'aranaki— Boad through bush, Waimate Plains Roads east of Stratford Bush land inland of Patea Continuous Reserve (to be refunded) Mountain Road to blocks under survey Waitara Bridge Opening up Huiroa Block Huiroa Block, bridge over Manganui River To complete bush-felling, Stratford. Through parts of Blocks I., II., V., VI., X., Ngaire District Through parts of Blocks III., V.,X., Ngaire District Block X., Huiroa Egmont District Kahouri Bridge Eltham and Branch Roads Native Trust Blocks Ironsand Blocks Tariki Road Road through hush, Waimate Plains Pukearuhe to Mokau Bridge on Stratford to Opunake Road Inglewood to Waitara Roads east of Midhirst Egmont Road Roads east of Waitara Roads inland of Mokoia Alfred Road Rotokare and Branch Roads Mokau Punt Pukearuho inland Roads east of Waipuku Whemiakura Valley Bridge and Road Kaimanuka and Rawhitiroa Tikorangi to Tβ Tarata York and other adjacent roads Tikorangi Bridge, Waitara, £1 for £1 Miscellaneous 15 714 8 9 1 796 19 8 1,926 0 11 5,045 10 4 S90 14 0 968 18 2 1,065 18 10 781 1 3 34 0 0 2,041 0 10 1 146 3 6 745 17 0 356 12 11 600 0 0 7 359 15 6 1,834 13 9 514 0 2 1 149 7 0 1,614 9 8 1 175 5 9 376 19 8 2,749 1 5 253 10 3 185 15 6 2,092 15 11 663 18 1 70 6 6 409 18 9 221 16 0 884 10 1 68 6 2 69 0 0 108 3 2 15 714 8 9 1 865 19 8 1,926 0 11 5,045 10 4 890 14 0 968 18 2 1 174 2 0 781 1 3 34 0 0 2,041 0 lO! 1 146 3 6 I 745 17 0 356 12 11 600 0 0 7 359 15 6 1 1,834 13 9 514 0 2 1 149 7 0 1 614 9 8 1 325 6 1 376 19 8 2 749 1 5 253 10 3 185 15 6: 3 363 13 5 663 18 1 101 19 10' 409 18 9 221 16 0 961 7 9 168 13 5 86 3 10 1,714 8 9 ,865 19 8 ,926 0 11 ,045 10 4 890 14 0 968 18 2 ,174 2 0 781 1 3 34 0 0 ,041 0 10 ,146 3 6 745 17 0 356 12 11 600 0 0 ,359 15 6 834 13 9 514 0 2 149 7 0 614 9 8 325 6 1 376 19 8 749 1 5 253 10 3 185 15 6 419 11 11 663 18 1 109 9 10 909 18 9 221 16 0 184 10 1 280 0 0 000 0 0 662 3 10 300 0 0 100 0 0 338 0 0 351 6 0 150 0 4 1,270 17 6 1,055 18 6 31 13 4 7 10 0 500 0 0 76 17 8 100 7 3 86 3 10 223 2 4 111 6 7 913 16 2 662 3 10 300 0 0 100 0 0 338 0 0 1,459 12 1 948 14 7 , 942 19 4 1 891 13 11 lawke's Bay— Tolaga to Mangatokerau Tolaga to Arakihi Ormond to Waiapu Ormond to Opotiki Waipoa Road to Oilsprings Puketitiri Block Norsewood District, Ngamoko, and Maharahara Ahuturanga Block Tautanc and Tahoraite Tukitukito Waipawa Mohaka and Waitara Waitara Block Umutaoroa Block Maharahara Block Victoria and Bush-mills Settlements Rotokakaranga Napier-Wairoa, £1 for £1 Mata Valley 358 19 6 555 0 0 302 13 0 1 930 13 5 650 0 0 520 0 0 2,709 16 6 1,883 7 11 17,853 8 11 985 1 5 151 6 4 781 0 6 2,088 15 4 1,938 12 8 900 0 0 1 669 7 10 758 6 8 488 12 5: 358 19 6 555 0 0 302 13 0 2,689 0 1 650 0 0 520 0 0 2,709 16 6 1,883 7 11 18 342 1 4; 985 1 5 151 6 4 781 0 6 2,088 15 4 1 938 12 8 900 0 0 1 669 7 10 738 8 0 3,057 13 9 358 19 6 555 0 0 302 13 0 427 8 7 650 0 0 520 0 0 709 16 6 883 7.11 399 15 1 985 1 5 151 6 4 781 0 6 ,088 15 4 938 12 ft 900 0 0 ,769 7 10 ,000 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,000 0 0 200 0 0 Carried forward . 253,705 1 9 7,521 7 11 261,226 9 8 17,162 0 3 ,388 9 H

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01 i. i\t u Months ended alst March, ■ o . , >,- 1 1BQ1 ! March, laji - 1892. Total Liabilities on T t 1 Expenditure Authorities, „ -,., to Contracts.&c, Ex Penditure 31st March, 31st March, Tio S?H« 1892. 1892. Liabilities. Roads to open up Lands befokk Sale — continued. Brought forward North Island —continued. Hawke's Bay— continued. Totara Road, Tahoraite Otawai Road, Tahoraite Makaretu Te Ohu Manawatu Bridge Miscellaneous £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. cl. £ s. cl. £ s. a. 253,705 1 9! 7 521 7 11 261 226 9 8 17,162 0 3 278,388 9 11 1 992 15 2 434 8 10 500 0 0i 927 8 6 1 992 15 2 434 8 10 500 0 0, 1 508 1 6 250 0 0; 200 0 0| 250 0 0 200 0 0 1,992 15 2 434 8 10 500 0 0 1 644 13 0 580 13 0 136 11 6 Wellington— Pahiatua, Mangaone, &c. Pahiatua, Palmerston North Repairs, Fitzhorbert Bridge Roads, Fitzherbert Block Otamakapua and Waitapu East side of Pohangina River Momahaki to Waitotara Tokomaru Block Wanganui to Murimotu Marton to Murimotu Rangitumau Block Sandon Township Wairarapa Bast Mungaroa to Waikanae Blocks V., VI., IX., and XIII., Kairanga Survey Dist., Palmerston N Road, Oroua River Toritea Road Pohangina to Oroua Otamakapua Waitotara, Omahine Waitotara Valley Blocks V., VI., IX., X., and XIII., Kairanga Survey District, Palmerston N., 24 miles, to open 8,582 acres Karewarewa Block Paratieke Kaiwhata and Pahaoa Otairi Block Makakalii Road Wairoa Survey District Kairanga Drain Kimbolton Road Extension Kimbolton Road to Oroua Waitapu Block Mangatainoko Roads Tiraumea Bridge Tutaeknra Road South Pahiatua Road Mangaone to Tiraumea Tiraumea to Makuri Mangawheao Puketoi Makakahi Bridge to Mangahao Mauricevillo West Otaki to Foxton South Mangaone Road Maungakaretu Mikimiki To purchase roads to Crown lands Mount Baker Valley Crossing at Levin Bridge and road, Napier's Crossing Pori Road, Puketoi Tiraumea Bridge, Makaira Road, £1 for £1 Rangitikei Punt, Hunterville (Otara) Pohonuiotane Block Pungahareru Makuri Gorge Road Miscellaneous 19 317 15 21 832 19 5 500 0 0; 400 0 0 4,464 8 2 920 17 G 3 602 13 li 1 995 3 4 3 606 18 1 2,670 6 6 4 118 0 7i 1,430 7 9 1 500 0 4,373 2 11 3 738 8 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 11 14 6 1,098 3 9 193 18 11: 686 0 0 1 524 7 2 319 1 9 588 2 7 500 0 0 119 12 6 669 7 10 14 5 7 851 8 4 1 008 4 11 496 2 0 1,379 6 6 5 399 10 2 2 244 10 10 311 1 6 1.609 0 8 1 246 4 6 1.610 14 2 100 0 01 296 17 11 634 «J 8 661 14 5 22 16, d 19 10 0 109 0 9 363 0 5 19 317 15 2 942 0 2 500 0 0 400 0 0 4,464 8 2i 920 17 6; 3,602 13 1| 1 995 3 4 : 3 969 18 6 2 670 6 6: 4,118 0 7 1 430 7 9 1,500 0 0! 4,373 2 Hi 3 738 8 0 500 0 0 100 0 0, 308 12 5 1,732 13 5 855 13 4 686 0 0 1 524 7 2 ! 319 1 9 588 2 7 522 16 3i 139 2 6 669 7 10 14 5 7 851 8 i 1,008 4 11 496 2 0 ; 1,379 6 6 5,411 18 3 : 2 244 10 10 ! 311 1 6 1 609 0 8 1 246 4 6 1 610 14 2 261 18 6 144 9 0 50 0 0i 525 12 1' 200 19 7 1,181 1 S 227 3 9 19,317 15 2 1,203 18 8 500 0 0 400 0 0 4,464 8 2 920 17 6 3,602 13 1 1 995 3 4 4,114 7 6 2,670 6 6 4,118 0 7 1,430 7 9 1,500 0 0 4,373 2 11 3 738 8 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 834 4 6 1 933 13 0 2,036 14 7 686 0 0 1,524 7 2 319 1 9 588 2 7 750 0 0 139 2 6 669 7 10 14 5 7 851 8 4 1,008 4 11 49G 2 0 1 379 6 6 5,411 IS 3 2,244 10 10 311 1 6 1.609 0 8 1,246 4 6 1.610 14 2 151 1 6 3,270 17 6 316 12 6 652 1 2 512 2 8 214 7 4 1 980 7 0 135 12 6 519 10 7 400 0 0 107 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 12 8 1 1,297 12 3 151 1 6 702 7 9 1 270 17 6 31.6 12 6 652 1 2 356 2 8 214 7 4 1,730 7 0 135 12 6 489 12 7 100 0 0 107 0 0 156 0 0 2,568 9 9 316 12 6 652 1 2 512 2 S 214 7 4 1 730 7 0 135 12 6 519 10 7 100 0 0 107 0 0 250 0 0 29 18 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,024 9 7 1 436 6 1 1,024 9 7 3,576 17 2 219 13 0: 540 0 0 500 0 0 1,544 4 1 467 0 0 219 13 0 540 0 0 500 0 0 2,568 13 8 4,043 17 2 2 140 11 1 Middle Island. Nelson— Ngatimoti Bridge Cobden to Seventeen-mile Diggings. 1 678 11 0 174 7 11 174 7 11 1 678 11 0 225 12 1 400 0 0 1 678 11 0 Carried forward 342,603 8 3 14 440 12 3 357,044 0 6 27 239 14 4 384,283 14 10

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Expenditure to 31st March, 1891. Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1892. Liabilities on m <■ i Authorities, -p i0 T, Contracts. &c, Expenditure 31st March, T . ?!**. 1832 Liabilities. Roads to open up Lands bepOue Sale — continued. Brought forward Middle Nelson— continued. Hampden to Maraia Grey Valley to Teremakau Wakefield to Stanley Brook Aorere Valley to Karamea Tadmor and Sherry to Buller Baton to Karamea Maraia to Amuri Takaka to Anatoki and Collingwood Takaka to Karamea Ahaura to Kopara and Amuri Oronoko to Bosedale Brooklands Valley Road Karamea to Mokihinui Ahaura (Mason's) to Haupiri Takaka to Stockyard Pigeon Valley to Motueka. Pretty Bridge Valley Grey Valley via Clarke, to Maruia. Dovedale Mangles-Matakitaki Little Sidney Eoad, Riwaka Riwaka Valley Road East Takaka Road Trass Valley Wakefield District Wairoa Bridge Wairoa Gorge Road To purchase roads to Crown lands Miscellaneous £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 342,603 8 m 14,440 12 3 357,044 0 6 J 27,239 14 4i I 384,283 14 10 10,507 5 9 2,688 2 1 200 0 0 4,699 7 5 5,482 16 1] 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 2,083 9 G 257 14 1 709 4 6 200 0 0 211 10 2 460 0 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 2,083 9 6 257 14 1 709 4 6 200 0 0 211 10 2 460 0 0 10,507 5 9 2,688 2 1 200 0 0 4,699 7 5 5 182 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 2,083 9 6 257 14 1 709 4 6 200 0 0 211 10 2 560 0 0 400 0 0 62 12 6 300 0 0 150 0 0 160 0 0 160 0 0 150 0 0 470 0 0 350 4 0 1 831 4 7 100 0 0j 400 0 0' 62 12 6 62 12 6 300 0 0 127 0 0 160 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 270 0 0 230 14 0 1 786 4 7 160 0 0 160 0 0 150 0 0 270 0 0 108 1 0 1,681 4 7 300 0 0 127 0 0 23 0 0 122 13 0 155 0 0 200 0 0 119 10 0 45 0 0 Marlborough— Awatere Valley Road Rai, Ronga, and Whangamoa Roads 8,484 11 1 33 8 6 20 3 4 8 484 11 1 53 11 10 I 129 16 8: 8 484 11 1 183 8 0 Westland— Mapourika to Gillespie's Mahitahi to Haast Mathias Pass Road In the County of Westland Kumara to Beach Kokatahi River to Hokitika River Moeraki Crossing to Otumotu Mount Bonar to Poerua River Wataroa and Waitangi-taone Teremakau to Bell Hill Road Waikukupa to Cook's River Flat Cook's River Flat Cascade Valley Road Pounamou to Teremakau Mahitahi to Paringa Hunt's Beach to Makawiho Makawiho to Mahitahi Kaneiri Bridge Miscellaneous 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 1 986 16 0 1,000 0 0 2 070 18 8 1 809 9 2 684 5 4 1 400 0 0 509 1 6 122 9 O^ 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 5J 900 0 0 1 500 0 0 1 986 16 0 1,000 0 0 2,265 18 8 1,809 9 2 684 5 4| 1 400 0 0 539 1 6 497 8 9 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 1 986 16 0 1,000 0 0 2,2G5 18 8 1 809 9 2 684 5 4 1 400 0 0 539 1 6 785 1 2 526 9 6 448 10 4 195 0 0 30 0 0 374 19 9 287 12 5 526 9 6 ! 43 19 Oi I 301 14 6 102 16 10: 404 11 4 Canterbury— Mathias Pass Road To Upper Ashley over Kuku Pass Irrigation works, Eyre & 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 Redcliffe Blackhills Road . Road to Mount Cook and Glaciers Waihao to Hakateraniea Mount Grey Downs Glentui Road Ohau Bridge, £1 for £1 Miscellaneous 2,046 15 10 8 630 4 8 3 400 0 0 3 996 2 3 249 18 10 1 764 4 11 784 19 1 1 399 15 10 600 0 0 970 0 0 1 909 15 0 863 8 5 468 0 0 683 5 4 800 0 0 1 698 16 4 2 046 15 10 8,630 4 8 3,400 0 0 3,996 2 3 249 18 10 1 764 4 11 784 19 1 1 399 15 10 600 0 0 970 0 0 2 186 9 8 863 8 5 468 0 0 683 5 4 800 0 0 1 710 0 1 170 0 0 2,046 15 10 8 630 4 8 3 400 0 0 3,996 2 3 249 18 10 1,764 4 11 784 19 1 1 569 15 10 600 0 0 970 0 0 2 408 15 0 8(53 8 5 468 0 0 683 5 4 800 0 0 1,898 16 4 276 14 8 222 5 4 11 3 9 188 16 8 Carried forward 465 819 3 4 16,156 3 7: 481 975 6 11 1 29 696 3 6 i 511 671 10 5

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Expenditure to 31st March, 1891. Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1892. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads to open up Lands bhfobb Sale — continued. Brought forward Middle Island —continued. £ s. d. 465,819 3 4 £ s. d. 16,156 3 7 £ s. d. 481 975 6 11 £ s. d. 29,696 3 6 £ s. d. 511,671 10 5 Dtago— Beaumont to Miller's Flat Through Blocks VIII. and X., Benger Run 106 Kelso to Greonvale Tapanui Railway to Eun 140 To open up Otago and Southland runs Through Buns 171 and 171a Otara to Waikawa, and bridge over Tokanui Greek Arrowtown to Crown Terrace Waitahuna to Run 52c Run 75 (Boyd's) Education reserves Through Runs 177 and 257 Glenorchy up Rees and Dart Lauder Block Upper Clutha Blocks Waikaia Bush to Clutha Valley Pembroke to Matukituki Blackstone District Taieri Lake, Block XV., JManiototo Taieri Bridge to Nenthorn Bridge .. Ida Valley Kurow Run Pyramid Bridge to Waikaia Taieri River Road Hummocksido District Athol to Nokomai Saddle Moeraki District Maniototo Gimmerburn District Kawarau to Nevis Naseby, Maniototo, and Gimmerburn Run 109 Block XII., Nenthorn Clarendon District Run 222 Swinburn and Rock and Pillar \ Run 210 j" Silverpqak, &c. Switzer's Track to Spylaw and Clutha Rankleburn, &c. Kelso to Waikaka i Catlin's District Mossburn to Manapouri Blocks II. and III., Campbelltown Appleby to Tisbury Woodend to Bushy Point Bridge, Tokomairiro River,N. Branch Hindon Glenomaru and Owake Waikaka to Wendon and Greenvale Glenkenich Woodlands Waikoikoi Bridge Riversdale, Switzers Boundary Creek Bridge Horse-bridge, Wairaki Kiver, £1 for £1 Wendon District Seaward Forest to coast Forest Hill Tramway Waikawa to Catlins Orepuki to Waiauiahiri Branch Road to Forest Hill Tomogalak Creek to deferred-pay-ment land Bridges, Fortrose to Wyndham Dome Creek Bridge Waikawa Waikaka Siding to Waikaka Town Bay Road to Otara Bush Busli land east of Makarewa Port William to Half-moon Bay Wyndham, via Mimihau, to Otaraia Waikaka to Pyramid 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 1,500 0 0 1 200 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,821 3 9 5,002 0 0 1 805 3 7 1 149 0 0 604 15 0 3,500 0 0 1 979 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 o! 200 0 0: 167 10 8 740 0 0 500 0 o! 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 '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 1 500 0 0 1 200 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,821 3 9 5,002 0 0 1 805 3 7 1 149 0 0 604 15 0 3,500 0 0 1 979 11 4 400 0 0 200 0 0 175 0 0 500 0 0 1 201 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 260 0 0 200 0 0 167 10 8 940 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 1 093 0 0 100 0 0j 300 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 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 1,500 0 0 1 200 0 0 3,000 0 0 1 821 3 9 5,002 0 0 1,805 3 7 1 249 0 0 604 15 0 3,500 0 0 1 979 11 4 400 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 0 167 10 8 1 240 0 0 700 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 450 0 0 1 093 0 0 1,093 0 0 320 0 0 C90 5 8 150 0 0 1 000 8 6 3,709 13 8 400 0 0 1 527 10 0 320 0 0 690 5 8 077 10 0 1,000 8 0 5,006 1 8, 400 0 0 : 422 10 0 I 320 0 0 690 5 8 1 100 0 0 1,000 8 6 5 121 1 8 400 0 0 100 0 0 344 6 7 100 0 0 250 0 0 1,005 0 0 1,146 16 2 500 0 0 110 4 0 1,296 8 0 115 0 0 ! 100 0 0 344 6 7 100 0 0 250 0 0 1,005 0 0 1,146 1C 2 500 0 0 110 4 0 344 6 7 100 0 0 250 0 0 1,005 0 0 1 146 16 2 500 0 0 110 4 0 125 0 0 594 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 6 064 15 11 13,010 7 10 1 937 17 7 900 0 0 1,494 19 5 499 5 6 125 0 0 594 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 6,004 15 11 13,016 7 10 7,443 15 11 1 816 10 10 1,494 19 5 499 5 0 125 0 0 594 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 6,064 15 11 13 010 7 10 7 557 19 ] 2,900 0 0 1,494 19 5 499 5 6 5,505 18 4 916 10 10 114 3 2 1 083 9 2 250 0 0 400 0 0 375 0 0 2,000 0 0 1 179 18 3 520 0 0 250 0 0 1 499 18 2 200 0 0 1 914 5 2 250 0 0 400 0 0 2 289 5 2 2,000 0 0 1 179 18 3 520 0 0 250 0 0 1 499 18 2 200 0 0 2 519 15 8 250 0 0 400 0 0 4,S09 0 10 2,000 0 0 1 179 18 3 520 0 0 250 0 0 1,499 18 2 200 0 0 Totals 560,396 10 01 27,016 15 11 587,413 5 11 36,001 1 6 623,414 7 5

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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, 1892, and Liabilities on that Date.

Expenditure to 31st March, 1891. Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1892. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads to open up Lands befoee Sale — continued. Brought forward Middle Island —continued. 0 fcago— continued. Wendonside Pyramid Bridge Otatara Bush West's to Mokohua Waimatuku Bush Blaokmount to deferred-payment land Bush land, Makarewa Seaward Moss to Awarua Bay Hedgehopo Eoad Waikiwi Suburban Wallacetown to Tomoporakau Winton Tramway to Winton Forest Seaward Forest to deferred-payment block Waikawa to Wyndham Valley Biverton to Colac Bay Grove Bush Winton, Drains Forest-hill Road Scrubby Hill Stewart Island Clifton to Seaward Bush £ s. d. 560,396 10 0 100 0 0 850 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 425 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 650 0 0 £ s. d. 27,016 15 11 £ s. d, 587 413 5 11 100 0 0 850 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 425 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 650 0 0 £ s. d. 36,001 1 G 100 0 0 £ s. d. 623,414 7 5 100 0 0 850 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 425 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 650 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 700 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 700 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 1,039 15 11 200 0 0 350 0 0 889 15 11 539 15 11 Purchase, roads to Crown lands Sundry roads Sundry roads, Native labour Miscellaneous 9 394 2 11 9 9 0 6 419 1 0 131 0 0 131 o o: 9 394 2 11 9 9 0 6,714 1 0 227 10 9 358 10 9 9,394 2 11 9 9 0 6,819 1 0 295 0 0 105 0 0 Totals 581 233 18 10 27,992 15 11 609 226 14 9 38 783 12 3 648,010 7 0 Village Settlements :— Village settlements 3G 943 0 C 3,829 14 0 40 772 14 6 5 788 0 0 46,560 14 6

Expenditure to 31st March, 1891. Expenditure Total during Twelve Expenditure Months ending to 31st March, 31st March, 1892. 1882. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1892. 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 Eoads to open up mineral lands .uckland — Assistance to Piako County Council towards constructing tramway from Te Aroha Mountain to batteries Opening Mokau Eiver for development of coal-mine Kuaotuna-Coromandel Eoad Waikawau to Manaia Tapu to Waikawau Thames to Manaia Whangamata Harbour to Eeefs Karangahake through Ohinemuri Gorge Tereohanga Gorge to Puhipuhi Cabbage Bay to Port Charles Tiki to Mahikarau Kuaotuna to Mercury Bay Karangaheke and Waihi Waitawheta Gorge Eoad & s. d; 60,195 18 0i 333 17 4 : 6,000 0 0 552 8 0 £ s. d. 1 801 11 10 1,351 13 9 £ s. a. 07 997 9 10 1 685 11 1 6,000 0 0 552 8 0; £ s. cl. 8,125 15 10 1 143 G 3 200 0 0 £ s. d. 76 123 5 8 2,833 17 4 0,000 0 0 552 8 0 200 0 0 1,000 0 0 750 10 0 359 13 0 141 10 6 1,000 0 0 800 0 0 20G 0 0 250 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 350 0 0 1,000 0 0 610 3 0 140 7 0 77 10 0 1,000 0 0 750 10 0 77 10 0 1 141 10 6 1,000 0 0 • 282 3 0 141 10 6 1,000 0 0 800 0 0: 200 0 0 250 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 350 0 0 Carried forward 75,833 16 10; 3 371 2 7 79 204 19 5 12,006 5 1 91,211 4

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Expenditure to 31st March, 1891. Expenditure during Twelve Months ending 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1892. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1802. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. 75,833 16 10 £ s. d. 3,371 2 7 £ s. d. 79,204 19 5 £ s. d. 12,006 5 1 £ s. d. 91 211 4 G Brought forward Nelson — Repairs to Nile Bridge Lyell to Mokihinui via Eight-Mile Mokihinui Quartz-reefs to Specimen Greek Brighton to Seventeen-Mile Beach vid Terraces Cobden to Seventeen-Mile Beach Wangapeka to Karamea Aorere Valley to Karamea and Mokihinui Owen Valley Eoad Hampden to Horse Terrace 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 Hatter's 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 Karamea Ahaura to Amuri Marlbobough— Wakamarina Valley Anikiwa Jetty Canterbury— Eoad to open up Wilborforce Quartz-reefs Westland — Cedar Creek Eoad Browning's Pass to Eeefs (subsidy of £2 for £1) Great South Eoad Jackson's Bay to Cascade and Gorge River Districts Grey Valley to Teremakau Bridge over Mahinapua Creek Otago— Arthur's Point to Skipper's Waikaia Bush Road Arrowtown to Macetown Quartz-reefs and Motutapu Bush Waitahuna Bridge, on account of reconstruction Garston to Nevis Wakatipu to Milford Sound Dart Eiver Eoad Piers, Victoria Bridge Southland — Tracks, Merivale District Waiau to Preservation Inlet Contingencies Tracks, Stewart Island Assistance towards prospecting 5,098 8 G 1,238 7 5 1,789 7 2 3,036 1 4 2,000 0 0 25,063 13 9 2,208 9 2 500 0 0 423 10 0 722 8 0 400 0 0 365 10 0 900 0 0 11,005 18 11 2,504 19 7 11 0 0 135 15 9 1 830 17 7 250 0 0 2,522 17 2 100 0 0 5,098 8 6 1 238 7 5 1 789 7 2 3,286 1 4 2,000 0 0 27,586 10 11 2,208 9 2 100 0 0 500 0 0 423 10 0 722 8 0 400 0 0 365 10 0 900 0 0 11,005 18 11 2,504 19 7 11 0 0 135 15 9 1,830 17 7 300 0 0 150 0 0 1,294 9 0 1,900 0 0 # 300 0 0 5,098 8 6 1 238 7 5 1 789 7 2 3,43G 1 4 2,000 0 0 28,881 0 5 2,208 9 2 2,000 0 0 500 0 0 423 10 0 722 8 0 400 0 0 365 10 0 900 0 0 11,005 18 11 2,504 19 7 11 0 0 135 15 9 1,830 17 7 4,500 0 0 4,500 0 0 4,500 0 0 2 207 10 8 2,207 10 8 55 8 0 2,207 10 8 2,000 0 0 5,159 10 11 900 0 0 55 8 0 1,944 12 0 151 0 0 5,310 10 11 900 0 0 495 16 0 5 310 10 11 900 0 0 495 16 0 12 167 4 1 1,000 0 0 12,167 4 1 1,000 0 0 12 167 4 1 1,000 0 0 9 270 6 8 9,270 0 8 250 0 0 9 520 6 8 750 0 0 788 18 6 1 328 17 10 680 18 8 1 912 9 10 750 0 0 1 469 17 2 3,241 7 8 96 0 0 750 0 0 1,565 17 2 3,241 7 8 200 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 356 13 4 58 7 0 500 0 0 356 13 4 380 8 10 643 6 8 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 380 8 10 200 0 0 1 361 7 3 322 1 10 330 15 9 336 15 9 200 0 0 1,024 11 6 Totals 173 962 14 6 9 795 12 4 183,758 6 10 20,555 0 9 204,313 7 7 SUMMAEY Eoads, Bridges, etc., North of Auckland Main Eoads Miscellaneous Eoads and Bridges Roads to give access to Railway, MabtonTβ Awamutu Grants-in-aid Roads to open up Lands (see Table No. 4) Improvement of Village Settlements Through Lands recently purchased (see Table No. 5, 1883) Goldfields Roads (see Table No. 5) Payments to Road Boards (see Table No. 11,1877) Local Bodies 229,671 15 9 457 510 11 5 1 288,005 2 8 47 821 6 6 563 991 12 3 581 233 18 10 36,943 0 6 11,738 13 10 6,843 8 1 30,289 0 1 10,756 15 5 27 992 15 11 3,829 14 0 229,671 15 9 469,249 5 3 1,294,908 10 9 78,110 6 7 574,748 7 8 609,226 14 9 40,772 14 6 4,945 3 8 8,068 4 3 23 330 17 1 1 108 0 6 38 783 12 3 5 788 0 0 229,671 15 9 474 194 8 11 1,302 976 15 0 101,441 3 8 575,856 8 2 648,010 7 0 46,560 14 0 21,527 14 5 173,962 14 6 9 795 12 4 21,527 14 5 183,758 6 10 20,555* 0 9 21 527 14 5 204,313 7 7 225,000 0 0 315 8 6 4C9 15 9 225,000 0 0 785 4 3 225,000 0 0 785 4 3 Totals 3,727,759 0 9 102,578 18 6 3,830,337 19 3 ,626,043 5 4 1 101 715 15 5 Less — Recoveries on account Of services of previous years Receipts— Under section 15, "Public Works Act, 1882" Under " Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886 " Transferred from Consolidated Fund I \- 27 880 6 11 3,734 19 11 99 10 0 3,734 19 11 99 10 0 89,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 89,000 0 0 30,000 0 0 Grand Totals 3,604,924 10 10 102,578 18 6 3,707,503 9 4 ,598,162 18 5 101,715 15 5

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TABLE No. 6. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure for Water-races on Goldfields out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1892, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Expenditure. Liabilities. Total Locality and Name of Race. iOCALITY AND NAME OF RACE. Survey and Construction, 1870-91. Subsidies, 1870-91. Survey and j Construction: 1891-92. ! Subsidies, 1891-92. Totals. Authorities on Construction. Authorities on : Contracts. Subsidies. Totals. and Liabilities. NORTH ISLAND. Auckland Provincial District — Thames £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. NORTH ISLAND. Auckland Provincial Distbict — Thames. i 80,708 19 3 80,708 19 3 80 708 19 3 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 Maerewhenua Artesian wells, Maniototo Government Works — Mount Ida Waipori Southland Provincial District — Subsidy — Round Hill General — Increased water-supply Departmental — Salaries, travelling, advertising, &c. 3 7 0 12 5 8 : 21 5 0 15 6 174,468 4 7 25,644 9 6 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 14,701 15 3 244 9 0 4 6 2 I 1 955 12 1 1 992 14 8 3,496 0 3 10,310 18 4 1,554 10 6 2 762 17 2 1 363 18 4 282 15 0 1 958 19 1 2,005 0 4 3,517 5 3 10,312 3 10 1 554 10 6 2 762 17 2 175,832 2 11 2,E 25 927 4 6 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 14,701 15 3 244 9 0 612 10 0 644 6 2 1 9 249 13 II 200 0 0, 2,956 14 0j 1 150 0 0 850 0 0, 1,000 0 0 1,065 0 0 20 0 0 66,356 3 8 11 263 1 0 133 19 4 630 4 0 6,720 6 8 | 2,500 0 0| 500 1 958 19 1 2,005 0 4 3,517 5 3 10,312 3 10 1,554 10 6 2,762 17 2 178,332 2 11 25,927 4 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 0J 2 956 14 01 1 150 0 0 850 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,065 0 0| 20 0 01 MIDDLE ISLAND. Westland Provincial District — Subsidies — Hohonu. Hibernian. New River. Kanieri. Ross Sludge-channel. Kuniara 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. Maerewhenua. Artesian wells, Maniototo. Government Works — Mount Ida. Waipori. Southland Provincial District— Subsidy — Round Hill. General — Increased water-supply Departmental — Salaries, travelling, advertising, &c, 612 10 0 640 0 0 9,249 13 1 200 0 0 2,956 14 0 1 150 0 0 850 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,065 0 0 20 0 0 65 766 3 8 11 263 1 0 590 0 0 66,356 3 8 11,263 1 0 530 4 0 133 19 4 133 19 4 100 0 0 630 4 0 6,720 6 8 391 426 10 3 38 965 9 S 6 T20 6 8 Totals 2,256 13 4 435,148 13 0 Totals. 432,648 18 0 2,500 0 0 SUMMARY North Island Middle Island 80,708 19 3| 391,426 10 3 80,708 19 3 432 648 13 0 2,500 0 0 513 357 12 3 2,500 0 0 80,708 19 3 435 148 13 0 SUMMARY North Island. Middle Island. ! 38,965 9 5 2,256 13 4 2,256 13 4 - Totals. Totals 472,135 9 6 38,965 9 5 [515,857 12 3

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TABLE No. 7 Statement showing Expenditure on Telegraphs out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1892, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Line. Mi: Poles. Miles of iles iOf Wire. Expenditure during Twelve — Months ended 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Expenditure to the 31st March, 1891 Telephone exchanges St. Helier's Pakuranga Waihi Towai Tnparoa Patangata Puniho Kaponga Tariki Waipiro Maraekakaho Mohaka to Wairoa Norsewood Awanui Hunterville Ohariu Hutt and Petone Bunnythorpe Shag Point Charleston, via Addiaon's Stoke Stanley Brook Woodbury Christchureh to Taitapu Uprjer Eiccarton Bast Oxford Burke , s Pass Greendale Belfast Mount Somers Little Akaloa-Okain's and Le Bon's Bays Botherham-Waiau Middlemarch Birch wood and Mount Linton Hawea Flat Beaumont Half-way Bush and Maori Hill Kennington Te Anau Fairfax Tuapeka-Lawrence Maori Point Glenorchy Merrivale Mount Pisa and Tarras Gimmerburn Coal Creek Plat Lowburn Milford Sound Makaretu and Ashley-Clinton Trentham Waitapu Waitepeka-Puerua Drummond Evans Flat Waikaka Ham pden-Hillgrove Balclutha-Romahapa Meiklejohn's Hokonui Bald Hill Flat 11 4 9 2 a 4 8 7 9 12 13 18 1 £ s. d. 3,687 9 10 1 15 7 12 13 8 310 6 10 100 2 11 12 4 9 19 6 2 14 3 236 14 2 58 9 7 679 7 0 278 19 7 81 1 1 9 8 6 91 18 10 715 18 9 67 18 3 232 10 3 65 16 1 4 18 3 264 18 7 15 4 0 415 9 9 77 17 1 20 3 3 18 16 0 4 10 6 225 1 7 31 15 4 8 4 0 200 0 3 10 7 9 39 4 5 20 6 0 205 7 2 187 1 8 94 5 9 43 6 8 23 15 1 6 0 0 18 17 1 285 10 0 40 2 8 21 10 0 190 3 7 187 8 6 407 14 1 20 18 0 2 9 0 6 15 0 29 13 6 18 11 0 20 5 0 35 11 10 199 0 7 6 2 6 0 16 0 13 8 10 90 10 4 4 8 3 3 17 6 4 8 3 £ s. d. 606,647 15 9 18 18 4 5 5 12 4 1 13J 1* 6 25 1 13J 1J 23J 'ii , 6 7 6 11 9 12 4 5J 27 772 16 0 8,142 0 0 16 I 31 9 5 16 6 17 li 31 10 23 16 4 Add for stock 10,166 9 0 17,606 7 0 Liabilities on 31st March, 1892 Total Expenditure and Liabilities £642,562 11 9

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TABLE No. 8. Statement showing the Expenditure on Public Buildings out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1892, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1891. Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1892. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &o;J 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. fudicial 3 ostal and Telegraphic Justoins )ffices for Public Departments junatic Asylums 5chool~buildings hospitals Hiscellaneous Quarantine Stations £ s. d. 266,403 11 11 143,580 11 G 5,175 18 1 183,341 1 8 301,739 16 9 819,513 1 3 33,184 10 7 9,838 14 10 3,525 0 3 514 13 2 13,962 7 1 £ s. d. 8,900 12 8 1,009 3 1 13 7 0 453 12 1 16,915 7 2 7,500 0 0 £ s. d. 275,304 4 7 144,595 14 7 5,189 5 1 183,794 13 9 318,055 3 111 827,013 1 3 33,184 10 7 9,838 14 10 3,525 0 3> 514 13 2 13,962 7 1 & s. a. 805 15 8 5,894 14 3 £ s. a. 276,110 0 3 150,490 8 10 5,189 5 1 183,829 2 8 330,702 13 3 827,013 1 3 37,184 10 7 9,838 14 10 3,525 0 3 514 13 2 13,962 7 1 34 8 11 12,047 9 4 4,000 0 0 survey Parliament Buildings Totals. 1,780,785 7 1 34,792 2 0 1,815,577 9 1 22,782 8 2 1,838,359 17 3

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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, 1892, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1891. Net Expenditure Total during 12 Expenditure Months ended to 31st March, 31st March, 1892. 1892. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, to 31st March, 1892. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Lighthouses. £ s. d. 7 148 16 5 6,241 0 0 3,354 6 i 6,955 9 1 7,028 14 8 6,066 6 3 5,785 19 0 7 405 9 11 668 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 £ s. a. £ s. a. 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 7,405 9 11 608 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 6 4 6,955 9 1 7,028 14 8 6,066 6 3 5,785 19 0 7,405 9 11 668 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 Diemcn Cape Saunders Centre Island Cuvier Island French Pass Beacon French Pass Hokitika Jackson's Reef Beacon Kaipara Manukau Heads Marine Store Moeraki Mokohinau Portland Island Puysegur Point Stephen's Island Timaru Tiritiri Cable Tory Channel Waipapapa Point Miscellaneous, including expenditure on s.s. "Hinemoa" and " Stella" 20,590 5 9 20,590 5 9 20,590 5 9 Haeboue Works. Pollock Wharf, Manukau Whangarei Heads Wharf Matakana Wharf Waiuku Channel Coromandel Wharf Waitara Harbour Bemoving eel-weirs, Patea River Napier Harbour Castlepoint Jetty Kaikoura Jetty and Harbour Picton, removal of old wharf Collingwood Harbour Karamea Wharf Westport Harbour Greymouth Harbour Hokitika Harbour Timaru Harbour Martin's Bay, removal of rock Port Levy Jetty Toitois Jetty Balclutha Jetty Catlm's River, removal of rocks Catlin's River Jetty Queenstown Beacon Queenstown Jetty Jackson's Bay Jetty Raising dredge " Hapuka " Miscellaneous 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 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 4 188 17 8 400 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 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 4 188 17 8 400 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 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 4 188 17 8 400 0 0 Harbour Defences. 147,768 18 10 24,531 6 7 9,933 10 9 20,203 13 7 17,665 2 2 17,713 12 2 179,588 5 11 34 741 3 1 147,768 18 10 24,531 6 7 9 933 10 9 20,203 13 7 17,665 2 2 18,004 15 4 184,998 8 5 36,387 5 1 147,768 18 10 24,531 6 7 9 933 10 9 20,203 13 7 17,665 2 2 18,004 15 i 184,998 8 5 30,387 5 1 Guns Ammunition War Office stores Torpedo boats and torpedoes Submarine mining stores Miscellaneous Works in colony Land for depots and batteries 291 3 2 5 410 2 6 1,646 2 0 Totals. 881 229 2 10 7,347 7 8 888,576 10 6 888,576 10 6

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APPENDICES TO THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, 1892,

APPENDIX A. AUDITED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC WORKS OUT OE THE IMMIGRATION AND PUBLIC WORKS LOANS FOR THE YEAR 1891-92.

Prepared in compliance with Section 8 of " The Public Works Act, 1882."

Sic, — Public Works Department, Wellington, 7th July, 1892. 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, 1891." I have, etc., E. J Seddon, Minister for Public Works. The Controller and Auditor-General, Wellington. ♦

Statement of Net Expenditure on Government Works for the Year 1891-92 out of Immigration and Public Works Loans.

Public Works Department, 31st May, 1892. G J Clapham, Accountant. Examined and found correct. James Edwaed FitzGeeald, H. J H. Blow, Controller and Auditor-General. Under-Secretary

Class. Votes. Summary. prfation.j Expenditure. ! Credits. I „. Expended in Expenditure. ; A] ™ of^ Public Works Fund. £ £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. a. Part I. 135,031 15 5 70,956 19 7 2,256 13 4 27 772 16 0 34,792 2 0 7,347 7 8 264- 7 4 III. IV V VII. VIII. IX. X. 72-91 92-97 98 100 101-107 108 109 Railways Roads Water-races Telegraph Extension Public Buildings Harbour Defences Thermal Springs 267,976 149,584 6,000 27,000 63,975 7,000 400 139,879 16 6 85,846 13 7 2 256 13 4 28,593 2 6 34 792 2 0 7,643 11 11 318 3 10 4 248 1 1 14,889 14 0 820 6 6 772 16 0 296 4 3 53 16 6 347 7 8 521 935 299,330 3 8 20,308 2 4 279,022 1 4 1 120 3 8 Part II. II. III. 111,112 113,114 Railways Boads 63,000 50,000 18,789 8 5 31 767 4 10 5 12 6 1 008 9 0 18,783 15 11 30,758 15 10 113,000 50,556 13 3 1 014 1 6 49,542 11 9

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Vote No. Name of Vote. Appropriation. Expenditure. Credits. Net Expended in Expenditure. £ s. d. & s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. Public Woeks Fund. Pabt I. 93 6 6 196.17 0 628 0 7 S54 12 6 93 6 6 196 17 0 622 0 7 854 12 6 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 SO 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 Railways— Wellington-Woodville Lincoln-Little River Land Claims Kaihu Valley Surveys, New Lines Whangarei-Kamo Extension Helensville Northwards Grahamstown-Te Aroha Putaruru-Rotorua Woodville-Palmerston Eketahuna-Woodville Blenheim-Awatere Greymouth-Hokitika Otago Central Catlin's River Wyndham-Fortrose Seaward Bush Additions to Open Lines Permanent-way Sleepers, and Rollingstock Railway Capital Account 6,000 350 1 200 2,000 1,000 10,000 25,000 20,000 30 000 7,000 10 000 9,000 20,000 15,000 20,000 126 5,000 43 000 40,000 1 945 18 1 9,376 7 10 525 8 8 16 244 19 0 4,917 6 10 1 950 4 7 5 625 11 6 17,231 6 10 11,597 10 0 17,867 14 9 122 1 0 1 726 2 5 30 388 4 11 15 288 3 6 6 0 0 4 5 0 324 11 2 93 19 1 11 0 0 209 14 7 1 945 18 1 9 376 7 10 521 3 8 16,244 19 0 4 917 6 10 1 950 4 7 5,301 0 4 17 137 7 9 11 586 10 0 17,658 0 2 122 1 0 1 726 2 5 30,388 4 11 11 689 12 3 3 598 11 3 91 3,300 3 300 0 0 3 300 0 O^ 267 976 139,879 16 6 4,248 1 1 135,631 15 5 92 93 94 95 96 97 Roads— Main Roads Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges Grants-in-aid Roads to open up Lands before Sale Village Settlements Roads on Goldfields 14,750 15,200 6,335 66 600 16 949 29 750 12,775 0 10 6,850 11 7 19 903 13 10J 32 636 8 1 3,829 14 0 9 851 5 3 1,036 7 0 7 3 6 9,146 18 5 4 643 12 2 11,738 13 10 6,843 8 1 10,756 15 5 27 992 15 11 3,829 14 0 9 795 12 4 4,421 15 5 55 12 11 Water-races — Water-works on Goldfields 149,584 85 846 13 7 14,889 14 0 70 956 19 7! 4 421 15 5 98 6,000 2,256 13 4 2 256 13 4 Telegraphic Extension— Telegraphic Extension 100 27,000 28 593 2 6 820 6 6 27 772 16 0 772 16 0 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 Public Buildings— General Departmental Offices Judicial Postal and Telegraph Customs School Buildings Lunatic Asylums Hospitals and Charitable Institutions 8 975 13,150 8 000 100 7 500| 22 250! 4 000 453 12" ' 1 8 900 12 8 1 009 3 1 13 7 0 7 500 0 0 16,915 7 ■ 2 453 12 1 8 900 12 8 1,009 3 1 13 7 0 7,500 0 0 ; 16.915 7 2 63 975! 3-1,702 2 0 34,792 2 0 Harbour Defences — Harbour Defences 10S 7,000l 7 6-13 11 11 296 4 3 7 347 7 8 347 7 8 Thermal Springs— Thermal Springs 109 400 318 3 10 53 16 6 204 7 4 Pabt II. 111 112 Railways— Marton-Te Awamutu Construction Surveys 60,000' 3,0001 18 789 8 5 ; 5 12 6 18,783 15 11 03 000 18 789 8 5 5 12 Gl 18,783 15 11 Roads— Roads to give access to Railway Payments of Thirds and Fourths to Local Bodies 49,500 500 31 297 9 1 469 15 8 1 008 9 0 30,289 0 1 469 15 9 113 114 50,000 31 767 4 10! 1,008 9 0 30,758 15 10

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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, 1892, prepared in terms of Section 38, Part IV., of "The Public Revenues Act, 1891," and forwarded, as therein provided, to the Audit Office.

G J Clapham, Public Works Department, 30th April, 1892. Accountant.

Class. Votes. Summary. Total. III. VIII. 72-90 101-107 Public Wobks Fund. Pabt I. Railways Public Buildings £ s. d. 124,279 11 11 22,782 8 9 £ s. d. 147,062 0 8 II. 111 Pabt II. Railways 40,475 17 7 187,537 18 3 Consolidated Fund. Public Buildings and Domains XII. 58-60 *599 19 11 Vote Ni Name of Vote. Total. '•■ Public Wobks Fund. £ s. d. Pabt I. Railways— 72 Wellington-Woodville-Te Aro Extension 73 Lincoln-Little River 74 Land-claims 75 Kaihu Valley 76 Surveys, New Lines 77 Whangarei-Kamo 78 Helensville Northwards 79 Grahams town-Te Aroha 80 Putaruru-Rotorua 81 Woodville-Palmerston 82 Ekatahuna-Woodville 83 Blenheim-Awatere 84 Greymouth-Hokitika 85 Otago Central .» ■ 86 Catlin's River 88 Seaward Bush. 90 Permanent-way Sleepers 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 88 90 5,577 12 4 10 11 9 723 4 10 770 7 6 125 15 0 9 632 18 8 13 673 0 4 21 030 17 5 30,936 3 3 1 433 2 0 7 871 2 8 5 270 13 7 7,850 11 0 8,158 15 11 4 721 5 7 1 285 0 6 5,202 9 7 # 124,279 11 11 101 102 103 106 107 Public Buildings— 101 General Departmental Offices 102 Judicial 103 Postal and Telegraph 106 Lunatic Asvlums 107 Hospitals 34 8 11 805 15 8 5,894 14 3 12,047 9 4 4,000 0 0 22,782 8 2 Part II.— Chargeable to the £1,000,000 raised under " The North Island Main Trunk Loan Act, 1882." Railways— 111 Main Trunk Line, Marton-Tc?Awamutu 40,475 17 7 Consolidated Fund. 58 i Public Buildings. 60 j Domains 592 17 11 7 2 0 599 19 11 * The Consolidated Fund liabilities are stated in accordance with the definition of the term "liabilit Revenues Act, 1891," which will account for the difference when comparing the amounts stated as lial 'ears. :y" in " The Public bilities in previous

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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Contracts current on the 1st April, 1891, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1892.

Date of Contract. Lines of Railway and Branches. Name of Contract. Par- Len f h ! ticulars " Contract. Length of Sidings in Contract. ]Name of Contractor. J_ Contract to be completed. Date i Contract was completed. ' Amount of Contract. Eemarks. M. oh. Ik. 3 70 30 M.oh. lk.j 0 22 0 Sept. 23, 1892 £ s. d. 26,499 8 1 Dec. 13, 1890 March 13, . Marton-Te Awainutu (south end) Helensville, nor'wards Mangaonoho Makarau F and p.l. P and p.l. 3 6 0 0 40 0 Cleghorn, Forrest, and Magee John McLean and Son March 1, „ 26,616 0 0 Feb. 11, „ Putaruru-Rotorua Kaponga P.,p.l., and stations P.,p.l., and stations I Formation &prot.wks. Formation 10 23 0 0 54 0 Daniel Pallon Oct. 5, 1891 ! Dee. 31, 1891 37 839 2 2 Jan. 11, 1892 Tarukenga 4 C9 50 0 26 0 John McLean and Son July 11, 1893 28 538 15 0 June 1, 1888 Mangamahoe -Woodville Blenheim-Awatere Awapurua Bridge 1 58 0 A. Peebles May 29, 1889 j April 30, „ 3 936 12 0 March 4, 1890 Utawai 2 50 0 McGrath and Burke Sept. 3, 1891 Mar. 4, 1892 17 359 10 0 Sept. 30, 1891 Omaka Bridges, complet'n of formation, and perm'n'ntway 2 43 0 S. J Maealister Aug. 7, 1892 J 2,754 8 4 Peb. 6, „ Greymouth-Hokitika Arahura Bridge/^extension and roadway Kapitea Prazer and Robinson May 2, 1891 7G4 14 8 July 29, 1891 Dec. 17 1890 Formation I J Saunders and Co. June 12, 1892 ! Mar. 14, 1892 9,946 3 8 Oct. 31, 1891 Teremakau Bridge Planking A. MeTaggart and Co. Dee. 30, 1891 Mar. 5, „ 697 8 6 Jan. 5, „ Catlin's River Branch Catlin's Tunnel P.,p.l., and stations F., p.l., and stations 6 18 0 D. Kirkwood Dee. 22, „ July 9, 1891 8 939 15 10 March 3, 1890 Glenomaru 0 38 50 James Innes May 25, , 11 372 9 2 Juno 3, 1891 Westport - Ngakawau extension Ditto Ngakawau Bridge K. McKenzie and Go. March 29, 1892 Mar. 12, 1892 3,280 0 0 Oct. 24, , Pattens Bridges O'Brien and Kelly Jan. 23, , 1,001 4 8 Contract assigned to Griffiths and Martin, March 2, 1892. March 28, 1892 Mokihinui 7 12 22 Samuel Brown July 25, „ 3,308 8 0 Feb. 17, „ Wellington-Woodville Te Aro extension Perm 'n'ntway Formation and manentway 1 15 10 Cronm and MeGrath Aug. 11, „ 5,553 4 8

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APPENDIX C— continued. SCHEDULE of Contracts current on the 1st April, 1891, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1892.

Date of Contract. Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was I completed. Amount of Contract, Remarks. public buil: INGS. Auckland. Sept. 5, 1891 Jan. 11, 1892 Courthouse, Whangarei Additions and alterations, Pest and Telegraph Office, Thames Robert Farrell W G. Smith Feb. 3, 1892 April 6, „ Jan. 30, 1892 Mar. 30, „ 639 7 1 391 0 0 Nov. 12, 1890 Taranaki. Police Station, Stratford W Howson Feb. 13, 1891 April 20, 1891 430 19 2 Dec. 23, „ Dec. 23, „ Dee. 23, „ Feb. 9, 1891 Aug. 29, ,. Jan. 9, 1892 Jan. 7 „ Jan. 12, „ Wellington. Window-cleaning, 1891, Public Buildings, Wellington Chimney-sweeping „ „ Rubbish contract Lunatic Asylum, Porirua Police Station, Pahiatua Chimney-sweeping, 1892, Public Buildings, Wellington Window-cleaning, Rubbish contract „ „ C. Hayes H. Smith C. Lambcrg James Trevor Joseph Dawson H. Smith A. Drake C. Lamberg Dec. 81, 1891 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 81, „ Feb. 3, 1892 Nov. 19, 1891 Dec. 31, 1892 Dec. 81, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec, 81, 1891 Dee. 31, , Dec. 31, „ 168 0 0 104 0 0 57 4 0 17 383 10 0 467 0 0 100 0 0 113 8 0 48 2 0 Jan. 19, 1892 Jan. 18, 1892 Nelson. Additions, Post and Telegraph Office, Westport . : Oliver and Simpson March 19, 1892 188 5 7 Oct. 10, 1891 Maelbobough. March 3, 1892 570 0 0 Police Station, Blenheim Brewer and Hay Mar. 31, 1892 Sept. 2, 1S91 Nov 5, „ March 2, 1892 Canterbury. Police Station, Papanui. South Main-entrance Block, and New Male Day-room, Simnyside Asylum Additions, Post Office, Christchurch Andrew Swanston Greig and Hunter W Smith Dec. 18, 1891 May 4, 1892 June 29, „ Dec. 14, 1891 448 1 6 3,514 13 7 1,969 15 10 July 12, 1890 March 31, 1892 Otago. Police Buildings, Dunedin Cast-iron pipes, Seacliff Asylum McLeod and Shaw A. and T. Burt Feb. 19, 1891 June 3, 1892 June 30, 1891 5,857 9 3 1 107 1 0 Feb. 27 1S92 Southland. Additions, Post and Telegraph Office, Invercargill J Crowther Oct. 19, 1892 3,696 9 2

APPENDIX D. SCHEDULE of Sleeper Contracts and Deliveries on 1st April, 1891, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1892.

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APPENDIX E. Schedule of Contracts for Roads and Miscellaneous Works current on the 1st April, 1891, and Contracts entered into by the Minister of Lands during the Year ended 31st March, 1892.

Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. Date "when Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. AUCKLAND. £ s. d. 194 10 0 102 15 0 231 16 11 177 16 9 137 10 8 1,116 7 1 138 13 0 219 0 0 159 5 0 125 0 0 126 0 0 1,496 11 G 675 10 0 Warkworth-Kawakawa (section 1), contract 189 (section 2), „ 190 Woodhill Bridge Wairua Bridge and Road Waingaro-Akatea Tunnel, Karioi Road Pack Track, Awaroa District (contract 193) West Coast Road (contract 186) „ (section 3) Opanaki-Hokianga (contract 182) Waitarairi Creek Bridge Tunnel, Karioi Mangaroa-Stratford Weaver Brothers F McBeth T. Boll J Cradock R. Melville Ormsby and French A. M. Sheppard Thomas Mitchell R. Hill M. Carlson Wiremu Papihana J Wiseman W H. DeThierry 25 Aug., 1891 24 June, 1891 15 Am;., 1891 24 June, 1891 26 May, 1891 31 Aug., 1891 27 Jan., 1892 4 Mar., 1892 4 Mar., 1892 31 Jan., 1891 4 Nov., 1891 Ormond-Opotiki Danevirke-Wainui lAWKE'S BAY. 5 June, 1891 17 April, 1891 10 Aug., 1891 7 Oct., 1891 299 18 0 17S 12 6 145 13 6 225 0 0 348 15 0 377 10 0 204 5 0 220 0 0 396 12 1 370 3 10 Rhone Creek Bridge Frasertown, &c, Road Kuripapanga-Karioi, No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 84 No. 85 P. Mooney T Badderley H. Carlson John Sullivan Hallett and Laing J O'Connor 28 April, 1891 28 April, 1891 Kay and McLeod 28 April, 1891 28 April, 1891 Mokau Punt Kaitoke Road TARANAKI. 7 June, 1891 189 6 4 120 0 0 Mimi Road, No. 27 No. 28 Stratford-Mangaroa, No. 38 No. 39 No. 40 No. 41 No. 44 No. 46 No. 47 No. 48 . No. 49 No. 50 . Junction Road (contract 63) „ (contract 64) „ (contract 65) W Campbell Floyd and Hickson |W H. Bucks and Co. (Paterson and Frank C. Tapp Paterson and Robertson Victor Schinery Paterson and Robertson A. M. Salter W Brierley Haywood and Martin ) 1 20 April, 1891 13 April, 1891 18 July, 1891 17 Sept., 1891 1 Oct., 1891 18 July, 1891 215 12 0 230 0 0 187 5 0 348 0 0 250 0 0 198 0 0 1,913 6 8 290 4 6 712 8 8 1,226 8 8 2,280 11 0 1 377 0 0 136 14 4 223 14 6 237 19 2 * c • R. Brown and Co. 3 Deo., 1891 31 Mar., 1892 Pohangina-Oroua, No. 91 Mangawhio Roads, No. 80 No. 90 Hunterville-Turangarere, No. 3 No. 3a No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 Tongariro Bridge Turangarere-Tokaanu, No. 2 No. 3 Rotoaira-Waimarua. Puketoi-Tiraumea Run Road (contract 93) Ohakune-Pipiriki (contract 1) (contract 2) „ (contract 5) Hunterville-Turangarere (contract 10). „ (contract 11). „ (contract 12) Mangatepopo Road Bridge Puketoi-Tiraumea Run Road, No. 92 Mangawheao Road, No. 94 No. 95 No. 96 London's Road, No. 97 » VELLINGTON T. Donovan J W Grimes 19 Sept., 1891 4 Aug., 1891 4 Aug., 1891 233 14 7 145 12 3 194 9 0 263 15 0 1,052 13 G 379 5 0 598 17 2 1 599 0 0 1 120 4 0 1 940 10 0 946 0 0 1 745 18 2 1 549 1 0 1 215 0 0 205 11 6 530 12 1 1,387 7 6 2,020 0 0 1 751 0 0 1,543 12 6 1 367 0 0 1 969 16 0 104 12 8 339 12 3 323 17 10 377 6 0 205 2 0 277 4 10 Cleghorn and Co. B. Poole J Carmody 18 Sept., 1891 McDonnell and Howard W A. Floyd James Breen . W A. Floyd Younger and Laing John O'Connor Bird Brothers John Chase Martin Kerins Anthony Nathan 1 June, 1891 1 Oct., 1891 1 Oct., 1891 6 July 1891 20 Jan., 1892 19 May, 1891 G. H. Dickson and Co. John O'Connor Austin and McCurdy John O'Connor B. M. Bell Martin Kerins MePhee and Coyle Samuel Irvvin D. Crowley W F Marsh Culverden-Hanmer Plains, No. 5 NELSON C. Griffin 139 15 4 21 Dec, 1891 [

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APPENDIX E— continued. Schedule of Contracts for Roads and Miscellaneous Works current on the 1st April, 1891, and Contracts entered into by the Minister of Lands during the Year ended 31st March, 1892 — continued.

Note. —Only contracts of over £100 are stated.

APPENDIX F. Schedule of Contracts for Roads on Goldfields current on the 1st April, 1891, and Contracts entered into by the Minister of Mines during the Year ended 31st March, 1892.

Name of Contract. I Name of Contractor. Date when Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. WESTLAND. £ s. a. 485 0 0 137 1 0 Makawiho-Mahitahi, No. 105. Cook's River Flat, No. 106 John Ritchie A. McBride and Co. i 21 July 1891 7 Jan., 1892 CANTERBURY 105 10 0 223 9 6 105 7 0 322 12 0 178 15 0 139 19 0 130 10 0 Dyer's Pass Road Bealoy Valley Road, No. 18 „ " No. 20 No. 25 No. 66 No. 68 No. 70 Henry Bond W Cnrnow John Ross T. Edwards W Curnow M. Mole j L. Butler 2 Sept., 1891 5 Sept., 1891 8 Aug., 1891 6 Jan., 1892 6 Jan., 1892 6 Jan., 1892 Waikawa-Catlin's Road, No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 6 No. 12 No. 14 No. 51 No. 68 No. 86 No. 87 No. 114 OTAGO. J James Kirk Andrew Allan W Burrow R. B. Reaney T Bates W Burrow J Robertson Hugh McLaohlan A. E. Hall John Sutherland L. Clancy J 12 Dec, 1891 12 Dec, 1891 26 Sept., 1891 ! 13 Feb., 1892 11 Dec, 1891 29 Feb., 1892 23 Dec, 1891 I 3 Mar., 1892 161 7 0 151 7 0 108 11 3 131 0 0 218 7 9 196 16 8 129 0 10 107 6 9 213 15 10 166 14 4 165 7 6 • SOUTHLAND. 407 6 4 227 15 0 282 18 6 257 10 0 1,564 19 2 913 13 3 Waikawa Bridge, No. 1403 Orepuki-Wairaurahiri, No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Waikawa Roads, No. 1402 Waikawa Jetty and Sheds, No. 1401 T McMath F Corken W Baird Ridland and Cheyne W Eunson A. Kennedy 1 25 Jan., 1892 8 Sept., 1891 8 Sept., 1891

Date of Contract. Name of Road. Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date when Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. 29 Mar., 18S9 14 Nov., 1890 26 Jan., 1890 26 Mar., 1891 26 Mar., 1891 21 Feb., 1891 11 May, 1891 21 Feb., 1891 21 Feb., 1891 21 May, 1891 Westport to Karamea Gars ton to Nevis Bimu to New Rush Mokihinui Bridge Section No. 1 ",, 1 "„ 8 4 „ 5 6 .. 1 G. Sangster C. Withington R. Mapp and Sons W P Daly Giese and Max Taylor and party J Butler P Brown and party John Young 12 Dec, 1890 3Ma,y, 1891 13 July, 1891 4 April, 1891 22 June, 1891 i April, 1891 4 April, 1891 1891. 3 Oct. 27 July 21 July . 29 July 29 July 29 July 22 Aug. 15 July 21 July 22 July £ s. d. 4 835 0 0 569 6 8 393 1 0 116 0 0 j 122 0 0 64 10 0 83 15 0 65 0 0 83 5 0 157 7 9 Repairs to MokihinuiKaramea Road Ditto 21 May, 1891 21 May 1991 21 May, 1891 21 May, 1891 25 July 1891 2 3 4 5 1 Ernest Blanchet. Patrick Doyle James Carruthers F McNabb G. E. Rasmussen 1 July 1 July 1 July 1 July 3 July 61 7 3 64 15 0 130 16 0 61 17 0 34 0 0 25 July 1891 1 Mar., 1891 Track between Ocean Beach and Little Wanganui River Ditto Track, New Rush to -Rimu Goldfield Widening Bowen-Oka-rito Road Ditto 2 Survey and plan VV M. Jenkins T. Newton 28 Aug., 1891 28 Aug., 1891 1 May 1891 3 Sept. 15 July 28 0 0 156 13 3 25 Feb,, 1892 Section No. 3 W A. Coutts 25 June, 1892 119 14 6 25 Feb., 1892 25 Feb,, 1892 25 Feb., 1892 25 Feb., 1892 1 Mar., 1891 4 5 6 7 13 John Osmen J P Deakin J A. Roberts James Gale Harvey and McNab 25 June, 1892 25 June, 1892 25 June, 1892 25 June, 1892 271 8 6 264 1 0 403 12 "0 279 13 0 86 5 0 Aorere Valley to Karamea and Mokihinui Ditto 1892. 23 Mar. 1 Mar., 1891 1 Mar., 1891 1 Mar., 1891 1 Mar., 1891 14 15 16 17 Ellis and Pen , }' . Harvey and McNab Ellis and Perry 108 1 6 99 3 0 107 6 0 155 8 0

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APPENDIX G

ANNUAL KEPORT ON PUBLIC WORKS BY THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF

The Bngineer-in-Chiep to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works. Sir,— Public Works Office, Wellington, 20th May, 1892. I have the honour to submit the following report on the various works completed and in progress throughout the colony during the financial year ending the 31st March, 1892 :—

RAILWAYS. Abstract. The following table shows the expenditure and liabilities on Government railways in New Zealand up to the 31st March, 1892:—

During the year a total length of 31 miles 8 chains of railway was opened for traffic. The following table contains particulars of the sections: —

Appended hereto is a coloured diagram showing the length of railway opened each year since the commencement of the public works.

Name of Bail way. Total Length of Railway or Section. Open for Traffic. Expenditure to 31st March, 1802. Liabilities on 31st March, 1802. Kawakawa Whangarei-Kamo and Extension Helensville Northwards Kaipara-Waikato, with Branches Waikato-Thames Thames Valley—Rotorua and Lichfield Branch Wellington-Napier and Palmerston North (including Te Aro Extension and Grey town Branch) Wellington-Foxton Foxton-New Plymouth, with Branches North Island Main Trunk Nelson-Roundell Greynioutli-Nelson Creek Greymouth-Hokitika Westport—Ngakawau Picton-Hurunui—Picton-Awatere Section Picton-Hurunui—Red Post Section Hurunui-Waitaki, with Branches Oxford-Malvern Waitaki-Bluff, with Branches Otago Central—Chain Hills-Lake Wanaka Invercargill-Kingston, with Mararoa Branch Western Railways Preliminary surveys Miscellaneous Stock of permanent-way and rolling-stock on hand Value of permanent-way in hands of Railway Department M. ch. 7 41 24 20 110 0 172 36 62 55 73 6 M.ch. 7 41 6 52 7 42 151 1 30 55 41 60 £ s. d. 90,337 11 5 72,090 19 I 53,829 8 G 1 382,752 9 5 208,810 7 1 288,761 7 9 £ s. d. 9,632 18 8 13,673 0 4 385 15 7 21,080 8 11 30,936 3 3 233 12 205 23 1 928 947 8 9 42 116 3 4 1,425 225 1 11 361,549 4 7 178 109 8 4 216,246 11 11 117,748 1 0 227 495 3 4 251,639 19 4 39,104 11 1 2 518 446 12 8 59 291 19 0 3 542.860 15 0 554 318 12 2 319 999 8 1 224,603 10 8 65 116 10 0 10 330 19 11 47 378 9 4 15,478 1 7 67 14 0 1 011 3 0 40,475 17 7 202 63 216 0 52 0 7 69 24 27 19 56 34 40 9 50 474 41 11 44 565 26 182 *56\ 117 4 57 56 197 60 53 7 22 73 7 59 19 50 17 79 9 50 433 38 11 44 445 58 41 57 97 44 57 50 7,850 11 0 64 8 0 5 974 10 4 587 19 9 9 923 1 3 8,158 15 11 56 15 2 125 15 0 11 113 17 9 25,000 0 0 Total 2,058 62 1,867 5 14,252,122 13 10 176,596 17 1 Pbovincial Govebnment Lines, etc. Canterbury (lengths included above) Otago Gisborne to Qrmond Tramway Forest Hill Kaihu Valley Railway 731,759 0 0 372,522 2 5 4,975 1 7 556 5 2 854 12 6 770 7 6 Grand total 2 658 62 1 867 5 *15,362,789 15 6 177 367 4 7 * Does not include the amount spent on the Westport-Ngakawau Railway Extension—namely, £18,322 5s. id., funds being provided by the Westport Harbour Board.

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Kamo-Puhupuhi Eailway Kamo to Hikurangi Section. —Working surveys and plans for the extension of the railway from the end of the opened line at Kamo Coal-mine Station to the Hikurangi Coalfield, a length of about 8 miles, were completed early in December last, and in the latter part of the same month the work of forming the first 3 miles was let in short sections to parties of men on the co-operative contract principle. Arrangements were made for locating the men on the ground, and the works were started in the beginning -of January A further length of If miles has since been let in the same way making a length of 4f miles of the railway in course of construction, the total number of men employed on the work on the 31st March being 109, divided into fourteen parties. The works consist principally of heavy cuttings and embankments, masonry and timber culverts, and small bridges, all of which are progressing satisfactorily, the work performed being of a superior class, and the cost moderate. Helensville Northwards Eailway. Makarau Section (3 miles 6 chains). —Formation and permanent-way The whole of the formation outside of the tunnel is about seven-eighths done, and the works generally (excepting the tunnel) are in a forward state. The tunnel is pierced from the south end for a length of 322 yards, leaving 283 yards still to do. The first 7-f chains of tunnelling was through papa-rock and soft sandstone, easily worked but this was succeeded by very bad ground, which renders careful working and timbering necessary, and requires lining with brick throughout as soon as excavated. This difficult work in the tunnel has considerably retarded the progress of the other works, as until the tunnel is excavated and lined throughout the laying of the permanent-way and ballasting cannot be proceeded with to any great extent, consequently the completion of the contract will be greatly delayed owing to the heavy work in the tunnel. Kaukapakaya Ballast-pit Siding. —The contractor for the Makarau Section is finishing the cutting into the ballast-pit, and having the 2 miles of line relaid and put in order so that ballast-trains can run over it. The cutting for the railway into the pit is through a deep deposit of hard clean gravel which extends over nearly the whole area of the gravel reserve, and shows that an ample supply of suitable material for ballasting the railway and metal for roads in the district is obtainable from the area of land secured for the ballast-pit. Mount Six Wharf. —The contract for the erection of this wharf was completed on 31st March, 1891, and maintained for three months thereafter by the contractor as required by the contract. Subsequently it remained in charge of the Public Works Department until vested in the Eailway Commissioners by " The Eailways Authorisation and Management Act, 1891." Surveys. —The survey of a continuation of this line to near Wellsford, at 67 miles 30 chains, is in much the same state as reported last year namely, — Tahekeroa Section. —From 46 miles 36 chains to 49 miles 54 chains is ready for contract. Komokoriki Section. —From 49 miles 54 chains to 56 miles is located, and the plans are so faradvanced that they can be got ready for contract at short notice. And a trial survey has been made from 56 miles to 67 miles 60 chains, by which it is shown that a fairly easy line for the railway is obtainable throughout nearly the whole length, except in one place where it runs along the steep and somewhat broken sides of a deep gorge for about 2 miles. Land-plan Surveys. —The land-plan survey of the Makarau Section was commenced in February last, and good progress has been made with, the field-work. Kaihu Valley Eailway Traffic has been regularly continued on this railway throughout the year, and the line has been maintained in good order. Waikato-Thames Eailway Paeroa-Te Aroha Section (13 miles 3 chains). —The section of the railway from the Ohinemuri Eiver to the end of the opened line at Te Aroha Township was surveyed and working-plans were prepared several years ago, but it was necessary to have the line pegged out afresh before arrangements could be made for letting the work of forming the railway and drainage by co-operative contracts. The work under this system was commenced in January last by a force numbering 169 men (afterwards increased to 205 men) divided into parties, to whom the works were let in sections of various lengths at prices fixed by the engineer These contracts, which include all the formation and drainage-works on a length of 12 miles of the railway, have been carried on steadily since the start, and satisfactory progress has been made with the works, large portions of which are well advanced, and the whole should be completed in about six months hence. The total cost of the work done to the 31st March was £3,564, and the average earnings of the men amounted to 7s. 9d. per day of eight hours. Thames Valley-Botorua Eailway Kaponga Section (10 miles 23 chains). —Formation and permanent-way This contract was completed on the 30th December last, and the maintenance was satisfactorily carried out by the contractor in terms of the contract. Tarukenga Section (4-J miles). —Formation and permanent-way : This is an extension of the Kaponga Section towards Eotorua. The contract was let to Messrs. J McLean and Son on the 11th January last, amount, £28,538 15s. The contractor has 126 men employed, and so far the work is making satisfactory progress. North Island Main Trunk Eailway Mokau Section (11 miles 9 chains ) —This section is the connecting link between the southern terminus of the opened line at Mokau Station and the Poro-o-tarao tunnel section. The formation of about 4J miles of this section was commenced on the co-operative principle early in January with

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115 men, about seventy-five of whom came from Auckland. The men were divided into parties ■on the sth and 6th January, and commenced work immediately There are about 150 men employed, and the works are progressing satisfactorily The average net earnings of the men have been from 7s. Id. to Bs. per day of eight hours. The total cost of the work done to the 31st March was £5,070. On this section the works are of a heavy character, being principally cuttings, some of them in rock, and of a considerable depth, and large embankments, with all of which good progress is being made, and the work done is of a superior class. Mangaonoho Section (3 miles 70 chains). —Formation and permanent-way: Steady progress is being made with the contract works, which include two tunnels and earthworks of a heavy character Bricks of good quality for tunnel-lining are being made on the ground. Makohini Section (7-J- miles). —The formation of this section was begun by co-operative labour on the 29th July 1891. Within a few days of the commencement of the work there were forty-six men on the ground, but only thirty of these remained there. This number increased, however, and the number of men at work up to the 31st March varied from forty to fifty-six and the number has considerably increased since then. During the last three months of the year their earnings averaged at the rate of 7s. lOd. per day of eight hours. The formation of the whole section is in hand, and good progress has been made. The works comprise felling and clearing bush, earthwork, and concrete culverts. The total cost of the work to the 31st March amounted to £3,050. Wellington-Woodville Eailway. Te Aro Extension Section (1 mile 15 chains). —Formation and permanent-way The works of this contract were commenced about the end of February last, and good progress has been made. Eketahuna-Woodville Section. —The formation of a portion of this section of railway at the Etekahuna end, about 5f miles in length, was put in hand on the co-operative principle. Work was commenced on the 22nd December last, with sixty-six men, on the first 3 miles of the line, and on the 18th March further co-operative contracts were put in hand employing twenty-seven men. The total cost of the work to the end of the year amounted to £2,350, and the net average earnings to 7s. per day The work is being done in a satisfactory manner Aiuapurua Contract. —Formation and bridge protective works : This contract was completed on 30th April, 1891, and a cottage has been erected for the caretaker in charge of the Awapurua Bridge. Picton-Awatere Eailway Utawai Section (2 miles 50 chains) Formation This contract was finished on the 4th March last, thus completing the railway-formation from Blenheim to the summit of the range between Blenheim and the Awatere Eiver. Omaka Contract (2 miles 43 chains). —Laying permanent-way : This contract was commenced in December last, and is about one-third finished, and making steady progress. Westport-Ngakawau Eailway (Extension to Mokihinui) Formation and Culverts (7 miles 12 chains). —The formation and culverts of this line were carried out by twelve small contracts, the work being done to'a. large extent under the co-operative system. The whole of the works were satisfactorily completed at a reasonable cost during the year Ngakaivau Bridge Contract (fourteen spans of 40ft. and two spans of lift.). —The contract for this bridge was let on the 29th May last, and it was completed on the 12th March, seventeen days within contract time. Patten's Bridges Contract. —This contract, which comprises the erection of twelve small bridges between the Ngakawau Eiver and the Mokihinui, was let on the 23rd October, 1891. The original contractor failing to carry on the contract, it was relet on 2nd inst., and the work is now proceeding satisfactorily Mokihinui Contract (7 miles 12 chains). —Permanent-way This contract is for the laying of the permanent-way from Ngakawau to the end of the present extension, at 26 miles 28 chains. It was let on the 28th March last. Surveys. —The survey for land-plans is completed for about 3 miles, and arrangements have been made to commence the survey of the remaining length of about 4 miles. Greymouth-Hokitika Eailway Kapitea Contract (4 miles 20 chains). —Formation only This contract was completed on the 14th March last, the term of maintenance expiring on 14th June next. Arahura Bridge Extension and Boadway Contract. —This contract consisted of the addition of four lift, spans to the north end of the bridge , laying the rails and planking for a roadway, the whole length of the bridge. The contract was finished on 29th August, 1891. Planking Teremakau Bridge. —A contract was entered into for planking the bridge for a roadway, and the work was completed on the 7th March. Tarring, Painting &c. —Contracts were let for tarring the Teremakau Bridge, and for tarring, painting, and screwing up the Arahura Bridge, and both contracts have been completed. Formation, Small Bridges, and Culverts, dc. —Formation-works between the Arahura, at 4 miles 57 chains, and the North Kapitea, at 10 miles 35 chains and between the Teremakau, at 14 miles 62 chains, and Greymouth, at 23 miles 51 chains, were carried out under the co-operative system. They were divided into eighteen sections, on which 176 men were employed. These works consisted of making up formation, pitching slopes of embankments at bridge-approaches, building concrete culverts, &c, and have all been satisfactorily completed. 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Seaward Bush Eailway Waituna Section. —This section begins at the terminus of the opened portion of the line, at 11 miles 18 chains. Work on the co-operative principle was begun on this line on the 21st December last, with sixty men, and there were about eighty-five men on the ground by the end of the year carrying on the formation of the first 4 miles of the section, and the work is proceeding satisfactorily The amount expended to the 31st March was £2,732, and the net average wages earned ■Bs. per day Catlin's Eiver Eailway Glenomaru Section (6 miles 18 chains). —Formation, permanent-way, and station This contract was completed on 9th July last, and opened for public traffic on the 22nd of same month. Catlin's Section 46-J- chains). —Tunnel, formation, permanent-way, and station buildings This contract, which is a continuation of the line from the Glenomaru Section, is behind time. The contractor has been called upon to push the work more vigorously, and it is estimated that the contract should be finished in July next. Co-operative Works. —The formation of a further portion of the line, about 2 miles 28 chains in length, was put in hand under the co-operative system, and work was commenced with sixty-three men on 29th April, 1891, and about a month later seventy additional men were employed. The work consisted of bushfelling and clearing, and earthwork. The works were stopped on the 14th November, when some of the men were transferred to the Otago Central Eailway works. The total cost of the work executed amounted to £7,035, and the net average earnings of the men were at the rate of 6s. lOd. per day Otago Central Eailway Middlemarch to Hyde Section. —The work of the formation of this section on the co-operative system was begun on 23rd October last, when 175 men assembled on the ground and commenced work in seventeen parties of about ten men each. The work, which extends over about 10 miles of the line, consists chiefly of earthwork and masonry culverts, and satisfactory progress has been made. The total cost of the work to the 31st March amounted to £10,530, and the net average earnings to 7s. Id. per day Surveys, Otago District. Seaward Bush Railway. —Some necessary resurvey work was carried out on the Waituna Section before the co-operative works were put in hand. The survey of the land required for the first ■3 miles of this section has also been made during the year, and the plans thereof are in forward state. Otago Central Railway. —Owing to the length of time that elapsed since the original workingsurvey was made, about 10 miles of the line had to be repegged before the co-operative works were commenced. During the year, also, the survey has been made of the land required for the railway from Mullocky Gully to the Sutton Stream, a length of 26 miles 10 chains, and the plans of this survey will be put in hand shortly Sleepers. The contract for delivery of 10,000 sleepers at Putararu was completed in July last. Tenders were invited for the supply of 10,000 sleepers for the North Island Main Trunk Eailway (south end), and two contracts for 5,000 each were let on the 26th March last. Tenders were received for the supply and delivery of 1,500 sleepers at Wellington, and contracts for the same have since been entered into. Eight contracts were entered into during the year for the supply of a total of 16,300 sleepers for the Westport-Ngakawau Eailway extension, and have all been completed. The supply of 19,000 sleepers for the Greymouth-Hokitika Eailway has been contracted for during the year in thirty-eight contracts of 500 sleepers each. Fourteen of these contracts were completed during the year, and the remainder were in progress on the 31st March. Co-operative System. The principal formation-works of most of the sections of the railways in process of construction -during the year are being carried out on the co-operative-contract principle, under the direction and control of the Engineers in charge of Districts. Satisfactory progress has been made generally with the works, all of which are being executed in a superior manner, and at moderate cost, besides affording employment for a large number of men, who are enabled to earn a fair rate of wages whilst engaged on these co-operative contracts. EOADS AND BEIDGES. Auckland District. Boad to Puhipuhi Beefs (7 miles 65 chains). —A little finishing work was done to the formation -at the upper end, and there is now a fairly good unmetalled road, although somewhat narrow

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Westland District. Mokihinui Bridge (Wcstport-Karamea Boad). This contract was completed on the 14th August, 1891. Kanieri Bridge with Approach (Boads to open up Lands). —A contract for this work was let on 9th January last, and the pile-driving is in progress. Mahinapua Creek Bridge with Approaches (Boads on Goldfields). —A contract was entered into for this work on 9th January last, and pile-driving has been commenced. Bowen-Okarito Boad (Widening and Metalling of a length of 4 miles 41 chains from the Big Waitahi southioard). This work was let in five contracts prepared by the Westland County Council, and the work is being carried out under the supervision of this department. Tenders were accepted on 25th February last, and work has been done to the extent of about 350 chains of clearing and 130 chains of forming. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Auckland District. Government House. —A new wooden ceiling was put on the stair-tower, and separate gasmetres for the public and private supplies were fixed, and the maintenance of the house generally has been attended to. Admiralty House. —General repairs to this building are in hand. The foundation-blocks have all been renewed, and new base-plates complete put in. The roof has been stripped of shingles, and covered with galvanised corrugated iron, the windows and outside of the building repaired and painted, and some repairs to the interior of the building are in progress. The site has also been newly fenced. Departmental Buildings, Auckland. —A copper boiler, chimney, and sink were erected in the basement for the caretaker A new chimney, and also a wind-porch, were erected for the longroom, Customs Department. The back yard was asphalted and various repairs were attended to. New Prison, Mount Eden. —The fittings, drainage, and ventilation have been carried out. The building of the walls of the female wing was completed, and the whole wing was roofed, by the end of December last. The two towers have also been carried up, the floors and cells plastered, and the fittings commenced. Brigade Office, Auckland. —This office was moved from the Supreme Court building to the Defence Store. Some fittings were done, fence renewed, &c. Police Barracks, Auckland. —This building stood in need of considerable alterations and repairs, comprising the fitting up of a new kitchen, with mess-room attached in the outbuildings repairs to doors, roof, &c., and new bath, and these were carried out during the year Post- and Telegraph-offices. —Some small repairs were effected in the Auckland Post-office. The inside of the Newton office was renovated, and some painting and fencing done to the Onehunga Post-office. A contract was entered into on 6th January last for extensive alterations and repairs to the post- and telegraph-office at Thames, including the erection of the telephone-station, and the work was completed in March. Gourthoitses and Police-stations, &c. —The lath-and-plaster ceiling in the Inspector's room, Supreme Court, Auckland, has been replaced with a wooden one. At the Eesident Magistrate's Court, Auckland, the soil-drain was taken up, cleaned/and relaid. A contract for the erection of a new brick Courthouse at Whangarei was let on 3rd September last, and the building was completed on 30th January and was immediately thereafter occupied. A contract has been entered into for repairs to the Native Land Court building, Thames, and considerable repairs to the gaol at Thames have also been carried out. The departmental and police buildings at Tauranga were painted and repaired, and the site of the police-station at Mercer has been fenced in. Avondale Lunatic Asylum, Auckland. —The new drainage at the auxiliary asylum was completed early in the year The stairs leading to the medical superintendent's quarters were altered and placed outside, and some alterations to the closets effected. The asphalting of the airing-courts and the completing of the surface-drains are in progress. Plans for a cattle-byre were prepared, and the building is now in course of erection. Quarantine Station. —The foundations of the building have been repaired, the store re-roofed, the caretaker's house and wharf repaired, and various small repairs effected. Ponsonby Hall, Auckland. —The interior of the building has been renovated, the allotment refenced, gas-service repaired, &c, Taranaki-Palmerston-Napier District . Police-station, Stratford. —The contract for the erection of this new police-station was finished in April, 1891. Post-offices. —Additions and alterations to the post-offices at Marton and Woodville were carried out under contract, and completed in May and December, 1891, respectively Miscellaneous. —A chimney was built at Palmerston Courthouse, and two chimneys were built at Feilding Courthouse. Pukearuke Police-station building was moved further back from the edge of the cliff, and put in good repair A bedroom was added to the police residence at Foxton. The painting of Patea Courthouse has been put in hand. Wellington District. Government House. —The harness-rooms were refioored, and the ground drained beneath the floors , and general repairs and maintenance attended to. Parliamentary Buildings. —The drainage and sanitary improvements begun in February, 1891, were finished in May following. A rubbish-destructor was built in October last, and has answered well. Preparations are being made to repair the foundations under a portion of the library and Legislative Council chamber, as on examination it was found that the piles were rotten. The ordinary maintenance of the buildings has been attended to.

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Mount Cook Prison. —The galleries have been erected and painted, and the ceiling-panelling done. The gas-fittings have been put in. The cell-doors have been made and fixed, and earthworks have been carried out to some extent. Porirua Asylum Contract. —This contract is in progress, and is about three-quarters finished. Departmental Buildings, Wellington. —Several rooms have been renovated, some improvements in gas-lighting and ventilation have been carried out, and various minor repairs executed. General Post and Telegraph Office. —All the mantelpieces were overhauled and made fireproof, and extra tanks were supplied and fixed for flushing purposes. Pahiatua Police-station. —A contract for the erection of a police-station at Pahiatua was entered into in January last, and is in progress. Various. —A gas-service was laid on in the Masterton Courthouse in December last, and the roof of the post-office at Lower Hutt was repaired. General Maintenance. —General repairs and maintenance of the buildings throughout the district were attended to. Marlborough-Nelson District. Lunatic Asylum, Nelson. —A fire-reservoir was constructed, and service-pipes laid, and alterations to a hot-water-circulating apparatus completed. Miscellaneous repairs were carried out at the departmental buildings, Blenheim, and the policestation, Picton. Canterbury District. Sunnyside Asylum. —A contract for the completion of the south main-entrance block and for building new male day-rooms was let in November, 1891, and the work was begun at once and is in progress. Materials have been obtained for a fire-prevention service, and the work of laying the pipes, &c, will be put in hand. The general repairs and maintenance of the building have been attended to. Departmental Buildings, Cathedral Square, Christchurch. —A contract for considerable additions and alterations to the post-office was entered into in February last, and good progress is being made with the work. A new floor has been laid in the operating-room of the telegraph department, and several minor repairs have been effected in the buildings. Old Government Buildings, Armagh and Durham Streets, Christchurch. —Two of the offices in these buildings were thoroughly repaired. Additional gas-service has been put in some of the rooms, some drains cleared and repaired, and various small repairs effected. Courthouses and Police-stations. —At Christchurch the roof of the Eesident Magistrate's Courthouse has been repaired and the windows of the Police Court rehung, &c. The Courthouses at Temuka, Amberley, West Oxford, and Akaroa have all been repaired and repainted, and some fencing erected and repaired. A contract for the erection of a Courthouse in brick, with lock-up in wood, at Papanui, was let during the year, and the work was finished in January last. The police-station, lock-up, and constable's house at Little Eiver were repaired and painted. Otago District. New Police-station, Dunedin. —This contract was completed in June, 1891. Court-houses. —Some improvements have been effected in the Police Court in Bond Street, Dunedin. Police-stations and Gaols. —Considerable additions to the Ophir Police-station were completed under contract in June, 1891. The fittings of the old police-station, Dunedin, were shifted to the new police-station. The Police Inspector's residence, Dunedin, was repaired and renovated, and various repairs were carried out at the police-stations, Palmerston, Kaitangata, Outram, Hawksbury, and at the gaols at Oamaru and Lawrence. Post- and Telegraph-offices. —Various additions and repairs have been made to the post- and telegraph-offices at Dunedin, Lawrence, Palmerston, Oamaru, Brighton, Port Chalmers, and Milton. Customhouses. —Eepairs to fittings, floors, &c, of the Customhouse, Dunedin, have been carried out. Departmental Buildings, Dunedin. —Three rooms were renovated, and the general maintenance attended to. Quarantine Island, Port Chalmers. —Additions and repairs to the jetty were carried out under contract, and the work was finished in October last. The buildings and tanks on Goat Island were also repaired. MAEINE. Various matters in connetion with harbours, lighthouses, and wharves have been examined into and reported upon during the year

ENCLOSUEES. This report is accompanied by the following enclosures : — 1. Statement showing lengths of railways authorised, constructed, and surveyed. 2. Diagram showing mileage of railways open each year. 3. Maps of the North and Middle Islands, showing railways opened and in progress. I have, &c, William H. Hales, The Hon. the Minister for Public Works. Engineer-in-Chief.

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Enclosure to Appendix G. TABLE of Lengths of Government Lines Authorised, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1892. NORTH ISLAND.

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Enclosure to Appendix G—continued. TABLE of Lengths of Government Lines Authorised, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1892-continued. MIDDLE ISLAND.

Ry Authority: George Didsbury, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB92.

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Map Showing RAILWAYS NORTH ISLAND NEW ZEALAND, 1892.

Map Showing RAILWAYS MIDDLE ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 1892.