APPROPRIATIONS CHARGEABLE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS FUND, AND THE GOVERNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACCOUNT, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1898.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1897 Session II, B-07a

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NEW ZEALAND.

APPROPRIATIONS CHARGEABLE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS FUND, AND THE GOVERNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACCOUNT, FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1898.

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18 9 7-98.

SUMMAEY OF SERVICES CHARGEABLE ON THE PUBLIC WOEKS FUND AND THE GOYEBNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACCOUNT

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

1897-98. 'age PUBLIC WORKS FUND. i 5 6 Class I.— Immigration Class II.—Public Works, Departmental Class III.— Railways .. £217,500 Additions to Open Lines 150,000 350 9,150 8 30 30 31 31 35 Class IV.—Roads Cl ags v.—Development of Goldfields Class VI. —Purchase of Native Lands Class VII.—Telegraph Extension ClassVIII.—Public Buildings Class IX.—Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences Class X. —Rates on Native Lands ... Class XI.—Contingent Defence 367,500 351,635 44,637 60,500 30,835 98,900 36 36 8,770 500 20,000 Total, Public Works Fund 992,777 GOVERNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACCOUNT 37 43,978

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PUBLIC WOEKS FUND.

CLASS I.—IMMIGRATION.

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

O» I o. £ 350 ote No. 75.—Immigration tern MINISTEE FOE IMMIGRATION. VOTE No. 75 Immigration— Passages for separated families, &c, and contingencies ... ... 350 Total—Vote No. 75 ... 35< TOTAL CLASS I. £350

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CLASS II.—PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL.

for Public Works Services.

1897-98. £ ote No. 76. —Public Works, Departmental 9,150 Item. £ MINISTEE FOE PUBLIC WOEKS. VOTE No. 76. Public Wobks, Depaktmental— Salaries — ■ • • Under-Secretary Engineer-in-Chief Superintending Engineer Chief Clerk Accountant Land Purchase Officer Chief Draughtsman 2 District Engineers : 1 at £500, 1 at £425 6 Kesident Engineers : 1 at £375, 4 at £350, 1 at £300 2 Assistant Engineers : 1 at £250, 1 at £315 3 Clerks : 1 at £250,1 at £240, 1 at £185 2 Draughtsmen: 1 (also Clerk) at £250,1 at £225 600 750 500 325 300 300 250 925 2,075 565 675 475 Preparing Parliamentary Eeturns, Travelling-expenses, Purchase of Instruments, and Contingencies 2,260 Payment to James Stewart for commission on sleepers for Eotorua Eailway supplied from Government store 150 Less estimated amount to be recovered from other departments 10,150 1,000 Total—Vote No. 76 ... 9,150 CLASS II. £9,150

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CLASS III.—RAILWAYS.

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

1897-98. Totes Nos. 77 to 88.—New Works : Construction and Land £ 1C 67,500 Vote No. 89. —Permanent-way Materials 50,000 „ 90. —Additions to Open Lines 15 50,000 i7,5OO MINISTER FOE PUBLIC WOEKS. NEW WORKS : CONSTEUCTION AND LAND. OTE No. 77. —Whangarei-Kamo Extension ... 8,000 78.—Helensville Northwards ... £6,000 Compensation to McLean Brothers in full satisfaction of all claims ... 3,500 9,500 79. —Grahamstown-Te Aroha 12,000 „ 80.—Marton-Te Awamutu 32,000 81.—Eketahuna-Woodville 30,000 ,, 82. —Blenheim-Awatere 2,500 83.—Midland Railway ... £40,000 Less estimated credits ... 15,000 25,000 84.—Otaga Central 30,000 85.—Seaward Busk 10,000 86.—Forest Hill 3,000 87. —Land-claims and other old liabilities on Construction Account: Sundry lines £3,500 Less estimated credits ... 1,000 2,500 88.-—Surveys, New Lines of Railway 3,000 Total—Votes Nos. 77 to 88 167,500

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item. 1897-98. £ MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS— continued. PERMANENT-WAY MATERIALS. VOTE No. 89. Pebmanent-way Materials — Permanent-way Materials 50,000 Total—Vote No. 89 50,000 ADDITIONS TO OPEN LINES. L 2 3 5 \ r OTE No. 90. Additions to Open Links — Kawakawa Whangarei Kaihu Valley ( Kaipara-Waikato J Hamilton-Paeroa j Morrinsville-Lichfield \ Hamilton-Cambridge ( Napier-Palmerston ) Marton-Te Awamutu, south end ( Foxton-Waitara Wellington-Woodville Nelson-Belgrove Greymouth-Hokitika c Hurunui—Waitaki and Branches ) Waitaki-Bluff and Branches \ Invercargill-Kingston with Branches, including ( Western Railways Rolling-stock Q-as-lighting plant Machinery 20 1,525 056 I 3,873 > 30,075 (i 7 8 10,554 89 245 9 L 26,803 ) 10 11 12 97,140 21,908 7,112 Total required for current year —Vote No. 90 200,000 150,001 'TAL CLASS III. £36' ,500

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CLASS IV.—ROADS.

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

Vote No. 91. — Settlement Eoads, Bridges, works „ 92.—Eoads on Goldfields and other £ 253,543 98,092 £ 351,635 I Item. MINISTEE OF LANDS. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 VOTE No. 91. Settlement Eoads, Bbidges, and othee "Woeks. Auckland — North Shore-Awanui ... Mongonui Mongonui County roads ... „ Victoria Valley-Main Eoad ... „ Ahipara-Herekino ... „ Takahue-Herekino ... „ Larmer's-Takahue ... „ Houhoura-Awanui ... „ Maungataniwha ... ,, Oruru-Hikurangi ... „ North Shore-Awanui ... Whangaroa Whangaroa County roads ... „ Kaeo- Wai mate ... ,, North Shore-Awanui ... Bay of Islands Waitangi-Kaikohe ... „ Opua-Waimate ... „ Utakura Koad deviation ... „ Hukerenui South-Waiotu Valley... ,, Main Eoad, Lot 2, Block XIV., Hukerenui S.D. ... „ Herekino ... ,, Hukerenui, Blocks X., XL ... ,, Ngapipito Tirohanga-Pakaru ... „ Towai—Euapekapeka ... „ Okaihau-Kerikeri ... „ Paeroa Stream Bridge ... „ Waitangi Bridge ... „ Main North Eoad-Waiotu Block... „ Eoad through Native land near Waihou „ Eamarama Valley ... „ Kaikohe-Taheke Hokianga and Bay of Islands Hokianga Bridge Hokianga Hokianga Heads-Ohaeawai-Bawene „ Okaihau-Victoria Valley ... ,, Okaihau-Horeke Awatuna Improved-farm Settlement „ Eangatira „ ,, Katui „ „ Mangatu „ „ Waimamaku-Punakitere ... „ Auckland Special Settlement—Mangakahia Section 55, Block VII., Whangape Marlborough Association ... „ Manganuiovvae ... „ 984 400 800 300 300 100 150 375 95 496 300 200 700 200 250 400 200 120 100 200 150 100 200 100 100 200 300 40 740 500 40 213 358 250 586 1,091 603 467 794 200 ]00 907 10L

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1897-98. MINISTER OF LANDS— continued. 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 VOTE No. 91— continued Settlement Roads, Bridges, and other Wobks— ctd. Auckland —continued Waimamaku-Pakanae .. Hokianga Kohukohu-Motukaraka ... » Talieke-Otau ■•■ » Kohukohu-Rakautapu ... >, Herd's Point-Takahue ... » Kohukohu-Takahue-Herd's Point „ Hokianga County roads ... » Manganuiowae-Whangape ... » Mangapai-Waikiekie ■•• » Punakitere Endowment ... » Part Block VII., Waipoua S.D. ... „ Waimamaku ••■ " . Hikurangi ■•• Whangarei Whananaki-Ngunguru ... » Whananaki Wharf ... » Bridge over Wairua River ... >> Jordan ■•• » Opuawhanga-Whananaki ... » Opuawhanga •■■ » Waipu-Mareretu •■• » Mangapai » Kauri Mountain-Pataua ... » Karamea-Ruarangi ••■ » Purua-Ruatangata-Mangakahiii ... „ Whangarei Bridge •• » Mangakahia, Block IV. » Purua Bridge ••• » Old North Road Hikurangi-Otonga ... » Waipu and Wharf ... » Kaimamakau •■• » Blocks XIII., XIV.. Opuawhanga, and III. and IV., Whangarei ... „ Maungatapere " Ruatangata ■•• » Waipu River, £1 for £1 (deepening) „ Maunu-Otuhe ••• » Okahu ••• " Marsden Point, Kaimanuka, and Finlayson's Road ■•■ j> Whareora-Taheke-Pataua ... ,, Wairoa Bridge, Tangiteroria .. „ Ngunguru Ferry ••■ » Tokatoka-Mangapai ■■• » Drever's-Otonga East ... » Otonga East-Whananaki ... » Dargaville-Tangiteroria ... >» North Shore-Awanui • » I Kaueranga •■ » Whangarei Foot-bridge •. .. Parua Bay • ■ ■ » Parua-Taheke ■ ■ • >< Maungakaramea ••• >> Whangarei Bridge, £1 for £1 ... » : Maungakaramea-Tangihua » Euakaka-North River ... .. ; Hukerenui-Waiotu ••■ » i Te Kopuru-Tikinui .. Hob eon i Arapofiue ••• » Dargaville-Aratapu • • ■> Mititai-Tokatoka ••■ » i Tokatoka Post-office •• » i Matakohe-Tokatoka ••• » i Valley Eoad-Paparoa ••• » £ 600 391 100 150 650 200 200 200 350 100 300 300 384 100 100 550 200 110 100 50 200 100 100 403 100 200 200 200 250 250 200 76 77 78 79 80 81 300 200 100 100 296 200 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 300 150 200 100 14 150 150 700 590 126 100 150 260 175 125 150 200 200 250 200 50 ■ 100 50 100 100

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Item. 1897-98. MINISTER OV LANDS—continued. 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 VOTE No. 91 — continued. Settlement Roads, Beidges, and other Wokks— ctd. Auckland —continued. Scarrott's Wharf, £1 for £1 ... Hobson Te Kopuru Wharf, £1 for £1 Opanaki-Hokianga Tangihua ... n Tangihua JNo. 2 ... n Pahi-Waikiekie ... Otamatea Pahi-Maungaturoto Braigh's Jordan's Matakohe Tokatoka Swamp ... n Hotea Valley-Mangawai ... ,, Hukatere Mareretu Matakohe—Mongonui Paparoa Pahi Wharf and Road Block XII., Paparoa Kaiwaka-Mangawai Topini-Maungaturoto ... „ North Shore-Awanui » „ ... Rodney Kaukapakapa-Port Albert Upper Waiwera-Wade-Wainui Warkworth-Main Eoad Warkworth-Kaipara Mat and Tauhoa „ Matakana Bridge Taulioa Pakiri-Omaha (Warkworth-Pakiri) ,, Hoteo—Waiwhiu Matakana Ranges Makarau, River Bridge Blocks X., XI., Tauhoa Warkworth Wharf-Courthouse ... „ Makarau-Railway-station Ahuroa-Komokoriki Warkworth Bridge Puhoi Bridge Matakana Wharf Hoteo Valley-Te Arai Puhoi-Wark worth Warkworth-Welsford .. ]] Warkworth to Kaipara Fiats Port Albert-Welsford Junction ... North Shore-Awanui ... Waitemata Traok to Kauri Forest, Waitakerei „ Waiwera Springs Huia-West Coast Henderson-Swanson (metalling) ... Kumeu Main Road-Rewiti Rewiti-Parkhurst Wade-Lucas Creek Wainui-Kaukapakapa Waikomiti-Huia Waikomiti-Swanson Swanson-West Coast Henderson Waikomiti West 50 50 2.000 200 50 iOO 450 L00 100 100 3,500 100 150 215 200 101 90 125 150 50 400 600 300 100 150 544 100 100 300 100 350 120 150 100 150 100 250 100 100 50 50 50 50 50 431 400 486 250 150 150 150 100 150 110 200 300 300 350

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'tern. MINISTER OF LANDS— continued. £ 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 1?1 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 190 197 198 199 200 VOTE No. 9L— continued. Settlement Roads, Bbidgics, and other Works — ctd. Auckland —continued. Rangitoto Mountain, £1 for £1 (Auckland City) Orakei Bridge, repairs .... Eden Mangere Bridge Eden and Manukau Tamaki Bridge ••• Manukau Awhitu Road and Wharf ... „ Hunua-Bailway-station ... „ Panmure Wharf (repairs) ... ,. Maioro Swamp ■■ » Mauku Bridge (Drury-Waiuku) ... Wairoa River-Otau ■•• » Waiuku-Pukekohe ■•■ >. Awaroa Swamp, £1 for £1 ... » Abraham's Gully ••• » Pukekohe ■■• » Otau Akaaka Swamp ■■• » Hunua-Ararimu ■•• » Otahuhu Wharf ••• » Otaua Swamp ••• >> Great South Road Manukau and Waikato Mercer Punt Raglan and Manukau Matakataka Cutting ... Raglan Raglan-Waipa ••■ .» Churchill Punt on Waikato ... „ Waingaro-Te Mata ... » Tuakau-Opuatia-Kahuruhuru ... „ Waingaro-Ngaruawahia ... » Onewhero (Sections 128, 129) Brigraen's Landing and Mercer ... „ Tβ Rore Bridge ■•• >> Tuakau Punt ••■ » Waitetuna-Waingaro „ Huntly-Kahuruhuru ... >, Lawson's Hill ••• >i Mangapiko-Maire ••■ i> Awaroa (Block XI.) •■• » Main lioad to Blocks VII. and IX. Karioi ■ ■ ■ " From Main Road to West Coast Road through Block VI., Awaroa „ Kauroa-Pakoka ■•• .. Waitetuna-Kauri •■■ » Raglan-Euapuke ••■ >, Waipa Bridge (£1 for £1), Ngarua- Raglan and wahia ■•• X aip ?- Waitetuna-Aotea Raglan and Kawhia Aotea-Kaglan ••• >> Mangatangi Bridge ... Waikato Matahura ■■• >< Wairangi Railway-station and Matahura ■•• " Waikare Lake-Onewhero ... „ Ohinewai-Matahura ■•• m Blocks X. and XI., Rangiriri S.D. „. Education E dowment, Kimihia-Huntly Hamilton Bridge Waipa and Waikato Works at Te Aroha Springs ... Piako Te Aroha Domain Te Aroha and Waitoa drains ... ,, Oxford-Rotorua Piako and Rotorua Whatawhata Swamp ... Waipa 125 500 500 500 455 400 100 101 171 500 300 50 34 250 500 350 300 100 50 600 100 100 200 100 200 1,456 486 100 83 L60 50 297 240 191 150 340 100 201 100 100 200 100 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 500 70 250 26 54 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 100 50 150 250 100 60 442 2,875 243 300 100

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Ttem 18' 7-98. MINISTER OF LANDS— continued. 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Eoads, Bridges, and other Works— ctd. Auckland —continued. Puniu Bridge Waipa and West Taupo Kawhia-Aotea ... Kawliia Waitomo Caves ... „ Alexandra-Kawhia ... ,, Wharauroa . ., Terauamoa Improved-farm Set lenient ,, Pirongia West ... ,, Tokanui-Wharepapa ... „ Karu-o-te-whenua ... „ Tβ Kuiti-Awakino ..'. ,, Mangauika A Iα ... „ Hauturu East ... ,, Kinohaku East ... „ Ouruwhero No. 2 and Puketarata... Kawliia and "West Taupo 100 110 SO 400 293 654 326 300 1,103 5,000 347 200 200 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 215 246 247 248 Kihikihi-Otorohanga-Te Kuiti ... „ Whatiwhatihoe Bridge Kawhia and Waipa Paemako-Ohura Kawhia and Clifton Kihikihi-Waotu ... West Taupo Wharepuhunga No. 1 ... „ Paraiti Bridge ... Tauranga Tauranga County flood-damages .. „ Tauranga-Cambridge ... „ Pye's Pa Paengaroa ... ,, Papainoa Special Settlement ... „ Otawa Nos. Iα and Iβ ... ,, Papamoa No. 1 ... ,, Tauranga-Runanga Tauranga, Rotorua, and East Taupo Maketu-Rotorua Tauranga & Rotorua Rotorua-Ngongotaha Mount ... Rotorua Morea Bridge ... „ Rotoiti-Tarawera via Okataina ... „ Rotorua-Wairoa ... „ Rotorua Water-supply ... „ Rotorua Wharf ... „ Works at Rotorua ... ,, Pongakawa-Rotorua and Rotorua Road ,, Arahiwi and Mamaku Railway-station „ Mamaku-Rotorua-Oxford ... ,, Ngongotaha-Bishop's section ... ,, Rotorua-Te Teko ... ,, Whakarewarewa ... ,, Taumata Nos. Iα, 2a, 3b East, 3b West No. 1, 3c East, 3g West No. 1 Okoheriki Id ... „ liotorua-Gralatea-Waikaremoana ...Rotorua, Whakatane, Wairoa, and East Taupo Rotowhero, via Waiotapu-Wairakei Rotorua and East Taupo Tokaanu-Taupo ... East Taupo Taupo Domain ... „ Baths and Water-supply, Tokaanu... „ Wharf, Tokaanu ... ,, Track to Orakei-Korako ... ,, Waiotapu Springs (Improvements) ., 200 580 100 400 50 746 100 200 100 100 25 400 500 209 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 2,850 500 300 500 800 100 320 400 8,600 200 165 400 100 700 210 182 300 2ii4 205 5,000 !6G 5,000 670 400 200 200 500 500 ',67 !08 169 :70 !71 !72 Tauhara Mountain . „

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item. 189' -98. MINISTBE OF LANDS— continued. £ 274 275 276 277 278 VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Roads, Bbidges, and otheb Works — ctd. Auckland —continued. Waimana ... Whakatane Waiotahi ••■ ,, Matata-Te Teko ... „ Waioeka (Blocks II., III., IV.) ... Rebuilding, repairing, and constructing County bridges ... „ Nukuhou-Maraetotara .. „ Papamoa-Omarumutu ... „ Opotiki-Otamamakau . . „ Eangitaiki-Euatoki- Waiotahi ... ,, Te Teko-Opotiki Tβ Kumi Whakatane and Waiapu Sundry Eoads, Bay of Plenty Whakatane, Tauranga, and Waiapu 1,000 350 150 300 500 100 150 200 496 1,000 200 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 Purchase of roads Village Settlements Miscellaneous and Engineering 100 200 200 829 108,480 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 Haivke's Bay — Opotiki-East Cape Whakatane and Waiapu Ahomatanki ... Waiapu Waihuka ••■ » Whakaangiangi ... „ Pukeamaru ... i> Waiapu Inland ... ,. Whareponga-Eeporua ... ., Awanui-Tikiteke ... ,, Waipiro-Te Puia-Hikiwai ... ,, Mata Valley ■•• j> Tokomaru-Huiarua ... ., Tauwhareparae to Crown lands ... „ Tauwhareparae-Tokamaru ... ,, Muriwai-Mahia ... Cook Pakarne Eoad and Punt Tauwhareparae-Arakihi .. ,. Motu Gisborne-Waimafa (inetalling) ... Waikohu Bridge (£1 for £2) Tologa-Marunga-Tauwhareparae... „ Waimata-Tauwhareparae ... ,, Tologa-Arakihi ... ,, Waikohu-Motu ... ,, Motu Eoad (widening) .. „ Tatapouri Hill ••• ,, Gisborne via Tologa Ray-Hicks Buy Cook and Waiapu Gisborne-ttotorua Stoc'k Cook and Whakatane Gisborne-Opotiki „ Gisborne-Waikaremoana Cook and Wairoa Wairoii-G-isborne „ Nuhaka „ Nuhaka No. 1 ,. Nuhaka Springs ... Wairoa Nuhaka-Gisborne ... ,, Opoiti Bridge (to account) ... ,, Frasertown-Wsiikarenioana ... „ Haii£<,"iroa-Tiniroto ... >, Mohaka Southwards ... „ Euuanga-Pohui Wairoa and Hawke's Bay Napier-Wairoa „ 500 250 250 250 250 300 300 300 500 200 200 200 150 350 40 600 300 700 500 260 200 270 1,000 1,500 300 315 316 317 3L8 319 320 321 322 323 324. 325 326 327 328 1,084 1,000 800 3,000 600 500 200 360 1,300 1,500 500 500 1,000 8,500 1,200

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Item. IS 1 '7-98. MINISTER OF LANDS— continued. VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Roads, Beidges, and otheb Woeks — ctd. Hawke's Bay —continued. Puketitiri ... Hawke's Bay Euahine Block approach ... „ Holder's ... Waipawa Whakarara Road and Bridge ... „ Ormondville-Waikopiro ... ,, WoodviUe (Block II.) Manawatu Bridge (Waikopiro) ... „ Waikopiro Improved-farm Settlement „ Dannevirke-Tiratu ... „ Dannevirke-Tamaki ... „ Ngapaeruru ... „ Waikopiro ... „ Takapau-Kopua, £1 for £1 ... ,, Norsewood-Apiti (see also Welling- Waipawa ton District) ... and Patangata Oporae ... Patangata Dannevirke-Weber-Wimbledon ... „ Miscellaneous and Engineering ... £ 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 250 400 300 150 650 40 500 950 100 100 1,250 844 415 343 344 345 600 400 400 40 39,103 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 Taranaki — Tawai Improved-farm Settlement... Kawbia Tongaporutu „ ... Clifton Greenlands ,, ... „ Urati „ ... ,, Okau ,, ■• „ Derwent „ .. „ Burfoot „ ... „ Ratatomokia „ ... „ Mangatawa ,, ... » Bridge over Purangi (to account)... ,, Mohakatino Bridge ... „ Junction Road-Purangi, £1 for £ L „ Mimi-Mangaroa Road (metalling), £1 for £1 „ Moanatairi Special Settlement ... ,, Tongaporutu Ferry ... „ Moki Road ... „ Pukearube inland to Mohakatino . „ Upper Waitara-Mangaere ... ,, TJreti Township site ... ,, Putiki ... „ Autawa and Pita ... ,, Milsorn ... ,, Junction Road (widening) ... „ Milsom and Tanner ... „ Tauranga No. 1, &c. ... „ Ohura South K No. 5, and L ... „ Mokau ... ,j Maraekowbai ... CJifton and Stratford Kohuratabi-Tangarakau ... Stratford Denbigh Road (subsidy) ... „ Huiroa ... ,. Mangaotuku ... „ Ohura (contribution) ... ,, Terrace End ... „ Wingrove ... „ Mangaehu and Llewellyn Special Settlement Blocks (above loan)... „ Putikituna ... „ Okama .. „ 459 589 411 312 589 550 353 600 200 300 102 2.590 700 131 100 200 1,800 309 106 581 60 150 610 230 500 300 300 300 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 3S1 1,013 150 115 365 3,121 500 50 382 383 300 300 200

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item. 1897-98. £ MINISTER OF LA.NDS— continued. 3S4 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 VOTE No. 91— continued, Settlement Roads, Bridses, and otheb Works — ctd, Tar a naki —continued. Mangaere Improved-farm Settlement Stratford Whangamomona „ ... „ Huiroa „ ... » Stratford—Ongaruhe .. „ Tangarakau River (clearing) to account ••• » Waiweranui ... Taranaki Tikorangi Bridge Taranaki & Clifton Tracks and Huts, Mount Taranaki, Stratford, Egmont and Hawera Anderson's Road and Bridges . Hawera Ngaire ... „ Mangamingi Township ... ,, Patea River Bridge (to account) ... „ Poti Improved-farm Settlement ... , Ngaire „ ... „ Maata „ • » Central Patea Valley ... Patea Kaimanuka and Rawhitiroa ... „ Waitotara Valley ... „ Waitotara, widening (contribution) „ Ball Road (Blocks IX., X., XIII., XIV., Carlyle and Opaku S.D.), contribution ... „ Weraweraonga ... „ Okahutiria ... „ Kaitangiwhenua No. 2 ... „ Okotuku ... ,, Tauinatatalii Dnproved-f'arm Settlement „ Eltham-Wairotara Patea and Hawera Miscellaneous and Engineering ... 246 2,000 317 11,000 400 101 400 647 2,395 1,000 30 500 125 185 143 385 87 500 1,800 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 1,000 598 420 500 100 160 300 94 44,979 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 Wellington — Lands and Survey Office, Wanganui (Borough of Wanganui) Pipiriki-Waiouru ... Wauganui Raetihi-Ohura ... „ Wanganui ... „ Waimarino ... „ Hunterville 1, 2, 3 ... „ Huikumu .... ,, Turakina Valley .. „ Rotoaira—Tokaanu ... „ Taumarunui-Ohakune .. „ Rotoaira-Waimarino ... ,, Taurewa-Okahukura .. ,, Okaliukura 8m .. „ Eaetihi-Parapara ... „ Wanganui River Trust .. „ Mangawhero-Murimotu ... „ Rangiwaea ... . „ Horopito Improved-farm Settlement ,, Tongariro National Park ... Wanganui and East Taupo Wanganui River Steamer Subsidy Waitotara and Wanganui 300 3,100 500 250 1,200 1,030 200 1,080 100 500 100 300 500 721 800 350 500 300 300 430 300

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Item. 18! '7-98. MINISTER OF LANDS— continued. VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Koads, Beidoes, and othee Wobks — ctd. Wellington —continued. Moawhauga-Te Horo ... Eangitikei Taihape-Paengaroa ••• „ Mangaweka Township (drainage)... „ Ohingaiti-Tokaanu ... „ Murray's Track ... „ Rangitikei Bridge (Mangaweka) ... „ Pohonuiotane ... „ Tekapua ... „ Awarua ... ,, Kangitikei Bridge (Otara), £1 for £1 „ Rongoiti Improved-farm Settlement „ Hautapu „ ,, Taihape „ „ Mangaweka „ „ Ohutu „ „ Otuarei „ „ Ruanui 2a and 3a ... „ Temporary bridges over the Rangi- Rangitikei, tikei River Oroua, Kiwitea, and Manawatu £ 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 438 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 440 447 448 400 500 50 2,415 300 1,000 100 480 5,170 650 500 600 2,000 1,000 1,200 600 200 350 ,49 .50 151 i52 ,53 ,54 S5 ,56 ,57 ,58 d59 .60 j61 .62 .63 .64 £5 .66 ,67 .68 ,69 ,70 ,71 ,72 ,73 .74 ,75 ,76 ,77 .78 ,79 ,80 .81 .82 ,83 ,84 ,85 .86 ,87 Lower Q-orge Bridge (to account of contribution, £2,000) . ... Oroua Salisbury and Delaware . . Pohangina Pohangina ... „ Pohangina Valley Forest Reserve... „ Umutoi Table Flat ... „ Main Road, Mangoira-Coal Creek „ Mangoira-Coal Creek ... „ Malton ... „ Upper Pohangina Valley ... „ Tunipo Road, Apiti, Norsewood ... „ Norsewood-Apiti (see also Hawke's Bay District) Pohangina and Waipawa Manga wharariki ... Kiwitea Marton 1 and 2 ... „ Hautapu-Ruahine ... „ Umutoi ... „ Hautapu ... „ Hautapu No. 2 ... „ Pemberton-Wairaki (Pukerimu)j... „ Kawatau Valley Road ... „ Ngaio ... „ Conspicuous Road ... „ Kimbolton-Wairaki ... ,, Pakihikura ... „ Kelpie ... „ Pemberton Improved-farm Settlement Kiwitea Kawatau „ „ Makairo-Kumeroa Pahiatua and Waipawa Ballance-Manawatu Gorge ... Pahiatua Toritea-Makuri ... ,, Tiraumea North ... „ Kaitawa Ridge Road ... ,, Tiraumea Valley ... „ Mangatoro Valley ... „ Makairo ... „ Bridge Road to Makakahi ... „ Upper Makuri Valley ... ,, Waewaepa, £1 for £1 ... ., Towai ... ,, Mangatainoka Valley ... ,, 500 710 245 150 140 300 342 200 1,400 437 400 3,015 200 1,585 260 770 260 450 1,500 200 784 650 90 450 100 565 300 650 J 200 30 150 620 480 470 630 900 100 700 200

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:t«m. 18 £ £ MINISTER OF LANDS— continued 488 489 VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Roads, Bkidges, and othee Woeks —etf Wellington —continued. Mangatainoka River Bridge, Hamua (to account) Pahiatua Mangatainoka Bridge at Tutaekara Crossing, £1 for £1 •■ » Woodville-Aohanga • » Thompson's ■•• » Hall Special Settlement ... >, Pahiatua-Palmerston Pahiatua and Oroua 300 300 800 200 150 490 491 492 493 150 494 Bridges over Tokomaru, Ohau, Waikawa, and Otaki Rivers (construction) ... Horowhenua Mount tloldeworth Tracks Horowhenua and Wairarapa South Waikanae-Hutt Horowhenua & Hutt EketahuHa-Alfredton Wairarapa N. Eketahuna-Parkville •■ » Wingate Road ■•■ » Alt'redton-Tenui (contribution) ... »> Tenui Bridge and Road (contribution) Kaiwhata-Rewa ■•■ » Mikimiki Bridge ■•• » Makuri-Aohanga ••• » Makuri-Pongaroa ... » Mangaoronga • • • » Hukanui-Hawera, £1 for 10s. ... „ Hukanui-Masterton Special Settlement Aohanga Gorge ■•■ » Puketoi-Aoh an ga . • ■ » Mecalickstone ■•• » Pahiatua No. 1 ■•■ » Pahiatua No. 2 •■■ ■> Pahiatua No. 3 ••• » Pahiatua No. 4 >> Te Maru •■ » Smith's Footbridge, Totara Reserve Parkville-Mangatainoko „ Mangaone (Norling's) ... ,. Tiramnea River Road-Pa Valley ... Rising Sun Association .. ,, Kaiparoro ■•• » Mangamahoe ■ ■ ■ » Huia ■•• » Burling's-Mecalickstone .. „ Barton's Road-Wairere Barton's Road ••• » Christchurch Association ... ,, Masterton Reform Association ... „ Uruti-Castlepoint ... » Waihi ■ • • " Newman-Stirling ■•• »> Kakariki Special Settlement Waipoua River Bridge ■•• » . Mangatainoka River Bridge (New-man-Stirling), to account . ., Taueru Bridge (Masterton-East Coast), £1 for £1 (to account) ... „ Masterton-Tenui Improved - farm Settlement ■•■ » Mangatiti Improved-farm Settlement „ Rakanui-Makuri Pongaroa Junction „ Road to Native land, K No. 2 ... ,, 600 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 300 118 100 200 180 180 300 200 200 1,021 3,060 71 150 200 279 116 300 1.010 1,200 700 350 200 100 250 200 600 960 200 495 1,120 507 50 ■100 433 614 100 400 300 200 200 200 536 300 537 ±00 550 400 150 538 539 540

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;em. 189 '-98. MINISTER OF LANDS— continued. £ 541 542 543 544 545 5 K> 547 548 549 550 VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Roads, Bridges, and othee Woeks — ctd. Wellington —continued. Akitio Improved-farm Settlement Wairarapa N. and Patangata Alfredton-Weber ... „ fori Wairarapa N. and Pahiatua Kaiwhata Valley Wairarapa N. & S. Waiohine Bridge (Matarawa) ... Wairarapa S. Turner's Road-Wainuioru ... „ Gladstone-East Coast (restoring) „ Rocky Hill-Wainuioru ... „ Kaiwhata Run (near Brancepeth) „ Ruamahanga Bridge (£1 for £1), Masterton-Gladetone Road ... „ Ruamahanga Bridge (TaratahiCarterton) flood-damages ... ,, Kaitangata „ Waiohine „ Flat Point Road ... „ Driscoll's Road ... „ Paekakariki-Waikanae-Hadfield ... Hutt Akatarawa-Waikanae ... „ Whitetnan's Valley-Otaki ' „ Moosshine ... ., Village Settlements Chatham Islands roads Waitangi Bridge (Chatham Islands) Miscellaneous and Engineering ... 1,540 5,525 150 500 587 250 100 250 100 500 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 553 559 • r ;60 5:61 562 563 200 500 100 250 100 994 150 100 100 I 1,205 100 10 905 87,359 564 565 566 567 56S 569 570 571 572 ! 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 Nelson — Takaka roads and bridges ... Collingwood Ferntown-Pakawau ... „ Clifton-Pohara Beach ... „ Lloyd's Valley ... Waimea Brooklyn Valley ...'' •' ,, Waimea West Maitai Road ... „ Wakefield-Stanley Brook ... ,, Wangamoa ... ,, Quail Valley ... n JN'eudorf-Dovedale ... „ Pigeon Valley-Dovedale ... „ Tracks, Mount Arthur ... ,, Aniseed Valley Road „ Wairoa Gorge ,, Rawsoh's Creek (Riwaka) Maruliau Valley Tadmor-Motupiko Little Sydney and branch track ... Molueka River protection ,, Motueka-Waiwera Valley ... „ Takaka-Riwaka Collingwoocj & Waimea Belgrove-Tophouse-Tarndale ... Waimea and Amuri BeJgrove-Westport-Reef ton Waime;), luangahua, and Buller Torea southwards ... Buller Seddonville Cemetery ... ;) Hampden Cemetery-Murchison ... Inangahua 100 200 100 100 50 50 300 100 100 50 50 100 500 150 200 50 100 300 100 100 100 200 587 262 588 589 590 4,300 200 60 50

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Item. MINISTER OF LANDS—continued. £ 591 592 593 VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Eoads, Bridges, and othee Wokks— ctd. Nelson —continued. Works at Hanmer and Sanatorium Amuri Hanmer Eoad ... ., Waiau River Eoad (round south side), £1 for £1 ... ,, Purchase of Eoads ... „ Village Settlements Miscellaneous and Engineering ... 4,000 500 594 595 596 150 150 200 100 13,072 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 6L2 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 Marlborough — Tracks, Queen Charlotte Sound ... Sounds Whatamonga-PortUnderwoodTrack „ Tory Heads-Whatamonga-Picton... „ Arapawa-Te Awaiti ... » Manaroa-Hopai ... „ White's Bay-Port Underwood ... „ Manaroa-Okoha ... „ Orail Bay Track Kenepuru-Anakoa ... >, Anakoa-Mannroa ... „ Torea Neck ... j< Crail Bay-Homewood ... „ Eobin Hood Bay-Ocean Bay ... „ Beatrice Bay-Kenny's Isle ... „ Kenepuru Sound ... „ Te Mehi a Bay-Portage Bay Ohinetaha-Te Mehia ... ,, Tawhiunui-Eai ■ •■ „ Hakahaka-Opihi ... ,. Wet Inlet-Crail Bay Picton-Waikawa ... Marlborough Tophouse-Wairau G-orge. ... „ Oawka Bridge (contribution) ... ,, Footbridge, Taylor Eiver ... „ Double Bay ■•• ,, Picton-Queen Charlotte Sound ... „ Grove Wharf and Shed ... „ Starborough ... „ Redwood Pass ... >> Saxton Pass ■• » Tophouse Road ... ,, Ronga Valley ... „ Awatere Bridge (Limestone (iorge) „ to account Awatere Railway and Traffic Bridge „ (Lands contribution to account) Drain, Wairau River-Gravel-pit ... „ Harvey's Bay-Pelorus Sound ... „ Wairau Eiver Overflow Subsidy, £1 „ for At Bluff Cove and Port Underwood ... „ Blind Eiver Road ... „ Anakiwi-Grove ... ,, North Bank ... „ Havelock-Blenheim ... „ Clarence Bridge Marlborough and Kaikoura Blenheim-Kaikoura-Waiau Marlborough, Kaikoura, and Amuri 300 100 300 400 100 150 400 300 400 350 100 200 150 150 300 300 300 350 100 150 150 150 300 50 10 700 100 400 300 100 100 250 200 630 500 631 632 633 100 150 1,000 634 635 636 637 638 639 100 100 100 200 200 I 100 040 1,000

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Item. 1897-98. MINISTER OF LANBS— omtinimdi _ VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Roads, Beidges, and othee Works — ctd. Marlborouqh —continued. Okiwi— Ronga Mai-lborough and Waimea Nelson-Havelock (and Bridges) „ Nydia Bay-Havelock Sounds and Maryborough Road through Reserve " A " ..; Kaikoura Hapuka and Puhipuhi Rivers ... „ Cribb Creek Reserve west of Kahautara ... ,, Kahautara-Conway .. „ Waiau Bridge, repairs (to account) Amuri Miscellaneous and Engineering ... £ 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 150 400 150 60 300 30 200 1,800 500 200 Westland— Greenstone-Teremakau ... Grey Greenstone Bridge Ahaura-Haupiri ... „ Stillwater Bridge ... „ Clarke River Road ,, „ Stafford-Waimea ... Westland Lower Arahura Bridge (repairs) ... ,, Westland Ferry Service ... „ Barn Bay Track .. „ Hokitika Valley ... ,. Great South Road ... ,, Franz Josef Glacier ... ,, Tracks to Fox Glacier ... „ Haast Pass Track ... „ Whitcotnbe Valley Track (Kokatahi) Kanieri Forks-Kanieri Lake ... „ Woodstock-Mahinapua ... „ Dawson's Road ... n Turnbull River Road ... „ Block 112, Kokatahi (Cropp's Road) Cook's River (Upper) ... „ Waitaha River Br dsres and Approaches Lake Wahapo - Waitangi River „ (widening) Hungerford's Bridge (repairs) ... „ Hunt's Beach-Makawhio Otira River, Wire Footbridge Cook's Valley-Karangarua ... „ Hokitika-Christchurch Westland and Selwyn Miscellaneous and Engineering 15,050 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 352 500 200 150 150 81 51 150 160 500 1,908 500 500 714 1,293 90 1,000 156 250 393 250 200 300 674 675 676 677 678 679 150 150 150 500 3,625 100 14,523 1 6*0 681 f>82 683 t>8.4 685 686 687 6S8 689 U!>0 091 692 Canterbury — Oxford Bush Road Extension ... Ashley Ashley Bridge (to account) ... ,, Waimakariri-Ashley Irrigation ...■■ Ashley Gorge Drain .... (| Ashley Bridge Protective Works ... Wai para-Cheviot Ashley and Cheviot Selwyn Bridge (construction)£1 for£l Selwyn Reserve 1496, Ashburton ... Ashburton Ruapuna Water-supply ,.. ,, Te Moan a Gorge ... Geraldine Arowhenua Native Road ... ,, Orari Bridge (to account) Opihi Bridge (to ac ouut) Gerald me & Levels 300 1.000 2,200 50 150 100 500 55 100 120 50 I 300 300

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189^ ■_(] 38. tem. MINISTER OF LANDS— continued. £ £ 693 694 695 696 697 698 t>99 VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Roads, Bridges, and othee Wobks — cfd. Canterbury —continued. Pukaki-Omarama ... Mackenzie Fairlie-Pukaki ... „ Pukaki-Mount Cook ... „ Hooker Bridge ... „ Tracks, Mount Cook and Glaciers... „ Mount Cook Hermitage .. ,, Forks River Bridge (Mt. Cook Rmtd) (to account) ... „ Tengawai Stock Bridge, £1 for £1 „ Orari River Protective Works ... „ Tengawai, £1 for £1 ... „ Clements Road ... Waimate Nukuroa-Studholme Junction ... „ Pareora Bridge (to account) Levels and Waimate Village Settlements Miscellaneous and Engineering Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges 100 200 1,100 100 600 500 300 80 100 100 150 188 500 50 150 2,000 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 11,443 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 743 Otago — Kakanui Bridge, £1 for £1 ... Waitaki Connecting-road, Block IX., Moeraki „ Kartigi Road ... „ PoTt Road-Beach, Moeraki ... „ Section 4, Block VIII., Maruwhenua „ Livingstone-Kyeburn Waitaki and Maniototo Runs 225e and 225t to 225z .... Waihemo Dunback-Swinburn Waihemo and Maniototo Hyde Bridge, Taieri River „ Taieri River Bridge, Kokonga (to account) ... Maniototo Run 206a, Naseby Run 206f, Maniototo ... „ Block XI., Maniototo ... ,, Block XVI., Maniototo .. „ Lauder-Blackstone ... ,', Runs 219c, 306, 306a Upper Taieri and Rock and Pillar .„ Waikouaiti Bridge ... Waikouaiti Waipahi Bridge (subsidy) ... ,, Ravensbourne ... ,, Waitati ' ... „ Water of Leith Protective-works ... „ Gladstone-Upper Junction ... „ Puketiraki Station-Beach .. ,, Lower Harbour Road ... ,, Makaroa-Haast Valley ... Vincent Roughridge-Poolburn-Tuapeka ... ■ „ I Chatto Creek-Tinker's Galloway Station-Ida Valley ... ,, Bendigo-Matakanui ... „ Ophir District Water-supply ... „ McCabe's Coalpit-Gibbston .. „ Kyeburn District ... ,, Tracks, &c, Hawea Lake .. „ Tracks, Head of Lake Wakatipu Vincent & Lake Lower Hawea and Lower Wanaka ,, Lake Wanaka Steamer Subsidy ... Lake Martin's Bay-Lake Wakatipu ... ,, Glendhu-Ray's Peninsula ... ,, j Tracks to Western Sounds ... „ 500 300 300 300 260 200 200 500 100 750 350 80 100 50 300 400 700 600 150 255 200 300 250 450 150 300 100 300 500 300 300 150 500 300 500 75 50 150 100 2.300 i

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Item. 1897-98. MINISTER OF LANDS— continued, VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Roads, Beidges, and othee Woeks— ctd. Otago —continued. Lake Te Anau-Sutherland Falls ... Lake Hollyford Valley Pembroke-Matukituki ... „ Albert Burn Track ... „ Ben Lomond Run ... „ Lake Te Anau-Wakatipu Lake & Wallace Peninsula Beach Road (prison labour) Peninsula Anderson's Bay Road ... „ Otago Peninsula (B. 11, from Section 60, through 71, &c.) Peninsula Beach Road, Portobello „ Maungatua and Waipori ... Taieri Blair Taieri ... „ Taieri Mouth Punt ... Taieri & Bruce Blackhill-Main Dunedin ... Tuapeka Beaumont and Rankleburn ,., ,, Q-lenkenich ... „ Matau Bridge (contribution) ... Bruce Long Point Road ... Clutha Hunt's Road ... „ Barr's Road ... „ Cannibal Bay ... „ Catlin's Roads ... „ BlockI..Oatlin's Block IV., Catlin's District Catlin's and Tautuku ... „ Tahaukupu ... „ Q-lenomaru (Block IV.) ... „ Glenomaru (Block V.) ... ,, Catherwood's Road ... ,. Q-lenomaru ... ,, Glenomaru, Blocks III., IV., V., VII, X. Catlin's, Blocks I., II., IV. Woodlands Improved-farm Settlement „ Rimu „ ,, Woodlands (B 2) „ Woodlands ... ,, Owaka-Catlin's Lake ... ,, Bridee oyer Tahakopa, Block XIII., Rimu ,, Purakauiti Stream ... ,, Kaler's Road (felling) ... „ Owaea (Campbell's) ... „ Tautuku River Landing-sheds, &c. ,, Rimu. Block XIV. Rimu, Block XIII. Owaka Railway-station, £1 for £1 „ Block VIII., Catlin's Ratanui- Whitehead ... ,, Kaitia Dairy Factory, Owaka ... ,, Warnock's Road ... „ Tautuku ... „ Pomahaka-Olutha ... „ Mouat's Saddle ... ,, Pomahaka Bridge, Kelso (to account) ,, Pomahaka Bridge (Clydevale) Clutha & Tuapeka Waikawa-Catlin's Clutha and Southland; Lei then Bush Track ,, Waipati Improved-farm Settlement „ £ 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 500 200 200 !50 400 500 235 150 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 600 200 200 100 135 100 000 230 450 60 105 140 130 250 400 90 80 400 400 100 250 400 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 100 200 1,500 1,000 1,060 700 160 250 200 160 70 300 300 200 100 250 300 90 60 600 400 200 500 500 2,700 200 1,800

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item. 18' '7-98. ■ MINISTER OF LANDS— continued. - VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Roads, Bbidges, and otheb Woeks — ctd. Otaqo —continued. Purchase of Roads Village Settlements Miscellaneous and Engineering £ 806 807 808 400 300 550 36,575 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 ! 819 820 I 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 Southland — Main North Road, £1 for £1 .. ■ Southland Reaby Retreat ... • „ Makarewa-Grove Bush ... ,, Otapiri ... » Wallacetown —Spar Bush and Waimatuku Flat ... „ Campbelltown ... » Waikawa District .. >, BlufE Road Waikawa-Wyndham Valley ... „ Oteramika ■. ■ i> Kingawell Creek-Seaward Bush, £1 for £1 „ Hedgehope-Mataura ... ,, Mabel District ... » Eyre Creek Bridge „ Mokoreta, Blocks VII. and IX., £1 for £1 „ Invercargill Hundred ... ., Invercargill Hundred, Blocks XVII., XX. „ Invercargill Hundred, Block XV. .. „ Invercargill Hundred, Block X. ... „ Invercargill Hundred, Block XXII. „ Invercargill Hundred, Block XXIII. „ Waikiwi ... >, Dipton-Balfour ... , ; Waimumu Bridge ... „ Southland Bridge and Fortrose Jetty (flood-damages) ... „ Argyle Bridge ■. ■ ' » Woodend ••■ d Clark's Road, Greenhills ... ,, Myross Bush . „ Main East Road, near Invercargill ,, Miller's Road, Hedgehope ... ,, Invercargill-Tisbury ... „ Tisbury-Waimatua ... ,, Tisbury •• ' ,» Haberfield's to Beaeh ... „ Waikawa-Otara ... » Ackers Village ... „ Waikawa, Block VII. Mataura Island Dairy Factory, Pine Bush Railway-station ... „ Mill Road-Makarewa (Block X., Sections 32, 33) ... „ i Waikawa Bridge .. „ I Forest Hill Forest Hill-McDonald ... „ ! Seaward Bush .. >,' t Toetoes, Block X. i Waimatuku Bush ... ,, > Longbush, Makarewa, Myross, and Wallacetown Township, £1 for £1 „ 5 Kent Road ... „ f Mataura-Winton and Channel ... „ 5 Invercargill Hundred, Block XIV., XV. „ ) Block XIV., Mokoreta ) Otapiri Bridge-Forest Hill District „ 500 100 150 200 200 300 1,150 400 400 300 200 200 300 300 100 200 300 100 200 200 200 20 300 100 800 125 100 100 100 100 100 400 300 200 80 800 250 200 250 848 200 250 400 1,160 350 200 100 849 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 200 100 200 150 150 150

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Item. 1897-98. £ £ MINISTER OF LANDS— continued. 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 VOTE No 91— continued. Settlement Roads, Bbxdges, and othee Wokks— ctd. Southland — continued. Hedgehope, Titipua, and Dunsdale Bridges ... Southland Kingswell's Creek . „ Centre Bush ... ,, Block VIII. Winton Hundred ... Blocks X., XI, XII, and XIII., Waikawa District ... „ Motirenui ... „ Maclean's Road, Seaward Bush ... „ Clifton—Tisbury .. „ Tramway Road ... „ Owari Bridge-Mokoreta Valley, £1 for £1 Lynd's Bridge ... „ Campbelltown Point ... „ Makarewa Bridge ■... „ Centre Bush—Otapiri ... ,, Main North Road, Winton ... „ Devereaux-East Winton ... ,, Outfall drainage, Otataia ... ,, Section 795, Hokonui ... ,, Hedgehope, Titipua, and Dunsdale Bridges ... ,, Makarewa-Hedgehope Flood-channel „ Heddon Bush Road .. ,, Line of Hundreds ... ,, Heathfield Improved-farm Settlement ,, Haldane ,, „ Waikawa „ „ Moturimu ,, ,, Papatotara „ Wallace Black Creek Bridge and Road .. ,, Small Grazing-run 23 ... „ Longwood (XVI. and I.) ... „ Lillburn ... ,, Avondale Saddle ... „ Mararoa Bridge ... „ Orepuki-Wairaarahiri ... „ Waiau Bridge, Clifden (to account) „ Clifden Ferry - Eastern Bush ,, (Limestone Gorge) Lonaker's Settlement ... „ Longwood (XV., XVI, XVII.) ... Lower Waiau Ferry ... „ Orawia-Clif'den ... „ Clifden-Redcliff Creek Fairfax Bridge (to account) ... „ Orepuki-Waiau ... „ Mossburn-Te Anau ... „ Manapouri-Te Anau ... „ Manapouri-Dusky Sound Wallace and Fiord Te Auau-George Sound ... Fjo,rd Half-Moon Bay Wharf .. Stewart Island Purchase of Roads Village Settlements Miscellaneous and Engineering ... 250 200 100 250 300 80 70 100 150 20 100 250 100 75 150 50 80 50 250 300 100 250 500 650 800 400 400 200 50 300 260 100 250 500 400 100 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 250 800 250 250 300 250 400 500 250 1,000 500 100 100 250 300 27,620

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Item. 18' '7-98. MINISTER OF 'LARDS—continued. 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 VOTE No. 91— continued. Settlement Roads, Bbidges, and othek Woeks— ctd. Q-eneral — Co-operative work for unemployed Advances to co-operative workmen Schools on Improved-farm Settlements Works unprovided for Flood damages, £1 for £1 Miscellaneous ... Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges in Native districts To New Purchases (Native lands) Native Surveys improved Farms unprovided for ... Village Settlements 1,168 250 L50 440 20,000 460 500 500 2,000 500 100 26,068 Total of districts 424,272 Total required for current year—VoIE No. 91 253,543 MINISTER OF MINES. VOTE No. 92. Roads and otheb Woeks on Q-oldfields and Mineral Lands — Assistance towards the Construction of Roads and Tracks in Mining and Mineral Districts,Prospecting and Minor Works for the Development of the Mineral Resources, and for the Extraction of Metals from the Ores Roads to open up Mineral Lands 15,000 250 15,250 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Auckland — Helena Bay-Whakapara Railway-station Whakapara to Puhipuhi Kiripaka to Coal-mines ••• ••• Cabbage Bay to Port Charles and Cape Colville ... Tairua-Whenuakite Coromandel to Cabbage Bay Tokatea to Kennedy Bay Coromandel to Kuaotunu via Matarangi Tiki to Kaimarama Tiki to Manaia Tiki to Opitonui (£1 for £1) Manaia to Waikawau Mercury Bay to Whenuakite and Boat Harbour... Kuaotunu to Mercury Bay Whitianga to Gumtown Coromandel to Whangapoua Kikowhakarere to Cabbage Bay Thames to Waikawau Thames to Hikutaia Upper Tararu Road Puriri to Tairua Tapu Creek Extension ••■ •• Road, Upper Waiotahi Road, Turua to Netherton 100 350 100 250 200 200 200 500 200 150 250 500 150 100 150 200 300 400 400 420 750 160 82 400

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Item 18' '7-98. MINISTER OF MINW-continued. 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 VOTE No. 92— continued. Roads on (toldweIjDS, etc. — continued. Auckland —continued. Hikutaia-Whangamata, " Wires Track" Puru Creek Road ... Inland from Oinahu Matatoki Road Wharepoa Settlement Road Whangamata Harbour to Wharekawa Road Drains, Hikutaia Junction Waihi Road to Waitekauri Hikutaia to Waihi Upper Waitekauri Bridge Road-formation, Waitekauri to Cross Road Waihi to Whangamata Paeroa to Te Aroha Paeroa to Waitoa Komata Reefs to Paeroa Komata Reefs to Waitekauri Hikutaia to Waitekauri Waitekauri to Wharekiraupunga Whangamata to Wharekiraupunga Karangahake Bridge (£1 for £1 subsidy) Thompson's Track Waiorongomai Road Gordon Settlement to Waharoa Approach to Railway Bridge, Te Aroha Roads, "Tauranga County Roads, Great Barrier 800 :i00 400 200 200 500 150 200 1,000 250 300 500 200 500 300 200 200 250 250 515 876 300 600 150 1,030 600 17,283 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 Nelson — Collingwood to Parapara Inland Road, Parapara-Takaka Mud Plat portion of Takaka-Collingwood Inland Road Bonny Doon Road Pakawau Bush Road Anatoki Track Takaka River Foot-bridge Doctor's and Stanton's Creek Bridges Canaan Road Scott's Creek Bridge Aorere Bridge (£1 for £1 subsidy) .. Karamea Track Wangapeka Track, from Rolling River to Kiwi Creek Richmoud-Collingwood Tableland Horse-track Millerton Road Bridge, Karamea River, and Approaches Road from Lyell Bridge to Ryan'g Track up Four-mile River and Track up Nile River Track to Piper's Flat, Addison's Charleston-Nine-mile Beach Four-mile Bridge Foxe's Bridge Promised Land-Karamea Track, Seddonville to Mokihinui Mine Mud Flat-Karamea-Oparara 650 500 200 800 275 150 150 40 100 100 100 250 66 67 68 69 70 7L 400 250 200 300 300 150 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 400 75 50 100 100 ■ 550 100

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Item. MINISTER OF MINES— continued. VOTE No. 92— continued. Roads on Goldfields, etc. — continued. Nelson —continued. 79 Seddonville-Mokihinui 80 Whangapeka-Wanganui 81 Wilson's Lead Road 82 Granity Creek southwards 83 Deadman's Creek to Christmas Terrace 84 Track, Denniston to Cascade Creek ... 85 Denniston Hill Road 86 Road at Oparara River, Karamea 87 Road, Stoney Creek, Waimangaroa (£1 for £1) ... 88 Road, Bradshaw's Lead 89 Westport-Mokihinui f>0 Mokihinui to Reefs (widening) 91 Mokihinui to Wanganui (improving)... 92 Road, Costello's Hill, Charleston (alteration, £lfor£l) 93 Eight-mile, Lyell to Mokihinui 94 Dee Creek Company's Claim (£1 for £1) 95 Addison's Road to Buller Road 96 Re-erection of bridge, Big Totara River 97 Re-erection of bridge, Little Totara River 98 Bridge, Landing Creek 99 Bridge, Walker's Creek 100 Improving Ford, Granity Creek 101 Bridge, Dee Creek 102 Mangles Bridge 103 Snowy Creek Bridge 104 Hampden to Horse Terrace 105 Big River Road 106 Approaches, Matakitaki Bridge 107 Gannon's to Painkiller 108 Painkiller, to connect with Murray Creek Road ... 109 Track to Adamstown, and Bridge 110 Reefton-Maruia 111 I Maruia Road and Horse-track, via Oaslani's 112 ! Belgrove-Westport-Reefton 113 '• Snowy Creek to Reefs 114 Dray Road, Capleston to Larry's 115 : Glenroy to Maruia Plains 116 ' Road, Hampden Cemeteryto Schoolhouse,Murchison 117 : Bridge, Little Grey River 118 Culverts, Devil's Creek 119 Lyell to Victoria Range . 120 Ahaura Bridge 121 Brown's Terrace Road 122 Prospecting Track, Brunnerton to Paparoa 123 Blackball Track to Paparoa Ranges ... 124 Moonlight to Paparoa 125 Foot-bridges, Blackwater and Greenstone 126 Foot-bridges, Cobden-Seven-mile 127 Waipuna Road 128 Granville Road 129 Track from Fagan's Creek, near Barrytown, to top of Paparoa Range ■ ■ ■ ■ 130 Track from Lancashire Flat Horse-track to head of Clear Water Creek 181 Track to Healey's Gully 132 Foot-bridge across bywash of Grey River at Ngahere-Blackball Ferry 133 Grey River to Moonlight 134 Bridges over Raleigh Creek (3) £ 670 1,100 300 200 250 100 500 200 200 100 500 250 250 300 250 100 250 450 350 500 250 300 300 1,000 300 33 700 100 53 500 75 800 200 2,000 250 300 250 300 400 100 250 1,000 50 150 900 100 50 325 200 100 425 50 150 150 ■400 •300

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CLASS IV.—ROADS— continued.

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

Item. 189 '-98. MINISTER OF MINES— continued. 135 136 137 138 189 140 VOTE No. 92 — continued. Roads on Goldfields, etc.- — continued Nelson —continued. Bridge'.ver Nelson Creek ... ... Bridge over Callaghan's Creek Bridge over Brandy Jack's Creek Tracn up Ten-mile Creek Repairs, Cobden-Barrytown Road Road, Cobden to Warren's Accommodation-house, and from Ten-mile Blufl' to Barrytown Protective Works, Main Grey Bridge (£1 for £]) Cape Terrace Road Continuation Mosquito-Maori Creek Track Lake Brunner Road towards Maori Creek Paroa-Teremakau Road Green stone—Teremakau Bell Hill Road 600 200 100 100 800 200 100 150 100 150 425 200 200 141 142 143 144 145 14(5 147 29,259 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 Marlborough — Improving Roads and Tracks, Mahakipawa, Wakamarina, and Wairau Valleys Re-metalling Wakarnarina Road Havelock-Tuamarina Road Onamalutu to Wakamarina Forks Bartlett's Creek Road Rocky Ferry to Kaituna To complete gravelling Onamalutu Track Picton-Grove 400 500 400 400 L50 500 100 500 2,950 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 Westland — Reefton-Hokitika-Ross Great South Road Deviation, Larrikins'Flat Road Track, Totara River to Constitution Hill Wire Bridge, Waiho River Track, Waikupakupa Ocean Beach to Main Road Reconstruction, Wire Bridge over Kapitea Creek, Lamplough Track Drainage of Stafford Township Construction, Bridge, Butcher's Creek, Kanieri Lake Road Construction, Wire Bridge, German Gully Track, Araiiura Riding Pine-tree Road, Kanieri Riding Kokotahi Road Renewal, Fisherman's Creek Bridge ... Doughboy Road Karangarua Bridge Approaches Pack-track, end of Seddon's Terrace, towards Eel Creek Widening Track, Kanieri Lake to Milltown, into a Dray-road ... ... j Prospecting-track, Totara River to Farmer's Creek Widening and repairing Lamplough Track New Road, Stafford to Awatuna 2,500 2,000 120 L00 150 16 118 400 120 106 167 168 169 170 171 120 30 258 100 300 448 229 172 600 200 150 317 173 174 175

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Appropriations for Public Works Services.

:t«n. 1897-98. MINISTEE OF MINES— continued. 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194, VOTE No. 92— continued. Roads on Goldfields, etc. — continued. Westland —continued. New Bridge, Kapitea Creek, Loop-line Road Widening Seddon's Terrace Road Extension Widening Road, Lake Mapourika to Waiho Continuation Wataroa Bluff Track Widening Cook's River Plat Road ... Construction Okuru River Ford Track Stribbing's Creek Bridge, Kanieri Lake Road Extension G-illam's Gully Track Extension Tucker's Flat Road Okarito River Bridge Teremakau-Paroa Hokitika-Jackson's Road, Larrikins', or compensation Adair's Track-Mahinapua Road Gallery Track and Wire Bridge Mahinapua and South Terrace Track Seven-mile Creek-Taipo Veronica Creek Track Repairing Bridge, Donnelly's Creek .. 200 200 700 200 400 290 100 150 150 23 250 500 100 150 200 250 350 200 150 12,879 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 Otago — Bridge over Clutha at Miller's Flat (cost, £11,242), subsidy Waipori-Berwick Road Roxburgh-Clyde Lawrence-Waipori Road Waitahuna to Bruce County boundary Bridge at Wai pori (£1 for £1) Renewal, Bridge to Bannockburn (cost, £1,487, subsidy Clyde-Queen sto wn Road, Garston to Nevis Nevis Valley Road Punt, Hawea and Wanaka Districts ... Arrowtown to Macetown Bridge and Approaches, Skipper's (cost, £1,244!), su bsidy Track up Shotover River Lawrence-Clyde 6,571 1,300 500 250 150 400 850 500 50 400 300 750 202 203 201 205 206 207 208 209 2,500 200 1,500 16,221 210 21L 2L2 213 2i4 215 216 Southland — Riversdale-Waikaia Clifden Bridge, Waiau River Orepuki, Block I., Longwood Roads, Preservation Inlet Waiau to Preservation Inlet Tracks, ■Cromarty Roads, Stewart Island 200 500 500 300 2,000 200 550 To'iAr Vote No. 92 ... 4,250 98,09: TOTAL CLASS IV ;51,635

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CLASS V.—DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS.

CLASS VI.—PURCHASE OF NATIVE LANDS.

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

1897-98. Vote No. 93.—Development of Q-oJdfields £ 44,637 Item. MINISTER OF MINES. £ 1 2 8 4 VOTE No. 93. Development op Goldfields— Water-races, reservoirs, and other works for the development of Goldfields . Assistance towards Prospecting Prospecting Deep Levels Compensation arising out of Proclamation of Rivers and Resumption of Land Improving Water-supply, Oamaru, owing to Maerewhenua River being declared a Watercourse for Tailings Rimu Drainage Tunnel Kelly's Terrace Tunnel 50,000 5,000 32,000 8,000 5 G 7 100 58 1,479 Total required for current year —Vote No. 93 96,637 44,637 TOTAL CLASS V. ■44,637

1897-98. Vote No. 94. —Purchase of Native Lands £ i,500 Item. MINISTER OF LANDS. £ £ 1 •> VOTE No. 94. Pubchask of Native Lands — Salaries — Officer in Charge 7 Officers—2 at £340, 1 at £240, 1 at £183, 2 at £175, 1 at £110 Purchase of Native Lands ... ... 450 60,500 a 1,563 68,816 Total required for current year—Vote No. 94 70,829 TOTAL CLASS VI. 160,500

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CLASS VII.—TELEGRAPH EXTENSION.

CLASS VIII.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

ote No. 95.—Telegraph Extension £ 1,895 Item.; I - POSTMASTER-GENERAL AND COMMISSIONER OP TELEGRAPHS. VOTE No. 95. Telegbaph Extension — 1 I Instruments and Material 2 I Poles and Arms 3 j Telegraph Extension 19,631 5,000 6,204 Total—Vote No. 95 ... 30,835 TOTAL CLASS VII. • • • £30,835

1897-98. ote No. 96. —General „ 97.—Judicial 98.—Postal and Telegraph „ 99. —Customs „ 100. —Lunatic Asylums „ 101. —School Buildings „ 102. —School Buildings (Special) ,, 103. —Agricultural n 104.—Hospitals and Charitable Institutions £ 18,170 16,920 8,160 400 17,900 21,350 18,000 2,400 600 •8,900 item. £ £ MINISTER FOE PUBLIC WORKS. 1 2 VOTE No. 96. General — Government Mouses — Auckland — Repairs, improvements, &c. Wellington— Renovations, strong-room, refurnishing, &c. (including unofficial) rooms .. Electric light installation Parliamentary Buildings — Sanitary improvements, &c. ... . ,... Departmental Buildings — Auckland — Strong-room, Deeds Registry Office 500 3 1,500 450 4 500. 200

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Appropriations for Public TVorhs Services

;em. 18' '7-98. MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS— continued. 6 7 8 9 10 11 VOTE No. 86— continued. G enebal— continued. Departmental Buildings —continued. Wellington— Tinakori Road Water-supply Government Printing Office completion Departmental Buildings— Additions to South Wing Painting outside Iron Fence in front New Workshop and Store Gisborne — New Strong-room Napier— Additions and repairs Hokitika — Survey Office (repairs) Christchurch— Old Provincial Buildings (alterations. Stamp Office) 500 9,000 3,500 400 350 850 12 170 13 70 14 50 15 130 Total—Vote No. 96 ... 18,170 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 VOTE No. 97. Judicial— Oourthouses — Auckland (renovations) Thames (strong-room) ... Coromandel (strong-room) Paeroa Hawera (new Courthouse) Marton Palmerston North Masterton (renovations) Reef ton (additions) Leeston Dunedin (repairs, &c.) Mosgiel Clyde (strong-room) Naseby (strong-room) ... Cromwell (strong-room) Macrae's Tapamii (repairs) Maintenance and repairs generally Gaols — Auckland Gisborne (alterations and repairs) ... Wellington Dunedin Hokitika (repairs) Buildings not specified, and Contingencies* Police-stations — Hikurangi Auckland Coromandel ... ■ Karangahake Te Kuiti Otorohanga Moawhango New Plymouth (repairs) Eltham Opunake 160 100 100 260 90 1,100 1,000 80 430 250 100 360 100 100 100 300 50 200 19 20 21 22 23 24 300 300 1,500 4,800 80 200 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 550 1,000 400 200 150 100 500 100 500

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Appropriations for Public Works Services.

!tem. 1897-98. MINISTER FOE PUBLIC WORKS— continued. 35 36 37 88 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 VOTE No. 97— continued. Judicial — continued. Police-stations —continued. Manaia Hawera (additions) Raetihi Masterton (additions) Wellington, Thorndon (new station) Wellington, Manners Street (new station) Nelson, Port (additions, &c.) Hokitika (repairs) Ohristchurch (Bingsland) Christchurch (alterations) Waimate (additions and repairs) Pleasant Point South Dunedin St. Olair (purchase of property) Invercargiil Buildings not specified, and Contingencies 200 80 500 100 350 500 80 50 400 60 120 120 550 350 500 200 Total required for current year —Vote No. 97 19,920 16,920 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 TOTE No. 98. Postal and Tblegbaph — Mangonui (additions) Otahuhu Waitekauri Waihi Kuaotunu (additions) Napier (additions and alterations) Waitara (improvements) ... Hawera (repairs, Ac.) Marton Ashurst Sanson (repairs and painting) Eketahuna (purchase of land) Petone (land and building) Wellington (lift for General Post Office) Wellington (Newtown, purchase of site) Wellington Telephone Exchange (additions) Wakapuaka (additions) Takaka West port (renovations) ... G-reymouth Hokitika (repairs) Ashburton (alterations) .. Waimate (repairs, old Post-office) Geraldine (additions) Dunedin (additions and alterations) ... i Bluff (land, and removal of building) ... Queenstown (purchase of land, and repairs) ... i Riverton (additions) Telephone-offices and sound-proof boxes I Buildings not specified Maintenance and repairs generally 120 200 500 800 420 70 200 . . 280 620 570 80 180 1,000 400 600 330 130 200 50 80 160 80 80 170 4,000 1,500 220 70 150 200 200 8,160 13,660 Total required for current year —Vote No. 98

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Appr:>j>ri(iil<ms for Public Works Services

Item. ,■'■-. •■ ; - . j-1897-98. MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WOBKS— continued. £ VOTE No. 99 Customs— Customhouse, Hokitika 400 Total—Vote No. 99 40i 1 3 4 V r OTE No. 100. Lunatic Asylums— Auckland Wellington Porirua Nelson Nelson (Simpson's annuity) Sunnyside Seacliff , ... 5,000 1,000 12,000 2,000 200 1,200 2,000 5 (5 7 Total required for current year —Vote No. 100 23,400 17,9O( 2 VOTE No. 101. School-buildings— School-buildings generally Caversliam Industrial School (alterations and renovations) Caversham Industrial School (rebuilding) Burnham Industrial School, reading-room, fire appliances, &c, 20,000 500 500 3 350 Total—Vote No. 101 ... 21,350 1 VOTE No. 102. SCHOOL-BTTILDINflS (SPECIAL) School-buildings in newly-settled and Native districts, and general Technical schools, buildings, apparatus, &c, 2 25,000 25,000 Total required for current year—Vote No. 102 50,000 13.00C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 VOTE No. 103. A.GRICULTUBAL Wairangi (bark shed) Palmerston North (alterations) Masterlon (purchase of house and land, alterations) Palmerston South, house and office Gore,(purchase of land, &c.) Naseby (repairs) Lawrence (purchase of house and land) 330 250 650 500 150 50 470 Total—Vote No. 103 ... 2,40i VOTE No. 104. Hospitals and other Chabitablu Institutions— Thames Hospital (conditionally on Trustees raising, by way of -voluntary contributions, £400 to be expended on works) 600 Total—Vote No. 104 ... 60* TOTAL CLASS VIII. ;98,900

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CLASS IX.—LIGHTHOUSES, HARBOUR WORKS, AND HARBOUR DEFENCES.

Appropriations for Public Works Serciees.

1897-98. Vote No. 105. —Lighthouses „ 106. — Harbour Works 107. —Harbour Defences £ 2.520. 1,250 5,000 8,770 £ £ Item. MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS. 1 2 3 VOTE No. 105. Lighthouses— East Cape (land, building, &c.) Cape Palliser (building, land, &c.) Stephens Island (land-compensation) 500 2,000 20 Total—Vote No. 105 ... 2,520 VOTE No. 106. Hakbotjii Wobks — Wharf at Howiok Lyttelton (reclamation works, Sticking Point) ... Protective Works, Government Property, Hokitika 100 550 600 1,250 1 2 8 Total—Vote No. 106 ... VOTE No. 107. Harbour Defences 5,000 Total —Vote No. 107 ... 5,000 TAL CLASS IX. £8,770

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CLASS X.—RATES ON NATIVE LANDS.

CLASS XI.—CONTINGENT DEFENCE.

Appropriations for Public Works Services.

i 1897-98. I £ Vote No. 108. —Rates on Native Lands 500 Item. COLONIAL TREASURER. VOTE No. 108. Kates on Native Lands— -Recoverable from Owners 500 Total—Vote No. 108 ... 500 TOTAL CLASS X. £500

1897-98. & Vote No 109.—Contingent Defence >,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF DEFENCE. VOTE No. 109. Contingent Defence 20,000 20,000 Total—Vote No. 109 r ■ I T V * 1 ■'■ ■ 1 fM f~*4 ~V~F~ ~W~ TOTAL CLASS XI TOTAL CLASS XL 20,000

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Appropriations for the Government Loans to Local Bodies Account.

1897-98. . ote No. 113. —Roads, &c, to open up Crown Lands £ :,978 tem. £ £ MINISTER OF LANDS. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 VOTE No. 113. ROADS, ETC., TO OPEN UP CrOWN LANDS Auckland — Takahue Block ... Mongonui Maungataniwha Block ... „ Maungataniwha (VI.) Block ... ,, Takahue— Wbany;apo Block .. Mongonui and Hokianga Waipoua Block ... Hokianga Blocks XIV., XV., Punakitere ; I., II., Tutamoe ... „ Ruapekapeka Block .. Bay of Islands Motatau Block ... Whangarei Opuawhanga-Whangarei No. 1 Block ,, Opuawhanga No. 1 Block ... „ Ngunguru Block ... ,. Blocks XI., XII., XV., XVI., Mangakahia ... ,, Waipu (VI., VII.) Block Tokatoka Swamp Block ... Otanaatea Pakiri Block . Rodney Tauhoa Block .. ,, Ahuroa Block ... „ Auckland Special Settlement Block Hobson Maropiu Block ... ,, Maungaru Block ... ,, Avoca Block ... „ Opanake Block ... ,, Taupiri Block ... Waikato Karioi-Alexandra Block ... Raglan Avvaroa No. 2 Block ... ,. Kohuruhuru Block ,, Karioi Block ., ,, Paekotare Block ... ,, Kaiuiarama Block ... Coromamiel Waiawa Block ... Whakatane Mamaku Block ... Rotorua Umurua Block ... „ Tauniata Block ... „ Blocks IV. and VIII., Pirongia ... Kawhia 200 17 120 1,136 106 500 119 26 24 300 110 2,000 300 84 11 69 68 883 435 460 103 100 366 730 200 300 55 80 54 640 200 280 428 100 10,604

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Appropriations for the Government Loans to Local Bodies Account,

item. 18' 7-98. C MINISTER OP LANDS— continued. 35 36 37 38. 39 40 41 42 VOTE No. US—continued. Roads, etc., to opkn up Cbown Lands — continued. Hawke's Bay — Hikurangi Block ... Waiapu Huirau Block ... Cook Waikohu-Matawai and Motu ... „ Ruakituri Block ... Wairoa Waiau Block ... „ Whakarara Block ... Waipawa Euahine Block ... „ Umutaoroa Block .. „ 171 500 2,000 49 300 38 516 71 3,645 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 Taranaki — Okoko Block ... Clifton Oxford Association Block ... „ Lepperton Block ..'. „ Moanatairi Block .. „ Toro (Section 23, B. IV., Huiroa) Block Waikiekie Block ... ,, Mangaere Block .. Stratford Ross Block ... ,, Manganui Block ... ,, Autawa Block ... ,, Gatton Block .. ,, Puniwhakau Block ,, Terrace End Block ... ., Patua (Egmont V., VII., XI ) Block Taranaki Bgmont (VI ) Block Kaupokonui Block .. Hawera Rangiwhakaoma Block Patea Kaitangiwhenua No. 2 Block ... ,, Opaku-Kapara Block ... „ Rawhitiroa Block ... „ Whenuakura Block ... ,, Makahu Block ... Stratford 364 387 270 300 115 150 40 268 38 255 10 670 447 500 149 54 300 ■ 97 L 501 496 500 300 7,085 !5 i6 17 '.8 19 '0 1 '2 r 3 4 Wellington — Te Ngaue No. 2 Block ... Patea Momahaki Village Settlement Block ., Te Ngaue Block Waimarino (No. 2) Block .. „ Clifton Block ... Wangamii Kaitieke Block ... n Wanganui Block ... „ Manganui and R,uapehu Block Gladstone Block . Te Kapua Block (Sommerville and Palmerston N. Knights of Labour) Hangitikei Pukeokahu Block IX. Oliinewairua Block .. , Hautapu, Blocks I., V., VI., IX, X, and Tereraukawa, Blocks IV., VIII. Hautapu, Block VIII. and Ruahine, Blocks V., IX., X. 286 55 167 28 742 700 487 I 200 ! 500 '5 6 7 380 400 1,700 8 400 ! 300

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Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (1,400 copies), £14 Is.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9B Price Is.}

Appropriations for the Government Loans to Local Bodies Account

.tern. 18' '7-98. MINISTER OF LANDS— continued. 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 VOTE No. 113— continued. Eoads, ETC., to opsn up Obowh Lands— continued. Wellington —continued. /Pukeokahu, Block XIII, X. ...\ Ohinewairua, Block XVI. ... [ Rangitikei I Hautapu, Block IV. •[ 5 ; (liuabine, Block I. ■ •• J Pohangina Block ... Pohangina Kawatau Block ... Kiwitea Hautapu-Ruahine Block » Hautapu No. 2 Block ,, Umutoi Block ■ •■ » Kaiparoro Block ... Wairarapa N. Kakariki Block ■ ■ » Te Maru Block ■•■ » Puketoi-Aohanga Block ... » Kaiparoro (No. 2) Block ... „ Dannevirke-Centennial Block ... „ Kaitangata Block ... Wairarapa S. £ 300 15 1,162 164 486 235 57 21 194 31 50 500 60 MarlborougJi — Hundalee Block ... Kaikoura 9,620 6,008 92 93 94 Canterbury — Broomfield Block ■■■ Ashley Ruapuna Block ... Ashburton 300 31 I 331 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 101 105 106 107 108 109 Catlin'e Block •■ olutha Glenomaru(III.,IV.,V.,VIL,X.) Block Catlin's (IV., V, VII., VIII) Block Tiger Hill Block ■•■ Vincent Lauder-Tiger Hill Block » i Lower Wanaka Block .. L ake Teviot, Block ... Tuapeka Beaumont Block » i Swinburn Farm Homestead Block Maniototo I Maniototo No. 2 Block ... ,, ; Naseby No. 2 Block .. » ! Blackstone-G-immerburn Block .. ,. ' Maniototo No. 3 Block .. „ i Lauder-Bliickstone Block ,< ) Gimmei'burn Block •■ >» 23 48 1,057 65 700 101 166 300 88 300 813 500 200 76 350 Southland — ) Mokoreta Block ... Southland L Waikawa-Otara Block ... „ i Oteramika Block ... » 3 Invercargill Hundred (XXIII.) Block 1 Hokonui and Forest Hill Block ... „ 5 Waikawa (II.) Block 4,287 no ill 112 113 114 115 1,057 15 400 252 524 150 Total —Vote No. 113 ... 2,398 43,978 I GOVKBNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL B ACCOUNT .... JODIE S 143,978 .... £