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1898. NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT BY THE HON. W. HALL-JONES, MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS 27th SEPTEMBER, 1898.

Me. Speakee,— I have the honour to lay before honourable members the Public Works Statement and estimates of expenditure for the year. The large number of applications that have been received for the construction of various public works throughout the colony have been very carefully considered, and, in view of the limited ways and means available, honourable members will realise the difficulty experienced in deciding upon those which first required attention. After careful deliberation, however, a selection has finally been made, and full particulars of the works proposed to be undertaken will be found in the accompanying estimates. In railway-construction alone the applications for new lines and the extension of existing lines comprise a length of over 1,500 miles, at an estimated approximate cost of nearly £10,000,000. It is claimed by those who advocate these railway works being undertaken by the colony that each one is the most important, and that the expected returns would justify the expenditure. I suppose it is only natural that settlers residing in the vicinity of proposed works, and who know the disadvantages under which they labour as compared with other parts of the colony, where greater facilities have been provided, should feel that the works which most concern them are of greater importance than those with which they are not so well acquainted. Searching and complete inquiry has to be made, and the greatest care exercised in deciding which among the numerous claims, if given effect to, would best promote the general interests of the colony. This being done, it is too often the case that, while the Government admit that many of the works asked for are necessary for the convenience of the settlers and the proper development of the country, a great many of them must stand over, owing to the limited amount of money available. If the more important railways, such as the North Island Mam Trunk, Otago Central, Blenheim-Culverden, the completion of the Seaward Bush, and the extension of the Helensville Northwards Bailway to Kaipara Plats, &c, are to be completed at an early date it can only •be done by means of a large loan to meet the necessary expenditure. This course has been advocated by many honourable members, who, with some reason, contend that the early completion of these works will largely increase the returns from the lines already constructed, will induce settlement, and promote the development of the resources of the country; and, moreover, that, as the works will be of a permanent character it is only right that those coming after us should in some measure i—D. 1.

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help to bear the expense of their construction ; and, further, that the buoyancy of the revenue indicates that the burden of taxation would not require to be increased to meet the necessary charges. The Government, however, are of opinion that for the present it is preferable to proceed with that caution which has distinguished the careful administration of the last few years, and, while desirous of seeing the early completion of the important works referred to, they deem it the wiser course to only ask this year for the half-million mentioned in the Financial Statement, and to leave the question of a more speedy prosecution of the construction of the main lines of railway open for future consideration. During the past year satisfactory progress has been made. The completion of through-communication between Wellington, Napier, and New Plymouth, via the Bimutaka, has permitted the lines previously opened to be worked to the greatest advantage. Before the close of the financial year I hope to hand over to the Working Bailways Department the under-mentioned sections of railway: Thames-Paeroa, Kokonga-Banfurly Section of the Otago Central, the extension of the Seaward Bush, and the Forest Hill Bailways. STATE OP THE PUBLIC WOEKS FUND. On 31st March, 1897, the balances available for public-works purposes were as follows: — Public Works Fund ... ... ... ... ... ... £282,363 Lands Improvement Account ... ... ... ... ... 199 073 Native Lands Purchase Account ... ... ... ... 157 1 723 Total ... ... ... ... ... £639,159 Under the authority obtained last session the two accounts mentioned above have now been incorporated into the Public Works Fund, and further ways and means provided, as follows : — For Additions to open railways ... ... ... ... £200,000 „ School-buildings ... ... ... ... ... 25,000 „ Technical schools ... ... ... ... ... 25,000 Transferred from the Consolidated Fund .... ... ... 300,000 Miscellaneous receipts ... ... ... ... ... 2,876 Thus making a gross total of available ways and means of £1,192,035. The expenditure has amounted to £865,543, which left a balance at the end of the year of £326.492. It is now proposed to supplement this amount as follows:— Transfer from the Consolidated Fund ... ... ... ... £350,000 Sinking funds released (say) ... .. ... ... ... 36,500 Further transfer from the Consolidated Fund for Defence purposes ... 25,000 „ „ „ lunatic asylums ... 25,000 /, /, „ Parliament Buildings 25,000 Further aid to be authorised ... ... ... ... ... 500,000 If these proposals are adopted by Parliament we shall have a total sum of £1,287,992 available for public-works purposes for the current year. The estimates of expenditure for the current year now submitted to the House total to £1,127,640, of which £1,077,640 will be a charge against the Public Works Fund, and the balance against the Government Loans to Local Bodies Account, so that a credit balance of £210,352 will remain in the Public Works Fund at the close of the year. DEPARTMENTAL. The only change worthy of mention that has taken place in the departmental administration during the year has been the retransfer of the Inspection of Machinery Branch to the Marine Department. As all the Inspectors of Machinery are also Engineer-Surveyors of Steamers and Examiners of Marine Engineers, and as this latter work must necessarily be carried out under the

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supervision of the Marine Department, it was considered advisable to again place the administration of the Inspection of Machinery Act under that department, so as to avoid the Inspectors being under dual control. The change took place at the commencement of the current financial year. I also regret to have to record the retirement and subsequent decease of Mr. J. A. McArthur, the late Chief Clerk of the department. Mr. McArthur's service under the Government extended over a period of more than thirty-six years, over twenty-three years having been in the Public Works Department. The retirement of so old and valued a public servant has been a great loss to the staff of the department. RAILWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. I will now briefly review the operations of the past year in the matter of railway-construction. Kamo-Kawakawa. The section of this line between Whakapara and Waiotu is now practically completed, but no buildings have been erected or other terminal facilities provided at Waiotu, as upon a full consideration of the matter the Government has decided to ask authority to extend this line to the Hukerenui Township. This extension, which was petitioned for last session, is under two miles in length, and will not be expensive to construct, and will carry the line to a more convenient point. All the landowners along the route have agreed to convey the land required for the line to the Crown free of charge. The expenditure on this line last year amounted to £6,494, and the liabilities existing at the close of the year to a further sum of £1,554. The vote proposed for the current year is £7,000. Several petitions have been presented to Parliament praying for an extension of the line southwards from Kawakawa, and the Bay of Islands County Council is strongly urgrng that the survey of the proposed extension be undertaken immediately. As soon as an Engineer can be spared for the work, this survey will be put in hand, and I hope to be able to lay the result before Parliament next session. Helensville Noethwaeds. The formation of the Tahekeroa Section of this railway has been started, in pursuance of the vote for the work passed last session. The works are now proceeding satisfactorily, and will make still better progress as the weather improves. The expenditure on this line last year amounted to £4,047. The vote proposed for the current year is £7,000. Geahamstown-Te Aeoha. Construction-works have proceeded satisfactorily on this line throughout the year. The formation is now complete right through, the rail-laying extends to within about two miles of Grahamstown, ballasting is proceeding as expeditiously as possible, and the construction of the station-buildings has been authorised. lam in hopes that the whole line will be available for passenger traffic by Christmas, or early in the neAV year, though it is probable that considerable finishing-work will remain to be done after that date. The expenditure on the line last year amounted to £15,565. The vote proposed for the current year is £25,000, which is required to meet liabilities and to complete the line to Grahamstown, including the cost of station-buildings, &c. Paeeoa-Waihi. I mentioned in my last year's Statement that the survey for the projected line between Paeroa and Waihi was in hand. It has since been completed., and shows that a fairly good line can be obtained. The length would be about twelve miles and a half, and the probable cost, constructed according to present standards, but exclusive of rollmg-stock, about £80,000. The only heavy piece of work on the line is the construction of a tunnel 1,188 yards long at Karanga-

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hake. An alternative line to avoid this tunnel has been laid out, but it interferes so largely with existing roads, water-races, and other mining works and conveniences that it is questionable if any economy would result from its adoption. Considering the pressing demands for the completion of the lines of railway already authorised, I do not think the colony should undertake the construction of this work, especially as there is, I understand, a probability of its being undertaken by private enterprise, in terms of the existing law. Nobth Island Main Teunk. The construction of the Ohinemoa Section, at the north "end of this line, has been proceeded with. Along a portion of the route the country has turned out to be of a very treacherous nature, and will require to be carefully dealt with to avoid heavy slips and subsidences. The works were visited by the Engineer-in-Chief during last winter, and a careful inspection made of the strata, and suitable instructions given to the officers in local charge. The ground proved so bad that work had to be suspended in some places during the wettest portion of the winter, but has now been resumed, and will be pushed on vigorously during the summer months. At the southern end of the line formation has been in hand between Mangaweka and Kaikoura, and the foundations and abutments of the Makohine Viaduct have been completed. This latter work is of an exceptionally heavy character, the massive concrete bases for the principal piers, consisting of four huge monoliths, weighing collectively over 10,000 tons, while the total quantity of concrete in the structure exceeds 12,000 tons. The engineering workshop for the preparation of the ironwork has been erected, and provided with suitable machinery, and the work of shaping, planing, drilling, &c, of the iron is now in hand, and the erection of the piers will be commenced when a sufficient .quantity of the material is turned out from the workshop. Owing to the prolonged engineers' strike, the execution of the order for the workshop machinery in Great Britain was delayed for a considerable time. This had the effect of retarding our work considerably, and is very much to be regretted, as several miles of formation beyond the viaduct are ready to receive the rails, and delay in the construction of this work delays the opening of the line to Ohingaiti and Mangaweka. Another large viaduct is required for the Mangaweka Creek, and instructions have been issued for the designs for this to be prepared. The survey of the portion of this line not already definitely located is being pushed on vigorously, two survey parties being engaged on the work, one at each end of the line. It is found impossible to carry on operations of this nature in this country in the winter-time, so that both parties had to discontinue field-work in June or July last; but instructions have been issued that work in the field is to be resumed at the earliest practicable moment, and I have no doubt that the survey will be completed before next winter. When the survey is finished, a reliable estimate of the cost of completing the railway can be placed before honourable members. In both Auckland and Taranaki the agitation for the deviation to Stratford continues, and adds to the difficulties of the situation. The railway, however, requires to be constructed for another twelve miles at the northern end before it reaches the point of divergence of the two routes ; while at the southern end the completion of the Makohine Viaduct will take nearly two years, and as far as the line has gone at this end, and for some miles ahead, it opens up good country, capable of carrying a large population. In the interval, after investigation as to the extent and capabilities of the land from a settlement point of view, it is reasonable to expect that a sound public opinion will be formed, and by a moderate give-and-take policy a safe conclusion as to t the route which the line should ultimately follow will be arrived at. In the meantime the position will not be prejudiced by the expenditure of the money proposed to be voted this year. The expenditure on the North Island Main Trunk Bailway last year amounted to £45,385, and liabilities existed at the close of the year to the amount of £12,275. This year we ask for a vote of £40,000,

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EKETAHUNA-WOODVILLE. In my last year's. Statement I was able to record the fact of the last section of this line having been opened for traffic, thus completing through-communica-tion between Wellington and Napier via the Bimutaka. A good deal of finishing-work still remained to be performed, which has since been done. The expenditure on the line last year was £23,869, but, as liabilities existed at the close of the year to the amount of £842, and some other items have been authorised since, it is necessary to ask for a vote of £1,500 to finally close the accounts in connection with this railway. Wellington-Mastebton . The survey promised in last year's Statement to determine whether or not a better route was available over the Bimutaka Mountains than the present incline-line was put in hand as soon as an experienced officer could be spared for the work. The survey is not yet complete, but, even as far as it has gone, it has fully justified the hope of finding a more favourable line which I expressed last year. With a mile-and-a-half tunnel under the saddle which is crossed by the old coach-road, and at a level 250 ft. lower than the Summit tunnel on the existing railway, a line can be obtained between Kaitoke and Featherston that would be seven miles shorter than the present line, and would have no gradients steeper than 1 in 40, and no curve sharper than 10 chains radius, compared with gradients up to lin 15, and 5-chain curves, on the existing line. The estimated cost of constructing the suggested deviation is £200,000. Favourable as this result is, still more favourable results can be obtained by way of the Tauherenikau Valley. By this route a line can be obtained which will afford gradients not steeper than 1 in 60, and a tunnel under one mile in length, with a greater shortening of the line than by way of the coach-road route. The line by this route would also be less expensive to construct. Having thus ascertained that the Bimutaka Mountains can be crossed on moderate grades, I have now directed the surveyor to make further explorations in order to ascertain whether it is possible to eliminate the long l-in-35 grades between the Upper Hutt and Kaitoke. If this can be done it will be evident that a line can be formed between Wellington and the Wairarapa having no gradient steeper than lin 60. I hope to be in a position to place fuller information on the subject before honourable members prior to the close of the present session. Blenheim-A wateee. So much survey-work has been in hand by the department during the year that it has been impossible to spare a reliable officer to make the contemplated survey of the extension of this railway to a junction with the North Canterbury railways. The work has not been lost sight of, and will be put in hand as soon as a favourable opportunity presents itself. In the meantime, and as the purchase of the Starborough Estate has now been accomplished, it has been decided to at once resume construction-work between Blenheim and the Awatere. An engineer has been selected to take'charge of the work, who is already on the ground, and the actual work of construction will be commenced immediately. A substantial iron cylinder-bridge has been designed for both railway and road traffic over the Awatere Biver, and tenders for its construction will be invited shortly. The construction of this railway is at present only authorised to the Awatere (Starborough), but arrangements have been made to locate the line as far as the southern boundary of the Starborough Estate, so that the necessary land for the future continuation of the railway southwards may be reserved in the plans of the estate which are now being prepared for the purpose of placing the property in the market. The vote proposed for the Blenheim-Awatere Bailway this year is £8,000, which will be sufficient to meet the charges which will come to book up to the 31st March next. Otago Centeal. I stated last year that the construction of this railway between Kokonga and Banfurly was being delayed by the slow progress of the contractors for the iron

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bridge over the Taieri Biver. I anticipated that this bridge would have been completed early in the current year, in which. case the wjiole line to Banfurly would have been ready for opening by August last. I regret to state, however, that the bridge has only recently been completed, so that it will now be impossible to open the line to Banfurly until the middle of November next. The formation of the section between Banfurly and Wedderburn has been put in hand, and the work is now in active progress. The expenditure on the Otago Central Bailway last year was considerably less than it would have been if the delay in the construction of the Taieri Bridge had not hindered the work. As it was, it amounted to £21,281, but liabilities existed at the close of the year to the amount of £8,371. This year we ask for a vote of £30,000. Heeiot Extension. Subject to a suitable area of land in this district being obtained for settlement, it is proposed to make a start with, the section of this railway extending as far as Edie's, six miles and a quarter beyond Heriot. The formation, on this section will be of an easy and inexpensive character, and the line, when completed, is expected to yield satisfactory results. The vote of £2,000 proposed for the work will meet the requirements of the current year. Seawaed Bush. The works on this railway were greatly delayed by the bad weather and the slow progress of the contractors for the Mataura Bridge. The bridge was finally completed in May last, and all the other work in progress is now being pushed on as rapidly as possible, and the whole line is' expected to be completed to Waimahaka by about the end of the financial year. The expenditure last year amounted to £7,819, the liabilities existing at the close of the year being £4,257. This year we ask for a vote of £10,000. Foeest Hill. The work of converting the old tramway into a substantial railway, according to present standards, has been proceeded with. The bulk of the rails required are now r on the ground, and the remainder will be delivered shortly. A large number of sleepers has already been procured locally, and efforts are being made to obtain the remainder. The laying of the permanent-way is about to be put in hand, and the line is expected to be opened for traffic right through to Macdonald's by February next. The expenditure on the line last year amounted to £2,551. This year we propose a vote of £5,000. . Midland. A considerable amount of work has been done on this railway. At the Greymouth end the whole of the unfinished formation between Jackson's and Otira has been in hand, and some platelaying and a good deal of river-protective work has been done in addition. This section should be well on towards completion by the end of the financial year. At the Nelson end the formation and bridging between Belgrove and Motupiko has been completed, and the laying of the rails is also nearly finished, and the ballasting of the line has been begun. The railway will probably be available for regular traffic about Christmas next, but we shall be in a position.to carry wool and other produce by the Ist November. The promised survey of the Tadmor Valley route for the extension of the line has been put in hand, and is now proceeding. Work at the Springfield end of the railway was commenced in March last. The first work was the construction of service-roads to give access to the line, but now the actual railway-works are well in hand, and proceeding very satisfactorily.

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The company has until recently met the claims made upon it, the amount received during the late financial year being £20,567, while the profits on the working of the opened sections of the railway credited to Construction Account during the same period amounted to £1,250, making a gross total sum earned by the railway or recovered from the company since possession of the line was taken by the Government of £50,588. Accounts for a further sum of £11,018 were rendered to the company in April last, and formal notice, in terms of section 125 of " The Bailways Construction and Land Act, 1881," was served early in May, but the amount demanded has not yet been paid. As honourable members are aware, the debenture-holders claim that, under section 14 of " The East and West Coast (Middle Island) and Nelson Bailway and Bailways Construction Act, 1884," they, and not the Government, are entitled to possession of the line. They claim that they have a first charge upon the property, even against the Crown, and notwithstanding that the company has failed to carry out its contract. As against this contention the Government is advised that it was fully justified, and well within its rights, in taking possession, and proceeding with the construction of the railway. An application by some of the debenture-holders was recently made to the Supreme Court in the colony for the appointment of a Beceiver, so that an action could be brought against the Government to determine whether the rights of the debenture-holders are subject and subordinate to the rights of the Crown under " The Bailways Construction and Land Act, 1881," or whether they are entitled to precedence over those rights. The Beceiver was duly appointed by the Judge, and he has since initiated the contemplated action. The statement of claim and the Government's statement of defence have both been filed in Court, and we now await further action on the part of the Beceiver. This being the case, much as I regret the complicated position existing, 1 fear that until the legal position is defined by the Courts nothing can be done to improve the situation, which, contrary to the wish of both parties, may be described as a strained relationship. When the line is completed to the Otira, the question as to whether the incline section from there to the summit of the range at Arthur's Pass shall be constructed with a switchback in the Bolleston Valley or with a spiral tunnel under Mount Bolleston will require to be definitely decided. At present the matter is engaging the attention of the highest engineers in the colony. A reduction in the present rate of expenditure will be necessary if this question is not settled at an early date. The expenditure on construction-works on this railway last year amounted to £36,527. The total vote proposed for the current year is £35,000, including cost of permanent-way materials; but, allowing for credits, the net amount is £30,000. SUEVEYS. Considerable work has been undertaken during the year in the matter of surveying projected lines of railway. Beference has already been made to the surveys at both ends of the North island Main Trunk Bailway, the Nelson end of the Midland Bailway, and the Paeroa-Waihi and the Bimutaka deviation surveys. In addition to chese, a survey party is now engaged in exploring for a suitable line between Napier and Gisborne. On a portion of this route the country is of a very rough and broken character, and four different routes will have to be tried in order to ascertain which of them presents the greatest advantages. The survey has not yet made sufficient progress for any practical results to be laid before Parliament during the present session, but it seems evident that between Napier and Wairoa, at any rate, the line will be of a heavy and costly character. It has for some time past been in contemplation to have a trial-survey made for a light railway between Gisborne and Botorua. The large amount of surveywork the department has in hand at present has prevented my setting apart a suitable officer for this survey, but I am now making arrangements which wall enable this work to be put in hand. This line throughout a great part of its

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length will traverse a country that is but little known. The little we do know of it, however, leads me to suppose that the construction of a railway in this district may be rather a costly undertaking. An examination has also been made of the country that would be traversed by the proposed railways from Lovell's Flat to Kaitangata, Wright's Bush to Heddon Bush, and Orepuki (or Waicola) to Waiau. The length of the firstmentioned line would be about eight miles and a quarter, and it would open out large coalfields throughout its entire length, and would shorten the railagedistance between Kaitangata and Lovell's Flat by about a mile and a half. The probable cost of the line according to present standards, but exclusive of rollingstock, would be about £21,000. The proposed line between Wright's Bush and Heddon Bush would be about 18f miles long, the country throughout being nearly level, and of excellent quality. The probable cost of construction, exclusive of rolling-stock, would be about £45,000. A line from Orepuki to the Waiau Ferry would be 13J miles in length. The country after the first two miles or so would be generally easy, and the cost of the line probably about £50,000. The alternative line, from Waicola to Orawia, would be about 15J miles long, and would cost about £52,000. The amount expended on surveys of new lines last year was £1,616, and a vote of £3,600 is proposed for the current year. Total Appeopeiations foe Bailways. The total appropriations proposed for railway-construction works, including surveys, permanent-way materials, &c, is £217,100, and £200,000 for additions to open lines, or a gross total of £417,100. Last year the amount for new construction-works was £217,500, and £150,000 for additions to open lines, or a total of £367,500. ROADS, ETC. Boads, Beidges, and othee Woeks undee the Conteol oe the Ministee of Lands. As was anticipated in my Statement of last year, the extent of the works required to be done, and the consequent expenditure, have been about one-third greater than in the year 1896-97. During the present year, 405 miles of dray-roads and 367 miles of horseroads, with 89 bridges over 30 ft. span, have been constructed, as well as 383 miles of dray-roads and 103 miles of horse-roads widened and improved. The roads maintained for dray traffic aggregate 1,827 miles, and those maintained for horse traffic amount to 982 miles. In all, an extent of 4,067 miles of road and 89 bridges have been dealt with during the year. The cost of these operations was £269,427. The main roads maintained during the year were about 1,300 miles, those improved about 250 miles, and those constructed about 135 miles, including 28 bridges, and the cost of these works was about £106,000, so that over £160,000 was expended in constructing roads and tracks, and to a great extent for the benefit of newly settled lands. That this large expenditure every year is a profitable investment is amply proved by the recent valuations made under " The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896." The counties in which settlement and road-making have advanced show an immense increase in values since the last valuation in 1891, and it may rightly be assumed that a large share of that increase is due to the expenditure on roads. In Auckland, seventeen counties, in which roads have been made to the extent of £174,504, have' increased in value by £1,459,987; four counties in Hawke's Bay, in which £44,775 has been spent, have increased by £1,296,949 ; five counties in Taranaki have increased £2,080,081 by an expenditure on roads of £261,135; eleven counties in Wellington, in which £287,215 was spent on roads, have increased in value

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£4,096,990; two counties in Marlborough and Nelson, in which there was a road-expenditure of £27,875, have increased in value £247,694 ; the expenditure in four counties of Otago and Southland was £131,917, and the increased value is £903,851. The products of these counties have largely increased in the same period. The following table gives the progress of the several districts in which new settlement operations have been proceeding during the past seven years : — Table of the Increase of Settlement and the Increase in Production and in Value of the Chief Districts in which Settlement and Eoadworks have been carried on during the Past Seven Years :■ —

This shows an increase in these newly settled counties during the seven years of 12,542 holdings, 3,036,164 acres grass, 50,866 acres in white or grain crop, 75,288 acres in green crop, and, notwithstanding a decrease in the number of sheep in the Otago and Southland Counties, 1,936,922 more sheep and 323,995 more cattle. The largest increase is in the Wellington District, where the bushclad plains and downs have been converted into pasture, and the country is still understocked. It is not necessary to compare this progress with the progress of former years ; it is enough to show that the actual development of the country is proceeding at a forward rate, and that the increase in the rural valuation of the colony is due in great measure to the advance of settlement on the land, and the consequent increase in cultivation and production. In Auckland, every new holding has increased the value of the country by £603; in Hawke's Bay, by £1,040; Taranaki, £1,180; Wellington, £1,123; Marlborough and Nelson, £384 ; and Otago and Southland, £320. The Hawke's Bay, Taranaki, and Wellington counties dealt with, being forest-covered, are, by the conversion of forest into pasture, increased in about the same ratio, while the open or partly open lands of Auckland, Marlborough, Nelson, Otago, and Southland show a smaller increase. The table shows that the expenditure in newly settled districts has been three-fourths of the whole, while the older settlements have had new and better roads only to the extent of one-fourth of the outlay during the past seven years. For the current year a slightly greater sum is required, but the amount now asked for will, it is feared, be a disappointment to many by its smallness, and I am within the mark in saying that it would take over a million pounds sterling to meet the demands that have been made for roads, bridges, and other similar works. A large proportion of the available funds is again required for the North Island, and principally for Auckland, Taranaki, and Wellington, where men of very moderate means are striving to make homes in the roadless forests, and equally roadless open but rugged country. It is proposed to push forward vigorously the construction of the road from Stratford through to a connection with the railway - system in the Ohura country; to continue the Awakino Boad to a junction at Te Kuiti; to proceed steadily with the road through the Urewera country from Botorua to Waikareii—D. 1.

CD 60 a « Grass. CQ Pi O G O CD Ol Ph O u O 02 02 U 0 Sheep. Cattle. Value. ra CQ rH tH 5 w cS ftOfll *«!* ■C 3 CO 53 "" g O CD 0? M Auckland (17 counties)... Hawke's Bay (4 counties) Taranaki (5 counties) ... Wellington (11 counties) Marlborough and Nelson (2 counties) Otago and Southland (4 counties) No. 2,419 1,248 1,762 3,648 644 Acres. 227,382 544,030 291,054 1,713,985 80,681 Acres. 4,234 2,754 1,538 11,058 148 Acres. 14,413 -2,419, 1,154 17,691 3,941 No. 178,050 | 548,452 93,851 1,099,608 151,603 No. 57,724 30,954 108,787 95,012; 4.500 1 £ 1,459,987 1,296,949 2,080,081 4,096,990 247,694 £ 174,504 44,775 261,135 287,215 27,875 2,821 179,032 31,134 40,508 -134,642 27,018 903,851 131,917 Totals... 12,542 3,036,164 50,8661 75,28: 1,936,922 323,995 '10,085,552: 927,421

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moana and G-isborne to the north, and Wairoa to the south; to carry on the construction of the Napier-Mohaka-Wairoa Coast Eoad, via Tutira Lake ; and to continue the road via Nuhaka from Wairoa to Grisborne. A large block of land for settlement, situated east of Dannevirke, is now in process of being roaded, and that work will be continued during the year. In Wellington the very large number of important roads to give settlers an outlet should be pushed forward, and the constructed roads metalled wherever possible. In the Middle Island a connection with the railway at Starborough, and roads through that estate, should be arranged for early. The maintenance and advancement of the main r,oads which are the chief means of communication on the West Coast must be attended to. A number of bridges in Canterbury and Otago are now in need of practical renewal, and, as this is evidently beyond the means of the local authorities, some provision is this year made for a few of them. The through road in the Tautuku Forest, from Owaka to Waikawa, should be metalled if the settlement of that land is to be successful. In Southland and Stewart Island new roads and bridges are required for advancing settlement in the west and on the east coast. For tourists and invalids some provision is made for increased accommodation and convenience at Eotorua, Te Aroha, and Hanmer. The amounts required to be authorised are, — £ For immigration ... ... ... ... ... 150 For main roads ... ... ... ... ... 184,516 For settlement roads... ... ... ... ... 199,616 For improved-farm settlements roads and improvements ... 24,284 Out of the Government Loans to Local Bodies Account—settlement roads ... ... ... ... ... 50,000 For roads to open Native lands recently bought ... ... 5,338 For thermal-springs works ... ... ... ... 15,024 £478,928 They may be provincialised as under:—

BOADS ON GOLDFIELDS (MINES DEPAETMENT). The construction of roads and tracks by means of grants and subsidies, as intimated in my last Statement, will be continued. The vote for these purposes last year amounted to £98,092, the expenditure being £49,569, and the liabilities at the end of the.year £43,586. The amount proposed to be authorised for the current year is £99,561, on account of which a vote of £60,000 is asked for. DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS. It is satisfactory to be able to state that the prospects of gold-mining are now generally of a more stable character than they were this time last year.

Provincial District. Immigration. Settlement Boads, &o. Main Boads. Thermal. Boads to Native Lands recently purchased. Total. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson... Marlborough Westland Canterbury Otago ... Southland General 71,653 18,912 22,616 66,862 3,564 12,590 6,003 7,376 25,971 25,135 13,218 43,368 30,468 30,383 27,236 7,528 10,200 7,710 4,050 13,197 10,376 12,024 500 '300 200 2,000 4,145 493 200 131,190 50,373 53,299 '94,498 13,092 22,790 13,713 11,426 39,168 35,511 13,868 "l50 "500 Totals ... 150 273,900 184,516 15,024 5,338 478,928

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Some of the extensive development-works previously referred to have been completed, with the result that the production of gold is on the increase. This, it is anticipated, will continue as other development-works which have been entered upon are completed. The improvements in the construction of dredges, and the methods of obtaining gold from the auriferous drifts and beds of the rivers, creeks, and beaches in the Middle Island, to which attention has been specially directed in the Statement of my colleague the Hon. the Minister of Mines and the reports of the department, will, it is anticipated, add materially to the future gold-production of the colony. It may be of interest to honourable members to know that information in respect to dredging in this colony is frequently applied for by persons interested in the question in America and the Australian Colonies, and within the last few days an application has been received from the Government of British New Guinea for full information on the subject. The erection of the pumping plant at the deep-level shaft of the old Queen of Beauty Mine, which has been referred to in previous Statements, is now approaching completion, and it is expected that pumping operations will be commenced before the end of the year. The greater facilities for draining the lower levels of the mines at the Thames which this pumping plant will afford will, it is hoped, give a fresh impetus to gold-mining in that part of the colony. The question of w 7 ater-conservation on our goldfields is still being dealt with, and reports on the subject will be presented to Barliament by the Mines Department. Already a commencement has been made towards the conservation of water by the construction of a dam at West Eweburn, in the Maniototo County, which, it is estimated, will be capable of storing 250,000,000 gallons. This will supplement the supply from the Mount Ida Water-race to the extent of twenty-five Government heads a day. The annexed tables show that the sum expended last year on works for the development of the goldfields was £33,117, while the liabilities amounted to £7,135. A vote of £45,000 is proposed for the current year. PUECHASE OF NATIVE LANDS. During the past financial year the public landed estate has, through the operations of the Native Land Purchase Department, been increased by an area of 262,000 acres. In the King-country alone the Native Land Court sitting at Otorohanga, under Judge Gudgeon, has made 101 orders, vesting in Her Majesty in freehold tenure 302,506 acres, which are now under survey preparatory to being thrown open for settlement. The same Court has put under European title over 500,000 acres of the Bangitoto-Tuhua Block, leaving a little more than 100,000 acres still to be put under title before the Court closes its sittings. The proposed legislation in connection with Native lands will, if carried out, practically bring to a close within a limited period the acquisition by purchase of Native lands by the Crown under the present system. Instructions will'be given to the land-purchase officers to refrain from purchasing any interests in new blocks unless under exceptional circumstances, and to confine their efforts to winding up the present purchases and to getting titles to the land, so that the same can be thrown open for settlement at an early date. The vote proposed for the current year is £50,000. TELEGEAPH EXTENSION. The expenditure during the year under this head was £29,384. Of the wires constructed and extended, the following are the most important: New copper wires—Napier to Wanganui, Wanganui to New Flymouth, Blenheim to Dunedin; new iron wires—Waipapakauri, Kaeo to Totara North, Omanaia, Hikurangi to Hukerenui, Auckland to Whangarei, Mangapai to Maungakaramea, Onehunga to Mangere, Inglewood to Tarata, Toko to Strathmore, Dannevirke to Weber, Eketahuna to Hukanui, Mangaweka via Pemberton to Bangiwahia, Hutt via Day's Bay to Bona Bay, Belgrove to Wakapuaka, Ngahere to Blackball,

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Lyndhurst, Ngapara to Tokarahi, Hyde to Kokonga, Clyde to Cromwell, Bannockburn to Nevis, Skipper's to Bullendale, and Hokonui to Hedgehope. Telephone Exchanges : A new multiple switchboard having an ultimate capacity for 4,800 subscribers has been fitted up in the Wellington Exchange. The total number of paying subscribers in the colony is now 5,478. The vote proposed to be asked for the present year is £32,000, which provides for additions to existing exchanges, the completion of the work now in hand, and new works to be undertaken, the more important of which are : The Auckland to New Plymouth line, Wnangapou to Opitonui, Dannevirke to Ti-tree, Ormond to Te Karaka, Te Karaka to Whatatutu, alteration of route Masterton to Waipukurau (three through wires), Collingwood to Bainham, Benwicktown to Kaituna, Belgrove to Tophouse, Ashburton to Buapuna and Mayfield, Waikari to Hawarden, Balclutha to Toiro and Warepa, Wairio to Wrey's Bush, Colac to Bound Hill, Drummond to Heddon Bush ; ten knots of new cable for stock, and a new multiple switchboard for the Auckland Exchange.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The expenditure in connection with our public buildings continues to maintain the late average, the amounts of the votes and the total amounts expended having varied very little during the last three years, as the following table will show: —

The appropriations proposed for the current year amount to £168,645 —namely, £126,420 under, the Public Works Fund and £42,225 under the Consolidated Bund. The principal works carried out last year, or provided for this year, are as follows: — Geneeal. The most important work under this head was probably the new Parliamentary Buildings. Honourable members will recollect that an amount of £7,000 was voted for the erection of a new library, in the Consolidated Fund estimates of last year. Owing to the lateness of the session, and the time necessarily consumed in preparing plans and specifications, and the time lost in inviting tenders, which proved to be much above the estimate, scarcely any expenditure came to charge against this vote before the 31st March last. The whole of the amount has since been expended, however, but will, of course, now become a charge against the vote of the current year. A special transfer of £25,000 is to be made from the Consolidated Fund to defray the cost of this work, and a vote for that amount has been provided on the estimates accordingly. It is well, perhaps, to state that in limiting the expenditure to £25,000 the proposal to have a three-story building has been abandoned. Immediately at the close of the present session work will be recommenced, and I fully expect to have the building finished and fitted up for the use of honourable members by the commencement of next session. The next most important work was the completion of the Government Printing Office, for which £9,000 was voted, and .on which £9,127 was expended. The building is now complete, and is occupied by the printing, binding, lithographic, and photographic staffs, and the additional space and convenience afforded is greatly appreciated. Some little expense has been incurred during the present year for machinery, fittings, and conveniences, and a vote of £2,000 is provided in the estimates to cover this,

Consolidated Fund. Public Works Fund. Totals. Year. Voted. Expended. Voted. Expended. Voted. Expended. 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 £ 46,700 43,460 48,600 £ 42,829 41,280 38,001 £ 96,985 90,855 98,900 £ 76,240 70,579 73,585 i £ 143,685 134,315 147,500 £ 119,069 111,859 111,586 I

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Another important work provided for last year was the additions to the south wing of the General Departmental Buildings at Wellington. Additional accommodation in these buildings was very urgently required, and has now r been provided. The amount expended on this work last year was £3,659, and a further vote of £1,000 is required this year to close accounts in connection with the matter. The extra office floor-space provided by these additions is equal to 5,200 square feet, while four large strong-rooms have been provided in addition. Besides the improved convenience, a saving in rent of £675 per annum has been effected. The Government Houses at both Auckland and Wellington have been renovated internally and externally. The expenditure on the former during last financial year amounted to £307, and on the latter to £1,334, while further votes to the amount of £3,500 and £2,050 respectively are proposed this year to complete the work. The houses having been renovated, it was also necessary that the furniture and fittings should be looked to. The greater part of the furniture requires renewing, having deteriorated very much since the passing of " The Governor's Salary and Allowances Act, 1873." A good deal in this direction has already been done, but more remains to be done. In this connection the stringent conditions of the Act just referred to have been found to be very restrictive. . It is, therefore proposed to make provision for the furnishing of the Government Houses, so as to remove the difficulty which the Auditor-General at present experiences in passing expenditure vouchers. Judicial. A good number of buildings under this head have been dealt with during the year. Those on which the principal expenditure, has been incurred are as follows : — Courthouses. —New buildings at Marton, Palmerston North, and Mosgiel; and additions or renovations at Auckland and Beefton. Gaols.' —The only work on which any large expenditure has taken place has been the new gaol at Dunedin, on which an amount of £4,641 was spent during the year. The building is now complete and occupied, and it is proposed to utilise the ground at present occupied by the old building as a site for the new law-courts. The other works in hand have been the new buildings at Mount Cook (Wellington) and Mount Eden (Auckland), on which the expenditure has been £691 and £369 respectively. Police-stations. —New buildings have been erected at Hikurangi, Coromandel, Moawhango, Eltham, Baetihi, Wellington (Thorndon and Manners Street), and South Dunedin. The principal works provided for under " Courthouses" this year are the proposed new law-courts at Dunedin, and new Courthouses at Eketahuna and Macrae's, and the completion of the Courthouse now in progress at Palmerston North. Under the item " Gaols " provision is made for carrying on the work at Mount Eden, and erecting a new Gaoler's house there; also for carrying on work about the grounds at Mount Cook, and a Gaoler's house at Clyde, &c. Under " Police-stations " a host of small matters are provided for, the only large item being the new police-barracks at Auckland. New stations are to be erected at Te Kuiti, Mokau, Opunake, Manaia, Feilding, Kaikoura, and Invercargill; new cells and other conveniences at Wellington; new cells at Christchurch ; and alterations and additions at Greymouth. Post and Telegeaph. The principal expenditure last year under the head of " Post and Telegraph " buildings was the purchase of a new site at the Bluff, and erection of new offices at Waitekauri, Waihi, Marton, and Ashhurst, and additions or repairs at Kuaotunu, Hawera, Wellington (Telephone Exchange), Wakapuaka, Hokitika, Geraldine, and Queenstown. The appropriation proposed for the current year is £8,425, the principal works provided for being new fire-proof store, Wellington, new post-offices at

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Otahuhu, Mangaweka, Masterton, Peton'e, Newtown, Wakapuaka, Takaka, and Mosgiel, and additions and alterations at Auckland, Hamilton, Waitara, Lyell, Ashburton, Owaka, &c. Lunatic Asylums. The expenditure on our asylum-buildings is still very heavy, and must, I fear, continue so unless some change is made in the condition and administration of our lunacy laws. The present rate of increase in our asylum patients is over one hundred per annum, and if this is to continue it means that, in addition to maintaining our present institutions, an entirely new asylum as large as Porirua will be when completed, or as large as Sunnyside is now, must be erected every five years. This is, perhaps, a light in which the matter has not presented itself to honourable members previously. The expenditure on construction of asylum-buildings last year amounted to £14,129, more than half of this amount being spent at Porirua, and smaller sums at Auckland, Nelson, Sunnyside, &c. For the current year an expenditure of £20,000 is proposed, which provides for completing the work now in hand at Porirua, and for erecting a new two-story block, containing a females' dininghall on the ground-floor, with dormitories above, and connecting corridors and large general bath-room. This will provide sleeping-accommodation for ninetyeight inmates in addition to the conveniences referred to. The vote also provides for completing the new brick dormitory now in hand at Nelson, affording accommodation for fifty-six patients, and for the erection of a block of single rooms on the female side of the Auckland Asylum ; also for the completion of the auxiliary building at Seacliff, with sleeping-accommodation for eighty patients, and sundry other minor works. Schools. The amount voted. for school-buildings last year was £59,350 —namely, £25,000 under the Consolidated Fund, and £34,350 under the Public Works Fund. The expenditure amounted to £48,769 —namely, £24,905 under the Consolidated Fund, and £23,864 under the Public Works Fund. This year we ask for a total vote of £73,400 —namely, £25,000 under the Consolidated Fund, and £48,400 under the Public Works Fund. The vote of £13,000 for special school-buildings was not wholly expended, as the non-passing of the Technical Education Bill last session prevented the Government from fully carrying out their intentions as regards the establishment and equipment of technical schools and classes. Also, the difficulty of making an equitable distribution of the vote for schools in newly settled districts involved inquiries which prevented the expenditure during the year of the portion of the vote obtained for this purpose. lam pleased, however, to be able to state that an allocation has since been made. In addition to the ordinary votes which are intrusted to the Education Boards for expenditure, provision is made for the partial rebuilding of the Industrial School at Caversham, and for a new office at the Industrial School at Burnham. Both these works are very necessary—the former especially so, as the present school-building is in an advanced stage of decay, and cannot satisfactorily be maintained any longer. LIGHTHOUSES, HAEBOUE-WOEKS, AND HAEBOUE DEFENCES. The amount voted for lighthouses last year was £2,520, the chief item being the completion of the new light on Cape Palliser. The expenditure during the year amounted to £2,180. This year a vote of £4,220 is proposed, the principal item being the erection of the new lighthouse on East Island, East Cape. The vote for harbour-works last year amounted to £1,250 only, the principal works provided for being the continuation of the reclamation at Sticking Point, Lyttelton, and certain works necessary for the protection of Government property at Hokitika. A vote of £2,350 is asked for this year for the purpose of carrying on the works mentioned. Last year's, vote for harbour defences was £5,000, but only £2,547 was actually expended within the financial year, Important works for the effi-

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cient defence of the Port of Auckland are now in progress, as well as other works at Wellington, Lyttelton, and Dunedin. A vote of £5,000 is proposed this year to defray the cost of these. Under the head of "Contingent Defence" a vote of £20,000 was passed last year, but only £10,360 was actually expended. The balance will come to book during the present year, together with considerable additional expenditure for the purchase of warlike stores of various descriptions. The vote proposed for the current year is £25,000. SUMMAEY AND CONCLUSION. The gross total of the votes now submitted to the House for approval is £1,127,640, as compared with a gross total of £1,036,755 last year. The actual expenditure last year was £884,313. I realise that honourable members may be disappointed if works the necessity for which they are fully acquainted with are either not provided for at all or a smaller vote proposed for them than could be desired. I must ask forbearance in this respect, claiming that after most careful investigation the Government have made the best allocation of the money at their disposal, irrespective of any consideration other than the general welfare of the colony.

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INDEX. TABLES, Page No. I.—Total Expenditure : —Summary showing the Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Works and other services out of the Public Works Eund to 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. 2 No. 2. —Yearly Expenditure out of the Public Woeks Fund, up to 1897-98 .. .. .. 3 No. 3. —Bailways :—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Bailways, including Valuation of Provincial Lines, to 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 No. 4.—Eoads :—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Eoads to 31st March, 1898 .. .. 5 Nos. 5 and sa.—Development of Goldfields : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Development of Goldfields to 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. .. .. .. 62 No. 6.—Telegraphs:—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Telegraphs to 31st March, 1898 64 No. 7.—Public Buildings : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Buildings to 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 65 No. 8. —Lighthouses and Habbour-wobks : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Lighthouses and Harbour-works and Harbour Defences to 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. 66

APPENDICES. Appendix A.—Expenditube for the Yeab : —Audited Statement of Expenditure out of the Public Works Fund for the Year 1897-98 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 67 , B.—Total Liabilities : —Statement of all Liabilities of the Public Works Department outstanding on 31st March, 1898 .. .. ~ .. .. .. .. 69 „ C. —Bailways and Public Buildings Contbacts : —Schedule of Contracts current on Ist April, 1897, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 70 , D. —-Sleeper Conteacts : —Schedule of Sleeper Contracts and Deliveries on Ist April, 1897, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74 „ E.—Annual Eeport on Public Works, by the Engineer-in-Chief .. .. .. .. 77 F.—Annual Eeport of the Chief Inspector of Machinery .. .. .. .. 91 Enclosures with Appendix E. 1. Table of Lengths of Government Bailways authorised, constructed, and surveyed up to 31st March, 1898. 2. Diagrams showing miles of Government Eailways opened in the North and Middle Islands, year by year since 1872. 3. Maps of the North and Middle Islands, showing Eailways opened and in progress.

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N ,B. The figures in italics, prefixed by " Cr.," are either recoveries on account of services of previous years or recoipts-in-aid applied in reduction of expenditure. The totals from 18U2-93 to 1896-97, inclusive, include expenditure under Native Lands Purchase Account, and from 1894-95 to 1896-97, inclusive, expenditure under Lands Improvement Account.

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Class. ; Description of Services. Tocal Net Expenditure to 31st March, I860. Expenditure. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. 1 ..... . ...__ 1880-81. 1881-82. 1882-83. 1883-84. 1884-85. 1885-86. 1886-87. 1887-88. 1888-89. L889 90. 1890-91. 1891-92 18112 08. 1893-94. 1894-95. 1888 98. 1896-97. 1897-98. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ B £ £ £ £ £ II £ £ I. j Immigration 1,891,719 31,134 Cr. 1,433 6,797 I Cr. 2,462 3,999 107,041 57,148 11,675 12,454 15,598 8,791 867 1,823 817 ! 242 343 101 Cr. 10 301 70 2,147,015 II. : Public Works Departmental 144,023 13,773 Cr. 525 13,321 Cr. 89 12,871 13,465 30,157 29,632 25,835 25,090 21,458 12,294 10,264 7,790 7,790 8,400 8,080 14,300 14,892 9,689 423,722 272,077 III. ; Railways 8,553,944 985,259 \Cr. 34,864 454,333 \Cr. 21,809 354,781 602,040 663,063 725,496 616,447 403,727 289,601 Cr. 29 180,021 154,417 Cr. 681 220,894 170,304 247,545 197,105 207,231 Cr. 334 351,600 15,058,174 IV. Roads :— Roads North of Auckland Main Roads Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges Roads to open up Lands Grants-in-Aid Village Settlements Local Bodies Roads on Goldfields Miscellaneous } 41,241 718,401 44,255 225,000 43,773 83,675 52,152 17,022 92,520 35,930 7,929 111,003 81,634 { 17,566 31,809 61,635 84,631 106,399 34,574 30,380 37,105 49,314 149,982 33,163 26,833 37,615 61,794 138,045 30,738 22,294 39,748 57,157 81,264 1,891 3,138 13,756 25,989 61,488 57,632 12,053 264 10,968 20,748 21,954 26,913 10,770 267 12,799 19,998 28,160 2,172 7,345 9,905 12,489 24,285 1,586 4,884 315 12,087 11,739 6,843 27,993 10,757 3,829 470 9,795 12,588 10,443 21, OK!) 7,144 4,412 I 22*235 58,042 8,951 2,898 390 20,387 22,731 9,972 27*969 17,075 4,289 11,195 I 241,209 9,439 471 20'002 15j 631 31[622 32'625 25*053 7*015 13j 290 19,400 17*677 227 21,513 *207 32,578 49*569 267,702 52,987 Cr. 2,043 "237 Gr. 109 Cr. 91 Cr. 1,270 Cr. 26,519 Cr. 64,954 < V. 1,613 Cr. 1,030 Cr. 7,050 Cr. 573 Cr. 365 1G.023 Cr. 365 Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery Roads to give access to North Island Trunk Railway Lands Improvement Account 6,832 12,900 20,410 1,898 "248 5,532 30*289 29,440 34'705 17*841 89,207 108'108 103,555 Total, Roads .: 1,296,599 230,544 145,606 211,076 328,642 317,043 335,904 278,617 219,519 106,439 83,009 45,164 36,761 103,893 146,038 150,278 174,369 167,482 290,413 4,667,990 V. V. Development of Goldfields 480,930 10,597 Cr. 20 13,272 6,824 10,596 8,029 9,032 7,005 1,016 56 2.84 821 2,257 3,811 5,272 5,805 9,345 10,508 33,117 031,270 VI. VI. Purchase of Native Lands Cr. 37 61,503 Native Lands Purchase Account 772,570 57,836 Cr. 950 40,573 Cr. 2,661 29,844 24,480 70,572 34,545 88,830 25,643 9,072 28,194 17,925 52,397 57,187 Cr. 10,438 19,575 4,320 Cr. ■l,l:iH 78,085 349 Cr. 12 101,009 1G3,411 129,000 Total, Land Purchases 70,572 1,851,300 772,570 50,880 37,912 29,844 24,480 34,545 88,830 25,643 9,072 28,194 17,925 52,397 00,324 80,877 101,340 103,411 128,903 61,503 VII. VII. Telegraph Extension 368,704 45,281 Cr. 1,498 7,517 Cr. 32 18,054 19,532 25,799 36,010 18,952 22,984 12,047 16,346 10,292 27,773 27,773 29,246 : 16,127 10,127 19,229 35,538 30,791 29,384 800,735 VIII. VIII. Public Buildings :— General (including Miscellaneous) Parliamentary Judicial Post and Telegraph Customs Survey Quarantine Stations Lunatic Asylums . j 154,733 78,499 78,944 1,969 55,402 9,336 16j 259 1,752 5,331 16,743 9,939 193 20 990 31,652 34 8,416 22,652 22,616 1,659 34 848 58,047 183 12,227 8,955 830 11,106 4,880 99 461 123 4,007 947 8 15,875 2,772 12,742 24 8,273 2,227 14,588 8*228 82 7,256 11,240 1,376 18 2,880 9,892 709 409 454 8,901 1,009 13 1,588 2,779 0,843 5 021 209 5,202 3,154 666 2,528 0,822 11,487 3,542 12 28 806 13,033 3,724 27,341 0,194 047 8,178 9 14,806 7,504 1G 14,797 400 12,727 5,888 385 45,052 39*' 004 971 26,099 Cr. 4 140 82,535 313 24,992 274 13,694 23',107 10*242 15*717 8*930 10,914 11,887 8 18,957 10*985 16*404 14,130 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions School-buildings Agricultural 14,304 278,519 2,219 99,173 04 88,134 256 49,814 3,792 06,069 3,299 62,884 4,421 51,007 4,156 40,000 673 779 Cr. 140 7*500 7,999 15[OOO 100 15,000 837 6,66] 20,000 1,127 700 22,143 819 23*,8G4 1,328 Total, Public Buildings 652,020 205,734 128,352 153,072 164,376 117,361 86,859 89,598 90,529 34,592 35,473 22,820 34,791 31,101 44,032 54,190 70,529 70,579 73,585 2,165,593 IX. Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences:— Lighthouses .. .. .. ... Harbour Works IX. 85,203 113,314 2,036 21,876 2,397 18,812 Cr. 2 4,724 100,076 6,730 29,591 7,383 17,050 300 0,508 3,272 6,004 2,866 500 2,504 Cr. 5,000 1,551 589 "l89 6,042 2,012 050 234 3,861 0,067 806 2,180 568 Harbour Defences 34,514 904 ■ 7,213 9,601 127,107 139,429 73,459 50,089 7,293 2,477 7,347 4,503 3,970 2,495 8,814 4,667 2,547 Total, Lighthouses, &c. 233,031 25,416 21,207 105,400 43,534 34,034 133,975 148,705 76,825 47,593 9,433 2,600 7,347 ■ 11,205 0,588 3,145 7,409 11,000 5,295 934,408 X. Rates on Native Lands X. 25,139 8,440 10,304 5,874 8,250 2,038 615 Cr. 8 415 661 340 382 150 02,462 • XI. Contingent Defence XI. 10,360 458,688 105,000 154,000 133,219 25,000 12,500 5,000 10,554 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans 13,575 29,877 5,356 943 Cr. 6 5 Or. 5 1,027,765 558,086 193,357 517 13,521 47,258 022 59,448 104,911 3,084 Cr. 3,084 Interest and Sinking Funds 218,500 218,500 Coal Exploration and Mine Development 10,835 10,835 Thermal Springs 7,814 2,999 030 2,587 264 14,000 Advance to Westport Harbour, repayable 14,336 Cr. 14,336 Total Ways and Means Credits .. Grand Total—Net Expenditure 41,333 27,168 19,427 4,383 26,519 63,635 12,059 3,458 ?, oca 573 705 370 865,172 15,286,621 1,919,641 950,719 897,038 1,409,589 1,336,727 1,475,386 1,333,484 966,160 613,939 481,340 308,633 B26.977 480,468 485,002 590,940 083,336 659,836 31,070,014

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TABLE No. 3. EXPENDITURE on Railways to 31st March, 1898, and Liabilities on that Date.

Total Expenditure by Linus or Railway. General Government to 31st March, 1897. Less Expenditure on Rolling-stock to 31st March, 1897, now shown in one Item. Total Expenditure by General Government ex Rolling-stock to 31st March, 1897. Expenditure during Year 1897-98 (including £23,470 9s. 5d. added to Stock of Permanent-way). ; I Total Expenditure by New Works. Land-claims \ n Goneral t _. Works on Open and other g 8 . Romng-stock. ! 51 G ° v I em ™ e ± c „ . .. Permanent- Total New Llnes - Old Liabilities. 31st March, 1898. Construction. Works New Works. Liabilities. Total Expenditure by General Government, and Liabilities, 31st March, 1898. Valuation of Works constructed by Provinces. Total Expenditure and Liabilities, I 31st March, 1898. i Lines of Railway. £ s. d. Kaihu Valley .. .. .. ■■ •• 54,989 7 7 Kawakawa .. .. . •■ ■■■ . 90,638 8 1 Whangarei to Kamo Extension .. .. .. 138,929 2 5 Helensville Northwards .. .. .. 09,138 4 4 Kaipara to Waikato .. .. .. ..: 1,339,951 2 6 Cambridge Branch .. .. .. ■■ 56,442 18 0 Waikato to Thames — Hamilton to Te Aroha .. .. .. 145,013 5 11 To Aroha to Thames .. .. .. •■ 117,707 0 8 Thames Valley to Rotorua— Morrinsville to Lichfield .. 169,322 1 10 Putaruru to Rotorua.. .. .. .. 191,806 16 4 Marton to Te Awamutu— North End 304,336 19 2 South End 242,390 16 9 Gisborne to Ormond Tramway .. .. . ■ 4,975 1 7 Wellington to Napier— Napier to Woodville and Palmerston North .. 872,931 0 8 £ s. d. 1,000 0 0 11,279 0 0 18,868 14 3 181,181 7 7 5,377 8 3 6,167 14 3 1,000 0 0 £ s. d. 53,989 7 7 79,359 8 1 120,060 8 2 69,138 4 4 1,158,709 14 11 51,005 9 9 138,845 11 8 110,707 0 8 £ s. d. 6,494 6 7 4,040 17 4 15,565* 2 3 £ s. d. .108 1 8 77*10 9 486 5 3 3,050* 9 0 £ s. d. 108 1 8 6,57117 4 4,533 2 7 18,615 11 3 £ s. d. 638 6 11 1 14 0 424 4 2 5,819 12 5 170 12 7 49 8 9 £ s. d. 22 16 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 54,758 12 4 79,301 2 1 127,056 9 8 73,071 0 11 1,104,589 7 4 51,065 9 9 139,010 4 3 135,432 0 8 £ s. d. 13 19 0 1,553 10 9 403 8 2 6,543 13 11 £ s. d. 54,772 11 4 79,361 2 1 128,010 0 5 74,074 15 1 1,104,589 7 4 51,005 9 9 139,010 4 3 141,975 14 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. 54,772 11 4 79,301 2 1 128,010 0 5 74,074 15 1 1,164,589 7 4 51,065 9 9 139,010 4 3 141,975 14 7 Kaihu Valley. Kawakawa. Whangarei to Kamo Extension. Helensville Northwards. Kaipara to Waikato. Cambridge Branch. Waikato to Thames— Hamilton to Te Aroha. Te Aroha to Thames. Thames Valley to Rotorua— Morrinsville to Lichfield. Putaruru to Rotorua. Marton to Te Awamutu— North End. South End. Gisborne to Ormond 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 Midland Railway— Belgrove Section. Otira Section. Springfield Section. 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 & Whitecliffs 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. Fernhill Railway Purchase. 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. i Otago Central. Invercargill to Kingston— Main Line. Mararoa Branch. I Makarewa to Orepuki. (Thornbury to Wairio, ; Forest Hill. Exp. of Railway ConunisBions, &c, not chargeable to Individual Lines, Surveys of New LinesNorth Island. Middle Island. Permanent-way for Railway Department. 7,884 7 0 183 10 6 101,437 14 10 191,623 5 10 69 12 2 17 6 11 27 1 9 161,507 7 0 191,607 14 6 12 10 0 12 10 0 101,519 17 0 191,080 4 6 101,519 17 0 191,080 4 0 304,336 19 2 242,390 16 9 4,975 1 7 4,738 9 11 40,646 6 10 219 8 6 641 2 2 4,957 18 5 41,287 9 0 309,294 17 7 283,678 5 9 4,975 1 7 2,765 8 4 9,510 1 8 312,000 5 11 293,188 7 5 4,975 1 7 312,000 5 11 293,188 7 5 4,975 1 7 96,589 17 11 776,341 2 9 4,752 18 5 70 0 0 781,164 1 2 781,104 1 2 781,104 1 2 Wellington to Woodville, including Te Aro Ex- 1,214,888 0 11 tension < Wellington to Foxton .. .. .. •■ 42,116 3 4 Foxton to Waitara .. .. .. •■ 1,446,564 0 8 Nelson to Roundell 179,272 17 8 Midland Railwav— Belgrove Section .. .. •■ •• 7,485 0 6 Otira Section .. .. ■■ •■ 4,537 3 3 Springfield Section Greymouth to Nelson Creek .. .. .. 216,246 1111 Greymouth to Hokitika .. .. .. 192,597 3 4 Westport to Ngakawau.. .. .. .. 227,493 15 7 Picton to Hurunui — Picton to Awatere 264,209 15 2 Hurunui to Red Post 39,093 6 1 Hurunui to Waitaki — Main Line 1,774,786 4 2 Oxford Branch .. ■■ •■ •■ 55,448 14 2 Eyreton Branch .. .. •• •• 47,917 3 9 Lyttelton Branch .. .. ■■ •• 94,500 2 3 Southbridge Branch .. .. .. •■ 99,839 19 7 Springfield and Whitecliffs Branches .. .. 108,507 2 11 Fairlie Creek Branch .. •• •• 74,361 2 2 Waimate Branch .. •• •■ ■• 49,482 5 11 Ashburton Forks Branch .. .. .. *73,492 19 5 Upper Ashburton Branch .. .. • • 61,308 13 3 Little River Branch 107,266 18 1 Canterbury Interior Main LineOxford to Malvern .. .. • • •• i 53,649 0 4 Whitecliffs to Rakaia .. . • ■ • { 542 6 2 Temuka to Rangitata .. •• ■• 5,152 2 8 Waitaki to BluffMain Line, including Port Chalmers Branch ..: 2,769,199 1 0 132,842 1 "1 1,082,045 19 10 23,869 9 2 12,006 5 4 35,875 14 6 10,955 12 11 176 18 6 1,129,054 5 9 841 17 1 1,129,896 2 10 1,129,896 2 10 173,233 15 1 16,838 0 0 42,116 3 4 1,273,330 5 7 162,434 17 8 13,294 4 0 74 0 1 Cr. 1 10 0 42,110 3 4 1,286,624 9 7 ■ 162,508 17 9 20 0 0 42,116 3 4 1,280,644 9 7 162,508 17 9 42,110 3 4 1,280,644 9 7 162,508 17 9 49,775 0 0 5,591 5 9 39,981 0 0 7,485 0 6 4,537 3 3 166,471 11 11 187,005 17 7 187,512 15 7 3,409 4 6 13,342 15 10 41 3 4 Cr.3,071 0 6 Cr. 737 18 6 338 4 0 12,604 17 4 41 3 4 7,823 4 6 17,142 0 7 4L 3 4 100,471 11 11 187,120 16 7 187,512 15 7 3,118 5 4 14,417 16 11 1,080 0 0 10,941 9 10 31,559 17 6 1,121 3 4 166,471 11 11 187,126 16 7 187,512 15 7 10,941 9 10 31,559 17 6 1,121 3 4 166,471 11 11 187,126 16 7 187,512 15 7 63 19 0 57 0 0 14,819 13 10 249,390 1 4 39,093 0 1 73 15 0 73 15 0 Cr. 6 0 0 249,456 0 4 39,093 6 1 249,456 6 4 39,093 6 1 249,456 6 4 39,093 6 1 366,776 8 7 3,981 6 3 3,791 6 6 23,564 11 1 14,187 6 7 15,213 3 1 7,889 3 6 1,872 1 2 1,408,009 15 7 51,407 7 11 44,125 17 3 70,935 11 2 85,652 13 0 93,293 19 10 66,471 18 8 47,610 4 9 •73,492 19 5 01,308 13 3 107,200 18 1 8,864 18 6 1,416,874 14 1 51,467 7 11 44,276 12 10 71,027 19 6 85,052 13 0 93,415 19 1 66,471 18 8 47,682 16 6 73,492 19 5 61,308 13 3 107,206 18 1 1,416,874 14 1 51,467 7 11 44,270 12 10 71,027 19 6 85,652 13 0 93,415 19 1 60,471 18 8 47,082 16 6 73,492 19 5 61,308 13 3 107,260 18 1 316,135 0 0 1,733,009 14 1 51,407 7 11 44,270 12 10 411,527 19 6 85,652 13 0 93,415 19 1 141,595 18 8 47,682 16 6 73,492 19 5 61,308 13 3 107,266 18 1 150 15 7 92 8 4 340,500 0 0 121 19 3 72 11 9 75,124 0 0 53,049 0 4 542 6 2 5,152 2 8 53,649 0 4 542 0 2 5,152 2 8 53,649 0 4 • 542 0 2 5,152 2 8 53,649 0 4 542 6 2 5,152 2 8 383,020 2 2 2,386,178 18 10 7,067 11 11 11 0 0 2,393,857 10 9 2,393,857 10 9 82,258 17 3 2,476,116 8 0 Duntroon Branch .. .. •• •• 100,131 7 11 Ngapara Branch .. .. •• . • ; 28,036 8 3 Fernhill Railway Purchase .. .. •• 1,183 10 11 Brighton Road Branch .. .. •• 7,303 11 1 Outram Branch .. •• •■ •• 14,933 19 9 Lawrence Branch .. .. •• •• 169,929 9 0 Livingstone Branch .. .. . • • • 81,848 17 8 Waihemo Branch •• 32,927 7 4 Catlin's River Branch .. .. ■• 119,604 2 11 Heriotburn Branch .. .. •• •■ 93,490 3 0 Waimea Plains Branch .. .. .. 107,066 14 10 Toitois Branch .. .. ■■ •• 52,204 2 3 Riversdale to Switzer's .. .. ..; 7,445 1 0 Kelso to Gore .. . • ■ • • • j 602 2 5 Seaward Bush Branch .. .. .. 81,518 8 2 Otago Central j 715,716 13 8 Invercargill to KingstonMain Line .. • • ■ • • • • • ' Mararoa Branch .. .. •• •• 27,210 18 7 Makarewa to Orepuki .. .. .. I ! 225,730 7 0 Thornbury to Wairio .. .. .. ) I _ Forest Hill .. • • • • • • • • I 55f> B 2 Expenses of Railway Commissions and other Ex- 10,336 19 11 penditure not chargeable to Individual Lines Surveys of New Lines — Northlsland .. •• •■ •• 28,590 13 8 Middle Island : 38,795 2 5 >ennanent-way for Railway Department .. 25,000 0 0 5,938 0 6 3,649 12 6 903 12 2 3,130 5 1 8,104 1 10 1,000 0 0 2,120 19 4 94,193 7 5 24,986 15 9 1,183 10 11 0,459 18 11 11,803 14 8 161,825 7 2 81,848 17 8 32,927 7 4 118,004 2 11 91,369 3 8 107,066 14 10 52,264 2 3 7,445 1 0 602 2 5 81,518 8 2 710,220 14 1 5113 0 51* 13 0 25 10 8 12 17 5 • 82 13 7 143 6 9 26 5 11 188 14 4 357 15 6 50 0 0 94,218 18 1 24,980 15 9 1,240 8 4 6,459 18 11 11,886 8 3 161,825 7 2 81,992 4 5 32,927 7 4 118,082 1 10 91,557 18 0 107,424 10 4 52,204 2 3 7,445 1 0 002 2 5 92,052 12 1 739,873 13 7 94,218 18 1 24,986 15 9 1,246 8 4 6,459 18 11 11,886 8 3 161,825 7 2 81,992 4 5 32,927 7 4 118,682 1 10 91,557 18 0 107,424 10 4 52,264 2 3 7,445 1 0 602 2 5 90,309 18 4 748,244 5 3 37,500 0 0 58,009 0 0 12,829 0 0 29,691 0 0 131,718 18 1 82,995 15 9 1,246 8 4 19,288 18 11 41,577 8 3 161,825 7 2 81,992 4 5 32,927 7 4 118,682 1 10 91,557 18 0 107,424 10 4 52,264 2 3 7,445 1 0 602 2 5 96,309 18 4 748,244 5 3 5,495 19 7 7,81814 8 21,280 14 0 2,715* 9 3 8,254 16 3 10,534* 3 11 29,535 10 3 117 9 3 4,257 6 3 8,370 11 8 .. 45,303 12 8 249,271 11 9 27,210 18 7 1,819 7 8 251,090 19 5 27,216 18 7 251,090 19 5 27,216 18 7 91,937 5 2 343,028 4 7 27,216 18 7 11,450 18 7 214,273 8 11 140 3 4 214,413 12 3 214,413 12 3 60,297 0 0 274,710 12 3 550 5 2 10,336 19 11 2,551 5 11 1,695 5 8 4,246 11 7 4,802 10 9 10,330 19 11 691 3 10 5,494 0 7 10,336 19 11 5,494 0 7 10,336 19 11 28,596 13 8 38,795 2 5 25,000 0 0 1,585 15 7 29 13 10 30,182 9 3 38,821 16 3 25,000 0 0 689 18 6 30,872 7 9 38,824 16 3 25,000 0 0 30,872 7 9 38,824 16 3 25,000 0 0 „, „, , cr,r ) Rolling-stock undistributed.. 14,049 15 0 Stock, Mar. 31,1897- p erm anent-way, £27,804 4 8 27,804 4 8 4,049 15 6 27,804 4 8 15,300,573 12 1 Stock of Permanent-way increased by 23,470 9 5 23,470 9 5 £51,274 14 1 15,300,573 12 1 23,470 9 5 1,674,721 2 2 13,631,852 9 11 23,470 9 5 51,274 14 1 19,049 10 9 70,324 4 10 70,324 4 10 1 Stock of Permanent-way. Total .. .. . • .. 15,330,044 1 0 15,380,044 1 0 !+13,882,93710 5 15,000,570 5 0 I .. .. Total. 13,055,322 19 4 143,B78 5 4 25,497 7 10 169,375 13 2 50,216 2 1 407 6 5 1,615 9 5 73,351 12 2 13,956,289 2 7 1,104,281 2 5 Rolling-stock 100,515 6 2 j 1,775,236 8 4 3,815 15 2 1,779,052 3 6 1,779,052 3 6 Rolling stock. 1,674,721 2 2 Totals 15,330,044 1 6 il43,378 5 4 25,497 7 10 1169,375 13 2 56,216 2 1 407 6 5 1,615 9 5 ,100,515 6 2 15,658,173 18 9 77,167 7 4 15,735,341 0 1 ■1,104,281 2 5 16,839,622 8 6 .. Totals. * Does not include amount ex] pended out of Consolidated Fund, viz., £35 15s. 7d. f Includes amoi Lt exi tended on purchase of district railways, £477,487 7s. lid. { Recovery of £334 on account of defective axl is has been credited to this item.

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TABLE No. 4. STATEMENT showing the Net Expenditure on Roads, Bridges, &c., out of the Public Works Funds, and Government Loans to Local Bodies, Lands Improvement, and Native Land Purchase Accounts to 31st March, 1898, and the Liabilities on that date.

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Boads, Bbidges, etc. Auckland Land Distbict — Bridge over Kaitaia (Smith's gate) Homestead Blocks, Mongonui North Shore-Awanui '.. .. Victoria Valley to Main Boad .. .. .. Houhoura-Awanui Ahipara to Herekino Liabilities of Victoria Valley Boad Board Maungataniwha .. .. .. Oruru-Mangamuka Oruru-Hikurangi Bridge over Puhi Biver, Mangonui Takahue-Herekino Larmer's-Takahue Kaitaia-Ahipara Mangonui Road Maungataniwha (VI.) Block Maungataniwha Block Takahue Block Takahue-Whangape .. .. • .. Warkworth-Awanui Warkworth-Awanui (see also under North Shore, Awanui, in separate counties) Mongonui .. .. Bay of Islands .. £ s. 6V 20 0 0 454 15 6 £ s. d. £ s. d. 20 0 0 454 15 6 832 12 0 482 0 2 150 0 0 2,442 0 6 37 10 0 358 5 9 125 0 0 4 5 6 68 10 0 390 8 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 900 0 0 £ s. d. £ ». d. 20 0 0 454 15 6 984 0 0 1,131 1 0* 150 0 0 2,602 5 6 37 10 0 358 5 9 125 0 0 95 0 0 68 10 0 690 8 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 1,100 0 0 120 0 0 685 6 0 200 0 0 663 16 6 1,136 3 6 15,620 10 9 309 1 0 832 12 0 172 19 2 150 0 0 139 15 0 151 8 0 649 0 10 2,302 5 6 37 10 0 358 5 9 125 0 0 160 5 0 ] 4 5 6 90 14 6 68 10 0 390 8 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 ,i 40 0 0 700 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 120 0 0 281 2 0 184 10 0 310 6 0 93 18 0 15 10 0 404 4 0 15 10 0 663 16 6 841 11 2 15,620 10 9 663 16 6 . 15,620 10 9 841 11 2 294 12 4 Mongonui, Whangaroa, Bay „ of Islands, Whangarei, Otamatea, and Bodney Mongonui, Hokianga, Bay of Islands Whangaroa .. .. ,/ 8,021 1 0 137 6 6 8,158 7 6 220 13 6 8,379 1 0 Okaihau to Victoria Valley Totara-Whangarei. to Kaeo North Shore-Awanui .. Whangaroa County Boads Iwitaua to Kaeo Kaeo-Waimate Mangonui boundary to Iwataua Bay of Islands District .. .. Main Road, Lot 2, Block XIV, Hukerenui S.D. .. Opua-Waimate Hukerenui South-Waiotu Valley Kawakawa Boads North Shore-Awanui Utakura Bridge Waitangi-Kaikohe Ngapipito Boad .. .. Bay of Islands .. 550 0 0 600 0 0 300 0 0 650 0 0 200 0 0 34,903 16 5 1,208 4 2 296 0 0 200 0 0 82 16 3 98 11 8 149 7 3 90 6 0 550 0 0 296 0 0 800 0 0 300 0 0 732 16 3 200 0 0 34,903 16 5 98 11 8 1,357 11 5 90 6 0 150 0 0 336 0 2 350 0 0 200 0 0 587 14 10 200 0 0 100 0 0 117 3 9 21 8 4 90 12 9 109 14 0 550 0 0 496 0 0 900 0 0 300 0 0 850 0 0 200 0 0 34,903 16 5 120 0 0 1,448 4 2 200 0 0 150 0 0 700 0 0 350 0 0 200 0 0 587 14 10 150 0 0 336 0 2 363 19 10 ..; 350 0 0 455 9 10 200 0 0 132 5 0 Carried forward 73,062 4 1 76,717 8 11 68,789 0 5 4,273 3 8 3,655 4 10

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

Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities Brought forward Boads, Bbidges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land Distbict — continued. Utakura Boad deviation Ramarama Valley Herekino Towai to Ruapekapeka Hukerenui Blocks X., XI. Tikiponga Hill-Paranui Bridge .. Waitangi Bridge Main North Boad-Waiotu Block Boad through Native land near Waihou .. Paeroa Stream Bridge Buapekapeka Block .. .. .. Tirohanga-Pakaru Motatau Block Okaihau-Kerikeri Herd's Point, Takahue Hokianga Bridge Monganui Bluff Eoad Okaihau-Horeke Kaiku-Kaikohe Awatuna Improved farm Settlement Monganui Bluff to Kaihu Rangitira Improved-farm Settlement Takahue to Mangonuiowae Katui Improved-farm Settlement Kohukohu to Baukatapu Mangatu Improved-farm Settlement Waimamaku Bridge Auckland Special Settlement, Mangakahia Lower Waihou Boad Section 55, Block VII., Whangape Waimamaku to Pakanae Taheke-Otau Opanaki-Hokianga Kohukohu-Takahue-Herd's Point Waimamaku District .. Manganuiowae-Whangape Hokianga County Roads Waimamaku Waimamaku-Punakitere £ s. d. 68,789 0 5 £ s. d. 4,273 3 8 £ s. d. 73,062 4 1 £ s. d. 3,655 4 10 £ s. d. 76,717 8 11 Bay of Islands .. Bay of Islands .. 547 15 6 24 18 3 727 16 2 24 18 3 1,275 11 8 375 1 9 7 13 3 100 0 0 51 14 0 60 3 3 400 0 0 1,283 4 11 100 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 280 0 0 100 0 0 7,940 3 5 40 0 0 96 9 0 250 0 0 385 1 0 2,221 15 9 4,018 15 0 2,983 5 7 2,931 7 7 637 15 0 834 13 6 2,517 17 9 606 8 9 200 0 0 284 11 0 100 0 0 1,977 17 10 100 0 0 10,472 11 7 200 0 0 605 19 3 200 0 O 592 10 0 300 0 0 1,099 11 6 200 0 0 148 6 0 139 16 9 348 6 0 139 16 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 225 8 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 68 0 2 74 12 0 74 12 0 380 16 6 51 3 4 100 0 0 21 18 7 431 19 10 100 0 0 276 1 7 254 3 0 3 18 5 100 0 0 371 16 10 40 0 0 Hokianga 7,290 3 5 278 3 2 7,568 6 7 96 9 0 205 0 0 I 96 9 0 205 0 0 385 1 0 1,710 3 1 4,018 15 0 2,002 16 8 2,931 7 7 81 0 10 724 12 9 2,246 7 5 606 8 9 45 0 0 385 1 0 1,636 3 6 4,018 15 0 1,893 5 8 2,931 7 7 34 17 7 684 13 6 2,051 3 3 606 8 9 73 19 7 109 11 0 46 3 3 39 19 3 195 4 2 511 12 8 980 8 11 556 14 2 110 0 9 271 10 4 200 0 0 284 11 0 284 11 0 100 0 0 90 8 7 100 0 0 1,377 17 10 509 11 5 1,887 9 3 10,472 11 7 10,472 11 7 200 0 0 605 19 3 163 10 6 605 19 3 163 10 6 392 10 0 36 9 6 '200 0 0 300 0 0 215 4 9 392 10 0 - 305 11 6 578 15 3 884 6 9 Carried forward 105,339 4 10 7,761 12 4 113,100 17 2 9,316 10 2 122,417 7 4

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Name of "Work. County.Electorate. Net Expenditure ! Net Expenditure Total Net Liabilities on %r. ' during Vr4*Z~Al*nZl +« Authorities, 31st March 1897 I 12 M ° ntos ended 3 u?M a ' h ? 89 8 Contracts, Ac, aist JJiaron, 18J7. j 31st March _ 189g diet march, 1S9S. 31gt Maroll 18gg Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bbidges, etc. — continued. .ockland Land Distbict — continued. Punakitere Endowment Hokianga Heads-Ohawai, via. Rawene Part Block VII., Waipoua S.D. Mangonuiowae Mangonuiowae Block Punakitere (XIV., XV.) Tutamoe (I., II.) Block .. Waipoua Block.. . Auckland Special Settlement Block Marlborough Association Kohukohu-Motukaraka Kaikohe-Taheke Mangapai Whananaki Wharf Mahurangi-Whangarei Biidge over Wairua Biver Waipu to Mangawhai Jordan Puhipuhi Opuawhanga Bridge over Mongonui Biver .. .. .. Karamea-Buarangi Puatangata to Bailway-station, Puatangata Mangakahia Block IV. Whangarei Heads Wairua to Sandy Bay Wairua-Helena Bay Purua Bridge Wangarei through Taheke Old North Boad Purua, Euatangata, and Mangakahia Hikurangi-Otonga Tangihua .*. .. .. .. ' .. Waipu and Wharf .. .. .. ., Block II., Tangihua Kaimamakau Otonga Bridge .. Mangapai to Mareritu Blocks XIII. and XIV., Opuawhanga, and Blocks III. and IV., Whangarei £ s. d. 105,339 4 10 £ s. d. 7,761 12 4 £ s. d. 113,100 17 2 £ s. d. 9,316 10 2 £ s. d 122,417 7 4 Hokianga Bay of Islands .. 1,335 0 0 212 14 0 1,547 14 0 100 0 0 100 0 ( 1,547 14 C 300 0 C 270 4 C 330 0 C 500 0 C 4,129 16 ( 16 4 C 1,196 13 ( 400 0 C 500 0 C 500 0 C 100 0 ( 129 15 i 540 0 C 120 0 ( 200 0 ( 385 5 i 100 0 ( 155 5 t 100 0 C 400 0 ( 200 0 ( 100 0 ( 1,540 3 e 1,888 13 1C 200 0 C 1,262 19 7 200 0 C 3,210 10 'i 250 0 C 1,283 14 i 250 0 C 635 6 C 200 0 C 225 4 5 502 0 e 300 0 C 169 9 6 330 0 0 25 10 0 194 19 6 330 0 0 300 0 0 75 4 6 4,023 13 0 16 4 0 289 13 0 9 10 101 7 11 4,125 0 11 16 4 0 964 4 4 400 0 0 397 17 8 300 0 0 2 12 0 129 15 3 463 8 0 120 0 0 500 0 0 4 15 7 674 11 4 390 19 0 397 17 8 232 8 8 Hokianga and Bay of Isl'nds Whangarei Marsden 300 0 0 102 2 4 200 0 0 97 8 0 2 12 0 129 15 3 463 8 0 76 12 0 120 0 0 385 5 2 385 5 2 100 0 0 155 5 6 45 9 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 155 5 6 45 9 0 54 11 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,540 3 6 1,888 13 10 100 0 0 1,540 3 6 1.8S8 13 10 200 0 0 1,262 19 7 160 15 8 3,004 7 7 200 0 0 1,262 19 7 160 15 8 196 17 0 39 4 4 206 3 0 250 0 0 49 15 1 200 0 0 2,807 10 7 1,083 14 2 150 4 11 50 0 0 1,233 19 1 50 0 0 635 6 0 635 6 0 225 4 3 502 0 6 200 0 0 225 4 3 502 0 6 300 0 0 n Carried forward 123,048 3 8 10,933 18 10 133,982 2 6 12,704 14 8 146,686 17 2

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure ****Sgf»» **£*• S^? 31st Ma?eh, 1807. gjgSgg gggj» jgjgA Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc.— continued. Luckland Land District — continued. Opuawhanga to Whangarei Opuawhanga No; 1 Block Wairua Bridge and Boad Euatangata Opuawhanga-Whananaki Waipu Eiver, £1 for £1 (deepening) Maungatapere Boad Wairoa Bridge, Tangiteroria Maungakaramea .. .. Maungakaramea-Taugihua .. ... ' .. North Biver, Waipu Drevers-Otonga East Grahamstown, Whangarei ... Otonga East-Whananaki Whareora to Grahamstown North Shore-Awanui .. Ngunguru-Main Eoad Waipu to Marsden Point Waipu (Blocks VI. and VII.) Waipu to Mareretu Whareora-Taheke-Pataua Opuawhanga to main road Waipu Central .. Euakaka-North Eiver .. Whananaki-Ngunguru. Parua to Taheke Parua Bay Hikurangi-Jordan Plat Kaitara Waipu Cove Whangarei Bridge Whangarei Bridge (£1 for £1) Whangarei Footbridge Hikurangi Maunu-Otuhe Otuhe Forest Mangakahia (Blocks XL, XII., XV., and VI.) Marsden Point Wharf Marsden Point Kaimanuka, and Finlayson's Boad Waipu North .. .. .. .. £ s. d. 123,048 3 8 £ s. d. 10,933 18 10 £ s. d. 133,982 2 6 £ s. d. 12,704 14 8 £ s. d. 146,686 17 2 Whangarei Marsden " 300 0 0 300 0 0 235 0 0 300 0 0 235 0 0 608 10 0 100 0 0 608 3 6 100 0 0 397 12 3 200 0 0 475 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 590 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 460 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 895 18 4 200 0 0 2,000 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 ••i 608 10 0 608 10 0 •• I 497 19 4 52 16 1 550 15 5 100 0 0 57 8 1 100 0 0 0 9 1 200 0 0 197 12 3 199 10 11 397 3 2 300 0 0 175 0 0 475 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 391 5 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 •■! 300 0 0 150 0 0 ! ...j 150 0 0 150 0 0 - 200 0 0 200 0 0 391 5 0 • 198 15 0 •' i • • ! •■I 300 0 0 450 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 160 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 360 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 " .. 100 0 0 125 0 0 116 12 1 599 18 4 200 0 0 125 0 0 100 0 0 382 17 2 96 9 1 250 0 0 100 0 0 499 9 3 696 7 5 200 0 0 0 10 9 199 10 11 2,000 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Carried forward .. .. .: 128,993 15 8 13,666 17 1 142,660 12 9 16,646 8 6 159,307 1

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net *5g2jf tuM Total Net 31st March, 1897. %£S2+!t2£ iSS^Sfflw. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Hukerenui-Waiotu Grahamstown Opuawhanga Whangarei No. 1 Block Ngunguru Ferry Ngunguru Block Mangapai-Waikiekie Kauri Mountain Boad Kauri Mountain-Pataua Kaueranga Draining Tatarariki Okahu Wairoa Ferry, Dargarville Maropiu to Kaiiwi Scarrott's Wharf, £1 for £1 Tangowahine Bridge Tekopuru Wharf, £1 for £1 Dargarville to Aratapu Main Boad to Opunaki Eailway-station .. Tangihua No. 2 Bridge over Opanake Biver Aratapa to Tatarariki .. .. Maungaru Block Dargarville-Tangitororia Auckland Special Settlement Block Arapohue Te Kopuru-Tikinui Maropiu (Block III., Kaihu) Opanake Block.. Avoca Block Opanake-Hokianga Opanake-Mongonui Bluff .. Mititai to Tokatoka Maungaturoto to Tokatoka Topini-Maungaturoto Pahi-Waikiekie Braigh's Mareretu Jordan's Otamatea County Boads £ s. d. 128,993 15 8 £ s. d. 13,666 17 1 £ s. d. 142,660 12 9 £ s. d. 16,646 8 6 £ s. d. 159,307 1 3 Whangarei Marsden 100 0 0 476 5 6 100 0 0 476 5 6 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 772 0 0 450 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 524 8 8 350 0 0 200 0 0 299 18 11 250 0 0 50 0 0 400 0 0 50 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 460 0 0 1,400 0 0 882 16 0 300 0 0 350 0 0 535 0 0 100 0 0 458 0 0 2,000 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 230 6 6 50 0 0 2,442 18 10 100 0 0 1,199 16 8 100 0 0 500 0 0 23 14 6 100 0 0 110 10 3 661 9 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 350 0 0 661 9 9 450 0 0 100 0 0 398 8 8 350 0 0 398 8 8 350 0 0 100 0 0 126 0 0 Hobson 200 0 0 299 18 11 250 0 0 299 18 11 250 0 0 400 0 0 50 0 0 400 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 » N 300 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 350 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 700 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 613 10 1 150 0 0 52 18 0 100 0 0 1,200 0 0 613 10 1 250 0 0 152 18 0 200 0 0 460 0 0 200 0 0 269 5 11 50 0 0 197 2 0 335 0 0 100 0 0 354 16 5 50 0 0 200 0 0 230 6 6 103 3 7 1,220 6 6 458 0 0 1,220 6 6 50 0 0 200 0 0 230 6 6 779 13 6 100 0 0 Otamatea 2,042 18 10 300 11 6 100 0 0 19 16 4 100 0 0 2,343 10 4 100 0 0 1,004 13 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 50 0 0 99 8 6 984 16 8 195 3 8 500 0 0 Carried forward 138,392 16 11 17,377 3 1 155,770 0 0 20,492 6 10 176,262 6 II

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net **f*gf tnre 01C.+ -pw °i, ion? 12 Months ended Slst March, 1897. glst March; lgg8 Total Net 0n Expenditure to "£S£ £ tl«(Wiu4 1SQS Contracts, <to., cilst March, lb98. gist March] im Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Hukatere Tokatoka to Mangapai Tokataka Post-office Matakohe Matakohe to Tokatoka Matakohe-Mongonui Pahi Wharf Pahi Wharf and Eoad Pahi-Maungaturoto Eoad Kaiwaka-Man gawai Valley Eoad, Paparoa North Shore, Awanui Paparoa Block XII., Paparoa Tokatoka Swamp Block Tokatoka Swamp Hotea Valley-Mangawai West Coast Eoad, Hotea North Shore-Awanui ... Eoad to Omaha Wharf Matakana Bridge ;. Pakiri Pakiri-Omaha (Warkworth-Pakiri) Puhoi-Makarau Makarau Biver Bridge Omaha Hoteo-Waiwhiu .. .. : Hoteo Valley Boad Blocks X. and XI., Tauhoa .. Kourawera District Warkworth-Main Boad Warkworth Warkworth-Kaipara Flats and Tauhoa .. Kaipara Flats Settlement Matakana Banges Ahuroa Boad Matakana Wharf Warkworth (southward) Tauhou .. £ s. d. 138,392 16 11 £ s. d. 17,377 3 1 £ S. d. 155,770 0 0 £ s. d. 20,492 6 10 £ s. d. 176,262 6 1C Otamatea Marsden 888 11 4 230 0 0 3 18 0 13 10 2 3 18 0 902 1 6 230 0 0 100 0 0 818 12 6 194 7 0 314 0 0 90 0 0 746 9 10 146 2 0 150 0 C 902 1 e 280 0 C 100 0 C 918 12 e 200 0 C 314 0 C 90 0 C 760 0 C 150 0 C 200 0 C 400 0 C 150 0 C 125 0 C 2,890 0 C 6,912 18 C 100 0 C 499 12 i 600 0 C 80 0 C 125 0 C 392 7 6 300 0 C 845 12 C 120 0 C 272 16 e 100 0 C 200 0 C 150 0 C 472 17 I 150 0 C 150 0 C 593 14 C 150 0 C 350 0 C 100 0 C 100 0 C 300 0 C 100 0 C 50 0 0 -•! „ 100 0 0 818 12 6 100 0 0 5 13 0 314 0 0 194 7 0 .. i „ 90 0 0 437 16 3 308 13 7 13 10 2 150 0 0 7 15 1 159 2 11 99 19 10 92 5 1 240 17 1 101 3 5 124 0 0 81 8 2 4,448 0 11 192 4 11 240 17 1 150 0 0 124 0 0 2,887 3 7 5,927 5 4 ✓ 48 16 7 2,805 15 5 1,479 4 5 10C 2 16 5 985 12 8 100 0 0 Eodney I Waitemata 499 12 9 454 2 10 499 12 9 454 2 10 80 0 0 145 17 2 80 0 0 392 7 6 392 7 6 187 13 4 845 12 0 125 0 0 .. I ' 187 13 4 112 6 8 845 12 0 120 0 0 272 16 6 272 16 6 83 10 0 200 0 0 83 10 0 16 10 0 200 0 0 •• . 150 0 0 •'I " 472 17 9 472 17 9 150 0 0 150 0 0 413 19 8 150 0 0 413 19 8 150 0 0 294 16 10 100 0 0 179 14 4 150 0 0 294 16 10 100 0 0 55 3 2 •• ' 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 Carried forward 23,468 10 5 197,056 19 4 148,849 17 1 24,738 11 10 173,588 8 11

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to Slst March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward .. ... Eoads, Bridges, etc.— continued. Auckland Land District— continued. Tauhoa Block Warkworth Wharf-Courthouse Tauhoa and Komokoriki Block Makarau-Eailway Station Ahuroa Block .. Ahuroa-Komokoriki Pakiri Block Warkworth Bridge Kaipara Flat-Tauhoa Puhoi Bridge Wade to Wainui Hoteo Valley-Te Arai Helensville to Kaukapakapa Puhoi-Warkworth .. .. Warkworth- Welsford Warkworth-Kaipara Flats Port Albert-Welsford Junction Waikomiti West Upper Waiwera-Wade-Wainui Eoad to Kaukapakapa Eailway Station .. North Shore-Awanui Helensville to Kaipatiki Huia-West Coast Woodhill Bridge Henderson-Swan son (metalling) .. Kaukapakapa-Port Albert Kumeu Main Eoad-Eewiti Wade-Lucas Creek Eewiti-Parkhurst Waikomiti to Swanson .. Wainui-Kaukapakapa Waiwera Springs Track to Kauri Forest, Waitakerei Whau to Henderson Creek Henderson Stoke's Point to Lucas Creek Swanson-West Coast Stoke's Point to Lake District Birkenhead Slip, £1 for £1 £ s. d. 148,849 17 1 £ s. d. 24,738 11 10 £ s. d. 173,588 8 11 £ s. d. 23,468 10 5 £ s. d. 197,056 19 4 Eodney Waitemata 380 0 0 380 0 0 69 0 0 100 0 0 449 .0 0 100 0 0 325 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 369 0 0 250 0 0 6 6 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 658 19 1 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 1,100 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 431 0 0 2,236 5 7 250 0 0 264 14 3 150 0 0 600 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 325 0 0 325 0 0 432 0 5 432 0 5 150 0 0 67 19 7 100 0 0 358 0 0 11 0 0 369 0 0 250 0 0 6 6 0 ■• 6 6 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 658 19 1 658 19 1 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 Waitemata 750 0 0 350 0 0 1,100 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 330 10 5 2,236 5 7 2,236 5 7 330 10 5 100 9 7 250 0 0 264 14 3 264 14 3 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 133 18 9 400 0 0 14 12 3 351 9 0 366 1 3 Eden .. 400 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Carried forward 156,375 14 8 26,481 11 3 182,857 5 11 26,639 18 4": 209,497 4 3

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net "fgg* 1ture 31st Ma veil im? 12 Months ended dist Jiarcn, ISJ7. 31st jffi&jh, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. uokland Land District — continued. Waikomiti-Huia Birkenhead-Warkworth Eangitoto Mountain, £1 for £1 .. Orakei Bridge (repairs) Mangere Bridge .. .. .. .; Tamaki Bridge Panmure Wharf (repairs) Otahuhu Wharf Outau Swamp Hunua to Eailway-station Awhitu Boad and Wharf Putamahoo to Stemson's Corner.. Maioro to Port Waikato Awaroa Swamp, £1 for £1 Payment lo Ferryman, Port Waikato Pukekohe-Waiuku Pukekohe Punt at Tuakau Pukekohe Eailway-station through East Pukekohe and Bombay Buckland Station Maungatawhiri Valley Maketu to Ararimu Tuakau-Waikato Awaroa Swamp Drain and roads Akaaka Swamp Otania to Deed's Mauku Bridge (subsidy) Mauku Bridge (Drury-Waiuku) Maioro Swamp.. Whisky Creek Eoad Mauku District Patumahoe Abraham's Gully Otau Akaaka Swamp Block Otau Block Wairoa Biver-Otau Tauranga Creek Wharf £ s. d. 156,375 14 8 £ s. d. 26,481 11 3 £ s. d. 182,857 5 11 £ s. d. 26,639 18 4 £ s. d. 209,497 4 3 Waitemata Waitemata and Bodney .. Eden .'. Eden Waitemata Manukau 450 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0 200 0 0 105 0 0 110 0 0 560 0 0 200 0 0 125 0 0 500 0 0 17,924 17 9 490 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 450 0 0 455 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 7 10 0 5,724 2 1 250 0 0 520 9 6 15 2 2 105 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 104 12 6 90 19 2 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 263 0 5 294 17 6 Manukau Eden .. Manukau 17,3ii 0 9 160 0 0 509 4 6 239 0 10 17,820 5 3 399 0 10 Franklin 50 0 0 136 19 7 160 2 6 186 19 7 160 2 6 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 7 10 0 5,554 2 1 250 0 0 520 9 6 15 2 2 50 0 0 I 50 0 0 I 7 10 0 5,424 2 1 50 0 0 130 0 0 250 0 0 170 0 0 520 9 6 15 2 2 300 0 0 102 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 610 2 6 1,696 10 9 375 0 0 41 0 0 300 0 0 102 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 610 2 6 1,896 10 9 375 0 0 41 0 0 167 11 7 660 13 10 149 2 8 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,104 16 2 331 8 4 2,350 0 0 253 10 0 100 13 6 300 0 0 102 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 610 2 6 2,046 10 9 375 0 0 41 0 0 171 11 5 683 15 10 149 2 8 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,385 10 7 331 8 4 2,350 0 0 569 0 0 100 13 6 200 0 0 150 0 0 582 18 4 149 2 8 200 0 0 200 0 0 66 0 0 885 10 7 331 8 4 2,350 0 0 69 0 0 100 13 6 167 11 7 77 15 6 3 19 10 23 2 0 34 0 0 219 5 7 280 14 5 184 10 0 315 10 0 Carried forward .. 188,823 5 10 28,945 1 4 217,768 7 2 29,216 14 2 246,985 1

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure ™ ™ tore Total Net *£&&£ Slst March, 1897. ggggg ggg& ggg*-& Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Hunua-Ararimu Great South Boad Mercury Bay to Mahikarou Coromandel-Thames .. Coromandel-Port Charles Coromandel-Tairua Ooromandel Wharf Ooromandel to Mercury Bay Cabbage Bay to Cape Colville Tairua to Whenuakite Kuaotunu Cemetery Boad Wharauroa Kaimarama Block Thames Eepairs flood-damage at Thames Thames Borough Tararu Tramway Bemoval of snags, Thames Biver Puriri to Tairoa Waiotahi Village Homestead-Thames Kauaeranga Valley Boad Thames-Tauranga £ s. d. 188,823 5 10 £ a. d. 28,945 1 4 £ s. d. 217,768 7 2 £ s. d. 29,216 14 2 £ s. d. 246,985 1 4 Manukau Manukau and Waikato .. Ooromandel Franklin Franklin and Waikato .. Thames 0 16 9 764 5 8 400 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 3 9 0 14 4 8 350 0 0 550 0 0 100 0 0 7 0 0 263 13 2 75 2 9 4,928 10 0 2,452 10 0 1,000 0 0 636 18 11 924 0 0 117 1 0 300 0 0 5,323 8 0 42 4 6 3 0 6 43 1 3 767 6 2 400 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 3 9 0 14 4 8 350 0 0 550 0 0 100 0 0 7 0 0 318 0 0 75 2 9 4,928 10 0 2,452 10 0 1,000 0 0 636 18 11 924 0 0 117 1 0 300 0 0 5,323 8 0 257 15 6 596 19 6 300 16 9 1,364 5 8 400 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 3 9 0 14 4 8 350 0 0 550 0 0 100 0 0 7 0 0 318 0 0 75 2 9 4,928 10 0 2,452 10 0 1,000 0 0 636 18 11 924 0 0 117 1 0 300 0 0 5,323 8 0 54 6 10 Thames Thames, Ohinemuri, and Tauranga Ohinemuri Thames, Ohinemuri, and Bay of Plenty Ohinemuri Waihi Bridge subsidy, £1 for £1 .. Waihou Ferry through Komata Paeroa to Owharoa Sundry roads, Waitoa District Grant to Ohinemuri County Hikutaia to Ohinemuri South Bombay to Paparata Miranda Eoad .. Mangatangi Bridge .. .. ... Waikato Hamilton to Cambridge Ohinewai-Matahura Homokorau Bridge Eemoval of punt, Te Eori to Churchill Bemoval of Churchill Punt Blocks X. and XL, Eangiriri Survey District . ' Manukau „ Waikato 250 0 0 80 13 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 1,000 0 0 4,022 7 7 100 0 0 109 0 8 173 19 6 27,582 11 7 100 0 0 26 0 6 250 0 0 80 13 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 1,000 0 0 4,022 7 7 100 0 0 109 0 8 200 0 0 27,582 11 7 100 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 40 14 9 42 2 0 189 18 7 250 0 0 80 13 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 1,000 0 0 4,022 7 7 100 0 0 109 0 8 200 0 0 27,582 11 7 100 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 40 14 9 42 2 0 260 0 0 Waikato 250 0 0 40 14 9 42 2 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 189 18 7 60 1 5 Carried forward .. .. 242,185 14 10 29,410 12 3 ■• 271,596 7 1 30,231 10 7 301,827 17

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure : during 12 Months ended j 31st March, 1898. i Total Net Total Net Expenditure to r™ t ~°? c .ft Expenditure Slst March, 1898. <£?$£$,', &. and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. .uckland Land District — continued. Whangamarino District Education endowment, Kimihia-Huntly .. Churchill Punt.. Churchill Punt, on Waikato Gibbons Creek Bridge (Hamilton) Matahura Eangiriri Lake, Matahura Eoad Rangiriri Lake to Eailwa.y-station Wairangi Eailway-station .. Wairangi Eailway-station and Matahura .. Waikare Lake to Onewhero Whangamarino Parish Wairangi-Matahura .. .. '.. Taupiri Block Raglan Wharf, £1 for £1 Matakataka Cutting Bridge over Waipa, on Eaglan Main Boad Onewhero (Sections 128, 129) Waikato to Block XIV., Awaroa Lake Whangape to Block VII., Awaroa .. Whaingaro-Kahuruhuru Wh ain garo-Ngaruawahia Whaingaro to Akatea to Ngaruawahia Whaingaro-Te Mata Matawhero to Whangape Te Eore Bridge Mata to Kauroa Mangapiko-Maire Whaingaro to Mangapiko, Mangapiko to Maire Huntly-Kahuruhuru Eoad Huntly Punt Kahuruhuru Block .. Opuatia Bridge and Crossing Tuakau-Opuatia-Kahuruhuru Awaroa No. 2 Block Awaroa, Block XI. Paekotare Block Eaglan- Waipa Eaglan-Buapuke 1 £ s. d. 242,185 14 10 £ s. d. 29,410 12 3 £ s. d. 271,596 7 1 £ s. d. 30,231 10 7 £ s. d. 301,827 17 8 Waikato Waikato 1,102 2 9 1,102 2 9 100 0 0 1,102 2 9 100 0 0 150 5 2 100 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 500 1 9 242 0 0 100 0 0 1,006 4 8 100 0 0 3,806 19 11 3,035 10 4 2,065 15 0 486 1 3 5,156 12 6 200 0 0 511 8 0 160 0 0 202 17 1 150 0 0 853 3 1 943 1 6 200 0 0 300 0 0 150 5 2 150 5 2 100 0 0 * , m 250 0 0 146 2 9 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 53 17 3 250 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 176 5 9 242 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 134 1 9 242 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 42 4 0 323 16 0* Baglan 100 0 0 1,006 4 8 45 6 6 1,006 4 8 45 6 6 3,806 19 11 3,035 10 4 2,065 15 0 270 16 1 5,156 12 6 54 13 6 3,806 19 11 3,035 10 4 2,065 15 0 270 16 1 215 5 2 5,156 12 6 200 0 0 511 8 0 160 0 0 511 8 0 160 0 0 202 17 1 100 0 0 853 3 1 836 18 1 200 0 0 202 17 1 50 0 0 853 3 1 703 1 6 200 0 0 100 0 0 133 16 7 106 3 5 300 0 0 949 17 5 1,077 8 1 2,027 5 6 378 11 11 2,405 17 5 174 16 10 3,098 8 2 185 7 0 360 3 10' 3,098 8 2 200 0 0 154 13 0 80 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 514 16 10 80 o 0 3,298 8 2 100 0 0 Carried forward 266,675 1 9 31,629 7 9 298,304 9 6 32,894 13 7 331,199 3

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net *Sf*™" Total Net , M1 A 1R07 12 MoK ended S^S^^aSt Slst March, 1897. 31st Maxcll; 1898 . 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Eoads, Bbidges, arc—continued. Auckland Land District- continued. Kauroa-Pakaka .. Main Eoad to Blocks VII. and IX., Karioi From Main Eoad to West Coast .. .. ) Eoad through Block VI., A « aroa .. f Waitetuna-Aotea Waitetuna-Kauri Mangaokahu Block Karioi-Alexandra Block .. . Karioi Block Waitetuna-Whaingaro Lawson's Hill Tuakau Punt Tuakau-Opuatia Kahuruhuru Bregmen's Landing and Mercer Bregmen's Landing and Mercer Boad, Waikato Biver Waipa Bridge (£1 for £1), Ngaruawahia Mercer Punt .. .. Tuhikaramea to Hamilton Bridge over Waikato, Hamilton Te Awamutu Eailway-station to Township To Ohaupo Station Bukuhia Swamp Clark's Eoad Whatawhata Swamp Hamilton to Whatawhata (drain) Whatawhata Bridge Hamilton Bridge To free Hamilton Bridge from tolls Puniu Bridge To Waitomo Caves Wharauroa Te Kuiti, Otorohanga, to Kihikihi Terauamoa Improved-farm Settlement Alexandra-Kawhia Tokanui-Wharepapa Aotea-Baglan .. Hauturu East Kawhia-Waipa-Alexandra-Kawhia Kinohaku East £ s. d. 266,675 1 9 £ s. d. 31,629 7 9 £ s. d. 298,304 9 6 £ s. d. 32,894 13 7 £ s. d. 331,199 3 1 Eaglan Waikato 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 71 18 5 271 18 5 23 2 6 200 0 0 295 0 11 200 0 0 232 12 7 1,662 0 0 55 0 0 300 7 0 333 13 6 50 0 0 1,863 18 9 82 14 0 17 6 0 1,050 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 284 12 3 315 16 3 250 0 0 693 1 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 137 18 0 284 17 0 550 0 0 6,700 0 0 100 0 0 1,400 12 1 293 0 0 392 2 4 1,675 0 0 761 8 11 300 0 0 519 0 4 500 0 0 3,308 15 4 500 0 0 •• 232 12 7 931 15 11 729 18 7 232 12 7 1,661 14 6 0 5 6 55 0 0 199 15 10 120 9 0 •• I " I 3 7 0 59 5 6 97 4 2 153 19 0 50 0 0 100 11 2 213 4 6 50 0 0 1,863 18 9 2 5 10 17 6 o 67 15 9 '" l 1,863 18 9 2 5 10 80 8 2 •II i 17 6 0 Eaglan and Waipa Baglan and Manukau Waipa " I .. I 500 0 0 284 12 3 315 16 3 250 0 0 693 1 8 50 0 0 67 15 9 500 0 0 284 12 3 315 16 3 250 0 0 693 1 8 50 0 0 25 0 0 137 18 0 284 17 0 550 0 0 6,700 0 0 982 4 3 100 0 0 25 0 0 75 0 0 . ! 137 18 0 284 17 0 492 6 0 6,700 0 0 Waipa and Waikato •■ I 57 14 0 •• Waipa and West Taupo .. Kawhia 1,354 14 11 35 5 11 193 0 0 1,390 0 10 193 0 0 392 2 4 1,540 0 1 604 14 2 100 0 0 10 11 3 100 0 0 ■■ I ,. 392 2 4 890 18 9 361 8 11 „ 649 1 4 243 5 3 134 19 11 156 14 9 300 0 0 54 3 11 500 0 0 ••! 269 0 4 195 16 1 464 16 5 ■■ 3,308 15 4 3,308 15 4 500 0 0 Carried forward 286,268 19 3 34,201 12 1 320,470 11 4 36,887 8 8 357,358 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure Total Net 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. 3l8t March ' 1898 - Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Alexandra to Hikurangi Pirongia (IV., VIII.) Block Otorohanga-Te Kuiti Te Kuiti to Awakino .. North End North Island Main Trunk Bailway Tunnel to Karioi .. Kihikihi-Otorohanga-Te Kuiti Manganika AlA Haru-o-te- Whenua Kawhia Aotea Pirongia West .. Ouruwhero N2, and Puketarata Whatiwhatihoe Bridge Paemako-Ohura Katikati to Te Aroha (Thompson's track) Aroha Township to Gold-mines Te Aroha-Katikati Boad Te Aroha Block Huihuitaha to Patetere Katikati to Te Aroha Te Aroha Drains Te Aroha Hot Springs Domain Board .. Te Aroha Domain Te Aroha and Waitoa Drains Cambridge to Taupo Works at Te Aroha Springs Cambridge-Tauranga Katikati to Te Aroha (horse-track) Paraiti Bridge Bay of Plenty Tauranga County flood-damages Waimapu Bridge Paengaroa Tauranga to Opotiki Tauranga to Te Puke and Matata Otamarakau Bridge Otawa Nos. Ia and 1b Pukaingataru Eoad Pye's Pa .. .. £ s. d. 286,268 19 3 £ s. d. 34,201 12 1 £ s. d. 320,470 11 4 £ s. d. 36,887 8 8 £ s. d. 357,358 0 0 Kawhia Waikato 1,341 15 3 1,341 15 3 100 0 0 1,341 15 3 100 0 0 58 12 5 14,532 5 11 3,886 5 5 7,780 18 7 592 9 0 400 0 0 1,653 2 6 110 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 2,139 16 11 500 0 0 50 0 0 5,300 2 6 705 8 2 785 11 1 776 19 3 375 17 5 2,875 0 0 619 1 5 1,341 10 7 500 0 0 4,100 0 0 359 9 5 100 0 0 91,220 6 4 200 0 0 5,655 3 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 12,962 1 2 378 19 0 500 0 0 80 0 0 300 0 0 58 12 5 9,532 5 11 3,886 5 5 7,780 18 7 12 9 0 3 9 6 150 5 0 4,49*5 10 4 468 3 11 116 1 5 403 6 9 58 12 5 14,027 16 3 3,886 5 5 7,780 18 7 480 12 11 119 10 11 553 11 9 504 9 8 111 16 1 280 9 1 1,099 10 9 110 0 0 39 13 3 37 14 6 100 0 0 400 0 0 I 73 19 7 286 7 2 262 5 6 360 6 9 262 5 6 Kawhia and West Taupo Kawhia and Waipa Kawhia and Clifton Piako Bay of Plenty 2,139 16 11 500 0 0 50 0 0 5,300 2 6 705 8 2 785 11 1 776 19 3 375 17 5 2,139 16 11 500 0 0 50 0 0 5,300 2 6 705 8 2 785 11 1 776 19 3 375 17 5 2,733 3 6 375 16 11 1,341 10 7 57 18 0 4,100 0 0 359 9 5 -I 2,733 3 6 141 16 6 243 4 6 375 16 11 1,341 10 7 57 18 0 4,000 0 0 359 9 5 100 0 0 442 2 0 Piako and Tauranga Tauranga .. 100 0 0 91,220 6 4 192 11 4 91,220 6 4 192 11 4 5,655 3 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 12,962 1 2 378 19 0 447 7 10 80 0 0 200 0 0 *7 8 8 5,655 3 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 12,962 1 2 378 19 0 447 7 10 52 12 2 80 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 Carried forward 436,473 19 8 43,731 9 10 480,205 9 6 40,758 5 10 520,963 15 ••

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Papamoa Special Settlement Papamoa No. 1 .. Maketu-Botorua Tauranga-Eunanga .. £ s. d. 436,473 19 8 £ S. d. 43,731 9 10 £ s. d. 480,205 9 6 £ s. d. 40,758 5 10 £ s. d. 520,963 15 4 Tauranga Bay of Plenty 361 6 1 1,771 12 9 212 5 6 165 2 9 420 2 2 1,982 4 1 212 5 6 526 8 10 2,191 14 11 1,982 4 1 193 8 0 43 11 2 123 6 9 431 16 0 405 13 6 570 0 0 2,315 1 8 2,414 0 1 Tauranga-Napier, via Taupo Tauranga and Eotorua .. Tauranga, Eotorua, and East Taupo Tauranga, Eotorua, East Taupo, and Hawke's Bay Whakatane Bay of Plenty and Hawke's Bay Ditto 40,541 3 0 40,541 3 0 40,541 3 0 Opotiki-Whakatane Matata-Te Teko Whakatane to Ohape Waioeka, Blocks IL, III., IV. ... Orini Bridge, Whakatane .. Rebuilding, repairing, and constructing county bridges Opotiki-Waiotahi Nukuhou-Marae totara Galatea to Te Kapu, via Waikaremoana Papamoa-Omarumutu Whakatane roads and bridges, £1 for £1 Waiotahi .. Waiotahi Bridge Opotiki-Otamamakau Waiotahi Block .. .. Waiawa Block Waiman a Block Waimana .. .. .. Te Teko-Opotiki Bangataiki-Buatoki-Waiotahi Eotorua-Galatea- Waikaremoana Sundry roads, Bay of Plenty Te Kumi Eotorua to Eotomahana Morea Bridge Botoiti-Tiketere Pongakawa-Eotorua and Eotorua Boad Taupo Works at Eotorua Mamaku-Eotorua-Oxford .. Bay of Plenty n . • 1,099 15 8 250 0 0 299 5 0 562 10 0 1,848 3 9 300 0 0 500 0 0 750 13 9 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 1,099 15 8 150 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 299 5 0 562 10 0 1,848 3 9 300 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 750 13 9 200 0 0 2,000 0 0 1,063 13 0 825 0 0 6,111 12 0 24,445 18 4 10,517 10 5 100 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 440 0 0 1,099 15 8 250 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 299 5 0 500 0 0 562 10 0 100 0 0 1,848 ■ 3 9 150 0 0 300 0 0 350 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 750 13 9 640 0 0 2,000 0 0 1,078 0 0 1,000 0 0 6,539 17 5 25,722 3 10 10,567 10 5 200 0 0 206 17 0 500 0 0 87 16 0 200 0 0 9,336 17 1 12,577 9 1 400 0 0 2,000 0 0 54 0 5 200 0 0 5,843 17 5 16,446 2 0 10,517 10 5 1,009 12 7 825 0 0 267 14 7 7,999 16 4 14 7 0 175 0 0 428 5 5 1,276 5 6 50 0 0 200 0 0 Tauranga and Whakatane Whakatane and Waiapu .. Eotorua 206 17 0 206 17 0 0 12 0 87 16 0 0 12 0 499 8 0 87 16 0 200 0 0 9,336 17 1 3,230 5 2 4,378 6 1 181 3 0 9,336 17 1 7,608 11 3 181 3 0 4,968 17 10 218 17 0 ft •. .. Carried forward .. 594,355 4 1 51,371 8 6 645*726 12 532,481 15 2 61,873 8 11

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net Expenditure Total Net Liabilities on Xi. during T? V r* a r,Ati-.rrf. +« Authorities, 31st March 1897 12 M ended 3 t t *Xrch 1898 Contracts, Ac, dist march, 1897. 31st MaroK 1898 31st march, 1898. glst March lg98 _ ' ; Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Eotorua-Te Warioa Eotorua- Waiotapu .. .. Botorua Wharf Botorua Water-supply Eotorua-Ngongotaha Mount .. Mamaku Block .. .. .". Eotoiti-Tarawera-Okaitainga .. Umurua Block .. .. .. Eotorua-Te Teko .. .. Ngongotaha-Bishop's Section .. Whakarewarewa .. .. • .. Okoheriki Id Arahuri and Mamaku Eailway-station Taumata Block .. .. Taumata Nos. Ia, 2a, 3b, east; 3b west: Nos. 1, 3c east A ; 3c west No. 1 Oxf ord-Eo toru a Wharepuhunga No. 1 .. Kihikihi- Waotu .. .. Tools, &c. Baths and water-supply, Tokaanu Wharf, Tokaanu Waiotapu-Galatea Huka Falls to Pukatarata Track to Orakei-Korako Waitapa to Taupo' Waiotapu Springs (improvements) Taupo Domain Tokaanu to Taupo Botowhero, via Waiotaupu to Wairakei Tauhara Mountain Taupo, via Botoaira and Murimotu to West Coast.. Boads and bridges in Native district Sundry roads and bridges, Auckland Purchase of roads Purchase of roads to Crown lands Native districts Village settlements (see also "General") .. .. Eoads, bridges, and wharves, North of Auckland .. Miscellaneous, and engineering £ s. d. 532,481 15 2 £ s. d. 61,873 8 11 £ s. d. 594,355 4 1 £ s. d. 51,371 8 6 £ s. d. 645,726 12 7 Botorua Bay of Plenty 199 7 4 1,162 5 7 0 9 0 185 10 1 27 14 6 31 13 0 231 0 4 1,162 5 7 273 9 10 449 1 4 315 5 1 61 11 6 292 11 10 1,162 5 7 400 0 0 600 0 0 375 0 0 200 0 0 900 0 0 280 0 0 10,186 7 1 100 0 0 700 0 0 300 0 0 200 3 0 428 0 0 500 0 0 273 0 10 263 11 3 287 10 7 126 10 2 150 18 8 59 14 11 200 0 0 178 9 7 280 0 0 347 15 0 100 0 0 22 4 2 300 0 0 165 0 0 428 0 0 182 4 0 44 4 0 677 6 5 721 10 5 . , ' 9,496 7 1 342 5 0 9,838 12 1 439 18 2 237 17 8 677 15 10 35 3 0 35 3 0 317 16 0 I 317 16 0 I Eotorua and Piako Taupo West 20,653 0 5 254 11 10 248 1 8 20,901 2 1 254 11 10 41 11 3 745 8 2 50 0 0 20,942 13 4 1,000 0 0 50 0 0 714 13 6 500 0 0 200 0 0 4,300 19 10 1,800 1 5 500 0 0 5 10 0 500 0 0 450 0 0 1,834 1 9 8,682 15 8 100 0 0 12,601 17 9 926 5 8 10,824 6 7 219 10 0 20 0 0 11,486 8 3 343 14 9 229,671 15 9 14,441 9 11 Taupo East 714 13 6 714 13 6 *2 7 0 2 7 0 4,300 19 10 1,800 1 5 229 3 1 5 10 o 500 0 0 197 13 0 4,300 19 10 1,800 1 5 229 3 1 270 16 11 *5 10 0 50 0 0 1,044 3 3 3,684 18 2 598 19 11 4,455 7 8 50 0 0 1,643 3 2 8,140 5 10 500 0 0 400 0 0 190 18 7 542 9 10 100 0 0 Wanganui and West Taupo 12,601 17 9 926 5 8 10,824 6 7 12,601 17 9 926 5 8 10,824 6 7 i 219 10 0 20 0 0 11,486 8 3 20 0 0 11,486 8 3 194 0 6 229,671 15 9 14,041 8 7 194 0 6 149 14 3 •• 229,671 15 9 13,611 10 6 429 18 1 400 1 4 Total, Auckland Land Distriot 856,040 12 10 70,144 11 7 926,185 4 5 58,281 19 10 984,467 4 I _ i

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net ture Total Net Total Net to Expenditure to „Autho4tty Expenditure Slst March, 1897. Slst March, 1898. and Liabilities Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. awke's Bay Land District — Waiapu County Opotiki-East Cape Awanui-Hicks Bay Awanui-Tikiteke Waiomatatini to Hicks Bay Tokomaru-Huiarua Tauwhareparae-Tokomaru .. Whareponga-Eeporua Pukeamaru Waipiro-Te Puia-Hikiwai Whakaangiangi Waihuka Ahomatariki Hikurangi Block Huirau Block Waiapu Island Eoad Ormond-Waiapu Ormond to Waiapu Waimata to Waiapu Gisborne via Tolaga Bay Awanui Gisborne via Tolaga-Hicks Bay Mata Valley .. .. .. Gisborne-Tolaga-Tanwhareparae Tolaga-Marung.i-Tauwhareparae Waimata-Tauwhareparae Waikohu-Matawai and Motu Blook Tauwhareparae-Crown lands Tauwhareparae-Arikihi Poverty Bay Tolaga to Mangatekorau Punakitere Block I Waiapu Waiapu and Cook Waiapu £ s. d. 400 0 0 300 0 0 312 2 9 313 0 9 349 0 2 100 0 0 12,476 0 1 302 13 0 600 0 0 £ s. d. 200 0 0 200 0 0 7 4 3 146 19 3 £ s. d. 400 0 0 500 0 0 312 2 9 313 0 9 200 0 0 *7 4 3 495 19 5 100 0 0 12,476 0 1 302 13 0 600 0 0 £ s. d. 300 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 242 15 9 250 0 0 24 0 7 500 0 0 300 0 0 £ s. d. 400 0 ( 800 0 ( 312 2 < .300 0 ( 313 0 < 200 0 ( 150 0 ( 300 0 ( 250 0 ( 500 0 ( 250 0 ( 250 0 ( 250 0 ( 520 0 ( 500 0 ( 400 0 ( 12,476 0 : 302 13 ( 600 0 ( 1,393 9 ( 309 9 6 690 2 3 999 11 9 393 17 9 Cook 300 0 0 502 2 7 300 0 0 • 300 0 0 756 10 1 500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 < 300 0 ( 756 10 : 500 0 < 2,000 0 ( 200 0 < 600 0 < 21,499 5 ( 358 19 ( 2,149 14 ■ 3,147 1 i: 254 7 6 200 0 0 2,000 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 21,499 5 4 358 19 6 2,149 14 4 j 704 15 2 \ 2,172 6 9 650 0 0 1,169 7 2 751 14 8 551 16 1 733 16 6 500 0 0 500 0 0 21,499 5 4 358 19 6 2,149 14 4 3,016 6 11 139 5 0 130 15 0 Tolaga to Arikihi Waipoa Eoad to Oil Springs Tauwharetoi Block .. Waikohu Waikohu to Motu Motu Bridge and Eoad Tatapouri Hill Waikohu Bridge (£1 for £2) .. Pakarae Boad and Punt 650 0 0 1,169 7 2 751 14 8 551 16 1 733 16 6 1,000 0 0 650 0 ( 1,169 7 ! 751 14 i 1,551 16 : 733 16 f 300 0 ( 1,000 0 ( 822 9 < 300 0 0 782 9 4 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 782 9 4 io 0 0 Carried forward 7,731 9 1 59,158 1 48,088 13 8 3,337 18 3 51,426 11 11

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Name of Work. County, Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabihties on Authorities, Contracts, &c., 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and LiabilitiesBrought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. awm's Bay Land District — continued. Waimata Eiding Pouawa Eoad Board Gisborne-Waimata (metalling) Gisborne-Waimata Whataupoko Boad Board £ s. d. 48,088 13 8 £ s. d. 3,337 18 3 £ s. d. 51,426 11 11 £ s. d. 7,731 9 1 £ a. d. 59,158 1 0 Cook Waiapu 830 0 0 130 0 0 830 0 0 130 0 0 425 0 0 4,250 9 6 120 0 0 830 0 0 130 0 0 700 0 0 4,250 9 6 120 0 0 425 0 0 275 0 0 : :: -\ 4,250 9 6 120 0 0 1,490 12 0 200 0 0 Cook County (flood-damages) j* 1,690 12 0 1,690 12 0 Motu Motu Boad, widening Gisborne-Eotorua Stock Opotiki-Ormond Gisborne-Opotiki Ormond to Opotiki, and branch roads Gisborne-Opotiki Gisborne to Wairoa Wairoa to Gisborne Muriwai to Mahia Nuhaka-Gisborne .. ■ • . Nuhaka No. 1 Gisborne-Waikaremoana Euakituri Block Opoiti Bridge (to account) Opoiti Bridge Ohuka-Waikaremoana Frasertown to Waikaremoana Wairoa and Waikaremoana (bridle-track through the Waiau District to Poverty Bay) Hangaroa-Tiniroto Nuhaka Nuhaka, Block No. 2 Nuhaka Springs Nuhaka Block Eotokakaranga Waiau Block Eoads, Wairoa, and Wairoa County roads Wairoa County roads (flood-damages) Bridge over Mohaka Napier to Wairoa, £1 to £1 .. Napier to Wairoa.. Mohaka southwards .. .. Mohaka and Waitara Cook and Whakatane Cook and Wairoa Wairoa Waiapu and Bay of Plenty Waiapu 18,142 6 3 5,065 12 9 578 4 8 11,963 7 8 700 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 *4 9 6 314 19 6 500 0 0 100 0 0 1,450 0 0 544 18 6 949 7 11 2 7 0 633 15 X 290 5 0 124 15 0 700 0 0 1,623 13 7 38 15 8 949 7 11 2 7 0 18,142 6 3 633 15 7 5,065 12 9 578 4 8 11,963 7 8 990 5 0 374 15 0 1,000 0 0 1,628 3 1 353 15 2 500 0 0 100 0 0 1,450 0 0 544 18 6 300 0 0 550 12 1 997 13 0 211 11 10 309 15 0 225 5 0 600 0 0 200 0 0 1,450 16 11 10 4 10 1,500 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 1,500 0 0 1,000 0 0 18,142 6 3 845 7 5 5,065 12 9 578 4 8 11,963 7 8 1,300 0 0 600 0 0 1,600 0 0 200 0 0 3,079 0 0 364 0 0 1,500 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 1,950 0 0 544 18 6 743 12 6 58 0 0 743 12 6 58 0 0 22 0 0 568 3 0 1,769 7 10 400 0 0 1,512 7 8 300 0 0 500 0 0 725 0 0 3,874 4 5 320 19 6 151 6 4 500 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 1,243 12 6 58 0 0 360 0 0 568 3 0 1,769 7 10 700 0 0 1,512 7 8 300 0 0 500 0 0 725 0 0 4,208 9 4 1,000 0 0 151 6 4 568 3 0 1,769 7 10 400 0 0 1,512 7 8 300 0 0 500 0 0 725 0 0 3,008 9 4 22 0 0 338 0 0 Hawke's Bay and Waiapu 300 0 0 Hawke's Bay .. 865 15 1 320 19 6 334 4 11 679 0 6 m 151 6 4 Carried forward 104,760 0 8 9,334 12 7 114 094 13 3 17,513 13

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CcName of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to Slst March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c. f 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabihties. i—' Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Hawke's Bay Land District — continued. Waitara Block Bunanga-Pohui Sundry roads and bridges, Hawke's Bay Pohui Block Puketitiri Block Puketitiri Eoads, Napier District Napier-Murimotu Eoads Bridge over Ahuriri Harbour Meeanee protective works Kuripapanga-Islands-Patea £ s. d. 104,760 0 8 £ a. d. 9,334 12 7 £ S. d. 114,094 13 3 £ s. d, 17,513 13 2 £ s. d. 131,608 6 5 Wairoa Wairoa and Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Waiapu Hawke's Bay 781 0 6 1,853 1 4 781 0 6 1,853 1 4 419 10 5 538 0 0 520 0 0 6,645 13 5 781 0 6 8,498 14 9 419 10 5 538 0 0 520 0 0 250 0 0 32,189 19 2 1,047 6 0 625 16 1 500 0 0 5,000 0 0 419 10 | 5 538 0 0 520 0 0 32,189 19 2 1,047 6 0 625 16 1 500 0 0 5,000 0 0 32,189 19 2 1,047 0 0 625 16 1 500 0 0 5,000 0 0 250 0 0 Hawke's Bay, Patea, and Eangitikei Waipawa Whakarara Boad and Bridge Whakarara Block Buahine Block (approach) Euahipe Buahine Block Makaretu Tukituki to Waipawa Norsewood-Apiti-Hawke's Bay Takapau-Kopua, £1 for £1 .. Manawatu and Makotuku Bivers, Ormondville Waikopiro Improved-farm Settlement .. % . Waikopiro Ormondville-Waikopiro Manawatu Bridge, Waikopiro Manawatu Bridge TeOhu Liberal Block D ann evi rke-Tiratu Umutaoroa Block Waipawa 324 1 1 1,992 15 2 985 1 5 85 0 0 450 0 0 1,302 3 3 3,733 16 0 497 13 10 454 16 1 267 17 6 320 3 0 847 5 10 136 13 9 324 1 1 497 13 10 1,992 15 2 985 1 5 454 16 1 352 17 6 450 0 0 1,622 6 3 4,581 1 10 136 13 9 150 0 0 38 0 0 400 0 0 18 5 1 145 3 11 147 2 6 629 17 0 2 13 5 513 6 3 500 0 0 150 0 0 38 0 0 400 0 0 324 1 1 515 18 11 1,992 15 2 985 1 5 600 0 0 500 0 0 450 0 0 2,252 3 3 4,583 15 3 650 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 434 8 10 400 0 0 100 0 0 2,088 15 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,250 0 0 1,883 7 11 2,709 16 6 200 0 0 250 0 0 900 0 0 500 0 0 434 8 10 400 0 0 500 0 0 434 8 10 400 0 0 2,088 15 4 28 7 1 2,088 15 4 28 7 1 100 0 0 n 71 12 11 100 0 0 1,250 0 0 Dannevirke-Tamaki Ngapaeruru Ahuturanga Block .. .. ... Norsewood District, Ngamoko, and Maharahara .. Otawai Boad, Tahoraite Totaro Eoad, Tahoraite Victoria- and Bush-mills Settlement Waipawa and Pahiatua .. 1,883 7 11 2,709 16 6 200 0 0 250 0 0 900 0 0 1,883 7 11 2,709 16 6 200 0 0 250 0 0 900 0 0 Pahiatua Carried forward 164,649 5 5 13,712 3 11 178,361 9 4 28,475 7 8 206,836 17

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c. Slst March, 1898: Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Hawke's Bay Land District — continued. Dannevirke-Weber-Wimbledon Oporae Maharahara Block Woodville Block II. Holder's Eoads Woodville Block Tautane and Tahoraite .. .. 1 Tautane and Weber Boad Tools, &c. Miscellaneous, and engineering .. £ S. d. 164,649 5 5 £ s. d. 13,712 3 11 £ s. d. 178,361 9 4 £ s. d. 28,475 7 8 £ s. d. 206,836 17 2 Waipawa Pahiatua 274 1 3 31 6 3 274 1 3 31 6 3 1,938 12 8 37 2 2 300 0 0 26 9 10 125 18 9 368 13 9 400 0 0 400 0 0 1,938 12 8 40 0 0 300 0 0 26 9 10 1,938 12 8 *2 17 10 37 2 2 300 0 0 26 9 10 Waipawa and Patangata.. Waipawa and Pahiatua .. 20,556 7 11 20,556 7 11 20,556 7 11 248 15 0 1,851 11 8 248 15 0 1,851 11 8 40 0 0 248 15 0 1,891 11 8 Totals, Hawke's Bay Land District .. 189,271 2 6 14,354 13 7 203,625 16 1 29,012 18 0 232,638 14 1 Taranaki Land District — Tawai Improved-farm Settlement • .. . .. Mokan Punt .. .. .. Tauranga No. 1 and C Greenlands Improved-farm Settlement Mohakatino Bridge Tongaporutu Improved-farm Settlement Tongaporutu Ferry Uruti Improved-farm Settlement Pukearuhe and Mokau .. Pukearuhe inland to Mohakatino Pukearuhe inland Mohakatino-Parininihi No. Ia Mimi-Mangaroa (road metalling), £1 for £1 Okau Improved-farm Settlement Putiki.. Derwent Improved-farm Settlement Ohura South K No. 5 and L Burfoot Improved-farm Settlement Lepperton Block Eatatomokia Improved-farm Settlement Moanatairi Block Mangatawa Improved-farm Settlement Moanatairi Special Settlement Ureti Township site Maraekowhai (Ohura Eoad) Kawhia Clifton Egmont 490 19 7 221 16 0 188 13 4 1,357 17 8 1,497 9 2 652 15 10 9,935 2 10 3,864 17 10 283 8 6 440 16 7 63 16 9 229 2 9 2 2 3 60 18 0 1,621 2 7 400 0 0 305 11 4 287 11 5 457 4 4 774 8 1 221 16 0 629 9 11 1,421 14 5 1,726 11 11 2 2 3 713 13 10 11,556 5 5 3,864 17 10 400 0 0 1,716 1 3 306 3 5 1,456 4 9 500 0 0 112 7 0 898 19 7 2,338 3 1 ' 175 11 6 1,000 0 0 170 10 1 38 5 7 359 17 3 97 17 9 251 2 0 678 17 5 I 300 0 0 283 8 8 293 8 7 168 15 3 300 0 0 240 13 0 67 0 5 177 19 10 300 0 0 200 0 0 58 0 11 106 11 6 300 0 0 949 19 7 221 16 0 1,000 0 0 800 0 0 1,460 0 0 2,086 9 2 100 0 o 964 15 10 12,235 2 10 3,864 17 10 700 0 0 1,999 9 11 599 12 0 l,b25 0 0 800 0 0 353 0 0 966 0 0 2,516 2 11 300 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 106 11 6 3,716 19 11 1,410 9 11 18 12 0 999 0 5 500 0 0 696 1 3 1,916 2 11 112 7 0 202 18 4 422 0 2 69 8 6 72 10 7 141 19 1 3,416 19 11 3,416 19 11 Carried forward 27,236 7 2 4,961 10 7 32,19' 17 5,56' 19 9 '65 1'

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. I Net Expenditure Net "*|^.™ diture Total Net L, M to , 10Q , 12 Months°ended J^^^aa 31st March, 1897. 3 i st March, 1898. Slst March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Tabanaki Land District — continued. Mokau Eoad Moki Eoad Upper Waitara Block (Uruti Boad) Okoke Boad Okoke Block Waikiekie Block Tikorangi to Te Tarata Junction Boad to Purangi, £1 for £1 Junction Eoad (widening) Upper Waitara to Mangaere.. Bridge over Purangi (to account) Bridge over Purangi Eoads east of Waitara Ngatimaru Block.. Milsom Milsom Block Milsom and Tanner Autawa and Pita Boads Autawa Block Oxford Association Block Inglewood to White Cliffs Toro (Section 23, Block IV., Huiroa) Block Inglewood to Waitara New Plymouth inland Henwood and Upland Eoads Bridge on Stony Eiver and approaches .. Egmont Block Egmont (VI.) Block Egmont Boad Egmont District Alfred Eoad Patua (Egmont V., VII., XI.) Block .. Patua (Egmont) Block Carrington Eoad Tariki Eoad Huiroa Block Bridge over Manganui Biver Ironsand Block .. Opening of Huiroa Block Huiroa District •i "i £ s. d. 27,236 7 2 £ a. d. 4,961 10 7 £ s. d. 32,197 17 9 £ s. d. 5,567 19 9 £ s. d. 37,765 17 6 Clifton Egmont 190 6 8 126 0 0 500 0 0 1,236 2 2 190 6 8 126 0 0 500 0 0 1,540 13 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0; 390 6 8. 126 0 a 500 0 01,600 8 IO 150 0 0 702 3 85,386 5 7 610 0 0 1,495 18 11 300 0 0 4 3 6 6,579 16 8 1,830 0 0 150 0 0 1,750 0 0 230 0 0 498 5 0 1,153 0 0 1,200 0 0 5,000 0 0 115 0 0 2,749 1 5 3,760 17 3 993 12 10 1,151 6 2 304 10 10 59 15 10 150 0 0 702 3 8 2,797 5 1 2,510 17 4 702 3 8 5,308 2 5 78 3 2 610 0 0 53 0 5 289 8 1 1,190 15 0 252 3 6 10 11 11 1,442 18 6 10 11 11 4 3 6 6,579 16 8 1,830 0 0 4 3 6 6,579 16 8 1,830 0 0 150 0 0 1,750 0 0 1,750 0 0 230 0 0 438 2 11 897 18 1 813 3 9 5,000 0 0 60 2 1 49 5 5 498 5 0 947 3 6 813 3 9 5,000 0 0 205 16 6 386 16 3 Clifton and Taranaki Taranaki 115 0 0 2,749 1 5 3,760 17 3 993 12 10 1,151 6 2 2,749 1 5 3,760 17 3 993 12 10 1,151 6 2 Taranaki 272 2 4 30 19 3 303 1 7 117 18 5 421 0 0 185 15 6 356 12 11 201 19 10 185 15 6 356 12 11 201 19 10 185 15 6 356 12 11 201 19 10 26 14 5 404 2 11 430 17 4 319 2 8 750 0 0 94 8 8 1,149 7 0 781 1 3 514 0 2 94 8 8 1,149 7 0 781 1 3 514 0 2 94 8 8 1,149 7 0 781 1.3 514 0 2 m • " m m 2,067 17 10 2,067 17 10 2,067 17 10 Carried forward .. 65,597 2 3 8,584 3 10 74,181 6 1 8,833 1 1 83,014 7 2

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities Brought forward Eoads, Bbidges, etc. — continued. Tabanaki — continued. Motukawa Newall Eoad Waiweranui Opunake Wharf, £1 for £1 .. Waitara Bridge (Tarata Bridge) Tikorangi Bridge, £1 for £1 .. Tikorangi Bridge Inglewood to Ngatimaru Junction Eoad, from Inglewood eastwards Kohuratahi Improved-farm Settlement.. Kohuratahi-Tangarakau Tangarakau Clearing Tangarakau Eiver (clearing), to account Whangamomona Improved-farm Settlement Boss Block Huiroa Improved-farm Settlement Huiroa Block Huiroa Boads Block X., Huiroa ... Eoads east of Waipuku Boads east of Midhirst Mountain-roads to blocks under survey .. Eoads east of Stratford Denbigh Eoad subsidy .. .'. East Eoad Ohura (contribution) Ohura Taumatamahoe .. Taumatamahoe No. 2 Stratford-Ongaruhe-Ohura Stratford-Ongaruhe Kahouri Bridge Putikituna ... .. - - Mangaere Block .. Okama Huiroa Township (bushfelling) Mangaere Improved-farm Settlement .. Manganui Block Eltham Block ' £ s. d. 65,597 2 3 £ s. d. 8,584 3 10 £ s. d. 74,181 6 1 £ S. d. 8,833 1 1 £ s. d. 83,014 7 2 Taranaki Taranaki 150 0 0 100 0 0 99 0 0 1,131 14 0 968 18 2 799 5 1 150 0 0 100 0 0 192 10 6 1,131 14 0 968 18 2 799 5 1 387 4 -9 368 3 1 1,000 0 0 256 19 10 2,074 12 6 263 7 2 233 11 10 8,059 4 7 421 0 0 886 6 5 1,254 6 8 79 12 3 745 17 0 278 13 5 253 10 3 890 14 0 1,865 19 8 150 0 0 1,158 7 6 150 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 1,131 14 0 968 18 2 799 5 1 397 6 7 368 3 1 1,000 0 0 256 19 10 2,513 0 2 263 7 2 400 0 0 8,356 14 6 478 0 0 1,049 18 6 1,254 6 8 115 10 0 745 17 0 278 13 5 253 10 3 890 14 0 1,865 19 8 150 0 0 1,158 7 6 3,120 13 0 4,916 8 2 93 10 6 7 9 6 Clifton and Taranaki m • • Hawera Egmont Taranaki and Egmont 368 3 1 1,000 0 0 256 19 10 387 4 9 10 1 10 Egmont Stratford 2,074 12 6 438 7 8 263 7 2 6,171 8 3 210 2 8 732 18 6 1,254 6 8 233 11 10 1,887 16 4 210 17 4 153 7 11 166 8 2 297 9 11 57 0 0 163 12 1 79 12 3 35 17 9 745 17 0 278 13 5 253 10 3 890 14 0 1,865 19 8 150 0 0 1,158 7 6 3,120 13 0 "1 4,916 8 2 4,916 8 2 2,992 18 0 2,992 18 0 2,992 18 0 49,070 11 5 11,704 10 10 49,070 11 5 11,704 10 10 600 0 0 3,646 13 2 49,070 11 5 15,351 4 0 600 0 0 300 0 O 4,144 0 0 200 0 0 600 0 0 4,103 18 6 40 1 6 4,144 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 642 2 2 856 5 8 800 0 0 106 11 3 37 14 4 748 13 5 894 0 0 800 0 0 139 8 9 888 2 2 894 0 0 800 0 0 .. Carried forward 148,278 11 5 25,743 15 2 174,022 6 7 191,438 9 6 17,416 2 11

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabihties. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Taranaki — continued. Gatton Block Terrace End Terrace End Special-setlement Block Mangaehu Bkck .. ... Puniwhakau Block Makahu Block Mangaotuku .. .. .. ) Mangaotuku Block Mangaehu and Llewellyn Special-settlement Blocks (above loan) To complete bushfelling, Stratford Eefund expenses, T. Kelly, Mountain-road Commission Bridge on Stratford to Opunake Boad Kaupokonui Block .. .. .. Ngaire (draining swamps) Anderson's roads and bridges (Bawhitiroa Boad) .. Through parts of Blocks HI., V., X., Ngaire District Poti Improved-farm Settlement Native Trust Blocks Ngaire Improved-farm Settlement Eltham and branch roads Maata Improved- farm Settlement Botokare and other roads Ararata Bridge Boads through bush, Waimate Plains Boads through bush, Waimate Plains Continuous reserve to be refunded Boads inland, M°koia Mangamingi Township Through parts of Blocks I., II., V., VII., X., Ngaire District Tracks and huts, Mount Egmont ... £ s. d. 148,278 11 5 £ s. d. 25,743 15 2 £ s. d. 174,022 6 7 £ s. d. 17,416 2 11 £ s. d. 191,438 9 6 - Stratford Egmont 945 6 4 1,725 14 5 301 0 0 4 13 8 122 0 7 447 5 7 930 6 9 950 0 0 122 0 7 2,173 0 0 301 0 0 930 6 9 377 19 5 230 13 3 300 0 0 950 0 0 500 0 0 2,173 0 0 301 0 0 1,161 0 0 300 0 0 650 0 0 376 12 7 300 0 0 285 3 5 376 12 7 364 16 7 650 0 0 376 12 7 300 0 0 34 0 0 19 8 0 34 0 0 19 8 0 34 0 0 19 8 0 Hawera Hawera ... Egmont, Patea, and Hawera Hawera I ... 376 19 8 4 7 6 11,862 19 4 1,228 0 7 1,146 3 6 135 5 8 1,834 13 9 428 18 3 7,359 15 6 57 9 3 1,182 19 3 150 0 0 1,614 9 8 15,714 8 9 5,045 10 4 663 18 1 69 12 7 2,041 0 10 30 0 0 717 18 4 3,296 8 0 75 12 6 116 5 6 376 19 8 34 7 6 12,580 17 8 4,524 8 7 1.146 3 6 210 18 2 1,834 13 9 545 3 9 7,359 15 6 57 9 3 1,182 19 3 150 0 0 1,614 9 8 15,714 8 9 5,045 10 4 663 18 1 90 12 7 2,041 0 10 23 12 6 277 4 2 1,598 16 1 79 1 10 68 14 6 143 0 0 376 19 8 58 0 0 12,858 1 10 6,123 4 8 1,146 3 6 290 0 0 1,834 13 9 613 19 3 7,359 15 6 200 9 3 1,182 19 3 150 0 0 1,614 9 815,714 8 9 5,045 10 4 663 18 1 100 0 O 2,041 0 10 Patea ...... Egmont Egmont, Patea, andHawera 21 0 0 *9 7 5 Taranaki, Stratford, and Hawera Ditto Clifton, Taranaki, Stratford, Hawera, and Patea Hawera and Stratford Taranaki, Egmont, and Hawera Egmont and Hawera Egmont, Patea, andHawera 52 12 0 489 5 0 541 17 0 158 3 0 700 0 0 Hawera to Waitara Waiti to Patea 14,469 19 2 58,566 6 9 14,469 19 2 58,566 6 9 14,469 19 2 58,566 6 9 South Egmont Forest Eeserve Mangamingi Hawera 47 8 0 6,640 4 10 47 8 0 6,640 4 10 47 8 0 6,640 4 10 Carried forward 336,001 2 2 282,658 19 5 32,359 7 8 315,018 7 1 20,982 15 1

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net ditUre Total Net to in ivr-„iT, c . Expenditure to 31st March. 1897. Mst MarehflSSS 31st March . 189 8Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities, Brought forward .. .. Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. 'abanaki Land District — continued. Wingrove Eoad Great South Eoad, between Opunake and Manaia.. Eawhitiroa Block Bush lands inland of Patea Eangiwhakaoma Block Kaimanuka and Eawhitiroa Waitotara Valley Waitotara, widening (four miles of this in Wellington District) Waitotara, widening (contribution) Opaku-Kapara Block Weraweraonga Whenuakura Valley Bridge and Eoad .. ' Ball Boad (Blocks IX., X., XIII., XIV., Carlyle and Opaku S.D.) Okotuku .. .. .. Central Patea Valley Okahutiiia Waverley to Patea .. Taumatatahi Improved-farm Settlement Patea Eiver Bridge Patea Biver Bridge (to account) Eltham-Waitotara Boads and bridges, unsettled districts, Patea and Ta'anaki Kaitangiwhenua Block Kaitangiwhenua No. 2 Block (Eawhitiroa Boad) .. Kaitangiwhenua No. 3 Block Kaitangiwhenua No. 2 .. Whenuakura Block Sundry roads, Taranaki .. Tools, &c. General: Salaries Miscellaneous and engineering £ s. a. 282,658 19 5 £ s. a. 32,359 7 8 £ s. d. 315,018 7 1 £ s. d. 20,982 15 1 £ s. d. 336,001 2 2 Hawera and Stratford Taranaki and Hawera Patea Hawera Hawera and Taranaki Patea 2,946 0 0 3 11 11 1,926 0 11 2,946 0 0 3 11 11 1,926 0 11 50 0 0 50 0 C 2,946 0 C 500 0 C 1,926 0 11 300 0 C 3,652 16 C 1,500 0 C 18 5 C 496 8 1 3,566 10 2 86 5 10 1,220 19 0 3,652 16 0 1,220 19 0 18 5 0 300 0 0 18 5 0 279 1 0 2,291 16 10 2 10 0 1,077 12 3 1,481 15 0 303 2 0 597 10 0 1,481 15 0 2,594 18 10 600 0 0 1,077 12 3 74 1 8 198 1 2 1,481 15 C 2,793 0 C 600 0 £ 1,077 12 C 1,058 15 C 74 1 8 984 13 4 214 17 0 *7 0 0 386 11 3 221 17 0 386 11 3 70 0 0 355 0 6 100 0 0 378 0 0 33 8 9 100 0 0 599 17 0 420 0 0 70 0 0 390 0 0 70 0 0 22S 14 0 125 6 6 34 19 6 Hawera and Patea Hawera and Patea 101 5 4 101 5 4 398 14 8 300 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 48,296 16 3 Taranaki, Hawera, Patea, and Waitotara Stratford and Patea 48,296 16 3 48,296 16 3 Egmont and Patea 1,375 0 0 4,784 7 10 971 12 2 1,375 0 0 5,756 0 0 1,375 0 0 5,756 0 0 901 14 8 901 14 8 98 5 4 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 500 0 0 251 11 3 254 4 2 402 18 8 4,210 7 5 251 11 3 254 4 2 402 18 8 3,973 1 1 251 11 3 254 4 2 402 18 8 3,978 12 5 *5 11 4 231 15 0 Total, Taranaki Land District 354,343 16 9 38,622 2 5 392,965 1! 3 1 11 418,332 1 1

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure durincr 12 Months'ended Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts. Ac., 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land District — Tongariro National Park .. .. Botoaira-Waimarino Waim arino-Tokaanu Kaituke Block Wanganui to Taupo Okahukura Okahukura 8m Tau rewa-Okahukura Gladstone Block Waimarino Block .. .-. Waimarino Waimarino No. 2 Block .. ... Botoaira-Tokaanu Mangaumana Euapehu Block Moawhango to Karioi Tuamaranui-Ohaku ne Horopito Improvement Farm Eaetihi-Ohura Eaetihi Township Clifton Block Wanganui Wanganui Block Hukunui Eoad Wanganui Eiver Trust Baetihi-Parai iai a Pipiriki-Waioru .. .. .. T , ,. (Pipiriki-Karioi Including | Pip \ rik i_ohakune .. } Mangawhero-Murimotu (same as Wanganui-Muri-) motu) j Paratieke Bangiwaea > Maungakaretu Buanui 2a and 3a Wanganui Biver (steamer subsidy) Ohingaiti-Tokaanu £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wanganui Taupo West and Wanganui Patea Bay of Plenty and Patea.. 1,318 5 9 43 6 6 2,674 9 3 5,376 18 1 99 8 11 100 0 0 99 8 11 1,418 5 9 43 6 6 2,751 9 0 5,376 IS 1 200 U 1 300 1,418 5 43 6 3,374 9 i 5,376 18 1 Wanganu Patea 76 19 9 623 0 3 1,000 0 0 1,337 3 9 6,813 5 7 153 6 10 1,116 6 6 3,730 6 1 261 14 0 1,881 6 11 149 12 6 421 1 3 387 10 10 533 17 4 930 13 3 66 13 1 1,034 0 2 68 0 0 296 19 1 387 10 10 533 17 4 1,000 0 0 2,267 17 0 6,813 5 7 219 19 11 1,116 6 6 4,764 6 3 329 14 0 2,178 6 0 149 12 6 1,163 0 0 112 9 2 300 0 0 366 2 8 269 6 9 28 4 5 100 0 0 133 6 11 40 12 11 232 0 0 203 0 11 500 0 300 0 ( 900 0 ( 1,000 0 ( 2,537 3 i 6,841 10 ( 100 0 ( 353 6 1( 1,116 6 ( 4,804 19 ', 561 14 C 2,381 6 11 149 12 i 1,163 0 ( 250 0 ( 1,556 0 ( 200 0 ( 5,290 0 ( 2,683 2 11 4,600 0 ( 741 18 9 250 0 0 167 10 10 172 8 0 440 0 0 38 2 3 916 5 2 1,062 13 9 325 15 5 27 12 0 800 0 0 782 18 2 3,683 14 10 1,388 9 2 27 12 0 4,850 0 0 2,645 0 8 3,683 14 10 4,050 0 0 1,862 2 6 J 4,939 13 3 t 19,632 5 7 ( 1,434 8 2 1 4,260 10 3 588 2 7 i 181 0 6 24,571 18 10 5,875 18 11 165 3 6 24,571 18 1( 6,041 2 I 1,730 7 0 588 2 7 1,730 7 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 87 10 0 606 15 4 588 2 1 500 0 ( 1,730 7 C 200 0 C 2,367 17 7 21,575 10 £ Hunterville-Turangarere Kuripapanga-Karioi Wanganui and Waitotara Taupo East, Wanganui, and Bangitikei Ditto Wanganui, Bangitikei, and Hawke's Bay Bay of Plenty, Patea, and Bangitikei Ditto Patea, Bangitikei, and Hawke's Bay 2,210 15 1 18,671 5 3 24,867 1 8 2,443 11 7 69 12 6 2,297 10 2 2,280 7 7 20,968 15 5 24,867 1 8 2,443 11 7 24,867 1 c 2,44b 11 7 Carried forward • • 114,029 19 686 14

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net p ™f ture Total Net 'ftSSS« T Total Net _„\ 1S „, 12Mo„ths 8 ended „F?^ di * a ™ *£ CoXcts Ic., 31st March. 1897. 3 lst March, 1898. 31st March, 1898. 31st March, 1898. and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Moawhango-Te Horo Taihape Township Eongoiti Improved Farm Hautapu » Taihape „ Ohutu . 0 tuaru Improved Farm Ohinewairu Block Pukeokahu (IX.) Block Hautapu (VIII.), Buahine (V., IX., X.) Blocks Pukeokahu (X., XIII.), Ohinewairua (XVI.), Hautapu (IV.), Euahine (I.) Block Masterton-Tenui Improved Farm Mangaweka Improved-farm Settlement.. Mangaweka Township Mangaweka Township (drainage) Mangaonoho Bangitikei Bridge, Vinegar Hill, £1 for £1 Vinegar Hill Eoad £ s. d. 114,029 19 8 £ s. d. 12,504 4 9 £ s. d. 126,534 4 5 £ S. d. 6,152 10 2 £ s. d. 132,686 14 7 Bangitikei Bangitikei 225 9 2 216 1 2 60 1 11 1,322 0 6 1,127 18 7 1,350 1 7 87 17 0 278 14 5 504 3 7 216 1 2 385 5 5 1,922 2 7 3,556 0 10 2,819 0 0 171 18 3 211 7 9 121 5 7 625 9 2 216 1 2 575 1 11 2,066 6 5 4,057 15 1 3,265 7 3 687 17 0 1,700 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 325 3 6 600 2 1 2,428 2 3 1,468 18 5 84 1 3 211 7 9 189 16 6 144 3 10 501 14 3 446 7 3 515 18 9 1,488 12 3 400 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 573 15 4 227 9 6 801 4 10 212 10 6 1,000 0 0 1,013 15 4 1,000 0 0 { 150 0 0 2,500 0 0 200 0 0 974 5 2 109 12 0 150 0 0 2,500 0 0 200 0 0 1,404 3 6 109 12 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 2,500 0 0 200 0 0 1,474 5 2 109 12 0 400 0 0 Taihape-Paengaroa (same as Hautapu-Sommerville) Patea and Bangitikei 429 18 4 70 1 8 Hautapu (I., V., VI., IX., X.) and Tiriraukawa (IV., VIII.) Blocks Paraekaretu Blook Te Kapua Block (Sommerville and Knights of Labour) Te Kapua Otiri Block Marton to Murimotu Murray's Track Watershed and Murray's Pohonuiotane Pohinuiotane Block Mangapana Hunterviile 1, 2, 3 Pohonuiotane Block, Hunterviile 1, 2, 3 Turakina Valley Eoad Hales's Track to Murimotu Bridge over Wangaehu Flood subsidies 400 0 0 Patea 149 0 0 4,511 0 4 370 15 8 139 2 6 2,670 6 6 379 19 8 410 10 0 22 15 0 149 0 0 4,891 0 0 781 5 8 139 2 6 2,670 6 6 22 15 0 772 12 9 200 0 0 59 14 9 89 10 0 277 5 0 149 0 0 4,891 0 0 870 15 8 139 2 6 2,670 6 6 300 0 0 772 12 9 300 0 0 59 14 9 772 12 9 100 0 0 59 14 9 200 0 0 1,104 9 0 618 9 0 3,063 6 6 497 0 0 1,000 0 0 286 17 0 1,391 6 0 618 9 0 3,618 16 3 497 0 0 1,000 0 0 743 3 0 2,134 9 0 618 9 0 4,143 6 6 497 0 0 1,000 0 0 Wanganui and Bangitikei 555 9 9 524 10 3 Bangitikei and Kiwitea .. Wanganui and Manawatu Bangitikei and Manawatu Carried forward 13' 882 1! 20,4: 151

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to Slst March, 1897. Net Expenditure Total Net 12 Monthslnded o?5 P^, d " 1 ? r 1 e s t Q S 31st March, 1898. 31st Maroh > 1898 ' Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Temporary bridges, Bangitikei ... Lands and Survey Offices, Wanganui .. To relieve Wanganui Bridge from tolls .. Patea to Wanganui Wairoa Survey District Waitotara Valley.. Tokomaru Block Te Ngaue Block .. Te Ngaue No. 2 Block Omahine Block Waverley-Patea Eoad Mangawhio Boad.. Okotuku Momahaki Village Settlement Block Momah'aki-Waitotara .. Waitotara-Omahine . ; . Eoad through University Eeserve Awarua Bangitikei Bridge, Mangaweka Bangitikei Bridge, Otara, £1 for £1 Kawatau to Hautapu Kawatau Kawatau Valley Boad Kawatau Block Kawatau Improved-farm Settlement Otamakapua Otamakapua and Waitapu .. Ngaio Eoad Hautapu-Euahine .. Marton 1 and 2 .. .. ■ . .; i. Hautapu to Buahine (Marton 1 and 2) ., Hautapu Buahine Block (Marton 1 and 2) Hautapu No. 2 Block Mangawhaririki Hautapu Block Hautapu .. Hautapu No. 2 .. Kelpie Eoad Karewarewa Block £ s. d. 137,882 19 1 £ s. d. 20,413 13 8 £ s. d. 158,296 12 9 £, , s. d. 14,027 9 0 £ s. d. 172,324 1 9 Kiwitea and Bangitikei .. Waitotara Waitotara and Wanganui Waitotara and Patea Bangitikei and Manawatu Wanganui 17,000 0 0 36,275 18 9 14 5 7 686 0 0 1,995 3 4 200 0 0 350 0 0 350 0 0 17,000 0 0 36,275 18 9 14 5 7 686 0 0 1,995 3 4 200 0 0 300 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 17,000 0 0 36,275 18 9 14 5 7 686 0 0 1,995 3 4 367 0 O 286 0 0 114 0 0 130 0 0 190 9 3 100 0 0 1,360 0 0 3,602 13 1 3,524 1 9 400 0 0 17,086 15 8 4,700 19 7 1,317 13 6 438 16 8 616 19 11 1,500 0 0 1,425 0 0 1,699 10 8 2,288 0 9 4,464 8 2 200 0 0 1,987 11 5 200 0 0 S99 4 9 4,537 11 3 1,714 0 0 8,866 12 4 1,573 0 0 941 14 9 260 0 0 778 4 4 319 1 9 Wanganui and Patea Patea Waitotara Patea 167 0 0 286 0 0 114 0 0 130 0 0 190 9 3 100 0 0 1,305 9 8 3,602 13 1 3,524 1 9 400 0 0 11,856 15 8 3,069 10 0 672 13 1 438 16 8 616 19 11 *5 8 0 114 0 0 130 0 0 190 9 3 100 0 0 1,310 17 8 3,602 13 1 3,524 1 9 400 0 0 15,050 19 5 4,217 17 8 672 13 1 438 16 8 616 19 11 49 2 4 Kiwitea and Bangitikei .. Bangitikei 3,194 3 9 1,148 7 8 2,035 16 3 483 1 11 645 0 5 Kiwitea 262 10 8 1,134 10 8 2,288 0 9 4,464 8 2 598 8 4 319 13 11 860 19 0 1,454 4 7 2,288 0 9 4,464 8 2 70 10 9 1,359 3 10 1,500 0 0 564 1 0 245 6 1 402 11 5 70 10 9 956 12 5 129 9 3 628 7 7 200 0 0 899 4 9 4,373 14 4 1,227-13 8 5,851 6 9 1,573 0 0 201 0 0 466 14 11 2,563 19 6 899 4 9 4,373 14 4 1,694 8 7 8,415 6 3 1,573 0 0 730 9 0 163 16 11 19 11, 5 451 6 1 529 9 0 211 5 9 260 0 0 36 2 10 328 4 4 319 1 9 413 17 2 742 1 6 319 1 9 Carried forward ' ■■ 243,401 3 1 31,030 19 1 274,432 2 2 22,402 16 10 296,834 19 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1897. Net Expenditure j Total Net MMonttslnded ! 31st March, 1898. i 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward £ a. d. 243,401 3 1 £ S. d. 31,030 19 1 £ s. d. 274,432 2 2 £ S. d. 22,402 16 10 £ s. d. 296,884 19 0 Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Pemberton Improved-farm Settlement .. Pemberton to Wairaki (Pukerimu) Watershed Boad Kimbolton-Wairaki Kimbolton Eoad extension Kimbolton Eoad to Oroua Kimbolton Conspicuous Eoad Umutoi Umutoi Block Pakihikura Eoad, Oroua Eiver Waitapu Block .. .. Mangoira to Coal Creek Block Main Eoad, Mangoira-Coal Creek Mangoira-Coal Creek Oroua Bridge Apiti District Umoutoi Table Flat Pohangina Block TunipoEoad, Apiti-Norsewood Salisbury and Delaware Block Salisbury and Delaware Pohangina Pohangina Valley Eoad Upper Pohangina Valley Pohangina Valley Forest Eeserve East side of Pohangina Eiver Oroua to Coal Creek, Pohangina to Oroua Malton Mai ton Block Norsowood-Apiti Bridge Approach, Orepuhi Manawatu Gorge.. .. .. Palmerston North Forest Eeserve Blocks V., VI., IX., X., and XIII., Kairanga Survey District, Palmerston North, 24 miles, to open 8,582 acres Kiwitea Kiwitea and Pohangina .. Pohangina Bangitikei 2,689 18 8 508 15 9 1,180 3 9 225 19 3 1,008 4 11 496 2 0 449 15 0 77 11 9 314 11 10 400 0 0 500 0 0 1,379 6 6 2,030 0 0 296 10 0 1,405 6 7 500 0 0 30 10 6 379 11 9 639 15 0 83 12 2 196 14 1 235 8 2 90 0 0 155 11 9 139 17 1 15 8 0 303 17 0 2,720 9 2 888 7 6 1,180 3 9 865 14 3 1,008 4 11 496 2 0 449 15 0 161 3 11 196 14 1 550 0 0 490 0 0 500 0 0 1,379 6 6 2,030 0 0 452 2 5 1,405 6 7 500 0 0 139 17 1 1,181 0 0 366 19 5 3,348 0 0 1,669 3 10 3 10 0 578 9 0 998 7 8 425 0 0 920 17 6 1,994 2 2 69 9 6 70 8 3 *9 5 9 701 0 9 53 5 11 300 0 0 186 8 3 2,789 18 8 958 15 9 1.180 3 9 875 0 0 1,008 4 11 496 2 8 449 15 0 862 4 0 250 0 0 550 0 0 490 0 0 500 0 0 1,379 6 6 2,030 0 0 300 0 0 638 10 8 1,405 6 7 500 0 0 139 17 1 1.181 0 0 500 2 5 3,348 0 0 1,863 10 10 245 0 0 578 9 0 1,400 0 0 575 0 0 920 17 6 1,994 2 2 200 0 0 302 0 0 484 19 7 150 0 0 117,236 6 4 877 9 5 1,524 7 2 1,165 12 0 63 2 5 3,348 0 0 1.153 10 10 133 3 0 515 13 0 3 10 0 194 7 0 241 10 0 578 9 0 401 12 4 150 0 0 425 0 0 920 17 6 1,994 2 2 998 7 8 200 0 0 Pohangina and Waipawa.. Bangitikei and Oroua Oroua and Pahiatua Bangitikei and Waipawa.. Manawatu and Bangitikei Pahiatua and Palmerston 302 0 0 34 19 7 150 0 0 117,236 6 4 877 9 5 1,524 7 2 284 16 7 302 0 0 319 16 2 150 0 0 117,236 6 4 877 9 5 1,524 7 2 115 3 5 Oroua Palmerston Carried forward 386,637 6 35,103 11 10 421,740 18 0 25,228 11 0 446,969 9

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net Expenditure To tal Net to iiim„ Expenditure to Slst March, 1897. SlsTMarch, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, <fec, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure a*ad Liabilities. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Blocks V., VI., IX., and XIII., Kairanga Survey District, Palmerston North Kairanga Drain Eepairs, Fitzherbert Bridge Eoads in Fitzherbert Block Boads, Fitzherbert Block Lower Gorge Bridge (to account of contribution, £2,000) Alfredton to Weber Boad £ s. d. 386,637 6 2 £ s. d. 35,103 11 10 £ s. d. 421,740 18 0 £ s. d. 25,228 10 0 £ s. d. 446,969 9 0 Oroua Palmerston 3,738 8 0 3,738 8 0 3,738 8 0 851 8 4 500 0 0 1,050 5 3 400 0 0 851 8 4 500 0 0 1,050 5 3 ' 400 0 0 851 8 4 500 0 0 1,050 5 3 400 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 Wairarapa North and Patangata Wairarapa North Pahiatua and Waipawa .. Pahiatua 19,646 19 3 5,350 0 10 24,997 0 1 1,981 14 0 26,978 14 1 Akitio Improved-farm Settlement Seventy-mile Bush Makairo-Kumeroa Pahiatua-Palmerston North Pahiatua-Palmerston .. .. Mangatoro Valley Aohanga to Waewaepa Eoad Upper Manawatu Gorge Boad Upper Manawatu Boads Hall Special Settlement Hall Association Block Ballance-Manawatu Gorge Makairo Boad Mangatoro Township (felling) Coonoor Block Coonoor Association Woodville to Aohanga Waewaepa, £1 for £1 Toritea Eoad Toritea-Makuri Tiraumea North Kaitawa Bidge Boad Mangaramarama Eoad Thompson's Tiraumea to Makuri Tiraumea Bridge (Subsidy, Hull's Crossing) Tiraumea Bridge (Subsidy, Hull's Crossing) Mangatainoka Bridge, at Tutaekara Crossing, £1 for £1 Pahiatua and Oroua Pahiatua „ " Pahiatua and Waipawa .. Pahiatua Pahiatua and Palmerston Pahiatua and Waipawa .. Pahiatua and Masterton .. Pahiatua i 1,510 18 7 61,326 5 7 2,581 12 7 159 11 8 5,017 16 8 377 11 11 22 8 1 794 0 0 679 2 9 3,570 8 2 34 2 6 134 0 3 131 0 0 1,437 3 1 1,364 16 1 40 15 0 299 17 3 517 13 11 191 14 5 2,875 14 8 61,326 5 7 40 15 0 2,581 12 7 159 11 8 5,317 13 11 377 11 11 22 8 1 794 0 0 1,196 16 8 3,762 2 7 34 2 6 134 0 3 131 0 0 1,807 0 10 199 3 11 259 5 0 150 0 0 180 10 8 150 0 0 132 6 1 272 4 2 3,074 18 7 61,326 5 7 300 0 0 2,581 12 7 309 11 8 5,498 4 7 377 11 11 22 8 1 150 0 0 794 0 0 1,329 2 9 4,034 6 9 34 2 6 134 0 3 131 0 0 2,237 3 1 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 425 0 0 150 0 0 218 7 4 200 0 0 1,610 14 2 261 10 0 238 10 0 300 0 0 369 17 9 430 2 3 100 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 395 7 7 29 12 5 425 0 0 150 0 0 218 7 4 *4 4 0 218 7 4 4 4 0 1,610 14 2 261 10 0 238 10 0 195 16 0 1,610 14 2 261 10 0 238 10 0 300 0 0 , Carried forward 493,474 17 11 43,272 3 6 536,747 1 5 30,429 13 1 567,176 14

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Name of Work. _L County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to Slst March, 1897. Net Expenditure Total Net io iwSS5 g a it Expenditure to "arch, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward £ s. d. 493,474 17 1 £ s. d. 43,272 3 6 £ s. d. 536,747 1 5 £ s. d. 30,492 13 1 £ s. d. 567,176 14 6 Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Mangatainoka Biver Bridge, Hamua (to account) .. Tiraumea Bridge —Maturi contribution Tiraumea Bridge .. .... .. .. Tiraumea Valley Boad .. Mangatainoko Eoads .. .. Mangahao Bridge Mangatainoka Bridge Mangatainoka, on Bridge Boad .. 1 Makakahi Boad .. Bridge Boad to Makakahi Makakahi Bridge to Mangahao South Pahiatua Boad .. .. Upper Makuri Valley Eoad .. Te Aupapa Eoad and Makuri Bridge Makuri Township (unsold) .. Makuri Bridge, near Township .. . .. Makuri Gorge Eoad Tutaekura Boad Pahiatua Pahiatua : .. •.. 1,000 0 0 2,244 10 10 371 4 1 5,411 18 3 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 819 7 10 515 15 3 1,000 0 0 2,244 10 10 886 19 4 5,411 18 3 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 819 7 10 300 0 0 97 0 10 300 0 0 1,000 0.0 2,244 10 10 984 0 2 5,411 18 3 500 0 0 1.000 0 0 819 7 10 316 12 6 1,609 0 8 6,846 15 8 400 0 0 733 11 8 295 0 0 3,925 3 4 311 1 6 624 5 8 624 5 8 316 12 6 1,609 0 8 7,593 9 3 400 0 0 733 11 8 295 0 0 3,925 3 4 311 1 6 j 1,287 11 3 | 675 19 9 1,521 10 1 200 0 0 96 16 9 1,246 4 6 150 0 0 ( 413 7 10 10,406 4 1 3,040 6 11 12,374 18 9 353 14 4 { 978 0 0 316 12 6 1,609 0 8 7,746 15 8 400 0 0 733 11 8 295 0 0 3,925 3 4 311 1 6 1,287 11 3 700 0 0 1,521 10 1 200 0 0 96 16 9 1,246 4 6 150 0 0 413 7 10 350 13 9 11,490 2 7 3,791 0 9 12,374 18 9 116 0 0 19,317 15 2 400 0 0 200 0 0 1,150 0 0 1,200 0 0 1,550 0 0 1,400 0 0 746 13 7 153 6 5 Towai Boad J Pahiatua and Wairarapa I ( North ) Ditto Pahiatua and Masterton .. 1,287 11 3 675 19 9 ) 24 0 3 Waiwera Block Mount Marchant Boad, £1 for £1 Mangaone Valley.. .. Mangaone to Tiraumea .. .. ... Pori 1,521 10 1 200 0 0 96 16 9 1,246 4 6 it 150 0 0 Tiraumea Biver Boad-Pa Valley Boad .. 164 1 7 249 6 3 } 350 13 9 Makuri to Pongaroa Makuri to Aohanga Boad Puketoi Puketoi-Aohanga .. ... Pahiatua, Mangaone,& c. .. Mangatainoka Valley North Wairarapa (flood-damages, £1 for £1) Bising Sun Association Pahiatua No. 3 .. Pahiatua No. 1 .. Pahiatua No. 2 .. Wairarapa North Pahiatua ... Masterton and Pahiatua.. Masterton Masterton and Pahiatua.. Pahiatua 7,349 12 4 2,770 0 9 12,374 18 9 19,317 15 2 200 0 0 190 5 9 54 8 5 539 17 0 207 0 2 3,056 11 9 270 6 2 19,317 15 2 200 0 0 900 14 7 748 10 6 1,297 19 5 1,201 8 1 1,083 18 6 750 13 10 116 0 0 400 0 0 710 8 10 694 2 1 759 2 5 994 7 11 249 5 5 451 9 6 252 0 7 198 11 11 Carried forward 566,779 6 9 52,718 3 2 619,497 9 11 35,210 8 5 654,707 18

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net ture I Total Net to no ivr„ «, Ami Expenditure to j Slst March, 1897. ! 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bbidges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land Distbict — continued. Waihi Masterton Beform Association Mangatiti Improved-farm Settlement Aohanga Gorge Boad Bakanui-Makuri-Pongaroa Junction Pahiatua No. 4 .. Boad to Native Land K, No. 2 .... Upper Mangatiti Boad Christchurch Farm-homestead Block ... Christchurch Association .. ... Puketoi-Aohanga Block Mecalickstone Mecalickstone Farm-homestead Block Huia Mangatainoka Biver Bridge (Newman-Stirling), on account East Puketoi Burling's to Mecalickstone .. ... Smith's Footbridge-Totara Beserve Hukunui to Hawera, £1 for 10s. Hukunui-Masterton Special Settlement Pori Boad, Puketoi and Tiraumea Bridge and Boad, Napier's Crossing Kakariki Block Kakariki Special Settlement ... ... Stirling Block Newman to Sterling Waipoua Eiver Bridge Tararua .. .. ,,.. Eketahuna County roads (flood-damages) Wellington Settlement-Forest Eeserve Eketahuna to Sterling Te Maru .. .. .. , .. Mangaone Bridge.. £ s. d. 566,779 6 9 £ s. d. 52,718 3 2 £ s. d. 619,497 9 11 £ S. d. 35,210 8 5 £ s. d. 654,707 18 4 Wairarapa North Pahiatua 435 2 7 415 19 10 258 9 5 620 13 0 243 4 7 552 6 0 694 2 3 136 12 9 678 7 2 968 5 10 952 11 8 757 5 9 156 15 5 61 14 0 67 8 4 142 14 3 400 0 0 252 15 0 150 0 0 835 2 7 1,029 19 10 1,020 0 0 900 0 0 400 0 0 600 0 0 150 0 0 34 0 0 313 5 0 347 5 0 1,369 13 10 288 1 11 76 6 4 1,503 0 0 507 3 5 210 0 9 16 12 6 1,369 13 10 210 0 9 304 14 5 76 6 4 1,503 0 0 1,354 14 10 219 19 3 14 5 7 300 0 0 1,369 13 10 430 0 0 319 0 0 376 6 4 1,503 0 0 1,627 3 5 200 0 0 847 11 5 272 8 7 200 0 0 Pahiatua and Masterton.. 2,681 8 0 240 0 0 87 1 6 2,681 8 0 327 1 6 419 18 6 100 0 0 2,681 8 0 747 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 900 0 0 Masterton 350 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 900 0 0 900 0 0 200 0 0 1,541 1 8 1,191 14 9 300 0 0 123 6 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 297 19 1 20 18 4 1,562 0 0 1,191 14 9 300 0 0 123 6 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 297 19 1 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 1,562 0 0 200 0 0 1,191 14 9 600 0 0 200 0 0 123 6 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 297 19 1 200 0 0 252 7 3 300 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 252 7 3 252 7 3 J300 0 0 (200 0 0 200 0 0 Eketahuna to Parkville 300 0 0 200 0 0 Parkville-Mangatainoka Ihuraua Valley Eoad Eketahuna-Alfredton 300 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 Carried forward 581,215 13 10 56,189 18 3 637,405 12 1 39,418 7 676,823 19

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure Total Net 12 Monttslnded 3lst March, 1898. 6lst ma,ctl . 18i)s - Liabilities on rr,„+„i -kt„+ Authorities, uSSSL Contracts, So, ,ET£m£h™ 31st March, 1898. and LjaMlt »>s. Brought forward Boads, Bbidges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. South Mangaone Eoad Mangaone (Norling's) Mount Baker (Pioneer) Mount Baker Valley Mangaoronga Boad Kaiparoro Kaiparoro Block Kaiparoro No. 2 Block Barton's Eoad Bowen's Boad-Hastwell Eangitumau Block Mauriceville roads (storm-damages) Mauriceville West.. Mangamahoe Boad Mikimiki Bridge Dagg's Boad Barton's Boad to Wairere Cleland's Eoad Wingate Eoad Tenui Bridge (contribution) Alfredton-Tenui (contribution) Te Mara Block Mikimiki Dannevirke-Centennial Block Uruti-Castlepoint Tenui Bridge and Eoad (contribution) Kaiwhata Eun (near Brancepeth) Taueru Bridge (Masterton-East Coast), £1 for £1 (to account) Kaiwhata Eewa Wairarapa East £ s. d. 581,215 13 10 £ s. d. 56,189 18 3 £ s. d. 637,405 12 1 £ s. d. 39,418 7 4 £ s. d. 676,823 19 5 Wairarapa North Masterton 214 7 4 138 13 6 214 7 4 138 13 6 3,539 1 9 100 0 0 239 0 0 61 6 6 214 7 4 200 0 0 3,539 1 9 100 0 0 310 0 0 200 0 0 1,174 0 0 50 0 0 515 0 0 103 10 8 4,118 0 7 200 0 0 652 1 2 1,022 15 3 500 0 0 150 0 0 1,127 11 7 350 0 0 180 0 0 3,539 1 9 100 0 0 239 0 0 71 0 0 200 0 0 7 6 10 "I 1,116 13 2 103 10 8 4,118 0 7 200 0 0 652 1 2 522 15 3 50 0 0 50 0 0 453 0 10 1,166 13 2 50 0 0 453 0 10 103 10 8 4,118 0 7 200 0 0 652 1 2 1,022 15 3 61 19 2 500 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 1,077 11 7 350 0 0 150 0 0 1,077 11 7 350 0 0 50 0 0 -. "I 180 0 0 Wairarapa and Masterton 242 4 0 135 12 6 150 0 7 135 9 5 100 0 0 392 4 7 135 12 6 135 9 5 100 0 0 180 0 0 43 15 5 364 10 7 180 0 0 436 0 0 135 12 6 500 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 Wairarapa 300 0 0 6 12 0 99 8 0 100 0 0 . 300 0 0 Wairarapa North and South Wairarapa, Masterton, and Pahiatua Wairarapa 1,500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 1,500 0 0 200 0 0 1,500 0 0 Kaiwhata Valley, Kiawhata, and Pahaoa Kaitangata Kaitangata Block Buamahanga Bridge Buamahanga Bridge (£1 for £1), Masterton-Glad-stone Eoad Buamahanga Bridge (Taratahi - Carterton) flooddamages Wairarapa South 1,270 12 6 432 4 0 60 7 5 1,270 12 6 432 4 0 656 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 127 16 0 1,770 12 6 560 0 0 656 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 „ 595 12 7 200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 Carried forward 58,759 2 0 597,543 8 11 656,302 10 11 42,866 1 10 699,168 12

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c. f 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bbidges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land Distbict — continued. Waiohine Bridge (Matarawa) Waiohine Bridge Bridge over Waiohine Gladstone-East Coast (restoring) Wainuioru-East Coast Turner's Eoad-Wainuioru Bocky Hill-Wainuioru Waiohine Flat Point Eoad Driscoll's Boad Sandon Township Manawatu Bridge at Foxton Foxton to Otaki (inland) .. Otaki to Foxton Bridges over Tokomaru, Ohau, Waikawa, and Otaki Eivers (contribution) Crossing at Levin Horowhenua 11b Mount Holdsworth Eoad £ s. d. 597,543 8 11 £ s. d. 58,759 2 0 £ 8. d. 656,302 10 11 £ s. d. 42,866 1 10 £ s. d.' 699,168 12 9 Wairarapa South Wairarapa 532 18 4 13 15 6 100 0 0 300 0 0 581 6 11 581 6 11 532 18 4 13 15 6 200 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 5 14 9 587 1 8 532 18 4 13 15 6 200 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 1,430 7 9 0 18 0 599 10 9 512 2 8 600 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 Manawatu Manawatu and Horowhenua Masterton Manawatu 1,430 7 9 0 18 0 599 10 9 512 2 8 1,430 7 9 0 18 0 599 10 9 512 2 8 450 0 0 Manawatu and Otaki Horowhenua 450 0 0 150 0 0 Horowhenua and Wairarapa South Ditto Horowhenua and Hutt .. Manawatu Otaki Otaki and Wairarapa 107 0 0 440 0 0 510 0 0 107 0 0 440 0 0 510 0 0 107 0 0 440. 0 0 510 0 0 Mount Holdsworth tracks Wellington Fruit-growers' Association Block Paikakariki-Waikanae-Hadfield Waikanae to Hutt Eoad Akatarawa-Waikanae Mungaroa to Waikanae Whiteman's Valley Eoad .. .. ... Moonshine Hutt to Lowty Bay Karori Eoad Grant in aid for bridge over Manawatu Biver Sundry roads, Wellington South End, North Island Main Trunk Eailway To purchase roads to Crown lands Waitangi Bridge (Chatham Islands) Otawhao Eoad (Hawke's Bay) Village Settlements (see also General) Ghatham Islands roads Tools, &e. Miscellaneous and Engineering Masterton Otaki 1,433 0 0 1,159 14 4 1,617 17 10 1,433 0 0 1,653 7 11 1,735 3 2 500 0 0 500 0 0 1,433 0 0 2,153 7 11 1,736 3 2 493 13 7 117 5 4 500 0 0 10 0 « 4,373 2 11 300 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 4,523 2 11 400 0 0 100 0 0 290 0 0 153 1 8 3,198 15 1 347 1 11 38,205 16 0 519 10 7 326 14 10 400 0 0 307 13 6 100 0 0 100 0 0 4,623 2 11 500 0 0 100 0 0 290 0 0 153 1 8 3,198 15 1 347 1 11 38,205 16 0 519 10 7 326 14 10 400 0 0 910 19 0 100 0 0 504 9 8 8,474 19 0 Hutt Wellington Suburbs 290 0 0 153 1 8 3,198 15 1 347 1 11 38,205 16 0 519 10 7 300 0 0 400 0 0 26 14 10 Waipawa Pahiatua 307 13 6 603 5 6 100 0 0 504 9 8 7,519 19 0 225 4 4 504 9 8 7,745 3 4 729 15 8 Total, Wellington Land District 662,412 10 11 61,811 0 6 724,223 11 5 46,205 17 9 770,429 9

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Ne * totocf tUIe TotaI Net 12 Months ended 2&g££*t& 31st March, 1898. 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabihties. •• Boads, Bbidges, etc. — continued. Nelson Land Distbict — Ferntown-Pakawau .. . .. Clif ton-Pohara Beach . i ■ CoUingwood to Quartz Eanges Aorere Valley to Karamea Mackay Pass Eoad .. .. Takaka-Collingwood inland road Takaka to Anatoki and CoUingwood Takaka Valley .. .. .. Takaka Tramway Takaka to Biwaka and CoUingwood Takaka to Stockyard Takaka-Eiwaka Canaan Boad .. Takaka Boad .. .. .. Takaka roads and bridges East Takaka Boad Takaka to Karamea ... ■,.. Waimea County roads and bridges Marahau Valley .. .. .. Sandy Bay Biwaka, Sandy Bay Eiwaka Bridge Biwaka Valley Boad .. .. Biwaka Valley Track ., Little Sydney Eoad Little Sydney Eoad, Biwaka Little Sydney Boad and branch track .. Bawson's Creek, Biwaka Brooklands Valley Boad Brooklyn Valley Eoad . .• ■ .. Motueka Eiver Protection . j Tracks, Mount Arthur .. . , • Eoads, Lower Moutere (fldod-damages)., Motueka-Waiwera Valley .. Ngatimoti Bridge Graham Eiver Bridge Baton to Karamea Orinoco to Bosedale .. Lloyds Valley Eoad .. " Wangamoa £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. CoUingwood .. . » __ _ Motueka 50 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 507 1 1 4,699 7 5 364 0 0 507 1 1 4,699 7 5 364 0 0 507 1 1 4,699 7 5 364 0 0 4,733 6 5 2,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,550 0 0 257 14 1 4,733 6 5 2,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,550 0 0 257 14 1 124 15 0 4,733 6 5 2,000 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,550 0 0 257 14 1 200 0 0 .. ..I 124 15 0 75 5 0 21 6 0 184 5 6 127 0 0 289 3 650 0 0 47 5 6 21 6 0 231 11 0 127 0 0 289 3 4 650 0 0 1C0 0 0 300 0 0 30 0 0 500 0 0 600 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 62 12 6 90 16 2 52 14 6 21 6 0 284 5 6 127 0 0 289 3 4 650 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 30 0 0 • 500 0 0 600 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 62 12 6 100 0 0 50 0 0 178 6 6 100 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 O 1,661 18 10 100 0 0 604 7 11 125 0 0 200 0 0 963 14 o 250 0 0 100 0 0 .. I Waimea City of Nelson and Motueka Motueka 300 0 0 30 0 0 500 0 0 600 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 62 12 6 100 0 0 i 90 16 2 9 3 10 50 0 0 M> ... • • 178 6 6 50 0 0 178 6 6 50 0 0 100 0 0 391 16 3 1,661 18 10 26 1 1 604 7 11 125 0 0 200 0 0 963 14 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 391 16 3 50 0 0 100 0 0 108 3 9 1,661 18 10 26 1 1 604 7 11 125 0 0 200 0 0 963 14 0 150 0 0 73 18 11 100 0 0 100 0 0 Carried forward 24,019 3 7 1,180 14 0 25,199 17 7 719 6 0 25,919 3 7

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to Slst March, 1897. Net Expenditure - during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 81st March, 1898. Liabihties on Authorities, Contracts, &c, Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities I—» Brought forward Boads, Bbidges, etc. — continued. Nelson Land District — continued. Dovedale Dove Eiver Bridge Quail Valley Pigeon Valley to Dovedale Pigeon Valley to Motueka Aniseed Valley Boad .. Wakefield to Stanley Brook .. Neudorf- Dovedale Waimea West Okiwi-Eonga Port to Stoke, Eocks Eoad Maitai Eoad Bridge over Wairoa in Waimea District Wairoa Bridge Wairoa Gorge Boad Wakefield District Trass Valley Pretty Bridge Valley Wakefield, Quail Valley Tadmor-Motupiko Tadmor and Sherry to Buller Oparara Biver Mudflat to Karamea • Mokihinui to Karamea Karamea to Mokihinui Seddonville-Mokihinui Granity Creek-Ngakawau Torea southwards Track (railway) to Milerton Seddonville Cemetery Pairdown to Waimangaroa Westport to Lyell Nile Bridge Fox Eiver Bridge Bridge over Granity Creek Bridge over Owen Creek Mangles Larry's Creek Bridge Bridge over Matiri Waimea | Buller .. Inangahua £ s. d. 24,019 3 7 £ s. d. 1,180 14 0 £ s. d. 25,199 17 7 £ s. d. 719 6 0 £ s. d. 25,919 3 7 Motueka 560 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 330 0 0 709 4 6 560 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 430 0 0 709 4 6 560 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 430 0 0 709 4 6 150 0 0 700 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 1,531 8 0 300 0 0 3 18 0 150 0 0 1,082 18 9 160 0 0 160 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 5,482 16 11 50 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 600 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1,531 8 0 199 0 5 3 18 0 150 0 0 1,032 18 9 160 0 0 160 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 Motueka and City of Nelson City of Nelson 51 8 0 50 0 0 1,531 8 0 50 0 0 48 12 0 150 0 0 IL 199 0 5 100 19 7 Motueka 3 18 0 150 0 0 882 18 9 160 0 0 160 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 5,482 16 11 5,482 16 11 355 11 6 355 11 6 355 11 6 200 0 0 1,812 8 6 200 0 0 1,812 8 6 200 0 0 1,812 8 6 Buller 200 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 60 0 0 500 0 0 60 0 0 Grey Buller 17,725 18 9 1,115 16 4 100 0 0 762 19 11 1,797 10 1 363 0 0 436 19 0 2,841 16 0 17,725 18 9 1,115 16 4 100 0 0 762 19 11 1,797 10 1 363 0 0 436 19 0 2,841 16 0 17,725 18 9 1,115 16 4 100 0 0 762 19 11 1,797 10 1 363 0 0 436 19 0 2,841 16 0 66,911 9 10 s Carried forward 63,302 17 10 1,928 6 5 65,231 4 3 1,680 5 7

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Name of Work, County. Electorate. I Net Expenditure Net Expenditure To t«i Net Liabilities on to during Expenditure to Authorities, Slst March 1897 12 Months ended m / ¥ „ h , RQS Contracts, &c, I a"t March, 1897. slst March, 1898. Slst Mai ch, 1898. 3 i at March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities Brought forward Eoads, Bbidges, etc. — continued. fELsoN Land District — continued. Upper Buller Boad Hampden to Maruia Hampden Cemetery-Murchison • Horse Bridge over Matakitaki Expenses taking poll re Buller Bridge .. Bridge over Inangahua, Buller Junction Inangahua Bridge, Maintenance Boatmans Bridge over Inangahua at Beefton Beefton-Maruia-Inangahua Bridge over Little Grey at Devery's Bridge over Ahaura Ahaura-Haupere Bridge over Grey at Cobden Cobden to Seventeen-mile Diggings Grey Valley to Teremakau.. Ahaura (Masons) to Haupiri.. Ahaura to Amuri Ahaura to Kopara and Amuri Bridge over Waiau at Hanmer Plains .. Tophouse-Waiiau Gorge Hanmer District Works at Hanmer Works at Hanmer and Sanatorium Hanmer Boad Waiau Eiver Eoad (round south side), £1 for £1 Waiau Bridge repairs Bridge over Waiau, Arnuri County Karamea to Wangapeka Wangapeka-Wanganui Belgrove-Westport-Eeef ton Nelson to Beefton and Greymouth Bridges £ s. d. 63,302 17 10 £ s. d. 1,928 6 5 £ s. d. 65,231 4 3 £ s. d. 1,680 5 7 £ s. d. 66,911 9 10 Inangahua Buller 246 0 1 10,507 5 9 246 0 1 10,507 5 9 246 0 1 10,507 5 9 50 0 0 1,413 4 4 79 4 4 8,801 2 7 141 17 6 844 10 0 2,099 6 7 50 0 0 " 1,413 4 4 79 4 4 8,804 2 7 141 17 6 844 10 0 2,099 6 7 * 1,413 4 4 79 4 4 8,804 2 7 141 17 6 844 10 0 2,099 6 7 Grey '.'. \ 3,870 18 1 125 14 0 3,870 18 1 125 14 0 3,870 18 1 125 14 0 200 0 0 4,971 8 5 1,678 11 0 2,688 2 1 2,083 9 6 6,210 13 10 2,005 1 8 14,937 18 4 150 0 0 2,420 11 8 4,226 5 7 608 19 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 11,640 14 11 633 17 10 657 10 11 18,963 14 11 13,731 15 1 Grey 200 0 0 i " i 4,971 8 5 1,678 11 0 2,688 2 1 2,083 9 6 6,210 13 10 2,065 1 8 14,937 18 4 4,971 8 5 1,678 11 0 2,688 2 1 2,083 9 6 6,210 13 10 2,065 1 8 14,937 18 4 57 6 0 2,420 11 8 2,951 15 5 608 19 0 Amuri Ashley 57 6 0 92 14 0 2,420 11 8 2,951 15 5 608 19 0 1,274 10 2 " i 1 150 0 0 492 12 9 11,640 14 11 633 17 10 657 10 11 14,034 14 3 13,731 15 1 *7 7 3 7 7 3 11,640 14 11 633 17 10 657 10 11 18,342 11 10 13,731 15 1 Waimea and Buller Motueka Waimea, Buller, Grey, and Inangahua Ditto Motueka and Buller Motueka, Buller, and Grey 4,307 17 7 621 3 1 Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika City of Nelson, Motueka, Buller, Grey, and Westland Motueka and Ashley Buller and Ashley Buller and Grey 65,490 8 5 65,490 8 5 65,490 8 5 Belgrove-Tophouse-Tarndale Maruia to Amuri.. Grey Valley via Clarke to Maruia Buller to Arnould Bridges on Eoads Nelson to Eeefton Waimea and Amuri Inangahua and Amuri Inangahua and Grey 5,839 18 10 1,653 4 1 211 10 2 73,197 4 8 9,795 10 2 87 1 0 5,926 19 10 1,653 4 1 211 10 2 73,197 4 8 9,795 10 2 174 19 0 6,101 18 10 1,653 4 1 211 10 2 73,197 4 8 9,795 10 2 Inangahua, Waimea, Buller, and Grey Buller and Motueka Carried forward 340,062 4 2 325,377 6 11 9,948 12 8 335,325 19 7 4,736 4 7

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Liabilities on Expenditure to Authorities, 31st March, 1898. o? 0^ 0 *£' ?2& Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. . Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc.— continued. Nelson Land Distbict — continued. Sundry Boads and Bridges, Nelson Purchase of Boads To Purchase of Boads through Crown lands Village Settlements (see also General) .. Miscellaneous and Engineering £ s. d. 325,377 6 11 £ s. d. ' 9,948 12 8 £ s. d. 335,325 19 7 £ s. d. 4,736 4 7 £ s. d 340,062 4 i 794 0 1 20 0 0 791 0 0 794 0 1 20 0 0 791 0 0 Cr. 10 0 0 2,435 17 7 150 0 0 794 0 1 170 0 C 791 0 C 190 0 C 2,507 4 11 2,395 17 7 Cr. 10 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 71 7 4 Total, Nelson Land District 329,378 4 7 9,978 12 8 339,356 17 3 5,157 11 11 344,514 9 1 Marlborough Land Distbict — Beatrice Bay-Kenny's Isle Hakabaka-Opihi Anakoa to Manaroa Wet Inlet-Crail Bay Manaroa to Okoha Crail Bay-Homewood Manaroa-Hopai Kenepuru to Anakoa Crail Bay Track Waitaria to Manaroa Kenepuru to Manaroa Kenepuru Sound Arapawa-Te Awaiti Tracks, Queen Charlotte Sound Tracks, Pelorus and Queen Charlotte Sound Torea Neck Te Mehia Bay-Portage Bay Ohinitaha-Te Mehia Tracks to Mahau Sounds Tawhitinui-Bai Nydia Bay to Havelock Harvey's Bay-Pelorus Sound Pelorus to Queen Charlotte Sound Tory Heads to Watamonga and Picton.. Watamonga to Port Underwood Track .. Bobin Hood Bay-Ocean Bay White's Bay to Port Underwood Mahakipawa to Kenepuru Double Bay .. ' .. Eonga Valley Boad I Sounds Wairau 249 14 6 299 12 6 249 10 0 35 14 6 171 2 6 798 7 10 1,171 19 0 42 15 6 170 19 7 20 17 0 11 4 0 98 9 4 31 5 8 51 6 6 156 19 8 247 8 0 199 14 4 50 0 0 55 2 7 260 10 6 42 15 6 420 14 1 320 9 6 11 4 0 347 19 4 67 0 2 222 9 0 798 7 10 156 19 8 247 8 0 199 14 4 1,171 19 0 50 0 0 55 2 7 271 17 10 30 9 6 516 14 6 581 5 8 107 4 6 100 0 0 179 0 5 150 0 0 379 3 0 188 16 0 2 0 8 368 14 4 248 13 6 143 0 4 152 12 0 100 5 8 150 0 ( 100 0 ( 599 14 ( 150 0 ( 699 12 I 200 0 ( 350 0 ( 435 14 I 471 2 I 798 7 II 300 0 I 400 0 ( 300 0 ( 1,171 19 I 100 0 I 300 0 ( 311 7 ■ 30 9 ( 577 3 < 715 9 : 150 0 ( 224 19 ( 649 2 ! 413 2 ! 200 0 ( 398 18 ! 199 19 1( 110 5 i 810 10 i 11 7 4 30 9 6 207 3 9 565 9 2 50 0 0 244 17 5 39 9 6 Nelson 309 10 9 15 16 6 60 9 3 134 3 6 150 0 0 Wairau 224 19 0 349 2 2 313 2 9 50 0 0 248 18 9 199 19 10 100 0 0 562 7 10 224 19 0 384 17 4 336 16 11 52 0 0 267 0 3 199 19 10 109 8 0 562 7 10 35 15 2 23 14 2 2 0 0 18 1 6 264 4 10 76 5 10 148 0 0 131 18 6 Sounds and Marlborough.. Marlborough 9 8 0 Nelson 17 8 248 2 6 Carried forward 5,839 0 11 1,810 18 9 7,649 19 8 3,667 19 5 11,317 19 1

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, ifcc, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Marlborough Land District — continued. Eai-Eonga and Wangamea Boads Brown Eiver Bridge Nelson-Havelock and Bridges Alfred Creek Bridge Pelorus District and Eai Valley Pelorus District and Bai Valley Wharf at Havelock Picton-Quecn Charlotte Sound Starborongh ... Picton-Waikawa Saxton Pass Grove Wharf and Shed .. ... Tophouse Boad Havelock to Tuamarina Boad Kaituna to Tuamarina Sundry Boads and Bridges, Marlborough Onamahitu Valley Blenheim-Havelook Ferry-house Bartlett's Creek Spring Creek Bridge Spring Creek Wharf Drain Wairau Eiver-Gravel-pit Omaka Bridge contributions.. Wairau Eiver overflow subsidy, £1 for £1 Bridge over Wairau near Blenheim Bluff Cove and Port Underwood Footbridge, Taylor Biver Blind Biver Eoad Eedwood Pass Boad Anakiwi-Grove Awatere Eailway and Traffic Bridge North Bank Awatere Valley Eoad Havelock-Blenheim Jordan Bridge, Awatere Awatere Bridge, Limestone Gorge Bridge over Clarence Biver, Clarence Bridge Boad through Eeserve " A " £ s. d. 5,839 0 11 £ s. d. 1,810 18 9 £ s. d. 7,649 19 8 £ s. d. 3,667 19 5 £ s. d. 11,317 19 1 Marlborough and Waimea Marlborough Marlborough and Waimea Marlborough Nelson 53 11 10 200 0 0 1,855 0 0 200 0 0 28,660 14 3 3,722 19 2 441 6 10 70 19 6 53 11 10 200 0. 0 1,925 19 6 200 0 0 28,660 14 3 3,722 19 -2 441 6 10 538 8 3 329 0 6 53 11 10 200 0 0 2,255 0 0 200 0 0 28,660 14 3 3,722 19 2 441 6 10 700 0 0 400 0 0 249 19 6 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 550 0 0 508 0 11 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0.0 200 0 0 95 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 1,000 0 0 4,362 8 3 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,600 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 8,484 11 1 200 0 0 1,000 0 0 200 0 0 18,692 15 4 60 0 0 Wairau 538 3 3 161 16 9 400 0 0 98 2 8 100 0 0 12 7 0 100 0 0 99 19 6 51 17 4 151 16 10 87 13 0 87 13 0 300 0 0 550 0 0 508 0 11 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 95 0 0 300 0 0 550 0 0 508 0 11 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 95 0 0 266 14 3 266 14 3 100 0 0 33 5 9 1,000 0 0 4,362 8 3 4,362 8 3 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,300 0 0 1,300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 8,484 11 1 8,484 11 1 200 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 200 0 0 59 14 6 60 0 0 Kaikoura Ashley 18,615 3 11 17 16 11 18,633 0 10 " j Carried forward 77,137 16 8 2,894 3 0 80,031 19 8 7,822 6 7 87,854 6 3

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure j Total Net J JSS^SS Slst March, 1897. j .S^fe. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Marlborough Land District— continued. Kaikoura to Clarence Cribb Creek Hundalee Black .. Kaikoura to Waiau Hapuka and Puliipuhi Eivers Eeserve West of Kahautara Kahautara-Conway Blenheim-Kaikonra-Waiau Miscellaneous and Engineering £ s. d. 77,137 16 8 £ s. d. 2,894 3 0 £ s. d. 80,031 19 8 £ s. d. 7,822 6 7 £ s. d. 87,854 6 3 1 f I , 1 ■> I 1U o Kaikoura Ashley 14,424 6 1 14,424 6 1 14,424 6 1 30 0 0 1,003 14 0 14,424 6 1 30 0 0 7,000 0 0 33,630 11 11 300 0 0 200 0 0 4,189 5 8 570 0 0 289 4 6 8,996 6 0 5,996 6 0 33,680 11 11 Kaikoura and Munro Kaikoura 01 cion o i 1 31,282 8 11 31,282 8 11 300 0 0 200 0 0 1,119 13 11 570 0 0 148 8 2 Kaikoura and Munro Kaikoura 1 Ql Q Q. O 1,918 3 0 89 4 6 3,069 11 9 430 0 0 51 11 10 3,069 11 9 1,918 3 0 on a a 140 16 4 89 4 6 : Total, Marlborough Land Distriot 124,851 19 2 12,441 12 7 137,293 11 9 11,194 2 8 148,487 14 5 Westland Land District — Bridge over Grey at Cobden Greymouth to Arnold Clarke Eiver Eoad Stillwater to Maori Gully Paeroa to Teremakau Marsden to Paroa Stillwater Bridge Marsden to Maori Creek Hohonu Bridge Greenstone Bridge Greenstone to Lake Brunner Pounamou to Teremau Greenstone to Teremakau Teremakau to Bell Hill Eoad Bell Hill to Mount Alexander Mount Howe Track Bridge over Teremakau, Kumara Greymouth to Okarito Grey County (flood-damage) Kumara to Beach Stafford-Waimea.. Waimea Bridge Junction Line Beefton, Hokitika, and Boss Three-Mile Creek Bridge Barn Bay Track .. .. ... Grey •• i ■■ I I Grey Westland Grey and Westland Westland . 13 10 0 5,058 1 5 1,869 2 0 500 11 2 798 8 0 '.'. 2,538 3 0 500 0 0 .. 2,756 5 6 684 5 4 733 8 10 1,986 16 0 198 18 5 100 0 0 1,379 18 0 .. I 103,447 12 11 ..| 300 0 0 .. [ 2,000 0 0 703 18 4 .. j 207 12 6 .. | 3,923 9 5 .. | 5,282 18 5 .. j 500 11 2 370 4 7 13 10 0 5,058 1 5 1,869 2 0 500 11 2 798 8 0 2,538 3 0 i 500 0 0 2,756 5 6 684 5 4 1,103 13 5 1,986 16 0 198 18 5 100 0 0 1,379 18 0 103,447 12 11 300 0 0 2,000 0 0 764 0 10 207 12 6 3,923 9 5 5,282 18 5 500 11 2 150 10 10 •• 150 0 0 i 150 0 0 500 0 0 I 131 4 4 13 10 0 5,058 1 5 150 0 0 1,869' 2 0 500 11 2 798 8 0 150 0 0 2,538 3 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 2,756 5 6 684 5 4 1,234 17 9 1,986 16 0 198 18 5 100 0 0 1,379 18 0 103,447 12 11 ■ ' 300 0 0 2,000 0 0 814 19 2 207 12 6 3,923 9 5 5,282 18 5 500 11 2 160 0 0 Grey and Westland •• •• .. . Westland 60 2 6 I 50 18 4 i 185,483 10 5 150 10 10 9 9 2 Carried forward 580 17 11 136,064 8 4 991 11 10 137,056 0 2

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure I Net Expenditure I Tota l Net Liabilities on to during I fe-Tuw. ,litnr» tn Authorities, 31st March 1897 ! 12 Months ended 3^^ 'h 1898 Contracts, Ac., oral Jitarcn, isa/. | 3 i st March, 1898. | Slst March, 1898. Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Westland Land District. — continued. Hungerford's Bridge Hungerford's Bridge (repairs) Hokitika-Christchurch Lower Arahura Bridge (repairs) Otira Toll Otira Eiver, wire-footbridge Hokitika to Blue Spur Woodstock to Mahinapua Kanieri Bridge Kanieri Forks-Kanieri Lakes South Creek to Main Line Kokatahi Dawson's Boad Block CXII., Kokatahi (Cropp's Boad) .. Kokatahi Bun to Hokitika Ever Bridge over Donnelley's Creek Hokitika Valley .. ■ Matthias Pass Boad Whitcombe Valley Track (Kokatahi) Mount Bonar to Poerua Biver Waitaha Biver, bridges and approaches.. Wataroa Bluff to Okarito Track Wataroa and Waitangi Taona Okarito Biver Bridge Great South Eoad Hokitika South\»ard Lake Mapourika Lake Wahapo-Waitangi Eiver (widening) Extension south of Okarito Franz Josef Glacier .. .. . Mapourika to Gillespies Waikukupa to Cook's Eiver Flat Tracks to Fox Glacier Cook's Valley-Karangarua Cook's Eiver Flat.. Cook's Biver (upper) Cook's Eiver southward Gillespie's Beach to Manakai-au Hunt's Beach to Manakai-au J £ s. d. 135,483 10 5 £ s. d. 580 17 11 £ s. d. 136,064 8 4 £ a. d. 991 11 10 £ s. d. 137,056 0 2 Westland Westland 230 0 0 230 0 0 150 0 0 1,083 6 5 51 6 10 230 0 0 150 0 0 146,110 0 6 300 0 0 500 0 0 220 0 0 2,520 3 5 1,615 0 9 1,088 11 10 2,899 7 10 281 17 6 141,145 9 6 248 13 2 500 0 0 3,881 4 7 145,026 14 1 248 13 2 500 0 0 2,520 3 5 615 0 9 1,088 11 10 2,809 7 10 281 17 6 2,520 3 5 1,414 14 6 1,088 11 10 2,843 16 10 281 17 6 220 0 0 799 13 9 200 6 3 34 9 0 55 11 0 118 16 6 157 9 10 970 0 0 2,010 13 7 104 12 6 229 6 9 ! 223 9 0 386 16 7 970 0 0 2,010 13 7 501 0 0 336 18 0 1,557 9 3 900 0 0 51 7 6 163 13 3 274 16 6 550 9 10 970 0 0 2,010 13 7 501 0 0 336 18 0 1,886 3 5 900 0 0 200 0 0 247 4 4 1,500 0 0 501 0 0 336 18 0 593 3 5 900 0 0 964 5 10 328 14 2 .. 200 0 0 247 4 4 1,600 0 0 - 247 4 4 1,500 0 0 2,090 12 8 2,290 5 9 438 13 9 •• I 1,268 14 10 5,649 13 3 1,139 5 2 6,788 18 5 438 13 9 300 0 0 438 13 9 300 0 0 1,033 10 0 500 0 0 8,077 5 0 1,000 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 2,265 18 8 250 0 0 509 7 4 1,033 10 0 165 15 11 1,033 10 0 ■ 165 15 11 8,077 5 0 1,000 0 0 143 5 3 334 4 1 8,077 5 0 1,000 0 0 143 5 3 356 14 9 500 0 0 2,265 18 8 106 0 7 2,265 18 8 106 0 7 509 7 4 143 19 5 J 509 7 4 •• 149 3 0 149 3 0 149 3 0 Carried forward 309,611 16 3 8,779 6 11 318,391 3 2 6,270 0 8 324,661 3 10

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Westland Land District — continued. Hunt's Beach to Makawhio Jacob's Biver to Bruce Bay Makawhio to Mahitahi Mahitahi to Paringa Moeraki Crossing to Otomotu Mahitahi to Haast .. .. .. -. Haast Pass Track Turnbull Eiver Boad .. Cascade Valley Boad Sundry roads, &c, Westland.. In the County of Westland .. .. Westland Ferry-service (maintenance) Westland County roads .. .. ... Westland, general .. ., Miscellaneous and Engineering Westland Westland Grey and Westland £ s. d. 309,611 16 3 £ s. d. 8,779 6 11 £ s. d. 318,391 3 2 £ S. d. 6,270 0 8 £ s. d. 324,661 3 10 Westland 539 1 6 340 17 6 1,206 2 11 1,400 0 0 1,510 18 5 16,234 16 9 5,182 11 6 404 3 10 1,809 9 2 47 15 11 1,980 0 0 400 0 0 260 0 0 2,613 13 3 895 12 11 539 1 6 340 17 6 1,206 2 11 1,400 0 0 1,510 18 5 16,234 16 9 5,804 17 6 475 0 3 1,809 9 2 47 15 11 1,980 0 0 532 0 0 260 0 0 2,613 13 3 972 5 11 150 0 0 689 1 6 340 17 6 1,206 2 11 1,400 0 0 1,510 18 5 16,234 10 9 6,046 14 1 654 3 10 1,809 9 2 47 15 11 1,980 0 0 550 0 0 260 0 0 2,613 13 3 1,054 15 2 ■• •• * * ! 622 6 0 70 16 5 241 16 7 179 3 7 •■ .. Westland .. . 132 0 0 18 0 0 Grey and Westland 76 13 0 82 9 3 Total, Westland Land District 344,436 19 11 9,681 2 4 354,118 2 3 6,941 10 1 361,059 12 4 Canterbury Land District :— Cheviot Estate : Expenses incurred prior to openiipg i the Cheviot Estate Account Cheviot Cbecse Factory, subsidy .. .. ..I Cheviot roads .. .. .. .. .. Dray-road through Cheviot hill country Waipara-Cheviot .. .. .. .. j To Upper Ashley over Okuku Pass .. Blackhills Eoad .. .'. .. .. Oxford Bush to Upper Ashley .. .. .'.' To deferred-payment lands, Waikari .. To deferred-payment lands, Teviotdale .. .. ! Ashley Gorge Drain .. .. .. .'.' Glentui Eoad .. .. ,. .. Broomfield Block .. .. ,. Mount Grey Downs .. .. .. .'.' Oxford Bush Eoad extension .. .. .. • Ashley, irrigation .. .. .. Irrigation-works, Eyre and Waimakariri .. Waimakariri-Ashley, irrigation .. .. •• Ashley Bridge (to account) .. .. .'. Cheviot Ashley .. Ashley 3,536 12 1 700 0 0 4,323 10 7 100 8 0 200 0 0 8,630 4 8 970 0 0 3,996 2 3 784 19 1 1,764 4 11 3,536 12 1 700 0 0 4,323 10 7 100 8 0 200 0 0 8, -630 4 8 970 0 0 3,996 2 3 784 19 1 1,764 4 11 100 0 0 8,536 12 1 700 0 0 4,323 10 7 100 8 0 300 0 0 8,630 4 8 970 0 0 3,996 2 3 784 19 1 1,764 4 11 50 0 0 683 5-4 300 0 0 468 0 0 300 0 0 188 14 10 3,400 0 0 2,200 0 0 1,000 0 0 50 0 0 683 5 4 683 5 4 300 0 0 468 0 0 468 0 0 300 0 0 Ashley and Kaiapoi 188 14 10 3,400 0 0 188 14 10 3,400 0 0 1,011 5 2 1,000 0 0 l.Oli 5 2 1,000 0 0 1,188 14 10 Carried forward 29,746 1 9 2,011- 5 2 31,757 6 11 1,938 14 10 33,696 1

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to Slst March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to Slst March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities Brought forward .. Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Canterbury Land District — continued. Ashley Bridge protective works Christchurch to Hokitika (Bealey Valley) Selwyn Bridge (construction), £1 for £1 Mathias Pass Boad .. .. .. Lake Ellesmere drainage Summit Eoad Peninsula Boad, Akaroa (£1 for £1) .. ., Akaroa Head Lighthouse Boad .. Eoads to Co-operative Dairy Factories, Akaroa Chertsey Village Settlement water-supply Blackford to Bedcliffe Eeserve 1496, Ashburton Bridge, Ashburton (subsidy) Buapuna Block Euapuna water-supply Orari Bridge (to account) Hae-hae-te-moana .. .. .. Te-moana Gorge .. .. Arovvhenua Native Eoad .. .. Opihi Bridge (to account) .. Tengawai (£1 for £1) .. .. Tengawai Stock Bridge (£1 for £1) Burke's Pass, Mackenzie County Boad to Mount Cook and Glaciers Pukaki to Mount Cook .. .. Forks Eiver Bridge, Mount Cook Eoad (to account) Contribution towards erection of Pukaki Bridge (£1 for £1) Orari Eiver protective works .. Tracks, Mount Cook and Glaciers Mount Cook Hermitage (works at) . ; Hooker Bridge .. ... .. • .. Fairlie to Pukaki .. .. Pukaki to Omarama Ohau Bridge (£1 for £1) Bridge over Upper Waitaki ._. ... .. Clements Eoad Waimate Beserves Waihao to Hakateramea £ s. d. 29,746 1 9 £ s. d. 2,011 5 2 £ S. d. 31,737 6 11 £ S. d. 1,938 14 10 £ s. d. 33,696 1 9 Ashley Selwyn Ashley and Kaiapoi Selwyn 1,778 11 1 , 1,778 11 1 150 0 0 150 0 0 1,778 11 1 500 0 0 2,046 15 10 753 17 4 296 1 3 375 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 23 0 0 600 0 0 100 0 0 7,000 0. 0 106 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 120 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 SO 0 0 249 18 10 2,136 9 8 2,237 12 2 300 0 0 850 0 0 2,046 15 10 753 17 4 296 1 3 375 0 0 • 100 0 0 300 0 0 23 0 0 600 0 0 45 0 0 7,000 0 0 75 0 0 500 0 0 Akaroa and Selwyn Akaroa.. I Ashburton .. .. j Ellesmere Selwyn •• 2,046 15 10 753 17 4 296 1 3 375 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 23 0 0 600 0 0 45 0 0 7,000 0 0 75 0 0 .. .. j Ashburton •• 55 0 0 •■ 31 0 0 100 0 0 •• Goraldine Geraldine " 500 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 120 0 0 150 0 0 120 0 0 • • 50 0 0 300 0 0 70 0 0 80 0 0 Geraldine and Levels Mackenzie Waitaki ... 30 0 0 30 0 0 Waitaki 249 18 10 2,186 9 8 1,158 15 8 249 18 10 2,186 9 8 1,588 0 11 .. ! 429 5 3 j 649 11 3 300 0 0 I 850 0 0 850 0 0 3 6 4 210 7 8 157 8 2 185 14 1 1 12 4 160 14 6 396 1 9 1 12 4 300 0 0 398 2 6 800 0 0! 510 18 3 100 0 0 442 11 10 314 5 11 98 7 8 200 0 0 1 17 6 100 0 0 603 6 4 710 7 8 100 0 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 800 0 0' 510 18 3 150 0 0 363 11 4 863 8 5 .. . . i Mackenzie and Waitaki .. Waimate and Waitaki Waimate 300 0 0 300 0 0 . 800 0 0 510 18 3 363 11 4 863 8 5 51,086 8 5 98 2 6 •• 363 11 4 863 8 5 .. 150 0 0 ■• Carried forward 3,533 7 6 54,619 10 11 5,531 9 0 60,150 19 11

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net "fgg* iture Total N et Slst March, 1897. 'SS. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabihties. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc.— continued. Canterbury Land District — continued. Cliff Eoad Nukuroa-Studholme Junction Pareora Bridge Sundry roads, Canterbury To village and deferred-payment blocks .. Village settlements (see also General) Miscellaneous roads and bridges Miscellaneous and Engineering £ s. d. 51,086 3 5 £ s. d. 3,533 7 6 £ s. d. 54,619 10 11 £ s. d. 5,531 9 0 £ s. d. 60,150 19 11 Waimate Waitaki .. 200 0 0 200 0 0 188 0 0 200 0 0 188 0 0 500 0 0 818 11 9 1,399 15 10 182 5 0 2,000 0 0 2,426 0 7 Waimate and Geraldine .. Waitaki and Timaru 818 11 9 1,399 15 10 172 5 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 818 11 9 1,399 15 10 132 5 0 Cr. 40 0 0 50 0 0 2,000 0 0 145 12 4 2,276 0 7 "i 7 8 2,280 8 3 Total, Canterbury Land District 55,952 16 7 3,997 15 2 59,950 11 9 7,915 1 4 67,865 13 Otago Land District — Martin's Bay Settlement Lake Wanaka Steamer Subsidy Martin's Bay to Lake Wakatipu Martin's Bay to Lake Wakatipu Queenstown Jetty Arrowtown to Crown Terrace Glenorchy up Eees and Dart Glenorchy to Earnslaw Bees Biver Eoad Pembroke to Matukituki Dart Eiver Eoad Bent Burn to Glacier Burn Lake Wanaka Wharves Tracks Head of Lake Wakatipu Lake Te Anau-Wakatipu Albert Burn Track Hollyford Valley Glendhu-Eoy's Peninsula .. .. ■ Ben Lomond Bun To West Coast Sounds Lake Te Anau to Sutherland Falls Tracks to Western Sounds Clyde to Queenstown Bendigo-Matakanui Makarora-Haast Valley Makarora Valley Chatto Creek-Tinkers Lake Wakatipu 200 0 0 ] 220 0 0 50 0 0 503 2 3 1,500 0 0 1,805 3 7 100 0 0 100 0 0 2,379 11 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 60 0 0 95 15 0 200 0 0 280 0 0 50 0 0 503 2 3 1,500 0 0 1,805 3 7 100 0 0 100 0 0 2,379 11 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 95 15 0 50 0 0 90 0 0 200 0 0 404 5 0 500 0 0 175 0 0 41 0 0 200 0 I 50 0 I 370 0 I 50 0 ( 503 2 ; 1,500 0 I 1,805 3 ' 100 0 I 100 0 I 2,579 11 ■ 100 0 I 100 0 I 30 0 I 500 0 I 500 0 I 175 0 I 200 0 I 100 0 ( 400 0 I 2,406 15 1 533 18 i 3,549 19 : 250 0 I 300 0 I 600 0 I 400 0 l 300 0 I •• •■ 159 0 0 100 0 0 159 0 0 100 0 0 Lake and Wallace Waitaki Wakatipu and Wallace .. 2,406 15 8 2,406 15 8 391 7 5 2,605 4 1 250 0 0 400 0 0 n 1,249 19 1 250 0 0 391 7 5 1,355 5 0 . 142 11 0 944 15 0 Lake and Vincent Vincent Wakatipu and Tuapeka .. 300 0 0 220 7 6 Wakatipu 300 0 0 400 0 0 79 12 6 379 12 6 400 0 0 Tuapeka ■• 300 0 0 Carried forward 11,694 11 11 2,240 19 11 13,935 11 10 3,767 18 6 17,703 10

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Name of Work. Connty. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net "^ P ™ g diture oi iu 10 ], ioo? 12 Months ended 31st March, 1897. 3lBt Maroh> lm Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabihties. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Otago Land District — continued. Ophir District Water-supply Tracks, Hawea Lake Tiger Hill Block Lower Wanaka Block Upper Clutha Blocks Kawarau to Nevis Bridge over Clutha at Cromwell Bridge over Clutha at Alexandra McCabe's Coal-pit-Gibbston Tourists' Accommodation-house, Morven Hills Ida Valley Galloway Station-Ida Valley Bough Eidge-Poolburn Eoughrid ge-Pool burn-Tuapeka Lauder-Blackstone Lauder-Tiger Hill Lauder-Blackstone Block Lower Hawea to Lower Wanaka Lindis Pass Eoad Kurow Bun Section 4, Block VIII., Maruwhenua .. Domet and Maruwhenua Block Maruwhenua Bridge Moeraki District Port Boad Beach, Moeraki Connecting Eoad, Block IX., Moeraki .. Hartigi Eoad Eun 109 Kakanui Bridge, £1 for £1 .. Livingstone-Kyeburn Blackstone and Lauder Blackstone Block Blackstone-Gimmerburn Block Naseby, Maniototo, and Gimmerburn .. Naseby, Block II. Buns 219c, 306, and 306a Eun 206a (Naseby) Eun 206p (Maniototo) Kyeburn District j £ s. d. 11,694 11 11 £ s. d. 2,240 19 11 £ s. d. 13,935 11 10 £ S. d. 3,767 18 6 £ s. d. 17,703 10 4 Vincent Tuapeka Wakatipu Tuapeka Wakatipu Tuapeka Wakatipu Tuapeka 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 65 0 0 101 0 0 604 15 0 400 0 0 2,946 7 6 5,000 0 0 150 0 0 65 0 0 101 0 0 604 15 0 400 0 0 2,946 7 6 5,000 0 0 604 15 0 400 0 0 2,946 7 6 5,000 0 0 100 0 0 Wakatipu 100 0 0 50 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 Tuapeka 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 Vincent and Maniototo .. Vincent and Lake Vincent and Waitaki Waitaki Tuapeka and Maniototo .. Tuapeka Tuapeka and Maniototo .. Wakatipu Wakatipu and Waitaki .. Waitaki 300 0 0 300 0 0 328 1 0 200 0 0 1,261 0 0 300 0 0 71 19 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 1,261 0 0 252 7 5 700 0 0 76 0 0 300 0 0 1,000 0 0 376 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 1,261 0 0 260 0 0 252 7 5 7 12 7 Waihemo 300 0 0 167 10 8 300 0 0 167 10 8 100 0 0 520 0 0 154 16 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 167 10 8 300 0 0 520 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 6,434 5 4 1,649 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 154 16 0 200 0 0 220 0 0 100 0 0 145 4 0 Waitaki and Maniototo .. Maniototo Oamaru Waitaki and Waihemo .. Waihemo 6,241 5 4 1,649 0 0 127 2 0 6,368 7 4 1,649 0 0 500 0 0 65 18 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 313 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 380 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 313 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 500 0 0 Carried forward 33,062 11 5 5,297 4 4 38,359 15 9 7,371 13 1 45,731 8 I

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net "*^?"£ itaie Total Net Total Net to ,,„*? Ja . Expenditure to Expenditure Slst March, 1897. gjgglgg SlstVarch, 1898. ggjj& and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. rAGO Land District — continued. Maniototo Maniototo Block Taieri Eiver Bridge, Kokonga Taieri Lake, Block XV., Maniototo Bun 222 Block XL, Maniototo Block XVI., Maniototo Maniototo, Block II. Maniototo, Block III. Gimmerburn District Gimmerburn Block Swinburn and Bock and Pillar .. ) Eun 210 .. .. .. } Dunback to Swinburn Hamilton Bridge .. Capburn Bridge, £1 for £1 .. Upper Taieri and Bock and Pillar Swinburn Farm-homestead Block Swinburn Special Settlement Buns 225E and 225t to 225z Hyde Bridge, Taieri Eiver .. .. • .. Through Euns 171 and 17lA Hummockside District Waikare to Waitati Waikouaiti Bridge (repairs) .. .. Waikouaiti Bridge .. .. Brinn's Point and Merton Waitati .. .. ., Seacliff Asylum Eoad .. .. .. Puketeraki Station to beach Warrington Waitaki Eoad Lower Harbour Boad Maori Kaika Boad, Otago Heads Peninsula Beach Boad (prison labour) Peninsula Beach Boad, Portobello .. ....... Otago Peninsula (Block II., from Section 60 through 71, &c.) Tomahawk Boad £ s. d. 33,062 11 5 £ s. d. 5,297 4 4 £ s. d. 38,359 15 9 £ s. d. 7,371 13 1 £ s. d. 45,731 8 10 Maniototo Waihemo 1,240 0 0 100 0 0 1,240 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0 1,240 0 0 100 0 0 750 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 700 0 0 750 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 700 0 0 400 0 0 700 0 0 400 0 0 350 0 0 1,093 0 0 1,093 0 0 1,093 0 0 1,050 0 0 650 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 1,450 0 0 650 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 288 0 0 100 0 0 1,550 0 0 650 0 0 300 0 0 700 0 0 288 0 0 288 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,500 0 0 260 0 0 3,257 6 4 Maniototo and Waihemo.. 200 0 0 288 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 88 0 0 ty . . Waihemo Waihemo and Maniototo.. Waikouaiti 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,500 0 0 260 0 0 3,257 6 4 1,500 0 0 260 0 0 3,257 6 4 Waikouaiti Chalmers 600 0 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 600 0 0 250 0 O 200 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0 200 0 0 541 1 7 150 0 0 1,031 8 6 251 9 0 200 0 0 790 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 409 19 2 200 0 0 409 19 2 200 0 0 541 1 7 40 0 10 200 0 0 541 1 7 I 150 0 0 j Peninsula 1,031 8 6 16 9 0 13 13 3 1,031 8 6 30 2 3 221 6 9 200 0 0 190 0 0 r, .4 • . 15 0 598 15 0 600 0 0 HP 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 10,311 0 8 65,821 14 3 Carried forward ,. .. 191 1 10 8,319 11 9 55,510 13 7

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. NetE du?in'- itUre Total Net 12 Monthsmded , 31st March, 1898. 31st March - 1898 ' Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March. 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabihties. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Otago Land District — continued. Blair-Taieri Taieri Bridge to Nenthorn Bridge Block XII., Nenthorn Silverpeak, &c. Hindon Bun 75 (Boyd's) .. ... ... Bridge over Kaikorai Stream Grant in aid of bridge at Kaikorai on Main South Boad Bridge over Taieri Main South Boad Taieri Bridge, Otakia, £1 for £3 Green Island to Brighton Henley protective river-works Taieri Biver Eoad Henley Eoad Maungahia and Waipori Teviot Small-grazing Euns Teviot Block Bridges over Clutha and Beaumont and Eoxburgh (grant-in-aid) Through Blocks VIII. and X., Benger Beaumont to Miller's Flat Kelso to Greenvale Tapanui Eailway to Eun 140 Glenkenich Black Hill-Main Dunedin Boad ... Beaumont Block Eankleburn, &c. Beaumont and Eankleburn .. .. J. Tuapeka Mouth Punt Tuapeka West Block Eun 106 Waitahuna to Eun 52c Waitahuna Bridge Lawrence-Clyde Switzers Track to Spylaw and Clutha Wakaia Bush-Clutha Valley Leithen Bush Track Table Hill £ s. d. 47,191 1 10 £ s. d. 8,319 11 9 £ 8. d. 55,510 13 7 £ 8. d. 10,311 0 8 £ * d. 65,821 14 3 Taieri .. .. Taieri 175 0 0 300 0 0 320 0 0 1,005 0 0 3,000 0 0 400 0 0 456 0 0 175 0 0 300 0 0 320 0 0 1,005 0 0 3,000 0 0 400 0 0 456 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 175 0 0 300 0 0 320 0 0 1,005 0 0 3,000 0 0 400 0 0 456 0 0 in ■• ' .. i 12,581 19 0 499 1 0 990 13 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 .. 12,581 19 0 499 1 0 990 13 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 ■• •• . 12,581 19 0 499 1 0 990 13 0 250 0 0 200 0 ,0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 166 0 0 16,403 13 2 Taieri and Tuapeka Tuapeka Taieri and Tuapeka Tuapeka 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 | 16,403 13 2 16,403 13 2 166 0 0 Clutha 1,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,145 2 3 110 4 0 - 1,266 0 0 1,434 0 0 300 0 0 367 0 0 1,148 7 3 1,200 0 0 750 0 0 500 0 0 690 5 8 3,500 0 0 99 19 11 376 13 5 1,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,145 2 3 110 4 0 99 19 11 1,266 0 0 1,810 13 5 300 0 0 367 0 0 1,148 7 3 1,200 0 0 750 0 0 500 0 0 690 5 8 3,500 0 0 230 0 0 300 0 0 223 6 7 1,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,145 2 3 340 4 0 99 19 11 300 0 0 1,266 0 0 2,034 0 0 300 0 0 367 0 0 1,148 7 3 1,200 0 0 750 0 0 500 0 0 690 5 8 3,500 0 O 20o 0 0 150 0 0 Tuapeka and Vincent Tuapeka and Southland .. Tuapeka and Wakatipu .. 200 0 0 Bruce Bruce 150 0 0 150 0 0 Carried forward 104,033 7 2 8,796 5 1 112,829 12 3 11,730 7 3 124,559 19 6

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I Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net "^iSr^S^ Expenditure to rw^S^S ain+iifn-ni, iqoc Contracts, TO.31st March, 1898. -^ Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Name of Work. County. I Electorate. £ s. d. 104,033 7 2 £ s. d. 8,796 5 1 £ a. d. 112,829 12 3 £ s. d. 11,730 7 3 £ s. 4. 124,559 19 6 Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Otago Land District — continued. Taieri Mouth Punt Clarendon District Bridge, Tokomairiro Eiver, North Branch Kaitangata to Wangaloa Matau Bridge (contribution) Pomahaka Bridge, £1 for £1.. Subsidy, Clutha Bridge Pomahaka-Clutha Pomahaka Bridge (Clydevale) Pomahaka Bridge (Kelso) .. .. , Waipahi Bridge (subsidy) Glenomaru and Owaka Block IV., Catlin's District Glenomaru Block Catherwood's Boad Hunt's Boad .. .. Cannibal Bay Boad Barr's Boad Glenomaru Glenomaru, Block IV. Glenomaru, Block V. Owaea (Campbell's) Owaka Eailway-station, £1 for £1 Owaka-Catlin's Lake ... Katea to Dairy Factory, Owaka Glenomaru, Blocks III., IV., V., VII., and X. Glenomaru, Blocks III., IV., V., VII., and X. Catlin's Eoads .. • Catlin's and Tautuku Waikawa to Catlin's Block VIII., Catlin's .. . „ Block I., Catlin's Block IL, Catlin's Catlin's, Blocks I., IL, and IV. Catlin's, Blocks IV., V., VII., and VIII. Woodlands Improved-farm Settlement .. Woodlands Woodlands (B2) Improved-farm Settlement Bruce Clutha and Tuapeka Clutha and Bruce Clutha i I " l Bruce Clutha Bruce " .. Clutha and Bruce Clutha 165 0 0 75 0 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 350 0 0 2,500 0 0 1,146 16 2 624 13 0 1,830 12 8 917 1 11 268 2 4. 718 12 11 20 2 0 54 8 0 37 2 0 135 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 61 4 0 53 19 3 128 6 5 31 17 8 275 8 10 204 9 9 95 12 0 62 18 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 75 0 0 250' 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 350 0 0 2,500 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 1,146 16 2 624 13 0 61 4 0 1,884 11 11 1,045 8 i 300 0 0 994 1 9 224 11 9 150 o 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 90 0 0 188 1 10 48 14 6 0 0 6 108 2 4 124 11 2 195 10 3 300 0 0 75 0 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 450 0 0 350 0 0 2,500 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 1,146 16 2 90 0 0 624 13 0 249 5 10 1,933 6 5 1,045 8 10 408' 2 4 1,118 12 11 420 2 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 160 0 0 100 0 0 179 0 0 100 0 0 1,410 11 1 11,420 16 10 23,743 5 5 250 0 0 432 12 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 1,057 0 0 4,392 11 3 4,953 7 10 1,100 0 0 ■• i ■• 13 8 0 130 15 4 1,165 6 0 11,340 15 11 21,047 16 8 81 19 7 9*5 7 7 130 15 4 160 0 0 4 12 5 48 4 8 100 0 0 43 4 10 80 0 11 1,039 17 0 147 3 8 238 5 11 202 0 3 1,367 6 3 11,340 15 11 22,703 8 5 102 16 4 194 6 1 50 0 0 32 12 0 26 2 0 1,655 11 9 102 16 4 161 14 1 23 18 0 I ■ ■ I •• •• 2,863 12 9 4,253 7 10 39 14 6 316 11 2 326 3 7 420 7 7 316 11 2 3,189 16 4 4,673 15 5 39 14 6 200 0 0 740 8 10 1,202 14 11 279 12 5 1,060 5 6 Carried forward 154,404 9 2 168,890 12 6 154,404 9 2 14,486 3 4 18,579 18 11 187,470 11

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Name of Work. County. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabihties. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued, itago Land District — continued. Batanui Boad .. .. .. Batanui-Whitehead Wingfield Boad, Eatanui Bridge over Tahakopa, Block VIII., Bimu Long Point Eoad Mouat's Saddle .. .. Purakauiti Stream .. Kaler's Eoad (felling) Warnock's Eoad Tahaukupu Bimu, Block XIII. Tahaukupu Block Tautuku Biver Landing-sheds, &c. Tautuku Waikoikoi Bridge Eimu Eimu Improved-farm Settlement Eimu, Block XIV. Heathfield Improved-farm Settlement .. Waipati Improved-farm Settlement Anderson's Bay £ a. d. 154,404 9 2 £ s. d. 14,486 3 4 £ s. d. 168,890 12 6 £ S. d. 18,579 18 11 £ s. d. 187,470 11 5 Clutha .. ..' Clutha 529 4 4 200 0 0 529 4 4 200 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 529 4 4 300 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 635 8 4 200 0 0 257 4 8 157 15 4 100 0 0 1,112 13 2 294 15 6 675 11 10 300 0 0 936 15 11 125 0 0 554 4 9 1,970 5 5 300 0 0 5,092 3 4 3,790 3 8 275 0 0 50 0 0 564 10 0 70 18 4 635 8 4 250 0 0 57 4 8 143 17 9 157 15 4 20 4 2 3 15 0 194 9 9 201 2 5 157 15 4 55 14 0 716 8 2 194 9 9 675 11 10 300 0 0 483 17 5 125 0 0 554 4 9 1,775 16 1 200 0 0 56 2 3 35 9 10 712 13 2 44 6 0 396 5 0 100 5 9 675 11 10 300 0 0 130 18 11 352 18 6 125 0 0 554 4 9 953 0 8 452 18 6 Clutha and Southland .. Caversham, St. Kilda, and South Dunedin Boroughs Caversham Borough Clutha Caversham 4,319 18 8 1,821 3 9 100 0 0 822 15 5 328 7 4 1,636 5 1 4,648 6 0 3,457 8 10 100 0 0 194 9 4 300 0 0 443 17 4 332 14 10 175 0 0 Caversham Industrial School Beserve .. Cargill Street, Caversham Water of Leith protective works Eavensbourne Gladstone, Upper Junction Normanby, Mount Cargill Sundry roads and bridges, Otago Native Districts .. Education Beserves Purohase of Boads Miscellaneous and engineering To open up Otago Buns Village Settlements (see also General) .. Maori Hill Borough West Harbour Borough .. N.E. Valley Borough m ■ ■ City and Taieri Chalmers Dunedin City.. 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,340 7 0 150 0 0 175 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 1,515 7 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 1,001 5 1 735 5 11 1,821 3 9 542 17 6 6,336 6 7 11,792 19 11 78 15 3150 0 0 78 14 6 50 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 1,594 1 6 250 0 0 150 0 0 1,001 5 1 735 5 11 1,821 3 9 927 17 6 6,875 18 7 11,792 19 11 300 0 0 ar . . m ■ . 150 0 0 1,001 5 1 735 5 11 1,821 3 9 527 17 6 6,324 12 3 11,792 19 11 15 0 0 11 14 4 385 0 0 539 12 0 78 15 3 221 4 9 Total, Otago Land District 189,199 0 9 19,176 0 0 208,375 0 23,000 9 2 231,375 9 l:

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Name of Work. County. I Electorate. Net Expenditure Net *£££**** Total Net to -.o m-„„+-u d „j a ,a Expenditure to Slst March, 1897. $£$*3£3Q Slst March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Southland Land District — Athol to Nokomai Saddle Eyre Creek Bridge Gow's Creek Stock-bridge Dome Creek Bridge Tomogalak Creek to D.P. land Dipton-Balfour Boundary Creek Bridge Argyle Bridge Waikaka to Wendon and Greenvale Wendon District Wendonside Biversdale-Switzers Pyramid Bridge Waikaka Siding to Waikaka Township .. Hillend-Dipton Flat Main North Boad (£1 for £1) Waikaka-Pyramid Pyramid Bridge to Waikaia Waimea Valley Boad Otamita Eetreat Bridge over Mataura at Otama Beaby Betreat ... Gore Bridge Centre Bush-Otapiri Woodend Otapiri Clark's Boad-Greenhills Winton Tramway to Winton Forest Myross Bush Tanner's Boad, Winton Kent Eoad Winton Drains Mataura-Winton and Channel Forest Hill Tramway Eoad Branch road to Forest Hill Forest Hill Boad Otapiri Bridge-Forest Hill District Hokonui-Forest Hill Block Forest Hill, Macdonald Boad Dunsdale £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wakatipu Wallace Wakatipu 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 o 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 499 5 6 300 0 0 150 0 0 125 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 594 0 0 850 0 0 2,000 0 0 320 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 1,998 17 2 200 0 0 1,000 0 0 524 18 9 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 Lake Southland 150 0 0 400 0 0 499 5 6 100 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 499 5 6 100 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 125 0 0 i 500 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 594 0 0 850 0 0 2,000 0 0 320 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 594 0 0 850 0 0 2,000 0 0 320 0 0 Wakatipu and Clutha Awarua 500 0 0 Wakatipu Mataura Wakatipu Mataura 200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 1,998 17 2 100 0 0 1,000 0 0 449 18 9 200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 1,998 17 2 200 0 0 1,000 0 0 449 18 9 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 Awarua 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 - 200 0 0 100 0 0 I 750 0 0 ! 100 0 0 100 0 0 750 0 0 200 0 0 13,116 7 10 1,494 19 5 998 9 0 150 0 0 602 15 0 2,697 4 8 100 0 0 750 0 0 I I 13,116 7 10 1,494 19 5 598 9 0 13,116 7 10 1,494 19 5 598 9 0 200 0 0 78 15 0 1,540 9 6 100 0 0 78 15 0 1,700 9 5 100 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 524 0 0 996 15 3 159 19 11 Mataura Carried forward 28,741 2 2 759 19 11 29,501 2 1 3,670 15 3 33,171 17 4 •

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net "Sf ture ! Total Net to io Mm) v. „„j.j Expenditure to Slst March, 1897. | SlstVarch, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. * £ s. d. 28,741 2 2 £ s. d. 759 19 11 £ s. d. 29,501 2 1 £ s. d. 3,670 15 3 £ s. d. 33,171 17 4 Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Southland Land District — continued. Through Buns 177 and 257 .. Hedgehope-Mataura Makarewa-Hedgehope Flood-channel Waimumu Bridge Mabel District Hedgehope-Titipua and Dunsdale Bridges Mataura Biver protective works Invercargill Hundred, Block XXIII. Hedgehope Boad Makarewa to Hedgehope Main North Boad, Winton .. Orion and Minerva Boads, Makarewa Devereaux-East Winton Bush land east of Makarewa Outfall drainage, Otatara Wallacetown-Eyal Bush Section 795, Hokonui Wallacetown-Spar Bush-Waimatuku Flat Makarewa Bridge Motirenui Linds Bridge Grove Bush Centre Bush Makarewa-Grove Bush Bush land, Makarewa Wright's Bush Wallacetown-Tomoporakau Mill Eoad, Makarewa, Block X., Sections 32 and 33 Invercargill Hundred, Block X. Invercargill Hundred, Block XXIII. Invercargill Hundred, Blocks XIV., XV. Waikiwi Suburban Waikiwi .. .. Invercargill Hundred, XV. Invercargill Hundred, Blocks XVII. and XX. Invercargill Hundred, Block XXII. Main East Eoad, near Invercargill Seaward Bush Boads Miller's Boad, Hedgehope Southland - • - I Mataura Awarua and Mataura Awarua Mataura Awarua 5,002 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 25 0 0 520 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 635 19 3 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 " 199 1 1 - - " - 5,002 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 199 1 1 200 0 0 200 0 0 25 0 0 520 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 635 19 3 300 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 '6 18 11 150 0 0 50 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 5,002 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 520 0 0 80 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 450 0 0 735 19 3 80 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 746 1 1 100 0 0 •• •• 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 " 200 0 0 - 0 5 0 147 19 6 199 15 0 159 15 0 200 0 0 307 14 6 • 92 5 6 150 0 0 150 0 0 i 150 0 0 0 5 0 200 0 0 0 5 0 200 0 0 20 0 0 99 15 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 Invercargill .. 100 0 0 199 4 10 100 0 0 100 0 0 595 5 11 100 0 0 396 1 1 150 15 2 Carried forward 37,768 12 0 2,567 15 10 40,336 7 10 6,494 9 10 46,830 17

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabihties on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc continued. Southland Land District — continued. Invercargill-Tisbury Maclean's Boad, Seaward Bush Tisbury Tramway Boad Appleby to Tisbury Waihopai Bridge Ti sbury-Waimatua Kingswell Creek Kingswell Creek-Seaward Bush Kingswell Creek-Seaward Bush, £1 for £1 Waimatuku Bush Millwood Settlement Bay Boad to Otatara Bush .. .. Otatara Bush Longbush, Makarewa, Myross, and Wallacetown Township (£1 for £1) Clifton to Seaward Bush Clifton-Tisbury .. Invercargill Hundred Acker's Village Block Acker's Village Block VIII., Winton Hundred Blocks II. and III.,.Campbelltown Woodend to Bushy Point Seaward Forest to Coast Campbelltown Hundred West's to Mokotua Seaward Moss to Awarua Bay Seaward Forest to Deferred-payment Block Haberfleld's to Beach Campbelltown Point Eoad Campbelltown Hundred and Campbelltown Girdler's Boad Campbelltown Bluff Eoad Oteramika Block Oteramika Mataura Island Dairy Factory-Pine Bush Eailwaystation £ s. d. 37,768 12 0 £ s. d. 2,567 15 10 £ s. d. 40,336 7 10 £ s. d. 6,494 9 10 £ s. d. 46,830 17 8 Southland Invercargill 400 0 0 400 0 0 70 0 0 400 0 0 70 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 344 6 7 1,100 0 0 899 13 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 344 6 7 1,100 0 0 599 13 0 344 6 7 1,100 0 0 899 13 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 600 0 0 75 0 0 1,179 18 3 500 0 0 *9 16 6 9 16 6 600 0 0 75 0 0 1,179 18 3 500 0 0 190 3 6 100 0 0 200 0 0 700 0 0 75 0 0 1,179 18 3 500 0 0 200 0 0 Awarua Mataura Awarua •:•: i 200 0 0 Invercargill .. 694 4 11 694 4 11 100 0 0 50 0 0 694 4 11 100 0 0 900 .0 0 216 16 3 250 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 6,064 15 11 1,050 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 650 0 0 80 0 0 300 0 0 600 0 0 50 0 0 1,100 0 0 900 0 0 520 1 8 800 0 0 250 0 0 Awarua 700 0 0 216 16 3 150 0 0 850 0 0 216 16 3 120 10 1 . 120 10 1 129 9 11 250 0 0 • „ 100 0 0 100 0 0 6,064 15 11 1,050 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 650 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 6,064 15 11 1,050 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 650 0 0 79 8 8 253 1 6 600 0 0 50 0 0 1,066 17 7 700 0 0 120 1 8 700 0 0 250 0 0 ■ Awarua and Mataura Mataura Awarua I I ' I „ ■ ■■ . •• • . 0 11 4 46 18 6 49 10 6 600 0 0 50 0 0 800 0 0 500 0 0 120 1 8 500 0 0 79 8 8 203 11 0 " 266 17 7 200 0 0 33 2 5 200 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 Mataura 200 0 0 250 0 0 Carried forward 54,962 19 1 4,947 19 8 8,714 15 6 68,625 14 3 95,910 18 9

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net "^ diture qi r,+ ivr a r«i, iqoti 12 Months ended 31st March, 1897. 31st Maxohj lg9g Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, Slst March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabihties. Brought forward Boads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Southland Land District — continued. Timpany's Hill to Gorge Eailway-station, Oteramika Toetoes, Block X. Owari Bridge .. .. .. 1 Mokoreta Valley (£1 for £1) .. Wyndham Bridge (£1 for £1) Bridges, Fortrose to Wyndham Haldane Improved-farm Settlement Wyndham via Mimihau to Otaraia Waikawa Improved-farm Settlement Waikawa-Wyndham Valley .. Muturimu Improved-farm Settlement Fortrose-Tokanui-Waikawa Mokoreta, Blocks VII. and IX. (£1 for £1) Southland Bridges and Fortrose Jetty (flood-damages) Waikawa, Block VII. Waikawa (II.) Block Waikawa Bridge .. Blocks X., XL, xi'l., and XIII., Waikawa district!' Quarry Hills Block XIV., Mokoreta ... Mokoreta-Scrubby, Hill Block Waikawa-Otara Block Otara to Waikawa and Bridge, over Tokanui Waikawa District Line of Hundreds.. Bridge over Oreti at Elbow Kelso-Waikaka Te Anau-George Sound Te Anau Jetty Manapouri-Te Anau Manapouri-Dusky Sound Mossburn-Te Anau .. Mossburn Bridge.. Mossburn-Manapouri Mararoa Bridge Blackmount to DP. land .. .V Small-grazing Bun, No. 23 .. Horse-bridge, Wairaki Eiver £ s. d. 54,962 19 1 £ S. d. 4,947 19 8 £ s. d. 59,910 18 9 £ s. d. 8,714 15 6 £ s. d. 68,625 14 3 Southland Mataura 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 • 128 9 6 21 10 6 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 1,619 5 7 1,499 18 2 2,556 12 6 816 3 10 251 5 4 500 0 0 766 1 4 482 1 9 717 5 5 129 0 9 200 0 0 250 0 0 2,385 6 11 1,499 18 2 3,038 14 3 1,533 9 3 380 6 1 500 0 0 579 19 7 317 8 3 269 13 2 290 19 3 200 0 0 250 0 0 2,965 6 6 1,493 18 2 3,356 2 6 1,803 2 5 671 5 4 500 0 0 100 0 0 800 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 955 0 0 300 .0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 1,549 13 2 7,330 0 0 1,000 0 0 10,455 14 9 250 0 0 9 0 0 1,000 8 6 500 0 0 140 0 0 250 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,307 19 9 350 0 0 400 0 0 250 0 0 425 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 800 0 0 92 11 6 800 0 0 92 11 6 107 8 6 150 0 0 250 0 0 386 12 8 300 0 0 24 7 5 543 19 11 568 7 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 1,057 0 0 0 7 7 492 13 2 7,315 19 5 1,000 0 0 9,299 9 2 13 13 0 492 13 2 7,329 12 5 1,000 0 0 9,784 5 7 484 16 5 671 9 2 250 0 0 Southland and Wallace .. Wallace and Awarua Wallace Wakatipu and Clutha Wallace Southland and Clutha Wallace *9 0 1,000 8 6 9 0 0 1,000 8 6 4 11 2 140 0 0 30 0 0 247 7 7 1,307 19 9 350 0 0 400 0 0 228 19 0 425 0 0 4 11 2 495 8 10 140 0 0 5 16 6 24 3 6 247 7 7 500 o 0 220-0 0 752 12 5 Wallace and Fiord Wallace ... 807 19 9 350 0 0 400 0 0 228 19 0 21 1 0 425 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 Carried forward 84,455 7 11 10,004 1 6 94,459 9 5 15,334 15 11 109,794 5

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure Net Expenditure Tot al Net Liabilities on to during ■Expenditure to Authorities, 31st March 1897 12 Months ended bEKSSaSS Contracts, Ac, Slst March, 1897. 31sf . Marok) lfm Slst March, 1898. 31st March _ 189g Total Net Expenditure and Liabihties. Brought forward Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Southland Land District — continued. Black Creek Bridge and Eoad Black Creek Bridge Papatotara —Improved- farm Settlement Avondale Saddle Lonneker Settlement Lillburn Beads Waiau Bridge, Clifden (to account) Orawia-Clifden Clifden Ferry-Eastern Bush (Limestone Gorge) Clifden-Bedcliff Creek Heddon Bush Grassy Creek „ .. Wreys Bridge (subsidy) Lillburn, Monowai, and Alton Tracks to McLaren's Eun Lower Waiau Ferry Otautau Bridge .. Otautau Bridge (subsidy) Fairfax Bridge (to account) Longwood, Blocks XVI. and I. Orepuki-Waiau Longwood, Blocks XVI. and X. Aparima Bridge Longwood, Blocks XV., XVI., and XVII. Eiverton-Orepuki Jacob's Eiver (subsidy) Orepuki-Wairaurahiri Biverton-Colac Bay Half-moon Bay Wharf, Stewart Island .. Half-moon Bay Tramway Port William to Half-moon Bay Stewart Island roads Sundry roads Sundry Boads (Native labour) Village Settlements (see also General) Purchase of roads To open up Southland runs Miscellaneous and Engineering £ s. d. 84,455 7 11 £ s. d. 10,004 1 6 £ s. d. 94,459 9 5 £ s. d. 15,334 15 11 £ s. d. 109,794 5 4 Wallace Wallace 200 0 0 200 0 0 2,354 8 10 34 11 10 2,389 0 8 365 8 2 100 0 0 2,754 8 10 100 0 0 250 0 0 970 7 0. 592 11 1 250 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 1,190 0 0 8,000 0 040 0 0' 274 17 6 550 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 1,901 14 2 400 0 0 258 0 11 100 0 0 800 0 0 549 13 6 300 0 0 4,054 11 4 600 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 2,590 12 5 9,394 2 11 9 9 0 213 15 0 100 0 0 1,148 15 8 2,757 9 8 - 250 0 0 190 18 9 4 10 250 0 0 901 9 8 196 12 1 710 10 11 192 11 1 68 17 4 395 19 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 1,190 0 0 8,000 0 0 40 0 0 24 17 6 550 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 1,190 0 0 8,000 0 0 40 0 0 74 17 6 550 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 1,601 14 2 41 0 8 1,642 14 10 250 0 0 258 19 4 400 0 0 258 0 11 100 0 0 258 0 11 100 0 0 258 11 6 549 13 6 300 0 0 3,652 7 2 600 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 2,590 12 5 9,394 2 11 9 9 0 Cr. 36 5 0 258 11 6 541 8 6 Stewart Island Awarua 549 13 6 300 0 0 3,554 11 4 600 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 2,590 12 5 9,394 2 11 9 9 0 97 15 10 402 4 2 100 0 0 - Cr. 36 5 0 ■■ 250 0 0 100 0 0 1,148 15 8 2,457 9 8 90 19 4 1,148 15 8 2,548 9 0 209 0 8 Total, Southland £121,382 5 10 11,085 15 5 | 132,468 1 3 19,826 13 1 152,294 14 4

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure Total Net Liabihties on during tt„„„Sii-.,. t- Authorities, 12 Months ended ?sjqs Contracts, Ac, Slst March, 1898. 6lst marcil . 1S 9S. 31st Marc]l; 1898 . Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Eoads, Bridges, etc. — continued. General :— Expenditure under miscellaneous public works votes (see Table No. 7 of 1884) Works unprovided for Miscellaneous and Engineering —Main Boads Schools on improved-farm settlements Improved farms unprovided for Miscellaneous and Engineering —Eoads to give access Miscellaneous roads and bridges in Native districts Native land purchases —Surveys Native land purchases —New purchases Portion of subsidies to local bodies Contingencies and subsidies to local bodies for providing work for unemployed Co-operative work for unemployed Advance to co-operative workmen Flood-damages (£1 for £1) .. Miscellaneous Grants-in-Aid :— Grants - in - aid under " The Boads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882 " Local Bodies :— Payments of thirds, &c. Village settlements (see also Village Settlements, under Land Districts) £ s. d. 322,358 5 4 1,319 15 7 33 14 0 1,900 0 0 204 4 0 15,813 19 1 167 1 0 143,553 12 11 54,308 16 1 Cr. £ s. d. 109 18 9 53 13 0 . 10 0 0 14*6 14 11 2,752 0 4 £ s. d. 322,358 5 4 1,429 14 4 33 14 0 1,953 13 0 Cr. 10 0 0 204 4 0 140 14 11 18,565 19 5 167 1 0 143,553 12 11 54,308 16 1 £ s. d. 330 1 0 101 7 0 389 13 7 359 5 1 500 0 0 £ s. d. 322,358 5 4 1,759 15 4 33 14 0 2,055 0 0 379 13 7 204 4 0 500 0 0 18,565 19 5 667 1 0 143,553 12 11 54,308 16 1 21,975 15 11 147 10 0 10 0 0 5,037 18 10 633 8 8 21,975 15 11 157 10 0 5,037 18 10 1,319 18 1 1,168 0 0 240 0 0 14,962 1 2 181 4 10 23,143 15 11 397 10 0 20,000 0 0 1,501 2 11 686 9 5 375,213 14 10 375,213 14 10 375,213 14 10 1,495 5 5 51,138 17 6 Cr. . 43 0 0 1,495 5 5 51,095 17 6 157 3 7 1,495 5 5 51,253 1 1 Total, General 990,317 1 1 8,684 14 6 999,001 15 7 18,388 16 3 1,017,390 11 10 Grand Total .. 4,477,564 11 8 251,291 2 0 4,728,855 13 8 4,217,586 10 11 259,978 0 9

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Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. Eoads on Goldmelds :— 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 t — Assistance to Piako County Council towards constructing tramway from Te Aroha Mountain to batteries Opening Mokau Eiver for development of coal-mine Kuaotunu-Coromandel Whakapara-P uhipuh i Kiripaka to coal-mines Helena Bay to Whakapara Gordon Settlement to Waharoa ... Waiorongomai Eoad ... Approach to railway bridge, Te Aroha Thompson's Track Hikutaia-Waihi ... ... Upper Waitekauri Bridge Paeroa-Waitoa Boad formation, Waitekauri to Cross Eoad Junction Waihi Eoad to New Find, Waitekauri Waihi to Whangamata Paeroa-Te Aroha Karangahake Bridge ... Whangamata to Wharekiraupunga Waitekauri to Wharekiraupunga ... Hikutaia to Waitekauri Komata Eeefs to Paeroa Komata Eeefs to Waitekauri ... Tairua-Whenuakite ... Tiki to Kaimarama Mercury Bay to Whenuakite and Boat Harbour Tiki to Opitonui Tapu Creek extension... Thames to Waikawau... Thames to Hikutaia ... Puru Creek Boad Turua to Netherton ... Hikutaia-Whangamata "Wires" Track Upper Waiotahi Boad Inland from Omahu ... Upper Tararu Road ... Matatoki Boad Puriri to Tairua Wharepoa Settlement Boad Omahu to Whangamata Drains, Hikutaia Boads, Katikaiti and Tauranga ... Boads, Great Barrier Island Waikawau to Manaia ... Tapu to Waikawau ... Thames to Manaia Whangamata Harbour to Beefs ... Karangahake through Ohinemuri Gorge Tereohanga Gorge to Puhipuhi ... Cabbage Bay to Port CharleB Tiki to Mahikarau Kuaotunu to Mercury Bay Karangahake and Waihi Tiki to Waikawau Waitekauri to New Find Sylvia up Tararu Creek Matawai to Kaimarama Driving Creek to Cape Colville Cabbage Bay to Mines 89,814 12 1 6,609 12 11 96,424 5 0 5,595 7 0 102,019 12 0 1,885 11 1 1,885 11 1 1,885 11 1 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 552 8 0 552 8 0 552 8 0 1,470 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 1,470 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,470 0 0 350 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 2,809 3 1 1,315 0 0 714 16 10 500 0 0 250 0 0 3,523 19 11 1,815 0 0 250 0 0 205 13 4 271 11 11 500 0 0 3,523 19 11 2,315 0 0 250 0 0 705 13 4 300 0 0 205 13 4 271 11 11 500 0 0 28 8 1 128 8 0 200 0 0 328 8 0 328 8 0 565 0 0 6 5 6 300 0 0 100 0 0 107 3 1 300 0 0 665 0 0 113 8 7 200 0 0 100 0 0 407 16 11 250 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 500 0 0 765 0 0 521 5 6 250 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 460 0 0 350 0 0 200 0 0 410 0 0 300 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 410 0 0 300 0 0 258 5 8 1,185 10 4 731 10 6 160 0 0 165 1 3 473 9 8 300 0 0 250 0 0 631 8 5 418 5 8 1,350 11 7 1,205 0 2 300 0 0 350 0 0 671 11 5 250 0 0 200 0 0 385 0 0 226 19 10 100 0 0 300 0 0 368 8 7 250 0 0 618 5 8 1,735 11 7 1,432 0 0 400 0 0 650 0 0 1,040 0 0 100* 0 0 40 3 0 410 15 0 81 15 0 400 0 0 233 16 11 78 18 2 339 16 10 280 6 5 106 4 0 492 10 0 400 0 0 625 16 11 138 14 2 . 936 16 4 280 6 5 106 4 0 492 10 0 400 0 0 812 0 0 260 0 0 1,200 5 9 399 11 5 700 0 0 150 0 0 1,260 0 0 604 4 2 1,500 0 0 750 10 0 500 0 0 141 10 6 1,000 0 0 392 0 0 59 16 0 596 19 6 186 3 1 121 5 10 263 9 5 119 5 0 593 16 0 150 0 0 730 0 0 1,500 0 0 750 10 0 500 0 0 141 10 6 1,000 0 0 530 0 0 604 4 2 530 0 0 604 4 2 1,500 0 0 750 10 0 500 0 0 141 10 6 1,000 0 0 800 0 0 1,685 0 0 250 0 0 1,100 0 0 468 15 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 175 0 0 4.00 0 0 800 0 0 1,685 0 0 260 0 0 1,100 0 0 468 15 0 '600 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 175 0 0 400 0 0 800 0 0 1,685 0 0 250 0 0 1,100 0 0 468 15 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 175 0 0 400 0 0 Carried forward 119,357 16 7 15,138 5 7 134,496 2 2 12,875 19 9 147,37a 1 11

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Net Expenditure I Net iture Slst March, 1897. j Sl^S cv~t~i st r A Liabilities on Total Net Authorities, Expenditure to ContraotB & ' Slst March, 1898. T 8 98. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities, Brought forward Boads on Goldmelds — continued. .uckland — continued. Ooromandel to Cabbage Bay Tokatea to Kennedy Bay Tiki to Manaia Manaia to Mines Whitianga to Mahakirau Whangapoua Mill Boad Kuaotunu Bridge rELSON:— Eepairs to Nile Bridge Lyell to Mokihinui via Eight-mile Mokihinui Quartz-reefs to Specimen Creek Brighton to Seventeen-mile Beach via Terraces Cobden to Seventeen-mile Beach ... Wangapeka to Karamea Aorere Valley to Karamea and Mokihinui Owen Valley Road Hampden to Horse Terrace Hatter's Terrace to Bell Hill and Haupiri Larry's Creek to Lyell Boad, near Dee River (subsidy of £1 for £1) Bridle-track to Upper Anatoki Hatter's Terrace Road (£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 Grey River to Moonlight Blackball Track Ahaura- Kopara Road... Nelsor, Creek Bridge ... Big River Road Approaches, Matakitaki Bridge ... Soldier's Creek Road ... Painkiller, to connect with Murray's Creek Road Gannon's to Painkiller Pain's Ford Bridge Red Hill Road Track, Slate River to Rocky Pack-track to Kill Devil Bridge, Karamea River Waimangaroa to Denniston Road to Lyell's Creek Extended Company's Tunnel Road from Lyell Bridge to Ryan's Road to Oparara Diggings Millerton Road Track to diggings, Cape Foulwind Cobden to Coal Creek ... Mackley's to Waipuna Terrace Footbridge over Blackball Creek ... Road to Barry town Track to Adamstown ... Track to Crow Diggings Ngahere to Blackball ... Ahaura Bridge Brown's Terrace to Arnold Prospecting-track, Brunnerton to Paparoa E ichmond-Collingwood Bonny Doon Road CoUingwood to Parapara Anatoki Track Takaka River Foot-bridge Scott's Creek Bridge ... Canaan Road £ s. d. 119,357 16 7 £ s. d. 15,138 5 7 £ s. d. 134,496 2 2 £ s. d. 12,875 19 9 £ s. d. 147,372 1 11 250 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 831 2 6 5,098 8 6 1,238 7 5 831 2 6 5,098 8 6 1,238 7 5 831 2 6 5,098 8 6 1,238 7 5 1,789 7 2 1,789 7 2 1,789 7 2 3,436 1 4 2,000 0 0 29,938 1 2 3,436 1 4 2,000 0 0 29,938 1 2 3,436 1 4 2,000 0 0 29,938 1 2 2,208 9 2 3,450 18 6 1,650 0 0 2,208 9 2 3,450 18 6 1,650 0 0 33 1 6 2,208 9 2 3,484 0 0 1,650 0 0 423 10 0 423 10 0 423 10 0 722 8 0 400 0 0 722 8 0 400 0 0 722 8 0 400 0 0 365 10 0 365 10 0 365 10 0 900 0 0 900 0 0 900 0 0 11,005 18 11 11,005 18 11 11,005 18 11 2,504 19 7 530 0 0 1,185 12 5 400 0 0 100 0 0 1,924 14 0 218 15 0 198 5 0 178 4 0 350 0 0 2,504 19 7 880 0 0 1,185 12 5 400 0 0 100 0 0 2,602 14 11 279 15 0 198 5 0 474 0 0 50 0 0 2,504 19 7 930 0 0 1,185 12 5 400 0 0 100 0 0 2,602 14 II 279 15 0 198 5 0 678 4 0 678 0 11 61 0 0 295 16 0 204 4 0 196 10 6 798 13 10 24a 8 1 225 0 0 100 0 0 3,265 19 8 100 0 0 200 0 0 196 10 6 798 13 10 249 8 1 225 0 0 100 0 0 3,565 19 8 100 0 0 200 0 0 196 10 6 798 13 10 249 8 1 225 0 0 100 0 0 3,565 19 8 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 249 0 3 197 11 0 375 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 375 4 0 523 5 1 400 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 175 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 449 0 3 197 11 0 375 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 375 4 0 523 5 1 400 0 0 1,400 0 0 200 0 0 175 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 549 0 3 197 11 0 375 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 450 4 0 523 5 1 400 0 0 2,450 0 0 200 0 0 325 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 900 0 0 50 0 0 1,050 0 0 150* 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 350 0 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 600 0 0 800 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 O 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0' Carried forward 202,837 1 8 18,923 2 6 221,760 4 2 15,738 5 3 237,498 9

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Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure Total Net 12 Monthrfended 31st March, 1898. 8Ist Mar °h, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward ... Roads on Goldeields — continued. Kelson— continued. Pakawau Bush Boad ... Repairing bridges, Staunton and Doctor's Creeks Road, Seddonville to Mokihinui ... Track, Seddonville to Mokihinui Mine Granity Creek southwards Granity Creek-Ngakawau Four-mile Bridge Fox's Bridge Fairdown-Waimangaroa Wilson's Lead Eoad ... Track up Four-mile and Nile Bivers Charleston-Nine-mile Beach - ... Boad, Promised Land-Karamea ... Track to Piper's Flat, Addison's ,., Snowy Creek Bridge ... Eeef ton-Maruia Maruia Road and horse-track vid Caslani's A.haura-Haupiri Footbridge, By-wash, NgahereBlackball Ferry Moonlight to Paparoa Bridges, Cobden-Seven-mile Road Track to Healey's Gully Track, Fagan's Creek to top Paparoa Range Track, Lancashire Flat to head of Clearwater Creek Blackball Track to Paparoa Ranges Wai puna Road Granville Road Bridge9,Blackwaterand Greenstone Walker's Creek Bridge Landing Creek Bridge Improving ford, Granity Creek ... Dee Creek Bridge Mangle's Bridge Wangapeka-Wanganui Table-land Horse-track Wangapeka Track, Rolling River to Kiwi Creek Mud Flat-Karamea-Oparara B elgrove- Westport-Reef ton Fencing land, Blackball Road Aorere Bridge Inland road, Parapara-Takaka Mud Flat portion, Takaka-Colling-wood Inland Road Karamea Track Deadman's Creek to Christmas Terrace Big Totara Biver Bridge Little Totara River Bridge Denniston to Cascade Creek Bradshaw's Lead Road Road, Oparara Eiver, Karamea ... Westport-Mokihinui ... Mokihinui to Eeefs (widening) Eoad Stony Creek-Waimangaroa ,.. Denniston Hill Road ... Eight Mile, Lyell to Mokihinui ... Mokihinui to Wanganui (improving) Road, Costello's Hill, Charleston (alteration) Dee Creek Company's Claim Addison's Road to Buller Road ... Snowy Creek to Reefs Road, Hampden Cemetery to School House, Murchison Bridge, Little Grey River Culverts, Devil's Creek Dray-road, Capleston to Larry's ... Glenroy to Maruia Plains Paroa-Teremakau £ s. d. 202,837 1 8 £ s. d. 18,923 2 6 £ s. d. 221,760 4 2 £ s. d. 15,738 5 3 £ s. d. 237,498 9 5 150 0 0 160 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 225 0 0 425 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 470 0 0 570 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 770 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 550 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 1,185 8 6 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 550 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 879 18 0 158 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 75 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 550 0 0 75 0 0 300 0 0 591 9 6 158 0 0 288 8 6 305 10 6 42 0 0 200 0 0 210 0 0 200 0 0 210 0 0 200 0 0 210 0 0 75 0 0 275 0 0 90 0 0 300 0 0 75 0 0 275 0 0 90 0 0 300 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 325 0 0 90 0 0 425 0 0 125 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 700 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 700 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 586 10 0 100 0 0 1,286 10 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,750 0 2 200 0 0 149 19 10 250 0 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 751 19 4 290 5 11 22 4 7 683 10 2 248 0 8 776 4 1 177 15 5 146 9 6 248 0 8 1,459 14 3 177 15 5 149 19 10 3 10 4 112 13 6 3,750 0 0 110 0 0 1,714 1 8 112 13 6 5,464 I 8 110 0 0 285 18 4 112 13 6 5,750 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 450 0 0 350 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 450 0 0 450 0 0 350 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 450 0 0 175 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 175 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 425 0 0 225 0 0 225 0 0 Carried forward 209,170 4 2 27,195 3 4 236,365 7 6 27,522 13 U 263.888 1 5

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Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Nelson— continued. Protective works, Main Grey Bridge Bridges over Raleigh Creek (3) Bridge, Nelson Creek ... B"idi»e, Callaghan's Creek Bridge, Brandy Jack's Creek Track up Ten-mile Creek Repairs, Cobden-Barrytown Road Road, Cobden to Warren's Accom-modation-house Cape-Terrace Road, continuation ... Mosquito-Maori Creek Track Lake Brunner Road towards Maori 0 I*p plr Bell Hill Road Lyell to Victoria Range Marlborough : — Wakamarina Valley ... Anikiwa Jetty Havelock to Mahakipawa Onamalutu to Wakamarina Forks Bartlett's Creek Track Gravellingroad through Mr. Adams's property Gravelling Onamalutu Road Tracks, Wakamarina and Mahakipawa Re-metalling Wakamarina Road ... Havelock-Tuamarina Road Rocky Ferry to Kaituna Picton-Grove Canterbury:— Road to open up Wilberforce quartzreefs Westland : — ■ Cedar Creek Road Browning's Pass to Reefs (subsidy of £2 for £1) Great South Road Track up Waiho River Haast Ferry to Glue-pot Jackson's Bay to Cascade and Gorge River Districts Grey Valley to Teremakau Bridge over Mahinapua Creek Extension, Seddon's Terrace Track Bridge over Ogilvie Creek Deviation Road and compensation, Larrikin's Flat Gillam's Gully Track... Bridge over Kanieri River at Kokatahi Taipo Creek to Seven-mile Totara Bridge Track, Waikupakupa ocean-beach to main road Wire Bridge, Waiho River Track, Totara River to Constitution Hill Wire Bridge, Kapitea Creek, Lamplough Track Butcher's Creek Bridge, Kanieri Lake Road Extension, Tucker's Flat Road Widening Milltown Track to Humphrey's Gully Renewal, Fisherman's Creek Bridge Doughboy Road Pack Track, Seddon's Terrace to Eel Creek Prospecting Track, Greek's Gully, Kanieri Forks Prospecting Track, Totara River to Farmer's Creek Widening and repairing Lamplough Track £ 8. d. 209,170 4 2 £ s. d. 27,195 3 4 £ 8. d. 236,365 7 6 £ s. d. 27,522 13 11 £ s. d. 263,888 1 5 191 0 0 191 0 0 300 0 0 600 0 0 20) 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 800 0 0 200 ' 0 0 191 0 0 300 0 0 600 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 800 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100* 0 0 100* 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 11 0 0 135 15 9 1,311 9 0 538 16 0 200 0 0 94 9 0 261 4 0 11 0 0 135 15 9 1,311 9 0 800 0 0 200 0 0 94 9 0 139 0 0 150 0 0 5 11 0 II 0 0 135 15 9 1,311 9 0 939 0 0 350 0 0 100 0 0 98 17 0 23 16 6 98 17 0 23 16 6 13 0 76 3 6 100 0 0 100 0 0 468 5 0 294 3 9 468 5 0 294 3 9 31 15 0 105 16 8 500 0 0 534 13 9 500 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 700 0 0 165 6 3 165 6 3 1,830 17 7 1,830 17 7 1,830 17 7 4,500 0 0 2,207 10 8 4,500 0 0 2,207 10 8 4,500 0 0 2,207 10 8 9,546 12 0 86 17 6 126 0 0 6,832 6 0 1,949 14 0 11,496 6 0 86 17 6 126 0 0 6,832 6 0 11,496 6 0 86 17 6 126 0 0 6,832 6 0 900 0 0 503 16 10 101 6 3 150 0 0 1,375 4 2 199 0 0 900 0 0 503 16 10 300 6 3 150 0 0 1,431 4 2 900 0 0 503 16 10 300 6 3 150 0 0 1,550 16 5 56 0 0 119 12 3 220 0 0 467 10 10 67 0 0 287 0 0 467 10 10 33 0 0 320 0 0 467 10 10 194 5 8 336 0 0 84 8 0 194 5 8 336 0 0 84 8 0 350 0 0 15*12 0 544 5 8 336 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 83 1 0 123 1 0 150 0 0 16 19 0 150 0 0 140 0 0 118 0 0 118 0 0 118 0 0 129 17 6 129 17 6 129 17 6 103 2 6 600 0 0 103 2 6 600 0 0 103 2 6 600 0 0 246*17 6 246 17 6 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 246 17 6 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 3 0 150 3 0 49 17 0 200 0 0 95 15 0 95 15 0 54 5 0 150 0 C Carried forward 241,114 9 5 32,596 6 4 273,710 15 9 33,356 1 8 307,066 17 5

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Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1898. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Roads on Goldfields — continued. Vestland— continued. New Bridge, Kapitea Creek, Loopline Road Stribbing's Creek Bridge Widening Road, Lake Mapourika to Waiho Repairing Jones Creek and Donoghue Storm-channels Pine-tree Road Wire Bridge, German Gully Track New Road, Stafford to Awatuna ... Karangarua Bridge Okuru River Ford Track Kokatahi Road Reefton-Hokitika-Ross Okarito River Bridge ... Continuation Wataroa Bluff Track Drainage, Stafford Township Widening Cook's River-flat Road... Hokitika-Jackson's Resumption of J. Holmes's land, Teremakau Greenstone-Teremakau Track and Wire Bridge, Upper Calary Teremakau-Paroa Mahinapua and South Terrace Track Adair's Track-Mahinapua Road ... Veronica Greek Track ... Repairing Bridge, Donnelly's Creek )tago : — Arthur's Point to Skipper's Waikaia Bush Road ... Arrowtown to Macetown Quartzreefs and Motutapu Bush Waitahuna Bridge, on account of reconstruction Garston to Nevis Wakatipu to Milford Sound Piers, Victoria Bridge Artesian - well boring, Maniototo Plains Miller's Flat to Skipper's Road ... Bridge and approaches, Skipper's... Arrowtown to Macetown Deviation, t'leasant Creek Track ... Waipori-Berwick Gorge Road Bridge over Clutha River at Miller's Flat Renewal bridge to Bannockburn ... Nevis Valley Road Clyde—Queenstown ... Punt —Hawea and Wanaka districts Track up Shotover River Lawrence-Clyde Lawrence-Waipori Roxburgh-Clyde Waitahuna to Bruce County boundary Bridge at Waipori lOTJTHLAND ! — Tracks, Merivale District Waiau to Preservation Inlet Tracks, Stewart Island Waipapa to Waikawa Waipapa to Six-mile ... Orepuki (Block I.)-Longwood Riversdale- Waikaia Roads, Preservation Inlet Tracks, Cromarty Clifden Bridge, Waiau River Assistance towards prospecting* .., Contingencies £ s. d. 241,114 9 5 £ s. d. 32,596 6 4 £ s. rf. 273,710 15 9 £ s. d. 33,356 1 8 £ s d. 307,066 17 5 30 8 7 30 8 7 30 8 7 70 8 11 782 6 8 70 8 11 782 6 8 70 8 11 782 6 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 44 14 7 252 4 6 2 8 0 248 4 6 3,266 5 2 276 13 4 0 16 0 88 0 6 138 9 5 2 5 0 194 19 11 202 17 11 1,624 8 3 23 6 8 191 4 8 399 17 5 366 11 6 457 16 2 45 10 7 89 0 6 390 13 11 4 13 0 194 19 11 451 2 5 4,890 13 5 300 0 0 194 4 8 399 17 5 366 11 6 1,332 16 2 300 0 0 29 9 5 30 19 6 445 7 0 96 0 1 55 4 1 959 6 7 75 0 0 120 0 0 390 13 11 450 0 0 291 0 0 506 6 6 5,850 0 0 300 0 0 194 4 8 399 17 5 400 0 0 1,332 16 2 300 0 0 33 8 6 875 0 0 300 0 0 118 12 6 118 12 6 81 7 6 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 12,167 4 1 1,000 0 0 9,720 6 8 12,167 4 1 1,000 0 0 9,720 6 8 12,167 4 1 1,000 0 0 9,720 6 8 750 0 0 750 0 0 750 0 0 1,915 17 2 7,240 7 11 362 1J 0 800 0 0 50 a o 1,965 17 2 7,240 7 U 362 10 0 800 0 0 1,965 17 2 7,240 7 11 362 10 0 800 0 0 580 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 580 0 0 500 0 0 900 0 0 130 0 0 1,476 18 9 5,398 7 3 1,000 0 0 250 0 0 580 0 0 1.500 0 0 1,150 0 0 130 0 0 1,976 18 9 6,621 0 0 400 0 0 130 0 0 694 17 5 50 0 0 782 1 4 5,348 7 3 500* 0 0 1,222 12 9 250 0 0 850 0 0 400 0 0 850 0 0 400 0 0 250 0 0 500* 0 0 300 0 0 850 0 0 400 0 0 750 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 50 0 0 1,000 0 0 377 0 9 50 0 0 1,500 0 0 377 0 9 150 0 0 500 0 0 372 19 3 500 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 2,000 0 0 750 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 7,955 19 6 200 8 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,397- 5 0 517 19 8 250 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 9,353 4 6 718 7 8 200 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 202 15 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 9,555 19 6 718 7 8 200 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 2,630 16 2 727 13 4 300 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 2,630 16 2 674 2 II 53*10 5 2,630 16 2 727 13 4 Totals 295,302 9 4 49,569 0 10 344,871 10 2 43,585 11 4 388,457 1 6 * See also Table No. 5a, Development of Goldfields.

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Development of Goldfields.— Table No. 5. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure for Water-races on Goldfields out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1898, and the Liabilities on that Date.

EXPENDITUR] Liabilities. Locality and Name op Back. Survey and Construction, 1870-97. Grants, Subsidies, 1870-97. Survey and Construction 1897-98. Grants, Subsidies, 1897-98. Authorities on Construction. Authorities on Grants, Subsidies. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Locality and Name op Bace. Totals. Contracts. Totals. NOBTH ISLAND. Auckland Provincial District — Thames Tairua Water-race Compensation, Thames Water-race B. Kelly's water-race, Mata Kuaotunu Sludge-channel £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. NOBTH ISLAND. Auckland Provincial District — Thames. Tairua Water-race. Compensation, Thames Water-race. B. Kelly's water-race, Mata. Kuaotunu Sludge-channel. 80,708 19 3 34 5 4 1,250 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 80,708 19 3 34 5 4 1,250 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 165 14 8 165 14 8 80,708 19 3 200 0 0 1,250 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 60 "o 0 60**0 0 ■■ •■ MIDDLE ISLAND. Westland Provincial District — Subsidies — Hohonu Hibernian New Eiver Kanieri Eimu Drainage-tunnel Boss Sludge-channel Kumara Sludge-channel No. 2 Kumara No. 4 Main Tail-race .. Kumara No. 5 Main Tail-race .. Trustees Main Tail-race, Waimea Branch Tail-race to No. 4 Channel, Payne and party Kelly's Terrace Tunnel Wainihinihi Water-race Quinn's Creek Water-race (purchase) Eaising dam Loop-line Ngahere-Blackball Oovernment Works — Waimea-Kumara Mikonui Nelson Provincial District — Government Works — Nelson Creek Napoleon Hill Argyle (Charleston) Black's Point Jones, Baxter, and party, waterrace from Eoaring Meg 80,708 19 3 225 14 8 82,458 19 3 3 7 0 12 5 8 21 5 0 15 6 191 19 6 552 14 10 " .. 113 16 3 84 .3 8 1,955 12 1 1,992 14 8 3,496 0 3 10,310 18 4 1,554 10 6 2,762 17 2 447 5 2 2,463 5 9 885 19 1 87 3 3 1,524 5 4 I - " 790* 9 4 •• •• 853* 0 8 1216 9 346 17 4 1,958 19 1 2,005 0 4 3,517 5 3 10,312 3 10 191 19 6 1,554 10 6 2,762 17 2 1,000 0 0 3,316 6 5 885 19 1 100 0 0 460 13 7 874 13 0 70 0 0 82,233 4 7 •• 125* 7 6 •• 2,023* 1 11 114 0 11 1,131 16 5 225 14 8] •■ •• - 2,023 1 11 114 0 11 1,131 16 5 125 7 6 1,958 19 1 2,005 0 4 3,517 5 3 10,312 3 10 191 19 6 1,554 10 6 2,762 17 2 1,000 0 0 5,339 8 4 1,000 0 0 100 0 0 J 1,592 10 0 i 1,000 0 6 70 0 0 MIDDLE ISLAND. Westland Provincial District — Subsidies — Hohonu. Hibernian. New Biver. Kanieri. Eimu Drainage-tunnel. Boss Sludge-channel. Kumara Sludge-channel No. 2. Kumara No. 4 Main Tail-race. Kumara No. 5 Main Tail-race. Trustees Main Tail-race, Waimea. Branch Tail race to No. 4 Channel, Payne and party. Kelly's Terrace Tunnel. Wainihinihi Water-race. Quinn's Creek Water-race (purchase). Baising dam Loop-line. Ngahere-Blackball. Oovernment XVorks — Waimea-Kumara. Mikonui. Nelson Provincial District — Oovernment Works — Nelson Creek. Napoleon Hill. Argyle (Charleston). Black's Point. Jones, Baxter, and party, waterrace from Eoaring Meg. 70* 0 0 200 0 0 493 14 2; - 493 14 2 200 0 0 106 5 10 106 5 10 I 600 0 0 200 0 0 •• ,,; 187,768 18 9 25,927 4 6 844 19 5 188,613 18 2 25,927 4 6 321 19 1 35 0 0 356 19 1 .188,970 17 3 25,927 4 6 .. 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 15,351 15 3 244 9 0 478 16 5 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 15,351 15 3 244 9 0 478 16 5 150 0 0 150* 0 0 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 I 15,501 15 3 244 9 0 478 16 5 ■■ Carried forward 2,129 2 11 1,212 14 9 351,300 12 6 553 12 5 3,453 19 3 1321,732 8 7 26,226 6 3 4,007 11 8 1355,308 4 2|

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Expenditure. Liabilities. Locality and Name op Bace. Survey and Construction, 1870-97. Grants, Subsidies, 1870-97. Survey and Construction 1897-98. Grants, Subsidies, 1897-98. Authorities on Construction. Authorities on Grants, Subsidies. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Locality and Name op Eace. Totals. Contracts. Totals. Brought forward MIDDLE ISLAND— contintted. Nelson Provincial District — ctd. Government Works —continued. Bandall Creek Water-race Wills and party, water-race at Sulky Gully Otago Provincial District — Subsidies — Arrow Beaumont and Tuapeka Carrick Eange Mount Pisgah Lawrence Drainage-channel .. Ophir Tail-race Muddy Creek Channel St. Bathan's Maerewhenua Artesian wells, Maniototo Improving water-supply, Oamaru Mountain Hut Water-race Oovernment Works — Mount Ida Waipori .. .. ... Canterbury Provincial District — Subsidy — Ninety-mile Beach Water-race Southland Provincial District — Subsidy — Bound Hill ... General — Increased water-supply Departmental — Salaries, travelling, advertising, &c. £ s. d. 321,732 8 7 £ s. d. 26,226 6 3 £ s. d. 2,129 2 11 £ s. d. 1,212 14 9 £ s. d. 1351,300 12 6 £ s. d. 553 12 5 £ s. d. 3,453 19 3 £ s. d. £ s. d. 4,007 11 8 £ s. d. 355,308 4 2 322 18 2 4* 6 2 i 1,065 0 0 20 0 0 1,150 7 2 150* 0 0 I 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 "' i 29* 3 4 322 18 2 179 3 4 612 10 0 644 6 2 9,249 13 1 200 0 0 2,956 14 0 1,150 0 0 850 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,065 0 0 20 0 0 1,150 7 2 72 4 1 " 88*16 8 I 3816 8 - 322 18 2 218 0 0 612 10 0 644 6 2 9,249 13 1 200 0 0 2,956 14 0 1,150 0 0 850 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,065 0 0 20 0 0 1,150 7 2 72 4 1 MIDDLE ISLAND— continued. Nelson Provincial District — ctd. Government Works —continued. Randall Creek Water-race. Wills and party, water-race at Sulky Gully. Otago Provincial District — Subsidies — Arrow. Beaumont and Tuapeka. Carrick Eange. Mount Pisgah. Lawrence Drainage-channel Ophir Tail-race. Muddy Creek Channel. St. Bathan's. Maerewhenua. Artesian wells, Maniototo. Improving water-supply,Oamaru. Mountain Hut Water-race. Government Works — Mount Ida. Waipori. Canterbury Provincial District — Subsidy — Ninety-mile Beach Water-race. Southland Provincial District — Subsidy — Bound Hill. General — Increased water-supply. Departmental — Salaries, travelling, advertising.&c. 72* 4 1 70,766 3 1 11,263 1 0 70,766 3 1 11,263 1 0 70,766 3 1 11,263 1 0 I 23 11 Hi 41 14 8; I I 65 6 7 I I - 65 6 7 133 19 4 133 19 4 ** 133 19 4 530 4 0 100 0 0 630 4 0 " 630 4 0 6,720 6 8 6,720 6 8 .. 6,720 6 8 Totals 413,598 6 9 [43,269 2 8 2,243 1 8 1,241 18 1 ]460,352 9 2 553 12 5 3,492 15 11 4,046 8 4 464,398 17 6 Totals. p I SUMMARY. North Island i 80,708 19 3 1,524 5 4 SUMMABY. North Island. ** - 82,233 4 7 225 14 8 225 14 8 82,458 19 3 Middle Island .. 413,598 6 9 43,269 2 8 2,243 1 8 1,241 18 1 460,352 9 2 553 12 5 3,492 15 11 4,046 8 4 ; 64,398 17 6 Middle Island. • Totals 1,241 18 1 3,718 10 7 Totals. 494,307 6 0 44,793 8 0 2,243 1 8 542,585 13 9 553 12 5 4,272 3 0 46,857 16 9

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TABLE No. 6. Statement showing the Expenditure on Telegraphs out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1898, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1897. Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on 31st March, 1898. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Assistance towards prospecting* Purchase of diamond-drill Prospecting deep levels, Thames,— Queen of Beauty Claim Inspector's fee, deep-level shaft, Thames Compensation Proclamation of Eivers Water Conservation— Beports on Ooromandel Harbour and Kuaotunu Sludge Channel Engineer's salary and expenses .. Eweburn Beservoir Telephone line, Bannockburn to Nevis £ s. d. 5,638 3 6 722 15 £ s. d. 2,357 15 1 £ s. d. 7,995 18 7 722 1 5 £ s. d. 1,581 13 0 £ s. d. 9,577 11 7 722 1 5 2,593 11 1 104 3 4 21,270 15 0 250 0 0 23,864 6 1 354 3 4 1,135 13 11 145 16 8 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 5,196 13 10 5,196 13 10 5,196 13 10 80 12 6 80 12 6 80 12 6 245 15 7 180 15 8 50 0 0 245 15 7 180 15 8 50 0 0 245 15 7 180 15 8 50 0 0 Totals 9,057 19 4 29,632 7 8 38,690 7 0 2,863 3 7 41,553 10 7 * For expenditure prior to Slst March, 1894, see Boads on Goldfields, Table No. 4 (£2,630 16s. 2d.).

Line. Expenditure during Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. 771,351 1 10 £ s. d. Expenditure to the 31st March, 1897 Telephone exchanges — Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch.. Dunedin Gisborne Greymouth Hastings Invercargill Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Palmerston North Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington .. New copper wires— Napier-Wanganui Wanganui-New Plymouth Blenheim-Kaikoura Kaikoura-Waitaki Waitaki-Dunedin Kaeo-Totara North Omanaia Hikurangi-Hukerenui Auckland-Whangarei Mangapai-Maungakaramea Onelninga-Mangere Auckland-Henderson Henderson-Waikc.-miti Auckland-Waihi Auckland-Mokau Auckland-Manukau Heads Pokeno-Mercer Paeroa-Waikino New Plymouth-Awakino Oaonui Inglewood-Tarata Toko-Strathmore 4 2 6 510 1 5 0 9 0 92 9 4 188 4 6 32 13 9 3 0 0 6 2 3 4 16 5 27 14 4 22 0 0 1 10 0 30 8 4 11 15 5 5 15 6 9 7 2 3 14 0 69 13 9 522 9 1 516 1 10 107 9 7 395 6 10 223 7 6 199 14 4 159 18 9 16 10 6 52 9 1 930 9 6 25 11 5 44 12 5 9 7 4 2 3 8 4 19 9 4 10 0 2 10 0 18 10 1 15 0 28 13 9 3 0 0 88 18 5 20 15 5 Carried forward 775,753 13 9

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TABLE No. 7. Statement showing the Expenditure on Public Buildings out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1898, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Line. Expenditure during Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. 775,753 13 9 63 2 4 0 9 4 8 8 0 0 8 6 241 12 2 28 13 10 119 16 6 10 2 9 204 15 2 0 19 3 44 14 0 6 10 0 151 12 0 15 14 0 31 1 9 33 6 6 72 13 10 0 15 0 18 4 8 31 4 6 0 6 6 8 10 9 147 6 3 58 1 2 0 7 6 42 1 3 784 11 3 82 8 5 54 9 6 57 17 10 133 12 6 22,645 2 3 £ s. d. Brought forward Hawe ra-Manutahi Ormond-Waimata Ormond-Te Karaka Wairoa-Turiroa Dannevirke-Weber Eketahuna-Hukanui Martinborough-Pahana Kiwitea Foxton-Carnarvon Mangaweka-Pemberton-Eangiwahia Pahiatua-Ngaturi-Makuri Palmerston North-Koputurua Levin-Horowhenua Paikakariki-Marton Paraparaumu-Waikanae Hutt-Day's Bay-Eona Bay Havelock-Cullensville .. Belgrove-Wakapuaka Beefton-Crushington Ngahere-Blackball Hende's Ferry-Okarito Linton Downs Lyndhurst Ngapara-Tokarahi Hyde-Kokonga Dumbarton Clyde-Cromwell Bannockburn-Nevis .. Skipper's-Bullendale Hokonui-Hedgehope Gore-Clinton Cable No. 3, Oterangi-White's Bay Purchase of material, &c. Total expenditure to 31st March, 1898 800,735 4 9 Liabilities to 31st March, 1898 .. 11,722 0 0 Total expenditure and liabilities £812,457 4 9

Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1898. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1898. Total Expenditure and Liabilities, Judicial Postal and Telegraphic Customs Offices for Public Departments Lunatic Asylums School-buildings Hospitals .. ... Quarantine Stations Survey Parliament Buildings Government House, Wellington .. Agricultural Miscellaneous £ s. d. 336,979 17 0 171,831 15 0 6,535 1 10 199,245 18 5 390,469 13 5 899,155 14 5 48,444 0 6 3,833 19 3 543 4 5 21,003 7 8 1,183 8 7 2,942 17 0 9,838 14 10 £ s. d. 12,727 0 4 5,887 12 5 384 18 6 13,463 1 6 14,129 9 6 23,864 9 7 £ s. d. 349,706 17 4 177,719 7 5 6,920 0 4 212,708 19 11 404,599 2 11 923,020 4 0 48,444 0 6 3,833 19 3 543 4 5 21,469 5 1 2,517 12 1 4,271 3 8 9,838 14 10 £ s. d. 1,549 3 0 699 11 6 5 13 0 3,869 12 11 6,437 9 10 1,000 0 0 £ s. d. 351,256 0 4 178,418 18 11 6,925 13 4 216,578 12 10 411,036 12 9 924,020 4 0 48,444 0 6 3,833 19 3 543 4 5 21,469 5 1 3,757 11 2 4,275 19 6 9,838 14 10 465 17 5 1,334 3 6 1,328 6 8 1,23919 1 4 15 10 Totals 2,092,007 12 4 73,584 19 5 2,165,592 11 .9 14,806 5 2 2,180,398 16 11

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TABLE No. 8. STATEMENT showing the Expenditure on Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1898, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1897. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1898. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, to 31st March, 1898. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Lighthouses. £ s. d. 7,148 16 5 6,241 0 0 3,354 6 4 6,955 9 1 2,109 11 7 7,028 14 8 4,066 17 2 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 9,449 7 11 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 2,109 11 7 7,028 14 8 6,243 16 1 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 9,452 12 11 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 2,109 11 7 7,028 14 8 6,290 16 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 9,467 11 7 1,116 17 3 1,085 19 6 353 7 7 5,969 18 11 Akaroa Brothers Cape Egmont Cape Foulwind Cape Kidnappers Cape Maria van Diemen Cape Palliser Cape Saunders Centre Island Cuvier Island French Pass Beacon French Pass Hokitika .. % .. Jackson's Beef 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" .. 2,176 18 11 47* 0 7 3* 5 0 14*18 8 20,590 5 9 20,590 5 9 20,590 5 9 Total Lighthouses 135,120 10 4 2,180 3 11 137,300 14 3 61 19 . 3 137,362 13 6 Harbour Works. Wharf at Howick Pollock Wharf, Manukau Whangarei Heads Wharf Matakana Wharf Waiuku Channel Ooromandel Wharf Waitara Harbour Bemoving eel-weirs, Patea Eiver Napier Harbour Castlepoint Jetty Kaikoura Jetty and Harbour Picton, removal of old wharf Nelson, dredging harbour CoUingwood Harbour Karamea Wharf Westport Harbour Greymouth Harbour Hokitika Harbour Lyttelton, reclamation works, Sticking Point .. Timaru Harbour Martin's Bay, removal of rock Port Levy Jetty Toitois Jetty Balclutha Jetty Catlin's Eiver, removal of rocks Catlin's Eiver Jetty Queenstown Beacon Queenstown Jetty Jackson's Bay Jetty Eaising dredge " Hapuka " .. Miscellaneous Stewart Island Wharf, Horseshoe Bay 1,086 18 2 150 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 2,806 15 8 745 18 8 75 0 0 14,110 18 7 127,233 19 6 56,500 0 0 10 0 1,087 18 2 150 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 2,806 15 8 745 18 8 75 0 0 14,110 18 7 127,233 19 6 56,905 10 2 1,087 18 2 150 0 0 600 0 0 556 10 8 357 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 2,806 15 8 745 18 8 75 0 0 14,110 18 7 127,233 19 6 56,949' 1 8 405 10 2 43 11 6 1,253 15 4 100,000 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 4 777 7 9 400 0 0 230 0 0 161 3 0 1,414 18 4 100,000 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 4 777 7 9 400 0 0 230 0 0 194 12 9 1,609 11 1 100,000 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 4 777 7 9 400 0 0 230 0 0 Total Harbour Works .. 316,289 14 8 315,483 17 3 567 13 2 316,051 10 5 238 4 3 Harbour Defences. Guns Ammunition War Office stores Torpedo-boats and torpedoes Submarine mining stores Miscellaneous Works in colony Land for depots and batteries 147,768 18 10 24,531 6 7 9,933 10 9 20,203 13 7 17,665 2 2 18,009 5 10 203,795 0 6 36,601 15 5 147,768 18 10 24,531 6 7 9,933 10 9 20,203 13 7 17,665 2 2 18,009 5 10 206,342 5 1 36,601 15 5 147,768 18 10 24,531 6 7 9,933 10 9 20,203 13 7 17,665 2 2 18,009 5 10 209,271 14 4 36,601 15 5 2,547* 4 7 2,929* 9 3 Total Harbour Defences 1478,508 13 8 2,547 4 7 481,055 18 3 2,929 9 3 483,985 7 6 Grand total 929 113 1 3 5,295 1 8 934,408 2 11 3,229 12 9 937,637 15 8

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APPENDICES TO THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. 1898.

APPENDIX A. AUDITED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC WORKS OUT OF THE PUBLIC WOBKS FUND FOR THE YEAR 1897-98.

Prepared in compliance with Section 8 of " The Public Works Act, 1894."

Sir,— Public Works Department, Wellington, Ist July, 1898. In compliance with the Bth section of " The Public Works Act, 1894," I enclose a statement of the expenditure during the preceding financial year on all works and services chargeable to the Public Works Fund. I have, &c, Wm. Hall-Jones, Minister for Public Works. The Controller and Auditor-General, Wellington.

Statement of Net Expenditure on all Works and Services chargeable to the Public Works Fund for the Year 1897-98.

Public Works Department, G. J. Clapham, Accountant. H. J. H. Blow, Examined and found correct. Under-Secretary. J. K. Warburton, Controller and Auditor-General. (Details on next page.)

Class. Votes. Summary Appropriation. Expenditure. Credits. Net Expenditure. Public Works Fund. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Part I. 494 15 5 11,167 18 2 379,106 6 1 292,227 19 5 33,117 7 5 60,975 3 4 36,353 15 11 73,807 16 4 5,295 1 8 425 0 0 1,479 5 0 27,505 19 5 1,450 9 6 I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 75 76 77-90 91-92 93 94 95 96-104 105-107 Immigration Public Works, Departmental Bailways Boads Development of Goldfields ... Purchase of Native Lands Telegraph Extension Public Buildings Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour Defences Bates on Native Lands Contingent Defence Unauthorised 350 9,150 367,500 351,635 44,637 60,500 30,835 98,900 8,770 69 15 5 9,688 13 2 351,600 6 8 290,777 9 11 33,117 7 5 60,333 13 8 29,384 2 11 73,584 19 5 5,295 1 8 641 9 8 6,969 13 0 222 16 11 X. XI. 108 109 500 20,000 205 0 3 10,360 7 7 2,566 1 1 48 10 6 156 9 9 10,360 7 7 1,169 4 9 4 Total Public Works Fund 992,777 905,677 12 8 40,140 0 4 865,537 12 4

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Transfers under Orders in Council.—(a.) Exclusive of £5,000 transferred to Vote 80. (b.) Inclusive of £3 500 transferred from Vote 81. (c.) Inclusive of £5,000 from Vote 78, £1,400 from Vote 81, £2,000 from Vote 82, and £5,000 from Vote 84. (d.) Exclusive of £3,500 transferred to Vote 79, £1,400 io Vote 80, and £100 to Vote 90. (c.) Exclusive of £2,000 transferred to Vote 80. (/.) Exclusive of £3,000 transpired to Vote 90. (g.) Exclusive of £5,000 transferred to Vote 80, and £3,000 transferred to Vote 90. (h.) Inclusive of £3,000 transferred from Vote 83, £3,000 from Vote 84, and £100 from Vote 81.

Vote No. j Name of Vote. I Appro- ' priation. Expenditure. Credits. Net Expenditure. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Public Works Fund. Immigration— Immigration 350 494 15 5 425 0 0 69 15 5 75 76 Public Works, Departmental— Public Works, Departmental 9,150 11,167 18 2 1,479 5 0 9,688 13 2 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 80 87 88 89 90 Bailways— Whangarei-Kamo Extension Helensville Northwards Grahamstown-Te Aroha Marton-Te Awamutu Eketahuna-Woodville Blenheim-Awatere Midland Eailway Otago Central Seaward Bush Forest Hill Land-claims, &c. Surveys, New Lines of Eailway Permanent-way, Materials Additions to Open Lines 8,000 a4,500 615,500 c45,400 (225,000 e500 / 22,000 322,000 10,000 3,000 2,500 3,000 50,000 W56,100 6,742 6 7 4,046 17 4 15,584 10 9! 45,753 19 11 25,053 15 5 73 15 0 36,526 14 0 21,599 6 7 7,825 2 2 2,551 5 11 414 16 5 1,615 9 5 53,044 19 0 158,273 7 7 248 0 0 19 8 6 369 3 2 1,184 6 3 19,733 10 4 318 12 7 6 7 6 6,494 6 7 4,046 17 4 15,565 2 3 45,384 16 9 23,869 9 2 73 15 0 16,793 3 8 21,280 14 0 7,818 14 8 2,551 5 11 407 6 5 1,615 9 5 48,967 17 3 156,731 8 3 7 10 0 4,077* 1 9 1,541 19 4 367,500 379,106 6 1 27,505 19 5 351,600 6 8 91 92 Eoads— Settlement Eoads, Bridges, and other Works Eoads on Goldfields 253,543 98,092 242,605 8 5 49,622 11 0 1,396 19 4 53 10 2 241,208 9 1 49,569 0 10 351,635 292,227 19 5 1,450 9 6 290,777 9 11 Development of Goldfields — Development of Goldfields 93 44,637 33,117 7 5 33,117 7 5 Purchase of Native Lands— Purchase of Native Lands 60,501 60,975 3 4 641 9 8 60,333 13 8 94 95 Telegraph Extension— Telegraph Extension 30,835 36,353 15 11 6,969 13 0 29,384 2 11 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 Public Buildings— General Judicial Postal and Telegraph Customs Lunatic Asylums School-buildings School-buildings (special) Agricultural Hospitals, &c. 18,170 16,920 8,160 400 17,900 21,350 13,000 2,400 600 15,348 8 4 12,780 4 10 5,948 12 9 384 18 6 14,152 15 8 20,864 9 7 3,000 0 0 1,328 6 8 85 5 11 53 4 6 61 0 4 23* 6 2 15,263 2 5 12,727 0 4 5,887 12 5 384 18 6 14,129 9 6 20,864 9 7 3,000 0 0 1,328 6 8 98,900 73,807 16 4 222 16 11 73,584 19 5 Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour fences— Lighthouses .. .. Harbour Works Harbour Defences De2,180 3 11 567 13 2 2,547 4 7 2,180 3 11 567 13 2 2,547 4 7 105 106 107 2,520 1,250 5,000 8,77( 5,295 1 8 5,295 1 8 Bates on Native Lands— Bates on Native Lands 108 500 205 0 3 48 10 6' 156 9 9 109 Contingent Defence— Contingent Defence 20,001 10,360 7 7J 10,360 7 7 Unauthorised— Services not provided for .. 2,566 1 1 1,396 16 4| 1,169 4 9 Total Public Works Fund, Part I. 992,7771 [905,677 12 8 40,140 0 4 865,537 12 4

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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, 1898, 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, Accountant. H. J. H. Blow, Public Works Department, 30th April, 1898. Under-Secretary. 11—D. 1.

Class. Votes. Summary. Total. Public Works Fund. III. TIL IX. 77-89 96-104 105-107 Eailways .. .. .. Public Buildings Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences .. £ s. d. 73,351 12 2 14,806 5 2 3,229 12 9 91,387 10 1 Consolidated Fund. XII. 61,63 Public Buildings and Domains 303 8 1 'ote Ni I. Name of Vote. Total. Public Works Fund. 77 78 79 80 | 81 . 82 83 - Eailways— Whangarei-Kamo Extension Helensville Northwards Grahamstown-Te Aroha Marton-Te Awamutu (north end) „ (south end) Eketahuna-Woodville Blenheim-Awatere Midland Eailway, Otira Section „ Belgrove Section „ Springfield End Otago Central Seaward Bush.. . Forest Hill Land-claims and other Old Liabilities, &c. Surveys of New Lines of Bailway Permanent-way Materials £ s. d. 1,553 10 9 403 8 2 6,543 13 11 2,765 8 4 9,510 1 8 841 17 1 14,417 16-11 3,118 5 4 1,080 0 0 8,370 11 8 4,257 6 3 691 3 10 58 19 0 689 18 6 19,049 10 9 84 85 86 87 88 89 73,351 12 2 96 97 98 99 100 101 103 104 Public Buildings— General .. .. .. .. Judicial .. .. .. Postal and Telegraph Customs Lunatic Asylums School-buildings (part of vote only) Agricultural Hospitals and other Charitable Institutions 5,109 12 0 1,549 3 0 699 11 6 5 13 0 6,437 9 10 1,000 0 0 4 15 10 14,806 5 2 105 106 107 Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour DefencesLighthouses Harbour Works Harbour Defences .. .. ... 61 19 3 238 4 3 2,929 9 3 3,229 12 9 Total, Public Works Fund.. 91,387 10 1 Consolidated Fund. 61,63 Public Buildings and Domains 303 6 1 303 8 1

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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Contracts current on the 1st April, 1897, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1898.

Date of Contract. Lines of Eailway and Branches. Name of Contract. -p Length Length of ticulars of Sidings in ' Contract. Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Bemarks. AILWAYS Aug. 26, 1896 March 13, 1890 Aug. 26, 1896 Whangarei-Kamo Helensville Northwards Grahamstown-TeAroha Iron bark Timber Makarau lronbark Timber for PuririPaeroa Section Bridge Ironwork, for PuririPaeroa Section Metalling Paeroa Eoad Deviation Ironwork for Bridges lronbark Timber lronbark Timber .. 70,000 ft. Bridge Timber .. 288,000 ft. Bridge Timber .. lronbark Timber Ironwork for Ngawaparua Bridge lronbark Timber Steel-plate Girders Girders for Hogburn Bridge Bridge over Taieri Eiver Mataura Bridge lronbark Timber for Bridges F. andp.l. M. ch. Ik. 3 *6 0 M. ch. Ik. 1 0 40 0 Murray, Arnold, and Co. John McLean and Son Murray, Arnold, and Co. Nov. 26, 1896 March 1, 1892 Nov. 26, 1896 May 13, 1897 £ s. d. 352 9 9 26,616 0 0 363 15 3 Dec. 4, „ D. McL. Wallace March 4, 1897 June 27, 1897 261 7 8 Feb. 8, 1897 Patrick Treanor May 8, „ June 25, 1897 532 0 0 Oct. 11, „ Oct. 22, „ Jan. 8, 1898 April 11, 1895 April 11, „ Aug. 26, 1896 March 20, 1897 Eketah un a— W oodville E. H. Yeoman J. Burns and Co. Murray, Arnold, and Co. John Henry's Executors Henry Carlson Murray, Arnold, and Co. S. Luke and Co. (Limited) Jan. 6, 1898 Jan. 19, „ March 24, „ Feb. 11, 1896 Feb. 11, „ Nov. 26, „ As per specification March 24, 1898 Feb. 4, 1899 Match 21, 1897 July 21, „ May 16, 1896 March 29, 1897 Feb. 6, 1898 Jan. 31, 1898 Oct. 1, 1897 285 2 6 792 10 9 786 0 0 452 13 4 978 14 6 1,084 4 9 353 0 0 " Sept. 21, 1897 Jan. , 8, 1898 March 16, „ Sept. 21, 1896 Jan. 21, „ March 16, 1895 Dec. 21, 1896 Midland, Otira Section Murray, Arnold, and Co. Despatch Foundry Co... J. and A. Anderson Fraser and Morley J. and A. Anderson Murray, Arnold, and Co. 1,045 14 1 1,493 0 0 280 0 0 7,716 10 0 6,486 16 2 j 1,240 3 6 ! Otago Central ., July 23, 1897 Seaward Bush " - Sept. 30, 1897 Dec. 21, 1897 . -■

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Date of Contract. ■I I I I Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Eemarkg. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Dec. 15, 1896 March 6, 1897 March 15, „ May 5, „ June 4, July 16, „ Aug. 26, „ Sept. 28, „ Oct. 4, „ Feb. 16, 1898 April 20, 1897 Aug. 13, . Aug. 10, , Nov. 29, „ Auckland. Post-office and Postmaster's House, Waihi .. .. .. ... Police-station, Eaetihi Post-office, Waitekauri Native School, Taiharuru Te Kuiti Opureora .. .. .. .. > .. .-. Tokaanu .. .. „ Kawhia Wakarara „ Whirinaki Eepairs to Mauku Bridge Kauri Timber and Joinery, Te Aroha Sanatorium Eimu Timber, Te Aroha Sanatorium Police-station, Ooromandel J. Johnson, Waihi Fraser and Eiggs, Ohingaiti J. Davis, Auckland Austin Williams, Whangarei David Henderson, Ngaruawahia J. B. Chappell, Tauranga . Wadsworth & Whittaker, Auckl'd J. Davis, Auckland Jas. Johnson, Waihi W. Cook and Son, Waimate North C. H. Frankham, Auckland Kauri Timber Company, Auckland Kusabs Bros., Manukau James Cunningham, Ooromandel April 15, 1897 I June 6, „ July 15, „ Sept. 5, „ Oct. 4, „ Nov. 7, „ Dec. 24, „ Jan. 23, 1898 Jan. 1, „ June 10, ft July 20, 1897 Oct. 9, „ Oct. 5, „ March 16, 1898 £ s. d. Julv 29, 1897 : 781 3 6 I June 27, „ 476 12 0 July 22, „ 458 10 0 Sept. 11. , 486 9 0 Nov. 16, „ 492 16 9 Nov. 10, „ 439 10 0 Feb. 28, 1898 704 0 0 Feb. 23, „ 619 12 6 Feb. 14, „ 387 10 6 638 0 0 Julv 26, 1897 160 0 0 Dec. 1, „ 234 0 0 Oct. 14, „ 236 2 9 395 10 6 Feb. 6, 1897 Taranaki. W. Lloyd, Eltham May 6, 1897 May 18, 1897 432 18 0 Police Buildings, Eltham .. .. .. .. .. Nov. 27, 1895 May 1.4, 1896 Wellington. Accumulator Plant, Porirua Asylum Joiners' Materials, Printing-office Extension E. T. Turnbull, Wellington Waddell, McLeod, and Weir, Wellington Stewart and Co., Wellington Zajonskowski Bros., Marton Edwards & Laurenson, Palm'stn N. Zajonskowski Bros., Marton Waddell, McLeod, and Weir, Wellington Stewart and Co., Wellington Eussell and Bignell, Wanganui.. Biggs and Fraser, Mangaweka .. W. Gable and Co., Wellington .. Cederholm and Tolley, Wellington Fullford and Smith, Wellington Josiah Dawson, Wellington E. B. Toomath, Wellington S. Luke and Co., Wellington May 27, 1896 Oct. 14, „ Oct. 20, 1897 359 0 0 Sept. 1, „ 1,199 18 8 Aug. 7, „ Nov. 6, „ Feb. 6, 1897 March 31, „ April 17, Timber and Joinery for New Wing, Porirua Asylum Post-office, Marton Police-station, Moawhango Courthouse, Marton Joinery, Additions to South Wing, Departmental Buildings Dec. 7, „ March 6, 1897 Mav 6, „ July 31, „ June 9, „ Nov. 16, „ 1,228 7 10 May 8, „ 966 15 6 Mav 24, „ 380 4 9 Sept. 15, „ 844 4 0 Oct 7, „ 89 12 0 April 14, „ Sept. 6, Oct. 18, „ Aug. 20, „ Sept. 20, „ Dec. 2, „ Feb. 3, 1898 Jan. 20, „ Feb. 17, „ ■ Timber, „ „ .... Native School, Koroniti Karioi .. .. .. ... Erection of Shafting and Machinery, Government Printing-office Extension .. Electric-lighting Government Printing-office Extension Plastering, Additions to South Wing, Departmental Buildings Electric-light Installation, Government House Additions to South Wing, Departmental Buildings Construction and Erection of Hydraulic Lift, Government Printing-office Mav 26, „ Dec. 31, „ April 13, 1898 Sept. 16, 1897 Oct. 18, „ Jan. 17, „ March 14, 1898 Feb. 15, „ April 16. „ 262 7 10 Jan. 15, 1898 659 16 6 Dec. 1, 1897 I 287 0 0 Nov. 6, „ 272 4 6 Jan. 10, „ 240 0 0 188 0 0 126 0 0 124 10 0 April 5, 1897 March 28, 1898 . Nelson. Superintendent's House, Nelson Asylum New Brick Dormitories, „ H. Baigent, Nelson W. Miller and Sons, Nelson Aug. 5, 1897 Aug. 15, 1898 Oct. 9, 1897 I 838 14 11 ' 1,056 0 0 Feb. 19, 1897 Canterbury. Hanmer Sanatorium, Hanmer Plains W. Wadey, Eangiora June 19, 1897 Aug. 21, 1897 1,966 13 7 May 20, 1897 Westland. William Dunn, Beefton I Aug. 20, 1897 Additions to Keefton Courthouse Sept. 30, 1897 j 348 0 6 May 10, 1897 Oct. 30, „ Otago. James Hay Campbell, Dunedin.. Murdoch and Co., Dunedin Sept. 10, 1897 Nov. 12, 1897 Courthouse, Mosgiel .. .. .. .. .. .. Timber for House, Seacliff Asylum Sept. 10, 1897 303 0 8 294 4 9

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Date of Contract. Name of Contract. | Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Remarks. MISC. LLANEOUS. Dec. 22, 1896 Jan. 28, 1897 Jan. 28, „ Jan. 28, „ Jan. 28, „ Dec. 29. 1896 Jan. 14, 1897 April 13, „ Oct. 21, „ Jan. 12, 1898 March 2. „ March 2, „ Auckland. Goal and Firewood, Public Buildings, Auckland Stores Supply, Class 6, „ Classes 3, 4, and 5, „ Glasses 1 and 2, Classes 7 and 8, „ Chimney sweeping. Public Buildings, Maraetai Wharf, Manukau County Wairangi Bark-shed Repairs to Panmure Bridge Chimney sweeping, Public Buildings, Auckland Stores Supply, Classes 1 (part,), 2, 3, and 4, Auckland „ Part Class 1, Auckland J. J. Craig, Auckland J. Wilson and Go., Auckland A. Portei and Co., Auckland T. & S. Morrin and Co., Auckland J. J. Craig, Auckland .. M. Cookroft, Auckland R. B. Martin, Ponsonby Alexander Watson, Auckland .. R. B. Martin, Ponsonby M. Cookroft, Auckland.. T. and S. Morrin, Auckland Southern Cross Galvanised-iron Companv, Auckland J. J. Craig, Auckland J. Wilson and Co., Auckland Orlando Wells D. & M. Forsyth Dec. 31, 1899 Dec. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ May 14. , Julv 13, „ March 19. 1898 Dec. 31, „ March 31, 1899 March 31, „ Dec. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Oct. 8, „ Julv 17, „ £ s. d. Schedule rates 23 19 0 231 4 2 309 9 6 966 14 7 25 9 0 Schedule rates March 2, „ March 9, „ July 30, 1897 Dec. 21, „ Glasses 7 and 8, Auckland Class 6, Auckland Repairs to Mangere Bridge .. Eemoval and Be-erection of Kaipara Beacons March 31, „ March 31, „ Jan. 30, 1898 Jan. 21, „ Julv 7, 1898 April 30, „ 1,312 17 0 120 0 0 Dec. 22, 1896 Dec. 22, „ Dec. 31, „ Jan. 28, 1897 Jan. 28, „ Jan. 28, „ Jan. 28, „ Jan. 28, „ Dec. 16, 1896 Jan. 31, 1897 Sept. 22, „ Jan. 21, 1898 Jan. 17, „ Jan. 18, „ Jan. 12, „ March 1. 1898 March 2, „ March 3, „ March 3, „ March 22, „ Wellington. Removal of Eubbish, Public Buildings, Wellington Coal Supply, „ „ Cartage, „ Stores Supply, Class 2, Wellington „ Classes 1, 5, Class 7, Classes 3,4, „ Classes 6, 8, „ Chimney-sweeping, Public Buildings, Wellington .. Window-cleaning, „ „ .. Engine and Eoiler, Harbour Defences, Window-cleaning, Public Buildings, „ Removal of Rubbish, „ „ .. Chimney-sweeping, „ „ .. Goal Supply, „ , .. Stores Supply, Classes 1 (part ), 3, 4, and 9, Wellington Class 2, Class 5, Classes 6 and 8, „ Class 7, T. Costello, Wellington Westport Coal Co., Wellington .. P. McArdle, Wellington . .. j Cameron and Christie, Wellington E. W. Mills and Co., Wellington J. J. Craig, Auckland .. .. | Briscoe, McNeil, & Co., Wellington' P. Hutson and Co., Wellington .. H. Smith, Wellington .. .. j C. Gawler and Co., Wellington .. ! W. Gable and Co., Wellington .. 0. Gawler and Co., Wellington .. T. Gostello, Wellington .. I Harry Smith, Wellington .. 1 Westport Coal Co., Wellington .. Briscoe, McNeil, & Co., Wellington, Cameron and Christie, Wellington Smith and Smith, Dunedin P. Hutson and Co., Wellington .. | J. J. Craig, Auckland .. Dec. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dee. 31, „ Dee. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dee. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, 1898 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ March 31, 1899 March 31, „ March 31, „ March 31, , March 31, „ Dee. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ 55 18 0 Schedulerates 80" 0 0 142 1 8 789 10 0 155 0 0 63 14 0 90 0 0 Schedule rates Nelson. Wilkins and Field, Nelson .. i Dec. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, 1897 Schedulerates May 4, 1897 Stores Supply, Nelson

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Date of Contract. Name of Contract. I Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Eemarks. MISCELLA JEOUS — continwd. March 8, 1897 Jan. 27, „ Jan. 27, „ Canterbury. Coal Supply, Public Buildings, Christchurch Stores Supply, Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, Class 7, W. White and Co., Christchurch Ashby, Bergh, and Co., Christ'rch Milburn Lime and Cement Company, Dunedin E. V. Worthington, Christchurch W. White and Co., Christchurch Ashby, Bergh, and Co., Christ'rch J. J. Craig, Auckland .. .. - Dec. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31. „ Schedule rates - Oct. 1, , Feb. 23, 1898 March 21, „ March 22, „ Cleaning Offices, Public Buildings, Coal Supply, „ „ Stores Supply, Glasses 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, Class 7, Sept. 30, 1898 Dec. 31, „ March 31, 1899 March 31, „ 67 0 0 Schedule rates Jan. 26, 1897 Jan. 26, „ Jan. 26, „ Jan. 26, „ Jan. 18, 1898 March 7, „ March 9, „ March 26, „ March 22, „ April 18, „ Westland. Stores Supply, Class 9, Greymouth Class 8, „ .. Class 5, „ Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, Cartage, Jackson's .. Stores Supply, Class 9, Greymouth „ Class 5, „ Class 8, Class 7, Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, C. Hansen, Greymouth Forsyth and Masters, Greymouth James Holmes, Greymouth D. McLean, Greymouth Charles Mayo, Jackson's Charles Hansen, Greymouth James Holmes, Greymouth D. McKay, Greymouth J. J. Craig, Auckland Duncan McLean, Greymouth .. Dec. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Jan. 1, 1899 Dec. 31, 1898 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ March 31, 1899 Dec. 31, 1898 Dec. 31,1897 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Schedule rates • " March 1, 1897 Jan. 27, „ Otago. Goal Supply, Government Buildings, Dunedin Stores Supply, Glass 7, „ .. Westport Coal Company, Dunedin; Milburn Lime and Cement Company, Dunedin A. Briscoe and Go., Dunedin Thomson, Bridger, & Co., Dunedin John Edmond, Dunedin Westport Coal Company, Dunedin Thomson, Bridger, & Co., Dunedin N.Z. Hardware Co., Ld., Dunedin Milburn Lime and Cement Company, Dunedin J. J. Craig, Auckland A. Briscoe and Co., Dunedin Dec. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, „ Sohedule rates Jan. 27, „ Jan. 27, „ Jan. 27, „ Feb. 17, 1898 March 14, „ April 1, „ Maroh 19, „ Classes 1, 3, 4, 8 Classes 2,5, Class 9, „ .. Coal Supply, Public Buildings, Stores Supply, Classes 1, 2, 5, Classes 3, 4, „ Class 6, „ .-. Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, 1898 March 31, 1899 March 31, „ March 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ I - ' March 22, „ March 12, „ Class 7, „ .. „ Classes 8, 9, „ March 31, „ March 31, „ Jan. 27, 1897 Southland. Stores Supply, Class 7, Invercargill .. Milburn Lime and Cement Com- j pany, Dunedin John Edmond, Dunedin A. Briscoe and Co., Dunedin N.Z. Hardware Co., Ld., Dunedin A. Briscoe and Co., Dunedin Milburn Lime and Cement Company, Dunedin J. J. Craig, Auckland Dec. 31, 1897 Dec. 31, 1897 Schedule rates Jan. 27, „ Jan. . 27, „ Jan. 27, „ March 12, 1898 March 19, , Class 9, „ Classes 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, Glass 4, „ .. Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, „ Class 6, Dee. 31, „ Dec. 31, '„ Dee. 31, „ March 31, 1899 March 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ Dec. 31, „ March 22, „ Class 7, „ March 31, „

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APPENDIX D. SCHEDULE of Sleeper Contracts and Deliveries on 1st April, 1897, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1898.

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Date of Contract or Contractor's Name. Address. Agreement. No. of Sleepers contracted for, and Class of Timber. Bate per Place of Delivery. Sleeper. Bate per Month. Bate per Month. Date for Completion. Date for Completion. Total delivered to Date. Total _ , delivered , _ Da * e t . to Date. of Oompletioa. Date of Completion. N O E T H ISLAND. AUCKLAND DISTRICT. 16 June, 1896 .. M. Sinclair .. .. Hunua 31 July, 1897 1 Oct., „ .. D. Cleary .. .. Whakapara.. 22 Jan., 1898 .. Wouldes and Plaisted .. Hukerenui 26 Oct., 1897 .. „ .. Whakapara.. 17 Dec, „ .. John Dobbs .. .. Hukerenui 23 Aug., „ .. C. G. Arnold.. .. Wellington 14 Mar., 1898 .. G. Cox .. ..| Hunua 30 Mar., „ .. D. Cleary .. .. i Whakapara.. 500 totara 500 „ 3,000 . 500 . 500 „ 1,000 „ 250 ironbark 400 totara 965 „ s. d. 2 11-8 Hunua .. 3 0 3 0 Whakapara 3 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 Auckland 3 0 Hunua 3 0 Whakapara 166 600 500 250 250 31 Oct., 1897 .. 1 Mar., 1898 .. 22 Feb., . .. 26 Dec. 1897 .. 17 April, 1898.. 23 Dec, 1897 .. 14 June, 1898 .. 30 April, „ .. 285 500 3,000 533 503 749 326 300 24 June, 1897. 31 Oct., 5 April, 1898. 18 Feb., 20 Dec, 1897. 28 Feb.,'l898. 14 June, WELLINGTON DISTRICT. 28 Aug., 1897 .. ! C. G. Arnold .. .. I Wellington .. .. [ 500 ironbark| s. d. | 4 0 | Wellington I 23 Dec, 1897 .. | 512 | 10 Jan., 1898. SOUTH ISLAND. NELSON DISTRICT. 16 0ot., 1897 ..; Peter Higgins.. .. Belgrove 8 Nov., „ .. j Thomas and Holland 8 Nov., „ .. j T. A. Price ■ .. 8 Nov., „ .. i Wildermoth and party.. 27 Nov., „ .. i Peter Higgins.. 26 Feb., 1898 .. : Thomas and Holland 26 Feb., „ .. ! T. A. Price 28 Feb., „ .. P. Higgins 28 Feb., „ .-. I Anglesey and Blanchett 1,000 blackbirch 1,000 ditto 500 500 500 2,000 500 1,000 500 s. d. 2 0 Belgrove .. 2 0 2 0 „ .. 2 0 2 0 2 0 .•■-'. 2 0 „ '' .. 2 0 2 0 . .. S00 500 500 .. No fixed rate 500 500 500 500 500 ! 16 Dec, 1897 .. 18 Jan., 1898 .. 8 Dec, 1897 .. 8 Dec, , .. 27 Dec, „ .. 26 June, 1898.. 26 Mar., , .. 28 April, „ .. 28 April, „ .. 1,000 1,000 500 435 500 514 24 Dec, 1897. 29 Jan., 1898. 21 Dec, 1897. 29 Jan., 1898. WESTLAND DISTRICT. 1 April, 1896, to J. Martyn and others .. Greymouth District .. 31. March, 1897 Ditto .. 1,524 silverpine 612 ditto 853 11,164 1,000 888 647 s. d. 2 2 Ho Ho .. .. , 2 2 Hokitika 2 2 Kaihinu .. 2 2 Greymouth 2 4 2 6 Hokitika 2 6 Kaihinu .. No fixed rate Various 1,524 612 853 11,164 1,000 170 250 10 July, 1897. 29 April, „ 29 Sept., , 18 Nov., . 25 Aug., .

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Date of Contract or Agreement. Contractor's Name. i Address. No. of Sleepers contracted for, and Class of Timber. Bate per Sleeper. Place of Delivery. Bate per Month. Date , T. otal , Date for Completion. a ° Q DaTe of Completion. s OUT-H n 5 L A N D— continued. WESTLAND DISTBICT— continued. 1 April, 1886, to 31 March, 1897 Ditto 1 April, 1897, to 31 March, 1898 Ditto .. J. Martyn and others .. Greymouth District .. 476 silverpine 14,739 ditto 11,761 „ s. d. 2 6 2 6 2 6 Ho Ho Greymouth No fixed rate Various 1,579 2,471 J. Gostigan and others .. 16,422 , 11,000 „ 12,000 „ 1,000 „ 500 , 4,117 „ 7,000 „ 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 4 2 4 Hokitika Kumara Brunnerton Stafford Chesterfield Greymouth 1,555 1,975 James Baxter One-tenth first three months, one-tenth each succeeding month No fixed rate 4,117 5,567 24 Nov., 1897. 23"Aug.,*1897 Kokiri 23 April, 1898 .. 1C Sept., „ J. Coyle and others Greymouth District .. 714 secondclass silverpine 148 ditto 3,000 „ 700 silverpine 1,000 ditto 3.000 „ 1,000 „ 500 . 1,000 . 1 6 Greymouth No fixed date .. 714 24 Nov., 1897. 10 Sept., „ 10 Sept., „ 14 Feb., 1898 G. Wilson James Baxter.. D. Jones 1 3 1 4* 2 6 Westport Wharf .. 148 3,000 24 Nov., 27 Nov., » Gape Foulwind Various 15 Feb., „ 4 Mar., „ 4 Mar., „ 4 Mar., „ 4 Mar., „ James Jamieson McLean and Erskine .. W. Gibson R. Bichardson J. Lenihan Addison's 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 439 392 Cape Foulwind 1*000 28 March. 14 Jan., 1897 .. Bobert Murphy East Invercargill OTAGp s. d. , 2 6 0 DISTBICT. Seaward Bush Bailway No fixed rate j Various 237 — Aug., „ 27 Aug., , 2 Sept., „ 9 Sept., , 24 Jan., 1898 W. S. Mcintosh W. Ward F. Jack D. McKay F. Mangan Hedgehope Fairfax Winton Oraki Gap, Winton 250 blackpine 1,000 blackpine, 1,500 totara 1,000 blackpine 2,500 ditto 1,000 totara 1,000 blackpine 613 ditto 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,100 500 400 250 ironbark 2s. to 3s. 2 5 2 4 2 10 2s. 6d. and 3s. Forest Hill 2,425 1,000 1,934 1,000 879 26 Oct., 1897. 22 Nov.',' 1897. 24 Jan., „ Dec, 1897 Dec, Dec Dec, Dec, „ Dec, „ 23 Aug., „ G. Egerton Mosan Brothers A. Nicholson A. W. Pettigrew F. Kilkelly Court and Nicholson .. J. Gardiner 0. G. Arnold Winton Grove Bush Winton Lochiel Winton 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 4 0 513 905 1,000 1,035 1,100 500 401 255 23 Feb.',*1898. 23 Feb., „ 2 Mar., „ 23 Feb., „ 23 Feb., . 21 Jan., „ Brown's Wellington Dunedin 23 Dec, 1897 !.

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APPENDIX E.

ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC WORKS BY THE ENUINEER'N-CRIEF.

The Enginebr-in-Chibp to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works. -g IB _ Public Works Office, Wellington, Ist July, 1898. I have the honour to submit the following report on the various works completed and in progress throughout the colony during the past year.

RAILWAYS. Abstract. The following table shows the expenditure and liabilities on Government railways in New Zealand up to the 31st March, 1898:—

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Name of Eailway. Total Length of Railway or Section. Open for Traffic. Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on 31st March, 1898. Kaihu Valley Kawakawa Whangarei-Kamo and Extension Helensville Northwards Kaipara-Waikato, with Branches Waikato-Thames Thames Valley —Botorua and Lichfield Branch Wellington-Napier and Palmerston North (including Te Aro Extension and Greytown Branch) Wellington-Foxton Foxton-New Plymouth, with Branches North Island Main Trunk Nelson-Eoundell Midland Eailway* Greymouth-Nelson Creek Greymouth-Hokitika Westport-Ngakawau Westport-Ngakawau Extension to Mokihinuif Mokihinui Colliery Line J Picton-Hurunui — Picton-Blind Biver Section .. Hurunui-Eed Post Section Hurunui-Waitaki, with Branches ■Canterbury Interior Main Line—Oxford-Temuka Waitaki-Blufi, with Branches Otago Central Invercargill-Kingston, with Mararoa Branch Forest Hill Eailway—Winton-Hedgehope§ Western Eailways Preliminary surveys Miscellaneous Stock of permanent-way on hand Value of permanent-way in hands of Eailway Department Eol ling-stock M. ch. 19 40 7 41 23 77 110 0 151 1 62 58 73 36 M.ch. 17 21 7 41 17 77 10 48 151 1 43 38 73 36 £ s. d. 54,758 12 4 79,361 2 1 127,056 9 8 73,671 6 11 1,215,654 17 1 274,448 4 11 353,175 1 6 £ s. d. 13 19 0 1,553 10 9 403 8 2 6,543 13 11 25 0 0 233 12 233 12 1,910,218 6 11 42,116 3 4 1,286,624 9 7 592,973 3 4 162,508 17 9 25,006 8 5 166,471 11 11 187,126 16 7 187,512 15 7 841 17 1 197 80 213 0 52 0 195 49 69 40 22 73 *20 0 0 12,275 10 0 7 51 24 37 19 56 7 12 3 69 18,616 2 3 7 51 24 37 19 56 7 12 3 69 37 5 9 50 474 41 83 0 503 50 182 56 117 4 14 0 57 56 20 42 9 50 433 38 11 44 459 33 66 20 97 44 249,456 6 4 39,093 6 1 2,118,938 12 4 59,343 9 2 3,279,429 6 11 739,873 13 7 278,307 18 0 4,802 16 9 214,413 12 3 69,007 5 6 10,336 19 11 51,274 14 1 4,257 6 3 8,370 11 8 691 3 10 57 56 689 18 6 19,049 10 9 25,000 0 0 1,775,236 8 4 3,815 15 2 Total 2,686 12 2,061 28 15,653,198 17 2 77,167 7 4 Provincial Government Lines, etc. Canterbury (lengths included above) Otago Gisborne to Ormond Tramway 731,759 0 0 372,522 2 5 4,975 1 7 Grand total 2,686 12 2,061 28 16,762,455 1 2 77,167 7 4 * The amount shown as expenditure represents the proporti t The funds for this extension—namely, £35,301 2s. lid.—wer J The funds for purchase of this line, £15,745, were provided 1 j The expenditure on this line as a tramway was made by tl ionate amoun re provided b3 by the Westpi be Lands Dep it unrecoverc , the Westpc ort Harbour partment. id from the Midland Ri prt Harbour Board. Board. ulway Company.

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During the year a total length of 37 miles 56 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. Whangaeei-Kamo Eailway Extension. Hukerenui Section (11 miles 25 chains to 14 miles 57 chains ; length, 3 miles 32 chains). — The works on this line have been advanced so far that there is only a short length of platelaying to be finished, and it is anticipated that the whole section will be completely finished in about ten weeks. The works have been carried out by co-operative labour—about thirty-one labourers and seven artisans on the average having been employed on the section throughout the year. The land-plan survey for this section has been finished, and the plans are in course of preparation. As the result of a petition from the Hukerenui Village settlers for the extension of the line to 16 miles, a location survey of the line has been made up to this point, and plans and estimates for the completion of the line to 16 miles have been prepared ; the cost of the extension complete will be about £2,754. Nothing further has been done during the year re surveying the extension from Hukerenui to Kawakawa. Helensville Noethwaeds Eailway. Makarau Contract (43 miles 30 chains to 46 miles 36 chains ; length, 3 miles 6 chains). —The maintenance period On this contract expired on the 14th August last year. The contract was finished five years and a quarter after the time fixed for completion, the delay being due to the difficulty experienced in driving the tunnel. The contractors were Messrs. J. McLean and Sons. The fencing on the section has been completed by co-operative labour. Tahaheroa Section (46 miles 30 chains to 49 miles 54 chains; length, 3 miles 24 chains). —Many of the pegs having been destroyed by fire, it was found necessary to resurvey the line. After this was done the work of construction was begun in June last by co-operative parties. There are now about thirty-six men employed on the works. Komokoriki Section (49 miles 54 chains to 56 miles ; length, 6 miles 26 chains). —This section was surveyed some time ago, and work can be begun at any time. Kaihu Valley Eailway. No construction-work has been done on this line during the year. Geahamstown-Tb Aeoha Eailway. Puriri-Paeroa Section (9 miles to 19 miles 20 chains; length, 10 miles 20 chains). —The formation and fencing of this section was done by contract about twelve years ago, but the peat in the ormacion was in a great measure destroyed by fire or lost by subsidence. The line has for the most part been reformed and the bridges built. The platelaying has been done, and the most of the ballasting done. The fencing is being restored, and the buildings are being put up. Eopu-Puriri Section (4 miles to 9 miles ; length, 5 miles). —This section also was formed and fenced about twelve years ago, but the formation-works in the swamps had almost disappeared. The bridges have been finished and the formation restored. The platelaying and the ballasting are well in hand. Thames-Kopu Section (0 mile to 4 miles; length, 4 miles). —This section was completed, with the exception of the station-buildings, about thirteen years ago. Extensive repairs and renewals are required to all the finished works on the main line and in the station-yards. It is anticipated that all the works on this line will be finished by the end of the present year, so that trains may be run, though the station-buildings may not be quite finished. Noeth Island Main Teunk Eailway. North End. Mokau-Poro-o-tarao Section (34 miles 43 chains to 49 miles 7 chains; length, 12 miles 43 chains). —This section was finished in 1896, but has not been handed over to the Working Eailways Department. It has been kept in a good state of repair during the year at a cost of £571. The land-plans of this section have been completed, and a telephone-line has been constructed from Otorohanga to Poro-o-tarao. Ohinemoa Section (49 miles 6 chains to 54 miles 7 chains; length, 5 miles 1 chain). —The works of formation are now in progress on this section for the first 3J miles, the earthwork being, about one-fourth finished, while the bush-work has been finished on the first 2 miles. The

Eailway. Section. Length. Date opened for Traffic. [elensville Northwards /ellington-Napier Makarau Section Newman-Pahiatua Pahiatua-Mangatainoka ... Mangatainoka-Woodville ... Hyde-Kokonga ... M. ch. 3 6 15 24 3 30 5 76 10 0 16th June, 1897. 3rd May, 1897. 2nd August, 1897. 11th December, 1897 1st October, 1897. /c ... py • • • >tago Central Eailway Total ... 37 56

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earthworks are heavy, and serious slips have taken place, or are threatening, and may yet be more serious, owing to the treacherous nature of the country through which the line must pass. A deviation of the line has been located from 53 miles 51 chains to 56 miles 60 chains; two crossings of the Ongaruhe Eiver will be avoided, and some heavy country which would likely have given great trouble through slips, &c, will be avoided, but the line will be about 50 chains longer. The land-plans are in hand, but various alterations will have to be made owing to minor alterations made to avoid slips. South End. Makohine Section (22 miles 40 chains to 33 miles 40 chains; length, 11 miles). —Some felling, clearing, filling, and gravelling has been done at 23 miles 40 chains to give room for buildings and stacking ground required for the manufacture of the Makohine Viaduct. The bank at the north end of the viaduct has been completed to within a short distance of the north abutment. The Powhakaroa Tunnel was completed in January last. It is lined throughout with concrete ; its length is 600 yards. To complete the formation of the section there is only the short tunnel at 33 miles to be finished. Only the heading of this tunnel is done ;it has yet to be enlarged to full size and be lined; its length is 121 yards. The grades between 32 miles and 33 miles have to be modified to provide an increased length of level for the Mangaweka Station. There will be considerable work required to be done to make the slopes of the cuttings safe between 32 miles 40 chains and 33 miles 40 chains. Makohine Viaduct, at 24 miles 42 chains. —The four large concrete base-blocks to carry the two steel and wrought-iron piers have been finished, and the construction of the two smaller piers and the abutments is well advanced. The foundations of piers C and E had to go considerably deeper than was originally contemplated to get secure foundations. The excavations for the foundations were seriously retarded by the extremely wet weather which prevailed from March to November of last year. The iron and steel for the construction of piers C and D and for the centre span and cantilevers have been delivered at the workshop-site, and the machinery for manufacture is now nearly all in position. The manufacture of the superstructure has been much hindered by the delay in the delivery of the machine tools by the English contractors owing to the engineers' lock-out. Mangaweka Section (33 miles 40 chains to 40 miles 40 chains ; length, 7 miles). —The construction of the larger culverts was begun in November as soon as the dry weather permitted the carting of materials to be started. All the principal culverts have been completed, and most of the cuttings have been put in hand. Advantage has been taken of the very dry season to cart the plant and material on to the works that will be required for carrying on the works during the winter. Paengaroa Section (40 miles 40 chains to 43 miles 40 chains ; length, 3 miles). —The felling and clearing of the bush on this section has been finished. Land-plans. —The survey for land-plans (23 miles 16 chains to 33 miles 40 chains) has been done and plans prepared, but they have not yet been passed by the Chief Surveyor. Wellington-Woodville Eailway. Eketahuna-Woodville Section (26 miles 55 chains long). —-A portion of this section, from Pahiatua to Mangatainoka Station, 3 miles 30 chains long, was opened for traffic on the 29th July last, and the portion from Mangatainoka to Woodville, 5 miles 76 chains, was opened for traffic on the 11th December last; and the whole of the works on the section were completed by the end of February of this year. Midland Eailway. Belgrove Section (21 miles 35 chains to 26 miles 71 chains ; length, 5 miles 36 chains). —This section was maintained during the year. Motupiko Section (26 miles 71 chains to 29 miles 20 chains ; length, 2 miles 29 chains). —The rails were linked in on the first mile of this section by the end of April, the bridge at 27 miles 71 chains was finished by the end of June, and a large number of willows planted along the line for protection against flood-scour. Motueka Section (29 miles 20 chains to 30 miles 58 chains; length, 1 mile 38 chains). —The formation-works on this section were finished about December last. The line is now fenced to 31 miles. The bridge at 29 miles 45 chains will be finished in August. A considerable amount of willow-planting has been done on this section. The formation-works for the Motupiko Stationyard (30 miles 58 chains to 31 miles) are well advanced. All the sleepers required to complete the line to 31 miles are delivered. The line should be ready for goods traffic in November next. Springfield Section (0 mile to 6 miles ; length, 6 miles). —To complete this section a viaduct of three spans of 33 ft., one span of 54 ft., and five spans of 80ft., on iron and steel piers, has to be built. The foundations and end piers were put in by the Midland Eailway Company. Considerable repairs, &c, are required to be done to the formation-works. The permanent-way has yet to be laid from 4 miles 75 chains to 6 miles, and the fencing from 5 miles onwards has yet to be done. Plans for the viaduct are being prepared. Mount Toriesse Section (6 miles to 18 miles; length, 12 miles). —The construction-works on this section were begun in March last. A service road has been formed and in part gravelled from Patterson's Creek to 9 miles 42 chains. This was a costly piece of work on account of the roughness of the gorge. A branch road has been made down to the Waimakariri Eiver, near 7 miles 16 chains, to enable supplies of sand and gravel to be got. The necessary buildings for store, shops, magazine, &c, have been erected. A deviation survey was made from 6 miles 27 chains to 7 miles 38 chains to improve the location of the line, and several cuttings from 6 miles 11 chains to 7 miles 30 chains have been put in hand, as also the concrete and pipe culverts. The number of men now employed is 116. 13—D. 1.

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Otira Section (32 miles 15 chains to 37 miles 75 chains from Stillwater, and 12 miles 21 chains to 6 miles 8 chains from Arthur's Pass ; a length of about 12 miles 7 chains, including deviations).— The formation has been completed on about 9£ miles of this length, also nearly all the culverts. For considerable distances the works have been temporarily protected by fascines until sufficient stone can be quarried and deposited to give a more permanent protection. A locomotive is now employed in hauling stone for protecting the banks. Two quarries are being worked to supply the stone. Two steam-cranes and a number of hand-derricks are also employed for loading the wagons. Considerable damage has been done to the unfinished work by exceptional floods. The shifting of the channel of the Otira Eiver is a source of anxiety and trouble. Heavy slips at the sources of the Otira and Bolleston Eivers have supplied enormous quantities of shingle, which is being brought down stream by floods, and is causing great alterations in the course of the river along the line of railway. The heavy rains which caused the floods also caused heavy slips along the line of railway under construction. It has been found necessary to put in a stop-bank at 11 miles to divert the river back to its old channel. About 5 miles of permanent-way materials have been delivered at Greymouth; a large portion of it is now on the works, and about 2 miles of the permanent line is laid for the transport of stone for protective works. A Stationmaster's house has been built at the station at Aicken's Flat, and also a carpenter's shop, smithy, &c. A platelayer's cottage has been built at Kelly's Creek. Otago Central Bailway. Hyde-Kyeburn Section (56 miles 20 chains to 77 miles 30 chains; length, 20 miles 70 chains). — A portion of this section, about 10 miles long, from Hyde to Kokonga, was opened for traffic on the Ist October last year. The formation is now practically completed up to 77 miles 30 chains, including the Banfurly Station-yard, a distance of 11 miles 10 chains beyond the present terminus of the opened line. The bridge over the Taieri Biver at 71 miles 30 chains, consisting of four spans of steel lattice girders 80 ft. long, supported on two concrete abutments and on three cylinder piers, is very nearly finished, being more than a year over the contract time. The bridge over the Hogburn at 72 miles 43 chains, consisting of six spans of 22 ft. steel-plate girders, is finished. A timber overbridge at 72 miles 59 chains was also completed during the year. The platelaying is finished up to 71 miles 23 chains, a short distance from the Taieri Biver. All the material for the station-buildings at Waipiata has been obtained, and the erection of the various buildings is now being carried out by co-operative contracts. The material for the buildings for the Banfurly Station has been procured, and is now on the ground. The erection of the buildings will be started after those at the Waipiata Station are finished. A platelayer's cottage has been erected at Hyde, and another at Kokonga. Land-plan surveys have been made for 16 miles of the line during the year. Seaward Bush Bailway. Waituna and Titiroa Sections (18 miles to 24 miles 45 chains; length, 6 miles 45 chains). —The earthworks on these sections is nearly complete, but the maintenance of the banks across the Mataura Swamp has been troublesome. A considerable amount of labour has been expended on the work of claying the banks from 18 miles 48 chains to 19 miles 20 chains. The formation of the bridgeapproaches, the fencing, and gates have all been advanced during the year. All the flood-openings on the west side of the Mataura Biver have been finished. The Mataura Bridge was finished in September of last year. This bridge was built under contract by Messrs. J. and A. Anderson, of Christchurch. The flood-openings at each end of the bridge are also finished. Eleven piers of the flood-opening at Titiroa Creek have been built. The material for the remaining small bridges over the creeks between 21 miles 50 chains and 24 miles 45 chains is being procured. Land-plan surveys have been made for 4-J- miles of the line. Forest Hill Bailway. During the year the formation has been widened throughout nearly the whole length of the line, and all pipes, &c, repaired and lengthened. Subsequently it was determined to reduce the lin 40 grades on the line to lin 50, and this work is now nearly completed. A petty contract to build a bridge of eight spans of 20 ft. at 10 miles 45 chains on the extension of the railway is now nearly completed. A contract was let for the material for the station-buildings, but the delivery is not up to time. As soon as the material is obtained the erection of the buildings will be proceeded with by co-operative contract. Considerable delay has taken place as regards the relaying of the line with 40 lb. rails, as the permanent-way materials have only, so far, arrived in small lots, and there is not yet sufficient stock in hand to enable a start to be made with laying the rails. Landplan surveys have been made for 2-J miles of the line. Surveys op New Lines. Whangarei-Kamo. —A working survey was made for an extension of the line from 14 miles 57 chains to 16 miles, and plans have been prepared. Paeroa-Waihi Branch Bailway Survey. —A branch line of railway has been surveyed from Paeroa to Waihi; its length is 12 miles 30 chains. The plans are now nearly complete. North Island Mam Trunk Bailway. —A survey party started work in April last at the north end from 56 miles 60 chains, the end of the finished survey, and an additional 7 miles of the line have been located up to date. South End. —The final location of the line has been extended from 89 miles 60 chains to 103 miles 20 chains from Marton Junction, and the trial line-work has been done up to 114 miles 50 chains. A better line has been obtained down the Piopiotea Biver valley than was expected to be got.

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Midland Bailway. —The working survey has been extended from the end of the Motupiko Station down the Motueka Biver to a point abreast of the Tadmor Valley to 36 miles 10 chains, a length of 5 miles 10 chains. Welling ton-Master ton Bailway. —A survey party was started in the beginning of last month to explore for a new route for the railway from Kaitoke to Featherston via the road saddle. Very good progress has been made considering the weather which has prevailed since the work was begun. The survey is not yet complete.' Sleepers. Auckland District. —During the year ending 31st March eight contracts for the delivery of 7,115 sleepers, mostly of totara, were entered into. Six of these contracts have been completed, and 5,900 sleepers have been delivered ; also one contract, entered into in 1896, has been completed. Wellington District. —A contract for 500 ironbark sleepers has been completed. Nelson District. —Nine contracts for 7,500 sleepers, in lots varying from 500 to 2,000 sleepers, have been entered into during the year. These sleepers are to be of black-birch. A large portion of the contract quantity has been delivered. Westland District. —Four contracts for sleepers (of silver-pine), entered into in 1896, are still uncompleted, only 2,000 sleepers out of 16,750 contracted for having been delivered. Seventeen new contracts, for a total of 74,862 silver-pine sleepers, have been entered into during the year, and deliveries amounting to over 21,000 sleepers have been made. Otago District. —Fourteen contracts have been entered into during the year for a total number of 14,119 sleepers. The greatest number of these sleepers will be of matai, some of totara, and a few of ironbark. The sleepers have nearly all been delivered. EOADS AND BEIDGES, ETC. Auckland District. Thompson's Track. —The District Engineer had charge of the expenditure of over £1,000 for work done on this track by the Mines Department, under an overseer also under that department. Also, work was done on the Whangaparapara to Blind Bay Boad under a similar arrangement. Bepairs to the Mangere Bridge were carried out by the Mangere Boad Board under a contract prepared and let by the District Engineer. The cost of the work was £1,667. Bepairs to the Panmure Bridge were carried out by the District Engineer, at a cost of about £1,000. Bepairs to the Orakei Bridge are in progress ; they will cost £250. New baths, drainage, and other works have been carried out in the Te Aroha Domain; the amount expended was about £3,860. This work was done for the Lands Department. Westland. The following roadworks, &c, were reported on for the Mines Department: Addison's-Wilson's Lead Eoad ; Big and Little Totara Bridges ; Fone's Bridge and Four-mile Bridge, Charleston Boad ; Bromised Land Boad, Karamea; Lyell Creek-Gibbston Track, Mokihinui; Seddonville Boad; road, Granity Creek southwards; Deadman's Gully to Christmas Terraces Eoad ; track, Waimangaroa to Denniston, and Millerton Track. The Eesident Engineer, Westport, also reported on flood-prevention proposals for Greymouth. Great South Boad (Mount Hercules Deviation). —Three sections of this road begun in January, 1897, were finished at the end of the year ; their total length was 2 miles 10 chains. Other three sections are now in hand, extending for a length of 82 chains beyond the end of first three sections. Mapourika-Waihp Boad. —A survey was made and plans prepared for the first 106 chains of this road, and the work has been put in hand by co-operative contracts; plans are also ready for an extension of the road. Paringa-Blue Biver Boad. —Nine miles and a quarter of this road were repaired by a day-labour party under a working overseer, the nature of the work rendering this course necessary. About half a mile remains yet to be repaired. Haast Lagoon Greek Bridge was renewed by a co-operative contract party. The following works were reported on by the Eesident Engineer, Greymouth, for the Mine 3 Department: Brown's Terrace Track ; Granville Terrace Boad ; Blackball to Healey's Gully Track ; bridge over the Lake Kanieri Outlet; Butcher's Creek Bridge; Kapitea-Lamplough Suspensionbridge ; Constitution Hill Track; Haupiri Terrace Track; Hungerford Bridge over the Arahura, Barrytown Boad, near Ten-mile, and wire bridge over the by-wash, Grey Biver, at Blackball; river-protection, Grey Bridge ; Grey Biver to Moonlight Track; Moonlight to Paparoa Track; track to Crcesus Battery; Kumara-Greymouth Boad; Ten-mile Bridge at Barrytown Eoad; bridge, Cobden to Seven-mile Eoad; Teremakau-Greymouth Eoad. Special reports were made on the following matters by the Eesident Engineer, Greymouth: Floods in the Grey Eiver with reference to the flooding of Greymouth; flood-damage at Craig's farm, on the Grey Eiver, below Ahaura; Donnelly's Creek Tail-race. Also survey with plans and estimate. A dispute as to occupiers' rights on the Midland Bailway reserve at Beefton w 7 as inquired into. Miscellaneous. Special reports, &c, were made by the District Engineer, Dunedin,' on the Waiau Bridge: railway, Springfield to Canterbury Colliery; and Mount Somers Lime-kiln. Blans and specifications have been prepared in the Head Office for the following works for the Survey Department: Waikopiro Bridge over the Manawatu Biver; Mangles Suspension-bridge over the Buller Biver; road-bridge over the Mohaka Biver, Napier-Taupo Boad ; Waiotapu Bridge

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Blans and specifications for a bridge over the Eangitikei Biver at Bull's were reported on for the Eangitikei County Council; and plans for a bridge over the Kakanui Biver, for the Survey Department, were also reported on. BUBLIC BUILDINGS. Auckland District. Government House. —The fencing of the ground has been renewed along Waterloo Quadrant and Princes Street. The ball-room has been reroofecl. The work of renovating the interior of the house is now well advanced : the wall and ceiling linings have been renewed. A new guard-house room is being erected at the front gate. The grounds are all in fair order. Departmental Buildings. —These buildings are in good repair. Tlielift has been overhauled and put in order. All necessary repairs have been attended to during the year. Departmental Buildings, Thames. —These buildings have had the chimneys rebuilt and general repairs attended to. Departmental Buildings, Tauranga. —The concrete tank for fire-prevention supply has been replastered, and a new iron tank to supply the building has been erected. New Gaol, Mount Eden. —The outside and partition walls of the centre block have been built up in masonry to a height of about 2 ft. Both sets of officers' quarters have been renovated, and other repairs carried out. Avondale Asylum. —The extension of the male wing of the main building, begun in September, 1896, has been completed. The water-supply reservoir has been finished, the pumping-engine is now working, and all the water is now drawn from the reservoir. A new hot-water tank has been placed in the female wing. A billiard-table has been fixed in the auxiliary asylum, a shelter-shed erected, additional ventilation provided, and the airing-courts tarred. The stone-breaker and engine have been repaired, but they require a great amount of maintenance. The cubical space of each room and the number of patients each room could accommodate has been reported on during the year. Supreme Court, Auckland. —General repairs were attended to, some wash-tubs and boiler for the caretaker put in, and a laboratory for the special Inspector of Police fitted up. District Court, Auckland. —lnternal cleaning, painting, and decorating was done by co-operative labour, and new linoleum has been laid. The strong-room extension has been put in hand. Courthouse, Hamilton. —Some drainage-work, in addition to the general repairs, has been done. Courthouse', Mercer. —Considerable repairs have been done to the foundations. The building has also been painted inside and outside. Paeroa Courthouse. — Two additional rooms are being built. Police-stations, Auckland. —The fence between the male and female yards has been raised. Bepairs to the gas, water, and drainage services attended to. The old police-barracks were pulled down by a co-operative party. A lock-up has been built at Otorohanga. A police-station, with office and lock-up, has been built at Coromandel. A police-station and lock-up has been built at Hikurangi, and the ground fenced. The roof of the police-station at Waihi, which was strained by storms and leaked badly, has been repaired. Some improvements have been made in the house purchased for a police-station at Karangahake, and a lock-up has been built. A new bath-room has been built to the police-station at the Thames,- and other improvements made. Post-office, Auckland. —The gas-service has been improved in the mail-room by putting on incandescent burners, but it is not even now considered satisfactory. The stone entrance-steps have been roughened to lessen .the chance of people slipping. A new room is being made for the telephone switchboard by taking down portions on the upper floor and putting in skylights. Post-office, Coromandel. —Some drainage-work and earthworks have been carried out. Post-office, Newton. —Some maintenance and repairs have been carried out, and the safe has been built in with a wooden cover to render it more secure since the office was broken into. Otahuhu. —A site has been bought for a post-office at a cost of £25. Kuaotunu. —A new post-office has been built at this place. Waitekauri. —A post-office was built during the year. Waihi. —A post-office was built during the year. Botorua. —Some painting, &c, was done to the post-office during the year. Post-office, Waiwera. —The kitchen was lined, a new stove fixed, and the building painted. Post-office, Onehunga. —Some alteration to kitchen oven made and a new chimney built during the year, and other repairs. Post-office, Mongonui. —Three rooms are being added to this building. Ponsonby Hall. —A ladies' room has been added to this building at a cost of £90. Industrial School, Parnell. —An examination of the drainage of the grounds disclosed the fact that the drainage of the surrounding houses was being deposited thereon, causing a nuisance. The Crown Solicitor has the matter in hand, but no settlement has yet been come to. Quarantine-station, Motuihi.—The wharf was repaired.

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Native School, Whirinaki. —A contract for building a combined school and residence is in progress. Its completion has been delayed owing to Native difficulties. Native School, Utakura. —A tender has been accepted for the erection of this school. Native School, Manaia. —A tender has been accepted for the erection of a combined house and school. Native School, Bakaumanga —Some desks were supplied in May last. Te Aroha Domain. —New bath-house has been built; a new concrete reservoir built, also a second concrete reservoir to replace wooden one. No. 2 bath has been cleaned out, and concrete walls built round it. An 18 in. sewer-pipe to take the waste water from the baths direct to the river, and all waste-water pipes connected with it. All the banks round the new bath-house have been trimmed off. The baths were opened by the Hon. the Minister of Mines on the 20th May last. New Blymouth-Napier District. Post-office, Waitara. —A contract is prepared for renovating, altering, and adding to the building. Tenders will be invited shortly. Post-office and Courthouse Grounds, Hawera. —These grounds were laid out and gravelled by petty contract. Gas has been installed in the post-office and in the Postmaster's residence. The residence has been altered and added to. Post-office and Courthouse, Wanganui. —The chimneys damaged by earthquake have been repaired. Post-office, Sanson. —The painting of, and some repairs to, this building are in progress. Post-office, Palmerston North. —A contract for painting and repairs has been satisfactorily performed. Courthouse, Stratford. —A plan for laying out the grounds has been prepared, but the carryingout of the works deferred until spring. Courthouse, Wanganui. —The chimneys and walls damaged by the earthquake have been repaired. Courthouse, Marton. —The contract for this building has been satisfactorily finished, the grounds laid out, and other minor improvements done. Courthouse, Palmerston North. —The re-erection of this building in brick is in progress. Courthouse, Woodville. —The condition of this building has been reported on, and painting it recommended. The erection of a new outbuilding has been authorised. Police-station, Eltham. —Some fencing and filling was done at this station. Police-station, Wanganui. —Damage to chimneys and other minor repairs have been carried out. Police-station, Feilding. —A contract for alterations and repairs was got out, and tenders invited, but the work has been delayed, pending a decision as to whether new quarters should not be built at the Courthouse-site. Police-station, Palmerston North. —A new chimney has been built to the sergeant's residence. Police-station, Ormondville. —The condition of this building has been reported on, and the erection of new quarters at the Courthouse-site has been recommended. Police-station, Hastings. —A contract for repairs and alterations is advertised. Police-station, Moawhango. —A lock-up has been built. Police-station, Baetihi. —Some minor repairs have been done. Powder-magazine, New Plymouth.— -This building was inspected, and its condition reported on. Native School, Pipiriki. —The rooms of the residence have been scrimmed and papered. Native School, Koriniti. —The contract for this building was satisfactorily finished last January. -Native School, Karioi. —A contract for the erection of this building was completed in June. Public Works Office, Hunterviile. —Some drainage, levelling, and gravelling has been done to the grounds. Wellington-Marlboeough-Nelson District. Government House. —The interior of the house, with the exception of the servants' quarters, which were in good repair, was wholly repapered and repainted, and the electric light installed throughout. The exterior of the house was thoroughly overhauled, repaired, and repainted. The guard-lodge was painted on the outside. The damage caused by an outbreak of fire, which, fortunately, was detected when starting and promptly checked, was made good in a short time, and all the hearths in the house were examined, and some made more secure than they originally were. Parliamentary Buildings. —Minor repairs and alterations have been carried out. Departmental Buildings, Wellington. —The additions to the south wing have been finished.

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The whole of the exterior of the building has been repainted. Various minor internal improvements and renovations have been carried out. Departmental Buildings, Nelson. —New outbuildings have been erected, and necessary repairs attended to. Government Printing Office Extension, Wellington. —This work was»finished during the year. Two new lifts were fixed in position, and alterations and additions to the shafting, &c, were carried out. Mount Cook Prison. —A timber retaining-wall has been built and fencing done. Mount View Asylum. —General repairs have been attended to, a new drain laid, and the internal painting of the main building and dependencies has been done. Porirua Asylum. —The new wing for the accommodation of seventy-eight 'male patients was completed early this year, as were also new workshops, engine-room, boiler-house, chamber for electric-light accumulators. Steam-heating fittings have since then been fitted up and are in use. A corresponding wing on the female side is now in course of construction, as is also a mortuary and dissecting-room. Nelson Asylum. —A new residence for the Superintendent has been built. The laundry has been lengthened 20 ft. An improved system of heating water for the laundry, bath-room, &c, will be carried out shortly. All the fireplaces in the building have been examined and put in a good state of repair. Sundry repairs and renovations have been done during the year. The new brick dormitory, under construction by contract, is progressing at a fair rate. General Post-office, Wellington. —Alterations in the ventilation of the despatch-room were made. Telephone Exchange. —A shed for a gas-engine has been erected, and the whole building has been painted externally. Post-office, Port Nelson. —This building has been repainted inside and outside. Thorndon Police-station. —This building has been finished. Manners Street Police-station. —This station is now finished ; an electric-light installation has been provided. Central Police-station. —Some shelving has been provided, and repairs, &c, done. Port Nelson Police-station. —An addition of two rooms has been made, and the original building has been painted externally, and internal painting and repapering has been done; also other renovations. Courthouse, Brightwater. —This building has been roofed with iron and otherwise repaired, and the exterior painted. Courthouse, Motueka. —The main building has been roofed with iron, and both it and the outbuildings have been repaired. The whole of the buildings have been repainted on the outside, also the interior of the main building has been repainted. Courthouse, Takaka. —An entrance-porch has been built, and outhouses added. The whole of the buildings have been put in good repair, and they have been painted externally. Quarantine Station, Somes Island. —Bepairs to drains, plumbing, and to the buildings have been done during the year, and a new water-tank provided. Ministerial Besidence, Tinakori Boad. —The drawing-room was rescrimmed, repapered, and painted. Molesworth Street Besidence. —This building was repainted, and some internal renovations done. Water-supply, Parliamentary Buildings, Museum, £c. —A scheme for improvements in the pipeline has been approved, and new pipes have been ordered from England. A large amount of work has been done in making and fixing office fittings for the extension of the Departmental Buildings, and in altering, improving, and adding to the existing fittings in the various public offices in Wellington. Westland District. Petty Contracts have been carried out for the following works : Bepairs, lock-up and policestation and Courthouse, Charleston; repairs, painting, &c, Clerk of Court's residence, Westport; erecting bath-room and fixing bath in gaol-yard, Westport; repairs, warder's residence, Westport ; repairs and painting post- and telegraph-office, Westport ; painting police-station, Westport. Besides these, minor repairs, &c, have been carried out for several other public buildings at West port and Lyell. Chief Postmaster's Besidence, Greymouth. —This building has been repaired and added to, and the fences, gates, &c, put in order. Powder-magazine, Greymouth. —This was repaired and painted. Greymouth. —Some new linoleums were laid in the Courthouse, and the Government Insurance Office was repainted. Hokitika. —A new Customhouse has been built by co-operative contract. Hokitika. —Police-sergeant's residence was repaired, and a new tank provided. Prison, Hokitika. —The Gaoler's residence was repaired and repainted, and the outer wall of the gaol repaired, and work on repairs to the interior is now in hand. Post- and Telegraph-office, Hokitika. —Part of the interior of this building has been repaired and repainted. Lunatic Asylum, Hokitika. —'The condition and capacity were reported on. Improvements have been made in the cooking and washing appliances, and a high-pressure hot-water service has been laid on. Courthouse, Beefton. —Additional rooms and two strong-rooms have been built, one for legal documents and one for the Survey Department. Electric light and water services have been provided.

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Post- and Telegraph-office, Beefton. —Small general repairs have been done to this building. Police Quarters, Brunnerton. —This building was repaired and painted, some fencing was put up, and some drainage-work executed. Police Quarters, Stafford. —Some repairs and papering are m hand. Courthouse, Stafford. —Some repairs and painting have been done. Courthouse, Goldsborough. —Some repairs and painting have been done. Public Buildings, Okarito. —Extensive renewals are required to these buildings, consisting of Courthouse, constable's quarters, store, stable, &c. It was proposed to put the work in hand in January last, but the wreck of one steamer trading to the Port of Okarito, and an accident to another, has so delayed the sending of materials that a start has not yet been made with the work. Canterbury District. Provincial Buildings, Christchurch. —A new Stamp-office has been erected. Fire-proof doors have been erected in the gallery of the Provincial Buildings, and the roof repaired. The Land Transfer strong-room has been renovated, and improved gasfittings and extra shelving have been provided. Alterations to the offices of the Land and Survey Department are in hand. Many small repairs and alterations have been done to these buildings during the year. The paths and approaches to the buildings have been greatly improved. Courthouse, Akaroa. —Some fencing and plastering has been carried out by petty contract. Courthouse, Amberley. —Some small repairs have been done by day labour. Ashburton. —Some repairs to drains have been done, but further improvements are desirable. Besident Magistrate's Court, Christchurch. —New fittings and some new furniture have been supplied. All the fireplaces have been repaired, and many small repairs, &c, done. Leeston. —A new Courthouse is being built by contract : the progress has been slow, and the work will not be finished within the contract time. Courthouse, Waimate. —The interior has been thoroughly renovated and repaired, and the roof has been put in a good state of repair. Courthouse, Timaru. —The windows and lantern-light have been repaired. Supreme Court, Christchurch. —Many small repairs, &c, have been carried out. Police-station, Christchurch. —Accommodation for the Matron has been provided, and the Inspector's residence painted, a lamp for the yard provided, and other minor improvements made. Police-station, Addington. —The drains at this station have been put in a complete state of repair. Police-station, Bangiora. —The kitchen fittings have been renewed. Police-station, Timaru. —The sergeant's quarters have been renovated, and a gas- and waterservice provided. Police-station, Waimate. —Extensive additions to the constable's quarters; stable and lock-up have been completed. Police-station, Richmond. —A special report was made on this station. Post-office Buildings, Christchurch. —A new flag-pole has been erected, and a number of repairs carried out. The telephone-room has been ventilated, new locks have been provided for the strongrooms, and a new safe provided. The public offices mail-room, parcels-office, Chief Clerk's office, &c, have been thoroughly renovated, and new linoleums laid in some of the rooms. Post- and Telegraph-office, Ashburton. —The mail-room has been enlarged, and other works carried out. Post- and Telegraph-office, Lyttelton. —A few small repairs only have been required. Post-office, Sydenham. —A new artesian well, 94 ft. deep, has been sunk, and a good supply of water has been obtained. Post- and Telegraph-office, Temuka. —Some repairs and painting have been done by petty contract. Post- and Telegraph-office, Timaru. —Swing-doors have been erected, improvements have been made in the water and fire-prevention services, the windows have been overhauled, and other repairs done. Post- and Telegraph-office, Waimate. —The grounds have been fenced, planted, and put in order generally. New outbuildings have been erected at the old post-office buildings. Industrial School, Burnham. —Two new fire-escapes have been erected, a new fire-engine supplied, and a shed built for it. One of the underground reservoirs has been repaired and made watertight. Deaf-mute Institute, Sumner. —Open fluming has been constructed to carry away the sewerage ; also, open channelling has been laid in the yard at " The Glen." Both systems give satisfaction. Hanmer Plains Thermal Springs. —A new and commodious sanatorium has been erected by contract; it was completed and handed over in August last year. Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurch. —New outbuildings have been erected in the airing-courts, and all requisite connections with the drains made. The attics in the female side have been fitted up as dormitories. An electric fire-alarm is being fixed. A special report was made by the District Engineer on the question of increased accommodation. Quarantine-station, Quail Island. —Excepting the single men's quarters all the buildings have been painted and repaired. A retaining-wall has been built at the back of the laundry, and stone quarried for a wall at the back of the Hospital. Two water-tanks have been fixed, and the rainwater pipes, &c, repaired on the Stock Department's buildings. Bapaki Pa. —A number of water-tanks have been supplied to the Natives in this pa, with eaves, guttering, and down-pipes complete, all of which were fitted up by co-operative contract.

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Otago and Southland. Supreme Court, Dunedin. —The renovation of the Court and lobby was carried out by petty contract. Police Court, Dunedin. —This Court was renovated. Stipendiary Magistrate's Court, Dunedin. —A strong-room has been built, and renovation done. Courthouse, Mosgiel. —A new Courthouse was built by contract and completed in September of last year. New Gaol, Dunedin. —The building was completed in August last, according to the original design, but extra work and the fittings delayed the completion of the building till May last. Central Police-station, Dunedin. —A store-room and new dormitories have been formed in the attics. Police-station, Invercargill. —Fire-prevention appliances were fitted up by petty contract. Police-station, South Dunedin.--A new brick building was completed in November last. Police-station, Queenstown. —The constable's quarters have been repaired by petty contract. Police-station, Clyde. —The sergeant's quarters were repaired by petty contract. Chief Post-office, Dunedin. —-New letter-boxes have been put up, and alterations in the moneyorder office have been made. Post-office, Invercargill. —Some alterations and renovations were completed in February last. St. Bathan's. —A petty contract for additions and repairs to the Postmaster's quarters has been completed. Government Life Insurance Buildings, Dunedin. — Fire-appliances have been fitted up and alterations to gasfittings made by petty contract. Officers' Quarters, St. Clair. —These buildings have been repaired and renovated. Quarantine Buildings, Port Chalmers. —Some repairs have been done to these buildings, and they have also been painted. Industrial School, Caversham. —The old wooden buildings used as a girls' dormitory have been taken down, and a new brick building is well advanced. Lunatic Asylum, Seacliff. —A patients' cottage is being built by the Asylum workmen under the supervision of this department. A contract was let for the supply of timber and joinery. An auxiliary building is also under construction in the same manner. Marine. Maraetai Wharf. —This structure was repaired by contract during the year. Whakatane. —The work of removing the rocks, for which a contract had been let but was not completed owing to the death of the contractor, has been continued, and the worst of the rocks have been taken away, including the " Luna" rock. Panmure Wharf. —A survey has been made for this work, and plans were prepared. A contract for the work has been let, and materials are now on the ground preparatory to a start being made with the work. Entrance Beacons, Kaipara. —A contract was let for the erection of beacons on the line of a new channel. After the beacons were nearly finished the channel shifted further north, and the beacons had to be again shifted, at a much greater cost that that of the original contract. Lighthouse, Cape Palliser. —Cape Palliser Lighthouse, with all lightkeepers' cottages, stores, roads, &c, was completed and handed over to the Marine Department. Sticking Point Beclamation, Lyttelton Harbour. —This work is still in hand by prison labour, but the rate of progress has been slow, as the prisoners have been engaged on more urgent works. The engine-shed has been shifted and new lines laid down. Hokitika Wharf and Biver Embankment. —These works, having been damaged by scour, gave way, endangering the railway-line, goods-shed, and other buildings. Temporary repairs were carried out to prevent serious damage, and permanent repairs are now in hand. East Cape Lighthouse. —A site has been selected for this lighthouse on Whangaokeno Island, and tenders are being invited for the manufacture of the cast-iron tower. - HABBOUB DEFENCES. Auckland. — Finishing and trimming Submarine-mining Yard, pitching Bank along Sea-face. — Mine-store at the bastion has been taken down, and the material made use of in construction of barracks at depot. Two concrete cable-tanks have been constructed; excavations for a tramway and for a miners' store have been made. The material excavated was used to reclaim land, being protected by a dry stone rubble wall along the sea-face. A bomb-proof observing-station has been constructed for the mines-field, with all fittings. The office for officer-in-command has been altered and enlarged, and a test-room has been built in the depot-yard. A store for loaded mines is about half finished. A solid approach has been built to the jetty, and timber for the jetty has been purchased. A corrugated-iron fence has been erected around the depot-yard. The emplacement for a new gun is in hand. The officers' quarters at Fort Takapuna have been renovated. The gaol at Fort Cautley has been repainted. The damage done to the depot sea-walls by high seas has been repaired. Wellington. —The Point Halswell Boad has been widened for a considerable length from 14 ft. to 22 ft. A torpedo-boat shed has been built at Shelly Bay, and a slip-way is about completed. Excavations for new electric-light emplacements are in progress. A new engine of considerable power is ready for erection. Sundry repairs and minor alterations have been carried out. Lyttelton. —A partition was built in one of the magazines, new fencing erected and drains repaired, and some improvements in the quarters made. A new engine-shed has been built, and

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STORES AND SERVICES. Stores-supply Contracts, 1898. —Tenders were invited for the supply and delivery of general ironmongery, builders' and furnishing ironmongery, and other stores for the Public Works and other Government Departments for the year, and accepted as follows:—

Contracts were also entered into for the supply of coal and firewood for the Government buildings in the various districts, and in Wellington the usual contracts were let for chimneysweeping, removal of rubbish, and window-cleaning. I have, &c, William H. Hales, The Hon. the Minister for Public Works. Engineer-in-Chief.

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Class of Supplies. Auckland. Wellington. Christchurch. Dunedin. Invercargill. Greymouth. General ironmongery (exclusive of galvanised iron of |New Zealand manufacture) Galvanised iron (of New Zealand manufacture) T. and S. Morrin and Co. (Ltd.) Briscoe, MacNeil, and Co. Ashby, Bergh, and Co. Thomson, Bridger, and Co. A. Briscoe and Co. D. McLean. Southern Cross Galvanised Iron Manufacturing Company (Ltd.) Southern Cross Galvanised Iron Manufacturing Company (Ltd.) Southern Cross Galvanised Iron Manufacturing Company (Ltd.) Southern Cross Galvanised Iron Manufacturing Company (Ltd.) Southern Cross Galvanised Iron Manufacturing Company (Ltd.) Southern Cross Galvan i sed Iron Manufacturing Company (Ltd.). D. McLean. 3uilders' ironmongery Ship-chandlery.. T. and S. Morrin and Co. (Ltd.) Ditto Cameron and Christie Briscoe, MacNeil, and Co. Ditto .. Smith and Smith Ashby, Bergh, and Co. Ditto .. Thomson, Bridger, and Co. N.Z. Hardware Company (Ltd.) Ditto Thomson, Bridger, and Co. Milburn Lime and Cement Comp'y A. Briscoe and Co. Ditto iron and steel .. Paints, oils, &o. J. Holmes. dement (New Zealand manufacture) lime Drainpipes, &o. J. Wilson and Co. P. Hutson and Co. Milburn Lime and Cement Comp'y D. McLean. J, J. Craig J. J. Craig P. Hutson and Co. J. J. Craig Ashby, Bergh, and Co. Ditto .. J. J. Craig A. Briscoe and Co. Ditto J. J. Craig A. Briscoe and Co. Ditto J. J. Craig. Forsyth and Masters. 0. Hansen. Cents.. Briscoe, MacNeil, and Co.

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Enclosure to Appendix E. TABLE of Lengths of Government Lines Authorised, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1898. NORTH ISLAND.

State of Line. Appropria- „ , T . t;™f Name of Line. c5 §P Subdivisions. Main Line. |8 i/3 Total. r Under Plate laying - Date. j 1873-4 1874-5 I 1875-6 1876-7 j 1877-8 1878-9 1879-J Under Forma-j tion. Opened. -81 10 - J . i 1880-1 1881-2 1882-3 1883-4 1884-5 1885-6 1886-7 1887-8 \ 1888-9 1889-90 1890-1 1 ■ 1891-2 1892-3 1893-4 1894-5 1895-6 1896-7 1897-8 1 1 1 Total. I 1 2 3 4 M. chs. 7 41 Kawakawa - Taumarere Taumarere - Opua Wharf 9 20 Deep water - Opau Wharf Opau Wharf - Whangarei Whangarei-Kamo .. 14 57 Kamo-Hikurangi Hikurangi-Whakapara Whakapara-Waiotu 19 40 Dargaville - Opanake Opanake-Booms Booms-Waima 10 0 Extension Welsford Road to Komokoriki Komokoriki-Tahakeroa Tahakeroa-Makarau Makarau-Kanohi .. Kanohi - Helensville Terminus 35 73 Hslensville Terminus, —Helensville Helensville-Kumeu Kumeu-Henderson.. Henderson- Waikomiti Waikomiti-Newmarket 2 73 Penrose-Onehunga .. Onehunga Wharf .. 30 13 Auckland Wharf .. Auckland Station .. Auckland-Mercer .. Mercer-Newcastle .. Newcastle-Hamilton Hamilton-Ohaupo .. Ohaupo-Te Awamutu I 1:1 8 M. chs. 9 . M. chs. 33 i. M. ch 5 hs. 34 35 36 37 !. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. cl I Kawakawa Kaw akawa Whangarei- "Kamo-Whangarei .. Kamo 3 . chs . ens 7 41 LS. LS. 1 Kaw re: .vakaw jre 4 5 6 7 8 M. r.hs. M. n.Jifi M nVie M n> m.cns. ivi.cns. M.chs. JVi. cf f/a - Tauma- 2 30 ) I 0 57 8 18 5 6 7 M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. 2 30 ) [ 0 57 8 18 s n j 9 10 11 12 13 14 Via M fiVia M oVio M oVio "M" /.V,o M nl hs. ivi.chs. M.chs.j M.chs. M.chs. M. el (122 Feb., 1877 10 M. chs. j J 12 M. chs. 13 M. chs. 14 M. ehs. I 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 .Vio TVT /*l,a TVT #i1.c TVT «"Uo "M" rt T™ T\/T rt 1,n 1\T n \*r, Ti.T «!.« 1\T „!,„ T\r ~T— TVT ~l.,. TVT ~\.~ -nr _i. _ tit _i. _ U*- .t. * ihs. M. che. M. ohs. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs ! M. cbs 'M chs I 2 30 15 M. che. 2 30 16 M. chs. 17 M. chs. 18 M. chs. 19 M. chs. 20 M. chs. 21 M. chs. 22 M. chs. 23 M. chs. 24 M. chs. 25 M. chs. 26 M. chs. 27 M. cbs. . 28 29 M. chs. M. chs. 29 30 M. chs. M. cl 30 M. chs. " .he, 31 32 33 34 35 i. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. chs. M. cl 31 M. chs. 32 M. chs. 33 M. chs. 36 M. chs. 37 1. M. chs. I 7 41 IK. Taui W imarei /harf :re - Opua 5 11 jj ( 7 April, 1884 I " " 5 11 5 11 * m m .. ....I' ) 20 ) Dee] W :p wat Ihaif ter - Opau 2 48 ' .. 2 48 2 41 2 48 j .. 2 48 2 48 18 .. .. .. 9 20 I L 17 I Whangarei- Kamo-Hukerenui .. Kamo Extension Kaihu Valley! Kaihu Valley 14 57 19 40 : 57 vv Opai ns Wha Kam Hiku; Wha 1 nan n Wl garei a,ngar< ao-Hil irangi Lkanai harf - Wha- 2 2 j) ! 2 27 8 79 ■ei-Kamo .. 4 50 !j ikurangi .. 8 0 1 20 9 20 i-Whakapara 3 25 1 22 | 4 47 ira-Waintii 3 35! ! S 99 2 2 i) j I 2 27 8 79 4 50 ij 8 0 1 20 9 20 3 25 1 22 i 4 47 3 32 .. ! 3 32 16 46 0 50 17 16 0 55 0 25 10 2 19 .. 2 19 77 73 estim. 77 73 11 75 .. 11 75 I 30 Nov., 1882 ( 28 Oct., 1880 2 July, 1894 2 Nov., 1896 a Q9 "I 3 - 32 •• ,. 2 2 .. .. .. 4 50 4 50 2 2 .. .. 8 - 0 " '.'. 3 2 - •• H I 8*0 - •• •• ■ •• r ' '.'. 3~25 !' I ) I- 17 77 40 vvna 1 Uarg Opar Boon iKapai gaville nake-ms-Wi ira-waiotu 3 3ii .. ; 3 d'z \ e - Opanake 16 46 0 50 17 16 -Booms .. 0 55 0 25 10 r aima Q 19 9. 1Q 3 32 .. 27 July, 1891 * .. 21 Oct., 1896 o i a . ■• •■ I 16 4 16 46 Iβ 0 5; :: I o\55 :: J- 17! I 17 21 j , ■I 77 73 11 75 2 19 estim. Prelim. - 110 0 •• J Helensville Helensville northNo r t h - s i wards ward* ms- vv i ' aima .. z iy .. 219 n _ 77 7P pHf.im >7Q 7"7 "7C 1.. .. II T6 estim. 77 73 77 7£ "Rnn.fl f.o 11 11 Tt; 11 7C 2 19 .. .. .. .. .. 3 estim. ■ • K "D i: • - - - - ~ weis Ko stora omoke Koad to 11 75 .. J 11 75 11 7£ oriki 5 Prelim. .'. .. I I •• .. 1 i' Komc Tfl,hn. okorik i.lrprnn ki-Tahakeroa 6 26 .. 6 26 6 26 n.-Ma.Vo.ro.n 3 1ft Q1Q Qifl 6 26 .. 6 26 3 18 .. 3 18 3 6 0 40 3 46 7 42 1 10 8 52 6 26 3 18 6 Q I •• ■■ ■■ a-iviauarau 3 18 .. 3 18 3 18 8 - •• I •• •• .. .. .. - - •• .. ! .. I i 3"e K a i p a r a - Kaipara-Auckland .. Waikato Make Kane Tei arauohi - irminv -Kanohi .. 3 6 0 40 3 46 Helensville 7 42 1 10 8 52 us • • 16 June, 1897 3 May, 1889 • • - .. .. .. .'. 7 42 - - - 742 '.'. .. I I 3 6 a a e 7 42 35 73 I 74 Onehunga Branch .. Auckland-Waikato .. 2 73 100 13 73 73 13 Hslei —I Helei Kuni' Hend Waikc Penrt Oneh Auck] insvill Helen insvill leu-H. dersor. omiti-■ose-O] lunga :land ' le Terminus, 0 43 \ tisville le-Kumeu 12 79 A RK .„ Kn tenderson.. 11 0 } G 66 i2 59 n-Waikomiti 1 50 i-Newmarket 9 61 / •nemmga .. 2 53 I 1 7n i Wharf .. 0 20 ) l l0 i 63 Wharf 0 55 I C BR 0 43 ' II 7 l 0 06 42 59 1 50 I 9 61 / 0 20 } 1 70 I 4 63 " .. 0 55 0 55 0 15 A 42 72 J ?0 33 I 1611 11624 9 27 6 24 j / 18 Sept., 1880 I 29 Oct., 1875 • ■ .. 12 7{ '' J 18 July, 1881 21 Dec, 1880 I 29 Mar., 1880 I 24 Dec, 1873 2 53 " 1 28 Nov., 1878 I 1 . • ■ -, ■ 1 i I 5 •• i'c. •• is 2 53 12 79 0 43 9 11 0 1 50 9 61 [ " .. ] 0 20 .. .. .. ., .'. .[ I .'. \[ I', [[ .. I .. I 0 20 9*61 0 43 1 50 ii"o - .. I ! I - I I I I * * ■• I i * * •■ •• ■• 1 •' •• I QK , •" i-35 7 >-o,i 1 .. ■■ J •• - •■ I 27 •■ 1 ] i-35 73 J J 2 73 - •• f ■ - I J..1 .flUCKJ Auck! Auck] Merc< Newc Hami Ohau :iana dand ! :land-" :er-Ne castleilton- 1 ipo-Te vv nart .. .. u oo o 55 Station .. 0 15 A •Mercer .. 42 72 Bwcastle .. 31 2 lfi11 I o . 10 33 I lb U 116 24 -Ohaupo .. 9 27 I e Awamutu 6 24 j / 30 Nov., 1885 ( 20 May, 1875 ■ • 42 72 ; 13 Aug., 1877 '' ) 19 Dec, 1877 j 4June,1878 V 1 July, 1880 •• L 42 72 i .. .. 0 15 .. '.'. '.'. '.'■.31 "2 .'. '.'. '.'. '.'. .'. .'. '£ '.' '.' 10 33 9 27 - ! " M : - : :: :: :: :: - 0 15 i __ I! •• •• i ■■ k •■ ] 100 13 •• ! •• - - . - ) ■ \ Auckland-Penrose— Deviation via Beach Auckland City Branch —Kingsland Station to Auckland Station vi& Western Park and Freeman's Bay Surveys, new Pukekohe-Waiuku .. 1 i II uu ■ ■ ; 31 2 10 33 9 27 ! - - ■•■ ■■ ' ■• "" 100 1 1 ■■ l ■■ ■■ 11 - 1 iiuu ± - I 1 I i 6 24 •• I .. I .. I • • I - - - - •• I 1 " • • I - - ■■ ) .. ; 6 50 Deviation via Beach 2 60 Auckland City Branch 6 50 2 60 50 60 Devia Auck] ition j land f via Beach 6 50 I 6 50 6 50 Cit.v Rvn.Tinii 9. fin i o r,n o r.n 6 50 .. 6 50 2 60 •• I 2 CO 6 50 2 60 6 50 2 60 !.;: I - - I "■ I Preiim. • • 1 •• .. •• •• ■ ■ uity .Branch a uo .. | 2 60 2 60 ) Prelim. • • .. •• • • • • .. .. •■ .. . •• • • •• r . .. - .. .2 5 Paerata-Waiuku .. i 5 Paera j,ta-W /aiuku .. 12 5 .. 12 5 12 5 ... i ■■ "I Surveys, new lines WaikatoThames lines Waikato- Waikato-Thames .. Thames 12 5 62 58 )2 58 Frankton Junction, —Hamilton Hamilton-Morrinsville 1 Morrinsville-Te Aroha 1 Te Aroha-Paeroa J Ohinemuri Contract Hikutaia Contract .. Kauaeranga Contract 2 40 Paeroa-Waihi .. 1 2 2 Ruakura Junction, 1 —Cambridge 9 33 Morrinsville-Oxford.. S Oxford-Putaruru Ngatira Contract .. Kaponga Contract .. 1 Tarukenga Contract 58 Franl —E kton Elamil Junction, 11) "on « 1 „„ M . 12 5 I .. 12 5 12 5 ,11) 1., 12 5 36 56 12 5 ( 20 Oct., 1879 -I I i X X - - . - I ' 1 : 1 I ' I .. .. I .. .. I •• ■ - - 1 •• [ 43 38 J New survey HamMtonCambridge Thames Valley - Rotorua New survey Hamilton- Hamilton-Cambridge Cambridge Hami) Morrij Te Ar Ohine TTi'Vut-ilton-I insvill roha-I emuri Morrinsville 16 79 f 6 1 36 56 le-Te Aroha 12 55 j Paeroa 12 63 1 10 13 73 i Contract 6 35 .. 6 35 Q OK O an \ le 10 79 6 1 3656 •• a 12 55 j 12 63 1 10 13 73 6 35 .. 6 35 .. .. 8 25 .. 8 25 t 4 40 1 35 5 75 . 12 40 .. 12 40 12 40 " , 12 2 3 14 15 16 1 10 13 73 6 35 8 25 5 75 12 40 15 16 " 1 Oct., 1884 I 1 Mar., 1886 .. 20 Dec, 1895 6 35 S£ " 6 35 8 25 4 40 6 35 8 25 4 40 16 79 12 55 •• ; •• •• , .. .. 16 79 1255 .. '.'. I I ! •• •■ 12 - 63 •■ I .. •• : .. .. • • .. V 48 m i2 - 63 •• ;: j Hikut taia C Jontract .. 8 25 .. 8 25 135 8 25 •• .. .. .. •• .. Kauaj .erangi ;a Contract 4 40 1 35 5 75 12 40 4 40 I .. ...... 12 40 12 2 niVii 19 AC\ 14 jin IO^α ■• **" •• •• - ■■ - ' •• •• •• I •• I •• f .. .. .. 1 .. 4U 2 faeroi Ruaki —C: >a-wa ura Jambr aihi .. VA 40 .. 12 40 12 40 Junction, 12 2 3 14 15 16 ridge 3 14 8 Oct., 1884 1 !! .. .. '.'. 12 "2 '.'. '.'. '.'. .'. 12"2 . . I •• • * 12 - 2 \ oamoriage | Thames Val- [ Thames Valley-Roto-1 T-* . 1 69 33 8 0 0 50 8 50 10 23 0 54 10 77 4 62 .. J r I .. 0 8 0 25 J 5 15 1 .. 8 43 1 18 9 61 13 .. 43 .. :: I 2 40 12 i ley - Roto- rua ma 33 Morrii Oxforc Ngatii Kapor Taruk nsvilli d-Put ra Coi nga C< ienga le-Oxford.. 30 60 ) „ , n „. ' taruru .. 6 77 \ 2 i0 40 17 ratract .. 8 0 0 50 8 50 'ontract .. 10 23 0 54 10 77 , Contract 4 62 .. ) ( .. 0 50 0 54 40 17 8 50 10 77 I 5 15 ( 8 Mar., 1886 '' I 21 June, 1886 ..1 ..[ 24Nov., 1893 "I •■! ■ •) .. 30 60 6 77 I 30 60 6 77 i ■ • •• •• "{ I /on (80.. .. \ 10 23 4 62 8 0 10 23 4 62 I 69 33 (:: .. 169 33 Putaruru - Lichfield Branch Napier- Napier-Woodville .. Rotorua Contract .. 4 3 Putaruru-Lichfield .. Roton ua Co 0 8 0 25 I ° 15 J .. ontract .. 8 43 1 18 9 61 0 25 1 18 ■ - j "j- 8 Dec, 1894 " I (0 8 .. • • 8 43 (0"e (8 43 I 4 3 9 61 4 3 .. .. •• •• - ) 4 a ] 4 3 3 Putari uru-L [jichfield ..143 .. 43 • • • • ; 21 June, 1886 .. 4 3 4 3 I ° *° NapierWoodville and Palmerston North 96 65 6 65 Spit-Napier Napier-Hastings .. 1 Hastings-Pakipaki .. Pakipaki-Te Aute .. 1 Te Aute-Waipawa .. 1 Waipawa-Waipukurau Waipukurau-Takapau 1 Takapau-Kopua Kopua-Makotuku .. Makotuku-Matamau Matamau-Tahoraite Tahoraite-Woodville 1 J 21 Woodville-Palmerston 1 North > 79 Woodville-Wangatai-noka Mangatainoka-Pahi- I atua Pahiatua-Newman 1; Newman-Eketahuna ! Eketahuna - Manga- ( mahoe Mangamahoe- '. Mauriceville Mauriceville-Master- 1; ton Masterton-Woodside 1( Woodside-Featherston 4 Featherston-Kaitoke 11 Kaitoke-Upper Hutt 7 Upper Hutt - Silver- S stream Silverstream - Lower 6 Hutt Lower Hutt-Pipitea 6 Pipitea-Wellington.. C Te Aro Extension .. 1 7 Woodside-Greytown 3 44 Foxton-Palmerston.. 23 Palmerston-Feilding 11 Feilding-Halcombe.. 7 Halcombe-Marton .. 1C Marton-Turakina .. 9 Turakina-Aramoho .. 20 Aramoho-Kai Iwi .. 9 Kai Iwi-Waitotara .. 13 Waitotara-Waverley 6 Waverley-Patea .. 8 07 Turakina-Matarawa 11 Aramoho-Goat Valley 7 Tunnel Kai Iwi-Okehu .. 8 Nukumaru-Waitotara 3 50 Patea-Manutahi .. 8 Manutahi-Hawera .. 9 Hawera-Normanby.. 3 Normanby-Eltham .. 8 Eltham-Ngaire .. 2 Ngaire-Stratford .. 3 Stratford-Inglewood 13 Inglewood-Sentry Hill 8 Waitara-N. Plymouth 11 N. Plymouth-Moturoa 2 Moturoa-Breakwater 79 Bull's Branch .. 3 29 Aramoho Loop .. 0 Aramoho-Wanganui 3 10 Opunake-Eltham .. 23 B5 21 Spit-N Napiei Hastir Pakipt Te Aui Waipa Waipu Takap; Kopua Makot Matan Tahors Woodv Nort Napiei sr-Has ngs-Pi >aki-Ti ite-W* iwa-W akurai )au-Ki i-Mak tuku-1 nau-T aite-\ ville-I th r .. 2 16 ] stings 11 64 'akipaki .. 4 27 'e Aute .. 10 17 aipawa .. 12 53 Vaipukurau 4 49 lj, 05111l7ft ra-Takapau 12 79 |- 15 05 11170 lopua .. 5 63 kotuku .. 5 22 Matamau 4 22 Fahoraite 7 43 Woodville 15 10 J Palmerston 17 21 0 51 17 72 2 16 ] 11 04 4 27 10 17 12 53 I 12 79 11170 .. .. 5 63 5 22 4 22 7 43 15 10 J i 17 21 0 51 17 72 -15 05 111 70 f 25 Nov., 1874 •■ 2 16 12 Oct., 1874 • • 11 64 1 Jan., 1875 • • 4 27 17 Feb., 1876 • • .. 10 17 28 Aug., 1876 1 Sept.,1876 '" ' 12 Mar., 1877 25 Jan., 1878 9 Aug., 1880 23June,1884 1 Dec, 1884 22 Mar., 1887 9 Mar., 1891 i 12 53 .. 4 49 12 79 5 63 522 .'. .. '.'. 4 22 7 43 15 10 17 12 53 4 49 12 79 5*63 .'. 522 .. 721 '.'. •• :: - :: ] :: :: :: . •• I •• .. •• I 1 •96 65 U96 65 4*22 7 43 - - •• I •• I •• J 17 21 •• .. i5*io !! :: I :. :: j Woodville-Palmerston North Woodville-Wellington 17 21 0 51 17 72 j^ 17'21 .7 2] ■• •• 17 21 Wellington - Woodville 115 79 f9 Wood\ noka ville-i a Mangatai- 5 76 ) I 5 76|j f 11 Dec, 1897 1 5 76 1 Manga atua itaino oka-Pahi- 3 30 | i I I 3 30 I i i 2 Aug., 1897 . •■ 3 30 Pahiat Newms Eketar. mahi tua-N .an- E] huna ioe Newman IS 24 I I Iketahuiia 2 4 - Manga- 6 15 | I i 15 24 i i 2 4:1 6 15 I I I 3 May, 1897 I 16 Mar., 1896 8April,1889 I i 6 15 ••2 4 15 24 2 4.. I - i 6 15 Man] Mau: gam iricevi a a h o c - 4 7 j ille 4 7 j I 10 Jan., 1887 - - i - " - - " "' •• " I 4 ? j • 1 - .. 1 4 7 .. - • I] I Mauric ton ceville e-Mastei-- 12 8 i j i-21 73 113 22 I 12 8 L91 7311Q oo 14June,1886 .. .. .. .. j 12 8 I J .. J 12 8 ] I vai 73 113 22 16 22 ] i 4 19 17 48 7 47 3 35 ! 21 73 113 22 ■•i ] \ ] ] 1 Master Woodsi Feathe Kaitok Upper strea rton-V ide-F< 3rston ce-Upi Hut on Woodside 16 22 | 'eatherston 4 19 l-Kaitoke 17 48 >per Hutt 7 47 tt - Silver- 3 35 I •■II I ■ 1 Nov., 1880 I 14 May, 1880 I 12 Oct., 1878 1 Jan., 1878 1 Feb., 1876 • • .. 3 35 16 22 4 19 17 48 .. .. .. .. ! 7 47 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..... 1 1748 7 47 16 22 4 19 I .. ! ..I .. .. •• ■• • ■ j-115 79 :: :: :: I •• •■ •• • • 1 c Silversl Hutt itrearr t n - Lower 8 0 j i 8 0 j [15 Dec, 1875i • • .. 8 0 I I I j " 1 I E'oxton-New Plymouth Greytown Branch .. Foxton-Patea Route Improvement Surveys 3 7 120 44 26 07 1 I 1 7 A 4 I I I I 1 1 i I \ \ 7 1 Lower! Pipitea Te Aro Woodsi Foxton Palmer Feildin Halcon Marton Turakii Aramol Kai Iwi Waitoti Waverl Turakii Aramor Tunn Kai Iwi Mntnm Hutt-i-Wei: lExte ide-Gj i-Paln rston-! ig-Ha nbe-M i-Tur£ na-Ar; ho-Ka d-Wai ;ara-V ley-Pa na-Mf na-ivi£ ho-Go iel -i-Oke: T am_\ ;-Pipitea 8 2 j llington.. 0 47 ' snsion .. 1 15 ,) rreytown 3 7! 0 64 3 71 merston.. 23 39 j -Feilding 11 28 ilcombe.. 7 76 tfarton .. 10 49 akina .. 9 10 ! u „ ramoho .. 20 25 ! 14 75 185 39 ai Iwi .. 9 31 itotara .. 13 2 (Vaverley 6 73 atea .. 8 31 'ataraw.i 11 67 11 r,7 11 R7 aiarawa n t>7 | .. 11 67 11 67 inf. Vollo™ 1 Af\ I T Ai\ <7 *r\ Dat Valley 7 40 .. 7 40 7 40 3hu .. 3 60 .. 3 60 3 60 8 2 I 0 47 1 16 J J 3 7 0 04 3 71 23 39 j 11 28 7 76 10 49 20 25 1 14 75135 39 .. 9 31 13 2 6 73 8 31 11 67 .. 11 67 11 67 7 40 .. 7 40 7 40 3 60 .. 3 60 3 60 3 0 .. 3 0 3 0 Prelim. 8 57 i 9 24 3 35 I 8 32 [ 3 2q \ 11 52 83 28 13 40 8 60 11 13 2 35 0 53 0 53 3 79 .. 3 79 3 79 Prelim. 0 10 I 9 -.„ 3 19 I 2 13 5 42 23 10 .. 23 10 j 23 10 Prelim. 3 71 11 67 7 40 3 60 3 0 14 April, 1874 8 2 1 Nov., 1880 I 29 Mar.,1893 .. 14 May, 1880 / 27 April, 1876 •■ .. 23 39 20 Oct., 1876 22 April, 1878 20 May, 1878 J i Feb., 1878 '" 17 May, 1877 28 June, 1879 20 Sept.,1880 23 Mar., 1881 28 Aug., 1883 ■n ii J '■■{ ■ 0 47 • • • • .. .. ■. .. .! .. .. 3 7 •• •• .. .. .... '.'. '.'. '.'. [ 11 28 •• .. .. .. .. .. .. .'. .. .. .. .. " ', 7 76 10 49 .... ... 9 10 20 25 , • • i 9 31 13 2 6 73 8 31 I * •• I ■ ! - 1 ■• : •• 1 •• ■• ■• 11 28 20 25 7 76 10 49 9 10 .. j 9 31 I 0 47 3 7 13"2 6 73 8 31 •• I ... .. I •• .. .. .. j .. •• , •• I •■ [ "■ I • • •• •• •• I 1 ■• I 115 1 I 1 ;; ;; ;; •; ;; ;; ;; ;; •• [ •• "■■■ i " .. •■ I I 1 I •• •• 1 • • I .. '• . •• •• U •• •• -. 8 7 .. v .. S12O44 I .. .. ... .. I ..' .. !/ Patea-Waitara Prelim. •• I •• ! 1 J* iaru-\ % T Waitotara | 3 0 .. 3030] Prelim. .. .. -i •■ ■ •■ ..I ....!. •• 8 57 •• • •■ . •• .. ] ■ • ; •• I - •• 1 71 56 3 I I B I S I: V TV Patea-J Manuto Hawera Normal Eltham NgaireStratfoi [nglewc Waitan N. Plyn M"nhnrn! Manu ahi-H a-Nor: nby-E a-Nga -Strat rd-In| ood-S( •a-N.I nouth in.-Brp itahi .. 8 57 v lawera .. 9 24 cmanbj'.. 3 35 I Sltham .. 8 32 j lire .. 2 60 1 .. M tford .. 3 20 ; X1 ° l 83 28 iglewood 13 40 ientryHill 8 60 Plymouth 11 13 fci-Moturoa, 2 35 / 28 Aug., 1883 23 Mar., 1885 20 Oct., 1881 18 June, 1881 ■ I 7 Feb., 1881 " 27 Sept., 1880 17 Dec, 1879 30 Nov., 1877 14 Oct., 1875 •• .. 11 13 \ 28 April, 1886 8 57 .. .. j '.'. .. ;'. , 9 24 .. : ., 3 35 .. 8 32 .. .. .. .... 2 60 3 20 ! 13 40 8 60 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: j *« :: :: :: : I 335 8 32 9 24 :: ; :: :: . 1 I I .. .. ■• •• •• 1 •• Bull's Branch Wanganui Branch .. 8 60 '.'. 13 40 2 60 3 20 •• j •• [71 56 •• i ■• r •• 1 •■ , ■- •■ i ■• :: - •• " 1 2 35 ;| - •• ... .. 1 Opunake - Mountain B<.ad Ma,rton-Te Awamutu 3 79 3 29 23 10 IV 1 V * Lviocuroi Rnll'aP iramoi iramoh imiTiali )a-rsre Rronnl ho L01 tio-Wa eaxwater .. u 03 0 53 »!l Q 7Q O TO O T7f\ T ;h .. 3 79 .. 3 79 I 3 79 I >°P • • 0 10 I 9 13 angaimi 3 19 ) id 5 i2 fcha.m . 9.R HI W in OQ in T Prelim. .. .. f 21 Jan., 1878 • ■ 1 i!l Jan., 1878 •■ i •• ■ •• •■■ •• ! •• .:■-. 0 10 ! ; .. •• 319 i •• ■■ •■ :: •• :: : :: :: o'io ! '.'. 3 19 ! ■ •• '" J " I .. •• •• .: :: j '.'. } 3 29 •■ ) <J se-lilt tham .. M3 10 .. 23 10 j 23 10 I Prelim. .. 1 Torthjlsland Main Trunk Railway -■ 213 0 0 Marton Junction, — 18 Rangatira Mangaonoho Contract 3 Makohine Section .. 11 Mangaweka Section 7 Paengaroa Section .. 10 Turangarere Section 10 Waiouru Section .. 7 Murimutu Section .. 13 Raetihi Section .. 8 Murimutu Section .. 11 Trial Survey .. 46 Ohinemoa Section 16 Poro-o-tarao Tunnel 1 Contract Mokau Section .. 11 Mokau-Te Kuiti .. 8 TeKuiti-Otorohanga 11 Otorohanga-Te Awa- 14 mutu 0 Ohakune to Mokau 30 Retaruke Divide 0 Makatote Gorge-Ma- 34 rae Kowhai 0 Marae-Kowhai-Ohura 20 Valley 58 Ngaire Section .. 38 Tangarakau Section 26 Heao Section .. 10 Ohura Section .. 27 75 Waitara Section .. 46 0 Urenui to Tangitu 12 River 0 Hastings-TeAwamutu|l70 1 IV N I V V 1 -r 1 T C E 5 1 C ) 0 1 IV Marton Rang: Mangao MflicoVii Paenga: rurangi Waiour Murimi Murimi rrial Si Ohinem d „ 1 Poro-o-l Conti Mokau MokauTe Kuit Otoroht mutu Dhakun Retar IVTakato L JUI ;atira til onoho iroa S ;arere ru fc>ec utu Si utu Si urvey noa S( ■tarao ract . Secti -TeK ti-Oto anga-' 1 ne to ,ruke ] ite a notion,— 18 53 2 78 21 51 \ ■ D Contract 3 70 0 43J 4 33 fiction . 110 i 11 n ection ..no .. i 11 0 SpdHnn 7 P. 7 n section 7 0 .. 7 0 section.. 10 22 .. I 10 22 j 10 22 ) Section 10 66 .. 10 66 10 66 r».f inn 7 £f\ I H A A «7 Af\ \ ction .. v 4U .. 7 40 ! 7 40 lection .. 13 67 .. 13 67 j 13 67 hirvn ft 7K Q \ Q tk Dion .. H 75 . . 8 75 i 8 75 ? nn i.: nn I 1 i on i -II n,i ] ,j I,,-* Jection .. 11 38 I .. 11 38 j 11 38 r • • I 46 52 .. 46 52 ! 46 52 !] lection 16 0 .. 16 0 11 47 > Tunnel 1 34 ) \ 0 56 13 19 ion .. 11 9 I .. 8 53 \ arohanga 11 41 v 2 74 37 28 j -Te Awa- 14 20 j 3 Mokau 30 0 . .. 30 0 30 0 ] Divide ioree-Ma- 34- 0 ! 5U n Ql n 1 18 53 ' 2 78 21 51 | 3 70 0 43 4 33 .. 11 0 .. 11 0 .. 9 04 ■ 7 0 .. 7 0 I .. 7 0 10 22 .. 10 22 i 10 22 10 66 .. 10 66 10 66 7 40 .. 7 40 I 7 40 13 67 .. 13 67 i 13 67 8 75 .. 8 75 S 8 75 11 38 .. 11 38 ! 11 38 46 52 .. 46 52 j 46 52 Prelim. 16 0 .. 16 0 11 47 4 33 1 34 ) \ 0 56 13 19 11 9 ) 8 53 11 41 y 2 74 37 28 14 20 j I 2 June, 1888] .. I .. 1 May, 1893J O f\A ' 1 I7C 9 04 j 1 76 .... ; .. .. 7 0; I .. .. ! :: :: :: :: :: ■ Prelim. 433 •■ ■• . ( .. ..21 Dec, 1896 j ( 8 May, 1889| ,. S Dec, 1887 [ 9 Mar., 1887 Prelim. Pvoi;™ 1 76 "I 18 53 •• •• •• ..I .... .. .... i .. .. 1 :: , :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: I :: :: : 1 .. .. .. i .. .... .. . "• ! ■ .... . 1 .... •• I ' I •• - •- j ! I ..... ! i :: .. .. :: :: .. :: :: :: :: i :: :: :: ew : 11 41 14 20 I *• . . I I ■■ ■ ■ •■ ■• •• I •• ■■ I •• ... 11 41 14 20 18 53 " •• •• I I I I 8 53 •■ .. .. •• .. .. I :: 1 :: 1 .. 1 i I •• •• •• •■ •• •■ .. •• 1 1 3 70 •• :: •■ , -. 1 134 • ■ 1 • • • • .. 11 9 ! 11 a 3 70 1 •■ 1 •• ■• I I •• •■ 1 22 43 1 34 .'. \ " :: n . 9 :: Un ! I Central Route—Devia- 30 0 tion Surveys I 30 0 . .. 30 0 j 30 0 Prelim. I ] 34 0 xorge-iua- ai o .. 34 0 j 34 0 1 ai 34 0 .. 34 0 j 34 0 Prelim. Prelim. .. .. , I I ' I 20 0 3 5 Marae-" vuwiia ■Kowr. hai-Ohura 20 0 .. 20 0 : 20 0 ] 80 0 .. 20 0:20 0 Explor. Exnlor.i " I 1 Valle sy xi«ii-\_'iiLii.ai a\j v , . aU U ; ZU U J Hixpior.| .. I 1 I Ngaire-Ongaruhe .. 103 58 Ngaire Secti ion .. 38- 73 .. 38 73 ; 38 73 38- 73 .. 38 73 38 73 26 0 .. i 26 0 ! 26 0 30 70 .. 10 70 ! 10 70 27 75 .. 27 75 27 75 46 75 .. 46 75 46 75 12 0 .. ' 12 0 12 0 Prelim. - I - - • •• I •• langars •akau Section 26 0 .. i 26 0 26 0 .. in ..1070 ■ in 7d i in 7n " >" ■• I m iu . . ±u 7U : 1U 7U : ■• •• • • :: :: :: :: Ohura i Sectic on .. 27 75 27 75 27 7n Waitara-Tangarakau 46 75 Urenui Route .. 12 0 vvaiiaic •a Sec ul± •• At iu .. Zl IO 'AI 7O jtion .. 46 75 u\ 7fi xe. 7H Jlion ,.|»TO . . 4b 7O 46 75 : s •■ ■• .. •• •• ■• •■ •• rTr^nni Tanffitn 19. (1 1 o n i o n i I River Prelim. .. .. . . . . i I •• i ... .. .. ..1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ■ •■ I .. .. Hastings-TeAwamutul70 0 Total .. .. 1,593 58 ) E )8 Hasting gs-Te. Awamutu 170 0 .. 170 0 170 0 ] 1,593 58125 57 1,719 35 726 71 I 170 0 .. 170 0 170 0 Prelim. 1,593 58125 57 1,719 35 726 71 Prelim. 22 56 24 48 .. 10 55 61 19 69 23 22 56 24 48 1 1 .. 1 64 24 |103 76 27 19 24 22 68 39 22 67 2 2 j 17 8 55 21 +43 50 f59 0 11 41 18 53 22 30 17 [ : 1 __J i 64 24 I 103 76 27 19 I I 55 21 17 21 21 16 46 . j 1 15 26 75 16 51 14 67 \ 16 43 6 51 l> 4 67 J 16 43 27 56 819 43 27 56 * In this case the date given is the date on t This comprises 48m. of railway construct J This comprises 12m. 70ch. of railway con i which the railway was taken over by the Governmen ted by Government, and llm. of line constructed by p istructed by Government, and 30m. 60ch. of line const Note.—Taonui Branch not mentioned above, as the it. private company under the District Railways Act and afterwards purchased by the Government. tructed by private company under the District Railways Act and afterwards purchased by the Government. e railR have been take.i up. See " The Taonui Branch Railway Act, 1894." ' ; 1 I 1 15—IX 1. .

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TABLE of Lengths of Government Lines Authorised, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1898—continued MIDDLE ISLAND.

J j i I I -- —. - , i State of Line. \ M Vot*' N»r,,ofLine. . Subdivision. £l Under Under , Upened. I- ■ j ' ! J ' I."" 1 ay '° K ' I Date - 1872 " 73 - 187^74 - 187^75 ' Total . i i 1 2 3 i 5 6 7 8 9 10 n 12 13 14 IS 16 I 17 18 : 19 i 20 21 22 i 23 24 ?<; 9fi 07 ' os 90 <v> w ■ m i a<. i o= o.. ! -, aQ m Ne, son -! Nelson-Behove.. *22 %l Port Extensa .. "i % > "* * " * * *" *" *' % May, 188o| *.* ". * ****** * *l "" "" <" *i *» " '* * H * * " ■"* A «"4»"* -"* " ""*■ " « 4 *-"■ A. A A Roundell Nelson-Foxhill .. i 18 73 I 2 52 25 45 .. .. .. J 31 Jan., 1876 ! .. .. 18 73 "" " " ■• | ■• •• •• •• •• •• •• I FoxhiU-Belgrove ..! 3 OJ ( 25 July, 1881 .. " 3' 0 "" " " " " ' - " • '" "J " " I Greyjnouth-j Greymouth - Nel- 7 5lj Greymouth-Brunner- ■ 7 32 1 7April, 1876 .. .. .. .. 7 32 " " " T " " "" "' " "' .. •■ •■ .. I Nelsoni son Creek ton I .... ........ j ...................... Creek Extension ..j 0 5j r 6 18 13 69 1 Feb., 1881J ' | '..OS . T SA ■ Stillwater (portion).. ; 0 4J 114 Mar., 1881J 0 4 " " •'.•■{** ■ ■ "" "' "" • ■ 0 10 I 1 Sept., 18851 .. " " i',J •" ! " Westport- Westport - Ngaka- . 19 56 Station .. 0 29) pl7 Dec, 18781 .... .. 0*29 " " u iu, ...... Ngakawau wau ■ Westport-Waimanga- 10 0 [ 434:2353 J | 5 Aug., 1876i .......... l6' 0 ...... ['. " .... roa. • * * * • • - * * •• '' r -^ Waimangaroa-Ngaka-' 8 70/ ( 26 Sept., 1877! .. I " 8 7o| I wau 1 '" • ■ • • • ■ '' i ■ ■ • ■ • • • ■ • ■ • ■ •. I Extension to Coal 0 37 .. i 0 37 .. .. .. 31 Mar., 1890] ....... ■ n ,, 7 ; Company's Line ! " ...... .. 0 37j ..••....•••.... u ol Westport- Ngakawau - Moki- j 7 12 Ngakawau-Mokihi- 7 12 1 21: 8 33 : .. .. .. ] 8 Aug., 1893 .. .. ...... ■ 7 10 Ngakawau hinui nui 1 ...... j ......••.. j ...... 7 12| ■•••.... ■ Extension Mokihinui Colliery 3 89 Mokihinui to coal- 3 69 0 21 i 4 10 .. .. .. !25Peb 1895 1 * .. „ „„ Q ra Line mine | " ■■ •• •• ■■ •• .. J 3 69 .. .. .. 3 G9 Greymouth- Greymouth-Hoki- I 24 37 Grevmouth-Hokitika 24 37 2 10 1 26 47 ; .. .. .. 20 Dec 1893! 01 -it Hokitika tika ; •• I •• •• ■■ •• .. 24 37J • • •■ .. •• 2t 37 New Survey Kumara Branch I 4 10 Kumara Branch .. 4 10: .. ! 4 10 i 4 10 Pic ton- Picton-Awatere .. 37 5 Picton-Blenheim .. 16 57:) „ K 01 , j|l8 Nov, 1875 1 .. " 1657 '" ■ "' "" " "' V" " •• " " '"■ ■■ ""/»"' Hurunui ! Blenheim ..: 122j[ 3 b . °\ I !24 May, 188oi .. '.'. ' " '.'. .. i'oo " "■ " " " " " '-' ■• " " " ■• •• 17 79 Omaka Contract .. 2 43! 0 20| 2 63 I i18 Anril,1893! .. .. " " V " " •• •• i " " i "'9^ Vemon Contract 1 75! .. I 1 75 ' .. ' 1 75 .. \ .. .. "" " ' - • • " • • ■ • '" • • 2 43| • • • • .. • • - * d Dashwood Contract 3 38| .. i 3 38 .. 3 38 .. ' " " ".' ■ • .. j • • Utawai Contract .. ! 2 50; .. 2 50 .. 2 50 .. ., ;; [ ] " '] ' • ' • • • .. • • Awatere Section .. 5 7;.. S T I 6 T I ... .. .. " !"■]-*' '•" "' '-" " " " ■ ■ ••'" Surveyed (trial) .. 3 33 .. ! 3 33 | 3 33 !Prelim. .. .. ;; ' [' •• ! .. I •• .. •• ; " •• •• : •• Kahautera-Waiau 26 55 Kahautera-Parnassus 26 55 .. 26 55 ! 26 55 'Prelim. .. .. ,. .. •• j •• ....••....••••.... Cheviot Section.. 43 0 Parnassus-Hurunui 22 0! .. j 22 0 22 0 ; .. [ . \\ \\ [[ '' i ' * Hurunui-Waipara .. 21 0i .. j 21 0 21 0 : .. .. ,. ,. " " * t "" Waiau-Hurunui 23 0 Reconnaissance .. j 13 30 , .. 13 30 13 30 iPrelim. .. " .. ** '] " '" j '' Culverden-Hurunui 9 50; 0 42; 10 12 .. .. .. j 9 Feb., 1886 .. "' 1 .'." A\n •■ •• •• •• " .. •• •• •• •■ •• ••-J, Hurunui- Main Line .. 196 37 Hurunui-Medbury .. 1 14 f! 9 Feb., 1886 1 .. .. i '*' ' J ou .. .. ■• .. .. , •• .. .. •• •• .. " ' \ . . Waitaki, : Medbury-Waikari .. 1 8 iO\ ■ 128 Oct.','1884 ...... \ .... " " | A' 4O 1 14 .. •• with Waikari-Waipara 9 10 : . !l7 April, 1882 ........ o'lO " I Branches . : Waipara-Amberley.. j 6 77' 6 Oct., 1880: ....". .. " 677 " Amberley- Ashley (part); 3 63: I 9 Feb., 1876 3 63 i ' ....•• .... ....••••..•• it ". ' 7 64 J 3 Nov., 1875! 7 64 '" Ashley-Eangiora .. 1 71: 17 April, 1875; 1 71 .. . " ....■■ .... .... I Rangiora-Southbrook 1 63! 0 Nov., 1872| .. 1 63 . ' " 1- * f L I I Southbrook-Kaiapoi , 5 l| I ' 2 Sept., 1872 .. 5 1! " . .. "j !••.... ....•• Kaiapoi-Addington 11 68: 1 April, 1872 11 68 .. ,. . \ .. ' " .. ■ .. 1 Christchurch-Selwyn 22 43: | 2 Oct., 1867 22 43 " ...... .... .;■... .. Selwyn-Dunsandel .. 177; 15 Feb., 1873 .. 177: !.' .. .. " " " H •• •• \ Dunsandel-Rakaia .. 10 66: 1 -, 9fi , fin fiq 1 j29 May, 1873 10 66: .... " ....••■....••■•..•• b< I Rakaia-Ashburton .. 17 7; fbi Jb0 bS 1 ! 4 Aug., 1874 .. .. 17 7 ? " ' Ashburton-Ealing .. 19 29; 31 May, 1875 .. .. " 19 29 .. • • ■ • .. .... .... Ealing-Woodbridgo.. 2 59 24 Aug., 1875 2 59 .. . " .... .... .. •• Woodbridge-Temuka ; 13 65 * 4 Feb., 1876 13 65 '" .... .... .. • ■ Temuka-Timaru .. 11 15: 22 Oct., 1875 ....■ 11 15 '" .... .... .. ■• Timaru-St. Andrews 10 28[ 1 July, 1876 .. .. '.'. .... io'28 '" ". .... .... ...... St. Andrews-Otaio .. 3 66: 1 Sept., 1876 3 66 " .. .. " Otaio-Makikihi .. 3 61: 30 Oct., 1876 3 61 .. "" ....;•• .... .... Makikihi-Hook .. 3 36! 1 Feb., 1877 336 " ....;•. .... .... •• .. Hook-North Waitaki ■ 16 14] 1 Feb., 1877 .. .. ' .. .. 16 14 ',' '' ' '' '' '' North Waitaki-South 1 40| J 17 April, 1876 .. .... .. 1 40 .[ " \ " Branches, — Waitaki . I " '" *" " - ' '" '' " " " Rangiora-Oxford 21 76 Rangiora-Cust .. | H 77 ) (I 1 Dec 1874 11 77 \ Cust-Carlton .. ■ 5 53| \ 2 36 24 32 i 6 April, 1875 .. .. '.' 5 53 .. " " ' • • • •" • • • • -■ " • • "' I m TC Carlton-Oxford West i 4 26;) ( |21 June, 1875 ...... 4 26 .. ....••.... .. .. j »*o Eyreton (from 20 7 Main Line - West 14 25) (127 Dec 1875 14 25 " ....•■.... ..■■) Main Line) Eyreton '■[ 1 61 21 68 .. .. ., i " "" ••• • ■ '' • • " i 20 7 Eyreton-Bennett's .. ■ 5 62;) (jl Feb., 1878 5 62 .. I Lyttelton .. 6 26 Lyttelton - Christ- 6 26 .. 6 26 9 Dec, 1867 6 26 .. .. .. .... " ' 6"ti church Southbridge .. 25 31; Hornby-Ellesmere .. 14 62;) ., 17 9tt d a ( 26 April, 1875 .... 14 62 .. \ Ellesmere - South- 10 49.) ° ' zo *° 1 30 July, 1875 .. .'. .. 10 49 " " " "" " "* y "." 25 31 bridge '" "' • • • ■ • • : • ■ ■ • • • *• • • • • "" - ' • • '' ' Little River- 42 10 Lincoln-Birdling's ! 17 81 f 7 June 1882 • 17 8 ■ \ Akaroa ; Flat \- 2 5 24 51 .. .. ...{ '" " '* J* " " " - " •• •• '' -, •• I „„ 4r Birdling's Flat-Little 5 38: J I 16 Mar., 1886 .. - qs f River ' " •' 5 dH .. j .. • ■ .. .. • • .. .. • • • • .. ■ • ; Reconnaissance .. 19 44 .. 19 44 19 44 Prelim. Springfield .. 30 60 Rolleston-Sheffield .. I 24 4) ( 1 Dec' 1874 " 24 4 " " " " " " " " " \ " Sheffield-Springfield : 5 3 7 33 67 3 Jan., 1880 '.'. .. '.'. .. .. " " 5 # 59 \ " " "' " " " '" I 30 60 i Springfield-Coalmine : 0 77;) ( 10 Feb., 1880 .. .. 0 77 " ■■■■■■ .......... ••..•• Whitecliffs .. 11 38i Darfield-Whiteeliffs : 11331 „ 1q ni f 3 Nov, 1875 ' 1133 " " ' "' •' "' " " " "" " " { Whitecliffs to Bridge J 0 5f l °T ld " I 27 June 1886 " .. " '" .. " " " - ' " "A'* " " " " " " " H 38 Rakaia-Ash- 22 20! Rakaia-Methven .. i 22 20 : 2 65 25 5 1 April, 1885* .. " V "" L'U i "> " " "" " " " ' 099,1 burton Forks F " , 22 201 .. .. ■• .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 20 Ashburton .. 29 46 Tinwald-Westerfield ] 10 47: \ / 8 April, 1880] .. .. i 10 47 Westerfield-Anama.. 8 39' J j 7Oct.,'l882J ". '. .. ..*■".'. 8*39 " " '" , Anama-Cavendish .. 2 47- 1 52 29 1 i 1 Mat, 1884; '' .'. .. o' 47 . " " - " " " " mm Cavendish-Mt.Somers 148; 4 Oct., 1886 .. .. " - ' " - j'J " " " ■ -- ,- •■ " ' 27 Mt.Somers-Springburn 4 SO [ 9 Sept., 1889 . . .. " " ] '' ..........••••.... I Extension 2 17; .. 2 17 | 2 17 .. .. ....;...-• 4 ......... ...... 1 Opawa and Al- 55 8] Washdyke - Pleasant 8 67 \ 24 Dec, 1875! 8 67 ...... .... .... ..•••• bury to Fairlie Point Creek and Pleasant Point-Albury 16 611 2 45} 38 50 .. .. ... 1 J an ., 1877J 16 61! .. .. a fi k Burke's Pass : Albury-Winscombe.. 7 7: 22 Aug., 1883! ., .. : ., .. 7' 7 Winscombe-Eversley 3 30j { 30 Jan., 1884! *. .. .. .. s. o 0 "" " ■" V '• ;' ■■■..•• : Preliminary survey.. 19 3 .. 19 3 j 19 3 Prelim. .. .. .... .. .. •• / Waimate .. 4 42: Studholme-Waimate 4 42; 13 5 45 .. .. .. 19 Mar., 1877 '.'. 4 42 ! " " " " " •• •• •• •■ •• ■• •• •• , Waimate Gorge 8 21 Waimate-Waihao 8 2li 0 54 8 75 .. .. .. 1 Anril ' 1885 * " " " '" o'oi " " " " " " "' t o7 Downs '" 8 21 .. .. • • j .. .. 8 21 Waitaki-! Main Line .. 246 69 South Waitaki- 13 8] ' 25Sept., 1875 13 8 .. .. .. k Bluff and Oamaru " ''. i .'.' .. ; .. •■ . .. .. Branches ; Oamaru-Hillgrove .. 24 52 4 Nov., 1876 ..24 52, I Hillgrove-Palmerston 12 68 • 22 May, 1878 " .. 1268! ... .... .... .... Palmerston-Waikou- 9 3 6Sept.,1878 9 3 .. aiti ] Waikouaiti-Waitati 14 33 7 May, 1878 . ['"... 14 33 Waitati-Glendermid 9 77 20 Dec, 1877 .. .. 9 77 .. .. " '" " " " " ' " Glenaermid-Dunedin 7 6 9 April, 1873 .. j 7 6 .. .... " • • .. .... Dunedin-Abbotsford 5 7 X July, 1874 5 7 " ....••,... Abbotsford - Clutha 46 36 .59 13 | 306 2 1 Sept.', 1875 .'. '.'. '.'. .. 4636 .'. '.'. '.'. '.'. .'. " \\ ]\ " " " '.'. " Clutha River - Bal- 060 22 Jan., 1878 0 60 .... clutha Balclutha-Clinton .. 20 76; 22 Jan., 1879 I 20 76 .... .... .... Clinton-Waipahi .. 9 62 1 Nov., 1877 .. 9 62i .. ••..•■.... Waipahi-Gore ..; 16 11; 21 June, 1877 .. .. .. .. '.'. 16 11 ]'.'.'.'.".< " .. •• ] Gore-Mataura 7 40] 30 Aug., 1875 7 40i .. .. " .... .... ; Mataura-Woodlands 20 68] 7 June, 1875 2068 .... .... " Woodlands - Invercar- 11 21| 11 Feb 1874 11 21 ....... .................. gill ' " " •• ■■ I •• •• J Tnvercargill-Bluff .. ; 17 lj J (. 5 Feb., 1867 17 1 j firanoheSj — .... .. .... Duntroon ..21 75] Pukeuri-Marawhenua 21 29 \ , «! „ „ f 1 Dec, 1875 21 29: , Marawhenua - Dun- 0 46) ou I 11 July, 1881 .. .'. .. '.'. .. '.'. '.'. '.'. " 0 " 46 • '" 21 7S troon '' '' • • • ■ • • • ■ •' • • • • ' • "' ■ • I Duntroon-Haka- 15 38] Duntroon - Hakatera- I 15 38! 1 5] 16 43 .. .. .. 1 April 1885 • ,. Q oi ., oo teramea mea " " -- 15 38 ...... .... 15 38 Ngapara .. 14 76i Waiareka-Ngapara.. 14 76i 1 31] 16 27 .. .. .. 2 April, 1877 14 76 u ,, Livingstone .. 16 40i Windsor-Livingstone 12 0: 0 50] 12 50 ..0 5 .. 12 Aug 1887 " J " " ,;*-« " ■ " " " " „ Li j Survey (trial) ..: 4 40] .. ] 4 40 4 40 IPrelim. ..If.' }. '.'. " 11 75 • • .... 1175 Palmerston-Wai- 9 40l Palmerston-Dunback 1 58: ~| f 30 July, 1882 " i' Kα " " "" •■•'»■ hemo (part) i I 0 54] 9 29 J '» " " x oa \ •■' •• " •• •;• Palmerston-Dunback 6 77JJ [ 1 Oct., 1885 .. R 7 J f 8 (part) " " " . " b 77; .. .. •• .. .. j Surveyed .. ! 0 65J j 0 65 0 65 i Port Chalmers.. 1 9] Glendermid - Port , 1 9 3 40; 4 49 .. .. .. 9 April 1873 \\ i 9 " '.'. ...... .. -. Chalmers | ...... .......... ...... 1 i Green Ishmd .. 2 44! Burnside-Walton Park: 1 74 } n ~ C) „ 1R f x Julv 1874 1 74 : Walton Park-Saddle] 0 50) ° 52 | 3 16 \ 4 Sept., 1879 '.'. '.'. '.'. . '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. 6'5O '., [[ '" \\ " " " " 2 44 Hill I .... J Green Island to 4 65] Surveyed .. ! 4 65 .. 4 65 4 65 Brighton .... ........ | .......... Fernliill Colliery 1 60 Abbotsford to Fern- 1601 0 24 2 4 .. .. .. X9 Dec 1895* ±1 on , „„ Line : hill Colliery ' " "' '• •• . .• • , fl 60 .. .. 160 . Kaikorai Valley 2 60; Surveyed .. .. 2 60] .. 260260 Railway " '' Outram .. 8 78] Mosgiel-Outram .. 8 78 0 68 9 66 .. .. .. x Oct 1877 .... 8 78 Lawrence .. 21 76; Clarksville-Waitahuna; 15 4 | „ „ „„ „„ ( 22 Jan' 1877 ' 15 4 " " '' "" ! Waitahuna-Lawrence ] 6 72 J ■" ■■ •' \ 2 April 1877 6 72 " '"' •' " \ 21 76 Lawrence-Rox-! 38 25; Preliminary survey..] 38'25 .. 38 25 38 25 Prelim. .. .. .. .. " •- " ' burgh I ■ ■ j ..•-.. Catlin's River .. 22 20 Balclutha-Romahapa j 7 62 0 50 8 32 .. .. .. 15 Dec 1885 7 ., .Romahapa-Glenomaruj 6 18 0 38 6 56 .. j .. 9 July" 1891 '.'. '.'. '.'. " ! H ■'" " " " " r'i« " " e 1 a Catlin's Tunnel Sec. 0 46 .. 0 46 4 Mar., 1895 .'. .. .. ". '.' .'. ' .. " " " ,- " •' " n' 4fi " " " a dR ! Hunt'sBoadSec.fpart)! 8 48 0 12 3 60 16 Dec 1895 .. .. .. " " ° 46 | V48 '" " S H Hunt's Road Sec.(pa.t) ! 106 0 43 149 22 June 1896 " i' « " ? ! Surveyed .. ! 3 0 .. 3 0 3 0 ; .. " ..- ■ 1 b ■• 1 t> Waipahi - Heriot 20 3 Waipahi-Kelso .. ; 15 27 I n a ! O o c f 1 Dbc 1880 tk'em-' " Burn ; Kelso-Heriot .. 4 56 I 2 3 | 22 6 \ 1 April, 1884 " " '.'. " \\ \\ \\ " '.'. \ " " " | " 20 S Extension to Rox- 34 30! Anguil la Section .. 6 19 .. 6 19 6 19 .. .. . " ■■ , " - ' burgh, via Rae's ; Surveyed 28 11 .. 28 11 28 11 Prelim. ■■'.'. .. " " Junction and ...... .......... .... Ettrick Via Spylaw .. 28 70: Anguilla Section .. 4 56 .. 4 56 4 56 ! Surveyed 24 14 .. 24 14 24 14 Prelim. .. Waimea Plains 36 39] Gore-Lumsden .. 36 39 134 37 73 .. .. .. xArpri'f 1886* ' "•" oc'qq " " " " kk an DistrictRy. * ' " ;■ db dy •• •;' '" 3b d9 Kelso-Gore .. 24 0; Surveyed .. i 9 58 .. , 9 58 9 58 : Preliminary survey.. ; 14 22 .. j 14 22 X4 22 Prelim. .. .! !* " ! ]* " ! • ' Riversdale- Swit- 13 70' Riversdale Section ..7 0..70..5020] .................... zers ! Surveyed .. 6 70] .. 6 70 6 70 .. .. ...... .. Edendale-Toitois 19 30 Edendale-Wyndham 4 o|) n „„ 1f> gH f 9 Oct 1882 In " " " " " " " " " \ Wyndham-Glenham ' 5 361)' UU iU \ x May ' i " " "- «•«•' " f 9 36 j Surveyed .. ] 9 741 .. 9 74 9 74 .. .. f' \ \ ] * .. - • ' - ■' •• .. 5 36 | .. .. .. • • .. .. J Seaward Bush.. 25 18; Appleby-Waimatua 1 5 40) „ „„ n 54 ( 9 July, 1886 ...... " \ i' An " "" 1 " Waimatua-Mokotua : 5 58) ° db bi 1 16 Jan. 1888 '" 5 *° k\c, " 1 18 0 Waitura Sec.(portion); 6 62 0 43 7 25 6 Mar. 1895 " " 5 58 " W " ! WaitunaSeo. (portion)! 1 40 140 .. 1 40 .. " '" ,- " ' 1 Titiroa Section .. i 3 57 .. 3 £7 .. 357 .. " Extension to Wai- | 21.. 2121.. .. '.'. '.'.'.'. " •••• mahaka '' . Seaward Bush 54 60W'aimahaka - Catlin's J 54 t>0 .. 54 60 54 60 Prelim. .. I extension to River 1 " " ...... .......... .. ■ ■ i .. i Catlin's Canterbury i Oxford-Temuka .. 83 0 Oxford-Sheffield .. 1144: 0 27 11 71 1 .. .. .. 7 Aus 1884 11 <a 11 a, Interior! ! Surveyed .. 21 7] .. 21 7 21 7 .. .. " " i " "" " " - ' U U " U * 4 Main Line! : Reconnaissance .. ! 50 29 ! .. 50 29 50 29 Prelim. .. Otago Cen-I Waitaki Blufi 182 56. Wingatui Jct.-Hindoni 16 67! 1 14 18 1 .. . .. 24Oet' 1889 •• ' .J , ., tral Main Line to ; Hindon Section (part) j 2 48|| '' j ..'.'.'.'. ','.'. .... | ... I •■ lb b/ ...... ........ Lake Hawea : Deep Stream Section 4 22 ! ' A rK o . .,. ...... .. .. ) 1 .... .... 1 Nenthorn Section .. 9 oi [ ° 75 2i 16 » " " 9April,1891 ' 23 21 " I „ „ Middlemarch Section I 7 31 ) " '' f 5b 20 Middlemarch-Hyde ! 16 12! 0 65 16 77 .. . . 12 Julv 1894 " " '" " " ' l "" " ir'io Hyde-Kokonga ..] 10 3 0 38 10 38 1 Oct , 1897J '.'. '.'. '.'. V. V. '.'. '* " " x6'o 10 0 ' Kokonga-Ranfurly .. 11 25 .. 11 25 .. 6 15 5 10 Surveyed .. I 105 11! .. 105 11 105 11 .. .. [] \' \\ '.'. " Invercar- Invercargill-King- 87 4 Invercargill-Winton ] 18 58 ■ f 22 Feb., 187l' 18'58 ; .'. '.'. •■ gill-King- ston Winton-Caroline .. 22 10 20 Oct., 1875 22'lti '.'. ston and Caroline-Elbow .. 8 27 7 Feb., 1876 ....;.: 8 27S Branch, Elbow-Lowther .. 5 76 r 5 X5 92 19 I 15 Jan., 1877 .. I i'76 !!l8 '.'. '.'. .'. Lumsden- Lowther-Athol .. 13 18 f 1 28 Jan.] 1878 13 10 " " " " " 87 4 Mararoa . Athol-Fairlight .. I 10 10 I 29 April, 1878 .... 10 '' .... S Fairlight-Kingston .. j 8 35 10 July, 1878 '.'. '.'. " " .... i .. .. } Kingston Wharf .. 0 10 J 14 Dec, 1878 0 10: .. .. Lumsden-Mararoa 30 0 Lumsden-Castle Rock 2 21 \ j April, 1881 2 21 ••......•• .. 1 Castle Rock-Murray! 4 9| 1 0 n i0 I 13 Mar.'1886 '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. \\ '.'. '.'. '.'. '.'. .. '.'. \\ \ 4 "" 9 "I [' \\ \[ '] [ ]] '.'. LI MurrayCrk.-Mossburn : 4 10) (22 Jan., 1887 nri I Surveyed .. ..| 8 20 ..820 820 .. .. .. .. "*• i " * 10 " " \' Reconnaissance .. 11 20 .. 11 20 11 20 Prelim. .. ' .................... Forest Hill Winton to Hedge- 14 0 Winton - McDonald's j**12 40 .. 12 40 .. " .. X2 40 .. ...... ...... Railway hope Corner McDonald's Corner-] 1 40! .. j 1 40 1 40 Prelim. Hedgehope " .... Western Wallacetown 17 53 Makarewa Junction-; 17 53\ 9June,1879 17 53 . x7 53. Railways Branch Riverton , .... Otautau Branch 11 40 Thornbury (Aparima { 11 40 15 Dec, 1879 j 11 40 I .. 11 40 June.) to Otautau I V 6 37 64 13 Otautau-Nightcaps 10 55 Otautau-Wairio .. 1 10 55 ) " •• •• i 3 Mar., 1882 10 55 .... ! ] .. • ! 10 5.^ Orepuki Branch 17 68 Riverton-Oraki .. 1 6 3 25 July, 1881 6 3 ' j Oraki-Colac ..{ 130 ;24Sept.,1883 .1 i'30 " " ]l X7 GS Colac-Orepuki ..I X0 35- , V| 5 May, 1885 " " " : ' . .. If . J I J : I I " ,| **. ] **' j "" ; j ■ J j Totals .. 1,835 1 .. 1,835 1 203 24 2,038 25 549 06 24 40 19 50 I .. 76 36 27 62 11 21126 78 247 7215-2 89] 94 58 56 46 1 18 66' 35 2 22 45 40 35 14 34 24 60' +91 54 s>47 62i 17 53 . ' 21 32 5 36 29 30J .. '34 121127 29| +5 28 1 6 10 0 1,241 65 ; I. I I ! 1 ■ ! i I 1 I I " f I ' I Branches, — Rangiora-Oxford Eyreton (from Main Line) Lyttelton Southbridge Little RiverAkaroa Springfield Whitecliffs Rakaia-Ash-burton Forks Ashburton Opawa and Albury to Fairlie Creek and Burke's Pass Waimate I Waimate Gorge W a i t a k i- ! Main Line Bluff and j Branches i ■ I I 59 131306 2 I I 618 .. • • Prelim. jPrelim. 1,835 1 203 24 2,038 25 L. 549 06 24 40 19 50 ] 11 21 I. * In these cases the dates given are the dates on which the railways became the property of the Government. t This comprises 3m. 48ch. of railways constructed by the Government, and lm. 60ch. of lines constructed by private company and afterwards purchased by the Government. t This comprises 45m. 55ch. of railways constructed by the Government, and 45m. 79oh. of lines constructed by private companies under the District Railways Act and afterwards purchased by the Government. § This comprises llm. 23ch. of railways constructed by the Government, and 36m. 39ch. of lines constructed by private companies under the District Railways Act and afterwards purchased by the Government. II This comprises 23m 40ch. of railways constructed by the Government, and 3m. 69oh. of lines constructed by private company and afterwards purchased by the Government. * In these cases the i f This comprises 3m, J This comprises 45n § This comprises lln || This comprises 23n **9 miles 76 chains lates given are t] 48ch. of railway 1. 55ch. of railwa 1. 23ch. of railwa 1 40ch. of railwa iormerly returne he dates on whic /s constructed b; iys constructed 1 ys constructed 1 iys constructed :d as opened trai ih the railways becam r the Government, an< >y the Government, ai >y the Government, ai )y the Government, ai nway.

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APPENDIX F.

EEPOET OP THE CHIEF INSPECTOE OF MACHINEEY.

The Chief Inspector of Machinery to the Under-Secretary for Public Works. Sir, — Office of the Chief Inspector of Machinery, 31st March, 1898. I have the honour to submit my annual report on the working of "The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1882," during the financial year ended the 31st March, 1898. A very good year's work has been accomplished, and the arrears are now all but wiped off. A large increase of new machinery has to be recorded, the most of it being for mining purposes. The boilers and engines have, for the most part, been imported from Great Britain and America, which militates against the manufacturers and tradesmen in the colony. Every boiler and engine imported means a loss of weeks of good skilled employment, and prevents engineers in the colony making permanent additions and improvements to their plant, as it would not pay to have this extra costly machinery standing idle. This is to be regretted not only owing to the non-employ-ment of tradesmen and loss of business to employers, but also on account of the education that our rising engineers lose while serving their apprenticeship through this high-class machinery not being made here. This is a matter that should be looked into. The whole of the imported boilers and machinery could be made in the colony, in my opinion, not only to equal, but perhaps to exceed in usefulness, the imported article, as the local requirements are better known to those interested in the colony. I would again call attention to the necessity of gas- and oil-engines being brought under the Inspection of Machinery Act. Several accidents to life and limb having occurred during the year in manufactories where this class of machinery has not been inspected, and as these engines are generally used in places where the work is intermittent, and are now numerous, I think that something should be done to have inspection made compulsory. Permit me again to point out the necessity for all boiler-attendants being certificated, so as to insure safety to the public and to those engaged at work in the vicinity of boilers. The certificates should be of two grades —first and second—the first grade being the highest, and would be granted, after examination, to those in charge of large works, such as woollen-mills, freezing-works, &c.; and the second, to those in charge of less complex and smaller engines and machinery. The system works very well in Victoria, and is worthy of adoption in New Zealand. The method of boiler-inspection is now uniform throughout New Zealand, the latest Board of Trade rules being used. Nothing is left to rule of thumb or local opinion. The Board of Trade has the very best means of ascertaining by observation and experiment the qualities of the material of which boilers are made, both at manufactories where made and after manufacture. We have no such means in New Zealand, and on that account should adopt the highest standard. During the year a dispute arose regarding the construction of an imported boiler, which was objected to by a New Zealand Inspector. The Engineer-in-Chief of the Board of Trade in London was asked to give his opinion thereon. He upheld the decision of the New Zealand Inspector, and the boiler referred to was altered to suit our standard. Explosions in New Zealand traceable to faulty construction of boilers have up to the present, I believe, never occurred, and this in itself should be a sufficiently high eulogium to satisfy the most bitter enemy of compulsory inspection. The very fact of explosions hardly ever occurring may perhaps give some the impression that there is nothing in it; but, as a matter of fact, however, the discoveries made, although only a year elapses between inspections, show that if neglected they would have led to many disasters that would no doubt have caused much loss of life and destruction of property. During the year 3,261 boilers were inspected and certificates issued for them, and the machinery attached all attended to. The guarding of machinery in motion is an important part of the Inspector's work, more especially where gearing and revolving shafting is near a thoroughfare. Sometimes additions are made without the owner informing the Inspecter, which have caused accidents to happen ; but this neglect does not often occur. Three hundred and twenty water-powers, including hydraulic lifts, were inspected. There were 315 new boilers, of 4,168-horse power, started during the year—lB3 made in the colony, and 132 were imported, and include the following classes: Portable, traction, locomotive (return, water, Cornish, and vertical tubular), and marine, which shows a large increase on former years, and bears testimony to the progress and present prosperity of the colony. I regret to have to record several accidents to life and limb through machinery (three of which terminated fatally). Full reports of all are appended. The special attention of all owners of machinery in motion is directed to the necessity of their employes wearing suitable clothing while at work, and more especially the discarding of long aprons and long coats, and that all girls should have their hair done up in a net, and not hanging down their backs. No accident to life or limb, or explosion of any sort, took place during the year in connection with boilers, which is a very satisfactory record. In the latest report of the Board of Trade London, dated January, 1898, for the year ending the 30th June, 1897, the total number of cases dealt with under the British Board of Trade Boiler Explosions Acts was eighty, and by these explosions twenty-seven persons were killed and seventy-five injured during the year. This represents 102 persons killed and injured, and exceeds the average (90-5) for the fifteen years during which the Act of 1882 has been in operation by about 16—D. 1.

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12-7 per cent. Of the eighty cases dealt with, twenty-eight were attributed to the defective condition of the boiler or of its fittings, thirty-three to defective design, workmanship, material, or construction, or to undue working-pressure, and twelve to ignorance or neglect of the attendants. Mr. A. McVicar was appointed an additional Inspector of Machinery, and commenced on the Ist April, 1897. During the year he has assisted, when required, all over New Zealand, and has helped us to cope with the natural increase of work and the pulling-up of arrears, as well as filling a gap in a district while an Inspector was on holiday leave. Thanks are due to the officers of both the Police and Postal Departments, who have materially assisted in the enforcement and carrying-out of the details of the work during the year. The survey of steamers, and examination of sea-going engineers, forms a large part of our work, and pretty well occupies the whole of the time of one Inspector at the Ports of Auckland, Wellington, and Otago. The report on this is fully detailed in the Marine Department statement for the year ending the 31st March, 1898. Appended are particulars of work in detail numbered from 1 to 11 : (1) Number and class of boilers inspected, fees payable on these boilers and machinery, class and number of engine-drivers' certificates issued, and fees payable therefor; (2) different classes of machinery inspected and motive-power used; (3) return of defects found on inspection of boilers; (4) return of notices given to repair boilers; (5) return of notices given to fence dangerous parts of machinery ; (6) accidents which were not fatal; (7) accidents which proved fatal; (8), (9), (10), and (11), names of all candidates to whom certificates of service and competency as engine-drivers have been granted during the year. I have, &c, Eobert Duncan, Chief Inspector of Machinery.

No. 1.—Return showing the Number of Land-boilers and Machinery inspected and for which Certificates were issued during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1898.

Return showing Fees payable for the Inspection of Boilers and Machinery and for the issue of Engine-drivers' Certificates during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1898.

Twenty-three Government boilers inspected (not charged for) = £40 10s.

Return showing the Number of Service and Competency Certificates issued to Winding-, Traction-, and Locomotive-engine Drivers during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1898, and the Fees payable therefor.

Stationary. Portable. Machinery (including Hydraulic Lifts). ; I Total Number. 2,145 1,116 320 I 3,581

Fees payable on Boilers. Fees payable on Machinery. Engine-drivers' Fees. Total Amount. £ 3,442 s. 0 d. 0 £ a. 52 17 d. 6 £ 87 s. d. 6 0 £ 3,582 s. 3 d. 6

Winding. Traction and Locomotive. Service. Competency. Total Number. Service. Competency. lumber of certificates issued 34 21 71 133 'ees payable £ a. 0 17 d. 6 £ 17 s. d. 0 0 £ a. 2 12 d. 6 £ B. 35 10 d. 0 £ 56 s. 0 d. 0

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No. 2.—Return of Machinery inspected during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1898.

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Driven b !ven by Description of Machinery. i at CO crS A . C3 tH ii rn U o la Description of Machinery. § H-> m CO u -* §£ 3 Abattoirs ... Agricultural implements Air-compressing Ammonia-works Ammunition factory Assaying .... Bacon-curing Bakeries Barrel-stave making Bark-mill ... Baths Bicycle-works Biscuit factories Blacking-works Blacksmiths' tools ... Block- and pump-works Boat-building Boiler-making Boiling-down Bone-mills Boot factories Breweries ... Brick- and tile-works Brush factory Cable-tramways Cabinetmaking Candle-works Cement-mixing Cement- and lime-making Chaff-cutting Chemical-works Chicory-mill Cider factory Coach factory Coffee- and spice-works Cooking and warming Cooperages Coppersmiths (including brassworks) Confectioneries Cordial factories Creameries Cutlery Dairy factories Dentist Diamond-drill Dock and slip Dredging (gold) Dredging (harbour) ... Dye-works... Electric-light works... Engine-works Fan-driving Fellmongeries Fire-engines Firewood-cutting Fish-preserving Flax-mills ... Flock-mills Flour-mills Foundries ... Fruit-preserving 3 15 6 1 1 1 4 5 1 1 2 5 3 1 7 1 2 4 76 14 3 58 23 1 2 39 2 3 11 166 5 1 2 13 7 30 9 8 "a i 12 3 Brought forward Galvanised-iron works Gas-works Glass-blowing Grinderies... Gold-mining Hairdressing Hat-making Hauling ... ... Heel- and toe-plate works Hoisting (including hydraulic plant for cranes, winches, and pile-driving) Iron-works Jam factories Lapidary ... Laundries Lead- and pipe-works Lifts (passenger) Lifts (goods) Locomotives Machine-shops Manure-works Match factories Meat-preserving Milk-condensing Milking-machines ... Mortar-mills Nail-making Oatmeal-mills Oil-, soap-, and candle-works Organ-making Organ-blowing Paint-manufacture ... Paper-mills Pickle factory Pipe-manufactory ... Plumbers ... Potteries ... ... Printing ... Pumice- works Pumping ... Pyrites reduction ... Quartz-crushing Eefrigerating- works Road-hauling Eoad-rollers Bope- and twine-works Eoundabouts Sash-and-door factories Sausage-making Saw-mills ... Seed-dressing Sheep-dip Sheep-shearing Ship-building yards Starch-works Stone-crushing Stone-cutting Stove-making Sugar-refinery Sulphur-works 1,182 1 15 1 2 40 "2 75 "70 4 4 2 9 1 3 37 42 7 3 4 4 1 9 1 4 13 1 "2 98 11 1 1 5 16 106 1 2 1 1 12 1 7 8 38 89 186 1 8 61 15 3 8 41 4 11 19 45 7 18 3 51 29 1 1 3 1 1 15 1 "2 7 21 3 64 1 24 24 6 3 4 4 31 86 371 8 2 17 3 3 26 2 2 1 2 "8 2 1 10 1 13 13 11 "2 m 2 28 Carried forward 1,182 98 Carried forward 2,257 311

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No. 2.—Return of Machinery inspected during the Financial Year ended 31st March, 1898— continued.

No. 3.—Return of Defects found on Inspection of Boilers during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1898. Five hundred and thirty-nine defects were found out, 115 of which were dangerous One hundred and eighty defective fittings found on inspection of boilers, eighty-nine of which were dangerous.

No. 4.—Beturn of Notices given to repair Boilers during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1898. Two hundred and forty-five notices were given to repair boilers, and include boilers of the following types : Cornish, Lancashire, locomotive, marine, multitubular, portable, semiportable, semitubular, traction, vertical flue, vertical tubular, and water-tube.

No. s.—Beturn of Notices given to fence Dangerous Parts of Machinery, &c, during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1898. Ninety-eight notices to fence dangerous parts of machinery were given out, and included flywheels, gearing, spindles, emery-wheels, hydraulic lifts, driving-belts, ends of shafts, &c.

No. 6.—Return of Accidents (not Fatal) in Connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1898.

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Description of Machinery. a ca OB Driven b; i s ! a* ] ! Jfc ; rjQ rH Q3 fc Description of Machinery. Dri iven crl i i 13 ffl t> CQ I § C8 35 i Brought forward Tanneries Threshing (portable) Threshing (traction) Tinplate-works Tobacco-cutting Tool-making Tram-engines Varnish-works Venetian-blind works 2,257 I 2 17 i ... 118 ] ... 188 ... .;.* ::: " i I ... 6 ! ... 2 ! ... 2 ] ... 311 5 Brought forward Vinegar brewery Water-works Well-sinking Winding (including collieries) Woollen-mills Wool-pressing Wool-scouring 2,592 1 4 10 65 9 18 11 2 316 2 Total ... 2,710 318 Carried forward 2,592 2 316

Name and Address of Owner. Description of Machinery. Name and Age : of : Nature of Accident. Person injured. Cause of Accident, and Kemarks. Parker, Lamb, and Co., Auckland Sawmill John Parker, aged 45 Flesh wound Parker, while attending to a circular saw in motion, allowed his hand to slip, and his arm coming in contact with the saw, was severely cut. Pure accident. Preston, while sweeping sawdust off the circular saw bench with his hand, was caught by the revolving saw, and lost a finger of his right hand. Pure carelessness. Thyne was engaged at the blocking-press, when he inadvertently placed his hand too far beyond the table of press, and was caught by gearing at back. The wheels were not guarded, but should have been; but, as the machinery was driven by gas-engine, over which the Inspector has no jurisdiction, this workshop had not been visited by an Inspector of Machinery. Notice to fence wheels was verbally given after accident. Paget had just started the engine whioh drives the stone-breaker, and stood on the platform to feel the eccentric, when his jumper-sleeve, being loose, wound on end of crank-shaft and drew him in. He was taken to the hospital, but resumed work in a few days. The accident was attributable to carelessness. Waitemata Sawmill Company, Auckland Sawmill Joseph Preston, aged 55 Lost finger of right hand McKee and Co., Wellington Blocking - press printing-wheel T. G. Thyne, aged 23 Tips of two fingers crushed '.. P. Andrews, Heathcote Steam stonebreaker Henry Paget, aged 35 Bruises on body ..

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No. 7. —Return of Accidents which proved Fatal in Connection with Machinery during the Financial Year ended the 31st March, 1898.

No. 8. —Return of Traction- and Locomotive-engine Drivers to whom Certificates of Service have been granted from 1st April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898.

No. 9.—Return of Traction- and Locomotive-engine Drivers to whom Certificates of Competency have been granted from 1st April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898.

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Name and Address of ,' r. \ Owner. Description of Machinery. Name aud Age of Person injured. Nature of Accident. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. B. W. Martin and Co., Auckland Hydraulic lift.. Bobert Sloane, aged 22 Head severely crushed Sloane was found dead, his head being jammed in between the lift and groundfloor. It is supposed that he was reaching into the well to remove a ladder that had been left there when he was caught by the lift as it came down. Inquest verdict, " Accidental: no blame attached to any one." Woods was found dead. It was his duty to attend this mill, and at the time of the accident was wearing a long coat, and when found clothing and body were rolled tightly round revolving-shaft, which was only making some eighteen revolutions per minute. The machinery is of the simplest nature, and the accident was no doubt due to the long coat first getting entangled in the shafting, and carelessness on the deceased's part in not taking due care while the machinery was in motion. Cassidy had nothing to do with the gasengine where his body was found, but was drawn in by his apron getting entangled with shaft. There was a narrow space between the engine and wall of building through which he had attempted to go when he was caught by machinery. He died two days after accident. Verdict, " Accidental death." Had an Inspector visited this place prior to accident this shaft would have been fenced, but Inspection of Machinery Act does not take in gas-driven machinery. Waitekauri Goldmining Company, Waitekauri Ball - mill in quartz-orush-ing mill Thomas I. Woods, aged 16 Parts of body severely crushed L. B. Wright and Sons, Auckland Firewood-cut-ting, driven by gas-engine Thomas Cassidy, aged 24 Body crushed and bruised

Name of Person. Date of Issue. No. Name of Person. Date of Issue. No. (Villiam Arthur Tough A/alter Edmund West 'ames Keat Ubert Harris ?rancis Henry Gapper ohn Hamilton "oseph Carlyle .. William Shearer 'ames Geddes iamuel Fowler .. iichard Charles Pelvin .. 3 June, 1897 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 James Stewart James Eoberts Stewart Campbell John Thomas May Smith William Eaglesome William Williams James McCrostie Jonathan Harrison John Jarrett Alfred Taylor Lawrenoe.. 3 June, 1897 31 Aug!, 1897 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 12 Nov', 1897 n

Name of Person. Date of Issue. No. Name of Person. Date of Issue. No. Uexander Mcintosh Jorace George Minet Priestley lilliard Olsen David Turnbull .. Srnest Frederick Bidder .. jenry Ernest Charles Herman Peter Thoumine.. David Caithness.. lenry Steen ivdam Gibson lobert Bartlett William Woods ohn Cowie tlark Preddy lenry William Parnell .. Srnest Cumming 3 June, 1897 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 Ernest Musgrave Kirchofi John Henderson William Alfred Broad .. James White Kinzett George Henry Sutcliffe .. Walter Scott Daniel Murphy William Alfred Litchfield James Auld Thomas William Belcher Thomas Telfer William Bowman Francis Henry Herbert Henry Evans Henry Alfred Brundell .. David James McTntyre .. 31 Aug., 1897 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 ff

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No. 9.—Return of Traction- and Locomotive-engine Drivers to whom Certificates of Competency have been granted from 1st April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898— continued.

No. 10.—Return of Steam-winding-engine Drivers to whom Certificates of Service have been granted from 1st April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898.

No. 11.—Return of Steam-winding-engine Drivers to whom Certificates of Competency have been granted from 1st April, 1897, to 31st, March, 1898.

By Authority: John Mackat, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB9B.

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Name of Person. Date of Issue. No. Name of Pejson. Date of Issue. No. William Charles Holland James Mills William Halley Joshua Hamljn .. George Henry Mackenzie William Patterson James Davidson Eli Woodley Beuben Jackson David Rauken Shireff Galbraith .. William Davies Andrew Clarke Drever David Wardlaw Hunter Thomas James Nott Bobert Darroch Thomas Bevan Bichard John Speck Bertram George Aiken Harkness .. William Coleman William James Osborne 31 Aug., 1897 12 Nov!, 1897 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 Daniel George Maindonald Joseph Warring Peter Christian Bak Alexander Branigan Thomas Falconer Joseph Law Dennis Kirby Talbot Campbell Smith Cowie .. Henry Stephen Smith .. Thomas John Keast John Crawford Arthur William Bryau .. Bobert Mill John Kirby Albert Muggeridge John Dunstan Alexander Johnston David Spiers William McDonald 12 Nov., 1897 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191

Name of Person. Date of Issue. No. Name of Person. Date of Issue. No. Udward Thomas Kennedy ames William Wilson .. iobert Lindsay Jharles Jones Broomfield 3 June, 1897 22 Levi Collier „ 23 James Thomson 24 John Coutts .. 31 Aug., 1897 25 .. 31 Aug., 1897 26 .. 12 Nov., 1897 27 28

Name of Person. Date of Issue. No. Name of Person. Date of Issue. No. 3eorge Hunter .. Seorge Greenway ohn Wray Thomas Martin "ohn Jackson Mussicks .. Thomas Jenkin Boach 'ohn Bobertson .. rranz Boering iVilliam Dawson ohn William Norris Benjamin Hill .. "ohn Wylam ohn Highet 'ohn Wilson Jharles Bobert Lovatt dbert Coad lharles Chamberlain 3 June, 1897 57 58 59 GO 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 George Scobbie Bobert John McFarlane William Henry Saunders John George Snow James Fisher Lennox George Sinclair Thomas Badford John Henry Letcher Alfred Jenkinson Percy Carl Francis Schmetzer George Cunningham Arthur Charles McLean.. William McAnulty Edward Lamb William John Allen Francis Williams James Sawle 31 Aug., 1897 12 Nov",, 1897 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 31 Aug", 1897

Number of Miles open of Government Lines.

Number of Miles open of Government Lines. North and Middle Islands combined.

EAST CAPE LIGHTHOUSE. SECOND-ORDER DIOPTRIC REVOLVING WHITE LIGHT. SINGLE FLASH EVERY MINUTE. CAST-IRON TOWER, 54 ft. ON CONCRETE BASE. HEIGHT OF FOCAL PLAIN, ABOUT 300 ft. INVISIBLE ABOUT 25 STATUTE MILES.

Parliament Buildings, Wellington, 1866.

Parliament Buildings, Wellington, January, 1898.

Parliament Buildings, Wellington, showing additions now in progress, June, 1898.

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PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT BY THE HON. W. HALL-JONES, MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS 27th SEPTEMBER, 1898., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1898 Session I, D-01

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PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT BY THE HON. W. HALL-JONES, MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS 27th SEPTEMBER, 1898. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1898 Session I, D-01

PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT BY THE HON. W. HALL-JONES, MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS 27th SEPTEMBER, 1898. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1898 Session I, D-01