PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT BY THE HON. W. HALL-JONES, MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, 28th SEPTEMBER, 1900.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1900 Session I, D-01

1900. NEW ZEALAND.

PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT BY THE HON. W. HALL-JONES, MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, 28th SEPTEMBER, 1900.

Mr. Speaker,— It is again my pleasing duty to report that satisfactory progress has been made with the various works in hand. Since my last Statement was delivered 8£ miles of railway have been opened for traffic and 56 miles of new work have been put in hand, making a total of 133 miles now under construction. Details of the work done on each line during the year will be given further on. With regard to the current year, if the opinions expressed by honourable members and by the large deputations that have waited upon Ministers, and also in the numerous petitions presented to the House and to the Government, are to be taken as a criterion, it may be assumed that there is a general desire that the prosecution of our public works, especially main trunk railways and roads to back blocks, shall be carried on more vigorously than has been the case since 1887. The Budget delivered by my right honourable colleague the Colonial Treasurer has outlined the financial proposals of the Government with respect to public works. While it is recognised that the progress of land-settlement and the great development of the resources of the colony that have taken place during the past few years require that greater progress shall be made both in railway-construc-tion and in road-formation, the Government are of opinion that it would be detrimental to the best interests of the colony to enter upon a large borrowing policy—a policy which woidd lead to a considerable influx of peripatetic labour. Careful administration, and a strict guard upon the public purse, bave removed every sign of depression; and this position must be maintained. The time, however, has arrived when the Government feel justified in carrying on more expeditiously the work of completing the main arterial lines now in hand —namely, the North Island Main Trunk, the Blenheim-Waipara, the Midland, and the Otago Central Railways. Numerous petitions have been presented to the House praying for the early completion of the North Island Main Trunk Bailway. Apart from its strategic value, the progress of settlement, the opening-up of large areas of valuable timber, and the necessity for railway communication between Auckland and Wellington, all point to the advisability of this great undertaking being completed within a reasonable time. To rush the work through regardless of cost would, I am confident, be a course which honourable members would not approve of. To do this would necessitate a large increase in expenditure, as it would be necessary to form roads to give access to the works at various points along the route, thus greatly adding to the cost. Prudence dictates that the proper course is to carry on the work vigorously at each end, and as soon as the formation is ready to at once lay the permanent-way, so that each mile when completed may be utilised. If this is done, there is nothing to prevent the rails being connected between Auckland and Wellington within four years. i—D. 1.

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As will hereinafter be seen, the sum provided will enable us to proceed with each of the works referred to at a rate which will, I am sure, afford satisfaction to all reasonable men. While due provision must be made for carrying on the work upon the main arterial lines, there are also other works in progress of almost equal importance for which fair provision must be made. The Government have been urged to proceed with several extensions which are worthy of consideration, but with the means available, and the extent of work now in hand and proposed, it is impossible to take any but the more urgent ones into consideration at present. LIGHT EAILWAYS. There is urgent necessity for opening up our colony by convenient and regular means of communication, so as to enable our sturdy settlers to more advantageously compete with other countries in the markets of the world. This induces me to again revert to the question of light lines of railwa)' —upon which subject honourable members will find some useful information in my Public Works Statements of 1896 and 1897. In many parts of the colony, especially in the North Island, the scarcity of road-metal and the heavy cost of cartage, where expensive roads have to be formed and maintained, is a severe tax upon the settlers, upon the local bodies, and upon the colony. So serious has this become that in many districts the roads are practically impassable during winter months. How best to meet this difficulty is of great importance to the colony, and especially to the settlers who are more immediately concerned. Again, it must be borne in mind that a great deal of our magnificent scenery is not approachable by the majority of tourists owing to the absence of convenient means of access, and this too in districts where there are a number of settlers. If at a comparatively small cost light lines are constructed to the more important points they will open up this scenery to the travelling public, and at the same time provide facilities for our settlers, and further assist in developing our resources. After very careful consideration of the requirements referred to I have come to the conclusion that the best and most economical course is in certain districts to construct narrow-gauge railways. It may be asked, What is a narrow-gauge railway ? Compared with the 5 ft. 3 in. gauge of Victoria, or the standard gauge of 4 ft. 8J in. of Great Britain and New South Wales, the ordinary lines in New Zealand may be said to be of a narrow gauge. I, however, refer to a still narrower gauge—viz., 2 ft. For the main lines and where the traffic would rapidly develop, the present 3 ft. 6 in. gauge should be adhered to; also, in easy country where it is nearly level, and the formation of the earthwork is of an inexpensive nature, the present gauge should not be departed from. The cost of construction upon the present gauge could, however, be reduced 20 per cent, by using lighter rails, fewer sleepers, and constructing bridges of a lighter standard than those used at present. This would necessitate the use of lighter rolling-stock and running less weighty trains than is now the practice. However, the same reason which probably actuated my predecessor in adopting the 3 ft. 6 in. gauge instead of a broader one —viz., economy and more rapid construction —induces me to suggest that, whether as branch lines opening up new country, as feeders to the main line, or as steam tramways, a 2 ft. gauge will best meet what is required. In different parts of the world railways have already been constructed of this gauge, notably the Darjeeling line in India, the Caen to Luc-sur-Mer and Dives line in France, the line from Ferdinandshof to Friedland in Germany, and the North-east Dundas line in Tasmania, the cost of which, including rolling-stock, was, according to a late official statement, £3,465 per mile. The result of several years' experience is that such lines can be constructed expeditiously and economically, which means a saving in interest, a greater earning-power upon the first cost, and a considerable reduction upon the cost of maintenance, as compared with lines of a broader gauge. By utilising as far as practicable existing roads, the cost of construction would be reduced to the lowest point, and the convenience of the

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settlers better served. The trains running immediately alongside their holdings would insure the conveyance of produce and stores by the railway. The expense of station-buildings would be almost eliminated except at important points, where they would be necessary for the convenient working of the line. Subject to the conditions above mentioned, the cost of a 2 ft. gauge railway, exclusive of rolling-stock, should be— (1.) In easy country ... ... ... ... ... £2,000 per mile. (2.) In medium country ~. ... ... ... £3 000 (3.) In difficult country ... ... ... ... £4*500 Included in this estimate are the rails (estimated to cost £600 per mile for 301b. rails and £750 per mile for 401b. rails) and the sleepers—of proportionately reduced length (cost £300 per mile)—making a total for permanent-way of £900 per mile for 30 lb. rails and £1,050 for 40 lb. rails. The difference between this amount and the completed cost of the line being the cost of land, formation, bridges, culverts, fencing, platelaying, ballasting, stations, &c. There are several districts in the colony where narrow-gauge lines could be fairly tested as to cost of construction and earning-power. One of these I shall refer to later on. AVAILABLE WAYS AND MEANS FOE PUBLIC-WORKS PURPOSES. At 31st March, 1899, the available balance of ways and means for publicworks purposes was £380,856, and further funds were provided last session as follows: — Under the Aid to Public Works and Land Settlement Act... ... 1,000,000 Transferred from revenue ... ... ... ... ... '450 000 Miscellaneous receipts ... ... ... ... 2116 thus making a gross total of £1,832,972. The expenditure last year amounted to £993,223, therefore at the end of the year the balance of ways and means amounted to £839,749. Against this, however, there were liabilities amounting to £494,895. It is now proposed to provide additional funds, as under : — « , £ aewloan • 1,000,000 To be transferred from revenue ... ... ... ... 500 000 making altogether (after deducting the liabilities) a total of available ways and means of £1,844,854. J The estimates of expenditure for the current year total to £1,938,369 (in addition to £49,000 under the Government Loans to Local Bodies Account), thus leaving an unallocated balance of ways and means for public-works purposes of £401,380. ■ •■" F- - TOTAL PUBLIC-WORKS EXPENDITURE. The following table shows the total expenditure out of the Public Works Fund on all works and services throughout the colony up to the 31st December 1890, and also up to the 31st March last:—

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Expenditure. Class of Works. Total to 1st January, 31st December, . 1891, to 1890. I 31st March, 1900. Total to 31st March, 1900. Railways (including A.O.L.) ... Roads Public buildings Immigration Purchase of Native lands Lighthouses, harbour-works, and harbour-defences Telegraph extension ... Development of goldfields ... ... ... Defence-works (general) Departmental Minor works and services Cost and discount, raising loans, &c. £ 14,067,100 3,575,804 1,776,003 2,144,386 1,191,137 880,095 600,849 561,101 429,720 349,789 300,689 1,021,472 £ 2,383,203 1,672,354 612,283 3,119 745,145 79,001 255,208 109,345 82,590 96,595 6,799 34,839 £ 16,450,303 5,248,158 2,388,286 2,147,505 1,936,282 959,096 856,057 670,446 512,310 446,384 307,488 1,056,311 Totals... 26,898,145 6,080,481 32,978,626

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RAILWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. The railways on which construction operations were in progress last year were largely the same as during the previous year, but with some additions. The Thames -Te Aroha and Forest Hill lines and Belgrove - Motupiko Section of the Midland Eailway were finished, and the Seaward Bush line completed to Waimahaka, and further construction operations held in abeyance pending the completion of the survey to Tokonui, which is now in progress. On the other hand, new works have been started at Kawakawa, Paeroa, Gisborne, Waipara, Catlin's, and Orepuki, so that the expenditure —at any rate, during the latter portion of the year—was somewhat in excess of that of the previous year. The accelerated rate of progress has not only been continued, but has been further increased since the close of the year, so that for some works larger appropriations will be required this year than last year. I now propose to follow the usual course of briefly describing what has been done on each line, and at the same time give an outline of our proposals for the future. Kawakawa-Grahamtown. The southward extension of the northern portion of this railway, authorised by the Bailways Authorisation Act of last session, was put in hand shortly after Parliament rose, and very fair progress has been made with it; nearly six miles of formation is in hand, and a part of it is nearing completion. Fencing has been started, and the first bridge erected. The rails have been ordered from England, and the Agent-General has been requested to endeavour to arrange for the importing steamer to call at Kawakawa, so as to land them directly on to the railway. The northwards extension of the southern portion of the line has also progressed satisfactorily, the formation being nearly complete and rail-laying just about to be started. The survey of the intervening length between the two sections in progress has also been in hand from both ends, but the work could only be carried on intermittently, when the services of the engineers were not required in connection with the construction-works. The survey should, however, be completed during the present year. The expenditure on the line, owing to the works at Kawakawa not having been started until late in the year, only amounted to £2,530, but a much larger expenditure may be looked for this year. A vote of £15,000 is provided on the estimates. Helensville Northwards. Formation-works on the Tahekeroa Section have proceeded throughout the year, and are now practically completed. Platelaying has also been taken in hand, and is likewise nearing completion. As quickly as possible after the passing of the Authorisation Act last session work was put in hand on the Komokoriki Section, and is making fair progress, all the work as far as the first tunnel being now in hand. It is proposed to lay the rails as far as the entrance to the tunnel as early as possible, so as to facilitate the transport of the lining materials. In the case of this line, like the last, the expenditure fell short of the appropriation, owing to its having been impossible to put in hand the works on the Komokoriki Section until the Authorisation Act was passed late last session. The vote proposed for the current year is £15,000. Paeroa-Waihi. This was one of the new railways authorised last session. The works undertaken prior to the 31st March were in consequence mostly of a preliminary character. A good start was made shortly before the close of the financial year, and the work, as far as the long tunnel at Karangahake, is now proceeding actively. The approach cutting to the tunnel is being excavated, and the work on the tunnel itself will be commenced immediately the approach has been taken out. The temporary bridge over the Ohinemuri has been completed. This will admit of the spoil from the tunnel excavation being conveyed across

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the river and there utilised in the formation of the station-grounds, &c. The vote proposed for the current year is £12,000, which will admit of operations proceeding at a satisfactory rate. Gisborne-Karaka. This is another of the new lines authorised last year. Work was begun in February, and has been energetically proceeded with since. Much of the formation of the first section—ten miles in length—is already fit for rail-laying, many of the sleepers required for the work have been delivered, and arrangements have been made for the supply of the remainder. The rails have been ordered some time and are shortly expected. As soon as platelaying has been started, a locomotive and wagons will be sent to Gisborne to enable the ballasting to be proceeded with. The vote proposed for the current year is £12,000. North Island Main Trunk. The works on the Ohinemoa Section have been steadily proceeded with, and have been extended as far as the proposed Kawakawa Station, a distance of sixty miles from Te Awamutu, and 160 miles from Auckland. Every endeavour is being made to push these works on as rapidly as possible; they are, however, of a heavy character, and much of the ground is of an exceedingly treacherous nature, so that really rapid progress is impossible. All that can be done is being done, however, and nearly five miles of the line—as far as Waimiha Station—is expected to be ready for rail-laying by Christmas. The divided public opinion in the North as to the route by which this railway should be constructed has greatly retarded the work in the past. The central route having now been finally decided upon, works southwards of Kawakawa will be expeditiously proceeded with, the configuration of the country to be traversed admitting of this being done. The works as far as Kawakawa are already fully manned, there being at the present time about three hundred and fifty men at work on that section. A contract is also being prepared for the three bridges over the Ongaruhe Eiver, and another for the Wanganui Bridge at Taumaranui. At the southern end of the line grading now extends to Paengaroa, a distance Of over twenty-eight miles from the terminus of the opened line at Mangaonoho, and over fifty miles from the junction with the main West Coast Railway at Marton; and instructions have been issued for work on the Turangarere Section to be taken in hand. This section is for the most part at a distance from the main road, so that a service-road will have to be constructed along the greater part of it. This road will be put in hand immediately, in order that the materials required for culverts and other works may be carted over it during the ensuing summer. When the formation of the Turangarere Section is well advanced a further section will be put in hand. The work at the Makohine Viaduct has been pushed forward as rapidly as possible throughout the year, and considerable progress has been made. The work of preparing the iron and steel for erection is now drawing towards completion. The longer of the two main piers is already erected to its full height, and the other is in hand. As soon as this pier is completed, the erection of the staging to carry the superstructure will be begun, the superstructure itself following on as soon as the staging to support it is ready. As announced in my Statement last year, the department does not intend to await the completion of this viaduct before proceeding with the platelaying beyond it. The sleepers required are being obtained in the district, and a large proportion of them are already stacked along the line. Arrangements will be made for the conveyance of the rails from Mangaonoho Station to the flat ground beyond the viaduct, so that by the time the viaduct is finished the platelaying and ballasting as far as Mangaweka will also be completed, and the railway can then be opened for public traffic without further delay. The iron and steel for the Mangaweka Viaduct was ordered some months ago and a portion of it is expected shortly. The work of preparing it for use in

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the structure will be undertaken at the Makohine Workshop directly the similar work for the Makohine Viaduct is finished, and as this viaduct is of a much simpler character than the one at Makohine, and as the department has now a workshop in good working-order and a staff of trained men, speedy progress is expected to be made with it. Several of the tunnels on the Mangaweka Section are still incomplete, but all are well in hand, and those closest to the yard where the lining-blocks are being made, and which will consequently require to be lined first, are being proceeded with continuously throughout the whole twenty-four hours of the day with relays of workmen. Last year's vote for this railway was £70,000. This year we ask for £130,000, being an increase on last year's vote of £60,000. This sum will enable the work to be so extended that the connection between Wellington and Auckland can be completed within four years. Stratford-Kawakawa . I have referred to the desirability of constructing light railways where the cost of road-construction is heavy. The Ohura Road (better known in Taranaki as the East Road) comes within this category. For a distance of 47 miles, between Stratford and Wangamomona, the country is fairly settled, and for several miles a light railway could be constructed on the road-formation. It is therefore proposed to construct a line along or near to the Ohura Road from a point near Stratford in the direction of Kawakawa on the main trunk line. This line will afford great relief to the settlers in that district, in addition to forming part of the desired connection between Auckland and Taranaki, and will, I believe, return interest upon the cost of construction as soon as the first twenty miles are opened for traffic. A sum of £10,000 is asked for to enable this line to be commenced. Rimdtaka Deviation. The detailed survey promised in my last Statement has since been put in hand, and is still in progress. As the work seems likely to occupy some time, I propose, when an officer of the department can be spared, to put on an additional survey party. The amount voted last session — £6,000 — proved to be much more than could be expended with profit. We ask for £2,000 this year, which is probably as much as will be required, as until construction-works are put in hand no considerable expenditure will be needed. Blenheim -Waip aba. The works at the northern end of this railway have proceeded very satisfactorily, last year's appropriation for the work having been slightly exceeded. The line between Blenheim and Dumgree is practically completed, and settlers' goods and produce are already being conveyed over it. There is no doubt that the railway will easily be completed to the Awatere River before the expiration of the contract time for the erection of the bridge. The progress hitherto made by the bridge contractors has not been very satisfactory, but, in reply to my remonstrances on the subject, they state that they hope to have the bridge completed within the contract time. If this expectation is realised nothing more, of course, can be expected, but I have already warned the contractors that if it is not realised the liquidated damages for delay provided for in the contract will be rigidly enforced. If the bridge is completed within the contract time the railway ought to be ready for traffic to Seddon before next session. At the southern end of the line the work is also being energetically proceeded with, and has made good progress. A considerable length of formation will be ready for the rails early in the new year. The survey of the hitherto unsurveyed portion of the intermediate distance has recently been completed, but the final reports and plans have not yet come to hand. The total vote for this railway last year amounted to £21,000. This year a vote of £50,000 is proposed.

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Otaoo Central. The section of this railway between Ranfurly and Wedderburn was opened for traffic on Ist June last. Formation-work on the Wedderburn-Ida Valley Section has been vigorously pushed forward during the year—three relays of workmen being employed in one important cutting and two in others—and such good progress has been made that rail-laying can be begun in the course of a few weeks. The rails and many of the sleepers are already provided, and tenders for the supply of the remainder have recently been invited locally, but, unfortunately, with unsatisfactory results. Arrangements will now have to be made to supply them from elsewhere. Formation has also been undertaken on the Poolburn Section, and the works as far as Blackstone Hill Station are approaching completion, and will be finished ready for raillaying by the end of the year. In the Poolburn Gorge, where the work is of a heavy character, every available cutting is being worked, and the masonry culverts (which could not be commenced until the frosts were over) have been begun. The tunnels have also been started, and the work upon them is being pushed along as rapidly as possible. A tender for the iron and steel girders for the Poolburn and Manuherikia (first crossing) Bridges has recently been accepted. The line is expected to be ready for traffic to Ida Valley early next year, and to Blackstone Hill by the end of June, and the further sections to Alexandra will, I hope, be completed within three years. Owing largely to the great development of the dredging industry the traffic upon the completed portion of this railway has greatly increased, thus emphasizing the importance of opening the line as far as Alexandra as early as possible. The vote obtained for this railway last year was £60,000. This year we ask for £100,000. Heriot Extension. When the Government projected this extension it was intended that it should not be proceeded with until a suitable area of land in the district had been obtained for the purposes of close settlement. It is now, however, considered advisable to proceed with the work without insisting on this condition. Last year's vote was not expended, but this year an appropriation of £5,000 is proposed, and, if the vote is duly passed by Parliament, operations will be commenced shortly after the close of the session. Catlin's River-Seaward Bush. Work on the Catlin's River end of this railway was resumed in June last, and is now well in hand. At the Seaward Bush end of the line the survey to Tokonui is in progress and nearly completed, and construction-work will be resumed shortly. Last year's vote for this railway was £12,000, and a vote for a similar amount is proposed for the current year. Riversdale-Switzers. The branch line from Riversdale to Switzers was authorised by Parliament many years ago and partly constructed, but the bridge over the Mataura River was never built, and it is proposed to take it in hand. As, however, this bridge would provide for both road and railway traffic, the local bodies interested will be asked to contribute a fair amount towards its cost. A vote of £1,000 is asked for on account of this work. Forest Hill. The work on this branch railway which was approaching completion when my last Statement was delivered has since been finished, and the line handed over to the Railway Department. Orepuki-Waiau . The survey of this extension was started as early as possible after the line was authorised last year, and construction-works followed as soon as a sufficient length of the survey was finished. The work is now well in hand and proceeding very satisfactorily. Last year's vote of £6,000 proved to be in excess of requirements, but this year a vote of £12,000 is asked for.

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Midland. The long-standing disputes with the New Zealand Midland Railway Company and their debenture-holders were brought .to a satisfactory conclusion before Her Majesty's Privy Council, in London, in February last, a unanimous verdict entirely upholding the contentions of the Crown having been obtained. Both the company and the debenture-holders have since presented petitions to Parliament appealing for consideration. These petitions are now under investigation by the Public Accounts Committee. The successful result of the protracted litigation that has taken place over this matter affords me an opportunity of congratulating Parliament and the colony upon the manner in which the action of the Government throughout has been sustained. I also desire to express my appreciation of the action of the different Government counsel, the Crown Solicitors, and the officers of the department who have taken a prominent part in the matter, and who have so clearly set forth and upheld the Government's view. Construction-works at the Greymouth end of the line, between Jackson's and Otira, have been practically completed for some months, and goods trains have been run since December last, There has been no inducement to open the line for passenger traffic during the winter. It is, however, proposed to hand the section over to the Railway Department for regular working next month. Between Paterson's Creek and Staircase Gully, a distance of a little over four miles, at the Springfield end of the line, work has been proceeded with vigorously throughout the year. Plans for the Paterson's Creek Viaduct have been completed, and plans for the Staircase Gully Viaduct are in hand. For a long time past the Government has felt very dissatisfied with the company's plans for the section of the line between Otira and the Bealey, involving as they do the construction of over eight miles and a half of line on the three-rail system, on various steep gradients ranging up to 1 in 15. Our experience with the Rimutaka Incline has been such as to lead us to look upon the construction of a much longer section of similar railway with great disfavour. During the late recess a committee of engineers was accordingly appointed to inquire into this matter and to report whether it was not possible to obtain a reasonably flat-grade line at a moderate cost. The engineers—Mr. C. Napier Bell and Messrs. W. H. Hales (Engineer-in-Chief), J. Coom (Chief Engineer, Railway Department), and P. S. Hay (Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department)—have recently sent in their report, in which they advise the construction of a line on a ruling gradient of 1 in 37. Such a line would involve a tunnel 6 miles 10 chains long under the main range, but notwithstanding this the cost of the line between Otira and the Bealey, taking into consideration the annual cost of working, is estimated to be actually less than the cost of the steep grade incline-line, while the tunnelline would shorten the distance by over a mile and a half, and would reduce the running-time by at least an hour-. The great advantages of alin 37 over a 1 in 15 grade line are too obvious for it to be necessary for me to dwell upon them, and the Government have therefore decided to act upon the advice of their engineers. The report of the engineers will be found attached to this Statement. The desirability of constructing an extension of the Belgrove-Motupiko Section, at the Nelson end of this railway, as far as a convenient station-site in the Tadmor Valley, has been strongly impressed upon the Government for some time past, but in the then existing position of the Midland Railway dispute it was not considered desirable to take any further steps in the matter beyond the making of the requisite surveys. It is now proposed to take the work in hand, and the necessary Bill to authorise the extension will be introduced. An extension from Reefton to Inangahua Junction has likewise been repeatedly asked for, but for similar reasons could not be entertained hitherto. It is, however, now proposed to include this work also in the Authorisation Bill, and to have a full detailed survey of the line made,

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The vote for the construction of the Midland Railway last year was £60,000, but this year a larger vote will be necessary. An amount of £100,000 has accordingly been provided on the estimates for the works referred to—namely, at Springfield, Otira, Tadmor, and the survey from Reefton to Inangahua Junction. Ngahere-Blackball. The construction of a branch line from the Ngahere Station, on the BrunnerReefton Section of the Midland Railway, to the Blackball Colleries has been asked for for several years, but until the dispute with the Midland Railway Company was settled it was quite out of the question to proceed with it. This difficulty is now happily out of the way, and, although we are not prepared at present to commit the colony to the construction of this line of railway, it is felt that the time has arrived for providing a better means of access to the railway system. To meet this requirement it is proposed to proceed with the erection of a bridge over the Grey River, and a vote of £2,000 appears on the estimates to make a start with the work. Total Appropriations for Railways. In addition to the appropriations already mentioned, a vote of £2,000 is provided to meet old land claims and other liabilities on railways in respect of which no specific votes are taken, £3,500 for surveys of new lines, and £76,000 for permanent-way and other materials : thus making the total appropriation proposed for railway-construction purposes £559,500. WELLINGTON-MANAWATU RAILWAY. During this and preceding sessions deep interest has been taken in this railway, and many questions have been asked respecting it. The reply has invariably been that, whilst admitting its importance to the company and the colony, and recognising the anomaly of having a private line to which a good deal of the Government traffic is brought, Ministers did not see their way to interfere, nor had the company approached the Government with a view of the colony acquiring the line. As members are probably aware, if the colony were to take over the railway under the original agreement it could only do so by paying an additional 10 per cent, on the cost of construction. There would also be the certainty of difficulties arising in the assessment of what the cost of construction really was, and this would ultimately lead to the question beingreferred to arbitration; and then, after all, the company would simply hand over the railway, and would retain its other assets, including the unsold balance of the lands which were given to it by the colony as an inducement to construct the line, and which are of considerable value. Some time ago Mr. Wethered, a representative of a large number of shareholders, was in the colony, and he interviewed my colleague the Premier and Colonial Treasurer in reference to the intentions of the Government, and particularly as to whether it was intended to take over the railway. At this interview the Premier made it clear that the possibility of the Government taking over the line under the original agreement was very remote, but that Ministers were prepared to consider any proposals which would give a fair rate of interest upon the capital subscribed by the shareholders from the inception of the company to the present time, the amount received by way of dividends to be taken into consideration, and the company's debentures to be taken over. Under such an arrangement the company would hand over to the colony the fully equipped railway, the lands, and all its other assets. Proposals on the basis suggested by the Premier have recently been received from Mr. Wethered on behalf of a large body of shareholders in London, and the directors subsequently submitted proposals on the same basis, such proposals being subject to confirmation by the shareholders. This is the situation at the present time. The proposals are now under consideration, and require to be gone into very carefully. It is intended to introduce a measure empowering the Government to enter into negotiations on the lines hereinbefore mentioned, and to take the necessary

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powers to enable the negotiations for the purchase of the railway to be proceeded with, such purchase not to be completed until the terms and conditions have been settled in and finally approved by Parliament next session. The proposals submitted by the shareholders and the directors will be found annexed to this Statement. ROADS, ETC. Roads and other Works under the Control of the Minister of Lands. During the past year the works executed out of votes placed at the disposal of the Minister of Lands include the construction of 581 miles of dray-roads and 349 miles of pioneer tracks; 85 miles of dray-roads and 44 miles of bridletracks widened, and otherwise made more passable for traffic ; and 2,833 miles of road maintained and kept in good order for ordinary traffic. There have been built 137 road-bridges, over 30 ft. span each, besides over 3,000 culverts of all sizes under 30 ft. span. The distribution of the expenditure was largely in favour of the North Island, the amount drawn for the North Island being £200,809, and for the Middle and Stewart Islands £67,906. The great number of different roads or works to be operated on required extensive arrangements for laying out and controlling them, and could not all be done in the few remaining months of the financial year. The number of works intrusted to local authorities was 542, the departmental control consisting of revising plans and specifications and inspecting the work while in progress and on completion, in order to certify to payments, while 786 works were intrusted to Government officers. The principal operations of the year have been : — In Auckland, the roading of the country between Te Awamutu and Kawhia selected during the past year ; the completion of the formation of the Awakino -Te Kuiti Road ; the further prosecution of the works for draining and lighting Rotorua, and the embellishment of the recreationgrounds. The road through the Urewera country via Ruatahuna and Waikaremoana has been further advanced, and the road to the lake from Gisborne finished. A large number of short roads north of Auckland have received contributions in assistance to settlement, and the main north road from Auckland by the East Coast has been practically wholly maintained by the Government. In the Hawke's Bay District the new road from Napier to Wairoa and from Wairoa via Nuhaka to Gisborne has been advanced so far that when three or four bridges are built the whole distance will be fit for wheeled traffic. The extensive area of forest land disposed of near Dannevirke has also required a large expenditure to make it accessible to settlers. In Wellington the principal expenditure was in forming new roads and tracks and widening and metalling those already existing in the newly settled belt of country extending from the Puketois to the Wanganui River. The great extent of country and the numerous settlers to whom the roads are a necessity has made this work a most arduous one. Settlement has taken place in country so difficult to construct and maintain roads in that the progress has been much slower than the needs of settlers require. In Taranaki the Ohura Road, to open for settlement the country between Stratford and the Waikato, has been advanced so far that there is hope that a passable track may be completed this year. The close settlements east and west of it have also been further developed by improving and extending their roads or subsidising loans raised by the local authorities. In the Nelson, Marlborough, Westland, and Canterbury Provinces small votes have been expended on local roads, but the chief work has been the maintenance of the main roads. In Otago and Southland the Tautuku Forest country, the Seaward Forest, and the Longwood Forest, where settlers are located, have had the roads extended and improved, although they are still capable of much further improvement. The tourist routes to the picturesque West Coast Sounds have been further explored and made more passable, comfortable, and efficient.

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Good steamers now run on Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri, and the track from Te Anau to Milford Sound has been so far advanced that it may be completed this season, and good accommodation is provided wherever it is required. The necessity for Government aid in the maintenance of the main roads in thinly peopled districts still exists, and it is also evident that many of the main roads which are not strictly arterial, especially those in the bush districts, must be greatly assisted if they are to continue fit to carry the traffic which must pass over them in order to provide for the needs of settlement. For the present year the demands of settlement require a greater sum than even last year. Including the vote for Roads on Goldfields, an amount of nearly £500,000 will be required for new works, and to meet present engagements. The works contemplated embrace, first, the maintenance of the main lines of road throughout the two Islands. This alone will require £100,000, for such roads must be maintained. They are from the far North at Awanui, by Kaeo, Kawakawa, Whangarei, and Waiwera, to Auckland; the road from Rotorua, Whakatane, and Opotiki to Gisborne; the road through Te Kuiti and Awakino to New Plymouth; from Tauranga via Rotorua and Taupo to Napier; from Taupo to Hunterville; from Waiouru to Pipiriki; from Gisborne via Wairoa to Napier; from Dannevirke via Weber, Pongaroa, and Alfredton to Eketahuna; from Pongaroa to Pahiatua; from Masterton to the East Coast; from Feilding via Rangiwahia to Mangaweka. In the Middle Island assistance must be given to maintain the main roads from Nelson to Blenheim, Blenheim via Kaikoura to Culverden, Blenheim via Awatere and Hanmer to Culverden, Nelson via Belgrove to Westport, Westport to Reefton, Hokitika to Christchurch, and Hokitika via Haast to Wanaka. Also the roads through Tautuku from Owaka via Waikawa to Fortrose ; through Seaward Forest; from Orepuki westward as far as settlement goes, and northward up the Waiau to Lake Te Anau ; from Te Anau to Lumsden ; from Queenstown to Wanaka, and from Wanaka via Hawea and Lindis and Pukaki to Mount Cook; and from Pukaki to Fairlie. All these are roads near to which there is no railway. The settlement roads to be provided for are, as will be seen by the estimates, numerous, and in every instance necessary. There are many local roads which greatly require assistance. These are partially provided for on the estimates. In the southern part of Auckland many new settlers immediately require means of access to their lands, principally between Kawhia and Te Kuiti, in that part of what is known as the Kingcountry. New settlement in Taranaki demands more and better roads, especially in the east. In Wellington the Awarua, Waimarino, and Rangiwahia country on the west, and the Pahiatua and Puketoi country on the east, are all pressing for an outlet for their produce; while the older-settled districts on the East Coast insist on their roads also being improved. In Nelson and Westland the determination of the Midland Railway contract restores to settlement thousands of acres of fairly good land, much of which will be at once settled on, and the settlers will require roads. In Otago and Southland much has yet to be done to make fit for traffic the many roads in the humid forest country on the coast and the interior roads in older-settled districts, some of which must be further assisted. Roads on Goldfields. —Mines Department. The vote last year under this head amounted to £72,700, the expenditure being £48,039, with liabilities at the end of the year amounting to £46,821. The sum proposed to be authorised for the current year is £107,262, on account of which a vote of £80,000 is asked for.

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Roads to Back Blocks. In the Financial Statement the Colonial Treasurer mentioned that out of the £1,000,000 loan £150,000 would be required for the construction of roads in back blocks. The amount mentioned was not the total sum required for this work, and, as will be seen from the estimates, the Government recognise that while increased provision is necessary for railways, an increased amount is also essential for roads to back blocks and Crown lands, so as to enable deserving and struggling settlers to get their products to the main roads and railways, thus insuring to them the advantages which have been given to settlers in the more favoured parts of the colony. These roads are as life-blood to the settlers. In the past complaints have been made that the construction of such works has been left over during the summer months, so that, when the work has ultimately been put in hand, it has cost a great deal more than it otherwise would have done; also, in some cases, owing to bad w 7 eather and other causes, the moneys were not expended during the year in which the vote was obtained at all. This will not occur in the future, and, after the session, the Minister of Lands will make it his special business to visit the back blocks and to personally look into the requirements of settlers. DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS. The value of the gold entered for exportation for the year 1899 was £1,513,173, being the greatest for the past twenty-three years, and it is expected that, owing to the increase in the number of dredges at work, the yield will be maintained for the present year. The quantity of gold and silver entered at the Customs for export during the year ended the 31st December, 1899, was 389,558 oz. of gold, valued at £1,513,173, and of silver 349,338 oz., valued at £40,838, as compared with 280,175 oz. of gold, valued at £1,080,691, and of silver 293,851 oz., valued at £33,107, being an increase of 109,383 oz. of gold, valued at £432,482, and of silver 55,487 oz., valued at £7,731. Owing to the great increase in the number of claims taken up on river-flats, the conflicting interests of the miners and the freeholders required consideration, and a Royal Commission has been issued with a view to the adjustment of these differences. At present the duties of the Commission have been restricted to rivers in Otago and Southland. Interim reports on some of the rivers in those districts have already been submitted to Parliament, and effect has, as far as possible, been given to the recommendations made therein. It is proposed to continue the Commission, and extend its operations to other parts of the colony. The fact must, however, be admitted that, if dredging on the alluvial flats is to continue, large sums will have to be provided for compensation for damage to land and loss of riparian rights. The Eweburn Reservoir at Naseby, referred to in previous Statements, is now completed in a satisfactory manner, the total cost of the work being £15,689. Further amounts will be required for fencing and planting the reserve, and also for clearing out and increasing the carrying-capacity of the water-race. When these works are completed there will be an ample supply of water both for mining and irrigation purposes in the vicinity of Naseby. Subsidies have also been paid towards the cost of water-supplies at Karangahake and Waitekauri, and it is proposed to also assist other townships in the construction of works for domestic water-supplies. It is proposed to continue to acquire information as to suitable sites for dams and storage-reservoirs for water on the goldfields. As advantage has not yet been taken of the vote of £15,000 for the development of the lower alluvial drifts at Ross Flat, the vote will be again proposed on the estimates for the current year. The amount expended last financial year on works for the development of the goldfields was £21,815, while the liabilities amounted to £5,376, and it is proposed to take a vote of £45,000 for the current year.

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TELEGRAPH EXTENSION. The expenditure during the year under this head was £26,771, which includes £11,842 for additions to existing exchanges and new exchanges. The new exchanges opened were: Eltham, Inglewood, Manaia, Marton, Waitara, Feilding, Hawera, Stratford, and Palmerston (South). Trunk wires connecting the following exchanges have been erected, viz.: Hawera and Manaia ; Eltham and Stratford; Stratford and New Plymouth ; Waitara and New Plymouth; Palmerston (South) and Dunedin. The total number of subscribers to all exchanges at the end of the year — 31st March—was 7,150. The most important extensions to new districts were : Whitianga to Gumtown ; Mongonui to Peria; Tokatea to Cabbage Bay; Whakatane to Taneatua; Te Horo to Pipiriki; Mangaweka to Moawhango ; Nuhaka to Morere ; Waerengaokuri to Hangaroa; Awatere to Seddon; Denniston to Burnett's Face; Timaru to Gleniti; Merrivale to Clifden ; Drummond to Heddon Bush ; Colac Bay to Round Hill; Orepuki to Te Tua. Additional wire accommodation to existing lines has been provided by the erection of wires—Featherston to Masterton ; Feilding to Kimbolton; Dunedin to Lawrence ; Dunedin to Oamaru ; Clyde to Alexandra. The vote asked for this year is £38,709, and provides for additions to existing exchanges, new exchanges, additional wire accommodation, and extensions to new districts. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The expenditure upon our public buildings last year showed an increase upon the previous year. The increase is partly due to the spread of settlement in the country districts, rendering an increase in the number of post-offices, courthouses, police-stations. &c, absolutely necessary, and partly to an improved type of buildings having been adopted in recent years —all our more important structures now being erected in brick instead of wood. The appropriations proposed for the current year amount to £219,930 — namely, £47,035 under the Consolidated Fund, and £172,895 under the Public Works Fund. The principal works carried out last year or provided for this year are as follow : — General. The new library wing of the Parliament Buildings absorbed the bulk of the expenditure under this head, the only other items worthy of mention being the somewhat extensive repairs a,nd improvements to and the refurnishing of the Government House at Auckland, and the restoration of fire-damage, &c, at the Government House, Wellington. The vote for the current year provides for the erection of the necessary shelving in the new library and the completion of the furnishing of the building, also for the renovation of the House of Representatives and the Legislative Council Chambers and other old portions of the buildings, and altering the present library-rooms to Committee-rooms, &c. Sanitary and other improvements at the Departmental Buildings, Wellington, additions to Provincial Buildings, Christchurch, and other minor works are also provided for. Judicial. Courthouses. —New Courthouses have been erected or are in course of erection at Eketahuna, Dunedin, and the Bluff, new custodian's quarters at Christchurch, and extensive renovations and improvements have been effected at Auckland, Wanganui, and Greymouth. The principal works provided for this year are the continuation of operations on the new law-courts at Dunedin, new Magistrate's Court at Wellington, new Courthouses at Waihi, Te Awamutu, Opunake, Mangaweka, Collingwood, Temuka, Hampden, and Gore; also additions or extensive renovations at Whakatane, Wairoa, Napier, Waipawa, AVanganui, Carterton, Ahaura, Hokitika, Geraldine, Lawrence, and Invercargill.

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Gaols. —Only a comparatively small amount of work was done in connection with our gaol-buildings. The principal work in hand has been the erection of the Mount Eden Gaol, Auckland, repairs and drainage at the Terrace Gaol, Wellington, and some alterations and repairs at Gisborne. The estimates this year provide for the continuance of the work at Auckland, for Gaolers' residences at Dunedin and Westport, new gaol at Invercargill, and sundry minor works. Police-stations. —The principal work under this head last year was the completion of the new station at Auckland, on which the total expenditure has amounted to £7,170, of which £6,088 was expended during the late financial year. The other principal works were new stations at Cambridge, Mokau, Kimbolton, and Kaikoura; new quarters at the Thames ; and additions or extensive renovations at Pukekohe, Dannevirke, Opunake, Manaia, Normanby, Marton, Wellington, Ahaura, Greymouth, Kaiapoi, Christchurch, Southbridge, Timaru, and Fairlie. The principal works provided for this year are new stations at Hamilton West, Gisborne, Feilding, Akaroa, Waikouaiti, Arrowtown, Roxburgh, Outram, and Invercargill; new quarters at Waipawa, New Plymouth, Nelson, Westport, Timaru, Queenstown, and Bluff; purchase of additional land at Kaiapoi; and additions or extensive repairs at Dargaville, Aratapu, Warkworth, Auckland, Ngaruawahia, Gisborne, Napier, Clive, Inglewood, Hawera, Waverley, Kimbolton, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Blenheim, Lyell, Reefton, Hokitika, Cheviot, Rangiora, Southbridge, Glenavy, Caversham, Lawrence, and Winton. Post and Telegraph, The principal expenditure on Post and Telegraph buildings occurred in connection with the following : New offices at Parnell, Mangaweka, Masterton, Petone, South Wellington, Renwicktown, Wakapuaka, New Brighton, Mosgiel, Miller's Flat, and Bluff; also additions or extensive renovations at Te Aroha, Hamilton, Hokitika, Ashburton, and Mataura. This year provision is made for new offices at Dargaville, Aratapu, Ponsonby, Onehunga, Karangahake, Hamilton, Tarawera, Gisborne, Inglewood, Opunake, Wanganui, Feilding, Levin, Wereroa, Eketahuna, Takaka, Denniston, Kaikoura, Papanui, Sumner, Ashburton, Temuka, Shag Point, Caversham, Naseby, and Gore; and for additions or extensive repairs at Auckland, Otahuhu, Rotorua, Wairoa, New Plymouth, Hawera, Palmerston North, Nelson, Greymouth, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Clyde, Cromwell, Alexandra, Roxburgh, and Kaitangata. Lunatic Asylums. The expenditure on new works at our asylum buildings last year was almost exactly the same as during the previous year —namely, £17,712, against £17,667. The principal expenditure was again in connection with the Porirua Asylum, which absorbed £11,096. The other items do not call for special mention. This year another substantial vote is provided towards completing the Porirua Asylum, and also substantial, though smaller, votes for additions, and steam, electric light, and other appliances atSeacliff, additions at Auckland, Wellington, and Nelson, and minor works elsewhere. Schools. The amount voted for school-buildings last year was £84,700 —namely, £25,000 under the Consolidated Fund and £59,700 under the Public Works Fund. The expenditure amounted to £74,257 —namely, £25,000 under the former and £49,257 under the latter fund. This year we ask for a total vote of £80,555—namely, £25,000 under the Consolidated Fund and £55,555 under the Public Works Fund. As honourable members are aware, the bulk of this money is intrusted to the several Education Boards for expenditure, the only works directly controlled by the Government being the industrial and Native schools, and school for deaf-mutes, &c. Native schools were erected last year or are now in course of erection at Parengarenga, Tapuaeharuru, Oromahoe,

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Touwai, Rakamanga, Raorao, Waiotapu, and Te Haroto; also additions at Nuhaka and Koroniti, and the Maungatapu School was removed to Papamoa. A new site for the school for deaf-mutes was purchased, and the rebuildingworks at Caversham Industrial School were completed. This year provision is made for the building recently purchased for an industrial school at Mount Albert, Auckland, also for an industrial school for boys at Wellington and reformatory for girls in Canterbury, and for new building for the school for deafmutes, and additions to the industrial-school buildings at Burnham, &c. LIGHTHOUSES, HARBOUR-WORKS, AND HARBOUR DEFENCES. The only expenditure last year in connection with new lighthouses was for land compensation at Cape Palliser, and for further work on the new building at East Cape. This year provision is made for the completion of East Cape Lighthouse and for anncrw r light at Kaiourangi Point, and for the connection of sundry lighthouses with the telegraph system of the colony. The expenditure on harbour-works was trifling in amount, being only £365. This year a much larger expenditure is provided for, the principal items of which are as follows: New wharves at Maungaturoto, Manukau (sandspit), Mokau, Karamea, Bruce Bay, and Okuru; also for snagging the Mokau, Manawatu, and Little Wanganui Rivers, for repairs to the wharf at Okarito, and for harbour-improvement works at Collingwood, &c, &c. The vote for harbour-defences last year was £10,000, but, owing to the military authorities being so much occupied with the despatch of contingents to South Africa, and other matters, less attention was given to our harbour defences than would otherwise have been the case, so that the expenditure fell a good deal short of the vote. A large amount of work is required this year, including the construction of a new battery at Wellington in a more advantageous position than any of the existing forts, and also some very necessary works of defence in connection with our chief coal ports. The vote proposed for the current year is £20,000. Last year's vote for contingent defence was £40,000, which, however, was slightly exceeded, the total expenditure amounting to £42,810. This year a vote of £100,000 is provided for. CONCLUSION. Honourable members may rest assured that the allocation of the money for the various works has received most careful consideration; and, while there may be some disappointment with regard to the amounts set down for particular works, I am confident that it will be admitted that the allocation has been made upon a fair basis, and with a view to promoting the best interests of the colony.

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TABLES. Page No. I.—Total Expenditure:—Summary showing the Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Works and other services out of the Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1900 .. .. .. 2 No. 2.—Yearly Expenditure out of the Public Works Fund, 1880-81 to 1899-1900 .. .. 3 No. 3. —Railways :—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Railways, including Valuation of Provincial Lines, to 31st March, 1900 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 No. 4.-—Roads :—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Roads to 31st March, 1900 .. .. 5 Nos. 5 and sa.—Development op Goldfields :—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Development of Goldfields to 31st March, 1900 .. .. .. .. .. .. 87 No. 6. —Telegraphs : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Telegraphs to 31st March, 1900 .89 No. 7. —Public Buildings : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Buildings to 31st March, 1900 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 90 No. B.—Lighthouses and Harbour-works :—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Lighthouses and Harbour-works and Harbour Defences to 31st March, 1900 .. .. .. 91

APPENDICES. Appendix A.—Expenditure for the Year : —Audited Statement of Expenditure out of the Public Works Fund for the Year 1899-1900 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 92 „ B.—Total Liabilities : —Statement of all Liabilities of the Public Works Department outstanding on 31st March, 1900 .. .. ~ .. .. .. .. 94 C— Railways and Public Buildings Contracts : —Schedule of Contracts current on Ist April, 1899, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1900 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 95 „ D.—Sleeper Contracts : —Schedule of Sleeper Contracts current on Ist April, 1899, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1900 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 99 „ E. —Annual Report on Public Works, by the Engineer-in-Chief .. .. .. .. 101 Enclosures with Appendix E. 1. Table of Lengths of Government Railways authorised, constructed, and surveyed up to 31st March, 1900. 2. Diagrams showing miles of Government Railways opened in the North and South Islands, year by year since 1872. 3. Maps of the North and South Islands, showing Railways opened and in progress. „ F.—Midland Railway : —Report of Engineers on adhesion lines available over Arthur's Pass .. 115 Enclosure with Appendix F. 1. General Plan of Lines proposed. G. —Wellington and Manawatu Railway : —Proposals for Sale of Railway to Government .. 120

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* Table 4 also contains details of expenditure and liabilities under Q-overnment Loans to Local Bodies Account. t Includes expenditure under Lands Improvement Account, £300,929 128. sd., and £30,000 transferred from Consolidated Fund, previously applied in reduction of " Roads " Expenditure. J Includes expenditure under Native Lands Purchase Account, £491,980 is. id. § Includes £142 6s. 7d. charged to " Unauthorised."

Number of Table containing Details. Works. TOW \ jfesfltiSSt. »*» Xpenditure JJSSS2S Con31st March, 1899. L, -*» im j 31st March, 1900. 31s^*rch, e i900. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. . Works. « i * I 3 5 and 5A 6 Railways ..." Roads Development of go!d6elds Telegraphs Public buildings Lighthouses, harbour works, and harbour defences Departmental Coal-exploration and mine-development Aiding works on Thames goldfields Immigration Purchase of Native lands Defence ... Charges and expenses of raising loans ... Interest and sinking fund Rates on Native lands Thermal springs £ s. d. 16,032.365 18 6 4,963,114 14 it 598,630 10 11 829,285 18 9 2,272,859 6 2 950,070 13 o £ •. d. I £ s. d. 4'7,937 8 8 ; 16,450,303 7 2 285,389 19 5 ] 5,248,504 13 6 21,8 15 8 8 I 620,445 19 7 26,771 7 9 ! 856,057 6 6 115,426 12 6 : 2,388,285 18 8 9.025 '3 3 j 959.09 6 6 3 £ 8. d. 103,638 4 6 316,562 16 9 5.375 9 5 20,273 o o 44,346 9 4 3,988 19 10 £ s. d. '6,553.94' 11 8 5,565,067 10 3 625,821 9 o 876,330 6 6 2,432,632 8 o 963,085 6 1 Railways. Roads. I Development of goldfields. Telegraphs. Public buildings. Lighthouses, harbour works, and harbour defences. Departmental. Coal-exploration and mine-development. Aiding works on Thames goldfields. Immigration. Purchase of Native lands. Defence. Charges and expenses of raising loans. Interest and sinking fund. Rates on Native lands. Thermal springs. 7 8 ; i8of 1878 j 11 of 18;; 433,8 12 25 10,835 8 o 50,000 o o 2,147,120 o 10 1,904,257 3 4J 469.499 16 6 1,027,989 14 o 218.500 o o 62,809 10 10 '4.599 '3 2 12,571 14 3 i 446,383 16 8 10,835 8 o 50,000 o o 384 14 9 j 2,147,504 15 7 32,024 14 2§; 1,936,281 17 6 42,809 15 8 512,309 12 2 28,321 15 4 1,056,311 9 4 218,500 o o 743 1/ 8 63,553 8 6 '4,599 13 2 446.383 16 8 10,835 8 o 50,000 o o 2,147,660 14 11 1,936,281 17 6 512,309 12 2 1,056,311 9 4 218,500 o o 64,107 14 2 '4.599 '3 2 33,473.868 17 5 '55 '9 4 I ... I 554 5 8 i Totals Totals. 3'.985,75° 'o 6fJ 993.223 2 ■ I 32,978,973 '2 7 j 494.895 4 10 . £ 8 - d - Less interest on overdue instalments of loans raised o i3 3 Recoveries on account of services of previous years — RoadB ... ... 347 o 5 £ s.d. Less interest on overdue instalments of loans raised o 13 3 Recoveries on account of services of previous years — Roads ... ... 347 o 5 £347 13 8 347 '3 8 I 347 '3 8 ... I G-band Totals 31.985.75° IO 6 993.223 2 1 ; 32,978,625 18 11 G-rand Totals. 494,895 4 >° 33.473.52' 3 9

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TABLE No. 3. EXPENDITURE on Railways to 31st March, 1900, and Liabilities on that Date.

Expenditure during Expenditure during Year 1899-1900 'including £2,648 3s. 3d. distributed pbom Stock of •ermanent-way). Total Expenditure by General Government, and Liabilities, 31st March, 1900. Valuation of Works constructed by Provinces. ■ •* n ■ »n i * ■ « ■ ■ iiuii-i JJU1UUU -*■ Total Expenditure by Lines of Railway. General New Works. Government to 31st March, 1899. Permanent- £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. Kaihu Valley 54,858 19 2 Kawakawa • •• •■ 79,367 17 7 1,105 17 11 WhlngS to iamo Extension 135,970 8 2 1,424 2 20.1,160 10 0 HelenJviUa Northwards 83,763 6 0 7,687 1110 Kaipara co Waikato .. .. •■ •• 1,168,427 17 1 Cambridge Branch .. .. .. •• 51,065 9 9 Waikato to Thames — :: :: :: ™:iS I I r,»ie » *.«o o Paeroa to Waihi .. .. • ■ • ■ • • 398 15 4 Thames Valley to Rotorua— Morrinsville to Lichfield .. .. •• 161,455 7 0 Putaruru to Rotorua.. .. .• •• 191,866 11 7 M Ntr h End eAWamUtU T 322,938 5 6 15,495 0 6 South End : 323,184 11 8 30,683 12 Gisborne to Ormond Tramway .. .. •■ 4,975 1 7 •• Gisborne to Karaka .. .. • • • • • • 501 14 5 Wellington to Napier— Napier to Woodville and Palmerston North .. 787,667 4 3 Total New Works. £ s. d. 1,105 17 11 263 12 2 7,687 11 10 Works on Open ijines. 0]d Liabilities £ s. d. 107 0 7 1,314' 2 9 3,347 4 9 £ s. d. 29 1!) 5 70 10 6 £ a. d. £ s. d. Surveys. I Rolling-stook. Total Expenditure by General Government, 31st March, 1900. OJ.SU HXtblUll, J.3UVJ. £ s. d. 54,995 19 2 80,473 15 6 137,618 13 7 91,450 17 10 1,-171,775 1 10 51,065 9 9 139,101 7 6 184,010 15 0 398 15 4 161,552 5 2 192,399 10 5 338,433 6 0 353,867 12 10 I 4,975 1 7 i 501 14 5 795,747 1 4 1,150,580 18 4 42,116 3 4 [ 1,310,789 6 11 162,671 14 4 16,503 15 2 83,170 8 9 37,008 2 11 166,471 11 11 187,670 16 4 187,512 15 7 279,088 14 8 j 880 7 2 i 1,479,500 12 1 51,467 7 11 44,276 12 10 71,641 18 5 85,702 8 8 93.556 6 3 66,796 18 0 47,724 17 1 73,777 4 1 61,582 16 9 107,491 10 2 53,649 0 4 542 6 2 5,152 2 8 2,432,435 11 3 95,826 8 7 24,986 15 9 1,277 8 10 6,473 14 9 11,908 8 11 161,885 7 2 82,127 17 7 32,982 16 3 118,949 15 8 91.557 18 0 109,674 13 4 52,307 i 8 7,445 1 0 602 2 5 110,338 6 2 807,640 3 9 255,611 5 11 27,216 18 7 214,722 18 7 21,682 16 3 10,336 19 11 23,763 15 9 37,680 14 7 25,000 0 0 2,029,559 19 3 30,614 0 2 Total Expenditure by General Government, 31st March, 1900. Expenditure by General Liabilities. Government, and Liabilities, j-jjajuiiiuiu&, 31st March, 1900. £ s. d. £ s. d. 34 7 9 55,030 6 11 195 1 10 80,668 17 4 1,856 11 1 139,475 4 8 2,646 0 11 94,096 18 9 1,171,775 1 10 51,065 9 9 139,101 7 6 13 2 0 184,023 17 0 1,028 4 10 1,427 0 2 161,552 5 2 14.6 10 11 192,546 1 4 3,346 17 8 341,780 3 8 11,254 7 7 365,122 0 5 4,975 1 7 1,511 11 10 2,013 6 3 74 7 0 795,821 8 4 224 19 7 1,150,805 17 11 150 0 0 42,266 3 4 1,310,789 6 11 162,671 14 4 11 1 5 16,514 16 7 10,733 14 7 93,904 3 4 2,350 3 8 39,358 6 7 166,471 11 11 187,670 16 4 187,512 15 7 18,648 7 8 297,737 2 i 1,166 18 11 2,047 6 1 1,479,500 12 1 51,467 7 11 44,276 12 10 71,641 18 5 85,702 8 8 93.556 6 3 66,796 18 0 47,724 17 1 73,777 4 1 61,582 16 9 107,491 10 2 53,649 0 4 542 6 2 5,152 2 8 2,432,435 11 3 95,826 8 7 24,986 15 9 j 1,277 8 10 6,473 14 9 11,908 8 11 161,885 7 2 82,127 17 7 32,982 16 3 118,949 15 8 91.557 18 0 109,674 13 4 52,307 4 8 7,445 1 0 602 2 5 425 14 10 110,764 1 0 12,739 5 0 820,379 8 9 255,611 5 11 27,216 18 7 407 2 8_ 215,130 1 3 _ 761 10 10 22,444 7 1 10 336 19 11 9 18 2 23,773 13 11 63 15 7 37,744 10 2 25,000 0 0 7,702 8 1 2,037,262 7 4 I I 26,136 0 1 56,750 0 3 Liabilities. of Total Works Expenditure and T „ constructed Liabilities, LlNHS 0F B « I - WAlf - by 31st March, 1900. Provinoes. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 , 55,030 6 11 Kaiku Valley. 80,668 17 4 Kawakawa. 139,475 4 8 Whangarei to Kanio Extension. 94,096 18 9 Helensville Northwards. 1,171,775 110 Kaipara to Waikato. 51,065 9 9 Cambridge Branch. Waikato to Thames— 139,101 7 6 Hamilton to Tβ Aroha. 184,023 17 0 Te Aroha to Thames. 1,427 0 2 Paeroa to Waihi. Thames Valley to Botorua— 161,552 5 2 Morrinsville to Lichfield. 192,546 1 4 Putaruru to Rotorua. Marton to Te Awamutu— 341,780 3 8 North End. 365,122 0 5 South End. 4,975 1 7 Gisborne to Ormond Tramway. 2,013 6 3 Gisborne to Karaka. Wellington to Napier— 795,821 8 4 Napier to Woodville and Palmers. ton North. 1,150,805 17 11 Wellington to Woodville, including Te Aro Extension. 42,266 3 4 Wellington to Foxton. 1,310,789 6 11 Foxton to Waitara. 162,67114 4 Nelson to Roundell. Midland Railway— 16,514 16 7 Belgrove Section. 93,904 3 4 Otira Section. 39,358 6 7 Springfield Section. 166,4711111 Greymouth to Nelson Creek. 187,670 16 4 Greymouth to Hokitika, 187,512 15 7 Westport to Ngakawau. Pioton to Waipara— 297,737 2 4 Picton to Cheviot. 2,047 6 1 Waipara to Cheviot. Hurunui to Waitaki— 316,135 0 0 J,795, 635 12 1 Main Line. 51,467 7 11 Oxford Branch. 44,276 12 10 Eyreton Branch. 340,500 0 0 412,141 18 5 Lyttelton Branch. 85,702 8 8 Southbridge Branch. 93.556 6 3 Springfield & Whitecliffs Branches. 75,124 0 0 141,920 18 0 Faillie Creek Branch. 47,724 17 1 Waimate Branch. 73,777 4 1 Ashburton Forks Branch. 61,582 16 9 Upper Ashburton Branch. 107,49110 2 Little River Branch. Canterbury Interior Main Line— 53,649 0 4 Oxford to Maivern. 542 6 2 Whitecliffs to Rakaia. 5,152 2 8 Temuka to Rangitata. Waitaki to Bluff— 82,258 17 3 2,514,694 8 6 Main Line, including Port dialmers Branch. 37,500 0 0 133,326 8 7 Duntroon Branch. 58,009 0 0 82,995 15 9 Ngapara Branch. 1,277 8 10 Fernhill Railway Purchase. 12,829 0 0 19,302 14 9 Brighton Road Branch. 29,691 0 0 41,599 8 11 Outram Branch. 161,885 7 2 Lawrence Branch. 82,127 17 7 Livingstone Branch. 32,982 16 3 Waihemo Branch. 118,949 15 8 Catlin's River Branch. .1,557 18 0 Heriotburn Branch. 109,674 13 4 Waimea Plains Branch. 52,307 4 8 Toitois Branch. 7,445 1 0 I Riversdale to Switzer's. , 602 2 5 I Kelso to Gore. 110,764 1 0 Seaward Bush to Catlin's. 820,379 8 9 i Otago Central. Invercargill to Kingston— 91,937 5 2 347,548 11 1 Main Line. 27,216 18 7 Mararoa Branch. an nr.i- n n oirr a n>r ■. o (Makarewa to Orepuki and Waiau. 60,297_.0 0 j 275,427 1 4. {Thoimbury to Wairio 22,444 7 1 Forest Hill. 10,336 19 11 Expense of Railway Commissions, &c, not chargeable to Individual Lines. Surveys of New Lines— 23,773 13 11 North Island. 37,744 10 2 I Middle Island. 25,000 0 0 Permanent-way for Railway Department. 2,037,262 7 4 Rolling-stock. 56,750 0 3 Stock of Permanent-way. ( Or. 392' 0 0 6,777 18 3 onn it: a 6,777 18 3 398 15 4 779 7 9 398 15 4 96 18 2 514 4 0 18 14 10 15,495 0 6 15,495 0 6 30,683 1 2 30,683 1 2 CA1 1 A K 501 14 5 501'14 5 7,978 4 1 7,978 4 1 101 13 0 Wellington to Woodville, including Te Aro Ex- 1,139,202 18 6 138 17 4 tension Wellington to Foxton .. 42,116 3 4 Foxton to Waitara 1,298,302 13 8 Nelson to Roundell .. .. •• •• 162,54112 2 Midland Railwav— ».»«.» „ Belgrove Section 14,387 18 0 2,115 17 2 Otira Section 51,392 8 7 31,778 0 2 Springfield Section 16,269 18 11 20,738 4 0 Greymouth to Nelson Creek .. .. .. 166,4711111 ... Greymouth to Hokitika .. .. •• 187,542 0 3 Westport to Ngakawau.. .. .. ■• 187,512 15 7 Pi |i° c tontoct a vTo7 254,308 7 8 15,349 9 7 9,047 3 1 Waipara to Cheviot .. .. .. .. • • 880 7 2 Hurunui to Waited 1471277 14 0 Main Line .. •• •• •• •■ ' ivAL i -^ Oxford Branch ' . J Eyreton Branch 71' 285 13 3 Lyttelton Branch '™ Southbridge Branch " Springfield and Whiteoliffs Branches .. .. 93,516 10 0 Fairlie Creek Branch 'g 11 Waimate Branch .. 41'583 13 4 Ashburton Forks Branch ■ Id 4 Upper Ashburton Branch ,"'*' ' Little River Branch 107,473 13 8 Canterbury Interior Main Line— Oxford to Malvern 53,649 0 4 Whitecliffs to Rakaia .. • • • ■ 5 *2 b j Temuka to Rangitata .. •• -- 1 5,15.4 £ a Waitaki to Bluff— j Main Line, including Port Chalmers Branch .. 2,412,079 7 5 138 17 4 138 17 4 11,061 18 9 1,061 18 9 177 3 9 12,486 13 3 130 12 2 n /tac 10 o 2,486 13 3 130 12 2 Or. . 0 10 0 2,115 17 2 01 rjiro r\ a 31,778 0 2 cte\ rroo a (\ 2,115 17 2 31,778 0 2 20,738 4 0 20,738 4 0 128 16 1 128 16 1 9,047 3 1 24,396 12 8 24,396 12 8 880 7 2 383 14 4 383 14 4 880 7 2 8,158 18 7 8,158 18 7 63 19 6 856 5 2 49 15 8 39 16 3 269 4 2 4 7 11 193 10 9 225 4 2 17 16 6 tic/? k a S56 5 2 49 15 8 on 1 a o 39 16 3 269 4 2 A rr 1 1 4 7 11 193 10 9 nne a n 225 4 2 17 16 6 20,356 3 10 10,856 3 10 Duntroon Branch 04'qsR 15 g Ngapara Branch .. •• •• •• 2 * 15 9 Fernhill Railway Purchase i'J ' .J , Brighton Road Branch 6,473 14 a Outram Branch 8 8 Lawrence Branch .. •■ •• •• 'J' ' „ Livingstone Branch 82,025 18 to Waihemo Branch 32,982 16 3 Catlin's River Branch l^'lit is n Heriotburn Branch iro'o48 2 5 Waimea Plains Branch 109,048 2 5 Toitois Branch i'llk T n Riversdale to Switzer's .. -• 602 2 5 o SoiE!F toCat " n ' s :: :: :: «:« % I 455 U . ».5?i! ? fc Iri£ tokiiisston - "E'sss? Mararoa Branch • 27,21b 18 7 Mo.Vii.rewa to Orenuki and Waiau .. I 311.4,13-12—3-1 21J 9_£1 . • 15 4 10 15 4 10 22 0 8 60 0 0 101 19 1 22 0 8 60 0 0 101 19 1 160 0 0 626'10 11 acid 1 n 11 626 10 11 38 19 0 650 14 2 ' 585' 7 0 7,14711 5 10,099 18 7 41,310 8 3 38 19 0 650 14 2 53' 7 0 3,613 11 4 3,613 11 4 Makarewa to Orepuki and Waiau .. I 314,1113 19! 8 an q n .. 211 9 0 917 6 4 6,407 1 2 97 17 4 97 17 4 iVlEtiii.edJ.cWUi uu uiujjiiin "».■ ttti— ■ ■ ■ Thornbury to Wairio .. .. • ■ J Forest Hill . • ■ • ■ • • • ' • Expenses of Railway Commissions and other Jixpenditure not chargeable to Individual Lines 15,275 15 1 5,489 14 10 10,336 19 11 Surveys of New Lines— North Island Middle Island Permanent-way for Railway Department 21,611 8 8 36,213 9 11 25,000 0 0 2,152 7 1 1,467 4 8 Stock, Mar. 31,1899, Permanent-way, £33,262 3 5 1,884,533 14 0 33,262 3 5 1 c nao QftK 1Q P. 145,026 5 3 Stock of Permanent-way decreased by 2,648 3 3 16,032,365 18 e 2,648 3 3 16,032,365 18 6 2,648 3 3 £30,614 0 2 Total .. 16,029,717 15 3 178,940 14 11 16,029,717 15 3 178,940 14 11 19,097 5 0 198,037 19 11 78,226 17 0 674 18 0 3,619 11 9 145,026 5 3 tl6,450,303 7 2 tl6,450,303 7 2 103,638 i 6 16,553,941 11 8 1 103,638 i 6 16,553,941 11 8 1,104,281 2 5 1,104,281 2 5 17,658,222 14 1 .. ..Total. * Does not include amount expended out of Consolidated Fund, viz., £35 15s. 7d. t Includes amount jxpended on purchase of district railways, £477,487 7s. lid.

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Name of Work. Connty. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st Marcli, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc. Auckland Land District — Bridge over Kaitaia (Smith's gate) Homestead Blocks, Mongonui North Shore-Awanui Mongonui Parish-Awanui (main road) .. f Victoria Valley to Main Roaa Houhoura-Awanui Ahipara to Herekino Victoria Valley Road Board (liabilities of) Maungataniwha Oruru-Mangamuka Oruru-Pern Plat-Manganuka (widening, formation, and bridging) Oruru-Hikurangi Bridge over Puhi River, Mangonui Takahue-Herekino Larmer's-Takahue Kaitaia- Ahipara Mongonui County roads Beach Road at Mongonui Kohumaru Block Otukai Block Maungataniwha (VI.) Block Maungataniwha Block Takahue Block Awanui-Waiharera-Kaikino Road (formation and bridging) Awanui- West Coast Awanui-Hohoura Road (formation and bridging) .. Mangatoetoe Mon gonui-Taipa-A wanui Taipa-Awanui Road (formation and bridging) Takahue Village-Victoria Valley Viotoria Valley-Kaitaia Connecting Main Road at Peria with Victoria Valley Road (bridging) (to account) Fairburn's Road (metalling) Warkworth-Awanui (see also under North Shore, Awanui, in separate counties) Mongonui Bay of Islands .. £ s. d. 20 0 0 454 15 6 1,243 13 3 986 2 2 150 0 0 2,592 7 2 37 10 0 603 6 9 125 0 0 4 5 6 68 10 0 486 3 0 100 0 0 165 0 0 1,100 0 0 £ S. d. 583 1 5 345 8 3 22 0 0 74 4 0 25 0 0 48 18 4 273 18 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 £ s. d. 20 0 0 454 15 6 1,826 14 8 1,331 10 5 150 0 0 2,614 7 2 37 10 0 677 10 9 125 0 0 25 0 0 53 3 10 68 10 0 760 1 0 100 0 0 240 0 0 1,100 0 0 50 0 0 £ s. d. 205 17 4 200 9 9 178 0 0 80 15 0 25 0 0 91 1 8 30 7 0 50 0 0 400 0 0 120 16 0 105 0 0 13 9 0 114 19 0 100 0 0 £ s. d. 20 0 C 454 15 6 2,032 12 C 1,532 0 8 150 0 C 2,792 7 S 37 10 C 758 5 S 125 0 C 50 0 C 144 5 6 68 10 C 790 8 C 100 0 C 240 0 C 1,100 0 C 100 0 C 400 0 C 200 0 C 120 0 C 420 4 C 200 0 C 200 0 C 404 4 0 39 13 6 79 4 0 15 0 0 2 11 0 45 7 6 100 0 0 79 4 0 15 0 0 406 15 0 85 1 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 75 0 0 300 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 91 4 3 50 0 0 150 *0 0 175 0 C 100 0 C 100 0 C 350 0 C 100 0 C 150 0 C 350 0 C 150 0 C 50 0 0 150 0 0 58 15 9 150 0 0 I 58 15 9 300 0 0 Mongonui, Whangaroa, Bay of Islands, Whangarei, Otamatea, and Rodney Mongonui, Hokianga, Bay of Islands 15,620 10 9 15,620 10 9 400 0 0 400 0 C 15,620 10 £ Okaihau to Victoria Valley 8,230 4 3 123 5 6 8,353 9 9 104 17 9 8,458 7 €

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County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, <tc., 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Name of Work. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. Roai/S, Bridges, etc. — continued. .uckland Land District — continued. Victoria Valley River Bridge at Hobson's Farm Takahue-Whangape Block Totara-Whangaroa to Kaeo North Shore-Awanui .. .. .. 1 Kaeo Parish-Mangonui Parish (main road) J Kaeo-Whangaroa Whangaroa County Roads Iwitaua to Kaeo Kaeo-Waimate Totara Foreshore Bridge (renewing) Waikoura Bridge (repairs) Mongonui boundary to Iwataua Whangaroa Coast Road Whangaroa-Kaeo (widening bridging, (fee.) Otoroa, Road to Matawherohia-Kaeo Kaeo-Waimate Road, through Woodville to Matauri Bay of Islands District Main Road, Lot 2, Block XIV., Hukerenui S.D. .. Opua-Waimate Kawakawa Roads North Shore-Awanui Hukerenui-Kaeo Parish (main road) .. J Hukerenui South-Waiotu Valley Russell-Whangamru (formation and bridging) Owae Settlement-Kawakawa Waimate-Hukerenui Utakura Bridge Waitangi-Kaikohe Hayter's-Morrow's Ngapipito Road Motatau .. .. Ohaeawai Kaikohe Ohaeawai-Okaihau Ohaeawai-Waitangi (metalling) Okaihau, Victoria Valley from junction Okaihau-Ohaeawai-Hokianga boundary Mongonui Mongonui and Hokianga.. Whangaroa Bay of Islands .. 1,730 6 6 550 0 0 18 12 0 1,748 18 6 550 0 0 100 0 0 51 1 6 100 0 0 1,800 0 0 550 0 0 595 19 6 310 10 2 906 9 8 289 9 10 1,195 19 6 175 10 0 900 0 0 300 0 0 832 16 3 100 0 0 200 0 0 24 10 0 100 0 0 17 3 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 1,000 0 0 300 0 0 850 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 475 10 0 200 0 0 182 16 3 100 0 0 675 10 0 1,200 0 0 300 0 0 1,032 16 3 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 34,903 16 5 119 14 9 1,633 7 11 150 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 Bay of islands 34,903 16 5 119 14 9 1,433 7 11 150 0 0 164 3 6 34,903 16 5 119 14 9 1,597 11 5 150 0 0 35 16 6 924 13 8 457 13 6 1,382 7 2 142 6 6 1,524 13 8 . " 200 0 0 82 14 9 282 14 9 7 11 3 100 0 0 35 0 0 200 0 0 290 6 0 100 0 0 35 0 0 200 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 50 5 6 887 14 10 50 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 350 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 50 5 6 104 8 8 24 10 6 73 0 0 100 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 50 5 6 692 3 6 24 10 6 73 0 0 100 0 0 587 14 10 195 11 4 25 9 6 177 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liahilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ S. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Pungaere Settlement-Kerikeri Ruapekapeka - Kawakawa (formation, widening, &c.) Waipapa-Kaipiro Stream (road between) Ruapekapeka- Waiotu Bridge Utakura Road deviation Ramarama Valley Towai-Ramarama (Wyat's Junction) formation and metalling Junction Ramarama Road, Section 49 to Section 23, in Block V., Hukerenui District (formation and bridging) Old Great North Road, Section 112, Parish of Ruapekapeka Ranganui-Puketotara Waiotu Valley-Hukerenui (Galbraith's), formation and bridging) Whangae-Opua Road Great North Road-Waitangi- Wairoa (formation) .. Towai to Ruapekapeka .. .. .'. Tikiponga Hill-Paranui Bridge Waitangi Bridge Main North Road-Waiotu Block Road through Native land near Waihou Paeroa Stream Bridge Ruapekapeka Block Tirohanga-Pakaru Okaihau-Kerikeri Waikerikeri Bridge Herekino Herd's Point, Takahue Hokianga Bridge Manganui Bluff Road Okaihau-Horeke Kaiku-Kaikohe Awatuna Improved-farm Settlement Manganui Bluff to Kaihu Rangitira (Opanaki-Hokianga) Improved-farm Settlement Bay of Islands .. Bay of Islands .. 51 18 3 1,278 11 8 400 0 0 100 0 0 13 13 0 300 0 0 40 0 0 •■ 300 0 0 97 12 9 173 13 0 300 0 0 149 11 0 1,452 4 8 400 0 0 100 0 0 13 13 0 300 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 494 13 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 130 2 0 175 1 0 7,918 5 5 40 0 0 96 9 0 250 0 0 385 1 0 1,855 3 8 4,018 15 0 2,355 3 5 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 475 7 3 126 7 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 60 0 0 75 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 624 18 3 1,578 11 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 60 0 0 75 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 313 18 0 300 0 0 40 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 160 0 0 200 0 0 8,018 6 7 40 0 0 96 9 0 450 0 0 385 1 0 2,221 15 9 4,018 15 0 2,983 5 7 300 0 0 474 13 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 5 6 8 " " . 91 9 0 7,864 3 9 40 0 0 96 9 0 250 0 0 385 1 0 1,804 17 2 4,018 15 0 2,171 11 7 130 2 0 83 12 0 54 1 8 200 0 0 29 18 0 24 19 0 100 1 2 I Hokianga 200 0 0 " 50 6 6 366 12 1 183 11 10 628 2 2 // • • m * •

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net E Z P ™f tUre ! Total Net Expenditure to m M m tk«mM ! Expenditure to 31st March 1899. 31st Marcli 1900 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, <fcc, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Takahue to Mangonuiowae Katui Improved- farm Settlement Kohukohu to Raukatapu Mangatu Improved-farm Settlement Waimamaku Bridge Auckland Special Settlement, Mangakahia Lower Waihou Road Section 55, Block VII., Whangape Waimamaku to Pakanae Taheke-Otau Opanaki-Hokianga Kohukohu-Takahue-Herd's Point Waimamaku District Mangonuiowae-Whangape Hokianga County Roads Waimamaku Waimamaku-Punakitere Herekino-Whangape Maungaru-Mangakahia Omanaia-Hokianga Heads Omanaia-Rawene Te Awaroa North Waimamaku Settlement Taheke Bridge Punakitere Settlement Roads Hokianga Heads-Ohawai, via Rawene Part Block VII., Waipoua S.D. .. Mangonuiowae Waihu-Umawhero Road Waimamakau Settlement, Road to head of Punaketere Settlement, Bridge over Otaua River .. Mangonuiowae Block Punakitere (XIV., XV.) Tutamoe (I., II.) Block, Waimataniii Block Waipoua Block.. Marlborough Association Kohukohu-Motukaraka Kaikohe-Taheke Hokianga Bay of Islands .. 2,931 7 7 520 18 3 724 12 9 2,527 8 8 606 8 9 238 10 11 284 11 0 2,132 16 10 93 16 6 10,472 11 7 605 19 3 197 0 1 592 10 0 191 2 10 1,248 17 0 209 12 10 329 9 9 131 12 4 40 11 3 186 11 4 218 0 3 170 9 10 199 5 5 104 18 10 92 16 4 185 13 7 2,931 7 7 730 11 1 1,054 2 6 2,659 1 0 606 8 9 279 2 2 284 11 0 186 11 4 2,350 17 1 93 16 6 10,472 11 7 170 9 10 605 19 3 396 5 6 592 10 0 296 1 8 1,341 13 4 185 13 7 105 3 11 70 10 3 37 6 5 20 17 10 13 8 8 27 0 9 29 10 2 67 5 0 10 18 4 107 3 8 114 6 5 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 42 18 6 9 17 10 195 16 9 29 15 8 2,931 7 7 835 15 0 1,124 12 9 2,696 7 5 606 8 9 300 0 0 284 11 0 200 0 0 2,377 17 10 93 16 6 10,472 11 7 200 0 0 605 19 3 463 10 6 592 10 0 307 0 0 1,448 17 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 420 0 0 1,547 14 0 559 8 6 394 19 6 250 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 330 0 0 2,200 0 0 157 1 6 490 2 2 4 3 3 143 9 6 157 1 6 490 2 2 4 3 3 390 4 4 1,547 14 0 371 4 6 270 5 2 246 14 10 1,547 14 0 264 7 11 269 13 2 106 16 7 0 12 0 188 4 0 124 14 4 250 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 330 0 0 103 1 0 654 12 9 330 0 0 757 13 9 1,442 6 3 4,129 1 11 1,191 18 9 525 17 3 500 0 0 69 15 5 26 5 3 97 17 8 4,129 1 11 1,261 14 2 552 2 6 597 17 8 2 10 2 47 17 6 52 2 4 4,129 1 11 1,264 4 4 600 0 0 650 0 0 Hokianga and Bay of Isl'nds

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900 Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. -UCkland Land District — continued. Hukerenui Block IL-Whakapara Railway-station.. Motatau Block Mangakahia Bridge (to account) Mangapai Whananaki Wharf Mahurangi-Whangarei Bridge over Wairua River Waipu to Mangawhai Jordan .. .. Puhipuhi Opuawhanga Bridge over Mongonui River Maungakaramea-Ruarangi Puatangata to Railway-station, Puatangata Mangakahia Block IV. Whangarei Heads Wairua to Sandy Bay Wairua-Helena Bay Purua Bridge .. .. .... Whangarei through Taheke Old North Road Purua, Ruatangata, and Mangakahia Hikurangi-Otonga Waipu Road and Wharf Block II., Tangihua Kaimatnakau Otonga Bridge Mangapai to Mareritu Blocks XIII. and XIV., Opuawhanga, and Blocks III. and IV., Whangarei Hukerenui Blocks X., XL Caves-McLaughlin's Hukerenui-Whakapara (main road) Braigh Tikiponga Hill Helena Bay Road Wb ananak i, Helen a Bay-Wh akapara Railway- statioD McPhee's Bay-Otonga East Whangarei and Bay of Isl'ds Whangarei Bay of Islands and Marsden Bay of Islands Bay of Islands and Manakau Marsden £ s. d. 278 10 7 384 13 6 500 0 0 132 2 0 129 15 3 539 7 0 120 0 0 200 0 0 385 5 2 100 0 0 155 5 6 96 4 6 400 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,540 3 6 1,888 13 10 200 0 0 1,262 19 7 201 10 8 3,204 17 3 250 0 0 250 0 0 635 6 0 200 0 0 225 4 3 502 0 6 133 4 0 £ S. d. 200 0 0 86 13 7 200 0 0 100 0 0 £ S. d. 200 0 0 278 10 7 471 7 1 500 0 0 132 2 0 129 15 3 539 7 0 120 0 0 200 0 0 385 5 2 100 0 0 155 5 6 296 4 6 400 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 1,540 3 6 1,888 13 10 200 0 0 1,262 19 7 201 10 8 3,499 3 11 400 0 0 300 0 0 635 6 0 200 0 0 225 4 3 502 0 6 309 15 0 £ s. d. 328 12 11 30 0 0 £ s. d. 200 0 0 278 10 7 800 0 0 500 0 0 132 2 0 129 15 3 539 7 0 120 0 0 200 0 0 385 5 2 100 0 0 155 5 6 326 4 6 400 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 1,540 3 6 1,888 13 10 200 0 0 1,262 19 7 201 10 8 3,504 17 3 450 0 0 300 0 0 635 6 0 250 0 0 225 4 3 502 0 6 309 15 0 294 6 8 150 0 0 50 0 0 5 13 4 50 0 0 50 0 0 176 11 0 139 16 9 160 17 200 0 0 299 18 4 200 0 0 299 18 4 200 0 0 300 0 0 1C0 0 0 1C0 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 37 10 0 75 0 0 37 10 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 12 10 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 .

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Mouths ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. .uckland Land District — continued. Otonga-Whananaki Otonga East Main Road Kiripaka Coal-mines Ngunguru-Sandy Bay Whareora-Taheke Ruatangata Railway-station Tangihua, Maungatapere, and Maungakaramea Great North Road (Wbangarei-Otaika) Whakapara-Mangapai (main road) Waikiekie Cove Deviation East Branch Hunter's Road.. Whangarei Heads Wharf Cemetery Wharf Extension Waiotama Bridge (Maungatapere to Tangiteroria).. Giles's Corner-Great North Road Grahamstown-Parua Bay Hikurangi-Jordan Jordan-Hukerenui Station (bridge-road) Maunu-Maungatapere-Mangakahia Marsden Point to Waipu Mareretu-Finlayson's-Waipu Opuawhanga-Otonga East Three-mile Bush (repairing) Tangihua No. 2-Tangiteroria Tangiteroria-Mangakahia Tokatoka-Mangapai Waipu Wharf extension, Waipu Waiotu Bridge (Hutchinson's) Waipu Bridge (damage by floods) Kauaeranga Block Opuawhanga to Whangarei Opuawhanga No. 1 Block Wairua Bridge and Road Ruatangata Opuawhanga-Whananaki Whangarei Marsden 37 10 0 75 0 0 60 0 0 64 0 0 70 0 0 310 19 6 340 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 37 10 0 75 0 0 60 0 0 64 0 0 70 0 0 310 19 6 340 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 62 10 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 36 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 89 0 6 60 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 70 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,347 4 6 200 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 235 0 0 608 10 O 100 0 0 853 12 O 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 902 1 6 6 19 9 200 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 909 1 3 200 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 438 3 3 /*: 100 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 608 10 0 100 0 0 603 12 0 608 10 0 100 0 0 853 0 0 235 0 0 249 8 0 6 12 0

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Name c£ Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, 4c., 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Waipu River, (£1 for £1), (deepening) Maungatapere Road Wairoa Bridge, Tangiteroria (to account) Maungakaramea Maungakaramea-Tangihua North River, Waipu Drevers-Otonga East .. Grahamstown, Whangarei Otonga East-Whananaki Whareora-Grahamstown North Shore-Awanui .. .. .. | Waikiekie Parish-Hukerenui (main road) Y Waipu-Hukerenui (main road) .. .. J Ngunguru-Main Road Waipu (Blocks VI. and VII.) Waipu to Mareretu Whareora-Taheke-Pataua Opuawhanga to main road Waipu Central Ruakaka-North River Whananaki-Nguuguru Parua to Taheke Parua Bay Hikurangi-Jordan Flat Kaitara Waipu Cove Whangarei Bridge Whangarei Bridge (£1 for £1) Whangarei Footbridge Hikurangi Maunu-Otuhe Otuhe Forest Mangakahia (Blocks XL, XII., XV., and XVI.) .. Marsden Point Wharf Marsden Point Kaimanuka, and Finlayson's Road Waipu North Hukerenui-Waiotu Grahamstown Whangarei Marsden 397 3 2 475 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 675 1 11 200 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 300 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 0 499 9 3 895 18 4 200 0 0 752 5 6 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 150 11 6 100 0 0 70 0 0 303 4 8 436 19 5 397 3 2 475 0 0 70 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 978 6 7 200 0 0 436 19 5 500 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 302 4 3 400 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 0 499 9 3 895 18 4 200 0 0 1,332 0 9 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 250 11 6 100 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 80 0 0 12 18 5 353 0 7 300 0 0 100 0 0 397 3 2 400 0 0 475 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 991 5 0 200 0 0 790 0 0 800 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 560 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 499 9 3 895 18 4 200 0 0 2,000 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 250 11 6 100 0 0 2 4 3 97 15 9 100 0 0 579 15 3 667 19 3 100 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ S. a. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. uckland . Land District — continued. Opuawhanga Whangarei No. 1 Block Ngunguru Ferry Ngunguru Block Mangapai-Waikiekie Kauri Mountain Road Kauri Mountain-Pataua Kaueranga Dargaville to Aratapu Maungaru Block Dargaville-Tangiteroria Maropiu (Block III., Kaihu) Opanake Block.. Avoca Block Opanake-Hokianga Opanake-Mongonui Bluff Wilking's Road, near Kaihu Lusks's Road Kaihu-Mongonui Bluff .. Dargaville-Whangarei Aratapu Main Road (metalling) Aratapu-Opanake Mongonui Bluff-West Coast Arapohue-Kohekohe Tangiteroria Bridge (to account), (£1 for £1) Okahu River Bridge .. .. .. ., Mangakahia River (snagging) Aratapu-Mititai ferry-service, Wairoa River (subsidy) Auckland Special Settlement Block Avoca Special Settlement Dargaville-Kaikohe Mangawhare-Opanake Mangatu Special Settlement (vid Mongonui Bluff)West Coast Maungaru Spn;cial Settlement Omu Wharf, Avoca Draining Tatarariki Okahu Wairoa Ferry, Dargaville Whangarei Hobson Marsden Bay of Islands .. Marsden Bay of Islands .. 476 5 6 89 0 0 661 9 9 450 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 524 8 8 400 0 0 111 4 8 1,400 0 0 200 0 0 92 2 11 458 0 0 2,242 9 5 50 0 0 13 18 0 3 16 4 300 0 0 50 0 0 35 4 0 100 0 0 6 18 1 800 10 0 150 0 0 490 3 6 89 0 0 665 6 1 750 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 524 8 8 450 0 0 146 8 8 1,500 0 0 200 0 0 99 1 0 458 0 0 3,042 19 5 ' 200 0 0 9 16 6 106 13 11 313 11 4 335 0 0 0 19 0 77 7 1 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 500 0 0 89 0 0 772 0 0 750 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 524 8 8 450 0 0 460 0 0 1,500 0 0 535 0 0 100 0 0 458 0 0 3,120 6 6 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 898 0 1 300 0 0 700 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 Marsden Bay of Islands .. Marsden Bay of IJands .. Marsden Bay of Islanas .. 898 0 1 188 9 8 500 0 0 898 0 1 188 9 8 500 0 0 111 10 4 200 0 0 250 0 0 4 19 3 295 0 9 295 0 9 70 11 6 70 11 6 350 0 0 300 0 0 299 18 11 100 0 0 4 8 6 100 0 0 75 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 299 18 11 MarEaen 350 0 0 299 18 11 300 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to ,31st March 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities. Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. r— 1 £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ S. d. Roads, Bridges, etc —cowimMed. Auckland Land District — continued. Maropiu to Kai-iwi Tangowahine Bridge Tekopuru Wharf (£1 for £1) Main Road to Opanaki Railway-station .. Tangihua Tangihua No. 2 Bridge over Opanake River Aratapu to Tatarariki Arapohue Te Kopuru-Tikinui Mititai to Tokatoka Te Kopuru-Kaipara Heads Mareikura (I.) Block Mareikura (II.) Block Maungaturoto to Tokatoka Topini-Maungaturoto Topini-Warkworth Pahi-Waikiekie Braigh's Mareretu Jordan's Otamatea County Roads Hukatere North Albert Land-Mangawai Marere tu-Waipu Omaru Parai .. Omaru Parish Maungaturoto-Whakapirau Maungaturoto- Waikiekie Pahi-Paparoa Slater's Bridge (Paparoa) Muddy Mouth Creek Bridge Raupo Wharf (water-supply) Tokatoka Post-office Matakohe Matakohe-Tokatoka Matakohe-Mongonui Pahi Wharf J Hohson Otamatea Marsden ••I ••I "I 250 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,233 19 1 50 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 350 0 0 200 0 0 230 6 6 7 8 6 2,431 7 8 100 0 0 1,099 13 2 100 0 0 500 0 0 3 18 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 26 3 0 41 12 3 250 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,233 19 1 50 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 450 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 26 3 0 230 6 6 49 0 9 2,431 7 8 100 0 0 1,199 16 8 100 0 0 500 0 0 89 8 6 49 15 1 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 93 17 0 70 0 0 0 19 3 61 11 2 250 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,283 14 2 50 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 600 0 0 650 0 0 600 0 0 100 0 0 120 0 0 70 0 0 230 6 6 50 0 0 2,492 18 10 100 0 0 1,299 13 2 100 0 0 500 0 0 303 18 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 230 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 60 0 0 330 0 0 200 0 0 1,118 12 6 794 7 0 314 0 0 100 3 6 99 16 6 " • ;/ " 85 10 6 214 9 6 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 230 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 60 0 0 Waitemata Marsden „ I Waitemata Marsden Waitemata Marsden 230 0 0 100 0 0 818 12 6 194 7 0 314 0 0 100 0 0 330 0 0 100 0 0 1,018 12 6 488 14 0 314 0 0 200 0 0 294 7 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 305 13 0 ! - n

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure Total Net 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. 31st March ' ,90 °- Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expemliture and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. a. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc— continued. uckland Land District — continued, Pahi Wharf and Road .. .. .. .. i Kaiwaka-Mangawai Valley Road, Paparoa Paparoa Block XII., Paparoa Paparoa-Maungaturoto Raupo Wharf Hardie's Bridge (repairs) Tokatoka Swamp Block Tokatoka Swamp (No. 2) Block Tokatoka Swamp (drainage, road, and tramway) .. Pahi-Maungaturoto Road North Shore, Awanui .. .. .. \ Hakura-Waikiekie Parish (main road) .. j-Kaiwaka-Waipu (main roacl) .. .. j Mangawai Briage (to account) Hoteo Valley-Mangawai West Coast Roaa, Hoteo .. .. North Shore-Awanui .. .. .. \ i Waiwera-Hakuru (main road) Waiwera-Kaiwaka .. Warkworth-Welsford .. .. .. ) Roaa to Omaha Wharf Matakana Bridge Pakiri Pakiri-Omaba (Warkworth-Pakiri) Puhoi-Makarau Makarau River Bridge Omaha Hoteo-Waiwhiu Hoteo Valley Road Blocks X. and XL, Tauhoa Kourawera District Warkworth-Main Road Warkworth Warkworth-Kaipara Flats a,nd Tauhoa Kaipara Flats Settlement Matakana, Section 47 to Sections 108, 109, 112, 113 Otamatea Rodney ana Otamatea Rodney .. Marsden .. Waitemata and Marsden.. .. Waitemata .. Marsaen 90 0 0 150 0 0 199 9 11 150 0 0 124 0 0 12 0 0 2,887 3 7 8,595 8 9 835 5 10 637 19 0 499 12 9 845 11 6 50 0 0 0 10 0 41 17 2 284 7 3 150 0 0 1,647 19 9 52 18 11 29 4 0 593 7 1 100 0 0 652 13 1 90 0 0 200 0 0 199 19 11 150 0 0 124 0 0 41 17 2 296 7 3 150 0 0 2,887 3 7 1.647 19 9 5.648 7 8 864 9 10 1,231 6 1 100 0 0 499 12 9 1,498 4 7 199 10 0 158 2 10 53 12 9 1,052 0 3 368 6 7 109 11 0 300 0 0 5 18 3 90 0 0 200 0 0 399 9 11 150 0 0 124 0 0 200 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 2,887 3 7 2,700 0 0 9,016 14 3 864 9 10 1,340 17 1 300 0 0 100 0 0 499 12 9 1,504 2 10 80 0 0 125 0 0 392 7 6 285 15 9 845 12 0 Cr. 156 1 4 272 16 6 88 3 0 200 0 0 156 5 9 472 17 9 4 7 1 150 0 0 548 10 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 311 4 8 il 7 0 80 0 0 125 0 0 392 7 6 335 15 9 845 12 0 155 3 4 272 16 6 99 10 0 200 0 0 351 2 8 472 17 9 125 17 7 150 0 0 543 10 0 150 0 0 160 0 0 69 16 8 0 10 0 100 0 0 205 3 1 80 0 0 125 0 0 392 7 6 495 15 9 845 12 0 225 0 0 272 16 6 100 0 0 300 0 0 556 5 9 472 17 9 150 0 0 150 0 0 543 10 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 .194 16 11 121 10 6 24 2 5 300 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net^Srmg itV,1 ' e | Total Net Liabilities on I 12 Months ended \ „?^ dit . ur ?an?, ContwhSc Expenditure 31st March, 1900 j 31st March, 1900. 3 f s 7lS rc h, 1900. and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. Auckland Land District —continued. East of Kaipara to Crown tenants Blocks XI., XII. Upper Waiwera-Puhoi Waiwera-Topini Briage (main road) .. " Puhoi-Komokoriki (traffic road) Makarau Railway-station and West Coast through Clinkard's (deviation) Sections 90 and 74a (road between) North Albert-Te Arai (bridges) .. .. .. Gleneden Bridge (Warkworth-Matakana) Hoteo Bridge (West Coast Road) repairs .. Warkworth Wharf (£1 for £1) Matakana Ranges Ahuroa Road Matakana Wharf (Mahurangi Heads) Warkworth (southward) Tauhoa I Mahurangi Wharf Makarau Bridge- West Coast Matakana-Omaha Matakana Ranges-Te Arai Te Arai-Mangawai Warkworth-Matakana Hoteo Bridge Mahurangi Bridge (Warkworth) Upper Makarau Bridge Tauhoa Block Warkworth Wharf-Courthouse Tauhoa and Komokoriki Block Makarau-Railway Station Ahuroa Block Ahuroa-Komokoriki Pakiri Block Kaipara Flat-Tauhoa Puhoi Bridge Wade to Wainui Hoteo Valley-Te Arai Helensville to Kaukapakapa Puhoi-Warkworth Rodney Marsden Waitemata 350 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 93 0 0 137 4 7 100 0 0 260 0 0 200 0 0 487 4 7 100 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 93 0 0 260 0 0 200 0 0 143 0 6 50 0 0 79 3 2 7 5 10 200 0 0 380 0 0 100 0 0 325 0 0 150 0 0 497 2 5 65 0 0 369 0 0 6 6 0 110 0 8 100 0 0 50 0 0 658 19 1 48 3 10 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 7 12 3 150 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 106 19 6 300 0 0 50 0 0 80 16 10 392 14 2 69 0 0 35 0 0 170 9 8 89 19 4 50 0 0 i 16 2 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 494 16 10 250 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 93 0 0 260 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 160 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 449 0 0 100 0 0 325 0 0 150 0 0 497 2 5 100 0 0 369 0 0 176 15 8 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 658 19 1 50 0 0 •• 143 0 6 .. .. i ! 50 0 0 79 3 2 7 5 10 200 0 0 •■ 380 0 0 325 0 0 119 15 10 497 2 5 100 0 0 •• 30 4 2 369 0 0 6 6 0 109 10 8 100 0 0 65 0 0 " i 0 10 0 •• I 50 0 0 658 19 1 3 12 6 44 11 4

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, "1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Total Net Authorities, Expenditure Contracts, «c, _ j t ■ v-n<-;~-. 31st March, 1900. ai,d £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ S. d. £ S. d , Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. uckland Land District — continued. North Shore-Awanui .. .. .. ) North Shore-Waiwera (main road) .. J Warkworth-Kaipara Flats Kaukapakapa-Port Albert Port Albert-Welsford Junction Whangaripo Valley Road to Wayby Road.. Puhoi-Makarau Bridge (repairs —two bridges) Helensville-Port Albert Makarau Railway-station-Kaukapakapa .. Waikumete-West Coast Road Upper Waiwera-Wade-Wainui Upper Waiwera-Parakakau Museum Endowment Block Road-Woodhill Creamery New Lynn-sHuia Road Kelly's Bridge to Waikumete Railway-station (building bridges and metalling) Whangaparaoa Wharf Road to Kaukapakapa Railway Station Helensville to Kaipatiki Huia- West Coast Woodhill Bridge Henderson-SwaDson (metalling) .. Kumeu Main Road-Rewiti Upper Waiwera Road Extension West Coast Road-Waitangi Woodhill-Parkhurst Wade Village-Orewa Wade-Lucas Greek Great Barrier Island Roads Rewiti-Parkhurst Waikumete to Swanson Dairy Flat-Lucas Creek Wainui-Kaukapakapa Inland Road-Kaukapakapa Waiwera Springs Track to Kauri Forest, Waitakerei Whau to Henderson Creek Henderson Rodney Rodney and Waitemata .. Waitemata i Waitemata " " a Eden .. Waitemata 891 5 8 8 0 4 600 0 0 49 15 5 1,100 0 0 400 0 0 2,236 5 7 250 0 0 264 14 3 150 0 0 150 0 0 257 10 11 150 0 0 50 4 7 104 9 0 I 100 0 0 100 0 0 •• 1,148 16 7 8 0 4 750 0 0 100 0 0 104 9 0 1,200 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 2,236 5 7 250 0 0 264 14 3 150 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 75 0 0 471 9 4 400 0 0 400 0 0 350 0 0 142 9 1 117 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 45 11 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 75 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 230 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 28 10 8 1,291 5 £ 125 0 4 900 0 C 100 0 C ioo o c 150 0 C 150 0 C 200 0 C 1,450 0 C 100 0 C 100 0 C 60 0 C 100 0 C 200 0 t 75 0 C 400 0 C 2,236 5 7 250 0 C 264 14 £ 150 0 C 150 0 C 100 0 C 200 0 C 200 0 C 50 0 C 300 0 C 330 0 C 150 0 C 500 0 C 200 0 C 150 0 C 100 0 C 500 0 C 400 0 C 400 0 C 350 0 C •• 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 •■ 100 0 0 150 0 0 467 11 4 400 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 75 0 0 3 18 0 •• Eden .. 50 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net Ex P™ ditare Total Net Liabilities on Expenditure to 12 Mo d n U S e ended Expenditure to oSStta. 31st March. 1899. 31st March) 1900. 31st March, 1900. March ; 1900 . Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Stoke's Point to Lucas Creek Swanson-West Coast Stoke's Point to Lake District Birkenheaa Slip (£1 for £1) Great North Roaa (cut hill) Henaerson-West Coast Lucas Creek Road Wainui-Kaukapakapa Railway-station Great North Road, from Whau Bridge-Waikumete Cemetery Waikumete-Huia Birkenhead-Warkworth Rangitoto Mountain (£1 for £1) Oakley Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) .. Orakei Bridge (repairs) Whau Bridge (£1 for £1) Mangere Bridge Tamaki Bridge (Panmure) Panmure Wharf (repairs) Otahuhu Wharf Otaua Swamp (drainage and road) Hunua to Railway-station Awhitu Road and Wharf Patamahoe to Stemson's Corner Maioro to Port Waikato Awaroa Swamp (£1 for £1) Payment to Ferryman, Port Waikato Pukekohe-Waiuku Pukekohe Punt at Tuakau .. ... Pukekohe Railway-station through East Pukekohe and Bombay Buckland Station Maungatawhiri Valley Maketu to Ararimu Tuakau- Waikato Awaroa Swamp Drain and roads Aka Aka Swamp (drainage and road) £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Waitemata .. ... i Eden 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 Eden and Waitemata Eden 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 280 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 280 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 Waitemata and Rodney .. Eden .. .. .. Manukau Waitemata Manukau Eden Manukau Eden Manukau 560 0 0 200 0 0 125 0 0 560 0 0 200 0 0 125 0 0 100 0 0 660 0 0 200 0 0 125 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 17,926 10 9 1,309 0 10 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 586 19 7 455 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 7 10 0 5,904 2 1 250 0 0 520 9 6 15 2 2 472 10 1 472 10 1 400 0 0 27 9 11 200 0 0 17,926 10 9 668 3 11 288 3 3 17,926 10 9 956 7 2 412 13 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 Franklin 50 0 0 221 15 7 340 14 5 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 7 10 0 5,634 2 1 250 0 0 520 9 6 15 2 2 50 0 0 102 10 11 28 11 0 100 0 0 324 6 6 369 5 5 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 7 10 0 5,834 2 1 250 0 0 520 9 6 15 2 2 262 13 1 85 14 7 200 0 0 70 0 0 300 0 0 102 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 660 2 6 1,896 10 9 300 0 0 102 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 660 2 6 1,949 0 9 300 0 0 102 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 660 2 6 1,996 10 9 52 10 0 47 10 0 .

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N am e of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900 Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on n. . . -.- . Authorities. ■p™' 1 '^ 6 * Contracts, io., Exp^ditUTC 31st March, 1900. and Liaoihties. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ S. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Otauia to Deed's Mauku Bridge (subsidy) Mauku Bridge (Drury-Waiuku) Maioro Swamp (drainage and road) Whisky Creek Road Mauku District Patumahoe Abraham's Gully Otau Aka Aka Swamp Block Otau Block Wairoa River-Otau Tauranga Creek Wharf Aka Aka-Otaua Hunua Road Hunua-Main Road Mataitai-Clevedon Otau Block-Ness Valley Patumahoe- West Mauku (metalling) Howick Culvert (near wharf) Waiau Pa Wharf.. .. Waiuku-East Pukekohe Ness Valley (main road) Paparoa-Tauranga Paparoa Road-Howiek (road ana culvert) Papatoetoe-Manurewa Manurewa-Bombay Otau Creamery, Bothwell Aka Aka-Otaua Bridge Aka Aka Swamp (£1 for £1), (eastern drain) Pollok to wharf Pollok Settlement Main Road Tauranga-Maraetai Hunua-Ararimu South Bombay to Paparata Miranda Road Mangatangi Bridge Great South Road Otahuhu-Cambridge Otahuhu-Bombay (main road) Manukau Manukau and Waikato .. Franklin Manukau Franklin 375 0 0 41 0 0 167 11 7 683 15 10 149 2 8 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,494 1 9 331 8 4 2,350 0 0 550 13 10 100 13 6 6 10 0 50 0 0 108 8 3 3 0 0 100 0 0 193 10 0 40 6 0 375 0 0 41 0 0 167 11 7 683 15 10 149 2 8 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,602 10 0 331 8 4 2,350 0 0 553 13 10 100 13 6 100 0 0 200 0 0 90 6 0 91 11 9 15 6 2 300 0 -0 200 0 0 100 0 0 6 10 0 60 8 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 141 19 9 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 22 6 5 24 18 7 199 2 6 114 14 8 375 0 0 41 0 0 167 11 7 683 15 10 149 2 8 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,694 1 9 331 8 4 2,350 0 0 569 0 0 100 13 6 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 206 10 0 150 14 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 o 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 350 0 0 300 16 9 100 0 0 109 0 8 200 0 0 Manukau 8 0 3 8 0 3 Franklin 77 13 7 125 1 5 150 17 6 77 13 7 125 1 5 150 17 6 186 2 1 100 0 0 109 0 8 200 0 0 Waikato 186 2 1 100 0 0 109 0 8 200 0 0 Franklin and Waikato 1,367 18 6 247 7 0 1,615 5 6 153 0 8 1,768 6 2.

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Tot-,1 s.t Net Expenditure \ T . , N t Liabilities on lotalNet during „ :?*¥„„„*„ Authorities, Expenditure to 12 Months ended ! .FjP^J?"?,& Contracts, S., 31st March .1899. 31st March, 1900 \ 31st March, 1900. 3 ; st March 1900. Total Net Expennliture and Liabilities. £ s. a. £ S. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc— continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Mercury Bay-Mahikarou Coromandel-Thames Coromandel-Port Charles Coromandel-Tairua Coromandel Wharf Coromandel-Mercury Bay Cabbage Bay-Cape Colville Tairua-Whenuakite Kuaotunu Cemetery Road Wharauroa Kaimarama Block Coromandel-Mania Mania-Waikawau Thames Repairs flood-damage at Thames.. Thames Borough Tararu TramwayRemoval of snags, Thames River Puriri-Tairoa Waiotahi Village Homestead-Thames Kauaeranga Valley Road Thamet-Waikawau Thames-Tauranga Coromandel Thames 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 0 400 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 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 i 500 0 0 400 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 1,000 0 0 1,000 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 0 500 0 0 5,323 8 0 Thames 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 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 Coromandel and Thames.. Thames, Ohinemuri, and Tauranga Ohinemuri Thames, Ohinemuri, and Bay of Plenty Ohinemuri 5,323 8 0 5,323 8 0 Waihi Bridge (subsidy, £1 for £1) Waihou Ferry through Komata Paeroa-Owharoa Sundry roads, Waitoa District Grant to Ohinemuri County Hikutaia to Ohinemuri Waikato Hamilton to Cambridge Oh i n e w ai-Matahura Homokorau Bridge Removal of punt, Te Rori to Churchill Removal of Churchill Punt Blocks X. and XL, Rangiriri Survey District Road to Section 485, Whangamarino Waikato Waikato 250 0 0 80 13 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 1,000 0 0 4,022 7 7 27,582 11 7 100 0 0 248 5 1 250 0 0 40 14 9 42 2 0 227 5 7 101 14 11 250 0 0 80 13 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 1,000 0 0 4,022 7 7 27,582 11 7 100 0 0 350 0 0 250 0 0 40 14 9 42 2 0 249 10 1 100 0 0 "6 9 11 250 0 0 80 13 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 1,000 0 0 4,022 7 7 27,582 11 7 100 0 0 350 0 0 250 0 0 40 14 9 42 2 0 260 0 0 100 0 0 22 4 6 100 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net */**? ture Total Net Expenditure to 12 Months ended Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Sob i°09 31st March, 1900. '__ ' Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, ..Vc., 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. University Endowment, Kimihia Waerenga Station-Waerenga Settlement Waipuna Valley Road and Whangamarino Parish.. Rangiriri-Cambridge (main road) Whangamarino District.. Education Endowment, Kimihia-Huntly.. Churchill Punt.. Gibbons Creek Bridge (Hamilton) Matahura Rangiriri Lake, Matahura Road Rangiriri Lake to Railway-station Wairangi Railway-station Wairangi Railway-station and Matahura Waikare Lake to Onewhero Whangamarino Parish Wairangi-Matahura Taupiri Block Bombay-Rangiriri (main road) Raglan Wharf (£1 for £1) Churchill Punt, on Waikato Matakataka Cutting Bridge over Waipa, on Raglan Main Road Onewhero (Sections 128,129) Waikato-Block XIV., Awaroa Lake Whangape-Block VII., Awaroa Wh aingaro-Kahuruh uru Whaingaro-Ngaruawahia Whaingaro-Akatea-Ngaruawahia Whaingaro-Te Mata Matawhero-Whangape Te Rore Bridge Mata-Kauroa Mangapiko-Maire Puriri Block Wbaingaro to Mangapiko, Mangapiko to Maire Huntly-Kahuruhuru Road Huntly Punt Opuatia Bridge and Crossing .. .. ) Tuakau-Opuatia-Kahuruhuru .. .. } £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Waikato Waikato 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 350 0 0 1,102 2 9 100 0 0 150 5 2 250 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 0 596 5 9 200 0 0 242 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,006 4 8 96 3 3 3,806 19 11 3.035 10 4 2,065 15 0 681 8 10 5,156 12 6 200 0 0 511 8 0 160 0 0 202 17 1 150 0 0 186 0 0 853 3 1 1.036 18 1 200 0 0 239 4 0 239 4 0 1,102 2 9 100 0 0 150 5 2 250 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 0 552 17 10 193 15 8 242 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,006 4 8 96 3 3 3,806 19 11 3,035 10 4 2,065 15 0 583 12 3 5,156 12 6 200 0 0 511 8 0 160 0 0 202 17 1 150 0 0 100 0 0 110 16 0 1,102 2 9 75 0 0 150 5 2 250 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 0 506 5 9 25 0 0 Waikato ana Manukau .. Raglan 46 12 1 193 15 8 43 7 11 6 4 4 242 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,006 4 8 96 3 3 3,806 19 11 3,035 10 4 2,065 15 0 581 8 10 5,156 12 6 200 0 0 511 8 0 160 0 0 202 17 1 150 0 0 100 0 0 *2 3 5 97 16 7 Waikato Raglan 853 3 1 987 17 1 200 0 0 37 17 3 853 3 1 1,025 14 4 200 0 0 186 0 0 ii 3 9 3,051 5 2 I 3,051 5 2 3,051 5 2

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Exuenditure i m ,. , -n ± during Total Net 12 Months ended .SPS? 3 "? 1 ?^ 31st March, 1900 ! "1st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, frc, 31st March. 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Awaroa No. 2 Block Awaroa, Block XL Paekotare Block Raglan- Waipa Raglan-Ruapuke Bregmen's Landing-Tuakau .. .. .. Main Road-Pukekawa .. .. ". " Ngaruawahia-Huntly West .. .. .. Otorohaea Trig Road Rutherford's Hill (Section 90, Block III.), Awaroa! '. Tuakau-Raglan Tuakau Bridge (to account) Waitetuna Bridge Opuatia (No. 1) Blook Opuatia (No. 2) Block Opuatia (No. 3) Block Pirongia (III., IV., VI., VII., VIII.) Block," Kawhia Rangiriri (IX., X.) Block Te Puroa Block Main Road to Blocks VII. and IX.', Karioi' From Main Road to West Coast .. .. ") Road through Block VI., Awaroa .. j" Mangaokahu Block Karioi-Alexandra Block .. .. " Karioi Parish Block Lawson's Hill Tuakau Punt Tuakau-Opuatia Kahuruhuru Bregmen's Landing and Mercer .. .. .. Bothwell Bridge to Barton Wairamarama-Onewhero Bothwell to Section 11, Block VI., Awarua Rangiriri-Glen Murray Huntly West-Churchi'll .. '.'. Churchill-Huntly Bregmen's Landing and Mercer Road, Waikato River Waitetuna- Aotea Raglan Raglan Raglan and Kawhia .. Waikato 475 2 1 13 6 3,298 8 2 50 0 0 42 19 1 66 19 0 29 3 7 95 1 5 66 12 11 197 6 10 74 11 0 200 0 0 50 14 3 300 12 1 96 17 2 1,036 0 1 206 10 10 179 13 2 164 0 6 110 4 11 273 18 9 66 12 11 672 8 11 75 14 6 3,498 8 2 50 0 0 50 14 3 300 12 1 96 17 2 1,036 0 1 249 9 11 246 12 2 193 4 1 205 6 4 273 18 9 133 7 1 87 14 11 4 5 6 150 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 149 5 9 199 7 11 3 2 10 141 8 1 250 10 1 200 0 0 53 7 10 106 15 11 94 13 8 26 1 3 180 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 760 3 10 80 0 0 3,498 8 2 200 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 1,177 8 2 500 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 180 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 146 11 2 243 13 4 390 4 6 9 15 6 * 400 0 0 232 12 7 1,661 14 6 55 0 0 382 5 2 50 0 0 1,863 18 9 3 7 7 65 5 8 232 12 7 1,661 14 6 55 0 0 447 10 10 50 0 0 1,863 18 9 81 7 7 15 13 8 50 0 0 232 12 7 1,661 14 6 55 0 0 463 4 6 100 0 0 1,863 18 9 102 5 10 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 17 6 0 871 18 5 78 0 0 20 18 3 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 17 6 0 294 16 11 320 12 4 17 6 0 615 9 3 256 9 2

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 19O0 Total Net Expenditure to ."1st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac., 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities, Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. uckland Land District — continued. Waitetuna-Kauri Waitetuna-Whaingaro Waitetuna-Whatawhata Aotea-Raglan Waipa Bridge (£1 for £1), (Ngaruawahia) Mercer Punt Tuhikaramea to Hamilton Cambridge Bridge (repairs), (£1 for £1) Bridge over Waikato, Hamilton Te Awamutu Railway-station-Township To Ohaupo Station Rukuhia Swamp Clark's Road Whatawhata Swamp (drainage and road) Hamilton-Whatawhata (drain) Whatawhata Bridge Te Rapa Hospital Reserve Hamilton Bridge To free Hamilton Bridge from tolls Puniu Bridge Te Waitomo Caves Kauroa-Pakoka Wharauroa Te Kuiti-Otorohanga-Kihikihi Terauamoa Improved-farm Settlement Alexandra-Kawhia Tokanui-Wharepapa Hauturu East Kawhia-Waipa-Alexandra-Kawhia Hauturu and part of Kinohaku Block Puketarata Block Briscoe's Section, Awakino (road to) Kawhia Wharf Otorobanga-Pirongia Alexandra to Hikurangi Mongonui Road, Awakino North Survey District .. Pakehio Block .. .. .. .. Pirongia West Blocks Aotea Wharf Road £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Waikato 299 19 0 299 19 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 299 19 0 300 0 0 664 16 5 1,190 2 8 200 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 284 12 3 ' 315 16 3 250 0 0 693 1 3 50 0 0 250 0 0 137 18 0 284 17 0 50 0 0 550 0 0 6,700 0 0 100 0 0 1,430 0 10 210 0 0 293 0 0 392 2 4 2,305 0 0 1,254 14 2 300 0 0 495 9 0 3,308 15 4 10,000 0 0 259 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 1,341 15 3 300 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 Raglan and Kawhia Raglan.. Raglan and Kawhia Waipa Raglan and Manukau Waipa 540 0 4 980 13 3 80 2 6 500 0 0 46 11 6 46 14 7 540 0 4 1,027 4 9 126 17 1 500 0 0 99 14 10 284 12 3 315 16 3 250 0 0 693 1 8 50 0 0 125 0 0 137 18 0 284 17 0 300 0 0 124 16 1 162 17 11 73 2 11 99 14 10 200 5 2 284 12 3 315 16 3 250 0 0 693 1 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 137 18 0 284 17 0 25 0 0 125 0 0 • -! 50 0 0 Waipa and Waikato 550 0 0 6,700 0 0 43 1 0 1,390 0 10 100 0 0 193 0 0 392 2 4 2,085 1 6 832 13 1 550 0 0 6,700 0 0 67 3 10 1,420 3 9 200 0 0 193 0 0 392 2 4 2,240 13 6 1,022 1 9 Waipa and West Taupo .. Kawhia 24 2 10 30 2 11 100 0 0 32 16 2 9 17 1 10 0 0 100 0 0 155 12 0 189 8 8 64 6 6 232 12 5 300 0 0 495 9 0 3,308 15 4 229 0 7 495 9 0 3,308 15 4 9,999 12 7 0 7 5 259 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 9,770 12 0 " 200 0 0 1,341 15 3 200 0 0 1,341 15 3 300 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0

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Name off Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net Expenditure ma] Expenditure to ,„ .»dnring Expenditure to 31st March 1SQQ 12 Months ended dlst March. 1899. glgt MaJ . cK vm 31st Marcn, 1900. Liabilities on _, Authorities, x , Total ,?I et Contracts, ftc, E J x P™; i ?, ture 31st March, 1900. and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. uckland Land District — continued. Kinohaku West Block Otorohanga-Te Kuiti Te Kuiti-Awakino North End North Island Main Trunk Railway '.'. Tunnel-Karioi Mangauika A1a Paemako (Karu-o-te-Whenua) Improved-farm Settl'e'ment Kawhia Aotea Pirongia West Paemako-Ohura Ouruwhero N2, and Puketarata Kihikihi-Otorohanga-Te Kuiti Whatiwhatihoe Bridge Katikati-Te Aroha (Thompson's track) Aroha Township-Gold-mines Te Aroha-Katikati Road Te Aroha Block .. .. .. [[ Huihuitaha to Patetere Katikati-Te Aroha Te Aroha Drains Te Aroha Sanatorium, Hot Springs, and Domain .. Te Aroha Domain Te Aroha and Waitoa Drains Te Aroha-Rotorua Road through Okauia Block Cambridge-Taupo Works at Te Aroha Springs Puataruru-Waotu Papamoa Nos. 1 and 2 Special Settlement (drainage) Cambridge-Tauranga Katikati to Te Aroha (horse-track) .. ., Bay of Plenty Tauranga County flood-damages .. ,. Waimapu Bridge Paengaroa Tauranga to Opotiki Tauranga to Te Puke and Matata .. .. Otamarakau Bridge Kawhia Kawhia and West Taupo Kawhia and Waipa Piako Waikato Waikato and Egmont Waikato Bay of Plenty 58 12 5 19,574 3 4 3,886 5 5 7,780 18 7 374 8 10 863 13 3 104 19 9 497 16 9 92 1 11 300 0 0 528 5 8 13 14 11 2,139 16 11 500 0 0 50 0 0 5,300 2 6 705 8 2 785 11 1 776 19 3 1,748 14 7 2,733 3 6 375 16 11 986 3 7 4,293 16 2 18 16 10 54 17 11 4 2 9 838 3 2 0 13 6 0 6 6 810 7 0 986 3 7 58 12 5 23,867 19 6 3,886 5 5 7,780 18 7 393 5 8 918 11 2 109 2 6 1,335 19 11 92 15 5 300 0 0 528 12 2 824 1 11 2,139 16 11 500 0 0 50 0 0 5,300 2 6 705 8 2 785 11 1 776 19 3 1,920 0 7 2,733 3 6 375 16 11 163 5 6 1,341 10 7 57 18 0 2,018 7 5 2,706 3 10 6 14 4 814 11 4 0 17 6 524 6 10 307 4 7 252 0 9 25 18 1 3,004 11 0 58 12 5 26,574 3 4 3,886 5 5 7,780 18 7 400 0 0 1,733 2 6 110 0 0 1,860 6 9 400 0 0 300 0 0 780 12 11 850 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 2,448 14 7 2,733 3 6 619 1 5 300 0 0 1,341 10 7 57 18 0 100 0 0 125 0 0 4,200 0 0 359 9 5 91,220 6 4 212 11 4 5,655 3 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 12,962 1 2 378 19 0 171 6 0 528 14 0 163 5 6 2-13 4 6 136 14 6 1,341 10 7 57 18 0 Tauranga Piako and Tauranga Tauranga 9 3 6 100 0 0 9 3 6 4,200 0 0 359 9 5 91,220 6 4 192 11 4 5,655 3 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 12,962 1 2 378 19 0 100 0 0 115 16 6 4,100 0 0 359 9 5 91,220 6 4 192 11 4 5,655 3 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 12,962 1 2 378 19 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 ••

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure m . , w . during Total Net 12 Months ended Q?* p S" ilt ? r f 0 t r Si 31st March. 1900 31st Maroh ' I90 °- Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Not Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Otawa Nos. 1a and 1b Pukaingataru Road Pye's Pa Ake Ake Maketu Wharf Kaiti Bridge Ruahihi Bridge (Tauranga-Oambridge) Kaituna Stream Bridge Papamoa Special Settlement Papamoa No. 1 .. Papamoa Nos. 1 and 2 (additional) Otara River-Papamoa Otara Bridge .. .. ... Maketu-Rotorua Tauranga-Runanga £ s. d. £ s. d. I i £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. Tauranga Bay of Plenty 447 7 10 80 0 0 300 0 0 387 10 0 526 8 10 100 0 0 2,602 17 7 3,803 8 5 40,541 3 0 60 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 224 15 6 j 356 8 10 371 2 7 1,319 9 3 447 7 10 80 0 0 300 0 0 60 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 612 5 6 526 8 10 356 8 10 100 0 0 2,974 0 2 5,122 17 8 40,541 3 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 150 0 0 43 11 2 300 0 0 137 14 9 264 6 5 647 7 10 80 0 0 400 0 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 230 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 612 5 6 526 8 10 400 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 3,111 14 11 5,387 4 1 Tauranga-Napier, via Taupo Tauranga and Rotorua .. Tauranga, Rotorua, and East Taupo Tauranga, Rotorua, East Taupo, and Hawke's Bay Opotiki Bay of Plenty ana Hawke's Bay Ditto 40,541 3 0 Waioeka, Blocks II., III., IV. Waiotahi Opotiki-Otamarakau Omarumutu-Te Whaiti Waioeka River-Waiotahi Block Opotiki-Waiotahi ... Papamoa-Omarumutu Waiotahi Bridge Waiotahi Block Opotiki-Whakatane Matata-Te Teko Whakatane to Ohape Orini Bridge, Whakatane Rebuilding, repairing, and constructing county bridges Nukuhou-Maraetotara Galatea-Te Kapu, via Waikaremoana Whakatane County bridges (£1 for £1) .. Waiawa Block Waimana Block Whakatane Bay of Plenty 200 0 0 350 0 0 562 10 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 750 13 9 1,099 15 8 250 0 0 250 0 0 299 5 0 500 0 0 5 6 3 200 0 0 200 0 0 355 6 3 i 200 0 0 562 10 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 750 13 9 1,099 15 8 250 0 0 250 0 0 299 5 0 500 0 0 700 0 0 344 13 9 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 900 0 0 700 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 562 10 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 750 13 9 1,099 15 8 350 0 0 250 0 0 299 5 0 500 0 0 Whakatane and Opotiki .. Whakatane 1,848 3 9 300 0 0 200 0 0 2,000 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 1,848 3 9 300 0 0 200 0 0 2,000 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 1,848 3 9 500 0 0 700 0 0 2,000 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure Total K(jt io ht I?" 6 X-.A Expenditure to 12 Months ended S i s t March 1900 31st March, 1900 slst malon ' ,auu - Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Auckland Land District — continued. Waimana Valley Te Teko-Whakatane Rangataiki-Ruatoki-Waiotahi Galatea-Te Teko Whakatane Wharf (repairs) Waikaremoana-Ruatahuna Waimana-Ohiwa Rotorua-Galatea-Waikaremoana Whakatane Bay of Plenty 1,078 0 0 825 0 0 6,420 11 4 159 9 7 350 0 0 873 4 3 105 1 6 1,428 0 0 1,698 4 3 6,525 12 10 159 9 7 135 13 0 221 14 7 350 0 0 500 0 0 1,563 13 0 1,698 4 3 6,747 7 5 159 9 7 350 0 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 43,451 18 4 Whakatane and Opotiki .. Rotorua, Wairoa, Whakatane, and East Taupo Tauranga and Whakatane Whakatane and Waiapu .. Rotorua Bay of Plenty and Waiapu 36,675 6 10 400 0 0 6,073 6 0 400 0 0 42,748 12 10 703 5 6 Sundry roads, Bay of Plenty Te Kumi Rotorua-Ro tomahana Mourea Bridge Rotoiti-Tiketere .. Pongakawa-Rotorua and Rotorua Road Taupo .. .. Works at Rotorua Mamaku-Rotorua-Oxford Okohiriki Block Kaikokupu Block Rotorua-Wairoa Rotorua-Waiotapu Rotorua Wharf Rotorua Water-supply Rotorua-Ngongotaha Mount Mamaku Block Rotoiti-Tarawera, vid Okaitaina Umurua Block Rotorua-Te Teko Ngongotaha-Bishop's Section Waiotapu Springs Whakarewarewa Okoheriki Id Arahiwi and Mamaku Railway-station Taumata Block Taumata Nos. 1a, 2a, 3b, east; 3b west: Nos. 1, 3c east A ; 3c west No. I Maraeroa-Oturoa.. Mangorewa-Kabaroa Block Bay of Plenty 10,517 10 5 10,517 10 5 100 0 0 10,617 10 5 Rotorua and Tauranga .. Rotorua 206 17 0 7 14 7 87 16 0 72 2 4 9,336 17 1 13,175 17 10 181 3 0 42 5 4 134 7 9 206 17 0 49 19 11 87 16 0 206 10 1 9,336 17 1 18,462 9 4 181 3 0 9 4 11 850 12 1 206 17 0 900 12 0 87 16 0 206 10 1 9,336 17 1 28,846 17 8 181 3 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 568 17 1 1,162 5 7 870 0 0 1,080 0 0 415 5 1 450 0 0 1,068 17 9 480 0 0 12,286 7 1 99 17 1 500 0 0 1,112 15 10 300 0 0 417 9 2 428 0 0 500 0 0 5,286 11 6 10,384 8 4 9 4 11 290 15 1 300 0 0 26 13 11 Rotorua and Tauranga .. Rotorua 318 17 1 1,162 5 7 447 17 11 693 5 7 349 17 4 223 6 1 542 3 2 1,162 5 7 708 16 6 982 9 5 354 12 4 222 4 9 960 16 6 297 9 11 11,173 12 2 99 17 1 14 14 6 1,011 13 5 300 0 0 400 3 0 253 17 4 317 16 0 260 18 7 289 3 10 4 15 0 222 4 9 191 18 9 297 9 11 1,014 9 0 161 3 6 97 10 7 60 12 9 227 15 3 108 1 3 182 10 1 1,112 14 11 768 17 9 10,159 3 2 99 17 1 845 9 4 177 16 10 14 14 6 166 4 1 300 0 0 222 6 2 253 17 4 485 5 6 101 2 5 17 6 2 174 2 8 182 4 0 317 16 0 35 3 4 35 3 4 300 0 0 571 16 8 300 0 0 607 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900 Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Autb orities, Contracts, «xc, 31st March, 1900. Tot,-.'' Jb't Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. .uckland Land District — continued. Oxford-Rotorua .. .. .. 1 Tirau (Oxford)-Rotorua Main Road Galatea-Ruatoki Rotowhero, via Waiotapu-Wairakei Wharepuhunga No. 1 .. Kihikihi-Waotu Tools, &c. Baths and water-supply, Tokaanu Wharf and road, Tokaanu Opepe Stock-paddock, Taupo-Napier Road (fencing, &c.) Waiotapu-Galatea Huka Falls to Pukatarata Ateamuri-Orakei-Korako Otarewa-Waipapa Stream (Robinson's Road) Waihi-Tokaanu Waikato Bridge (Waiotapu), (to account) Track to Orakei-Korako Waitapa to Taupo Tauhara Mountain Taupo Domain (plantation, baths, <fec.) Tokaanu to Taupo Taupo-Te Aratiatia Rapids Taupo, via Rotoaira and Murimotu to West Coast.. Roads 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") .. Roads, bridges, and wharves, North of Auckland Miscellaneous and engineering Rotorua and Piako Rotorua and Whakatane.. Rotorua and East Taupo .. Taupo West Taupo East Bay of Plenty 21,145 11 1 8,577 5 1 254 11 10 49 19 6 714 13 6 2 7 0 4,300 19 10 1,800 1 5 243 14 0 172 0 10 817 0 10 462 6 11 5 10 0 464 16 6 634 8 6 357 12 4 52 2 1 4 0 3 27 19 2 1,145 2 3 109 1 0 21,610 7 7 9,211 13 7 254 11 10 49 19 6 714 13 6 359 19 4 52 2 1 4,300 19 10 1,800 1 5 247 14 3 200 0 0 1,962 3 1 571 7 11 5 10 0 81 14 6 300 0 0 128 12 3 745 8 2 150 0 6 500 0 0 442 7 8 197 17 11 '2 5 9 200 0 0 90 0 0 17 15 2 21,692 2 1 300 0 0 9,340 5 10 1,000 0 0 200 0 0 714 13 6 500 0 0 802 7 0 250 0 0 4,300 19 10 1,800 1 5 250 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 2,052 3 1 589 3 1 5 10 0 100 0 0 450 0 0 2,928 3 2 100 0 0 12,601 17 9 926 5 8 10,824 6 7 150 0 0 2,038 19 9 443 16 3 150 0 0 2,482 16 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 445 7 2 100 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 20 0 0 11,486 8 3 186 11 2 229,671 15 9 159 1 9 20 0 0 11,486 8 3 345 12 11 229,671 15 9 216 7 0 20 0 0 11,486 8 3 561 19 11 229,671 15 9 14,978 5 3 385 8 7 15,363 13 10 524 4 2 15,887 18 0 Total, Auckland Land District 992,918 18 9 ! 75,980 0 7 1,068,898 19 4 83,333 19 6 1,152,232 18 10

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net ture Total Net Expenditure to l") Months ended : Expenditure to 31st March 1899. 3i s t March WOO i 31st Marcn . 190 °- Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, fee., 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc. Hawke's Bay Land District — Waiapu County Awanui-Hicks Bay Awanui-Tikitiki Awanui-Tikitiki-Kawakawa.. Mata Valley Waiomatatini to Hicks Bay Kawakawa— Hicks Bay Waipu-Kawakawa Waipiro Hot Springs-Tolago Bay Waipiro Hot Springs-Tokomaru Waipiro-Mata Opotiki-East Cape (main road) Tokomaru-Huiarua Tauwhareparae-Tokomaru .. Tauwhareparae-Crown lands Whareponga-Reporua Pukeamaru Waipiro-Te Puia-Hikiwai Whakaangiangi Waihuka Ahomatariki Hikurangi Block Ormond-Waiapu Ormond-Waiapu Waimata-Waiapu ■Gisborne via Tolago Bay-Awanui Gisborne via Tolago-Hicks Bay Gisborne-Tolago-Tauwhareparae Waiapu Inland (main road) .. Tolago-Marunga-Tauwhareparae Waimata-Tauwhareparae Tauwb areparae -Arikihi Huirarua Block .. .-. Poverty Bay Tolago-Mangatekorau Punakitere Block Tolago-Arikihi Waipoa Road to Oil Springs Tauwharetoi Block "i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. Waiapu .. Waiapu 400 0 0 312 2 9 300 0 0 400 0 0 312 2 9 300 0 0 400 0 0 312 2 9 300 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 313 0 9 250 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 1,100 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0 250 0 0 1,000 0 0 250 0 0 250 4 3 250 0 0 520 0 0 12,476 0 1 302 13 0 600 0 0 117 18 8 117 18 8 313 0 9 150 0 0 500 0 0 82 1 4 313 0 9 150 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 Waiapu and Whakatane .. Waiapu 700 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 800 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 1,000 0 0 250 0 0 243 0 0 250 0 0 22 14 7 7 4 3 7 4 3 " 496 4 5 12,476 0 1 302 13 0 600 0 0 'i 1 0 497 5 5 12,476 0 1 302 13 0 600 0 0 Waiapu and Cook 1,199 11 9 1,199 11 9 800 0 0 1,999 11 9 Cook 300 0 0 100 0 0 756 10 1 500 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 756 10 1 800 0 0 699 19 10 500 0 0 300 0 0 600 0 0 756 10 1 1,300 0 0 800 0 0 500 0 0 21,499 5 4 358 19 6 2,149 14 4 3,247 6 11 650 0 0 1,169 7 2 300 0 0 199 19 10 500 0 0 100 0 2 500 0 0 21,499 5 4 358 19 6 2,149 14 4 3,016 6 11 650 0 0 1,169 7 2 21,499 5 4 358 19 6 2,149 14 4 3,116 17 1 650 0 0 100 10 2 130 9 10

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net3 durin ditUre Total Net 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. 31st Malob ' 190 °- Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st Marcli, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. | £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. —continued. :awke's Bay Land District — continued. Waikohu Waikohu-Motu Motu Bridge and Road Tatapouri Hill Waikohu Bridge (£1 for £2) .. Pakarae Road and Punt Puatai Hill Te Arai Nuhaka Bridge (to account), (£1 for £1) Tolago- An aura Tolago Hill Pakarae Ruakituri Valley (to connect with Gisborne) Pouparae Settlement (drainage) Wainui Waimata Bridge (Ackroyd's) Turebau Bridge Waimoku Bridge Waimata Riding Pouawa Road Board Gisborne-Waimata (metalling) Gisborne-Waimata Han garoa-Tin iro to Te Roinga Falls Bridge Whataupoko Road Board Cook County (flood-damages) Motu Road, widening Gisborne-Rotorua Stock Opotiki-Ormond .. Gisborne-Opotiki Ormond-Opotiki, and branch roads Gisborne-Wairoa Wairoa-Gisborne Nuhaka-Gisborne Nuhaka No. 1 .. Muriwai-Mahia Gisborne-Waikaremoana Ruakituri Block }■ Cook " Cook and Whakatane Cook and Wairoa Wairoa .. Waiapu .. East Maori .. Waiapu .. Waiapu and Bay of Plenty .. Waiapu 2,496 9 10 733 16 6 300 0 0 1,000 0 0 782 9 4 830 0 0 130 0 0 700 0 0 4,250 9 6 400 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 67 10 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 2,896 9 10 733 16 6 300 0 0 1,000 0 0 782 9 4 300 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 67 10 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 830 0 0 130 0 0 700 0 0 4,250 9 6 250 0 0 300 0 0 120 0 0 1,690 12 0 2,302 9 2 2,906 10 7 18,142 6 3 2,373 14 0 5,065 12 9 11,963 7 8 1,300 0 0 4,413 5 6 137 7 3 699 15 0 8,653 12 0 353 15 2 1,100 0 0 i 40 0 0 300 0 0 600 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 32 10 0 750 0 0 706 18 8 1,093 9 5 233 16 0 500 0 0 86 14 6 262 12 9 100 0 0 920 19 1 10 4 10 3,996 9 10 733 16 6 300 0 o 1,000 0 0 822 9 4 300 0 0 300 0 0 600 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 830 0 0 130 0 0 700 0 0 4,250 9 6 1,000 0 0 300 0 0 120 0 0 1,690 12 0 3,009 7 10 4,000 0 0 18,142 6 3 2,607 10 0 5,065 12 9 11,963 7 8 1,800 0 0 4,500 0 0 400 0 0 799 15 0 9,574 11 1 364 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 120 0 0 1,690 12 0 1,509 7 10 947 10 2 18,142 6 3 1,810 10 3 5,005 12 9 11,963 7 8 1,300 0 0 2,263 9 3 95 6 6 500 0 0 7,587 14 1 353 15 2 793 1 4 1,959 0 5 563 3 9 2,149 16 3 42 0 9 199 15 0 1,065 17 11

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Gi j Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liahilities oil Authorities, Contracts, tfec., 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. t— i Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Hawke's Bay Land District— continued. Opoiti Bridge (to account) Opoiti Bridge Ohuka-Waikaremoana Frasertown-Waikaremoana Wairoa and Waikaremoana (bridle-track through the Waiau District to Poverty Bay) Nuhaka Nuhaka, Block No. 2 Nuhaka Springs Nuhaka Block Rotokakaranga Waiau Block Nuhaka Springs-Boat Harbour Springs-Waikokupu Tunanui-Mabia .. t .. Wairoa-Mahia Roads, Wairoa, and Wairoa County roads Wairoa County roads (flood-damages) Bridge over Mohaka Napier to Wairoa (£1 for £1) Napier to Wairoa.. Mohaka southwards Mohaka and Waitara Upper and Lower Mohaka Makaroro Bridge and approaches Waitara Block Runanga-Pohui Sundry roads and bridges, Hawke's Bay Pohui Block Puketitiri Block Pukatitiri Roads, Napier District Napier-Murimotu Roads Bridge over Ahuriri Harbour Meanee protective works Ruahine Block (approach) Ruahine Mohaka Bridge (to account) £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ S. d. £ s. a. Wairoa Waiapu 1,500 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 1,450 0 0 544 18 6 1,500 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 2,073 13 5 544 18 6 1,500 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 2,950 0 0 544 18 6 623 13 5 876 6 7 743 12 6 58 0 0 27 11 10 568 3 0 1,769 7 10 400 0 0 62 1 0 743 12 6 58 0 0 89 12 10 568 3 0 1,769 7 10 400 0 0 432 7 2 743 12 6 58 0 0 522 0 0 568 3 0 1,769 7 10 700 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 1,512 7 8 300 0 0 500 0 0 725 0 0 18,678 5 3 320 19 6 151 6 4 100 0 0 400 0 0 781 0 6 5,784 19 8 419 10 5 538 0 0 520 0 0 250 0 0 32,189 19 2 1,047 6 0 625 16 1 500 0 0 714 18 5 724 1 1 6,545 10 0 » •» 9 300 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 Hawke's Bay and Waiapu Hawke's Bay 1,512 7 8 300 0 0 500 0 0 725 0 0 9,450 13 4 320 19 6 151 6 4 1,512 7 8 300 0 0 500 0 0 725 0 0 18,673 5 3 320 19 6 151 6 4 9,222 11 11 100 0 0 400 0 0 Wairoa and Hawke's Bay Hawke's Bay Waiapu Hawke's Bay 781 0 6 3,484 19 8 419 10 5 538 0 0 520 0 0 32,189 19 2 1,047 6 0 625 16 1 500 0 0 447 13 2 324 1 1 45 10 0 1,226 14 7 250 0 0 781 0 6 4,711 14 3 419 10 5 538 0 0 520 0 0 250 0 0 32,189 19 2 1,047 6 0 625 16 1 500 0 0 714 18 5 618 14 8 2,807 4 9 1,073 5 5 Waipawa 267 5 3 294 13 7 2,761 14 9 105 6 5 3,738 5 3 Hawke's Bay and Waiapu

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Iawke's Bay Land District — continued. Whakarara Road and Bridge Kuripapanga-Inland Patea Hawke's Bay .. Waipawa Hawke's Bay, Patea, and Rangitikei Pahiatua Hawke's Bay Waipawa 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 5,000 0 0 Tahikarite Bridge (near Weber) Elsthorpe Roads Whakarara Block Ruahine Block Makaretu Tukituki to Waipawa Norsewood-Apiti-Hawke's Bay Takapau-Kopua (£1 for £1) Manawatu and Makotuku Rivers, Ormondville Waikopiro Improved-farm Settlement Waikopiro Ormondville- Waikopiro * .. Manawatu Bridge, Waikopiro Manawatu Bridge Te Ohu Tahukaratu Bridge and Road (to connect with Main Road) Manawatu Bridge to Whetukura School (metalling) Makotuku Bridge (to account), (£1 for £1) Liberal Block Dannevirke-Tiratu Umutaoroa Block Patangata Waipawa „ .. » • ■ 500 0 8 1,992 15 2 985 1 5 566 8 11 500 0 0 450 0 0 2,063 19 9 5,587 6 7 670 16 9 610 10 4 500 0 0 434 8 10 437 0 4 904 6 11 46 5 6 897 13 11 500 0 8 1,992 15 2 985 1 5 566 8 11 500 0 0 450 0 0 2,501 0 1 6,491 13 6 717 2 3 1,508 4 3 500 0 0 434 8 10 200 0 0 250 0 0 38 0 0 15 18 3 250 0 0 162 19 8 289 1 9 353 14 6 200 0 0 250 0 0 38 0 0 515 18 11 1,992 15 2 985 1 5 816 8 11 500 0 0 450 0 0 2,663 19 9 6,780 15 3 1,070 16 9 1,508 4 3 500 0 0 434 8 10 200 0 0 " " '• 200 0 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 249 4 0 250 0 0 400 0 0 626 10 9 2,088 15 4 28 7 1 400 0 0 626 10 9 2,088 15 4 28 7 1 250 0 0 250 0 0 400 0 0 700 0 0 2,088 15 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,883 7 11 2,709 16 6 200 0 0 250 0 0 900 0 0 900 0 0 1,244 6 7 1,938 12 8 37 2 2 73 9 3 Dannevirke-Tamaki Holder's Ahuturanga Block Norsewood District, Ngamoko, and Maharahara .. Otawai Road, Tahoraite Totaro Road, Tahoraite Victoria- and Bush-mills Settlement Dannevirke-Weber-Wimbledon Oporae Maharahara Block .. .. Woodville Block II. 71 12 11 100 0 0 1,883 7 11 2,709 16 6 200 0 0 250 0 0 900 0 0 400 0 0 644 6 7 1,938 12 8 37 2 2 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,883 7 11 2,709 16 6 200 0 0 250 0 0 900 0 0 900 0 0 1,080 11 0 1,938 12 8 37 2 2 Waipawa and Pahiatua .. Pahiatua 500 0 0 436 4 5 163 15 7

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Name of Wort. County. Electorate. Total Net Net Expenditure ISlKq 12 Months ended 31st March. 1899. 3lBt Max6hi 1900 Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. &' s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Hawke's Bay Land District— continued. Holder's Roads Woodville Block Tautane and Tahoraite .. .. 1 Tautane and Weber Road .. .. f Ngapaeruru Block Tools, &c. Miscellaneous, and engineering Waipawa Waipawa and Patangata.. Pahiatua Waipawa and Pahiatua .. 300" 0 0 26 9 10 20,556 7 11 \ 300 0 0 26 9 10 20,556 7 11 300 0 0 26 9 10 20,556 7 11 Waipawa 2,901 5 6 248 15 0 1,851 11 8 3,953 17 0 6,855 2 6 248 15 0 1,851 11 8 6,855 2 6 248 15 0 2,044 1 11 f .. 192 10 3 Totals, Hawke's Bay Land District .. 232,578 11 4 32,894 13 8 265,473 5 0 25,851 8 2 291,324 13 2 Taranaki Land District — Tawai Improved-farm Settlement Mokau Ferry-service Mokau Punt Tauranga No. 1 and 0 Greenlands Improved-farm Settlement Mohakatino Bridge Tongaporutu Improved-farm Settlement Tongaporutu Ferry Uruti Improved-farm Settlement Pukearuhe and Mokau .. .. ) Pukearuhe inland-Mohakatino .. V Pukearuhe inland .. .. J Mohakatino-Parininihi No. 1a Mimi-Mangaroa (road metalling), (£1 for £1) Okau Improved-farm Settlement Putiki.. Derweiit Improved-farm Settlement Ohura South K No. 5 and L Burf oot Improved-farm Settlement Lepperton Block .. Ratatomokia Improved-farm Settlement Mangatawa Moanatairi Special Settlement Maraekowhai (Ohura Road) Kaipikari deviation Mokau River Bridle-track Moki Junction-Block II., Upper Waitara KaSvhia Clifton and Kawhia Clifton Egmont 842 14 8 221 16 0 1,003 14 1 1,421 14 5 1,822 12 3 2 2 3 721 12 2 14,355 5 5 3,864 17 10 400 0 0 1,746 19 3 736 12 0 1,694 0 0 500 0 0 293 2 4 966 0 0 2,381 19 1 10 19 7 5 12 8 90 18 10 16 18 6 404 7 3 114 13 5 • 170 9 1 49 12 5 231 11 6 64 11 0 853 14 3 5 12 8 221 16 %) 1,094 12 11 1,438 12 11 2,226 19 6 2 2 3 836 5 7 14,355 5 5 3,864 17 10 570 9 1 1,796 11 8 968 3 6 1,758 11 0 500 0 0 466 13 5 966 0 0 2,381 19 1 166 13 10 300 0 0 400 0 0 105 7 1 21 7 1 137 8 3 579 10 11 454 9 7 37 19 11 96 9 0 1,020 8 1 305 12 8 221 16 0 400 0 0 1,200 0 0 1,460 0 Q 2,226 19 6 2 2 3 973 13 10 14,355 5 5 3,864 17 10 1,150 0 0 2,251 1 3 1,008 3 5 1,855 0 0 500 0 0 523 6 6 966 0 0 2,516 2 11 200 0 0 401 19 1 3,416 19 11 259 16 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 173 11 1 56 13 1 134 3 10 200 0 0 8 5 2 194 3 8 3,416 19 11 199 10 3 393 13 11 3,416 19 11 259 16 0 259 16 0 74 14 9 74 14- 9 100 0 0 25 5 3

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net aSSf"*™ Total Net Expenditure to 19 Montbslnded Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. 31 s t March 1900 31st March . I90 °- Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, (fee, 31st Marcli, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Taranaki Land District — continued. Ngatoto Tongaporutu Bridge (to account) Kaipikari Block Mokau Road Mimi-Mokau Moki Roaa Upper Waitara Block (Uruti Roaa) Okoke Roaa Okoke Block Waikiekie Block Tikorangi-Te Tarata Junction Road-Purangi (£1 for £1) Junction Road (widening) Upper Waitara-Mangaere Bridge over Purangi (to account) Bridge over Purangi Roads east of Waitara Ngatimaru Block Milsom Milsom Block Milsom and Tanner Autawa and Pita Roads Oxford Association Block Waitara River (to account), (£1 for £1).. Uruti Road Otaroa Road Tikorangi Block Pukemahoe Road Tikorangi Bridge (approaches) Putiki Block Piko Block Inglewood-White Cliffs Inglewood-Ngatimaru Junction Road, from Inglewood eastwards Waitara Bridge (Tarata Bridge) Tikorangi Bridge (£1 for £1).. Tikorangi Bridge Inglewood-Waitara ') £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. 112 0 1 112 0 1 87 19 11 500 0 0 213 17 8 200 0 0 500 0 0 534 2 6 Clifton Egmont 320 4 10 320 4 10 809 8 3 4,955 0 1 5,764 8 4 1,336 1 5 7,100 9 9 190 6 8 126 0 0 500 0 0 1,550 2 0 312 2 7 3 18 0 18 11 3 137 7 10 502 9 3 126 0 0 503 18 0 1,568 13 3 137 7 10 702 3 8 5,308 2 5 1,538 15 9 1,487 5 6 2,200 5 5 4 3 .6 6,579 16 8 1,830 0 0 150 0 0 1,750 0 0 338 9 2 498 5 0 1,153 18 0 207 17 5 296 2 0 471 19 9 12 12 2 710 6 8 126 0 0 800 0 0 2,040 13 0 150 0 0 702 3 8 6,058 2 5 1,600 0 0 1,487 5 6 2,265 19 9 4 3 6 6,579 16 8 1,830 0 0 150 0 0 1,750 0 0 515 9 7 498 5 0 1,200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 160 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 5,000 0 0 368 3 1 1,000 0 0 968 18 2 799 5 1 387 4 9 2,749 1 5 702 3 8 5,308 2 5 800 0 0 1,487 5 6 565 19 9 4 3 6 6,579 16 8 1,830 0 0 150 0 0 1,750 0 0 215 9 7 498 5 0 1,146 10 3 738 15 9 1,634 5 8 750 0 0 61 4 3 65 14 4 122 19 7 177 0 5 Taranaki and Egmont Egmont *7 7 9 46 2 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 160 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 14 2 0 250 0 0 316 15 0 35 18 0 35 18 0 Clifton and Taranaki 5,000 0 0 368 3 » 1,000 0 0 968 18 2 799 5 1 387 4 9 2,749 1 5 183 5 0 183 5 0 5,000 0 0 368 3 1 1,000 0 0 968 18 2 799 5 1 387 4 9 2,749 1 5 Taranaki and Egmont n> Taranaki «.

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net ture h&S™ 12 Months ended 31st March 1899. 31 st fc4 im Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Total Net Authorities, Expenditure Contracts, kc, „„ A K Lku;h^««, 31st March, 1900. and liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. 'aranaki — continued. New Plymouth inland Henwood and Upland Roads Bridge on Stony River and approaches .. Egmont Block Egmont (VI.) Block Egmont Road Egmont District .. Alfred Road Patua (Egmont V., VII., XI.) Block .. Patua (Egmont) Block Carrington Road Tariki Road Huiroa Block Bridge over Manganui River Ironsand Block Opening of Huiroa Block Huiroa District Kent Road .. .. ... Koru-New Plymouth (£1 for £1) Maude Road Newall and Tohu Roads Motukawa .. Newall Road Waiweranui Egmont (metalling), (£1 for £1) Opunake Wharf (£1 for £1) .. Kohuratahi Improved-farm Settlement.. Kohuratahi-Tangarakau Tangarakau Clearing Tangarakau River (clearing), (to account) Whangamomona Improved-farm Settlement Ross Block Huiroa Improved-farm Settlement Huiroa Block Huiroa Roads Block X., Huiroa Roads east of Waipuku Roads east of Midhirst Mountain-roads to blocks under survey .. 5 Taranaki Taranaki and Egmont Taranaki 3,760 17 3 993 12 10 1,151 6 2 309 0 11 185 15 6 356 12 11 201 19 10 1,456 5 1 94 8 8 1,149 7 0 781 1 3 514 0 2 2,067 17 10 11 o o 43 5 1 109 8 10 300 0 0 78 19 10 46 2 6 3,760 17 3 993 12 10 1,151 6 2 320 0 11 185 15 6 356 12 11 201 19 10 1,499 10 2 94 8 8 1,149 7 0 781 1 3 514 0 2 2,067 17 10 109 8 10 300 0 0 78 19 10 46 2 6 150 0 0 100 0 0 195 15 9 400 0 0 1,131 14 0 256 19 10 3,110 11 9 263 7 2 386 18 1 9,769 4 11 437 19 0 1,014 19 10 1,254 6 8 111 8 11 745 17 0 278 13 5 253 10 3 890 14 0 100 19 1 136 9 10 100 0 0 40 11 2 200 0 0 21 0 2 103 17 6 3,760 17 3 993 12 10 1,151 6 2 421 0 0 185 15 6 356 12 11 201 19 10 1,636 0 0 194 8 8 1,149 7 0 781 1 3 514 0 2 2,067 17 10 150 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 342 10 6 400 0 0 1,131 14 0 256 19 10 3,197 12 11 263 7 2 386 18 1 10,104 2 10 478 0 0 1,086 6 5 1,254 6 8 111 8 11 745 17 0 278 13 5 253 10 3 890 14 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 192 10 6 3 5 3 400 0 0 146 14 9 Taranaki and Egmont Hawera 1,131 14 0 256 19 10 2,597 12 11 263 7 2 309 2 1 9,000 6 11 421 0 0 1,011 1 6 1,254 6 8 111 8 11 745 17 0 278 13 5 253 10 3 890 14 0 Stratford 512 18 10 87 1 2 77 16 0 768 18 0 16 19 0 3 18 4 334 17 11 40 1 0 71 6 7 Egmont

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net Expenditure Total Net Liabilities on Total Net BlMaHsW 12 MoS ended J&S2&1& C,tnt«ts Tc., E „T^rT 31st March. 1899. 31st Match, 1900 31st March, 1900. 31st March, 1900. and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Taranaki— continued. Roads east of Stratford .. Denbigh Road (subsidy) East Road .. .. .. \ Ohura (contribution) (main road) Ohura .. .. .. I Taumatamahoe .. .. .. f Taumatamahoe No. 2 Stratford-Ongaruhe-Ohura .. .. j Stratford-Ongaruhe Kahouri Bridge Putikituna Mangaere Block Akama Mangaere Improved-farm Settlement Manganui Block Eltham Block Gatton Special Settlement Mohakau Pembroke Puniwhakau Taihore (widening), £1 for £1 (to account) Wingrove Road Manganui Bridge.. Autawa Block Hurimoana Block Kohurutahi Block Llewellyn Block .. .. :. Marco Block Rimuputa Block Gatton Block Terrace End .. .. Makuri and Akama (£1 for £1) Makuri Road through Township Reserve Makuri Road West Mangaehu Track (widening) Brewer, Kirai, Makahu, Mangaehu, Murcott (to account) Tututawa Road Stratford " V Egmont •■) 1,865 19 8 150 0 0 1,158 7 6 1,118 16 11 4,916 8 2 2,992 18 0 49,070 11 5 24,318 6 5 600 0 0 1,497 4 0 4,144 0 0 759 1 8 894 0 0 800 0 0 7,747 16 10 653 8 9 133 13 0 271 0 10 99 18 0 65 9 0 34 5 1 500 0 0 1.865 19 8 150 0 0 1,158 7 6 8.866 13 9 4,916 8 2 2,992 18 0 49,070 11 5 24,318 6 5 600 0 0 2,150 12 9 4,144 0 0 892 14 8 894 0 0 800 0 0 271 0 10 99 18 0 65 9 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 3,065 14 0 155 4 1 300 0 0 53 8 9 28 19 2 150 2 0 34 11 0 165 14 11 500 0 0 50 0 0 1,865 19 6 150 0 C 1,158 7 £ 11,932 7 i 4,916 8 i 2,992 18 C 49,070 11 I 24,318 6 I 600 0 C 2,305 16 1( 4,144 0 ( 300 0 £ 946 3 I 894 0 ( 800 ' 0 ( 300 0 C 250 0 ( 100 0 C 365 14 11 1,000 0 C 50 0 C 200 0 C 1,153 0 C 797 0 C 550 0 C - 200 0 C 533 14 £ 799 0 C 950 0 C 1,368 5 £ 200 0 C 100 0 £ 100 0 C 100 0 C 300 0 £ 165 14 11 200 0 0 950 3 0 234 10 0 81 15 0 552 5 9 121 13 0 200 0 0 1,031 18 0 786 15 9 121 13 0 121 2 0 10 4 3 428 7 0 200 0 0 236 15 7 132 19 11 233 14 0 63 4 5 666 0 1 296 18 5 666 0 1 950 0 0 1,206 14 5 950 0 0 1,068 5 6 138 8 11 161 11 1 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 £

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c., 31st March, 1900. Total "Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Taranaki — continued. Hurimoana Road Putikituna Block.. Mauku Block .. .. .. . * Terrace End Special-settlement Block Mangaehu Blcck .. Puniwhakau Block Makahu Block Mangaotuku .. .. .. ) Mangaotuku Block Mangaehu and Llewellyn Special-settlement Blocks (above loan) To complete bushfelling, Stratford Refund expenses, T. Kelly, Mountain-road Commission Bridge on Stratford-Opunake Road Kaupokonui Block Ngaire (draining swamps) Anderson's roads and bridges (Rawhitiroa Road) .. Poti Improved-farm Settlement Native Trust Blocks Ngaire Improved-farm Settlement Eltham and branch roads Maata Improved-farm Settlement Rotokare and other roads Ararata Bridge Roads through bush, Waimate Plains Roads through bush, Waimate Plains Continuous reserve to be refunded Roads inland, Mokoia Tangahoe Valley Punehu Bridge Rawhitiroa Road Mangamingi Township Through parts of Blocks I., IL, V., VII., X., Ngaire District Through parts of Blocks III., V., X., Ngaire District Tracks and huts, Mount Egmont £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Egmont 191 18 3 90 0 0 191 18 3 90 0 0 2,173 0 0 301 0 0 1,926 0 0 464 9 6 850 0 0 376 12 7 334 4 8 60 0 0 308 1 9 190 0 0 60 0 C 500 0 C 280 0 C 2,173 0 C 301 0 C 1,926 0 C 1,000 0 C 950 0 t 376 12 7 346 0 C Stratford 2,173 0 0 301 0 0 1,926 0 0 153 4 0 650 0 0 376 12 7 146 5 3 311 5 6 200 0 0 535 10 6 100 0 0 187 19 5 11 15 4 34 0 0 19 8 0 34 0 0 19 8 0 34 0 £ 19 8 £ Hawera Hawera 376 19 8 34 7 6 12,880 1 0 4,524 8 7 267 8 8 1,834 13 9 590 4 9 7,359 15 6 77 9 3 1,182 19 3 150 0 0 1,614 9 8 15,714 8 9 5,045 10 4 663 18 1 23 12 6 49 9 0 0 5 0 376 19 8 58 0 0 12,880 1 0 4,524 8 7 267 8 8 1,834 13 9 639 13 9 7,359 15 6 77 14 3 1,182 19 3 150 0 0 1,614 9 8 15,714 8 9 5,045 10 4 663 18 1 72 11 4 215 10 0 122 15 0 376 19 S 58 0 £ 12,880 1 £ 4,524 8 7 340 0 £ 1,834 13 £ 855 3 E 7,359 15 £ 200 9 § 1,182 19 £ 150 0 £ 1,614 9 6 15,714 8 i 5,045 10 4 663 18 1 300 0 £ 502 5 £ 500 0 £ 151 0 £ 2,041 0 1C Patea 300 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 51 0 0 2 5 0 *2 5 0 Egmont Egmont, Patea, and Hawera 100 0 0 2,041 0 10 100 0 0 2,041 0 10 Taranaki, Stratford, and Hawera Taranaki, Egmont, and Hawera 1,146 3 6 700 0 0 50 0 0 1.146 3 6 750 0 0 450 0 0 1,146 3 £ 1,200 0 £

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure Total Net 12 MonThs ended ,?J?S" ii 'Hqm 31st March, 1900 31st Maroh - !90 °- Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. ?aranaki Land District — continued. Hawera to Waitara 14,469 19 2 14,469 19 2 14,469 19 2 Waiti-Patea Taranaki, Stratford, and Hawera Clifton, Taranaki, Stratford, Hawera, and Patea Hawera and Stratford Egmont and Hawera Egmont, Patea, ana Hawera 58,566 6 9 58,566 6 9 58,566 6 9 South Egmont Forest Reserve Mangamingi Great South Road, between Opunake and Manaia .. Rawhitiroa Block Bush lands inland of Patea Rangiwhakaoma Block Kaimanuka and Rawhitiroa Waitotara Valley Waitotara (widening), (four miles of this in Wellington District) Waitotara (widening), (contribution) Opaku-Kapara Block Weraweraonga Whenuakura Valley Bridge and Road Ball Road (Blocks IX., X., XIIL, XIV., Carlyle and Opaku S.D.) Okotuku Central Patea Valley .. .. Mataimoana Motoroa Nukuhau Okahutiria Waverley-Patea Taumatatahi Improved-farm Settlement Patea River Bridge, Ball Road (to account), (£1 for £1) Patea River Bridge (to account) Eltham-Waitotara Eltham-Wai totara (£1 for £1) Patea River (snagging) Roads and bridges, unsettled districts, Patea and Taranaki Kaitangiwhenua Block .. ' .. Kaitangiwhenua No. 2 Block (Rawhitiroa Road) .. Whenuakura Block Kaitangiwhenua No. 2 Block Taranaki and Hawera Patea ii .. Hawera Hawera and Taranaki Patea 47 8 0 6,640 4 10 2,946 0 0 3 11 11 1,926 0 11 3,652 16 0 2,941 13 3 18 5 0 1,481 15 0 2,725 1 3 600 0 0 1,077 12 3 1,055 6 8 109 7 8 221 17 0 1,333 14 5 628 8 7 67 18 9 90 12 4 426 10 4 297 6 5 175 0 0 100 0 0 17 13 9 47 8 0 6,640 4 10 2,946 0 0 3 11 11 1,926 0 11 1,333 14 5 3,652 16 0 3,570 1 10 18 5 0 1,481 15 0 2,793 0 0 600 0 0 1,077 12 3 1,055 6 8 200 0 0 648 7 4 297 6 5 175 0 0 100 0 0 420 0 0 70 0 0 419 15 9 49 16 0 87 12 1 0 17 2 3 8 4 209 7 8 223 9 8 2 13 7 '00 0 0 132 6 3 47 8 0 6,640 4 10 2,946 0 0 3 11 11 1,926 0 11 1,421 6 6 3,652 16 0 3,570 19 0 18 5 0 1,481 15 0 2,793 0 0 600 0 0 1,077 12 3 1,058 15 0 409 7 8 871 17 0 300 0 0 575 0 0 100 0 0 552 6 3 70 0 0 505 0 6 250 0 0 402 6 3 70 0 0 3S8 16 9 20 19 0 49 16 0 85 4 9 200 4 0 Hawera and Patea Hawera and Patea Patea and Hawera Patea Hawera and Patea 600 0 0 1,270 17 1 600 0 0 1,270 17 1 600 0 0 1,270 17 1 400 0 0 60 0 0 48,296 16 3 » 400 0 0 60 0 0 Taranaki, Hawera, Patea, and Waitotara Stratfora and Patea 48,296 16 3 48,296 16 3 Egmont an3 Patea 1,375 0 0 5,756 0 0 46 19 1 1,030 17 0 1,375 0 0 5,756 0 0 206 15 11 1,030 17 0 1,375 0 0 5,756 0 0 500 0 0 1,030 17 0 159 16 10 293 4 1

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l Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure Total Net 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900 31st Marcn - 190 °- Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &.C., 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. H-» Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Taranaki Land District — continued. Sundry roads, Taranaki Tools, &c. General: Salaries Miscellaneous and .engineering £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ I S. d. £ s. d. Stratford and Patea Egmont and Patea 251 11 3 254 4 2 402 18 8 4,192 4 1 251 11 3 254 4 2 402 18 8 4,192 4 1 251 11 3 254 4 2 402 18 8 4,267 15 3 75 11 2 Total, Taranaki Land District ti 427,066 8 0 28,425 4 2 455,491 12 2 22,559 16 11 478,051 9 1 Wellington Land District — Kaitieke Block Wanganui-Taupo Okahukura 8m Glaastone Block Waimarino Block Waimarino Waimarino No. 2 Blook Manganui Ruapehu Block Moawhango-Karioi Horopito Improvement Farm Raetihi-Ohura Raetihi Township Clifton Block Clifton Flood-damages, Makohine Village Settlement, Clifton Block Hautapu-Main Road Hunterville I., IL, III. Otaranoho Retaruke Valley Turakina Valley .. .. .. Mangawhero Bridge (Aberfeldie) Upper Wangaehu Bridge Clifton (No. 2) Block .. .. 1 Makotuku (No. 3) Block .. .. J Marton (No. 3) Block Waimarino Road (metalling) Mangawhero-Mangatiti (metalling) P i piriki-Ohakune Wanganui Patea 2,861 5 0 5,376 18 1 476 3 4 1,391 14 6 1,000 0 0 2,584 5 8 6,813 5 7 496 3 6 1,116 6 6 362 10 4 2,327 16 3 154 17 6 1,163 0 0 206 2 11 115 10 0 652 3 6 205 0 1 23 16 5 156 19 10 587 8 10 65 1 0 160 5 1 84 10 0 3,513 8 6 5,376 IS 1 476 3 4 1,391 14 6 1,000 0 0 2,789 5 9 6,813 5 7 519 19 11 1,116 6 6 519 10 2 2,915 5 1 219 18 6 1,163 0 0 366 8 0 200 0 0 438 0 6 300 0 0 178 11 3 28 4 5 700 0 0 70 3 10 412 11 2 29 14 0 139 14 11 3,951 9 0 5,376 18 1 476 3 4 1,691 14 6 1,000 0 0 2,967 17 0 6,841 10 0 1,219 19 11 1,116 6 6 589 14 0 3,327 16 3 249 12 6 1,163 0 0 506 2 11 200 0 0 » 2,648 7 11 22 13 0 147 8 6 1,186 1 1 146 0 6 348 17 5 665 18 3 147 8 6 3,834 9 0 168 13 6 348 17 5 4,947 8 0 2 11 6 150 0 0 3,834 9 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 5,081 9 9 1,000 0 0 250 0 0 " 4,281 9 9 31 6 6 151 2 7 134 1 9 1,000 0 0 215 8 9 34 11 3 34 11 3 116 11 2 116 11 2 233 8 10 350 0 0 417 3 11 417 3 11 382 16 1 300 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 800 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 . .

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c f 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ S. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Wanganui Wanganui Block Huikumu Road Wanganui River Trust Raetihi-Parapara Pipiriki-Waiouru.. T , -,. (Pipiriki-Karioi .. 1 Including - tPi £ iriki _o nakune •... } Mangawhero-Murimotu (same as Wanganui-Muri-) motu) ) Paratieke Rangiwaea Maungakaretu Ruanui 2a and 3a Lands and Survey Offices, Wanganui Wanganui River (steamer subsidy) Tongariro National Park O h in gai ti-Tokaanu Wanganui Patea t" 400 0 0 1,556 0 0 248 3 7 5,850 0 0 2,683 14 1 5,866 17 6 | 24,571 18 10 | 6,027 16 7 313 10 4 29 16 5 1,250 0 0 630 0 1 1,887 0 11 713 10 4 1,556 0 0 278 0 0 7,100 0 0 3,313 14 2 7,753 18 5 24,571 18 10 186 9 8 50 0 0 250 0 0 219 19 11 1,112 19 1 900 0 0 1,556 0 0 328 0 0 7,350 0 0 3,533 14 1 8,866 17 6 24,571 18 10 189 16 9 6,217 13 4 58 5 7 6,275 18 11 588 2 7 1,730 7 0 369 14 6 588 2 7 369 14 6 1,730 7 0 40 6 0 255 5 6 588 2 7 625 0 0 1,730 7 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 2,192 17 7 460 0 0 25,194 7 7 40 6 0 159 14 0 300 0 0 Borough of Wanganui Wanganui and Waitotara East Taupo .. Taupo East, Wanganui, and Rangitikei Ditto Taupo West and Wanganui Wanganui Patea Bay of Plenty, Patea, and Rangitikei Ditto Bay of Plenty and Patea.. 2,192 17 7 425 14 4 23,194 7 7 34 5 8 1,342 4 7 2,192 17 7 460 0 0 24,536 12 2 657 15 5 Hunterville-Turangarere Tuamaranui-Ohakune Rotoaira-Waimarino Waimarino-Tokaanu Kuripapanga-Karioi 24,867 1 8 5,575 18 9 1,418 5 9 43 6 6 2,443 11 7 38 16 0 99 9 4 24,867 1 8 5,614 14 9 1,517 15 1 43 6 6 2,443 11 7 361 4 0 '6 10 8 24,867 1 8 5,975 18 9 1,517 15 1 43 17 2 2,443 11 7 Moawhango-Te Horo Wanganui, Rangitikei, and Hawke's Bay Wanganui ana Hawke's Bay Waipawa ana Hawke's Bay Rangitikei Patea, Rangitikei, and Hawke's Bay Patea and Rangitikei 552 2 10 73 10 0 625 12 10 128 10 9 754 3 7 Woodville (Malton Block) Taihape Township Rongoiti Improved Farm Hautapu „ Taihape „ Ohutu Otuarei „ Ohinewairua Blook Hautapu (VIII.), Ruahine (V.,IX.,X.) Blocks, Hau-tapu-Ruahine No. 2 Pukeokahu (X., XIII.), Ohinewairua (XVI.), Hautapu (IV.), Ruahine (I.) Block, Pukeokahu Pahiatua Rangitikei 217 7 2 765 7 2 2,229 18 5 4,447 4 4 3,791 0 9 385 0 9 1,223 8 0 81 3 3 145 11 10 370 10 3 123 15 0 190 14 8 573 0 3 526 6 1 417 7 0 803 19 2 362 19 0 1,135 17 5 2,353 13 5 4,637 19 0 4,364 1 0 911 6 10 1,640 15 0 885 2 5 50 0 0 53 2 2 124 2 7 176 5 0 329 16 1 105 6 3 18 10 2 224 5 0 1,414 17 7 50 0 0 416 1 2 1,260 0 0 2,529 18 5 4,967 15 1 4,269 7 3 929 17 0 1,865 0 0 2,300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 700 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Ne * to P r Sf tUre j Total Net 31st March, 1899. ' 31st March, 1900. L A'Sfh^«° n Total Net rlt? 0 ? I' Expenditure Contracts, &c, „„ A K i„v.;ij+,-„<, 31st March, 1900. and liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. [ £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. 'ellington Land District — continued. Masterton-Tenui Improved Farm Turakina Valley Extension .. > Weston Road Sommerville Rangitikei Bridge (Bulls), (to account) Oraukura Improved Farm Marton Domain (subsidy £1 for £1) Oraukura Block Mangaweka Township (drainage) Mangaonoho Vinegar Hill Road Gorge-Ohutu Improved-farm Settlement Horouta .. Moawhango Bridge (Horouta) Tiriraukawa Block (Pohonuiotane Block) Makohine Valley Rangitikei .. .. j Rangitikei • • I „ Manawatu Rangitikei 956 1 2 155 1 5 339 7 3 64 2 0 57 8 0 49 12 4 1,111 2 7 339 7 3 64 2 0 57 8 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 494 10 0 991 19 4 355 3 3 1,351 2 8 1,801 17 8 869 11 10 i 202 12 9 400 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 435 18 0 100 0 0 242 12 0 101 10 2 108 1 1 1,844 16 9 i 111 17 4 42 6 0 1,400 0 0 71 4 5 1,313 15 4 400 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 339 7 3 500 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 301 10 2 494 10 0 1,100 0 5 2,200 0 0 1,463 0 0 1,801 17 8 911 17 10 1,400 0 0 3,087 0 0 0 7 8 150 0 0 200 0 0 131 10 2 494 10 0 435 0 5 68 9 10 „ 556 18 11 355 3 3 1,207 5 8 Taihape-Paengaroa (same as Hautapu-Sommerville) Kakariki Bridge (approaches) Hautapu (I., V., VI., IX., X.) and Tiriraukawa (IV., VIII.) Blocks, Upper Makohine Paraekaretu Block Te Kapua Block (Sommerville and Knights of Labour) Te Kapua Otiri Block Marton to Murimotu Murray's Track Watershed and Murray's Watershed Road Pohonuiotane Pohonuiotane Block Pohonuiotane Block, Hunterville I., IL, III. Rangitikei Bridge, Vinegar Hill (£1 for £1) Hales's Track to Murimotu Bridge over Wangaehu Wangaehu River Bridge (£1 for £1) Temporary bridges, Rangitikei To relieve Wanganui Bridge from tolls Patea and Rangitikei 1 143 17 0 1,801 17 8 109 12 0 759 19 10 2,348 17 8 666 17 11 3,015 15 7 Patea 149 0 0 4,891 0 0 1,466 15 8 139 2 6 2,670 6 6 423 0 0 772 12 9 36 14 3 200 0 0 59 14 9 618 9 0 2,500 0 0 497 0 0 1,000 0 0 730 14 0 16 12 0 258 2 3 149 0 0 4,891 0 0 2,197 9 8 139 2 6 2,670 6 6 439 12 0 772 12 9 294 16 6 200 0 0 61 15 11 618 9 0 3,160 6 5 497 0 0 1,000 0 0 283 6 0 383 3 0 *5 3 6 298 18 10 339 13 7 500 0 0 149 0 0 4,891 0 0 2,480 15 8 139 2 6 2,670 6 6 822 15 0 772 12 9 300 0 0 200 0 0 360 14 9 618 9 0 3,500 0 0 497 0 0 1,000 0 0 500 0 0 350 0 0 17,000 0 0 2 12 Rangitikei and Kiwitea .. Wanganui and Rangitikei Rangitikei ard Patea Patea Wanganui and Manawatu 660 6 5 Kiwitea and Rangitikei .. Waitotara and Wanganui Rangitikei and Manawatu 350 0 0 17,000 0 0 350 0 0 17,000 0 0 „

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, nfec, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Patea to Wanganui Wairoa Survey District Waitotara Valley Tokomaru Block Te Ngaue Block Omahine Block Waverley-Patea Road Mangawhio Road.. .. .. Okotuku Momahaki Village Settlement Block Momahaki-Waitotara Waitotara-Omahine Waitotara River Suspension Bridge Makotuku Valley Upper Waitotara Valley Puao Road (£1 for £1) Rangitikei Bridge, Mangaweka Awarua Rangitikei Bridge, Otara (£1 for £1) Kawatau-Hautapu Kawatau Kawatau Valley Road Kawatau Block Kawatau Improved-farm Settlement Otamakapua Otamakapua and Waitapu Ngaio Road .. Hautapu-Ruahine ... Marton L, II. Hautapu-Ruahine (Marton I., II.) Hautapu Ruahine Blook (Marton I., II.) Hautapu No. 2 Block Mangawhaririki Hautapu Block Hautapu Hautapu No. 2 .. Kelpie Road Karewarewa Block Waitotara and Patea Waitotara Patea Kiwitea and Rangitikei .. Wanganui and Patea Patea Rangitikei 36,275 18 9 14 5 7 686 0 0 1,995 3 4 200 0 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 4,670 11 1 16,931 8 8 672 13 1 438 16 8 616 19 11 1,678 14 9 1,261 9 3 1,466 18 7 2,288 0 9 4,464 8 2 197 13 11 2,372 11 0 259 0 3 899 4 9 4,526 9 10 1,713 15 10 9,331 6 9 1,573 0 0 907 0 8 136 17 6 759 10 4 319 1 9 *7 14 0 440 1 9 173 14 3 1,108 18 3 494 9 3 36,275 18 9 14 5 7 686 0 0 1,995 3 4 200 0 0 114 0 0 130 0 0 190 9 3 100 0 0 1,318 11 8 3,602 13 1 3,524 1 9 400 0 0 440 1 9 4,844 5 4 18,040 6 11 1,167 2 4 438 16 8 616 19 11 2,785 13 1 1,367 6 4 1,466 18 7 2,288 0 9 4,464 8 2 197 13 11 2,386 17 0 834 11 1 899 4 9 4,531 19 10 1,713 15 10 10,070 14 6 1,573 0 0 943 10 6 418 12 6 805 11 10 319 1 9 167 0 0 41 8 4 150 0 0 200 0 0 109 18 3 250 0 0 391 1 9 505 10 9 36,275 18 9 14 5 7 686 0 0 1,995 3 4 367 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 9 550 0 0 200 0 0 550 0 0 250 0 0 4,844 5 4 18,431 8 8 1,672 13 1 438 16 8 616 19 11 3,150 0 0 1,425 0 0 1,689 10 8 2,288 0 9 4,464 8 2 197 13 11 2,395 0 0 1,050 0 0 899 4 9 4,537 11 3 1,713 15 10 10,715 6 3 1,573 0 0 1,030 9 0636 17 6 842 1 6 319 1 9Kiwitea 1,106 18 4 105 17 1 364 6 11 57 13 8 222 12 1 14 6 0 575 10 10 8 3 0 215 8 11 5 10 0 *5 11 5 739 7 9 644 11 9 36 9 10 281 15 0 46 1 6 86 18 6 218 5 0 36 9 8

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net Expenditure 12 Montts'ended 31st March, 1899. glgt Maxch _ 190Q Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on T ,., *, . 31st March, 1900. anci Lia.nht.es. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Kew Onslow Onslow Block Pemberton Improved-farm Settlement ... Pemberton-Wairaki (Pukerimu) Mangamako (£1 for £1) Mania Road McBeth's Road, and Birmingham to MoBeth's Road Watershed Road Kimbolton-Wairaki Kimbolton Road extension Kimbolton Road-Oroua .. Kimbolton Conspicuous Road Umutoi .. .. Umutoi Block Pakihikura Road, Oroua River Auputa Road and Bridge Waitapu Block Mangoira-Coal Creek Block Main Road, Mangoira-Coal Creek Mangoira-Coal Creek .. Oroua Bridge .. .. Apiti-Rangiwahia Apiti District Apiti Bridge Umutoi Table Flat Pohangina Block .. .. Tunipo Road, Apiti-Norsewood Salisbury and Delaware Block Salisbury and Delaware Pohangina Pohangina Valley Road Upper Pohangina Valley Pohangina Valley Forest Reserve East side of Pohangina River Oroua-Coal Creek, Pohangina-Oroua Kiwitea Rangitikei 31 8 5 3,030 19 6 920 10 6 1,180 3 9 865 14 3 1,008 4 11 496 2 0 1,003 5 11 860 1 0 250 0 0 550 0 0 490 0 0 500 0 0 7 7 0 354 11 4 257 17 7 67 0 1 3 7 6 541 16 3 2 3 8 86 16 5 330 9 1 7 7 0 386 9 9 3,288 17 1 987 10 7 3 7 6 1,180 3 9 865 14 3 1,008 4 11 496 2 0 1,545 2 2 862 4 8 336 16 5 550 0 0 490 0 0 500 0 0 330 9 1 1,379 6 6 2,030 0 0 486 8 3 452 2 5 1,405 6 7 42 13 0 100 0 0 113 10 3 76 12 2 21 5 2 200 0 0 196 12 6 400 0 0 83 18 7 78 3 7 219 10 11 50 0 O 100 0 O 500 0 0 3,365 9 3 1,008 15 9 200 0 0 200 0 O 400 0 0 1.180 3 9 865 14 3 1,008 4 11 496 2 0 1,629 0 9 862 4 8 415 0 0 550 0 0 490 0 0 500 0 0 550 0 0 1,379 6 6 2,030 0 0 486 8 3 452 2 5 1,405 6 7 100 0 0 500 0 0 275 0 0 294 17 1 1.181 0 0 499 16 11 3,348 0 0 1,863 10 10 535 0 0 578 9 0 1,398 7 10 775 0 0 920 17 6 1,994 2 2 Kiwitea and Pohangina .. 1,379 6 6 2,030 0 0 486 7 0 452 2 5 1,405 6 7 0 13 142 7 10 82 14 0 100 0 0 Pohangina 500 0 0 500 0 0 142 7 10 294 17 1 1,181 0 0 499 16 11 3,348 0 0 1,863 10 10 287 4 5 578 9 0 1,398 7 10 425 0 0 920 17 6 1,994 2 2 212 3 1 1,181 0 0 499 16 11 3,348 0 0 1,863 10 10 239 7 5 578 9 0 1,398 7 10 425 0 0 920 17 6 1,994 2 2 132 12 2 47 17 0 247 15 7 350 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net Expenditure To tal Net * Liabilities on Expenditure to 19 M -„ du i ? ng ,,„,, Expenditure to Authorities, 31st March 1899 12 Months ended „. .% . , qno Contracts, &o., 31st March, 1899. 31st March _ 1900 31st March, 1900. 31gt March; 1900 _ Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. Roads, Bridges, etc.— continued. 'ellington Land District — continued. Malton Malton Block Norsewooa-Apiti .. Briage Approach, Orepuhi Manawatu Gorge Fitzherbert-Tokomaru Palmerston North Forest Reserve Blocks V., VI., IX., X., ana XIIL, Kairanga Survey District, Palmerston North, 24 miles, to open 8,582 acres Manawatu Gorge to Fitzherbert Roaa Fitzherbert Briage (£1 for £1), (to account) Blocks V., VI., IX., ana XIIL, Kairanga Survey District, Palmerston North Kairanga Drain Repairs, Fitzherbert Bri3ge Roads in Fitzherbert Block Roads, Fitzherbert Block Lower Gorge Bridge (to account of contribution, £2,000) Akitio River Road (Mount Woolf) Alfredton-Weber Road Akitio Improved-farm Settlement Seventy-mile Bush Makairo-Kumeroa Pahiatua-Palmerston North Pahiatua-Palmerston Mangatoro-Coonoor Valley Upper Manawatu Gorge Road Upper Manawatu Roads Hall Special Settlement Hall Association Block Ballance-Manawatu Gorge Makairo Road Mangatoro Township (felling) Coonoor Block Coonoor Association Coonoor Farm Homestead Association Pohangina Pohangina and Waipawa.. Rangitikei and Oroua Oroua and Pahiatua Oroua and Horowhenua .. Oroua and Pahiatua Oroua Rangitikei Rangitikei and Waipawa.. Manawatu and Rangitikei Pahiatua and Palmerston Palmerston Pahiatua and Palmerston Palmerston 148 6 8 302 0 0 1,419 14 9 150 0 0 117,236 6 4 877 9 5 1,524 7 2 1,000 0 0 3,738 8 0 851 8 4 500 0 0 1,050 5 3 400 0 0 204 3 0 73 14 7 352 9 8 302 0 0 1,493 9 4 150 0 0 117,236 6 4 877 9 5 1,524 7 2 1,000 0 0 3,738 8 0 851 8 4 500 0 0 1,050 5 3 400 0 0 47 10 4 1 10 3 200 0 0 60 0 0 1,500 0 0 400 0 0 302 0 0 1,494 19 7 150 0 0 117,236 6 4 200 0 0 877 9 5 1,524 7 2 60 0 0 1,000 0 0 3,738 8 0 851 8 4 500 0 0 1,050 5 3 400 0 0 1,500 0 0 Patangata Akitio Pahiatua 28,048 2 4 4,652 11 9 61,326 5 7 298 6 9 2,581 12 7 301 17 2 5,574 11 11 377 11 11 22 8 1 185 18 0 794 0 0 1,341 13 11 4,093 0 7 34 2 6' 134 0 3 131 0 0 248 13 2 2,782 15 8 1,392 10 5 248 13 2 30,830 18 0 6,045 2 2 61,326 5 7 401 10 0 2,581 12 7 3,031 7 11 5,652 13 0 377 11 11 22 8 1 862 12 4 794 0 0 2,367 16 2 4,168 16 1 34 2 6 134 0 3 131 0 0 209 12 2 251 6 10 1,045 6 7 71 6 5 500 0 0 31,876 4 7 6,116 8 7 61,326 5 7 640 15 0 2,581 12 7 3,159 11 8 5,874 11 11 377 11 11 22 8 1 985 0 0 794 0 0 2,396 16 8 4,184 6 9 34 2 6 134 0 3 131 0 0 350 0 0 Pahiatua ana Waipawa .. Pahiatua and Waipawa .. Pahiatua Pahiatua and Palmerston 239 5 0 103 3 3 Pahiatua and Oroua 2,729 10 9 78 1 1 128 3 9 221 18 11 Pahiatua Pahiatua and Waipawa .. Pahiatua 676 14 4 122 7 8 1,026 2 3 75 15 6 29 0 6 15 10 8 209 12 2 140 7 10

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net P r ™ ditUre Total Net Expenditure to 12 Months ended H.^Z^rfqnn 31st March, 1899. 3J t March 1900 March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc.—co»£m«ed. Wellington Land District — continued. Wooavil le-Aohanga Toritea Roaa Toritea-Makuri Tiraumea Nort\x Kaitawa Ridge Road Mangaramarama Road Thompson's Tiraumea-Makuri Tiraumea Bridge (Subsidy, Hull's Crossing) Tiraumea Bridge (Subsidy, Hull's Crossing) Mangaramarama Village (metalling) Makairo-Coonoor Road Mangaramarama Village Settlement Eglington Road (Kaitawa District) Range Road-Pongaroa (widening) Te Aupapa Road (metalling) Mataura Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) Horse-shoe Bridge (Makuri Gorge Road) Mangatainoka Bridge, at Tutaekara Crossing (£1 for £1) Makuri, Section 12, Block X. MoKenzie Speoial Settlement Block (Tutaekara Railway-station) Ngaturi-Aohanga Nikau-Omata Ohinereiata Road.. Pahiatua-Railway-station (repairs), (£1 for £1) Tutaekara-Nikau Upper Tiraumea Valley Ballance Bridge (to account) Mangatainoka River Bridge, Hamua (to account) .. Tiraumea Bridge —Maturi (contribution) Tiraumea Bridge Tiraumea Valley Road Mangatainoko Roads Mangahao Bridge.. ... Mangatainoka Bridge Pahiatua Pahiatua 2,371 6 11 150 0 0 206 3 10 425 0 0 212 3 11 218 7 4 366 10 4 1,610 14 2 261 10 0 238 10 0 966 2 9 575 9 11 767 4 0 0 12 6 3,337 9 8 150 0 0 781 13 9 425 0 0 979 7 11 218 7 4 367 2 10 1,610 14 2 261 10 0 238 10 0 165 5 1 118 6 3 40 12 1 132 7 6 3,502 14 9 150 0 0 900 0 0 425 0 0 1,020 0 0 218 7 4 499 10 4 1,610 14 2 261 10 0 238 10 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 550 0 0 100 0 0 852 17 6 4 0 0 1 6 10 *4 0 0 1 6 10 100 0 0 296 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 198 13 2 200 0 0 550 0 0 200 0 0 3 12 0 Cr. 100 0 0 849 5 6 Cr. 100 0 0 852 17 6 47 10 9 47 10 9 £0 0 0 102 9 3 50 0 0 150 0 0 96 0 0 307 19 0 66 15 11 10 13 0 204 0 0 104 10 1 269 5 8 167 6 4 9 19 0 307 19 0 66 15 11 10 13 0 300 0 0 104 10 1 269 5 8 167 6 4 9 19 0 1,000 0 0 2,244 10 10 1,224 4 8 5,411 18 3 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 192 1 0 33 4 1 39 7 0 95 9 11 130 14 4 132 13 8 290 1 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 1,000 0 0 2,244 10 10 1,412 2 0 5,411 18 3 500 0 0 1.000 0 0 -• I 1,000 0 0 2,244 10 10 1,012 2 0 5,411 18 3 500 0 0 1,000 0 0 212 2 8 187 17 4

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net L , ia Si, litie i ? on Total Net Expenditure to Contact',*'*,. Expendftute 31st March, .900. *ffi*£ *& and Liabilities. I ™" 1 I £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Mangatainoka, on Bridge Road .. ) Makakahi Road .. .. .. j Bridge Road to Makakahi Makakahi Bridge to Mangahao South Pahiatua Road Upper Makuri Valley Road Te Aupapa Road and Makuri Bridge Makuri Township Makuri Township (unsold) Makuri Bridge, near Township Makuri Gorge Road Tutaekara Road Pahiatua, Mangaone, &c. Pori Road, Puketoi and Tiraumea Bridge and Road, Napier's Crossing Tararua Smith's Footbridge-Totara Reserve Pahiatua „ Pahiatua 819 7 10 1,028 0 0 316 12 6 1,609 0 8 7,710 18 5 400 0 0 13 8 9 733 11 8 295 0 0 3,925 3 4 311 1 6 19,317 15 2 900 0 0 62 8 5 18 16 8 819 7 10 .. 819 7 10 1,028 0 0 .. 1,028 0 0 316 12 6 .. 316 12 6 1,609 0 8 .. 1,609 0 8 7,773 6 10 220 2 5 7,993 9 3 400 0 0 .. 400 0 0 32 5 5 27 14 7 60 0 0 733 11 8 .. 733 11 8 295 0 0 .. 295 0 0 3,925 3 4 .. 3,925 3 4 311 1 6 .. 311 1 6 19,317 15 2 .. 19,317 15 2 900 0 0 .. 900 0 0 Masterton and Pahiatua.. Masterton Towai Road j Pahiatua and Wairarapa 1 1 North j Ditto Pahiatua 123 6 0 92 19 4 j 1,287 11 3 t 775 0 0 1,521 10 '1 139 16 9 123 6 0 .. 123 6 0 92 19 4 .. 92 19 4 1 1,287 11 3 f m q o 1 1,287 11 3 \ 914 16 9 j 10 d 3 | 925 0 0 1,521 10 1 .. 1,521 10 1 261 8 9 238 11 3 500 0 0 200 0 0 .. 200 0 0 96 16 9 .. 96 16 9 1,246 4 6 .. 1,246 4 6 150 0 0 .. 150 0 0 ( 413 7 10 | 17 „ -- „ ( 413 7 10 1 229 9 4 f 1/0 10 b \ 400 0 0 15,982 19 0 1,705 9 10 17,688 8 10 5,526 2 7 596 19 9 6,123 2 4 12,374 18 9 .. 12,374 18 9 116 0 0 .. 116 0 0 2,091 4 7 188 9 11 2,279 14 6 2,219 4 4 100 15 8 2,320 0 0 2,217 14 0 56 14 1 2,274 8 1 1,425 7 10 24 12 2 1,450 0 0 83 13 0 466 7 0 500 0 0 197 9 10 2 10 2 200 0 0 56 18 1 43 1 11 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 Waiwera Block Waiwera Mount Marchant Road (£1 for £1) Mangaone Valley Mangaone-Tiraumea Pori .. Pahiatua and Eketahuna.. 200 0 0 96 16 9 1,246 4 6 150 0 0 | 413 7 10 [ 28 17 0 13,616 8 10 4,423 2 4 12,374 18 9 50 15 0 1,679 14 6 1,796 6 4 1,798 8 6 1,399 16 10 261 8 9 Pahiatua-Masf erton Tiraumea River Road-Pa Valley Roaa I 200 12 4 Makuri-Pongaroa Makuri-Aohanga Roaa (Rakanui) Puketoi Puketoi-Aohanga Rising Sun Association Pahiatua No. 1 .. Pahiatua No. 2 .. Pahiatua No. 3 .. Aohanga, Waiowaka Kaikoura Farm Homesteaa Settlement Roads Pongaroa School Road (metalling) Section 183, Block IV. Aohanga-Aohanga Valley .. Akitio Pahiatua Masterton and Pahiatua.. Pahiatua 2,366 10 2 1,103 0 3 65 5 0 411 10 1 422 18 0 419 5 6 25 11 0 33 13 0 197 9 10 56 18 1 i

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OO Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net NetE /j;™5 i * nre Total Net Expenditure to ,„ j-j Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on r, , , , T , Authorities, ■J° tal *' et Contracts, to., E ?P™ d ?* u ?' e 31st March, 1900. and LM^Wies. h-i £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Waihi-Akitio Waiowaka Road Extension Waihoku Valley Waipatukaka, near Pongaroa Waihi Masterton Reform Association Mangatiti Improved-farm Settlement .. Aohanga Gorge Road Pahiatua No. 4 .. Mecalickstone Mecalickstone Farm-homestead Block .. Mount Arthur Road Pakowai-Mataikona Settlement Roads .. Akitio Bridge (to account) Huia East Puketoi Burling's-Mecalickstone Hukunui-Masterton Special Settlement Kaituna Akaroa Street Formation (Pongaroa Township) Pongaroa- Aohanga Akitio River Suspension Bridge Road .. Range Road Rangitumau Block Dannevirke-Centennial Block Mangatainoka Valley Road to Native Land K, No. 2 Stirling Block Roads North Road, Wellington Special Settlement Makakahi Bridge (Hamua), (£1 for £1).. Hukunui to Hawera, (£1 for 10s.) Kakariki Special Settlement Stirling Block Newman-Sterling Eketahuna County roads (flood-damages) Wellington Settlement-Forest Reserve Eketahuna-Sterlihg Akitio Pahiatua Masterton Pahiatua Pahiatua and Masterton.. Masterton Pahiatua 24 1 11 946 2 8 1,253 5 4 2,119 4 0 1,975 2 8 589 8 3 375 7 7 1,503 0 0 1,623 6 7 2,681 8 0 1,069 4 9 297 6 1 239 11 3 161 17 6 48 8 0 269 14 6 77 6 8 148 3 9 910 19 6 2,001 2 5 212 14 10 195 7 10 7 4 0 186 14 1 774 17 1 102 12 1 21 5 0 263 13 2 161 17 6 48 8 0 269 14 6 1,023 9 4 1,401 9 1 3,030 3 6 3,976 5 1 802 3 1 570 15 5 1,503 0 0 7 4 0 1,810 0 8 2,681 8 0 1,844 1 10 399 18 2 21 5 0 260 8 9 38 2 6 151 12 0 30 5 6 122 13 4 66 16 9 69 6 6 198 17 7 87 5 2 5 10 11 100 0 0 200 0 0 292 16 0 313 5 11 25 2 11 50 1 10 78 15 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 175 0 0 524 1 11 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 1,146 2 8 1,468 5 10 3,099 10 0 4,175 2 8 889 8 3 576 6 4 1,503 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 2,123 6 7 2,681 8 0 1,869 4 9 450 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 5 0 175 0 0 150 0 0 4,118 0 7 1,500 0 0 650 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 430 0 0 1,191 14 9 800 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 297 19 1 252 7 3 300 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 Eketahuna Wairarapa Masterton Wairarapa and Masterton Masterton Pahiatua Masterton 4,118 0 7 316 17 11 397 11 0 56 13 0 150 0 0 184 19 0 213 8 5 110 150 0 0 4,118 0 7 501 16 11 610 19 5 57 14 0 998 3 1 39 0 7 92 6 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 287 2 3 1,191 14 9 600 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 297 19 1 (252 7 3 1300 0 0 138 19 8 500 0 0 426 1 11 1,191 14 9, 600 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 297 19 1 252 7 3 300 0 0 3 13 1 200 0 0 Mangaone Bridge..

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net r |?? iture Total Net Expenditure to iq Expenditure to 31st March 1S99. MgtMarah 1900* 31st Marcl1 ' 190 °- Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. Roads, Bridges, etc.— continued. 'ellington Land District— continued. Eketahuna-Parkville South Mangaone Road Mangaone (Norling's) Waiohine Mount Baker (Pioneer) Mount Baker Valley Kaiparoro Between Masterton and Eketahuna (via Mount Bruce) Ihurawa Road to Barton's, (£1 for £1) Bowen's Road-Hastwell Mauriceville roads (storm-damages) Mauriceville West North Wairarapa (flood damages), (£1 for £1) Makuri-Pongaroa Bridges (to account) Christchurch Farm-homestead Block Christchurch Association Puketoi-Aohanga Block Waitawhiti Bridge (Alfredtown-Weber) Castlepoint Landing-shed Mangatainoka River Bridge (Newman-Stirling), on account Kakariki Block Waipoua River Bridge Te Maru .. Parkville-Mangatainoka Ihuraua Valley Road Eketahuna- Alfredton Flat Bush Road Kakaamu Kuware Lang's Section, Wairere (Dagg's Road), (£1 for £1) Mangaparapara, (£1 for £1) Mount Baker (Tawataia Tollgate), Mangamahoe .. Tawatahia Road Tinui Valley West Road Eketahuna Mauriceville .. Wairarapa North Masterton W airarapa Masterton „ " Masterton and Pahiatua.. Pahiatua Masterton 200 0 0 214 7 4 . 200 0 0 119 16 11 3,539 1 9 100 0 0 217 7 9 103 10 8 200 0 0 652 1 2 200 0 0 1,369 13 10 431 10 7 313 6 5 246 14 11 82 12 3 58 19 0 400 0 0 192 16 10 5 13 7 200 0 0 214 7 4 200 0 0 366 11 10 3,539 1 9 100 0 0 300 0 0 162 9 8 200 0 0 652 1 2 200 0 0 400 0 0 1,369 13 10 624 7 5 319 0 0 33 8 2 200 0 0 150 0 0 91 1 0 335 13 4 250 0 0 200 0 0 214 7 4 200 0 0 400 0 0 3,539 1 9 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 253 10 8 200 0 0 652 1 2 200 0 0 400 0 0 1,369 13 10 960 0 9 319 0 0 250 0 0 165 0 0 200 0 0 Pahiatua 165 0 0 12 8 0 165 0 0 12 8 0 187 12 0 Masterton 1,562 0 0 1,562 0 0 200 0 0 279 9 0 330 19 1 1,562 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 120 11 0 69 0 11 120 11 0 69 0 11 300 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 136 13 10 100 0 0 200 0 0 136 13 10 100 0 0 63 6 2 150 0 0 100 0 0 188 0 0 248 6 11 181 14 6 150 0 0 212 0 0 1 13 1 18 5 6 212 0 0 1 13 1 18 5 6 .

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net ture Total Net Expenditure to Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. 3i a t March 1900 Slst Maron ' t90 °- Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, <fcc, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Tiraumea Bridge No. 1 (Edwards's Crossing) Mataikona-Pakowai Road (in Block XIIL) Wainui-o-mata (from Glendonald-Wairere Road to Education Reserve, Upper Taueru District) Lang's East Coast Road-Masterton Kaiwhata Runs (Kaiwhata-Chalmers) Kaiwhata-Chalmers Road (extension to Section 394) Smith's Road Utewai Road Mangaoronga Road Kaiparoro Block Kaiparoro No. 2 Block Barton's Road Barton's Road-Mangamahoe Junction Barton's Road-McQuarrie's Boundary Bideford Road via Mangapeka (£1 for £1) Mikimiki Bridge Driscoll's Road Dagg's Road Barton's Road-Wairere Cleland's Road Wingate Road Alfredton-Tenui (contribution) Te Maru Block Mikimiki Uruti-Castlepoint .. Kaiwhata, Run 49 Small grazing-run 51, Rewa S.D. Tenui Bridge and Road (contribution) Kaiwhata Run (near Brancepeth) Taueru Bridge (Masterton-East Coast), £1 for £1 (to account) Kaiwhata Rewa .. Craigie Lee (Douglas Road) Mangamahoe Road Wairarapa East Wairarapa North •-I ■ • Masterton Pahiatua Masterton 244 0 0 1,174 0 0 50 0 0 550 0 0 353 8 4 100 0 0 150 0 0 1,127 11 7 350 0 0 100 0 0 40 2 11 79 18 3 500 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 2 11 244 0 0 1,174 0 0 50 0 0 629 18 3 500 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 353 8 4 100 0 0 150 0 0 1,127 11 7 350 0 0 180 0 0 180 0 0 427 13 3 135 12 6 100 0 0 177 17 2 142 3 10 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 159 17 1 50 0 0 130 0 0 500 0 0 134 0 0 470 1 9 100 0 0 146 11 8 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 130 0 0 500 0 0 378 0 0 1,174 0 0 50 0 0 1,100 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 1,127 11 7 350 0 0 380 0 0 180 0 0 436 0 0 135 12 6 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 450 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 100 0 0 180 0 0 180 0 0 17 3 6 200 0 0 Wairarapa and Masterton Wairarapa 410 9 9 135 12 6 100 0 0 4 3 0 8 6 9 100 0 0 22 2 10 7 16 2 450 0 0 173 14 2 142 3 10 100 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 Wairarapa South Mauriceville and Eketahuna Wairarapa North and South 233 13 6 74 4 0 57 1 4 307 17 6 57 1 4 1,022 15 3 1,500 0 0 41 16 0 192 18 8 200 0 0 349 13 6 250 0 0 1,222 15 3 1,500 0 0 Masterton Wairarapa, Masterton, and Pahiatua Wairarapa 1,022 15 3 1,500 0 0 Kaiwhata Valley, Kiawhata, and Pahaoa Wairarapa South 1,707 13 4 1,707 13 4 150 0 0 1,857 13 4

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net ture Total Net Expenditure to ,„ •,"+,;" " m Expenditure to 31st March 1899. \\ a f^ 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, tfec., 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Kaitangata .. .. .. .. Wairarapa South .. Wairarapa Kaitangata Block Ruamahanga Bridge .. ..... Ruamahanga Bridge (£1 for £1), Masterton-Glad-stone Road Ruamahanga Bridge (Taratahi- Carterton) flooddamages Cameron's-Pahaoa Gladstone-Flat Point Mangatarere .. .. .. .. „ .. „ Wharau-Kawhata .. .. .. „ .. „ Jackson's Creek Bridge (East Coast Main Road) Sutherland's Bridge (subsidy) .. ) Pahaoa Bridge .. .. .. )' Waiohine Bridge (Matarawa) Waiohine Bridge .. Bridge over Waiohine Gladstone-East Coast (restoring) .. .. „ .. Wainuioru-East Coast Turner's Road-Wainuiom .. .. .. „ .. • „ Rocky Hill-Wainuioru Waiohine Valley .. .. .. .. „ .. „ -Kohunui-Palliser Bay Kokatau Bridge (£1 for £1) .. .. .. „ .. Masterton Mount Holdsworth tracks .. .. .. „ .. „ Flat Point Road .. .. ..... „ .. Wairarapa Sandon Township .. .. .. Manawatu .. .. Manawatu Manawatu Bridge at Foxton .. .. Manawatu and Horowhenua Foxton-Otaki (inland) .. .. .. „ Manawatu and Otaki Otaki-Foxton .. .. .. ... „ „ Bridges over Tokomaru, Ohau, Waikawa, and Otaki Horowhenua Rivers (contribution) I Manawatu, Wirokino Bridge, £1 for £1 (to account) „ .. .. Manawatu Otaki Bridge (to account) .. .. .. „ .. Otaki Crossing at Levin .. .. .. „ ■ ■ .. Manawatu Road through Ihakara's Reserve (Levin) Horowhenua 11b .. .. .. „ .. .. Otaki Waikanae-Te Horo ,. .. .. „ .. Waikanae Bridge .. .. .. „ .. • • j £ ?. d. 896 5 9 656 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 581 6 11 532 18 4 13 15 6 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 233 18 5 250 0 0 1,430 7 9 0 18 0 599 10 9 512 2 8 730 0 0 107 0 0 440 0 0 £ s. d. 232 1 4 310 0 0 274 16 2 149 9 0 276 18 4 £ s. d. 1,128 7 1 656 0 0 200 0 0 810 0 0 200 0 0 274 16 2 149 9 0 276 18 4 581 6 11 532 18 4 13 15 6 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 5 6 0 _ a. d. 1 12 11 •• 200 0 0 25 3 10 0 11 0 173 1 8 200 0 0 300 0 0 £ s. d. 1,130 0 0 656 0 0 200 0 0 810 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 450 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 581 6 11 532 18 4 13 15 6 200 0 0 300 0 0 370 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 1,430 7 9 0 18 0 599 10 9 512 2 8 1,000 0 0 5 6 0 170 0 0 50 0 0 194 14 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 186 14 11 179 6 8 413 5 1 250 0 0 1,430 7 9 0 18 0 599 10 9 512 2 8 730 0 0 •• •• - 270 0 0 559 7 7 152 3 10 74 7 0 559 7 7 152 3 10 107 0 0 74 7 0 440 0 0 940 12 5 5,341 16 2 75 13 0 1,500 0 0 5,494 0 0 107 0 0 150 0 0 440 0 0 500 0 0 750 0 0 500 0 0 750 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net ME £f" e Total Net Total Net luflbXiam 12 Mont™ ended (ffiS., W^K 31st Maich. 1899. 31st March, 1900. olst March, 1900. 31st March, 1900. and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. Wellington Land District — continued. Obau Low Level Bridge Mount Holdsworth Road Horowhenua Horowhenua and Wairarapa South Horowhenua and Hutt .. Otaki Otaki and Wairarapa 70 0 0 510 0 0 70 0 0 510 0 0 70 0 6 510 0 C Wellington Fruit-growers' Association Block Paikakariki-Waikanae-Hadfield Waikanae to Hutt Road Akatarawa-Waikanae Mungaroa to Waikanae Whiteman's Valley Road Moonshine Belmont S.D. to Sections 236-237, Block X. Hutt to Lowty Bay Mangaroa Valley .. .. ... Paikakariki-Paraparaumu (to account).. Paparangi Estate Road Sections 48 and 56, Block V., Rimutaka Karori Road Korokoro Settlement Roads .. Ngauranga-Horokiwi . -- Hutt Otaki 1,433 0 0 2,153 7 11 1,735 3 2 100 0 0 4,523 2 11 500 0 0 100 0 0 290 0 0 100 0 0 '50 0 0 1,433 0 0 2,153 7 11 1,735 3 2 100 0 0 4,523 2 11 500 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 290 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 96 0 0 24 0 0 153 1 8 401 13 10 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,433 0 C 2,153 7 11 1,735 3 2 350 0 C 4,523 2 11 600 0 £ 300 0 C 50 0 C 290 0 £ 300 0 £ 1,000 0 £ 96 0 £ 100 0 £ 153 1 8 1,455 0 £ 100 0 £ 200 0 0 400 0 0 96 0 0 24 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 76 0 0 Wellington Suburbs 153. 1 8 401 13 10 1,053 6 2 Otaki and Wellington Suburbs Otaki Pahiatua 100 0 0 Reid's, Upper Hutt Otawhao Road Waitangi Bridge (Chatham Islands) Village Settlements (see also General) .. Chatham Islands roads To purchase roads to Crown lands Grant in aid for bridge over Manawatu River Sundry roads, Wellington South End, North Island Main Trunk Railway Tools, (fee. Miscellaneous and Engineering Total, Wellington Land District Waipawa 400 0 0 326 14 10 869 5 6 1 10 0 519 10 7 3,198 15 1 347 1 11 38,205 16 0 504 9 8 7,895 16 11 266 18 6 163 15 9 400 0 0 326 14 10 1,136 4 0 165 5 9 519 10 7 3,198 15 1 347 1 11 38,205 16 0 504 9 8 8,148 8 11 100 0 0 397 17 0 100 0 £ 400 0 6 326 14 1£ 1,534 1 £ 165 5 £ 519 10 7 3,198 15 1 347 1 11 38,205 16 £ 504 9 c 8,545 3 4 252 12 0 396 14 5 784,712 6 1 j 61,339 5 2 846,051 11 3 61,980 18 11 908,032 10 2 ■ i

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net NetE n Sr," 6 Total Net Liabilities on Total Net Expenditure to K Months ended Expenditure to & Expenditure 31st March. 1899. gjffiggffgg 31st March, 1900. *& and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. Nelson Land District — Ferntown-Pakawau ... Clifton-Pohara Beach Collingwood-Quartz Ranges Aorere Valley-Karamea Mackay Pass Road Takaka-Anatoki and Collingwood Takaka Valley Waitapu Survey District (Block XI.) Takaka Tramway Takaka-Riwaka and Collingwood Takaka-S tockyard Takaka-Riwaka Takaka Road Takaka roads and bridges East Takaka Road Takaka-Karamea .. .: Pakawau-Tamatea Motupipi River Bridge Takaka River protective-works Waimea County roads and bridges Marahau Valley Sandy Bay Riwaka, Sandy Bay-Marahau Riwaka Bridge Riwaka Valley Road Riwaka Valley Track Little Sydney Road Little Sydney Road, Riwaka Little Sydney Road and branch track .. Rawson's Creek, Riwaka Brooklands Valley Road Brooklyn Valley Road Motueka River Protection Tracks, Mount Arthur Roads, Lower Moutere (flood-damages .. Motueka-Waiwera Valley Ngatimoti Bridge Graham River Bridge £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Collingwood .. Motueka 250 0 0 59 9 6 507 1 1 4,699 7 5 364 0 0 4,733 6 5 2,000 0 0 40 10 6 250 0 0 100 0 0 507 1 1 4,699 7 5 364 0 0 4,733 6 5 2,000 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 507 1 1 4,699 7 5 364 0 0 4,733 6 5 2,000 0 0 200 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,625 5 0 257 14 1 124 15 0 21 6 0 284 5 6 127 0 0 289 3 4 300 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 650 0 0 100 0 0 800 0 0 230 0 0 500 0 0 600 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 62 12 6 100 0 o 50 0 0 178 6 6 100 0 0 300 0 0 493 0 0 1,661 18 10 100 0 0 604 7 11 125 0 0 200 0 0 3,000 0 0 1,625 5 0 257 14 1 124 15 0 21 6 0 231 11 0 127 0 0 289 3 4 3,000 0 0 1,625 5 0 257 14 1 124 15 0 21 6 0 231 11 0 127 0 0 289 3 4 226 6 0 52 14 6 •• 226 6 0 -I 73 14 0 400 0 0 Waimea a . • , City of Nelson and Motueka Motueka 500 0 0 650 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 25 7 0 178 6 6 69 15 0 185 0 0 493 0 0 1,661 18 10 100 0 0 604 7 11 125 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 650 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 130 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 0 185 0 0 493 0 0 1,661 18 10 100 0 0 604 7 11 125 0 0 .. 100 0 0 24 13 0 30 5 0 115 0 0 •• .

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. Nelson Land District — continued. Baton-Karamea Orinoco-Rosedale Lloyds Valley Road Wangamoa Nelson-Blenheim (Nelson end) Norris's Gully-Stewart's Riwaka Valley School Hill-Ngatimoti Tadmor Valley R'.oga Saddle to Whangarea and Oneka Motueka Valley (£1 for £1) .. Pokororo Stanley Brook-Motueka Valley Stanley Brook Hill through Motueka Valley to • Railway-station Deviation, Motueka River, to keep it under bridge (£1 for £1) Woodstock-Stanley Brook Tadmor Ford, Motueka Fairhall Road, Tadmor Bell grove-Upper Waiti Belgrove-Tophouse Mear's Valley-Waiti Eve's Valley, Waimea West (£1 for £1).. Crushington Road (widening) Line's Bridge, Moutere (£1 for £1) Upper Moutere Roads Croixelles-Elaine's Bay Matai Valley Bridge Wairoa (Brightwater Bridge), (to account), (£1 for £1) Wairoa Bridge (£1 for £1), (to account) Dovedale Dove River Bridge Quail Valley Dovedale-Pigeon Valley Pigeon Valley-Motueka Aniseed Valley Road Wakefield-Stanley Brook Waimea Motueka Nelson Motueka City of Nelson Motueka 200 0 0 963 14 0 250 0 0 85 15 11 80 0 0 14 4 1 150 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 363 6 3 200 0 0 963 14 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 363 6 3 60 15 11 250 0 0 536 13 9 80 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 963 14 0 250 0 0 160 15 11 150 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 900 0 0 80 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 560 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 530 0 0 709 4 6 300 3 9 800 0 0 Citv of Nelson Buller City of Nelson Motueka Nelson 50 0 0 88 9 5 200 0 0 50 0 0 88 9 5 200 0 0 211 10 7 Nelson and Motueka Motueka 105 4 6 105 4 6 560 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 430 0 0 709 4 6 142 3 9 700 0 0 500 0 0 144 15 6 560 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 430 0 0 709 4 6 142 3 9 700 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 158 0 0 100 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Nelson Land District — continued. Neudorf - Dovedale Waimea West Okiwi Bay-Ronga Track Port-Stoke, Rocks Road Maitai Road (subsidy) Bridge over Wairoa in Waimea District Wairoa Bridge Wairoa Gorge Road Wakefield District Trass Valley Pretty Bridge Valley Wakefield, Quail Valley Tadmor-Motu mko Tadmor and Sherry to Buller Riwaka— Takaka Hill Pohara-Awaroa Track Richmond-Collingwood (main road) Oparara River Mudflat-Karamea Mokihinui-Karamea Karamea-Mokihinui Torea southwards Track (railway)-Millerton Westport-Lyell Nile Bridge Fox River Bridge Lyell Cemetery Road Karamea-Wangapeka Wangapeka-Wanganui Belgrove-Westport-Reef ton (main road) Bridge over Granity Creek Bridge over Owen Greek Mangles Larry's Creek Bridge Bridge over Matiri Slips Road Upper Buller Road Hampden-Maruia ] Waimea Waimea and Collingwood Buller Motueka and City of Nelson City of Nelson Motueka 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1,531 8 0 299 1 5 3 18 0 150 0 0 1,082 18 9 160 0 0 160 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 5,482 16 11 355 11 6 50 0 0 200 11 11 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1,531 8 0 499 13 4 3 18 0 150 0 0 j 1,082 18 9 160 0 0 160 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 5,482 16 11 100 0 0 355 11 6 200 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 1,531 8 0 499 13 4 3 18 0 150 0 0 1,232 18 9 160 0 0 160 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 5,482 16 11 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 355 11 6 Waimea and Buller Buller Grey Buller Motueka 200 0 0 1,812 8 6 200 0 0 500 0 0 17,725 18 9 1,115 16 4 100 0 0 633 17 10 657 10 11 22,875 18 5 762 19 11 1,797 10 1 363 0 0 436 19 0 2,841 16 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 1,812 8 6 350 0 0 500 0 0 17,725 18 9 ! 1,115 16 4 100 0 0 633 17 10 657 10 11 26,754 3 10 762 19 11 1,797 10 1 363 0 0 436 19 0 2,841 16 0 246 0 1 10,507 5 9 100 0 0 994 13 3 150 0 0 200 0 0 1,812 8 6 350 0 0 500 0 0 17,725 18 9 1,115 16 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 633 17 10 657 10 11 27,748 17 1 762 19 11 1,797 10 1 363 0 0 436 19 0 2,841 16 0 150 0 0 246 0 1 10,507 5 9 „ Inangahua Motueka and Buller Buller 3,878 5 5 „ " 246 0 1 10,507 5 9

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net NetE / u P r ™ ditUre Total Net Expenditure to is Mmrtl,«™fl.fl Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. 3l a t Ma7 oh 19TO 31st Marcn . I90 °- Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, .v-c., 3lst March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. I J-l £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ r. d. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. 50 0 0 50 0 0 1,413 4 4 79 4 4 8,804 2 7 141 17 6 994 10 0 2,099 6 7 3,870 18 1 250 0 0 125 14 0 175 10 0 4,971 8 5 1.678 11 0 2,688 2 1 2,083 9 6 6,210 13 10 2.065 1 8 200 0 0 150 0 0 60 0 0 14,937 18 4 157 6 0 2,420 11 8 3.679 18 8 608 19 0 1,007 7 3 11,640 14 11 13,731 15 1 Nelson Land District — continued. Hampden Cemetery-Murchison Horse Bridge over Matakitaki Expenses taking poll re Buller Bridge .. Bridge over Inangahua, Buller Junction Inangahua Bridge, Maintenance Boatmans (short track) Bridge over Inangahua at Reefton Bridge over Little Grey at Devery's Upper Inangahua Valley Bridge over Ahaura Ahaura-Haupere Bridge over Grey at Cobden Cobden-Seventeen-mile Diggings Grey Valley-Teremakau Ahaura (Masons)-Haupiri Abaura-Arnuri Ahaura-Kopara and Amuri Cobden-Point Elizabeth Grey County bridges (flood repairs) Blackball Cemetery (clearing and fencing) Bridge over Waiau at Hanmer Plains .. Tophouse- Wairau Gorge Hanmer District Works at Hanmer Works at Hanmer and Sanatorium Hanmer Road Waiau Bridge repairs Bridge over Waiau, Amuri County Nelson-Reefton and Greymouth Bridges Inangahua Buller 1,413 4 4 79 4 4 8,804 2 7 141 17 6 844 10 0 2,099 6 7 3,870 18 1 " •• 1,413 4 4 79 4 4 8,804 2 7 141 17 6 844 10 0 2,099 6 7 3,870 18 1 150 0 0 Grey !! '.'. Buller 250 0 0 125 14 0 175 10 0 4,971 8 5 1,678 11 0 2,688 2 1 2,083 9 6 6,210 13 10 2,065 1 8 - 125 14 0 175 10 0 4,971 8 5 1,678 11 0 2,688 2 1 2,083 9 6 6,210 13 10 2,065 1 8 198 14 9 Grey - .. Grey 198 14 9 15 3 150 0 0 Amuri Ashley 60 0 0 60 0 0 14,937 18 4 120 8 8 2,420 11 8 3,679 18 8 608 19 0 1,007 7 3 11,640 14 11 13,731 15 1 14,937 18 4 57 6 0 2,420 11 8 3,679 IS 8 608 19 0 1,007 7 3 11,640 14 11 13,731 15 1 63 2 8 •• 36 17 4 Nelson, Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika Waimea, Buller, Grey, and Inangahua Ditto Motueka, Buller, and Grey Belgrove-Tophouse-Tarndale Maruia-Amuri Grey Valley via Clarke-Maruia Buller-Arnould Waimea and Amuri Inangahua and Amuri Inangahua and Grey City of Nelson, Motueka, Buller, Grey, and Westland Motueka and Ashley Buller and Ashley Buller and Grey 65,490 8 5 6,091 4 8 1,653 4 1 211 10 2 73,197 4 8 200 0 0 65,490 8 5 6,291 4 8 1,653 4 1 211 10 2 73,197 4 8 39 14 2 65,490 8 5 6,330 18 10 1,653 4 1 211 10 2 73,197 4 8 --

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net "*S» ° n Total Net Expenditure to r„ ™+™°V= il Expenditure 31st March, 1900. £$£*& 1W0. and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. Nelson Land District — continued. Bridges on Roads Nelson-Reefton Inangahua, Waimea, Buller, and Grey Sounds 9,795 10 2 9,795 10 2 200 0 0 200 0 0 86 12 8 9,795 10 2 400 0 0 794 0 1 20 0 0 791 0 0 180 0 0 2,584 10 3 Buller and Motueka 9,795 10 2 French Pass, Admiralty Bay, and Croixelles Tracks Sundry Roads and Bridges, Nelson Purchase of Roads To Purchase of Roads through Crown lands Village Settlements (see also General) Miscellaneous and Engineering Nelson 794 0 1 20 0 0 791 0 0 Cr. 10 0 0 2,497 17 7 200 0 0 200 0 0 794 0 1 20 0 0 791 0 0 Cr. 20 0 0 2,497 17 7 794 0 1 20 0 0 791 0 0 Cr. 10 0 0 >. 10 0 0 2,497 17 7 Total, Nelson Land District 347,527 5 7 347,527 5 7 6,653 13 6 354,180 19 1 9,342 6 11 363,523 6 0 Marlborough Land District — Richmond Bay-Kenny's Isle .. ) Beatrice Bay-Kenny's Isle .. .. J Hakahaka-Opihi Anakoa-Manaroa Wet Inlet-Crail Bay Manaroa-Okoha Crail Baj'-Homewood Manaroa-Hopai Kenepuru-Anakoa Crail Bay Track Waitaria-Manaroa Kenepuru-Man aroa Kenepuru Sound Arapawa-Te Awaiti .. .. ■ .. Tracks, Queen Charlotte Sound Tracks, Pelorus and Queen Charlotte Sound Torea Neck Double Bay-Torea Tory Heads-Whatamonga Kaiho Canal (deepening) and Kenepuru Canal Track (maintenance) Te Mehia Bay-Portage Bay Obinitaha-Te Mehia Tracks to Mahau Sounds Pelorus to Queen Charlotte Sound .. Tory Heads-Whatamonga and Picton Sounds Wairau " x 159 12 0 56 2 0 596 3 4 664 14 6 44 9 0 349 10 10 432 3 0 339 12 3 798 7 10 281 17 8 344 1 3 203 7 10 1,171 19 0 64 3 6 11 8 0 40 10 0 24 10 9 120 10 3 55 14 6 159 17 9 42 11 2 2 5 1 177 4 11 2 0 0 28 3 8 24 7 0 171 0 0 96 12 0 620 14 1 120 10 3 720 9 0 204 6 9 - 392 2 0 434 8 1 516 17 2 800 7 10 310 1 4 368 8 3 203 7 10 1,171 19 0 69 1 6 ) 138 12 0 3 8 0 79 9 9 79 5 6 6 17 3 67 8 10 197 14 11 22 15 1 98 0 0 81 16 4 125 13 0 196 6 6 45 2 0 150 0 0 23 19 0 69 15 0 309 12 0 100 0 0 620 14 1 200 0 0 799 14 6 211 4 0 459 10 10 632 3 0 539 12 3 898 7 10 391 17 8 494 1 3 399 14 4 1,171 19 0 114 3 6 150 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 4 18 0 i 76 1 0 0 5 0 76 1 0 0 5 0 272 10 5 304 19 10 30 9 6 224 19 0 687 4 1 35 15 6 3 15 0 308 5 11 308 14 10 30 9 6 224 19 0 784 16 7 64 4 6 56 5 0 102 7 6 372 10 5 364 19 10 30 9 6 224 19 0 887 4 1 97 12 6

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Ne* Net Ex P er »diture Total Net Liabilities on Expenditure to -, 9 m dn S ng p st Expenditure to Authorities, 31st March 1899 12 Months ended sist March 1900 Contracts, Ac, aist march, lass. 31st Ma rch, 1900. 6LBt marcJ1 , '»«". Slgt March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Marlborough Land District — continued. Wbatamonga-Port Underwood Track Robin Hood Bay-Ocean Bay White's Bay-Port Underwood Kenepuru-Endeavour Inlet Okoha-Titirangi Onahau Bay-Kenepuru Piripaua Neck-Cutting Sound Torea Bay Wharf and shed Waitaria-Te Mauka-a-maiu Tawhitinui-Rai Nydia Bay-Havelock Harvey's Bay-Pelorus Sound .. Fairy Bay-North-west Bay Tennyson Inlet Mahakipawa-Kenepuru Nydia Bay via Kaiumu Saddle, Track from .. Raj-Ronga and Wangamea Roads .. .. I Nelson-Havelock and Bridges Brown River Bridge Alfred Creek Bridge Ronga Valley Road Pelorus District and Rai Valley Pelorus District and Rai Valley Wharf at Havelock Picton-Queen Charlotte Sound Double Bay Starborongh-Blind River Picton-Waikawa Saxton Pass Grove Wharf and Shed Tophouse Road Havelock-Tuamarina Road Kaituna-Tuamarina Sundry Roads and Bridges, Marlborough Onamalutu Valley Onahau-Anakiwi Track North side of Pelorus River and Pelorus Sound to Nelson Main Road Fulton's Grove (forming and metalling) Sounds " Sounds and Marlborough Sounds Sounds and Marlborough.. Marlborough and Waimea Marlborough .. Wairau Nelson Wairau Nelson 351 4 5 159 9 3 267 14 9 •• .. 556 15 8 609 7 8 138 14 10 199 19 10 53 11 10 2,351 15 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 562 7 10 28,660 14 3 3,722 19 2 441 6 10 711 4 8 109 8 0 284 5 8 249 2 10 85 16 6 92 10 7 113 7 9 62 16 6 124 8 1 6 13 0 23 12 6 7 4 0 36 12 3 17 2 6 308 16 0 11 5 2 10 3 0 122 7 0 437 0 11 251 19 10 381 2 6 62 16 6 124 8 1 6 13 0 23 12 6 7 4 0 36 12 3 573 18 2 918 3 8 150 0 0 10 3 0 199 19 10 53 11 10 2,474 2 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 685 4 9 28,660 14 3 3,722 19 2 441 6 10 743 14 8 118 12 6 364 17 9 249 7 10 100 0 0 88 3 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 550 0 0 508 0 11 200 0 0 14 3 6 7 9 5 35 17 9 87 3 6 175 11 11 143 7 0 76 7 6 251 16 0 163 7 9 482 17 6 191 4 0 98 14 10 69 17 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 377 13 0 451 4 5 259 9 3 417 0 3 150 0 0 800 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 259 0 0 200 0 0 1,056 15 8 1,109 7. 8 248 14 10 80 0 0 100 0 0 199 19 10 150 0 0 53 11 10 2,851 15 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 812 7 10 28,660 14 3 3,722 19 2 441 6 10 838 3 3 159 8 0 400 0 0 251 16 10 100 0 0 118 3 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 550 0 0 508 0 11 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 122 16 11 127 3 1 „ Wairau 32 10 0 9 4 6 80 12 1 0 5 0 100 0 0 94 8 7 40 15 6 35 2 3 2 9 0 I " 88 3 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 „ 300 0 0 550 0 0 508 0 11 200 0 0 . Nelson 200 0 0 200 0 0 Wairau 100 0 0 100 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Mouths ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. on T t , N t Authorities, Expenditure Contracts. «c, -, K - u-t*-' „ 31st March', 1900. and Liabllibes. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads Bridges, etc. — continued. Marlborough Land District — continued. Havelock to Grove Port Underwood-Fighting Bay Pember-Pukaka Valley Pember's Road-White's Bay Spring Creek (main road) Wairau Native Reserve-Pilot-station Ugbrooke Flat Cemetery gate-Blarich Blenheim-Havelock Ferry-house Bartlett's Creek Spring Creek Bridge Spring Creek Wharf Drain Wairau River-Gravel-pit Omaka Bridge (contributions) Wairau River overflow (subsidy, £1 for £1) Bridge over Wairau near Blenheim Bluff Cove and Port Underwood Footbridge, Taylor River Blind River Road Redwood Pass Road .. .. Anakiwi-Grove Awatere Railway and Traffic Bridge (lands contribution to account) North Bank Awatere Valley Road Havelock-Blenheim Jordan Bridge, Awatere Awatere River (Taylor-Redwood Pass) Maddocks and Hodder Cutting Mahakipawa-Moetapu Molesworth-Jollie's Pass Pember's Road-Pukaka Picton-Blenheim (Mudford Flat) River Conservation (Omaka Ford) Saltwater Cieek-Fulton's Gate Tuamarina-Bouider Bank Three bridges Fiat-Kekerangu (to account) Waibopai River (protection) Marlborough .. i Wairau 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 95 0 0 39 13 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 4,362 8 3 24 16 2 100 0 0 439 8 0 1,600 0 0 68 9 3 * ' 59 19 0 1,250 0 0 68 10 0 15 15 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 95 0 0 99 12 0 300 0 0 1,650 0 0 4,362 8 3 93 6 2 100 0 0 455 3 0 1,600 0 0 81 5 9 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 0 8 0 99 14 3 350 0 0 6 13 10 284 5 0 300 0 0 137 3 6 500 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 95 0 0 100 0 0 399 14 3 2,000 0 0 4,362 8 3 100 0 0 100 0 0 739 8 0 1,900 0 0 218 9 3 500 0 0 12 16 6 . 1 8,484 11 1 190 13 0 1,000 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 8,484 11 1 190 13 0 1,000 0 0 100 0 0 144 6 11 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 8,484 11 1 190 13 0 1,000 0 0 100 0 O 250 0 0 100 0 O 200 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 O 150 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 .. I • - I 144 6 11 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 105 13 1 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 •• 150 0 0 150 0 0 .. •• 288 17 10 50 0 0 11 2 2 -- 2,38 17 10 •• ..

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net Expenditure Total Net Expenditure to 12 Months ended o&^h^Qm 31st Marcn 1899. 3lstMTi-ch 1900 March, 1900. Liahilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. arlborough Land District — continued. Okiwi-Ronga Havelock-Mudflat Briage Maher's Flat Briage ana Road Omaka-Tyntesfieia Briage (£1 for £1) .. Okaramio Creek Briage Rooky Creek Bridge Wairau River Bridge Blarich to Jordan (reserve cutting) Dangerous Creek Bridge Doctor's Stream Bridge (Renwicktown-Wairau Valley Road) Blenheim-Kaikoura-Waiau Marlborough Wairau Nelson Wairau 55 0 0 '8 5 0 55 0 0 8 5 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 241 15 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 55 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 - .. i Marlborough, Kaikoura, and Amuri Kaikoura Ashley 522 10 0 542 8 1 1,064 18 1 957 11 11 2,022 10 0 Clarence Bridge Kaikoura-Cheviot Road, between Kahautara and Kowhai Rivers (main road) Road through Reserve " A " Conway Reserve-Accommodation-house Reserve .. Blue Duck, Irongate, Aniseed, and Ohau Creeks (bridges) Kaikoura-Clarenoe Cribb Creek Hundalee Block Hapuka and Puhipuhi Rivers Reserve West of Kahautara Kahautara-Hawkswood-Conway Pine Valley Block Kaitao Block Puhipuhi Block Kaikoura- Waiau Miscellaneous and Engineering 18,703 16 3 14,424 6 1 7,500 0 0 350 18 5 104 2 1 486 15 5 100 0 0 18,807 18 4 486 15 5 14,424 6 1 100 0 0 7,500 0 0 350 18 5 172 8 11 17,686 7 6 145 17 11 250 0 0 191 12 4 200 0 0 500 0 0 18,953 16 3 250 0 0 678 7 9 200 0 0 500 0 0 14,424 6 1 100 0 0 7,500 0 0 750 18 5 300 0 0 18,139 5 2 200 0 0 1,400 0 0 2,100 0 0 33,630 11 11 340 16 4 10,450 13 1 172 8 11 7,285 14 5 400 0 0 127 11 1 452 17 8 200 0 0 289 2 1 602 7 6 33,630 11 11 181 16 3 152,127 4 0 1,110 17 11 1,497 12 6 1,110 17 11 1,497 12 6 33,630 11 11 193 18 8 Kaikoura ana Amuri 146 17 8 12 2 5 Total, Marlborough Land District 16,386 5 5 168,513 9 5 14,315 2 3 182,828 11

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net^ n I !| n 1 f ture Total Net ftS™ 12 Monthslnded ,?'? > S Ddit ° r f *° 31st March 1899. , lgt March> wm 31st March, 1900. Liahilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac., 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Westland Land District — Bridge over Grey at Cobden Greymouth-Arnold Clarke River Road Still water-Maori Gully Paeroa-Teremakau Marsden-Paroa Stillwater Bridge Marsden-Maori Creek Hohonu Bridge Greenstone Bridge Greenstone-Lake Brunner Pounamou-Teremau Greenstone-Teremakau Teremakau-Bell Hill Road .. Bell Hill-Mount Alexander Mount Howe Track Brunner-Blackball .. ... • ■ Lake Brunner Road (widening) Bell Hill Road Poerua Estate Road Grey Valley-Teremakau (main road) .. MitchelPs-Incbbonnie Black Bridge Teremakau Overflow-Sandy Creek Fencing Cobden Cemetery Bridge over Teremakau, Kumara Greymouth-Okari to Grey County (flood-damage) Kumara-Beach Stafford-Waimea.. Waimea Bridge Junction Line Reefton, Hokitika, and Ross Three-Mile Creek Bridge Barn Bay Track Hokitika Flat Haast-Blue River Okuru Cemetery Road Grey Grey Westland Grey 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 1,115 12 5 1,986 16 0 198 18 5 100 0 0 37 5 5 363 16 3 69 14 0 199 6 0 2 14 0 13 10 0 5,058 1 5 37 5 5 1,869 2 0 500 11 2 798 8 0 363 16 3 2,538 3 0 500 0 0 2,756 5 6 684 5 4 1,185 6 5 1,986 16 0 198 18 5 100 0 0 199 6 0 2 14 0 212 14 7 86 3 9 500 0 0 49 11 4 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 14 0 147 6 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 35 11 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 13 10* 0 5,058 1 5 250 0 0 1,869 2 0 500 11 2 798 8 0 450 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 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 35 11 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 1,680 18 0 103,447 12 11 300 0 0 2,000 0 0 830 5 11 207 12 6 3,923 9 5 5,282 18 5 500 11 2 150 10 10 299 12 3 259 3 0 100 0 0 Grey and Westland Grey Westland Grey Westland Grey and Westland Westland 1,385 1 6 103,447 12 11 300 0 0 2,000 0 0 830 5 11 207 12 6 3,923 9 5 5,282 18 5 500 11 2 150 10 10 145 16 6 1,530 18 0 103,447 12 11 300 0 0 2,000 0 0 830 5 11 207 12 6 3,923 9 5 5,282 18 5 500 11 2 150 10 10 295 5 10 109 13 0 100 0 0 Westland 9 3 0 295 5 10 100 10 0 100 0 0 4 6 5 149 10 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net S ita I Total Net Total Net 12 Mnntbslnded I Expenditure to r™.™,' *' Expenditure 12 Months ended „. ."Vr „_ lqnn Contracts, Ac, if ioWlitioo 31st March, 1900. | 31st Maich, 1900. 31st March, 1900. and Liabilities. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. 'estland Land District — continued. Paringa River Road Waitaha-Kakapotahi Little Waitaha Bridge Waitaha, Wanganui, &c. (stock-drivers' huts) Hungerford's Bridge Hokitika-Christchurch Lower Arahura Bridge (repairs) Otira Toll Hokitika-Blue Spur Woodstock-Mahinapua Kanieri Bridge Kanieii Forks-Kanieri Lakes South Creek-Main Line Kokatahi Dawson's Road Block CXII., Kokatahi (Cropp's Road) .. Kokatahi Run-Hokitika River Bridge over Donnelley's Creek Hokitika Valley Matthias Pass Road Whiteombe Valley Track (Kokatahi) Mount Bonar-Poerua River Waitaha River, bridges and approaches.. Wataroa Bluff-Okarito Track Wataroa and Waitangi Taona Great South Road Lower Kokatahi School to Kokaahi River Kokatahi River to Main Flat Road Cropp's Road (Extension, Block CXIII.) Camelback-Hokitika River Donohue's-Mikonui Browning's Pass Track Matthias Pass Track Mikonui-Wanganui River Slaty Creek-Waiho Road Waiho to Cook Valley Lake Mapourika Lake Wahapo-Waitangi River (widening) Extension south of Okarito Westland • • | " ••! • • ; " i .. i i Westland 580 0 0 149,679 8 0 248 13 2 500 0 0 2,520 3 5 1,505 11 5 1,088 11 10 2,843 16 10 281 17 6 223 19 0 534 19 1 970 0 0 2,010 13 7 501 0 0 336 18 0 1,839 13 1 900 0 0 50 0 0 92 3 11 95 8 0 5,647 19 9 I ••. • •• 50 0 0 92 3 11 95 8 0 580 0 0 155,327 7 9 248 13 2 500 0 0 2,520 3 5 1,505 11 5 1,088 11 10 2,843 16 10 281 17 6 223 19 0 534 19 1 970 0 0 2,010 13 7 501 0 0 336 18 0 2,372 7 5 900 0 0 200 0 0 247 4 4 1,500 0 0 8,299 19 8 17 12 6 7 13 0 438 13 9 299 10 9 1,033 10 0 50 0 0 407 16 1 150 0 0 154 12 0 310 14 5 51 6 10 209 9 4 100 0 0 500 0 0 51 0 0 21 17 6 166 18 4 1,158 18 9 100 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 82 7 6 250 0 0 300 0 0 242 7 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 580 0 0 155,638 2 2 300 0 0 500 0 0 2,520 3 5 1,715 0 9 1,088 11 10 2,943 16 10 281 17 6 500 0 0 274 19 0 556 16 7 970 0 0 2,010 13 7 501 0 0 336 18 0 2,539 5 9 900 0 0 200 0 0 247 4 4 1,500 0 0 9,458 18 5 100 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 400 0 0 438 13 9 299 10 9 1,033 10 0 •■ I 532 14 4 ••I •• I 200 0 0 .. 247 4 4 1,500 0 0 7,246 15 10 1,053 3 10 .. i •• - - i 17 12 6 i 7 13 0 438 13 9 299 10 9 1,033 10 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net^"f tnre Total Net Liabilities on Total Net Expenditure to 12 Mo d n XLded Expenditure to r£ T t°o??£i Expenditure 31st March. 1899. 31st March, 1900. *ffi££ *& and Liabilities. £ r. d. : £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Land District— continued. Franz Josef Glacier Mapourika-Gillespie 's Waikukupa-Cook's River Flat Tracks to Fox Glacier Cook's Valley-Karangarua .. Cook's River Flat Cook's River (upper) Cook's River southward Gillespie's Beach-Manakai-au Hunt's Beach-Manakai-au Hunt's Beach-Makawhio Jacob's River-Bruce Bay Makaw h io-Mahitahi Mahitahi-Paringa Moeraki Crossing-Otomotu Mahitahi-Haast Haast Pass Track Turnbull River Road Cascade Valley Road Okuru Track Jackson's Valley Road Arahura Bridge (approaches) Murray's Creek Bridge Renewing three bridges at Rocky Point Hapuka Creek Bridge Dillmanstown Road (drainage) Okura River (storage shed) Sundry roads, &c, Westland.. In the County of Westland .. Wtstland Ferry-service (maintenance) .. Westland County roads Westland, general Miscellaneous and Engineering 1 Westland Westland j 243 15 4 8,077 5 0 1,000 0 0 410 8 9 Cr. 0 12 4 2,265 18 8 ! 244 11 10 I 509 7 4 149 3 0 539 1 6 340 17 6 1,206 2 11 1,400 0 0 1,510 18 5 16,234 16 9 6,149 18 3 632 12 0 1,809 9 2 203 15 0 11 19 0 295 4 2 144 16 7 175 5 4 124 11 6 447 10 4 8,077 5 0 1,000 0 0 422 7 9 294 11 10 2,265 18 8 244 11 10 509 7 4 149 3 0 683 18 1 340 17 6 1,206 2 11 1,400 0 0 1,510 18 5 16,234 16 9 6,325 3 7 757 3 6 1,809 9 2 ... . 58 5 7 80 17 6 204 15 10 .. . 5 3 5 274 14 8 275 8 6 120 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 369 1 5 60 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 22 15 2 505 15 11 8,077 5 0 1,000 0 0 503 5 3 499 7 8 2,265 18 8 244 11 10 509 7 4 149 3 0 689 1 6 340 17 6 1,206 2 11 1,400 0 0 1,510 18 5 16,234 16 9 6,599 18 3 1,032 12 0 1,809 9 2 120 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 400 a 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 47 15 11 1,980 0 0 682 0 0 410 0 0 2,613 13 3 1,045 1 5 I 30 18 7 30 18 7 47 15 11 1,980 0 0 532 0 0 410 0 0 2,613 13 3 1,006 15 11 150 0 0 15 10 4 47 15 11 1,980 0 0 682 0 0 410 0 0 2,613 13 3 1,022 6 3 Total, Westland Land District 362,801 17 8 10,163 3 10 372,965 1 6 11,014 6 11 383,979 8

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© Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure T . , „ . Liahilities on _ . , „ . ilnj-inp lotai iNet a„+i,~„hh„., Total Net 12 Moths ended £gS™tf* Controls 31st March, 1900. 31st March, 1900. 3 i st March, 1900. and Liabilities. U £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. h-' Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Canterbury Land District :— Wairau River Road (£1 for £1), Glenwye Culverden-Hanmer Plains (main road) Waiau Ferry Bridge, Waiau (repairs) Hanmer new baths and other buildings (improvements and maintenance, &c.) Cheviot Estate : Expenses incurred prior to opening the Cheviot Estate Account Cheviot Cheese-factory, subsidy Cheviot roads Dray-road through Cheviot hill country Foster's Cutting, Greta, Cheviot (main road) Port Robinson (groins) Cheviot County roads Waipara-Cheviot (£1 for £1), (main road) To Upper Ashley over Okuku Pass Blackhills Road Oxford Bush-Upper Ashley To deferred-payment lands, Waikari To deferred-payment lands, Teviotdale Ashley Gorge drain Glentui Road Broomfield Block Mount Grey Downs Oxford Bush Road extension Ashley, irrigation Irrigation-works, Eyre and Waimakariri Waimakariri-Ashley, irrigation .. Watmakariri-Ashley, irrigation (conditionally to Board) Ashley Bridge (to account) Waimakariri Bridge (Kaiapoi) Ashley Bridge protective works Waiau Bridge, Parnassus (to account) Christchurch-Hokitika (Bealey Valley) Selwyn Bridge (construction), (£1 for £1) Mathias Pass Road Canal Biidge, EUesmere Kowai Bridge (£1 for £1), (to account) Amuri .. Cheviot Ashley .. .. Ashley 3,536 12 1 700 0 0 4,323 10 7 100 8 0 4 2 6 300 0 0 8,630 4 8 970 0 0 3,996 2 3 784 19 1 1,764 4 11 68 5 0 1,000 0 0 1,100 10 2 150 0 0 68 5 0 1,000 0 0 1,100 10 2 3,536 12 1 700 0 0 4,323 10 7 100 8 0 4 2 6 450 0 0 ; 8,630 4 8 970 0 0 3,996 2 3 784 19 1 1,764 4 11 683 5 4 468 0 0 | 300 0 0 288 14 10 3,400 0 0 1,511 5 2 150 0 0 31 15 0 558 16 7 150 0 0 195 17 6 1,000 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 1,088 14 10 150 0 0 100 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,659 6 9 3,536 12 1 700 0 0 4,323 10 7 100 8 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 1,000 0 0 550 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 0 288 14 10 3,400 0 0 1,511 5 2 1,088 14 10 .. Ashley and Kaiapoi 683 5 4 468 0 0 166 15 0 288 14 10 3,400 0 0 1,474 12 8 133 5 0 36 12 6 .. i Kaiapoi Selwyn .. Ashley and Kaiapoi Kaiapoi .. Ashley and Kaiapoi .. Ashley .. Selwyn 1,000 0 0 275 0 0 150 0 0 204 15 5 1,000 0 0 275 0 0 150 0 0 ! 204 15 5 1,778 11 1 I 1,369 19 6 2,046 15 10 1,795 4 7 130 0 6 150 0 0 600 0 0 1,000 0 0 275 0 0 150 0 0 2,000 0 0 1,778 11 1 1,500 0 0 2,046 15 10 150 0 0 600 0 0 1,778 11 1 500 0 0 2,046 15 10 869 19 6 .. "V

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net L . ia S Uti ';- m Expenditure to I Authority, 31st March, .900. | gfffigffg. *■&. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.j £ S. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. 'anterbury Land District — continued. Lake EUesmere drainage Summit Road Peninsula Road, Akaroa (£1 for £1) Akaroa Head Lighthouse Road Roads to co-operative dairy factories, Akaroa Lyttelton-Christchurch Road (£1 for £1) .. Chertsey Village Settlement water-supply Blackford-Redcliffe Reserve 1496, Ashburton Bridge, Ashburton (subsidy) Ruapuna Block Ruapuna water-supply Highbank Rangitata Light-traffic Bridge (to account), (£1 for £1) Rangitata River-mouth protective works (Reserve 100) Orari Bridge (to account) Hae-hae-te-moana Te Moana Gorge Arowhenua Native Road Arundel water-supply Orari Domain Te Moana River Bridge (£1 for £1) Waihi River Bridge (between Orari and Geraldine) Opibi Bridge (to account) Tengawai (£1 for £1) Tengawai Stock Bridge (£1 for £1) Burke's Pass, Mackenzie County .. .. j Road to Mount Cook and glaciers .. Pukaki-Mount Cook .. .. .. Forks River Bridge, Mount Cook Road (to account) Contribution towards erection of Pukaki Bridge (£1 for £1) Orari River protective works Tracks, Mount Cook and glaciers .. Mount Cook Hermitage Road .. .. Hooker Bridge .. .. .. .. j Fairlie-Pukaki (main road) .. .. .. ! Rocky Gully Bridge (£1 f or £1) .. .. Lake Pukaki (planting) .. .. .. Akaroa and Selwyn Akaroa Borough of Sumner Ashburton Geraldine Levels Geraldine EUesmere Lyttelton Selwyn Ashburton Selwyn Geraldine Geraldine - ■'I 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 70 9 4 500 0 0 150 0 0 120 0 0 327 0 0 3 5 11 87 18 8 50 0 0 753 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 0 327 0 0 3 5 11 158 8 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 120 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 55 0 0 41 14 3 249 18 10 2,209 8 6 2,325 2 8 488 3 0 850 0 0 150 0 0 55 0 0 31 0 0 100 0 0 173 0 0 496 14 1 12 1 4 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 45 0 0 521 5 4 111 17 0 753 17 4 296 1 3 375 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 23 0 0 600 0 0 100 0 0 7,000 0 0 106 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 170 9 4 500 0 0 150 0 0 120 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 41 14 3 249 18 10 2,209 8 6 2,846 8 0 600 0 0 850 0 0 50 0 0 ••! Geraldine and Levels Levels Mackenz Waitaki 55 0 0 28 17 6 249 18 10 2,209 8 6 2,046 8 0 12 16 9 •• I 278 14 8 488 3 0 850 0 0 " ! 384 8 0 396 1 9 114 19 1 •05 14 4 47 10 0 384 8 0 396 1 9 114 19 1 680 14 4 47 10 0 200 0 0 214 10 0 477 1 2 75 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 598 18 0 873 2 11 114 19 1 755 14 4 47 10 0 50 0 0 ••! 175 0 0 •• i •• i .. .. :

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on T t , N t Authorities, Expenditure 31s°tMS,t 9 C cb. -d Liabilities. ( £ s. d. £ S. d. £ S. d. £ ! s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Ianterbury Land District — continued. Mount Cook Road (stable and shelter-shed) Pukaki-Omarama Ohau Bridge (£1 for £1) Opihi River protective works Bridge over Upper Waitaki Clements Road Waimate reserves Waihao-Hakataramea .. Kapua- W T aimate Gorge drain Studholme June tion (cattle-stops and removalof gates) Cliff Road Nukuroa-Studholme Junction .. Skevington's Road Pareora Bridge Roimata Settlement, roads and drains Sundry roads, Canterbury To village and deferred-payment blocks Village settlements (see also General) Miscellaneous roads and bridges Contingencies and engineering Maokenzie Mackenzie and Waitaki .. Mackenzie and Levels Waimate and Waitaki Waimate i Waitaki Geraldine and Waitaki .. Waitaki I .. 398 2 6 800 0 0 510 18 3 363 11 4 863 8 5 101 10 0 100 0 0 58 16 1 250 0 0 98 11 8 21 4 3 101 10 0 498 2 6 800 0 0 58 16 1 510 18 3 250 0 0 363 11 4 863 8 5 98 11 8 21 4 3 200 0 0 91 12 2 148 10 0 100 0 0 141 3 11 51 8 4 16 15 9 96 7 10 250 0 0 12 11 7 50 0 0 500 0 0 48 14 3 250 0 0 598 2 6 800 0 0 200 0 0 510 18 3 250 0 0 363 11 4 863 8 5 150 0 C 38 0 £ 200 0 £ 188 0 £ 250 0 £ 500 0 £ 250 0 £ 818 11 S 1,899 15 1£ Cr. 14 6 S 500 0 £ 2,431 17 c ... 200 0 0 91 12 2 Waimate and Geraldine .. Borough of Woolston Waitaki and Timaru Lyttelton 500 0 0 818 11 9 1,399 15 10 82 5 0 2,362 17 1 62,604 15 1 237 8 5 500 0 0 237 8 5 818 11 9 1,399 15 10 Cr. 64 6 3 .. Cr. 146 11 3 i 20 6 1 2,383 3 5 Total, Canterbury Land District 6,202 12 1 68,807 7 2 11,328 9 7 80,135 16 ••

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Kame of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. NetI duri£ UtUre ' Total Net 12 Months ended [ 31st March, 1900 j 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ S. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. Otago Land District — Martin's Bay Settlement Head Lake Wanaka Road to Wilkin Valley Martin's Bay-Lake Wakatipu Queenstown Jetty Cardrona Nursery Road Cardrona Coalpit Road Cardrona Valley Road Queenstown-Glenorchy Queenstown Breakwater (repairs), (to account) Arrowtown-Crown Terrace Glenorchy up Rees and Dart Glenorchy-Barnslaw Mount Earnslaw Track Rees River Road Rees Valley Road Pembroke-Matukituki Dart River Road Bent Burn-Glacier Burn Lake Wanaka Wharves Tracks Head of Lake Wakatipu Lake Te Anau-Wakatipu Albert Burn Track Hollyford Valley Glendhu-Roy's Peninsula Glendhu Road Ben Lomond Run Lower Wanaka Block To West Coast Sounds Lake Te Anau-Sutherland Falls Tracks-Western Sounds ,, Clyde-Queenstown Bendigo-Matakanui Makarora-Haast Valley Makarora Valley Cromwell-Hawea-Lindis Pass Hawea Bridge-Head Lake Wanaka Alexandra-Clyde-Ophir (main road) Chatto Creek-Tinkers Lauder District, Blocks III., IV., V„ and VI. Ophir District Water-supply Lake Wakatipu . - I .. j W r aitaki Taupeka Wakatipu and Wallace .. Wakatipu and Tuapeka .. Wakatipu 200 0 0 345 0 0 553 2 3 1,500 0 0 1,805 3 7 100 0 0 100 0 0 2,479 11 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 245 15 0 599 13 9 175 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 101* 0 0 2,406 15 8 557 18 9 5,269 6 11 250 0 0 88 6 7 379 12 6 601 11 0 95 0 0 629 11 4 200 0 0 440 0 0 553 2 3 i I .. 1,500 0 0 1,805 3 7 100 0 0 100 0 0 2,479 11 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 245 15 0 1,229 5 1 175 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 254 5 0 216 14 11 25 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 34 4 5 278 18 1 600 0 0 125 13 2 300 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 440 0 0 553 2 3 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 1,500 0 0 1,805 3 7 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 2,729 11 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 500 0 0 1,446 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 101 0 0 2,406 15 8 791 7 5 8,450 4 1 250 0 0 688 6 7 528 1 6 601 11 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 Lake and Wallace a Lake and Vincent Vincent 199 4 3 2,901 19 1 101 0 0 2,406 15 8 757 3 0 8,171 6 0 250 0 0 88 6 7 402 8 4 601 11 0 22 15 10 Tuapeka 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March .1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liahilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d, Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. itago Land District — continued. Tracks, Hawea Lake Upper Glutha Blocks Kawarau-Nevis Bridge over Clutha at Cromwell Bridge over Clutha at Alexandra McCabe's Coal-pit-Gibbston Ida Valley Galloway Station-Ida Valley Rough Ridge-Poolburn Roughridge-Poolburn-Tuapeka Lauder-Blackstone Lauder-Tiger Hill Block Lauder-Blackstone Block Lower Hawea-Lower Wanaka Lindis Pass Road Kurow Run Section 4, Block VIII., Maruwhenua Maruwhenua Bridge Moeraki District Port Road Beach, Moeraki Connecting Road, Block IX., Moeraki .. Kartigi Road Run 109 Wainakarua Slate Quarry (road to) Herbert, Main Road (£1 for £1) Kakanui Bridge (£1 for £1) .. Moeraki, Block XIV. Livingstone-Kyeburn Blackstone and Lauder Blackstone Gimmerburn Block Manuherikia Bridge (to account) Naseby, Maniototo, and Gimmerburn .. Naseby, No. 2 Block Runs 219c, 306, and 306a Run 206a (Naseby) Run 206p (Maniototo) Kyeburn District Komako Township .. '}' 1 Vincent Vincent and Maniototo .. Vincent and Lake Vincent and Waitaki Waitaki Wakatipu Tuapeka Wakatipu Tuapeka Tuapeka and Maniototo .. Tuapeka Tuapeka and Maniototo .. Wakatipu Wakatipu and Waitaki .. Waitaki Waihemo 300 0 0 604 15 0 400 0 0 2,946 7 6 5,000 0 0 150 0 0 1,000 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 1,261 0 0 258 16 8 300 0 0 167 10 8 300 0 0 520 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 \ 150 0 0 300 0 0 10 15 3 100 0 0 450 0 0 604 15 0 400 0 0 2,946 7 6 5,000 0 0 150 0 0 1,300 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 1,261 0 0 258 16 8 310 15 3 167 10 8 400 0 0 520 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 700 0 0 76 0 0 289 4 9 50 0 0 500 0 C 604 15 C 400 0 £ 2,946 7 6 5,000 0 C 200 0 0 1,300 0 C 200 0 0 300 0 C 1,000 0 0 376 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 C 1,261 0 C 258 16 8 600 0 0 167 10 8 450 0 0 520 0 C 555 0 0 250 0 C 200 0 0 130 0 £ 1,472 0 £ 200 0 £ 6,518 7 4 1,649 0 £ 500 0 £ 500 0 £ 300 0 £ 313 0 £ 400 0 £ 500 0 £ 380 0 £ 500 0 £ 100 0 £ 255 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 30 0 0 Oamaru Waihemo Waitaki and Waihemo .. Waihemo 100 0 0 1,472 0 0 100 0 0 1,472 0 0 Waitaki and Maniototo .. Maniototo 6,404 5 4 1,649 0 0 200 0 0 6,404 5 4 1,649 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 114 2 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 313 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 .. •

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net ,iSf ture Total Net 3U X t P Zfch r t R « 12 Months 'ended J???**"? *° 31st March. 1899. 3 )st March, 1900. 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, Slst March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Otago Land District — continued. Kyeburn-Naseby Run 219 Naseby, Blocks I., VI., VII., VIII.) Maniototo, Blocks I., XVIII. S-Blook Gimmerburn, Block I. Maniototo .. .. .. Maniototo Block .. .. .. Taieri River Bridge, Kokonga Taieri Lake, Block XV., Maniototo Run 222 Block XI., Maniototo Block XVI., Maniototo Maniototo, Block II. Maniototo, Block III. Gimmerburn District .. .. Gimmerburn Block .. .. .. I Swinburn and Rock and Pillar .. ) I Run 210 .. .. .. )" Dunback-Swinburn Hamilton Bridge Capburn Bridge (£1 for £1) .. Upper Taieri and Rock and Pillar Runs 204, 204a, Upper Taieri-Rock and Pillar (to account) Ranf urly Township .. Kyeburn Bridge (to account) Swinburn Farm-homestead Block Swinburn Special Settlement Runs 225e and 225t to 225z Waihemo, Block VIII. Through Runs 171 and 171a Hummockside District Waikari to Waitati Karitane Recreation Reserve (protective works) Waikouaiti, Block VI. Blueskin (£1 10s. for £1) Brinn's Point, Cemetery Road Maniototo " Maniototo and Waihemo.. Waihemo Waikouaiti Waihemo Waikouaiti 1,240 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0 300 0 0 700 0 0 750 0 0 1,093 0 0 1,240 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0 300 0 0 700 0 0 750 0 0 1,093 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 1,240 0 0 100 0 0 750 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 700 0 0 750 0 0 1,093 0 0 1,450 0 0 650 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 1,450 0 0 650 0 0 300 0 0 700 0 0 400 0 0 1,850 0 0 650 0 0 300 0 0 700 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 288 0 0 200 0 0 288 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 88 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 288 0 0 288 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,500 0 0 260 0 0 3,757 6 4 80 0 0 150 0 0 105 0 0 25 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,500 0 0 260 0 0 3,457 6 4 1,500 0 0 260 0 0 3,557 6 4 100 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 150 0 0 105 0 0 105 0 0 25 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure ; TM-nl Liabilities on during Exnend tu?e to Authorities, 12 Months ended ; s fJ?^? s „'T?900 Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. ; Maich, 1900. 31st March. 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. 1 £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. ! Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. itago Land District — continued. Corner Bush-Merton .. .. Corner Bush, Puketiraki Puketiraki (N.R.), repairing and forming old road.. Puketiraki-Seaclifi (formation) Kilmog (main road) Purakanui Native Reserve-Railway-station Hayward's Point Road (Purakanui) Seaclifi Asylum Reserve-Native Reserve Waikouaiti Bridge Brinn's Point and Merton .. .. - .. Seaclifi Asylum Road Puketeraki Station-Beach Warrington Waitaki Road Lower Harbour Road Maori Kaika Road, Otago Heads Normanby-Mount Cargill Signal Hill Road North Harbour and Blueskin, Block XI. Pine Hill North Harbour and Blueskin, Block VIII. North Harbour and Blueskin, Section 21, Block VIII. Peninsula Beach Road (prison labour) Peninsula Beach Road, Portobello Otago Peninsula (Block II., from Section 60 through 71, <fec.) Poitobo/lo- Hooper's Inlet Tomahawk Road Blair-Taieri Taieri Bridge-Nen thorn Bridge Dunedin to Mosgiel (Main South Road) Ocean Beach (protective works) Block XII., Nenthorn Silverpeak, &c. Hindon Run 75 (Boyd's) Bridge over Kaikorai Stream Grant in aid of bridge at Kaikorai on Main South Road Waikouaiti Peninsula Taieri .. Waikouaiti .. Chalmers .. Dunedin .. Taieri .. Taieri and Dunedin .. Chalmers .. Waikouaiti .. Chalmers .. Taieri .. Caversham .. Taieri 600 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 459 19 2 200 0 0 541 1 7 150 0 0 1,031 8 6 100 0 0 116 4 0 io o io 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 116 4 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 470 0 0 200 0 0 541 1 7 150 0 0 1,031 8 6 200 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 30 2 3 239 12 6 948 3 10 200 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 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 . 150 0 0 150 0 0 83 16 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 75 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 548 11 9 16 16 2 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 470 0 0 , 350 0 0 541 1 7 300 0 0 1,031 8 6 200 0 0 50 0 0 125 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 30 2 3 788 4 3 965 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 175 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 320 0 0 1,005 0 0 3,000 0 0 400 0 0 456 0 0 30 2 3 188 4 3 948 3 10 51 8 3 200 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

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure m . , VT . during „ Total Net 12 Months ended o??5 r I,dlt i u 'f„ t^, 31st March, 1900. 31st Marcl b 190 °- Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. itago Land District — continued. Bridge over Taieri Main South Road Taieri Bridge, Otakia (£1 for £3) Green Island-Brighton Henley protective river-works Taieri River Road Henley Road Taieri Bridge-Pukekura Teviot Small-grazing Runs Bridges over Clutha and Beaumont and Roxburgh (grant-in-aid) Through Blocks VIII. and X., Benger .. Beaumont-Miller's Flat Kelso-Greenvale Tapanui Railway-Run 140 Glenkenich Black Hill-Main Dunedin Road .. '' Beaumont Block Rankleburn, &c. Beaumont and Rankleburn Tuapeka Mouth Punt Tuapeka West Block Run 106 .. .. .. . .. Waitahuna-Run 52c Waitahuna Bridge Rankleburn, Block III. Lawrence-Clyde Switzers Track-Spylaw and Clutha Wakaia Bush-Clutha Valley Table Hill .. .. .. " Taieri Beach and South Roads Taieri Beach V.S. to dairy factory Centre Road, Incholutha (metalling), (£1 for £1) '.'. Clarendon, Block VI. Akatore, Blocks I. and IF. Akatore, Blocks III., VIII,, and IX. .. Akatore, Blocks III., IV., and VIII. Akatore River Bridge Matau-Kaitangata (£1 for £1), (to account) Matau River protective-works (Inch Clutha) j Taieri .. .. Taieri .. ." a . ■ .. Bruce Tuapeka .. .. Tuapeka .. I Clutha .. .. " • • • • \ a £ s. d. 12,581 19 0 499 1 0 990 13 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 16,403 13 2 1,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,145 2 3 110 4 0 99 19 11 £ S. d. 46 3 2 £ S. d. 12,581 19 0 499 1 0 990 13 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 46 3 2 100 0 0 16,403 13 2 £ S. d. 153 16 10 £ s. d. 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 16,403 13 2 Tuapeka and Vincent .. i Clutha Tuapeka and Southland .. ; Tuapeka and Wakatipu .' '. Bruce .. .. I Bruce 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 0 150 0 0 120 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 1,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,145 2 3 230 4 0 99 19 11 100 0 0 1,266 0 0 2,284 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 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 60 0 0 100 0 0 110 0 0 300 0 0 326 13 5 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 75 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 1,000 0 0 6,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,145 2 3 340 4 0 99 19 11 400 0 0 1.266 0 0 2,610 13 5 300 0 0 367 0 0 1,148 7 3 1,200 0 0 750 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 690 5 8 3,500 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 75 0 0 60 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 „ 60 0 0 100 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net n f ture Total Net Expenditure to 10 ,r™ ( i7„,„j Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. %*%££%$ SlstWh, .900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. itago Land District — continued. Taieri Mouth Punt Clarendon District Bridge, Tokomairiro River, North Branch Kaitangata-Wangaloa Matau Bridge (contribution).. Pomahaka Bridge (£1 for £1) Pomahaka-Clutha Pomahaka Bridge (Clydevale) Pomahaka Bridge (Kelso) Waipahi Bridge (subsidy) Glenomaru and Owaka Block IV., Catlin's District Glenomaru Block.. Catherwood's Road Draper's, Road to Hunt's Road Cannibal Bay Road Barr's Road Glenomaru Glenomaru, Block IV. Glenomaru, Block V. .. Owaea (Campbell's) Owaka Railway-station (£1 for £1) Owaka-Catlin's Lake Owaka-Clinton (£1 for £1) .. Katea-Dairy Factory, Owaka Glenomaru, Blocks III., IV., V., VII., and X. Catlin's Roads Catlin's and Tautuku Waikawa-Catlin's (main road) Block VIII., Catlin's Block I., Catlin's Block II., Catlin's Catlin's, Blocks I., II., 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 Bruce Clutha .' Bruce Glutha and Bruce Clutha 300 0 0 75 0 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 350 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 1,146 16 2 90 0 0 624 13 0 249 5 10 1,972 10 11 1,015 8 4 418 18 11 1,218 12 11 318 4 4 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 160 0 0 150 0 0 *2 15 7 99 18 5 168 15 8 300 0 0 75 0 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 450 0 0 350 0 0 400 0 0 2 15 7 500 0 0 150 0 0 1,146 16 2 90 0 0 624 13 0 249 5 10 2,072 9 4 1,045 8 4 587 14 7 1,218 12 11 318 4 4 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 160 0 0 I 150 0 0 497 4 5 100 0 0 30 0 0 150 1 7 12 5 5 20 8 10 406 7 5 300 0 0 75 0 0 250 0 0 650 0 0 450 0 0 350 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 1,146 16 2 90 0 0 624 13 0 249 5 10 30 0 0 2,222 10 11 1,045 8 4 600 0 0 1,239 1 9 724 11 9 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 160 0 0 100 0 0 180 0 0 530 15 4 1,467 6 3 11,420 15 11 27,381 18 0 350 0 0 794 6 1 50 0 0 776 1 9 1,057 0 0 4,428 12 7 5,173 7 10 1,139 14 6 I I 166 0 0 180 0 0 307 6 6 1,410 11 1 11,340 15 11 25,373 9 0 318 7 2 208 13 6 50 0 0 200 0 0 700 3 1 3,572 8 0 5,069 17 7 39 14 6 194 15 10 24 14 0 1,437 1 2 23 12 6 243 4 7 180 0 0 502 2 4 1,435 5 1 11,340 15 11 26,810 10 2 341 19 8 451 18 1 50 0 0 200 0 0 766 13 2 3,722 8 2 5,146 14 4 39 14 6 28 13 0 32 1 2 80 0 0 571 7 10 8 0 4 342 8 0 576 1 9 290 6 10 706 4 5 26 13 6 1,100 0 0 66 10 1 150 0 2 76 16 9

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net^, p ™? iture Total Net Total Net Expenditure to to u„ TLj.j Expenditure to r „ t „°7i 1' Expenditure 31st P March 1899. %£%*£$& 31st "•«*• 19M - sfst Math! fe. -d Liabilitie, £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. itago Land District— continued. Woodlands, Blocks I., V., VI., VIII. Woodlands, Blocks, VII., VIII., X., XII. Manuka Island-Balclutha Tautuku, Block VIII. Woodlands-Tahakopu Waiwera Bridge, subsidy (Dunedin-Invercargill), (£1 for £1) Glenomaru, Blocks III., IV., V., VII., and X. Ratanui Road Ratanui-Whitehead Wingfield Road, Ratanui Bridge over Tahakopu, Block VIII., Rimu Long Point Road Mouat's Saddle Purakauiti Stream Kaler's Road (felling) Warnock's Road Tahaukupu Tahaukupu River Bridge (approaches) Rimu, Block XIIL Tahaukupu Block Tautuku River Landing-sheds, &c. Tautuku Waikoikoi Bridge.. Rimu Rimu Improved-farm Settlement Rimu, Block XIV. Heathfield Improved-farm Settlement Waipati Improved-farm Settlement Leithen Bush Track Subsidy, Clutha Bridge Anderson's Bay Clutha Clutha 46 5 4 529 4 4 352 18 11 50 0 0 4 0 0 635 8 4 236 14 5 157 15 4 82 16 1 1,112 13 2 146 10 1 217 6 11 200 0 0 14 5 2 35 8 4 143 5 0 60 5 1 396 0 0 1 16 0 171 19 6 146 10 1 217 6 11 200 0 0 14 5 2 81 13 8 143 5 0 529 4 4 413 .4 0 50 0 0 400 0 0 635 8 4 238 10 5 329 14 10 82 16 1 1,112 13 2 60 6 6 394 15 6 675 11 10 300 0 0 1,083 17 5 125 0 0 554 4 9 3,250 8 6 390 6 3 5,238 6 5 5,011 15 10 200 0 0 2,500 0 0 275 0 0 453 9 11 282 13 1 150 0 0 235 14 10 18 6 4 256 15 0 48 4 8 439 14 11 200 0 0 18 14 3 128 0 6 150 0 0 600 0 0 500 0 0 350 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 48 4 8 529 4 4 852 18 11 50 0 0 400 0 0 635 8 4 200 0 0 257 4 8 457 15 4 232 16 1 1,112 13 2 100 0 0 454 15 6 675 11 10 300 0 0 1,083 17 5 125 0 0 554 4 9 3,326 18 2 500 0 0 5,513 3 4 5,120 6 2 200 0 0 2,500 0 0 300 0 0 60 6 6 39 13 6 60 0 0 394 15 6 675 11 10 300 0 0 483 17 5 125 0 0 554 4 9 2,633 7 4 149 16 0 5,169 12 6 4,533 6 2 200 0 0 2,500 0 0 275 0 0 600 0 0 617 1 2 240 10 3 68 13 11 478 9 8 76 9 8 109 13 9 274 16 11 108 10 4 Clutha and Southland Clutha and Bruce Caversham, St. Kilda, and South Dunedin Boroughs Caversham Borough Caversham 25 0 0 Caversham Industrial School Reserve Cargill Street, Caversham Water of Leith protective works Henderson's Road (£1 for £1) Ravensbourne Gladstone, Upper Junction Normanby, Mount Cargill Sundry roads and bridges, Otago Native Districts Education Reserves Purchase of Roads Miscellaneous and engineering To open up Otago Runs Village Settlements (see also General) Maori Hill Borough West Harbour Borough .. N.E. Valley Borough City and Taieri Taieri Chalmers Dunedin City.. n • . 50 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 1,590 7 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 1,001 5 1 735 5 11 1,821 3 9 542 17 6 6,436 6 7 11,792 19 11 261 1 6 145 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 545 0 0 1,590 7 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 1,001 5 1 735 5 11 1,821 3 9 542 17 6 6,436 19 3 11,792 19 11 299 19 11 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 545 0 0 50 0 0 1,590 7 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 1,001 5 1 735 5 11 1,821 3 9 542 17 6 6,646 2 8 11,792 19 11 328 0 0 '6 12 8 209 3 5 38 18 5 28 0 1 Total, Otago Land District 226,058 15 1 14,109 15 5 240,168 10 6 25,516 2 2 265,684 12 8

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Southland Land District — Athol-Nokomai Saddle Eyre Creek Bridge Gow's Creek Stock-bridge Dome Creek Bridge Tomogalak Creek-D.P. land.. Dipton-Balfour .. Boundary Creek Bridge Argyle Bridge Waikaka-Wendon and Greenvale Wendon District Wendonside Riversdale-Switzers Pyramid Bridge Garvieburn, Hickey's Ford Wakaia River Bridge (£1 for £3) Waikaka Siding-Waikaka Township Hillend-Dipton Flat Main North Road (£1 for £1) Waikaka-Pyramid Pyramid Bridge-Waikaia Waimea Valley Road .., Otamita Retreat Bridge over Mataura at Otama Reaby Retreat Gore Bridge Centre Bush-Otapiri Woodend Otapiri Clark's Road-Greenhills Winton Tramway-Winton Forest Myross Bush Kent Road Winton Drains Mataura-Winton and Channel Forest Hill Tramway Road Branch road-Forest Hill Forest Hill Road Waikaia District, Blocks IX. and X. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. Lake Southland Wakatipu Wallace Wakatipu 200 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 499 5 6 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 499 5 6 200 0 0 150 0 0 125 0 0 500 0 0 650 0 0 100 0 0 594 0 0 850 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 499 5 6 400 0 0 150 0 0 125 0 0 500 0 0 850 0 0 100 0 0 594 0 0 850 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 2,000 0 0 320 0 0 600 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 1,998 17 2 200 0 0 1,000 0 0 649 18 9 100 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 750 0 0 200 0 0 13,116 7 10 1,494 19 5 1,298 9 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 125 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 594 0 0 850 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 Wakatipu and Clutha Awarua 2,000 0 0 320 0 0 2,000 0 0 320 0 0 600 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 1,998 17 2 200 0 0 1,000 0 0 449 18 9 100 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 Wakatipu 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 Mataura Wakatipu Mataura Awarua 200 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 750" 0 0 750 0 0 200 0 0 13,116 7 10 1,494 19 5 893 9 0 13,116 7 10 1,494 19 5 898 9 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 Mataura a

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Iouthland Land District — continued. Wendon and Greenvale Blocks Balfour Cattle Flat Curtin's Road (Annandale) Win ton-Bay swater Mataura to Dunsdale Wairakiki to Mataura Oreti-Wray's Bush Road Wairio-Wray's Bush West Plains Road Grove Bush and Mill Road District Makarewa Mud Flat Road-Waikiwi Waikiwi-Gladstone Main North Road-Waikiwi (£1 for £1) .. Old Oteramika Road, Blocks I., II., Invercargill Hundred (£1 for £1) Bainfield Road Oteramika (£1 for £1) Otapiri Bridge-Forest Hill District Hokonui-Forest Hill Block Forest Hill, Macdonald Road Dunsdale Boxall Road Baird's Road, Block IX., Waikawa Bluff Road-Campbelltown Campbelltown Hundred, Block VIII. Centre Bush Village Hokonui-Henderson's Road Linds Bridge-Railway- station Mill and Flora Road Murphy's Road (£1 for £1) .. Otatara Laura Creek Bridge Winton Creek Bridge, Section 9 (Winton Hundred) Winton Creek Bridge Through Runs 177 and 257 .. Hedgeh ope-Mataura Makarewa-Hedgehope Flood-channel Waimumu Bridge £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d, Southland Wakatipu Wallace Awarua Mataura 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 31 5 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0. 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 £ 100 0 £ 100 0 £ 150 0 £ 200 0 £ 400 0 £ 200 0 £ 100 0 £ 50 0 £ 100 0 £ 100 0 £ 100 0 £ 200 0 £ 200 0 £ 200 0 £ Awarua 18 15 0 18 15 0 Wallace Invercargill .. Wallace Mataura Awarua Mataura Invercargill .. Mataura Awarua 85 7 10 1,700 9 5 100 0 0 150 0 0 186 15 11 99 10 7 150 0 0 85 7 10 1,700 9 5 100 0 0 186 15 11 99 10 7 100 0 0 200 0 0 517 7 2 100 0 0 13 4 1 150 0 0 0 9 5 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 £ 200 0 £ 150 0 £ 602 15 £ 1,700 9 E 100 0 £ 100 0 £ 200 0 £ 150 0 £ 100 0 £ 100 0 £ 200 0 £ 200 0 £ 50 0 £ 100 0 £ 100 0 £ 50 0 £ 50 0 £ 50 0 £ 5,002 0 £ 300 0 £ 300 0 £ 100 0 £ 200 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 5,002 0 0 300 0 0 Mataura Awarua and Mataura 5,002 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 Awarua 100 0 0 100 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net Expenditure Expenditure to ..n™ 8 . , 31st Mnvnb 1RQ9 12 M °nths ended 31st March 1899. 3 , t Ma rch, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. ° n Total Net rltvacts *' Expenditure Contracts, Ac, „„ , , j-ljuh.. 31st March, 1900. and Llabl " tles - £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ S. d Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Southland Land District — continued. Mabel District Hedgehope-Titipua and Dunsdale Bridges Mataura River protective works Hedgehope Road Makarewa-Hedgehope Main North Road, Winton Orion and Minerva Roads, Makarewa Devereaux-East Winton Bush land east of Makarewa Outfall drainage, Otatara Wallacetown-Ryal Bush Section 795, Hokonui Wallacetown-Spar Bush-Waimatuku Flat Makarewa Bridge Moturimu Invercargill Hundred, Blocks VII., IX., X., XIV., XV., XVII., XX., XXII., XXIII. Oteramika-Timpany Road .. Seaward Bush Township, road through Blook III. .. Watson Road Seaward Bush, Blocks III., IV. Seaward Bush Road (near Clifton) Waimatua (Seaward Bush) Millar's Road (£1 for £1) Mataura Island, Titiroa Siding (£1 for £1) Bluff Road (il for £1) Toe-toes, Section 2, Blcck X. Waikawa Valley Waikawa, Block I. Otara to Haldane Post-office Linds Bridge Grove Bush Centre Bush Makarewa-Grove Bush Bush land, Makarewa Wright's Bush Wallacetown-Tomoporakau Mill Road, Makarewa, Block X., Sections 32 and 33 Southland Mataura Awarua Mataura Invercargill Awarua Invercargill 500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 25 0 0 520 0 0 74 3 6 150 0 0 450 0 0 635 19 3 1,744 0 10 500 0 0 300 0 0 50 0 0 114 17 4 232 18 8 *4 10 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 520 0 0 189 0 10 150 0 0 450 0 0 635 19 3 1,976 19 6 *4 10 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 60 19 2 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 80 0 0 822 1 7 150 0 0 95 10 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 700 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 800 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 520 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 550 0 0 735 19 3 80 0 0 2,799 1 1 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 700 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 Awarua Mataura Invercargill and Mataura Mataura 100 0 0 100 0 0 • • Awarua 100 0 0 200 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 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc—comti?iMe<Z. Southland Land District — continued. Invercargill Hundred, Block XXIII. Waikiwi Suburban Waikiwi Oreti Bridge, Wray's Bush Road (to account) Otapiri Bridge Otapiri Bridge (Forest Hill) Outfall drain, Block VIII. (Campbelltown Hundred) Main East Road, near Invercargill Seaward Bush roads Miller's Road, Hedgehope Seaward Bush Township (McQuarrie Road) Invercargill-Tisbury Maclean's Road, Seaward Bush Tisbury Tramway Road Appleby-Tisbury Waihopai Bridge Tisbury-Waimatua Kingswell Creek Kingswell Creek-Seaward Bush Kingswell Creek-Seaward Bush (£1 for £1) Waimatuku Bush Millwood Settlement Bay Road-Otatara Bush Otatara Bush Balfour Bridge (over Mataura River) (balance) Oreti Bridge, Dipton (to account) Otapiri Bridge, at Dodd's Hedgehope Bridge (Bushy Park Road) Mokoreta Bridge, at McPherson's Ford.. Outfall-drain along Clifton, Tisbury, and Scots Streets, Seaward Bush Longbush, Makarewa, Myross, and Wallacetown Township (£1 for £1) Clifton-Seaward Bush Clifton-Tisbury .. Acker's Village Block Acker's Village Southland Awarua Invercargill .. 321 16 9 150 0 0 100 0 0 842 0 10 100 0 0 33 11 0 400 0 0 0 3 6 200 0 0 150 0 0 344 6 7 1,100 0 0 899 13 0 97 9 2 20 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 49 16 11 165 16 6 321 16 9 150 0 0 20 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 49 16 11 100 0 0 842 0 10 100 0 0 199 7 6 400 0 0 0 3 6 200 0 0 150 0 0 344 6 7 1,100 0 0 899 13 0 97 9 2 323 11 8 200 0 0 700 0 0 75 0 0 1,179 18 3 500' 0 0 78 3 3 80 0 0 150 0 0 0 3 1 0 12 6 69 16 6 400 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 .500 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 842 0 1£ 100 0 C 200 0 0 400 0 C 70 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 C 344 6 7 1,100 0 0 899 13 0 97 9 2 512 7 4 200 0 0 750 0 0 75 0 0 1,179 18 3 500 0 0 500 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 75 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 C 323 11 8 188 15 8 Awarua Mataura Awarua 200 0 0 700 0 0 75 0 0 1,179 18 3 500 0 0 50 0 0 Wallace 500 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 75 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 Awarua Mataura Invercargill .. Awarua 200 0 0 200 0 0 Invercargill 694 4 11 55 19 1 216 16 3 120 10 1 39 1 3 694 4 11 95 0 4 216 16 3 141 4 4 60 18 9 694 4 11 155 19 1 216 16 a 270 10 3 20 14 3 129 5 9

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Mouths ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on nv,4.„i xt„+ Authorities, Pvnenn£f,re Contracts, Ac, „E ?1 wiV«»= 31st March 1900. and Lla M ut «> B - £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. Roads, Bridges, etc — continued. Southland Land District — continued. Block VIII., Winton Hundred Blocks II. and III., Campbelltown Woodend-Bushy Point Seaward Forest-Coast Campbelltown Hundred West's-Mokotua Seaward Moss-Awarua Bay Seaward Forest-Deferred-payment Block . Haberfield's-Beach Campbelltown Point Road Campbelltown Hundred and Campbelltown Girdler's Road Campbelltown Bluff Road Oteramika Block Oteramika .. ,. Mataura Island Dairy Factory-Pine Bush Railwaystation Timpany's Hill to Gorge Railway-station, Oteramika Toetoes, Block X. Owari Bridge .. .. .. 1 Mokoreta Valley (£1 for £1) .. .. f Wyndham Bridge (£1 for £1) Bridges, Fortrose-Wyndham .. Haldane Improved-farm Settlement Wyndham via Mimihau-Otaraia Waikawa Improved-farm Settlement Waikawa- Wyndham Valley Moturimu Improved-farm Settlement .. Fortrose-Waikawa Mokoreta, Blocks VII. and IX. (£1 for £1) Southland Bridges andFortrose Jetty (flood- damages) Waikawa, Block VII. Waikawa (II.) Block Waikawa Bridge Waikawa-Otara Blocks X., XL, XII., and XIIL, Waikawa distriot.. Quarry Hills Southlana .. Awarua .. Awarua and Mataura .. Mataura .. Awarua Mataura - • i 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 8 500 0 0 600 0 0 50 0 0 1,066 17 7 900 0 0 120 1 8 744 15 10 250 0 0 200 0 0 22 4 4 100 0 0 118 19 3 250 0 0 22 4 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 6,064 15 11 1,050 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 650 0 0 79 8 8 500 0 0 600 0 0 50 0 0 1,166 17 7 900 0 0 120 1 8 863 15 1 500 0 0 200 0 0 227 15 8 3 16 33 2 5 100 0 0 400 0 0 181 0 9 200 0 0 200 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 79 8 8 503 1 6 600 0 0 50 0 0 1,200 0 0 1,000 0 0 520 1 8 1,044 15 10 500 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 ! •• ! 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 3,632 12 0 1,499 18 2 3,380 0 11 2,376 10 1 509 4 5 500 0 0 859 2 1 200 0 0 250 0 0 4,491 14 1 1,499 18 2 3,650 11 2 2,524 6 0 546 4 6 500 0 0 340 17 11 200 0 0 250 0 0 4,832 12 0 1,499 18 2 3,994 1 3 2,876 10 1 810 6 1 1,000 0 0 100 0 0 800 0 0 302 11 6 150 0 0 250 0 0 1,368 7 4 600 0 0 100 0 0 270 10 3 147 15 11 37 0 1 343 10 1 352 4 1 264 1 7 500 0 0 100 0 0 I 800 0 0 208 15 5 77 7 7 800 0 0 286 3 0 16 8 6 150 0 0 250 0 0 568 7 4 100 0 0 98 17 0 250 0 0 667 4 4 701 3 0 600 0 0 100 0 0

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net Expenditure Expenditure to ,„ ., d"" 11 ? 31st March 1899 12 Months ended Hiist march. Ib99. 3 , t Marc h 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on ™ . , -„. Authorities, is? .A Contracts, Ac., Expenditure 31st March, 1900. and Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Southland Land District — continued. Block XIV., Mokoreta Mokoreta Block Waikawa-Otara Block Otara to Waikawa and Bridge, over Tokanu Waikawa District (main road) Gore-Pukerau Graham Road Naigaro Bridge Road, Block VII., Waikawa Neil's Road to termination of Seaward Bush Railway Seaward Downs Waikawa Block VIII. Waimahaka-Block VII., Mokoreta Wyndham Valley (Corie to Bews) Mimihau Bridge (near Wyndham) Line of Hundreds.. Line of Hundreds (Southland end) Heddon Bush-Centre Bush Bridge over Oreti at Elbow .. Kelso-V'aikaka Manapouri-Dusky Sound Te Anau-George Sound Te Anau Jetty Manapouri-Te Anau Mossburn-Te Anau Mossburn Bridge.. Mossburn-Manapouri Mararoa Bridge Blackmount to D.P. land Small grazing Run, No. 23 .. Horse-bridge, Wairaki River Black Creek Bridge and Road Papatotara-Improved-farm Settlement.. Avondale Saddle Lonneker Settlement Lillburn Reads Waiau Bridge, Clifden (to account) Orawia-Clifden Sutherland to Gorge Road Southland Southland and Wallace .. Southland and Clutha Wallace and Fiord Wallace Mataura Mataura and Clutha Mataura Wallace and Awarua Mataura Awarua and Wallace Wallace Wakatipu and Clutha Wallace 116 18 1 492 13 2 7,597 2 6 1,000 0 0 10,260 18 11 9 0 0 1,000 8 6 247 7 7 340 7 11 140 0 0 195 13 0 1,307 19 9 350 0 0 400 0 0 231 5 0 425 0 0 15 10 6 554 1 11 200 0 0 250 0 0 I 132 8 7 492 13 2 7,597 2 6 1,000 0 0 10,815 0 10 200 0 0 250 0 0 9 0 0 1,000 8 6 247 7 7 618 16 7 140 0 0 203 11 4 1,607 19 9 350 0 0 400 0 0 232 1 6 425 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 173 8 4 2,544 18 9 100 0 0 250 0 0 949 1 1 5,074 2 1 679 19 5 17 11 5 1,075 0 0 969 4 9 150 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 1,567 13 2 7,597 2 6 1,000 0 0 11,784 5 7 150 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 9 0 0 1,000 8 6 1,007 7 7 640 7 11 140 0 0 250 0 0 1,707 19 9 350 0 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 425 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 2,789 0 8 100 0 0 250 0 0 970 7 0 5,074 2 1 700 0 0 250 0 0 278 8 8 760 0 0 21 11 4 *7 18 4 300 0 0 46 8 8 100 0 0 0 16 6 267 18 6 100 0 0 122 10 0 2,452 11 1 100 0 0 250 0 0 949 1 1 3,870 9 4 172 12 0 50 0 0 50 18 4 92 7 8 26 11 8 244 1 11 1,203 12 9 507jV7 5 21 5 11 Wallace and Awarua 20 0 V 250 0 0

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r-i LO Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net ditare Total Net 12Month"lnded f «Penditare to dlst March, 1899. 3)gt March , isjoo. 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. w £ s. d. i - ' Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. Southland Land District— continued. Clifden-Manapouri Wairio-Mount Linton and Birchwood Road Heddon Bush (Bayswater)-Otautau Road (£1 for £1) Line of Hundreds, west of Aparima River Lower Opio Bridge to Line of Hundreds (£1 for £1) Papatotara-Waiau Mouth Waiau District, Blocks VII., VIIL, X., Roads to open up back seotions in Waiau Ferry-Papatotara Wakapatu-Ruahine Jacob's River (protective works near Etal Creek) .. Papatotara Punt, Drummond's Ferry Clifden Ferry-Eastern Bush (Limestone Gorge) Clifden-Redcliff Creek Heddon Bush Grassy Creek Wreys Bridge (subsidy) Lillburn, Monowai, and Alton Tracks-McLaren's Run 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 IV., XV., XVI., and XVII. Riverton-Orepuki Jacob's River (subsidy) Orepuki-Wairaurahiri Riverton-Colac Bay Otautau Stream Bridge Aparima Protective Works (£1 for £1) Clifden Bridge-Papatotara Clifden-Otautau (main road) Dipton-Hamilton Run Forde's Road (Groper's Bush) £ S. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wallace 100 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 Wallace "' 38 12 10 38 12 10 161 7 2 100 0 0 100 0 0 19 11 6 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 1,190 0 0 8,000 0 0 40 0 0 328 15 11 550 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 1,704 10 2 74 3 6 649 8 9 100 0 0 1,657 17 6 749 13 6 300 0 0 3,987 0 9 800 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 .. I I 300 0 0 59 10 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 1,190 0 0 8,000 0 0 40 0 0 128 15 11 550 0 0 250 0 0 180 8 6 215 8 0 120 12 6 180 8 6 300 0 0 274 18 0 320 12 6 150 0 0 1,190 0 0 8,000 0 0 40 0 0 311 8 0 550 0 0 250 0 0 125 2 0 29 7 6 .. i i 182 12 1 17 7 11 •• I 300 0 0 1,704 10 2 74 3 6 258 0 11 100 0 0 657 17 6 549 13 6 300 0 0 3,987 0 9 600 0 0 391 7 10 204 8 0 1,704 10 2 74 3 6 649 8 9 100 0 0 862 5 6 549 13 6 300 0 0 3,987 0 9 600 0 0 200 0 0 795 12 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 •• 9 10 84 5 0 9 10 84 5 0 100 0 0 240 19 0 315 15 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 * • 50 0 0 50 0 0 ••

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Net Expenditure Total ISet during Expenditure to 12 Months ended 31st March. 1899. 3i s t March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Electorate. County. ]Sanie of "Wert. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc.— -continued. Southland Land District— continued. Longwood, Block XVIII. Manapouri-Flaxy Creek Redcliff-Manapouri Sunnyside-Woodlands (sheep-track) .. • • Waiau District, Blocks VIII. and X. (sheep-track).. Te Anau-Milford Manapouri-Doubtful .. Half-moon Bay Wharf, Stewart Island Half-moon Bay Tramway Port William-Half-moon Bay Stewart Island roads Stewart Island Wharf Port William-Horseshoe Bay Paterson's Inlet-Mason Bay Sundry roads Sundry roads (Native labour) Village Settlements (see also General) To open up Southland runs Miscellaneous and Engineering Wallaoe Fiord Stewart Island Wallace .. Wakatipu and Wallace .. Wallace Awarua 16 6 *5 8 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 2,590 12 5 197 13 6 68 2 0 2 3 0 60 0 0 73 17 9 - 199 0 0 68 2 0 7 11 0 60 0 0 73 17 9 150 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 2,590 12 5 281 18 0 242 9 0 276 2 3 250 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 " 199 0 0 350 0 0 250 0 0 60 0 0 350 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 2,590 12 5 100 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 9,394 2 11 9 9 0 154 19 5 1,148 15 8 2,773 9 0 187,016 11 2 100 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 " 9,394 2 11 9 9 0 Cr. 36 5 0 1,148 15 8 2,701 13 9 9,394 2 11 9 9 0 Cr. 36 5 0 1,148 15 8 2,654 19 4 - 19i 4 5 - - 46 14 5 71 15 3 ' .. 145,091 14 11 12,219 13 1 157,311 8 0 29,705 3 2 Total, Southland

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Name of Work. County. Electorate. Total Net Net Expenditure Expenditure to ,„ m-* 1 ;™ 8 a , 31st P March.l399. %*£*«** Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on _. , w . Authorities, TotalNet Contracts, Ac. Expenditure 31st March, 1900. aild l-""''" 1 *"*- £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. £ s. d. Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. General: — Expenditure under miscellaneous public works votes (see Table No. 7 of 1884) Works not specifically appropriated —viz., roads, bridges, and drains Miscellaneous and Engineering —main roads Schools in outlying aistricts Improved farms not specifically appropriated —viz., for felling, clearing, building, fencing, grassing, tools, explosives, &c. Miscellaneous and Engineering —Roads to give access Miscellaneous roads and bridges in Native districts Native lana purchases —Surveys Native land purchases —New purchases Portion of subsidies to local bodies . i Contingencies and subsidies to local bodies for providing work for unemployed Co-operative work for unemployed — viz., roads, drains, passages, tools, stores, tents, &c. Advance to co-operative workmen for dwellinghouses Flood-damages to roads and bridges (to account) .. Miscellaneous —Roads and material Geants-in-Aid :— Grants - in - aid under " The Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882 " Local Bodies :— Payments of thiras, &c. Village settlements (roaas, buiiaings, fencing, felling, clearing, &c.) Purchase of lana for, or to be exchanged for land for roads Wire rope for bridges Advance to improved-farm settlers for buildings, gardens, fences, <fec. Refund of revenue creditea to Vote 91 in error 322,358 5 4 1,910 3 4 33 14 0 1,978 13 0 Cr. 10 0 0 204 4 0 304 0 2 18,565 19 5 167 1 0 143,553 12 11 54,308 16 1 21,975 15 11 667 2 7 76 6 7 480 18 4 322,358 5 4 2,577 5 11 33 14 0 1,978 13 0 Cr. 10 0 0 204 4 0 380 6 9 18,565 19 5 167 1 0 143,553 12 11 54,308 16 1 22,456 14 3 830 4 7 125 0 0 500 0 0 360 8 2 649 3 8 322,358 5 4 3,407 10 6 33 14 0 2,103 13 0 490 0 0 204 4 0 740 14 11 18,565 19 5 167 1 0 143,553 12 11 54,308 16 1 23,105 17 11 157 10 0 5 0 0 162 10 0 235 0 0 397 10 0 14,582 2 4 1,399 1 11 2,487 11 1 6 16 4 17,069 13 5 1,405 18 3 1,720 2 4 53 19 10 18,789 15 9 1,459 18 1 375,213 14 10 375,213 14 10 375,213 14 10 1,495 5 5 51,095 17 6 1,495 5 5 51,095 17 6 200 0 0 1,495 5 5 51,295 17 6 691 9 2 296 3 10 987 13 0 274 16 2 1,262 9 2 320 10 11 320 10 11 679 9 1 1,200 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,200 0 0 Cr. 3 8 0 Cr. 3 8 0 Cr. 3 8 0 Total, General 1,009,981 18 4 4,340 9 8 11,014,322 8 0 6,828 3 10 1,021,150 11 II Grand Total .. .. 4,743,469 14 10 268,714 16 7 5,012,184 11 5 301,775 18 4 5,313,960 9

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Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liahilities. £ a. d. £ a. d: £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Roads on Goldfieids : — 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 Roads to open up mineral lands ... lUCKLAND : — Assistance to Piako County Council towards constructing tramway from Te Aroha Mountain to batteries Opening Mokau River for development of coal-mine Kuaotunu to Coromandel Kiripaka to Coal-mines Helena Bay to Whakapara Gordon Settlement to Waharoa ... Approach to railway • bridge, Te Aroha Karangahake Bridge ... Puru Creek Road Upper Waiotahi Road Inland from Omahu ... Thames to Manaia Whangamata Harbour to Reefs ... Karangahake through Ohinemuri Gorge Tereohanga Gorge to Puhipuhi ... Karangahake to Waihi Tiki to Waikawau Waitekauri to New Find Sylvia up Tararu Creek Mata wai to Kaimarama Driving Creek to Cape Colville Cabbage Bay to Mines Road formation, Waitekauri to Cross Road Manaia to Mines Whitianga to Mahakirau Whangapoua Mill Road Kuaotunu Bridge Repairs, Mata Bridge ... River Protection-works, Te Aroha... Junction Waihi Road to New Find, Waitekauri Upper Waitekauri Bridge Drains, Hikutaia Roads, Katikati and Tauranga Roads, Great Barrier Island Tiki to Mahakirau Thompson's Track Hikutaia to Waihi Paeroa to Waitoa Waihi to Whangamata Paeroa to Te Aroha Whakapara to Puhipuhi Waiorongomai Road ... Waitekauri to Wharekiraupunga ... Hikutaia to Waitekauri Komata Reefs to Paeroa Komata Reefs to Waitekauri Tairua to Whenuakite... Tiki to Kaimarama Mercury Bay to Whenuakite and Boat Harbour Tiki to Opitonui (£1 for £1) Tapu Creek and extension Thames to Waikawau... Thames to Hikutaia ... ... Turua to Netherton ... Hikutaia to Whangamata, " Wires " Track Upper Tararu Road ... Matatoki Road Puriri to Tairua Wharepoa Settlement Road Omahu to Whangamata 101,177 2 9 1,885 11 1 6,000 0 0 552 8 0 1,470 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 150 0 0 519 2 3 400 0 0 492 10 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 141 10 6 1,000 0 0 800 0 0 468 15 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 175 0 0 400 0 0 271 11 11 100 0 0 450 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 328 8 0 2,892 18 5 104,070 1 2 1,885 11 1 6,000 0 0 552 8 0 1,470 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 150 0 0 519 2 3 400 0 0 492 10 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 141 10 6 1,000 0 0 800 0 0 468 15 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 175 0 0 400 0 0 271 11 11 100 0 0 450 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 328 8 0 3,223 10 3 107,293 ll 5 1,885 11 1 6,000 0 0 552 8 0 1,470 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 600 0 0 150 0 0 519 2 3 400 0 0 492 10 0 400 0 0 500 0 0 141 10 6 1,000 0 0 800 0 0 468 15 0 600 0 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 175 0 0 400 0 0 271 11 U 100 0 0 450 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 328 8 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 1,226 17 5 604 4 2 250 0 0 3,523 19 U 2,325 0 0 585 2 1 358 6 0 747 1 5 350 0 0 300 0 0 98 8 6 614 5 4 300 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 610 0 0 500 0 0 345 0 0 182 6 6 550 11 3 63 11 3 100 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 1,226 17 5 604 4 2 250 0 0 3,868 19 11 2,507 6 6 1,135 13 4 358 6 0 810 12 8 450 0 0 450 0 0 98 8 6 719 9 3 300 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 685 0 0 500 0 0 592 0 0 617 13 6 350 0 0 199 14 0 86 7 4 250 0 0 100 0 0 1,226 17 5 604 4 2 250 0 0 4,460 19 11 3,125 0 0 1,485 13 4 558 0 0 897 0 0 450 0 0 450 0 0 298 8 6 914 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 550 0 0 860 0 0 550 0 0 105 3 11 200 0 0 194 10 9 200 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 175 0 0 50 0 0 75 0 0 618 5 8 1,735 11 7 1,431 0 1 650 0 0 1,027 9 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 115 0 0 100 0 0 182 0 0 331 0 0 250 0 0 818 5 8 1,850 11 7 1,531 0 1 832 0 0 1,358 9 0 200 0 0 235 0 0 150 0 0 368 0 0 133 11 0 250 0 0 1,018 5 8 2,085 11 7 1,681 0 1 1,200 0 0 1,492 0 0 803 0 2 200 0 0 1,140 1 6 368 11 5 850 0 0 464 0 0 55 1 10 385 12 6 1,267 0 2 255 1 10 1,525 14 0 368 11 5 1,139 5 0 250 0 0 233 18 2 1,517 0 2 489 0 0 1,525 14 0 629 11 5 1,425 0 0 289 5 0 261 0 0 285 15 0 Carried forward 142,579 3 9 6,836 10 8 149,415 14 5 8,256 0 0 157,671 14 5

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Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authotities, Contracts, Ac., 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Roads on Goldpields— continued. Auckland— continued. Waikawau to Manaia ... Tapu to Waikawau Cabbage Bay to Port Charles and Cape Colville Kuaotunu to Mercury Bay liridge over Waitekauri Creek Grace Darling Road ... Waitekauri to Golden Cross Roads, Netherton Mangaiti and Waitoa Road and Punt Coromandel to Cabbage Bay Tokatea to Kennedy Bay Tiki to Manaia Coromandel to Whangapoua Coromandel to Kuaotunu via Matarangi Kikowhakarere to Cabbage Bay ... Extending Wharf Road, Coromandel Bridge, Ring's Road ... Taumatawahine Bridge Cemetery Road, Kuaotunu Whitianga to Kaimarama Mahakirau Goldfleld Road Tiki to Matawai Tiki to Te Kouniu Opitonui Road Tauranga to Te Puke ... Waihi to Katikati Papamoa to Te Puke ... Blind Bay to Whangaparapara Waihou Bridge at Shaftesbury Whitianga to Gumtown... Donnelly's liridge Waiau Bridge to Old Mill Site ... Bridge and approaches, Sullivan's Creek at Hooker's Ohuka Creek Bridge Cabbage Bay—Ward's Track (£1 for £1) Townsend's Road, portion of Thames River to Whangamata Road Puriri to Neavesville Neavesville to Upper Landing Upper Landing to Tairua Railway-station roads Matatoki outfall drain ... Beach Road Tararu Creek Bridge Earl of Glasgow Claim Track Turua to Netherton Te Aroha Bridge Nelson : — Repairs to Nile Bridge Lyell to Mokihinui via Eightmile 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 Hatter's Terrace to Bell Hill and Haupiri Larry's Creek to Lyell Road, near Dee River (£1 for £1) Bridle-track to Upper Anatoki Hatter's Terrace Road (£1 for £1) Deep Creek,to Bell Hill (£1 for £1) Irishman's to Lake Brunner (£1 for £1) £ s. d. 142,579 3 9 £ a. d. 6,836 10 8 £ s. d. 149,415 14 5 £ a. d. 8,256 0 0 £ s. d. 157,671 14 5 1,700 0 0 750 10 0 1,885 0 0 565 0 0 2,265 0 0 750 10 0 2,005 0 0 135 0 0 . 2,400 0 0 750 10 0 2,285 0 0 120' 0 0 280 0 0 1,200 0 0 142 0 0 539 14 6 45 0 0 77 13 9 126 0 0 102 15 0 75 0 0 515 0 6 155 0 0 7 18 0 1,326 0 0 102 15 0 217 0 0 1,054 15 0 200 0 0 85 11 9 74 0 0 57 5 0 175 0 0 485 0 0 145 0 0 64 8 3 1,400 0 0 160 0 0 392 0 0 1,539 15 0 345 0 0 150 0 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 550 0 0 200 0 0 350 0 0 100 0 0 285 0 0 145 13 0 600 0 0 685 0 0 695 13 0 200 0 0 770 0 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 200 0 0 650 0 0 430 0 0 700 0 0 700 0 0 895 13 0 850 0 0 1,200 0 0 420 0 0 200 0 0 80 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 90 0 0 50 0 0 45 0 0 84 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 134 II 3 280 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 90 0 0 50 0 0 45 0 0 84 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 644 1 5 220 0 0 200 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 50 0 0 500 0 0 700 0 0 325 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 loO 0 0 10U 0 0 45 0 0 150 0 0 370 0 0 400 0 0 900 0 0 300 0 0 644 1 5 290 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 66 0 0 170 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 509 10 2 50 0 0 5£>" 0 0 290 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 62 10 0 250 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 37 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 213 15 1 200 0 0 250 0 0 37 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 213 15 1 . 200 0 0 250 0 0 86 4 11 831 2 6 5,098 8 6 831 2 6 5,098 8 6 831 2 6 5,098 8 6 1,238 7 5 1,238 7 5 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 1,650 0 0 2,208 9 2 1,650 0 0 2,208 9 2 1,650 0 0 423 10 0 423 10 0 423 10 0 722 8 0 400 0 0 365 10 0 722 8 0 400 0 0 365 10 0 722 8 0 400 0 0 365 10 0 900 0 0 900 0 0 900 0 0 Carried forward 202,629 17 5 13,238 13 6 215,868 10 11 15,096 8 2 230,964 19 1

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Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward ... Roads on Goldwelds — continued. Selson— continued. Improving roads and tracks, Collingwood to Takaka, Motueka, and Karamea Ahaura to Amuri Blackball Track Ahaura to Kopara Road Nelsor. Creek Bridge ... Soldier's Creek Road ... Gannon's to Painkiller Pain's Ford Bridge Red Hill Road Track, Slate River to Rocky Pack-track to Kill Devil Waimangaroa to Denniston Road to Lyell's Creek Extended Company's Tunnel Road to Oparara Diggings Track to diggings, Cape Foulwind Cobden to Coal Creek ... Mackley's to Waipuna Terrace Footbridge over Blackball Creek ... Road to Barry town Track to Crow Diggings Ngahere to Blackball ... Big River Road Approaches, Matakitaki Bridge Bridge, Karamea River Brown's Terrace to Arnold Brunnerton to Paparoa Track to Adamstown ... Hampden to Horse Terrace Repairing bridges, Staunton's and Doctor's Creeks Granity Creek to Ngakawau Four-mile Bridge Fox's Bridge Fairdown to Waimangaroa Track up Four-mile and Nile Rivers Charleston to Nine-mile Beach Road, Promised Land, Karamea ... Track to Piper's Flat, Addison's ... Snowy Creek Bridge ... Footbridge, Byewash, Ngahere to Blackball Ferry Track to Healey's Gully Lancashire Flat to head of Clearwater Creek Granville Road Bridges, Blackwater and Greenstone Wangapeka Track, Rolling River, to Kiwi Creek Mud Flat to Karamea Fencing land, Blackball Road Protective works, Main Grey Bridge Richmond to Collingwood Pakawau Bush Road ... Maruia Road and horse-track vid Caslani's Moonlight to Paparoa Bridges, Cobden to Seven-mile Road Walker's Creek Bridge Landing Creek Bridge Deadman's Creek to Christmas Terrace Bridges over Raleigh Creek (3) Bridge, Brandy Jack's Creek Track up Ten-mile Creek Road, Cobden to Warren's Accom-modation-house Cape Terrace Road, continuation ... Lake Brunner Road towards Maori Creek Bell Hill Road Scott's Creek Bridge Collingwood to Parapara Table-land Horse-track £ s. d. 202,629 17 5 £ s. d. 13,238 13 6 £ a. d. 215,868 10 11 £ a. A. 15,096 8 2 £ s. d. 230,964 19 1 11,005 18 11 11,005 18 11 11,005 18 11 2,504 19 7 1,185 12 5 400 0 0 100 0 0 198 5 0 196 10 6 798 13 10 249 8 1 225 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 2,504 19 7 1,185 12 5 400 0 0 100 0 0 198 5 0 196 10 6 798 13 10 24a 8 1 225 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 2,504 19 7 1,185 12 5 400 0 0 100 0 0 198 5 0 196 10 6 798 13 10 249 8 1 225 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 197 11 0 375 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 523 5 1 400 0 0 2,602 14 11 279 15 0 3,565 19 8 200 0 0 175 0 0 375 4 0 3,450 18 6 200 0 0 100 0 0 197 11 0 375 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 523 5 1 400 0 0 2,602 14 11 279 15 0 3,565 19 8 200 0 0 175 0 0 375 4 0 3,450 18 6 200 0 0 100 0 0 197 11 0 375 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 523 5 1 400 0 0 2,602 14 11 279 15 0 3,565 19 8 200 0 0 175 0 0 375 4 0 3,450 18 6 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 550 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 210 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 550 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 210 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 550 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 210 0 0 90 0 0 50 0 0 90 0 0 50 0 0 90 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 300 0 0 149 19 10 100 0 0 300 0 0 149 19 10 100 0 0 300 0 0 149 19 10 112-13 6 110 0 0 191 0 0 250 0 0 425 0 0 188 0 0 112 13 6 110 0 0 191 0 0 250 0 0 425 0 0 188 0 0 112 13 6 110 0 0 191 0 0 250 0 0 425 0 0 188 0 0 100 0 0 342 10 0 214 12 2 289 16 6 250 0 0 100 0 0 342 10 0 214 12 2 289 16 6 250 0 0 100 0 0 342 10 0 214 12 2 289 16 6 250 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 199 9 4 170 0 0 790 0 0 199 9 3 199 9 4 170 0 0 790 0 0 199 9 3 199 9 4 170 0 0 790 0 0 199 9 3 Carried forward 240,922 4 6 13,238 13 6 254,160 18 0 15,096 8 2 269,257 6

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Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac, 31st March, 1900. Totai Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Roads, Bridges, etc. — continued. 'emon— continued. Road, Hampden Cemetery to School House, Murchison Culverts, Devil's Creek Twins Road Grey River to Moonlight Big Totara River Bridge Little Totara River Bridge Denniston to Cascade Creek Road, Seddonville to Mokihinui ... /Track, Seddonville to Mokihinui Mine Granity Creek southwards ... Wilson's Lead Road ... Reefton to Maruia Ahaura to Haupiri Track, Fagan's Creek to top Paparoa Range Blackball Track to Paparoa Ranges Waipuna Road Improving ford, Granity Creek ... Dee Creek Bridge Mangles Bridge Wangapeka to Wanganui Belgrove to Westport and Reefton Aorere Bridge Karamea Track Bradshaw's Lead Road Road, Oparara River, Karamea ... Westport to Mokihinui Mokihinui to Reefs (widening) Road Stony Creek to Waimangaroa Denniston Hill Road ... Mokihinui to Wanganui (improving) Road, Costello's Hill, Charleston (alteration) Addison's Road to Buller Road ... Snowy Creek to Reefs Bridge, Little Grey River Dray-road, Capleston to Larry's ... Glenroy to Maruia Plains Paroa to Teremakau ... Widening road, Lyell to Eight-mile Canaan Road Bridge, Glenroy to Matakitaki Mokihinui to Little Wanganui River Road Bridge, Coal Creek Karamea, Mud Flat Road Bridge, NelBon Creek ... Bridge, Callaghan's Creek Repairs, Cobden to Barrytown Road Mosquito to Maori Creek Track ... Lyell to Victoria Range Bonny Doon Road Anatoki Track ... Takaka River Foot-bridge Bainham to Upper Aorere Valley Takaka to Collingwood Inland Road Vant's to Bubu Kaituna River protection works ... Ferntown to Pakawau ... Takaka Bridge protection works ... Repairs, Motueka Bridge Lloyd's Valley Road Bridges Thorpe to Churchill Neudorf to Ngatimoti ... Shaggery Road Riwaka to Kaiteriteri Beach Road Millerton Read Lyell Bridge to Ryan's . . Promised Land, Ohimahanu Creek Nile Saddle to Maori Creek Land of Promise Road ... Seddonville to Cardiff ... Mokihinui end of Westport Road... Foot-bridge, Buller River, below Lyell £ s. d. 240,922 4 6 £ s. d. 13,238 13 6 £ a. d. 254,160 18 0 £ a. d. 15,096 8 2 £ a. d. 269,257 6 2 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,030 0 0 450 0 0 350 0 0 100 0 0 770 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,030 0 0 450 0 0 350 0 0 100 0 0 920 0 0 150 0 0 450 0 0 450 0 0 1,835 8 0 571 11 4 425 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1,030 0 0 450 0 0 350 0 0 100 0 0 920 0 0 150 0 0 700 0 0 650 0 0 2,285 8 0 1,000 0 0 425 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 1,435 8 0 200 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 400 0 0 371 11 4 75 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0 428 8 8 1,286 10 0 100 0 0 314 0 0 50 0 0 157 6 6 403 10 0 2,372 13 8 372 13 8 298 14 5 37 8 6 150 0 0 1,600 10 0 150 0 0 157 6 6 403 10 0 3,432 2 1 2,324 17 2 7,227 2 10 87 8 6 250 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 750 0 0 500 0 0 86 0 0 125 0 0 142 13 6 78 10 0 20 0 0 1,686 10 0 275 0 0 300 0 0 482 0 0 3,452 2 1 2,324. 17 2 7,928 1 8 100 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 450 0 0 750 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 3,618 5 2 600 0 0 550 0 0 1,059 8 5 1,952 3 6 6,928 8 5 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 250 0 0 700 18 10 12 11 6 200 0 0 250 -0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 1,470 4 9 250 0 0 150 0 0 1,955 11 2 350 0 0 400 0 0 3,425 15 11 600 0 0 550 0 0 200 0 0 192 9 3 250 0 0 295 17 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 220 0 0 425 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 154 3 0 100 0 0 115 0 0 500 0 0 450 0 0 400 0 0 415 0 0 220 0 0 625 0 0 400 0 0 250 18 8 16 14 0 1,435 10 4 35 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 0 450 0 0 400 0 0 450 0 0 520 0 0 825 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 2,500 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 50 18 8 16 14 0 1,435 10 4 49 1 4 283 6 0 1,064 9 8 450 0 0 100 0 0 900 0 0 75 0 0 300 0 0 825 0 0 84 4 0 130 16 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 150 0 0 184 0 0 25 0 0 150 0 0 160 13 7 10 19 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 984 6 1 50 0 0 130 16 0 250 0 0 950 0 0 250 0 0 1,084 0 0 100 0 0 450 0 0 985 13 7 95 3 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 1,013 8 1 50 0 0 269 4 0 100 0 0 316 0 0 239 6 5 54 17 0 400 0 0 350 0 0 950 0 0 250 0 0 1,400 0 0 100 0 0 450 0 0 1,225 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 1,489 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 750 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 749 0 3 700 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 450 0 0 125 0 o 29 2 0 250 0 0 172 14 4 219 14 4 77 11 3 172 14 4 475 11 11 50 0 0 150 0 0 127 5 8 150 0 0 280 5 8 72 8 9 200 0 0 20 3 4 469 14 4 77 11 3 549 0 3 250 0 0 79 16 8 100 0 0 84 9 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 79 16 8 100 -o 0 84 9 0 549 0 3 450 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 15 11 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 125 0 0 Carried forward 267,157 10 10 29,549 9 0 296,706 19 10 23,660 10 8 320,367 10 6

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Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1600. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, Ac. 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditu™ and Liabilities. Brought forward Roads on Goldfields — continued. Nelson— continued. Painkiller to Murray Creek Widening Black's Point Koad Big River to St. George,.. Mangles Valley Road Ahaura Bridge... Deviation road, Westbrook to Teremakau Bridge, Cobden to Brunner Road... Deviation, Moonlight Track Foot-bridge, Blackball Creek (Brunner to Moonlight Road) Extension, Barrytown to Paparoa Track Track to Lake Hochstetter Larry's Creek Bridge, extension ... Takaka Hill Road Tnnitapu Boundary Track Slate River Road Collingwood Bridge Motupipi Bridge Takaka Road8 ... Wangapeka to Baton Wangapeka to Kiwi ... ... Graham River Bridge Glenrae to Tadmor Brooklin Valley Road Thorpe to Neudorf Chandler's to Whangapeka Junction Fenian Creek Track Kai-amea River protective works ... Grainger's Point Bridge ... Virgin Plat Road Westport to Waimangaroa Ahaura to Orwell Creek Karamea Bridge (rebuilding) Orawaiti Bridge Long Tunnel to Addison's Brighton to Grey County boundary Paparoa River Track ... . Dead man's Creek, Brighton Charleston to Brighton ... Fairdown to Beach Coalbrookdale to Cedar Creek Mle River Bridge, Charleston Murray Creek to Waitahu River ... Improving crossings Waitahu River, and Road up Kirwan's Creek Black water to Big River Brunnet ton to Paparoa ... Totara Flat Road Granite Creek Bridge Eight-mile Creek Bridge Bowling Creek Bridge ... Orwell Creek Bridge Deadman's Creek Bridge Brunnerton to Blackball Marlborough : — Wakamarina Valley ... Anikiwa Jetty Havelock to Mahakipawa Gravel ling road through Mr. Adams's property Gravelling Onamalutu Road Re-melailing Wakamarina Road ... Onamalutu to Wakamarina Forks Bartlett's Creek Track Tracks, Wakamarina and Mahakipawa Havelock to Tuamarina Road ... Rocky Ferry to Kaituna Picton to Grove Bartlett's Creek to Cat Point Road to Mount Patriarch 'Tuamarina to Kaituna ... Repairs Kaituna Bridge Havelock to Mahakipawa £ a. d. 267,157 10 10 £ s. d. 29,549 9 0 £ s. d. 296,706 19 10 £ a. d. 23,660 10 8 £ s. d. 320,367 10 6 663 10 6 180 17 0 593 8 7 195 0 0 259 18 3 250 0 0 450 0 0 844 7 6 593 8 7 195 0 0 259 18 3 2,550 0 0 450 0 0 256 11 5 55 0 0 290 1 9 600 0 0 844 7 6 850 0 0 250 0 0 550 0 0 3,150 0 0 450 0 0 2,300 0 0 125 10 0 140 0 0 125 10 0 140 0 0 400 0 0 125 10 0 140 0 0 400 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 lOl'll 1 80 0 0 174 14 2 181 2 9 80 0 0 276 5 3 181 2 9 73 14 9 150 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 18 17 3 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 8 8 10 80 0 0 350 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 o 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 387 14 8 291 0 5 3,855 9 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 218 16 6 450 0 0 379 5 10 291 0 5 43 19 0 379 5 10 291 0 5 43 19 0 3,811 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 218 16 6 450' 0 0 450 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 11 0 0 135 15 9 1,311 9 0 100 0 0 11 0 0 135 15 9 1,311 9 0 100 0 0 11 0 0 135 15 9 1,311 9 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 800 0 0 ■ 349 4 7 46 16 6 100 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 800 0 0 449 4 7 46 16 6 300 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 1,100 0 0 449 4 7 100 0 0 53 3 6 336 12 3 495 0 6 367 4 6 188 1 2 200 0 0 65 0 0 81 3 6 2 2 0 836 12 3 862 5 0 188 1 2 200 0 0 65 0 0 81 3 6 2 2 0 150 0 0 600 0 0 11 18 10 486 12 3 600 0 0 862 5 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 2(9 7 0 85 0 0 68 16 6 207 5 0 Carried forward ... 274,408 11 0 34,347 16 2 308,756 7 2 36,719 15 0 345,476 2 2

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Net Exrienditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities B rough t forward Roads on Goldfields — continued. Ianterbury : — Road to open up Wilberforce quartzreefs Vestland : — Cedar Creek Road Browning's Pass to Reefs (£2 for £1) 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 Bridge over Ogilvie Cr ek Deviation Road and compensation, Larrikin's Flat Bridge over Kanieri River at Kokatahi Totara Bridge Track, Waikupakupa ocean-beach to main road Track, Totara River to Constitution Hill Gillespie's Bluff Track .. Wire Bridge, Kapitea Creek, Lamplough Track Butcher's Creek Bridge, Kanieri Lake Road Extension, Tucker's Flat Road Widening Milllown Track to Humphrey's Gully 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 Okarito River Bridge ... Drainage, Stafford Township Resumption of J. Holmes's land, Teremakau Greenstone to Teremakau Mahinapua and South Terrace Track Veronica Creek Track .. 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 Okarito Forks to Waiho Hokitika to Jackson's .. Great South Road Taipo Creek to Seven-mile Extension, Seddon's Terrace Track New Road, Stafford to Awatuna ... Karangarua Bridge Okuru River Ford Track Kokatahi Road Gillam's Gully Track ... Doughboy Road Reefton to Hokitika and Ross Back Creek Road deviation Continuation Wataroa Bluff Track Widening Cook's River-flat Road... Track and Wire Bridge, Upper Calary Teremakau to Paroa ... Adair's Track to Mahinapua Road Repairing Bridge, Donnelly's Creek Repairs, Browning's Pass Track ... £ s. d. 274,408 11 0 £ s. d. 34,347 16 2 £ s. d. 308,756 7 2 £ a. A. 36,719 15 0 £ 8. d. 345,476 2 2 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 86 17 6 126 0 0 6,832 6 0 86 17 6 126 0 0 6,832 6 0 86 17 6 126 0 0 6,832 6 0 900 0 0 503 16 10 150 0 0 1,431 4 2 900 0 0 503 16 10 150 0 0 1,431 4 2 900 0 0 503 16 10 150 0 0 1,431 4 2 467 10 10 467 10 10 467 10 10 336 0 0 100 8 0 336 0 0 100 8 0 336 0 0 100 8 0 123 1 0 123 1 0 123 1 0 118' 0 0 151 14 1 151 14 1 118 0 0 151 14 1 118 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 6 246 17 6 150 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 194 13 0 194 13 0 194 13 0 145 15 0 145 15 C 145 15 0 300 0 0 399 17 5 300 0 0 300 0 0 399 17 5 300 0 0 300 0 0 399 17 5 300 0 0 240 0 3 250 0 0 240 0 3 250 0 0 240 0 3 250 0 0 200 0 0 30 8 7 200 0 0 30 8 7 200 0 0 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 45 10 7 89 0 6 167 15 5 1,735 7 0 12,914 16 6 314 5 4 300 6 3 591 14 9 350 14 6 196 2 1 451 2 5 320 0 0 300 0 0 7,153 12 9 97 9 1 1,552 17 11 230 0 4 437 17 7 81 15 0 '46 16 7 45 10 7 89 0 6 167 15 5 1,832 16 1 14,467 14 5 544 5 8 300 6 3 1,029 12 4 432 9 6 342 18 8 451 2 5 320 0 0 300 0 0 9,050 1 9 200 0 0 194 4 8 369 15 6 200' 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 366 6 7 170 0 0 100 0 0 45 10 7 8S 0 6 467 15 5 1,932 16 1 14,831 1 O 714 5 8 400 6 3 1,029 12 4 432 9 6 342 18 8 506 6 6 520 0 0 500 0 0 9,337 12 9 200 0 !> 294 4 8 400 0 0 400 0 0 55 4 I 200 0 0 200 0 0 287 11 0 1,896 9 0 200 0 0 194 4 8 369 15 6 200 0 0 100 0 0 30 4 6 200 0 0 150 0 0 160 1 3 9 13 0 250 0 0 267 11 5 90 7 0 250 0 0 150 0 0 427 12 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 12 8 7 250 0 0 250 0 0 440 1 3 100 0 0 Carried forward 13—D. 1. 324,379 13 5 39,750 14 2 364,130 7 7 38,941 9 9 403,071 17 4

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„._ ... Net Expenditure Net Expenditure during „, ±^ r to -u ionn 12 Months ended 31st March, 1899. glst Maroll , | 90 0. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. 324,379 13 5 £ s. d. 39,750 14 2 £ s. d. 364,130 7 7 3 £ s. d. 38,941 9 9 £ s. d. 403,071 17 4 Brought forward ... ] 32 Roads on Goldfields — continued. Westland — continued. Gal way Bluff Track ... ... ' Maori River Road ... ... | McKay's Creek Bridge ■•■ ' Milltown Track deviation ... J Sunny Bight Track (widening) ... I Mikonui River approaches ... Blue Spur Creek Bridge ... Middle branch Styx River Kumara Beach Road . Mount Hercules deviation Otaoo : — Arthur's Point to Skipper's Waikaia Bush Road ... Arrowtown to Macetown Quartzreefs and Motutapu Bush Waitahuna Bridge, on account of reconstruction Wakatipu to Milford Sound Piers, Victoria Bridge Artesian - well boring, Maniototo ' Plains Miller's Flat to Skipper's Road ... Deviation, Pleasant Creek Track ... Waipori to Berwick Gorge Road ... Bridge over Clutha River at Miller's Flat 12,167 4 1 1,000 0 0 9,720 6 8 134 14 10 149 19 6 29 8 0 1,119 4 6 134 14 10 149 19 6 29 8 0 1,1.19 4 6 12,167 4 1 1,000 0 0 9,720 6 8 15 5 2 270 12 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 149 19 6 270 12 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 29 8 0 200 0 0 300 0 0 1,119 4 6 12,167 4 1 1,000 0 0 9,720 6 8 750 0 0 750 0 0 750 0 0 7,240 7 11 362 10 0 800 0 0 7,240 7 11 362 10 0 800 0 0 7,240 7 11 362 10 0 800 0 0 580 0 0 130 0 0 1,976 18 9 6,621 0 0 580 0 0 130 0 0 1,976 18 9 6,621 0 0 200 0 0 ■ 580 0 0 130 0 0 2,176 18 9 6,621 0 0 Renewal bridge to Bannockburn ... Nevis Valley Road Bridge and approaches, Skipper's... j Arrowtown to Macetown ... Clyde to Queenstown ... .. Track up Shotover River ... Lawrence to Clyde ... •■• I Lawrence to Waipori ... ..- Roxburgh to Clyde ... ... j Waitahuna to Bruce County bound850 0 0 400 0 0 1,100 0 0 900 0 0 I - 450 0 0 200 0 0 | 2,150 0 0 750 0 0 . i 350 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 1,100 0 0 300 0 0 550 0 0 850 0 0 600 0 0 2,200 0 0 1,200 0 0 1,000 0 0 200 0 0 2,600 0 0 1.050 0 0 350 0 0 250 0 0 1,044 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 850 0 0 275 0 0 850 0 0 600 0 0 3,244 0 0 1,300 0 0 1,200 0 0 300 0 0 3,450 0 0 1,325 0 0 350 0 0 300 0 0 450 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 ary Bridge at Waipori Garston to Nevis Clyde to Ophir Waipori Bush Road ... Young Hill Creek Road Skipper's to Bullendale Nokomai Road Oiitram to Waipori ... Clarendon to Berwick... ..'. Table Hill to Canada Reefs Waitahuna to Lawrence Dairy Creek to coal-pits ... i Removal of sand, Cromwell Borough ' Skipper's to Gallant Tip Arrow to Malatapu ... Beale's Hill deviation .. Southland :— Tracks, Merrivale District Waipapa to Waikawa Waipapa to Six-mile ... Orepuki (Block I.) to Longwood ... Tracks, Stewart Island Riversdale to Waikaia Roads, Preservation Inlet Tracks, Cromarty Clifden Bridge, Waiau River Orepuki to Preservation Inlet Road toDredging-claims, Waim urn u Repairs to read between Sections 17 and 45, Waikaka Colac to Round Hill ... Alpha Track Stewart Island, Road to Mines Mason's Bay Track Gore to Waikaka Charlton Road Waimumu Road Roads, Stewart Island Assistance towards prospecting* Contingencies '. 1,965 17 2 400 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 400 0 0 1,965 17 2 300 0 0 I i 150 0 0 I 200 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 I 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 400 0 0 2,065 17 2 200 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 1.00 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 o 100 0 0 50 0 0 ) 50 0 0 100 0 0 ) 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 ! 100 0 0 500 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 718 7 8 200 0 0 239 15 8 207 5 0 122 2 8 10,131 5 8 500 0 0 200 0 .0 100 0 0 500 0 0 718 7 8 200 »0 0 6 426 17 2 3 216 6 3 4 1,115 3 0 8 j 11,311 14 4 200 0 0 72 18 6 190 18 9 500 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 500 0 0 718 7 8 400 0 0 499 15 8 407 5 0 1,115 3 0 11,311 14 4 i 100 0 0 100 0 0 187 1 6 9 13 993 0 4 1,180 8 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 0 100 0 0 123 9 5 112 0 4 7 6 5 ! 123 9 5 0 1 12 0 6 4 7 6 126 10 7 200 0 0 148 8 0 145 12 6 400 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 190 8 0 250 0 0 I 200 0 0 ) 150 0 0 i 150 0 0 ) 400 0 0 ) 200 0 0 ) 200 0 0 ) 200 0 0 2,630 16 2 923 13 1 9 12 0 0 9 12 0 2,630 16 2 6 923 13 1 2,630 16 2 877 15 7 45 17 6 Totals 391,421 6 5 48,038 11 2 439,459 17 7 46,821 3 S 486,281 0 10 See also Table No. 5a, Development of Goldfields,

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Expenditure . Liabilities. Total Expenditure Totals. r • , .,.,. .Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. 80,708 19 3 165 14 8 200 0 0 1,250 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 - Locality' and Name of Race. Survey and Construction, 1870-99. Grants, Subsidies, 1870-99. Survey and Construction 1899-1900. Grants, Subsidies, 1 1899-1900. Totals. j Authorities on Construction. Authorities j on Grants, j Contracts. Subsidies. ! Locality and Name of Race. I I NORTH ISLAND. Auckland Provincial District — Thames Tairua Water-race Compensation, Thames Water-race R. Kelly's water-race, Mata Kuaotunu Sludge-channel £ s. d. 80,708 19 3; £ s. d. 34 5 4 1,250 0 0 40 0 0 200 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. i 80,708 19 3 34 5 4 ! 1,250 0 0: 40 0 0| 200 0 0: £ s. d. £ s. d. 165 14 8 £ s. d. NORTH ISLAND. Auckland Provincial District — Thames. Tairua Water-race. Compensation, Thames Water-race. R. Kelly's water-race, Mata. Kuaotunu Sludge-channel. •• I .. MIDDLE ISLAND. Westland Provincial District — Subsidies — Hohonu Hibernian New River Kanieri Rimu Drainage-tunnel Ross 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) Raising dam, Loop-line Ngahere-Blackball Donnelly's Creek Tail-race Purchase of Byrne, O'Hallahan, and Murdoch's water-rights Government Works — Waimea-Kumara Mikonui Nelson Provincial District — Government Works — Nelson Creek Napoleon Hill Argyle (Charleston) Black's Point Jones, Baxter, and party, waterrace from Roaring Meg I 80,708 19 3 1,524 5 4 82,233 4 7 165 14 8 165 14 8 82,398 19 3 MIDDLE ISLAND. Westland Provincial District — Subsidies — Hohonu. Hibernian. New River. Kanieri. Rimu Drainage- tunnel. Ross 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) . Raising dam Loop-line. Ngahere-Blackfcall. Donnelly's Greek Tail-race. Purchase of Byrne, O'Hallahan, and Murdoch's water-rights. Government Works — Waimea-Kumara. Mikonui. Nelson Provincial District- — Government Works — Nelson Creek. Napoleon Hill. Argyle (Charleston). Black's Point. Jones, Baxter, and party, waterrace from Roaring Meg. 3 7 ol 12 5 8 21 5 0 15 6 191 19 6 1,955 12 1 1,992 14 8 3,496 0 8 10,310 18 4 •• 1,958 19 1 2.005 0 4 3,517 5 3| 10,312 3 10 * 19.1 19 6 1,554 10 6 2,762 17 2 1,151 10 8 5.006 15 9 1,182 5 8 100 0 0 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 1,151 10 8 5.006 15 9 97 10 0 1,279 15 8 100 0 0 583 11 7 1,886 5 0 7,278 17 1 70 0 0 1,125 16 6 200 0 0 384 3 0| 828 7 5 35 0 0 I •• ■ 1,554 10 6 2,762 17 2 1,000 0 0 5,006 15 9 1.019 15 8 100 0 0 •• •■ 151 10 8 •• 162 10 0 97 1.0 0 7 10 ° 2,081 2 2 875 11 1: 5,197 14 11 427 2 4 1,302 13 5 7,278 17 II 70 0 0 ; 583 11 7 3 11 7 70 0 0 ■ 1,031 16 9 200 0 0 93 19 9 1,125 16 6: 200 0 Oi 444 4 5 35 0 0 444 4 5 384 3 0 35' 0 0 189,247 1 3 25,927 4 6 2,849 12 4 192,096 13 7 25,927 4 6 524 11 81 524 524 11 8192,621 5 3 25,927 4 6 I 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 15,501 15 3 244 9 0 .. 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 15,501 15 3 244 9 0! 800 0 0 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 15,501 15 3 244 9 0 800 0 0 •• •• 800 0 0; " -■ •• -- Carried forward 1,185 7 5 365,750 8 9j 524 11 8 524 1,065 4 7 1,589 16 3367,340 5 0 1325,243 18 10[ 31,179 15 6 8,141 7 01 ••

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Expenditure. Liabilities. Locality and Name of Race. Survey and Construction, 1870-99. Grants Subsidies, 1870-99. Survey and j Construction! 1899-1900. Grants, Subsidies, j 1899-1900. j | Authorities j j Authorities ; on Grants, I Subsidies. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Locality and Name of Race. Totals. I on Construction.; Contracts. Totals. Brought forward 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 Range 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 — Round Hill General — Increased water-supply Departmental — Salaries, travelling,advertising, &c. £ a. A. 325,243 18 10 £ s. d. 31,179 15 6 £ s. d. 8,141 7 0 £ s. d. 1,185 7 5 £ s. d. 365,750 8 9 £ s. d. 524 11 8 £ s. d. 1,065 4 7 £ s. d. £ s. d. 1,589 16 3 £ s. d. 367,340 5 0 322 18 2 4 6 2 1,065 0 0 20 0 0 1,150 7 2 82 1 1 218' 0 0 612 10 0 640 0 0 9,249 13 1 200 0 0 2,956 14 0 1,150 0 0 850 0 0 1,187 10 0 I I i 250' 0 0 322 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 1,437 10 0 1,065 0 0 20 0 0 1,150 7 2 144 13 7 l 1,000 0 0 562 10 0 • A ■■ - • 1,000 0 0 562 10 0 322 18 2 218 0 0 612 10 0i 644 6 2! 9,249 13 1 200 0 0| 2,956 14 0 1,150 0 0 1,850 0 0 2,000 0 0 1,065 0 0 20 0 0 1,150 7 2 144 13 7 MIDDLE ISLAND— continued. Nelson Provincial District — ctd. Government Works —continued. Randall Creek Water-race. Wills and party, water-race Sulky Gully. Otago Provincial District — Subsidies — Arrow. Beaumont and Tuapeka. Carrick Range. Mount Pisgah. Lawrence Drainage-channel. Ophir Tail-race. Muddy Creek Channel. St. Bathan's. Maerewhenua. Artesian wells, Maniototo. 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 — Round Hill. General — Increased water-supply. Departmental — Salaries, travelling, advertising, &c. •• 62 12 6 • 70,766 3 1 11,263 1 0 226 14 6 70,992 17 7 11,263 1 0 273 5 6 273 5 6 71,266 3 1 11,263 1 0 65 6 7i i 65 6 7 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 1,435 7 5 6,720 6 8 475,577 16 1 797 17 2 2,627 14 7 6,720 6 8 Totals .. 417,233 12 9 148,478 1 11 8,430 14 0 -• 3,425 11 9 :479,003 7 10 Totals. SUMMARY. North Island SUMMARY. North Island. 80,708 19 3 1,524 5 4 82,233 4 7 165 14 8 165 14 8 82,398 19 3 •• ... Middle Island .. .. .. . 417,233 12 91 48,478 1 11 50,002 7 3 8,430 14 0 1,435 7 5 475,577 16 1 797 17 2 2,627 14 7 3,425 11 9 3,591 6 5 479,003 7 10 Middle Island. Totals .. .. • 497,942 12 0 561,402 7 1 Totals. 8,430 14 0 1,435 7 5 557,811 0 8 797 17 2 2,793 9 3 --

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TABLE No. 6. Statement showing the Expenditure on Telegraphs out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1900, and the Liabilities on that Date.

» Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to Blst March, 1900. Liabilities on 31st March, 1900. Total Net 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 Rivers Water Conservation— Reports on Coromandel Harbour and Kuaotunu Sludge Channel Engineer's salary and expenses .. Eweburn Reservoir Telephone line, Bannockburn to Nevis Reports on Ross Flat Resumption of land Purchase of Cassrell's and Bennett's leaseholds, Paeroa £ s. d. 10,139 12 8 722 1 5 £ s. d. 1,400 9 6 £ s. d. 11,540 2 2 722 1 5 £ s. d. 1,784 3 0 £ s. d. 13,324 5 2 722 1 5 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 5,872 14 6 511 0 0 6,383 14 6 6,383 14 6 80 12 6 80 12 6 80 12 6 660 11 4 7,410 6 3 50 0 0 407 18 0 6,482 15 1 1,068 9 4 13,893 1 4 50 0 0 1,068 9 4 13,893 1 4 50 0 0 249 13 0 34 17 8 862 7 0 2,250 0 0 284 10 8 862 7 0 2,250 0 0 284 10 8 862 7 0 2,250 0 0* Totals 50,685 11 8 11,949 7 3 62,634 18 11 1,784 3 0 64,419 1 11 I ields, Table No. 4 (£2,630 16s. 2d.). * For ex; lenditure irio; to 31st March, 1894, see Eoads on Gold)

Line. Expenditure during Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Telephone exchanges,— Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greymouth Hawera Invercargill Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Palmerston North Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington New wires, — Auckland-New Plymouth Waipapa Te Kao Opinoni-Hokianga Heads Tokatea-Cabbage Bay-Coromandel Whakatane-Taneatua Paeroa-Paeroa Railway Mangonui-Peria-Oruru Waitara-Awakino-New Plymouth Stratford-New Plymouth Sentry Hill Eltham-Stratford Eltham-Ngaire Otakeho-Pihama .. Pipiriki-Te Horo Makirikiri Ohingaiti-Mangaweka Waitara-Tikorangi Mangaweka-Moawhango Nuhaka-Morere Ngapaeruru .. Waerengaokuri-Hangaroa Matamau Napier-Pakipaki £ s. d. £ s. d. 22 2 2 692 5 8 14 9 0 228 12 1 575 17 6 372 14 9 78 9 6 7 3 4 463 1 0 162 2 8 16 18 9 24 13 2 35 13 9 331 12 2 52 8 3 48 12 5 15 0 39 15 5 91 15 8 466 11 5 245 13 7 11 6 0 5 10 24 0 8 362 9 5 136 16 4 38 0 2 125 5 3 4 11 8 29 12 5 4 15 7 0 0 4 16 0 13 9 0 1,687 17 8 70 13 6 29 7 8 9 10 10 568 10 11 103 11 9 0 10 0 143 17 0 9 10 1 52 3 7 Carried forward 7,413 19 7

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TABLE No. 7. Statement showing the Expenditure on Public Buildings out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1900, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Line. Expenaiture during Twelve Months ended : 31st March, 1900. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Brought forward Tikitiki-Waiomatatini Ormond-Te Karaka Masterton-Pahiatua-Woodville-Waipukurau (three wires) .. Alfredton-Pongaroa Peatherston-Masterton Longburn-Linton-Tokomaru Otaki-Waikanae Feilding-Kimbolton Te Horo Seddon-Awatere Parapara Belgrove-Wai-iti Denniston-Burnett's Granity-Millerton Akaroa-German Bay Ashburton-Mayfield Bealey Timaru-Glen-iti Otipua-Beaconsfield Heathcote Valley Eweburn-Ranfurly Invercargill-Otautau Merrivale-Clifden Drummond-Heddon Bash Colac Bay-Round Hill .. .. .. Oamaru-Totaratahi Pukeuri-Hilderthorpe .. West Plains Waimahaka .. .. .. .. Orepuki-Te Tua Dunedin-Lawrenee Dunedin-Palmerston Dunedin-Oamaru Mosgiel-Otakia Clyde-Alexandra Wallacetown-Wright's Bush New cables Purchase of material, &c. £ s. d. 7,413 19 7 49 7 3 0 2 6 805 11 4 15 11 8 45 12 8 20 1 1 29 12 2 22 6 10 2 4 2 26 0 11 11 8 0 5 17 5 59 0 7 33 7 0 0 19 0 5 13 5 1 16 0 79 9 1 45 11 10 0 4 2 31 10 5 6 4 6 160 6 4 65 0 0 39 10 0 5 10 0 0 5 10 76 15 8 1 18 8 248 12 2 276 12 5 56 16 10 94 7 7 12 0 9 37 9 11 2 17 9 367 4 0 16,614 8 3 £ s. d. \ Expenditure to 31st March, 1899 26,771 7 9 829,285 18 9 856,057 6 6 Total expenditure Liabilities, 31st March, 1900 856,057 6 6 20,273 0 0 Total expenditure and liabilities £876,330 6 6

Total Expenditure Expenditure for to Year ended 31st March, 31st March, 1899. 1900. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, 31st March, 1900. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. "udicial 'ostal and Telegraphic lustoms )ffices for Public Departments junatic Asylums 5chool-buildings Hospitals Quarantine Stations Jurvey Parliament Buildings xovernment House, Auckland Wellington .. Agricultural tfiscellaneous £ s. d. 360,815 19 4 182,887 10 6 6,920 0 4 216,950 19 0 422,265 16 5 966,422 18 11 48,444 0 6 3,833 19 3 543 4 5 42,105 1 4 2,593 8 7 4,446 10 8 4,791 2 1 9,838 14 10 £ s. d. 19,682 2 11 13,482 19 10 107 9 0 878 1 8 17,712 1 1 49,256 9 11 898 16 6 £ s. d. 380,498 2 3 196,370 10 4 7,027 9 4 217,829 0 8 439,977 17 6 1,015,679 8 10 49,342 17 0 3,833 19 3 543 4 5 51,987 17 6 4,932 6 10 5,186 3 1 5,238 6 10 9,838 14 10 £ s. d. 28,872 2 5 4,725 6 8 143 4 6 234 13 2 6,715 18 3 935 13 4 101 3 6 £ s. d. 409,370 4 8 201,095 17 o 7,170 13 10 218,063 13 10 446,693 15 9 1,016,615 2 2 49,444 0 6 3,833 19 3 543 4 5 54,393 2 3 5,015 17 7 5,195 11 7 5,358 10 4 9,838 14 10 9,882 16 2 2,338 18 3 739 12 5 447 4 9 2,405 4 9 83 10 9 9 8 6 120 3 6 Totals 12,272,859 6 2 115,426 12 6 ;2,388,285 18 8 44,346 9 4 2,432,632 8

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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, 1900, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on Authorities, Contracts, &c, to 31st, Marcli, 1900. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Lighthouses. Akaroa Brothers Gape 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 Reef Beacon Kaipara Manukau Heads Marine Store Moeraki .. Mokohinau Portland Island Puysegur Point Stephens Island Timaru Tiritiri Cable Tory Channel Waipapapa Point East Cape Miscellaneous, including expenditure on s.s."Hinemoa" and " Stella" .. £ 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 6,493 2 6 0,066 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 3,477 6 7 £ s. d. 219 7 0 £ 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 6,712 9 6 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 6,590 13 4 £ s. d. 30 13 0 £ 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 6,743 2 6 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 6,834 15 1 14 18 8 3,113 6 9 244 1 9 20,590 5 9 20,590 5 9 20,590 5 9 Total Lighthouses 141,027 7 3 3,332 13 9 144,360 1 0 289 13 5 144,649 14 Harbour Works. Wharf at Howick Pollock Wharf, Manukau Whangarei Heads Wharf Matakana Wharf Waiuku Channel .. '.. Coromandel Wharf Waitara Harbour Removing eel-weirs, Patea River Napier Harbour Castlepoint Jetty Kaikoura Jetty and Harbour Picton, removal of old wharf Nelson, dredging harbour Collingwood Harbour Karamea Wharf Little Wanganui Wharf and wharf approach 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 River, removal of rocks Catlin's River Jetty Queenstown Beacon Queenstown Jetty Jackson's Bay Jetty Raising dredge " Hapuka " ... Miscellaneous Stewart Island Wharf, Horseshoe Bay 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 58,596 0 1 173 7 6 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 0 173 7 6 14,110 18 7 127,233 19 6 58,780 5 10 15 0 0 158 17 6 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 90 0 0 332 5 0 14,110 18 7 127,233 19 6 58,780 5 10 184' 5 9 1,501 16 3 100,000 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 6 19 4 1,508 15 7 100,000 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 0 151 7 0 1,660 2 7 100,000 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 .. 317,828 18 3 364 12 7 318,193 10 10 325 4 6 318,518 15 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 10 214,774 15 3 38,327 14 6 147,768 18 10 24,531 6 7 9,933 10 9 20,203 13 7 17,665 2 2 18,009 5 10 220,103 2 2 38,327 14 6 147,768 18 10 24,531 6 7 9,933 10 9 20,203 13 7 17,665 2 2 18,009 5 10 223,477 4 1 38,327 14 6 5,328' 6 11 3,374 1 11 Total Harbour Defences 491,214 7 6 5,328 6 11 496,542 14 5 3,374 1 11 499,916 16 4 Grand total 950,070 13 0 9,025 13 3 959 096 6 3 3,988 19 10 963,085 6 1

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i-PPENDICES TO THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. 1900.

APPENDIX A. AUDITED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITUBE ON PUBLIC WORKS OUT OF THE PUBLIC WOBKS FUND FOB THE YEAB 1899-1900. ■

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

Sib,— Public Works Department, Wellington, 31st May, 1900. i 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 1899-1900.

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

Class. Votes. Summary. Appropriation. Expenditure. Credits. Net Expenditure. I. 11. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. 76 77 78-98 97-98 99 100 101 102-110 111-113 Public Works Fund. Immigration .. .. .. ... Public Works, Departmental Railways .. .. .. Roads Development of Goldfields Purchase of Native Lands Telegraph Extension Public Buildings Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour Defences Rates on Native Lahds Contingent Defence Unauthorised £ 150 12,485 561,500 447,145 42,250 50,000 33,000 170,030 16,245 £ s. d. 384 14 9 12,939 2 8 436,421 5 3 288,115 9 6 22,560 16 8 33,262 16 8 33,448 15 3 116,025 11 2 9,083 0 2 £ s. A. 367 8 5 18,483 16 7 2,725 10 1 745 8 0 1,380 9 1 6,677 7 6 598 18 8 57 6 11 £ s. d. 384 14 9 12,571 14 3 417,937 8 8 285,389 19 5 21,815 8 8 31,882 7 7 26,771 7 9 115,426 12 6 9,025 13 3 X. XI. 114 115 1,500 40,000 743 17 8 42,809 15 8 262 6 7 743 17 8 42,809 15 8 142 6 7 120 0 0 Total Public Works Fund 964,901 6 9 jl,374,305i 1996,057 12 0 31,156 5 3

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Vote No. Name of Vote. Appropriation. Expenditure. Credits. Net : Expenditure. I Public Works Fund. £ £ a. A. £ s. d. £ s. d. Immigration— Immigration 150 384 14 9 384 14 9 76 77 Public Works, DepartmentalPublic Works, Departmental 12,4851 12,939 2 8 367 8 5 12,571 14 3 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 Railways— Whangarei-Kamo Extension Helensville Northwards Thames-Te Aroha.. Paeroa-Waihi Gisborne-Karaka Marton-Te Awamutu Wellington-Woodville (Rimutaka Deviation) Blenheim-Awatere Midland Railway Waipara-Cheviot Otago Central Heriot Extension Catlin's-Seaward Bush Forest Hill .. .. .... Orepuki-Waiau Land-claims, &c. Surveys, New Lines of Railway Permanent-way and other Materials Additions to Open Lines 10,000 12,000 7,000 6,000 6,000 70,000 6,000 15,000 60,000 6,000 60,000 2,000 12,000 7,000 6,000 1,500 4,000 46,000 225,000 2,530 0 1 7,715 -8 10 7,214 18 8 398 15 4 501 14 5 46,529 9 1 138 17 4 15,396 13 4 55,336 8 7 880 7 2 31,328 15 2 2717 0 45 0 5 351 7 5 47 3 9 704 7 3 2,530 0 1 7,687 11 10 7,169 18 3 398 15 4 501 14 5 46,178 1 8 138 17 4 15,349 9 7 54,632 1 4 880 7 2 31,210 9 8 118 5 6 6,683 5 6 6,208 15 2 211 9 0 684 12 10 4,041 7 8 32,220 4 6 218,400 2 7 121 1 1 719 0 4 9 14 10 421 15 11 15,875 1 9 43 1 4 6,562 4 5 5,489 14 10 211 9 0 674 18 0 3,619 11 9 16,345 2 9 218,357 1 3 Roads— Settlement Roads, Bridges, and other Publio Works .. Roads and other Works on Goldfields and Mineral Lands 561,500 436,421 5 3 18,483 16 71 ]417,937 8 8 97 98 374,445 72,700 239,883 14 0 48,231 15 6 2,532 5 9 193 4 4 237,351 8 3 48,038 11 2 Development of Goldfields— Development of Goldfields 447,145 288,115 9 6 2,725 10 1 285,389 19 5 I 99 42,250 22,560 16 8| 745 8 0 21,815 8 8 Purchase of Native Lands— Purchase of Native Lands 31,882 7 7 100 50,000 33,262 16 8 1,380 9 1 Telegraph Extension — Telegraph Extension 26,771 7 9 101 33,000 33,448 15 3, 6,677 7 6 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 Public Buildings— General Judicial Postal and Telegraph Customs Lunatic Asylums School Buildings School Buildings (Special) Agricultural Hospitals and other Charitable Institutions 18,680 36,240 21,850 555 26,370 34,700 25,000 2,495 4,140 14,069 15 8 19,718 1 1 13,787 7 4 107 9 0 17,724 11 11 29,128 5 3 20,128 4 8 462 19 9 898 16 6 230 7 21 35 18 2 304 7 6! 12 10 10' 13,839 8 6 19,682 2 11 13,482 19 10 107 9 0 17,712 1 1 29,128 5 3 20,128 4 8 447 4 9 898 16 6 15 15 0 170,030 116,025 11 2 598 18 8 115,426 12 6 111 112 113 Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences— Lighthouses Harbour Works Harbour Defences .. .. .. ... 4,270 1,975 10,000 3,363 19 6 364 12 7 5,354 8 1 31 5 9 3,332 13 9 364 12 7 5,328 6 11 26' 1 2 Rates on Native Lands— Rates on Native Lands 16,245 9,083 0 2 57 6 11 9,025 13 3 114 1,500 743 17 8 743 17 Contingent Defence— Contingent Defence 42,809 15 115 40,000 42,809 15 8 Unauthorised— Services not provided for .. 262 6 7 120 0 0 142 6 Total Public Works Fund 11,374,305 996,057 12 0 31,156 5 3:964,901 6

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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 Year ended 31st March, 1900, 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. W. D. DUMBELL, Public Works Department, 30th April, 1900. For Under-Secretary.

lass. ;es. luminary. III. III. IX. 78-95 102-110 111-113 Public Works Fund. Railways Public Buildings Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences .. £ .. 95,935 16 5 44,346 9 4 3,988 19 10 144,271 5 7 Vote N. Name of Vote. Total. 78 79 80 81 82 83 | 84 85 ' 86 . Public Works Fund. Railways— Kawakawa-Grahamstown Helensville Northwards Thames-Te Aroha Paeroa-Waihi Gisborne-Karaka Marton-Te Awamutu (north end) „ (south end) Wellington-Woodville (Rimutaka Deviation) Blenheim-Awatere Midland Railway, Otira Section „ Belgrove Section „ Springfield end ... Waipara-Cheviot Otago Central Heriot Extension Catlin's-Seaward Bush Forest Hill Orepuki-Waiau Land-claims, &c. Surveys, New Lines of Railway Permanent-way and other Materials £ 2,046 12 11 2,646 0 11 1,028 4 10 1,511 11 10 3,346 6 7 11,254 7 7 121 0 0 18,648 7 8 10,733 14 7 11 1 5 2,350 3 8 1,166 18 11 12,739 5 0 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 425 14 10 761 10 10 407 2 8 527 18 4 73 13 9 26,136 0 1 Public Buildings— General Judicial Postal and Telegraph Customs Lunatic Asylums School-buildings (part of vote only) Agricultural Hospitals and other Charitable Institutions 95,935 16 5 102 103 104 105 106 107 109 110 2,732 17 2 28,872 2 5 4,725 6 8 143 4 6 6,715 18 3 935 13 4 120 3 6 101 3 6 Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences— Lighthouses Harbour Works Harbour Defences 44,346 9 4 111 112 113 289 13 5 325 4 6 3,374 1 11 Total, Public Works Fund.. 3,988 19 10 144,271 5 7

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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Contracts current on the 1st April, 1899, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1900.

Date of Contract. Lines of Railway and Branches. Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Remarks. ra: LWAYS. Dec. Feb. 16, 1899 28, „ Kawakawa-Grahamstown Helensville Northwards .. Ironbark Timber Ironbark Timber John Burns James McLellan March 8, 1900 May 31, 1899 June 8, 1900 Contract determined June 5, 1899 April 2, 1900 £ s. d. 131 5 0 260 18 2 Feb. Dec. April May Mar. April July Nov. Nov. Nov. Dee. 27 „ 7, „ 12, 1900 15, 1899 16, 1898 14, 1899 24, „ 3, 1898 13, 1899 20, „ 12, „ Gisborne-Karaka Blenheim- Awatere Midland, Otira Section .. Springfield End Totara and Kauri Timber Ironbark Timber Ereotion of Platelayer's Cottage Awatere Bridge Steel-plate Girders 100.000 Bricks 100,000 Bricks Steel-plate Girders, Eweburn Bridge Timber for Wedderburn Station-buildings Ironbark Timber and Piles Timber and Joinery for Cottages, Blackstone Hill Timber and Joinery, Waimahaka Stationbuildings Twenty-five sets Points and Crossings Cosgrove and Rapson .. John Burns and Co. Maekreil and Colley Scott Bros. (Limited) .. Dispatch Foundry Co. Albert Orum Albert Crum James Fowler.. Thomson, Bridger, and Co. W. Flannery Thomson, Bridger, and Co. Mav 22, „ Feb. 27, 1900 June 11, April 8, 1901 Feb. 4, 1899 Mav 18, „ Sept. 15, „ Aug. 1, „ Jan. 2, 1900 Feb. 11, „ Jan. 18, „ Aug. 12, 1899 June 30, „ Oct. 10, „ July 18, „ Jan. 2, 1900 213 12 10 277 1 0 339 10 0 22,001 18 0 1,493 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 508 17 9 465 9 11 325 11 3 301 7 4 Otago Central Jan. 18, „ Feb. 6, „ Seaward Bush Thomson, Bridger, and Co. As per specification Feb. 18, 1899 June 17, 1899 660 5 10 Oct. 18, 1898 Permanent-way John Anderson June 30, „ 250 0 0

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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. Nov. 28, 1898 Dec. 23, „ Deo. 22, „ Jan. 25, 1899 March 25, „ April 10, „ April 25, „ April 25, „ June 15 July 4, „ Aug. 28, „ Jan. 8, 1900 Auckland. Removal of Maungatapu Native School .. Native School, Rakaumanga Police-station, Auckland Native School, Waiotapu Repairs, Gisborne Gaol Thames Police-station and Residence Native School, Raorao Parengarenga Female Single Rooms, Auckland Lunatic Asylum.. Police-station, Cambridge Native School, Touwai Alterations and additions, Magistrate's Court, Auckland PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Daines and Mannix, Tauranga .. D. Henderson, Ngaruawahia Fergusson and Malcolm, Auckland D. Forsyth, Auckland .. W. O. Skeet, Gisborne Thomas Williams, Thames John Davis, Auckland.. J. E. Guthrie, Auckland John Davis, Auckland .'. T. E. Doyle, Kihikihi Thomas Moore, Kawakawa Ebenezer Morris, Auckland Feb. 23, 1899 April 20, „ Aug. 19, „ May 23, „ June 25, July 5, „ Aug. 13, „ Aug. 21, „ Jan. 7, 1900 Oct. 7, 1899 Oct. 22, „ May 3, 1900 April 21, 1899 May 30, „ Dec. 31 June 28, „ July 25, „ July 28, „ Aug. 29, „ Sept. 25, „ £ s. d. 181 0 0 645 0 0 5,785 12 6 609 0 0 339 0 0 402 6 2 555 7 5 697 15 4 1,663 12 9 392 3 9 447 9 0 665 0 0 Jan. 13, 1900 Jan. 8, June 23, 1899 Taranaki. James Mclndoe, Hawera Oct. 13, 1899 Dec. 4, 1899 480 0 0 Police-station, Mokau Jan. 5, 1900 Hawke's Bay. New Class-room, Nuhaka Native School .. A. R. Gardiner, Wairoa March 5, 1900 136 19 9 Oct. 9, 1898 March 3, 1899 Wellington. New Additions Completion, Parliament Buildings .. Timber and Joinery, Porirua Asylum I J. and A. Wilson, Wellington .. Stewart Timber, Glass, and Hardware Company, Wellington W. T. Peacock, Mangaweka C. E. Daniell, Masterton James Bruce, Wellington Coradine and Whittaker, Masterton Waddell, McLeod, and Weir, Wellington James Nicholson, Wellington .. Wilkening and Dryden, Wellington John Moffat, Wellington Waddell, McLeod, and Weir, Wellington Zajonskowski Brothers, Marton Russell and Bignell, Wanganui.. F. Elwood, Woodville. April 30, 1899 April 28, „ June 17,1899 Feb. 19, 1900 12,989 0 0 1,030 15 11 Feb. 24, „ June 1, April 10, „ July 5, „ Post-office, Mangaweka Courthouse, Eketahuna.. Additions to Police-station, Lambton Quay, Wellington Masterton Post-office May 15, „ Oct. 1, „ July 28, „ Feb. 4, 1900 June 20, 1899 Oct. 4, „ Aug. 16, „ 383 0 0 437 3 0 886 0 0 3,483 0 0 June 26, „ Timber and Joinery, Female Dining-room Block, Porirua Asylum As per specification Feb. 18, 1900 March 2, „ Sept. 1, 1899 422 16 9 Sept. 20, „ Oct. 4, „ Post-office, Petone Post-office, Newtown 1,397 0 0 1,706 0 0 Nov. 8. „ Dec. 8, „ Boiierhouse, Drying-closet, and Chimney, Mount View Asylum Timber and Joinery, Doctor's Residence, Porirua Asylum .. Feb. 2, „ Jan. 14, Feb. 23, 1900 552 11 1 465 13 1 Jan. 22, 1900 Feb. 19, „ Mar. 22, „ Alterations, additions, and repairs, Marton Polioe-station .. Additions to School and Residence, Koroniti Police-station and Lock-up, Feilding Feb. 22, „ May 19, „ July 19, - „ 158 13 0 265 0 0 527 2 0 April 10, 1899 Sept. 18, „ Oct. 31, „ Feb. 26, 1900 Nelson. Robertson Brothers, Nelson Thomas Ballantine, Christchurch John M. Davies, Collingwood .. Robertson Brothers, Nelson Aug. 4, 1899 Jan, 13, 1900 Jan. 25, „ June 23, „ Aug. 17, 1899 1,048 17 0 1,854 0 0 497 0 8 683 14 Cable Station, Wakapuaka Additions to Sanatorium and new Bath-house, Hanmer Post-office and Postmaster's Residence, Takaka Constable's Residence, Lock-up, &c, Nelson

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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. Marlborough. £ s. d. 417 0 0 309 19 0 May July 15, 1899 6, „ Post-office, Renwicktown Additions and Repairs, Police-station, Kaikoura .. .. D. Wemyss, Blenheim.. .. . .. J. H. Sandford, Kaikoura Aug. Aug. 13, 1899 17, , Sept. 4, 1899 Sept. 16, „ April July Aug. Jan. Jan. 17, „ 28, „ 11, . 5, 1900 16, „ Canterbury. Custodian's Quarters, Supreme Court, Christchurch Brick Cells, Christchurch Police-station Manager's Office, Industrial School, Burnham Additions and Alterations to Sub-Inspector's House, Christchurch .. Detectives' Quarters, Timaru .. A. H. Webb, Sydenham .. Benjamin Bull, Christchurch .. .. Peter Hyndman, Christchurch .. .. Peter Hyndman, Christchurch .. .. John Broadhead, Timaru July Oct. Nov. April Mar. 10, „ 21, „ 8, „ 22, 1900 22, „ Sept. 16, „ Dec. 5, „ Oct. 31, „ 359 14 6 231 13 6 300 0 0 434 0 0 241 0 0 April Aug. Nov. Jan. Feb. Jan. Jan. Feb. Mar. Mar. 27, 1899 9, „ 16, „ 16, 1900 10, „ 27, „ 24, „ 7, „ 5, „ 20, Otago and Southland. Post and Telegraph Office, Mosgiel Government Buildings, Bluff Workmen's Cottages, Inch Valley Lime Quarry Police-station, Invercargill Police Sergeant's Residence, Queenstown Courthouse, Hampden Law Courts, Dunedin .. .. .. ... Constable's House, Bluff Police-station, Arrowtown Additions to Post and Telegraph Office, Roxburgh.. .. .. .. j George Morrison, Dunedin .. ! Alexander Menzies, Invercargill .. | E. H. Clark, Palmerston .. | Neil McLeod, Invercargill .. J. P. Petersen, Invercargill .. James Sinclair, Oamaru .. Archibald Shaw, Dunedin .. Alexander Menzies, Invercargill.. .. Malcolm Robertson, Invercargill .. Kinaston and Lambourne, Alexandra Aug. Jan. Dec. June April May July April June June 21, 1899 31, 1900 30, 1899 29, 1900 22, „ 27, „ 15, 1901 26, 1900 20, „ 7, ,. Aug. 21, 1899 Mar. 10, 1900 •• 532 0 0 2,521 7 0 474 10 3 1,040 12 6 396 0 0 408 0 0 19,311 9 11 347 10 0 696 10 3 328 19 9 - MISCELLANEOUS. Mar. Mar. Mar. Dec. Dee. May Aug. 31, 1900 31, „ 31, „ 31,1899 31, 1900 16. „ 14, 1899 Mar. 31, 1900 Mar. 31, „ Mar. 31, „ Dec. 31, 1899 Schedule rates Deo. Mar. Mar. Dec. Deo. Mar. July 22, 1896 2, 1898 29, „ 16, 1899 7, „ 27, „ Auckland. Coal and Firewood, Public Buildings, Auckland Stores Supply, Classes 7 and 8, Auckland.. Class 6, Chimney-sweeping, Public Buildings, Auckland 6-ton Wharf-crane, Harbour Defences, Removal and Re-erection Kaipara Signal-mast .. I J. J. Craig, Auckland .. .. I J. J. Craig, Auckland .. .. ! J. Wilson and Co., Auckland .. ! M. Cockroft, Auckland.. .. ! M. Cockroft, Auckland ..IS. Luke and Co., Wellington .. i John Sheehan, Kaipara 26 13 0 27 18 6 215 0 0 157 0 10 July 19, 1900 Oct. 13, 1899 Mar. Mar. Mar. Jan. Jan. Deo. Jan. 1, 1898 2, „ 22, „ 4, 1899 9, „ 31, 1898 4, 1899 Wellington. Stores Supply, Classes 1 (part), 3, 4, and 9, Wellington Class 2, „ .... Class 7, „ .... Chimney-sweeping, Public Buildings, Wellington Removal of Rubbish, „ „ .... Cartage „ „ .... Window-cleaning, „ „ .... .. Briscoe, McNeil, & Co., Wellington .. Cameron and Christie, Wellington .. J. J. Craig, Auckland .. .. Harry Smith, Wellington .. T. Costello, Wellington .. M. Fitzgerald, Wellington .. Gawler and Attwell, Wellington Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar. 31, 1900 31, „ 31, „ 31, „ 31, „ 31, 1899 31, 1900 Mar. 31, 1900 Mar. 31, „ Mar. 31, „ Mar. 31, „ Mar. 31, „ Dec. 31, 1899 Mar. 31, 1900 Sohedule rates 90 0 0 68 10 0 Schedulerates 192 0 0

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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. Jan. Jan. Nov. 20, 1899 12, 1900 14, 1899 Wellington — continued. MISCELLA Coal Supply, Public Buildings, Wellington Cartage, „ „ ...... Boilers and Drying-closet Fittings, Mount View Asylum EOUS — continued. Westport Coal Co., Wellington .. T. Cronin and Co., Wellington .. S. Luke and Co. (Limited), Wellington Mar. Dec. Mar. 31, 1900 31, „ Mar. 31, 1900 £ s. d. Schedule rates 945 0 0 Mar. Mar. Oot. Feb. Oot. 21, 1898 22, „ 1, „ 15, 1899 1, » Canterbury. Stores Supply, Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, Christchurch Class 7, „ ...... Cleaning Offices, Public Buildings, Coal Supply, „ „ ...... Cleaning Offices, „ „ ...... Ashby, Bergh, and Co., Christ'rch j J. J. Craig, Auckland .. E. V. Worthington, Christchurch W. White and Co., Christchurch E. V. Worthington, Christchurch Sept. Mar. Sept. Dec. Sept. 30, 1899 31, 1900 30, 1899 31, „ 30, 1900 Sept. 30, 1899 Mar. 31, 1900 Sept. 30, 1899 Mar. 31, 1900 e 67 0 0 Schedule rates 67 0 0 June Oct. Jan. 6, „ 7, „ 15, 1900 Nelson. Leslie Hill, Karamea Charles Downie, Murchison H. H. Lange, Westport Aug. Mar. Jan. 29, 1899 1, 1900 15, „ Sept. 26, 1899 Mar. 17, 1900 Nov. 15, „ 149 10 0 357 0 0 3,855 9 0 Little Wanganui Wharf Granity Creek Bridge Karamea Bridge Mar. Mar. Mar. April April Sept. 7, 1898 9, „ 22, „ 18, „ 25, 1899 28, „ Westland. Stores Supply, Class 9, Greymouth Class 5, Class 7, Glasses 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, Cartage, Jackson's Stillwater Road Bridge .. Charles Hansen, Greymouth James Holmes, Greymouth J. J. Craig, Auckland Duncan McLean, Greymouth .. F. A Jaokson, Jackson's J. R. Rees, Greymouth Mar. Mar. Mar. Dec. Mar. Dec. 31, 1900 31, „ 31, „ 31, 1899 31, 1900 21, 1899 Mar. 31, 1900 Mar. 31, „ Mar. 31, „ Deo. 31, 1899 Mar. 31, 1900 Mar. 31, „ Schedule rates 392" 8 6 Mar. Mar. 14, 1898 19, „ Otago. Stores Supply, Classes 1, 2, 5, Dunedin Class 6, „ .... Thomson, Bridger, & Co., Dunedin Milburn Lime and Cement Company, Dunedin J. J. Craig, Auckland .. Steel and Clark, Palmerston S. .. Westport Coal Company, Dunedin S. Luke and Co. (Limited), Wellington J. W. Faulkner and Sons, Dunedin Sept. Mar. 30, 1899 31, 1900 Sept. 30, 1899 Mar. 31, 1900 Schedule rates Mar Mar. Jan. Aug. 22, „ 16, 1899 20, „ 28, „ Class 7, Erection of Lime-kiln, Inch Valley Coal Supply, Public Buildings, Dunedin, and Otago Central Railway Engine and Winding-gear, Inch Valley Mar. May Dec. Oct. 31, 1900 15, 1899 31, „ 17, „ Mar. 31, „ Oct. 6, 1899 Mar. 31, 1900 Feb. 22, „ 227 2 3 Schedule rates 970 0 0 Mar. 7, 1900 Iron Bedsteads for Lunatic Asylums .. .. May 26, 1900 477 10 0 Mar. Mar. 12, 1898 19, „ Southland. Stores Supply, Classes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, Invercargill Clas 6, „ .. A. Briscoe and Co., Dunedin Milburn Lime and Cement Company, Dunedin J. J. Craig, Auckland Mar. Mar. 31, 1900 31, „ Mar. 31, 1900 Mar. 31, „ Schedule rates Mar. 22, „ Class 7 „ Mar. 31, „ Mar. 31, „

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APPENDIX D. SCHEDULE of Sleeper Contracts Current on 1st April, 1899, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1900, showing Deliveries to the latter Date.

Date of Contract or Agreement. Contractor's Name. Address. No. of Sleepers contracted for, and Class of Timber. Rate per Sleeper. Place of Delivery. Rate per Month. Date for Completion. Total delivered to Date. Date of Completion. NOETH ISLAND. AUCKLAND DISTRICT. 7 April, 1899 27 April, „ 17 July, „ 6 Dec, „ 20 Feb., 1900 2 Mar., „ 6 Mar., „ 16 Mar., „ 28 Mar., „ Various .. Tutahanga .. .. Poro-o-tarao .. Olsen and Teko .. W. Campbell .. G. Gotty .. Mclntyre and Bird .. R. McMillan .. .. Makarau .. .. M. Lee .. .. Poro-o-tarao .. E. Mitchelson and Bros. Dargaville .. .. R. McMillan .. .. Makarau .. .. Sundry small contractors Poro-o-tarao .. 1,000 totara .. 2,000 „ 500 „ .. 1,000 „ 500 „ 400 „ .. 2,000 „ 250 „ 600 „ 273 „ s. d. 3 0 Poro-o-tarao 3 0 3 0 „ • .. 3 0 3 0 3 3 Makarau .. v 3 0 Poro-o-tarao 3 9 Makarau 3 3 3 0 Poro-o-tarao .. No fixed rate .. 16 May, 1900.. .. 16 May, „ .. .. 17 April, „ .. .. 6 May, „ .. .. 20 Aug., „ .. 2 June, „ .. 6 Mar., 1901.. .. 10 April, 1900.. .. 28 July, „ .. .. Not fixed 428 297 605 273 10 Mar., 1900. HUNTERVILLE DISTRICT. 26 Oct., 1899 26 Oct., „ 26 Oct., „ 20 Feb., 1900 .. Momo Brothers .. Utiku .. W. A. Officer .. .. Mangaweka .. F. Lukaschewski .. .. F. Mickelsen .. .. Utiku .. 2,000 totara i 500 „ 500 „ .. 3,000 „ 3 6 Pawerawera 3 3 3 3 3 6 .. No fixed rate .. I 20 Feb., 1900.. .. 20 Feb., „ .. .. 20 Feb., „ .. .. j 31 Mar., „ .. 1,300 518 574 3,420 20 Feb., 1900. 22 Nov., 1899. 31 Mar., 1900. SOUTH ISLAND. WESTPORT DISTRICT. 7 April, 1898 7 April, „ .. McKay and Creed .. Cape Foulwind .. Charles Low .. .. „ .. 2,000 silverpine .. 1,000 ditto 2 6 Westport Wharf .. 2 6 .. No fixed rate 1,988 1,000 I 22 April, 1899. | 27 June, WESTLAND DISTRICT. 19 Oct., 1896 19 Feb., 1897 8 Mar., „ 12 July, „ 10 Aug., „ .. J. Mundy .. .. Stafford .. R. Greenlees .. .. Blue Spur .. .. J. Sullivan .. .. Piper's Flat .. J. H. Morris .. .. Kanieri .. E. Cain .. .. Greymouth .. 500 silverpine 500 ditto .. 1,000 „ .. 1,000 „ .. 1,689 „ 2 6 Kaihinu .. 2 6 Hokitika 2 6 Awatuna 2 6 Hokitika 2 6 Chesterfield .. No fixed rate .. No fixed rate .. .' '. 31 Dec., 1897 '.' .. 31 Mar., 1898 .. 450 500 1,000 1,000 1,689 Balance of ordei cancelled. 6 May, 1899. 28 April 4 April, 14 April,

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Date of Contract or Agreement. Contractor's Name. Address. No. of Sleepers contracted for, and Class of Timber: Rate per Sleeper. Place of Delivery. Rate per Month. Date for Completion. Total delivered to Date. Date of Completion. S OUTH ISLAND— continued. WESTLAND DISTRICT— continued. •500 silverpine 500 ditto 2,000 „ 1,000 „ ' 1,000 „ 2,000 „ 500 „ 1,000 ,, 1,000 „ 500 ,. 1,500 „ 1,000 „ 500 „ 2,000 „ 500 „ 500 „ 1,000 „ 500 „ 700 „ 1,000 „ 500 „ 500 „ 500 „ 500 „ 500 „ 1,000 „ 500 „ 1,000 ,. 1,000 „ 2,000 „ 500 „ 500 „ 500 „ 69,124 „ s. d. 2 6 Hokitika 21 Aug., 1897 D. Dwyer Ho Ho No fixed rate No fixed rate .. 500 5 April, 1899. 21 Aug., „ 1 Nov., „ 29 Dec, „ 29 Dec, „ 21 Jan. 1898 21 Jan., „ 29 Jan., ' „ 7 Mar., „ 30 Mar., „ 4 April, „ 4 April, „ 13 April, „ 27 April, „ 22 Nov., „ 22 Nov., „ 28 Nov., „ 6 Dec, „ 6 Dec, „ 21 Dec. „ 17 Jan., 1899 14 May, „ 23 May, „ 7 July, „ 6 Oct., „ 13 Nov., , 23 Dec, „ 6 Feb., 1900 1 Mar., „ 10 Mar., „ 10 Mar., „ 10 Mar., „ 23 Mar., „ Various* E. Rowe R. Watson 0. Murtha J. Anderson J. Sutherland and party 1. Denston W. Stephens and party T. and R. Stephens J. F. Dwyer Butler Brothers C. Murtha W, Peacock Baxter Bros, and Foord J. Taylor R. Watson C. E. Fellowes O. Jones A. Meharry, jun. S. Dixon J. McDiarmid D. J. Smith Lawson and Stewart .. E. McCormick A. C. Campbell Baxter Brothers A. G. Campbell Baxter Brothers Blue Spur .. Dillmanstown Kumara Lamplough Okarito Chesterfield.. Rimu .'. Ho Ho '.'. Kokiri Kumara Goldsborough Kokiri Cobden Dillmanstown Ross Lower Kokatahi Kawhaka .. Hokitika Ross Kumara Kokatahi Kumara Kokiri Kumara Kokiri 2 6 » „ 2 6 Kumara 2 6 „ 2 6 Chesterfield 2 6 Hokitika .. 2 6 Chesterfield 2 6 Hokitika 2 6 „ 2 6 „ 2 6 Brunner 2 6 Stafford .. 2 6 2 6 Brunner 2 6 2 6 Kumara 2 6 Hokitika 2 6 . ■ .. 2 6 „ 2 6 „ 2 6 „ ... 2 6 „ 2 6 Kumara 2 6 Hokitika 2 6 Kumara 2 6 Brunner .. 2 6 Kumara 2 6 Brunner .. 2 6 „ 2 6 2 6 I Stafford .. 2 6 Acre Creek 2 6 Kumara 2 6 Various 500 28 April, 2,000 20 Sept., ■„ 1,000 14 Sept., „ 1,000 14 April, „ 2,000 14 April, , 500 24 Aug., 1,000 14 Dec, 1,000 2 Oct., 500 13 April, „ 1,500 22 Aug., 1,000 9 Mar., 1900. 500 I 9 Aug., 1899. 2,000 18 May, 500 11 April, „ 500 20 Sept., ,. 1,000 6 May, 500 14 Dec, 667 1,000 19 Aug., 500 17 July, 500 27 July, 500 28 June, 390 500 8 Nov., . 1,000 18 Dec, .. C. W. Murtha W. L. Stewart G. H. Blank Sundry small contractors Kumara Greymouth Dillmanstown Various 50*743 16 Nov., 1898 Bluff 1,350 ironbark! OTAGO DISTRICT. The lot within two months.. 15 Jan. 1899 .. G. A. Whealler .. I 19/per 100b.m.i Bluff ,„,. =.,.. (1,000 at Dunedin.. 19/6 ditto j 1,000 at Wellington 2 6 Forest Hill Railway ], 1,350 11 July, 1899. (831 at Dunedin. (863 at Wellington. 933 7 Aug., 15 April, 1899 Murray, Arnold, and Co, Dunedin 2,000 „ No fixed rate 15 July, „ 20 June, „ Jack Brothers Winton 1,000 blackpine 165 ditto .. Not fixed 9 Aug., „ W. St. George 2 6 165 9 Aug., „ * Contracts entered into for su] of slee] •ers in lots of less than 500.

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ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC WORKS l!Y THE ENGINEER-IN-CHJEF.

The Engineee-in-Chief to the Hon. the Ministek for Public Works. Sib,— Public Works Office, Wellington, Ist July, 1900. 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, 1900: —

* The amount shown as expenditure represents the proportionate amount unrecovered from the Midland Railway Company, t The funds for this extension—namely, .835,501 2s. lid.—were provided by the Westport Harbour Board, t The funds for purchase of this line, £15,745, were provided by the Westport Harbour Board. § The expenditure on this line as a tramway was made by the Lands Department.

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Name of Bailway. Total Length of Eailway or Section. Open for Traffic. Expenditure to 31st March, 1900. Liabilities on 31st March, 1900. K. aihu Valley Kawakawa- Grahamtown — Kawakawa Whangarei-Kamo and Extension Helensville Northwards Kaipara-Waikato, with Branches Waikato-Thames, with Branches Chames Valley—Rotorua .. .. .. jlisborne-Karaka .. .. .. .. Vellington-Napier and Palmerston North (including Te Aro Extension and Grey town Branch) iVellington-Foxton Poxton-New Plymouth, with Branches Sorth Island Main Trunk tfelson-Roundell Midland Railway* .. 3-reymouth-Nelson Creek Jreymouth-Hokitika Westport-Ngakawau tVestport-Ngakawau Extension to Mokihinuit Mokihinui Colliery LineJ ?icton-Waipara— Picton-McKenzie Waipara-McKenzie Surunui-Waitaki, with Branches Canterbury Interior Main Line—Oxford-Temuka Vaitaki-Bluff, with Branches Dtago Central invercargill-Kingston, with Mararoa Branch .. ?orest Hill Railway—Winton-Hedgehope§ Western Railways Preliminary surveys Miscellaneous Stock of permanent-way on hand of permanent-way in hands of Railway Department Holling-stock M. ch. 19 40 M. ch. 17 21 £ s. d. 54,995 19 2 £ s. d. 34 7 9 7 41 48 17 110 0 151 1 62 58 69 33 17 0 7 41 21 26 10 48 151 1 62 58 69 33 80,473 15 6 137,618 13 7 91,450 17 10 1,222,840 11 7 323,510 17 10 353,951 15 7 501 14 5 195 1 10 1,856 11 1 2,646 0 11 1,041 6 10 146 10 11 1,511 11 10 233 12 195 49 209 64 52 0 233 12 195 49 69 40 22 73 1,946,327 19 8 42,116 3 4 1,310,789 6 11 692,300 18 10 162,671 14 4 136,682 6 10 166,471 11 11 187,670 16 4 187,512 15 7 299 6 7 150 0 0 14,601 5 3 7 51 24 37 19 56 7 12 3 69 7 51 24 37 19 56 7 12 3 69 13,094 19 8 • 138 16 35 0 483 72. 83 0 505 13 182 56 117 4 12 40 57 56 20 42 443 08 11 44 466 05 77 45 97 44 12 40 57 56 279,088 14 8 880 7 2 2,183,518 12 3 59,343 9 2 3,340,779 10 4 807,640 3 9 282,828 4 6 21,682 16 3 214,722 18 7 61,444 10 4 10,336 19 11 30,614 0 2 18,648 7 8 1,166 18 11 425 14 10 12,739 5 0 761 10 10 407 2 8 73 13 9 26,136 0 1 25,000 0 0 2,029,559 19 3 7,702 8 1 Total 2,853 74 2,110 31 16,445,328 5 7 103,638 4 6 Provincial Government Lines, etc. Canterbury (lengths included above) .. 3tago Jisborne to Ormond Tramway 731,759 0 0 372,522 2 5 4,975 1 7 Grand total 2,853 74 2,110 31 17,554,584 9 7 103,638 4 6

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During the year a total length of 19 miles 12 chains 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. Grahamtown-Kawakawa Railway. Kawakawa Southwards (7 m. 10ch. to 10m. 30ch.; length, Smiles 20chains). —Construction was begun on this section in November, and good progress has been made in the construction of the bank through the first swamp. The bridge over the Waiharakeke has been built. Hukerenui Section Extension (14 m. 57 eh. to 16 m. ; length, 1 mile 23 chains). —The formation works are about half finished. Materials have been obtained and a contract entered into for the bridges. Helensville Northwards Eailway. Tahekeroa Section (46 m. 36 eh. to 49 m. 54 eh.; length, 3 miles 18 chains). —The formation for about two miles and a half of this section was finished in September last, and the whole is now nearly completed. The rails have been linked in up to 48 m. 50 eh. One bridge has been built, and the material for a second is now on the ground. The fencing has been started. Komokoriki Section (49 m. 54 eh. to 56 m.; length, 6 miles 26 chains). —The bush has been felled on the first four miles, and a start has been made with the formation. Grahamstown-Te Aroha Eailway. Thames-Paeroa Section (om. to 19m. 20ch.; length, 19 miles 20 chains). —This section was opened for traffic in December, 1898, before it was finished, and the work of completion has been carried on till the beginning of this year, when the section was handed over to the Working Eailways Department as completed. Paeroa-Waihi Eailway. Length, 12 miles 30 chains. —Plant and materials were got ready early in the present year, and work was begun in March last. Gisborne-Karaka Eailway. Gisborne-Urmond Section (0 m. to 10 m.; length, 10 miles). —Work was begun in February last, and satisfactory progress has been made. • North Island Main Trunk Line. North End. Mokau and Poro-o-tarao Sections (34 m. 42 eh. to 49 m. 7 eh.). —These sections have been maintained during the year in an efficient state. Ohinemoa Section (49m. 1879 eh. to 65m.). —Work on this has been in progress up to the 55 m. during the year, and a large number of men has been employed. The work for three miles has been of a difficult character, as the unstable material in the hillsides from about 49 m. 20 eh. to 52 m. 20 eh. has slipped badly, both in the cuttings and in some of the banks. Good progress has, however, been made with the part of the section now in hand. South End. Makohine, Section (22 m. 40 eh. to 33 m. 40 eh.; length, 11 miles). —The earthworks of this section are finished, with the exception of the completion of the bank at 32 m. 25 eh. and the formation of the Mangaweka station-yard. The earthworks will also require to be trimmed just before the platelaying is done. A considerable amount of work has been done in flattening the slopes of the cuttings between 33 m. and 33 m. 40 eh., and the line will thereby be rendered much safer. Similar work requires to be-done on the slopes of the cutting from 32 m. 10ch. to 32 m. 63 eh., as with the present slopes lumps frequently fall upon the line. Makohine Viaduct (24 m. 42 eh.). —The construction of the steel and iron work has been carried on during the year with the maximum number of men it was possible to employ in setting out the work and working the drilling, riveting, and other machinery. The drilling plant has been worked night and day. The steel and iron work for the two piers has been finished, and a considerable amount of work has been done in the erection of the bases for both piers, and in the erection of the columns and bracing of pier D,

Railway. Section. Length. Date openea for Traffic. Seaward*Bush Forest.Hill ... Gorge Eoad-Waimahaka ... Winton-Hedgehope M. ch. 6 52 12 40 8th June, 1899. 17th July, 1899. -- Total 19 12

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Mangaweka Section (33 m. 40 eh. to 40m. 40 eh.; length, 7 miles). —The heavy works in cuttings, banks, culverts, &c, on this section are nearly finished. Double shifts were worked during the summer in removing the slip at 35 m. 58 eh. There is a considerable amount of work yet to be done in finishing the tunnels. Mangaweka Viaduct. —The construction of this work was put in hand in March last, and considerable quantities of materials for the construction of the concrete foundations have been got on the ground. Steel and iron for the manufacture of the piers have been ordered from England. Paengaroa Section (40 m. 40 eh. to 50 m. 7760 eh. ; length, 10 miles 37-60 chains). —Most of the work in connection with the construction of the cuttings, banks, and culverts up to 43 m. 48 eh. has been done. Three large water-tunnels, in place of 10 ft. culverts, have been constructed, and a considerable saving has thereby been effected. The construction of the culverts up to 46 m. is in hand. The line has been deviated between 43 m. 50 eh. and 45 m. 6 eh., a cheaper line being got, and also a suitable station-site for Taihape Township. The felling and clearing have been finished. Midland Eailway. The minor works required to complete the Belgrove-Motupiko and Motueka Sections, extending from 21 m. 35 eh. to 30 m. 58 eh., a length of 9 miles 23 chains, were finished in November last. Springfield Section (Om. to 6 m.). —No work has been done on this section. Mount Torlesse Section (6 m. to 18 m.). —Very good progress has been made with this work. All the culverts up ta 9m. 62 eh. have been completed, and the banks to Bm. 10 eh. About 22J chains out of the 92J chains of tunnel on the section have been completed. About 440,000 bricks for tunnel work were purchased during the year, and a beginning has been made with making concrete blocks for tunnel-arch work. Otira Section (32 m. 11 eh. to 37 m. 75 eh. from Stillwater, and 12 m. 21 eh. to 6 m. 8 eh.). —■ All the formation, bridges, permanent-way, and ballasting are finished to the Otira Station. The' rock protection to the slopes of the railway-banks along the Otira Eiver is nearly completed, and the work of protecting the slopes of the banks along the Teremakau Eiver is in hand. Three steam-cranes and three locomotives have been employed on this work during the year. The station-buildings, passenger-platform, and water-supply at Aicken's are finished, and also the goods-shed and platform at Otira, and materials for the other buildings are being delivered. The line is being fenced where necessary. Several floods have occurred in the Otira during the year. Some damage was done to the works, and about 2 chains of bank washed away; the highest flood of all, however, did no damage. Since December last goods trains have been run from Jackson's to Otira. Picton-Waipara. Awatere Section (28m. 38ch. to 33m. 60ch.; length, 5 miles 22 chains). —The earthworks have been completed up to 31 m. 7 eh. at the north end of Dumgree station-yard, and the cuttings up to 32 m. 50 eh. have been well advanced, including the road-approach cuttings to the Awatere Bridge. All the small bridges north of the Awatere Eiver have been completed. Awatere Bridge. —No work has yet been done in the erection of this bridge by the contractors, Messrs. Scott Brothers ; but the cylinders have been cast, and considerable progress has been made with the manufacture of the superstructure. Preparations are being made to start the fencing. The bridges on the sections of this line from Blenheim to 28 m. 38 eh. have been completed during the year, and some three miles of fencing has been repaired. Some work has been done in making good the settlement of banks on these sections, but the heaviest part of the work yet remains to be done. The rails have been laid up to 31m. 7 eh., and the bottom ballasting has been finished up to 30 m. 16 eh. A contract for an Inspector's house at Seddon has been let. South End. Omihi Section (0 m. to 15 m.; length, 15 miles). —Work was begun on this section in March last, and a considerable amount of work has already been done, the light earthworks, culverts, &c, on the first six miles being well advanced. Inch Valley Lime Quarry -Eailway. The works on this line have been completed, with all necessary buildings, kiln, sidings, winding-plant, &c. This line has been taken over by the Lands Department. Otago Central. Wedderbu/rn Section (77* m. 35 eh. to 85 m. 60 eh. ; length, 8 miles 25 chains). —This section was opened for traffic in May last, and some additional station-buildings are now being erected at Wedderburn to meet the requirements of the traffic. Ida Valley Section (85 m. 60 eh. to 98 m. 18 eh.; length, 12 miles 38 chains). —The formation works have been vigorously pushed forward during the year, and good progress has been made. Masonry work cannot be done during the winter months in this district. The bridge work is in hand; there is little of it, however, on this section. Poolburn Section (98 m. 18 eh. to 107 m. 40 eh.; length, 9 miles 22 chains). —Work has been started on this section by opening up the cuttings, and a good start has been made with the two tunnels in Poolburn Gorge.

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Catlin's Bailway. Work has just been started on an extension about three miles and a half long beyond Owake Station. Seaward Bush Eailway. The Waimahaka Station has been finished during the year. Orepuki-Waiau Bailway. Length, about 13 miles. —A start has been made by putting a few men at work. Contracts for construction, bushfelling, and material will be let shortly. Forest Hill Bailway. The works in progress on this line were finished in July last, and the line handed over to the Working Bail ways Department. SUBVBYS. Surveys of New Lines, etc. Grahamtown-Kawakawa. —The survey of this line has been in progress from both ends. About nine miles of line has been permanently located, and about six miles more of trial line run. Land-plan surveys for about a mile and a quarter of line have been completed and plans prepared. Helensville Northwards. —Land-plans for a length of three miles and a quarter on the Tahekeroa Section have been completed. North Island Main Trunk Line. —North end : No further extension of the survey southwards has been done, but the plans for an additional ten miles have been finished, and the remainder up to 83 m. from Te Awamutu are in course of preparation. South end : Line has been permanently located up to about 121 m. from Marton Junction. There is still a length of about seven miles and three-quarters to be permanently located to join with the survey from the north end, terminating at 83m. from Te Awamutu. The trial-line work has been done, and the location of the permanent line determined upon in readiness for pegging. The estimates of the Waimarino Section have been completed, and the plans for the bridges have been begun. Gisborne-Rotorua. —A reconnaissance survey of one route was finished during the year, one vid Whaukopae, Maungapohatu, and Galatea; also a similar survey from Gisborne to Opotiki. Eeports and estimates were obtained from Mr. James Stewart, M.1.C.E., who made the surveys; also a report on the probable route for a line of railway from Opotiki to Botorua. A working survey has been made of the first ten miles of the first of the above routes, starting from the Gisborne end. This, however, is common to both routes. Napier-Gisborne Bailway. — The trial survey of this line has been extended to a point distant ninety-three miles and a half from Napier. Wellington-Woodville Baihvay. — A further exploration of the Wainuiomata route was made by Mr. Holmes, who also examined and reported on the Ladle Bend route. The survey of the Tauherenikau route has been started, and several miles of trial survey have been done. Midland Bailway. —The deviation trial survey of the Tadmore route has been completed and the plans finished. PiCton Waipara Bailway. —The trial survey fieldwork has been completed from the Awatere to the north end of Dobson's survey, and the plans, estimates, &c, are now being prepared. The location of the permanent line from Waipara to join the survey through the Cheviot Estate was completed during the year. Catlin's Bailway. —A survey for an extension about four miles long was completed during the year. Seaward Bush Bailway. —The permanent survey has been extended for a distance of five miles and a half beyond Waimahaka Station, and is still in progress. Orepuki-Waiau Baihvay. —About four miles of this line has been permanently surveyed, and the preliminary survey has also been done for a further distance of eight miles and a half. SLEEPEBS. A large number of contracts and agreements for the supply of sleepers were current during the year ended the 31st March last, and the deliveries made in the districts from which they were obtained were as follows, viz.:— Auckland District: 1,603 totara. Hunterville District: 5,812 totara. Wellington District: 863 ironbark. Westport District: 2,988 silver-pine. Westland District: 77,939 silver-pine. Otago District: 2,181 ironbark, 1,098 black-pine. Details of contracts current during the year ended the 31st March last will be found in Appendix D.

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BOADS, BEIDGES, ETC. Auckland District. The maintenance of the Whangaparapara-Blind Bay Eoad was attended to during the year. A report was furnished on Gum Town-Kopuwai Track, Mercury Bay. The Tamaki Eoad Bridge was replanked. Nelson and Westland Districts. A contract for the building of a bridge over Granity Creek has been completed. A contract has been let for the rebuilding of the Karamea Bridge. The formation, bridges, and culverts of the Denniston Hill Boad have been completed; the length is 5 miles 63 chains, and width of formation 7 ft.; the metalling is not yet finished. About 60 chains of the Westport-Waimangaroa Boad have been constructed during the year and metalled; the formation is 14 ft. wide. A short approach road to the Little Wanganui Wharf has been formed, and an approach to the Granity Creek Bridge was completed under petty contract. Surveys have been made and plans prepared for the widening of the Ahaura-Haupiri Boad, and the work has been started; two small contracts for about half a mile long are finished, and four more are in progress. Work has been started in cutting a track about five miles and a half long to the Ahaura Hot Springs. The work of constructing 140 chains of road from Cobden to Point Elizabeth is in progress. A contract for a new road-bridge over Stillwater Creek has been completed. The work of constructing a track about eight miles long up the Clarke Eiver has been begun, starting from the junction of the Clarke with the Grey Eiver. The road round Lake Mapourika has been widened for a length of 105 chains. The Mount Hercules deviation of the Great South Boad has been completed, and the road from the end of the deviation to the Wataroa Biver has been widened for a length of about 4 miles 11 chains. Surveys have been made and plans are prepared for the continuation of the widening south of the Wataroa Eiver, and a contract for the first 70 chains is in progress. The following works were reported on for the Mines Department: Eoad, Lyell Bridge to Eyan's ; deviation of Charleston Eoad at Costello's Hill; road, Westport to Waimangaroa; road, Granity Creek southwards ; road, Beefton to Black's Point; prospecting-shaft, Giles's, Paniki; bridge, Granity Creek-Buller Boad ; road, Nile Saddle to Maori Creek ; Mudflat Boad, Karamea ; Addison's-Buller Eoad ; Land of Promise Boad ; Westport-Mokihinui Boad ; Seddonville-Mokihinui Eoad ; Seddonville-Cardiff Boad; Lyell-Victoria Bange Track ; track, Seddonville to Mokihinui; Oparara Boad ; road, Mokihinui to reefs ; road improvements, Mokihinui to Little Wanganui; and inspections were made of the river-protection works at Marsden Bridge; track up Paparoa Mountain ; road, river-Ahaura Plains ; and track, Wharton's Dam to Deep Creek. The lower portion of the Arahura Eiver was inspected for the Public Trust Department. MISCELLANEOUS. Designs for the proposed road-bridges over the Eangitikei Biver at Bull's were reported on for the Survey Department; also, designs for a road-bridge over the Otaki. A survey has been made and plans prepared for a proposed sheep-bridge over the Awatere. Beport on and plans for bridge over the Mangatainoka Biver at Quarry Eoad, near Eketahuna, were prepared. Plans and specification for a road-bridge over the Manawatu Biver at the Lower Gorge crossing were prepared during the year.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Auckland District. Government House. —This building was refurnished and recarpeted during the year, and carefully looked after when not occupied. A larder has been built, and repairs executed. A new brick has been built, and some new fencing erected. The Exhibition Buildings were finally removed in July last, and the ground they occupied has been resown in grass, but a considerable amount of work was required to get the grounds again into a fair state. Admiralty House is still occupied under lease by Mrs. A. Taylor. Departmental Buildings, Auckland. —These buildings have been kept in a good state of repair. A new flagstaff has been erected; various fittings and cupboards have been supplied. Departmental Buildings, Thames. —Bepairs to the outbuildings and yard have been finished during the year, and some fencing has been erected. Departmental Buildings, Tauranga. —Some repairs to the building and gravelling on the paths have been done during the year. Government Life Insurance Buildings, Auckland. —A fire-service equipment on each landing has been supplied, and the outbuildings improved. Auckland University College. —A contract for additions has been completed during the year. Supreme Court, Auckland. —Various repairs have been executed, and one room enlarged. The Supreme Court room, the Judges' and officers' rooms have been cleaned, painted, and renovated. District Courthouse, Auckland. —Various repairs have been attended to. A contract was let for alterations and additions, and was nearly finished when still further alterations were decided on, the works in connection with which are now in hand. Dargaville Courthouse. —This building has been repaired, painted, and reroofed with iron, and the fences repaired. Te Aroha Courthouse. —New Venetian blinds have been provided and some repairs done. Whangarei Courthouse. —Gas has been laid on, and some repairs and shelving done. Cambridge Coitrthouse. —New flooring has been laid, outside repairs done, and the building repainted.

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Pukekohe Courthouse. —This building has been repaired and repainted. Paeroa Courthouse. —Water has been laid on and a fire-service provided. The Clerk's room has been altered and enlarged. Thames Courthouse. — A strong-room has been built. Prison Gaol, Shortland. —Bepairs, painting, and papering to the residence have been executed. New Gaol, Mount Eden. —The basement walls of the centre block and wing have been brought up to ground-level. The imported iron floor-joists have been delivered, and are now being put in position. All the locks have been received. Bepairs to the stone-crusher and portable engine have been done. Bepairs have been done to the Gaoler's house, and painting and repairs to the old prison. Auckland Police-station. —A new brick building has been erected, and also a stable. All the works were finished in December last. A contract for furniture and fittings was completed about the same time. Thames Police-station Residence. —A contract for the erection of this building was completed in July last. Police-station, Bawene. —Two additional rooms have been built, and some, painting and repairing have been done, and a fence has been erected. Mercer Police-station. —Two additional rooms have been added to the building, which has also been repaired and repainted. Ngaruawahia Police-station. —Two additional rooms and an office have been built, and some fencing erected. Te Kuiti Police-station. —A contract for this building was completed during the year. Cambridge Police-station. —The contractor for this building failed to carry out his work, which was finally completed by the department in January. Tokaanu Lock-up. —This building was erected by contract, and an outhouse and some fencing have since been erected. Auckland Watchhouse and Lock-up. —Various small repairs, &c, have been done. Plans of proposed alterations have been prepared. Waihi Police-station. —An office has been built, and some repairs and external painting done. Karangahake Police-station. —A new verandah has been built, the chimneys repaired, and outside painting done. Pukekohe Police-station. —A contract for building two rooms and repainting the building has been finished. Paeroa Police-station. —An outhouse has been built. Dargaville Police-station. —A verandah has been added to the building, a stable built, and repairs and painting done. Hamilton East Police-station. —The building has been repaired and a new fence erected. Warkioorth Police-station. —Tenders are now invited for repairs. Gisborne Police-station. —A report on repairs required to sergeant's house has been furnished. Newton Police-station. —Bepairs, painting, and repapering have been done. Auckland Asylum. —Twenty additional rooms have been added to the female wing in brick. Bepairs have been done to the engine, stone-breaker, &c. Auckland Post- and Telegraph-office. —Various repairs have been done and new fittings provided. The private letter-boxes have been reroofed. Plans for internal alterations to give more room have been prepared. Otahuhu Post-office. —The maintenance period on the contract for this building expired in February. Plans have been prepared for the addition of two dwelling-rooms. Te Aroha Post-office. —Additional living-rooms have been built, and the office enlarged. The building has been repainted. Parnell Post-office. —A section with two cottages was bought, and one of them has been altered into a post-office. Waitekauri Post-office. —The ground has been fenced. » Baglan Post-office. —Painting and repairs have been done. Hamilton Post-office. —An additional public room was being built, and the office was being enlarged during the year, but before the workmen finished the whole building was destroyed by fire. Mercer Post-office Besidences. —The Postmaster's and lineman's residences have been repaired and painted. Rotorua Post-office. —Two rooms have been added to the residence. Industrial School, Parnell. —There has been no improvement in the drainage of the adjacent grounds, and a new site has been purchased at Mount Albert, and as soon as the building on it has been put in order the school will be removed. Ponsonby Hall.— This building has been maintained during the year, and let as opportunity arose. Motuihi Quarantine-station. —Eepairs to the wharf and buildings have been done. Parengarenga Native School.- —A detached school and residence have been built by contract. Rukaumanga Native School. —A contract for a detached school and residence has been completed ; both buildings were enlarged during the execution of the work. Waimano Native School, Whakatane. —The maintenance period of the contract for the erection of the buildings expired at the beginning of the year. Waiotapu Native School. —A detached residence has been built. Rao-Rao Native School.- —A contract for the erection of a combined school and residence has been completed. Mangatapu to Papamoa. —The detached school and residence at Mangatapu have been removed to Papamoa.

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Touwai Native School, Whangaroa. —A contract for the erection of a combined school and residence has been completed. Tapuaeharuru Native School, Lake Rotoiti. —A combined school and residence is in course of erection. Waotu Native School.— Some additions have been made to the residence. These have been inspected and reported on. New Plymouth-Wanganui-Napier Districts. Mokau Police-station. —A constable's residence and a stable have been erected. New Plymouth Police-station. —Enlarged plans for a sergeant's residence are being prepared, the first plans having been found to give insufficient room. Inglewood Police-station. —A contract has heen advertised for alterations, additions, and repairs. Bahoutu Lock-up and Office. —A building to serve as lock-up and office has been built. Normanby Police-station. —-A contract for alterations, additions, and repairs* has been completed. Eltham Police-station. —Tenders have been invited for a third time for the erection of an office for the Clerk of Court. Waverley Police-station. —Bepairs to the stable have been executed, and a contract has been signed for alterations, additions, and repairs to the station. Manaia Police-station. —A contract for a lock-up has been nearly finished. Marton Police-station. —A contract for alterations, additions, and repairs has been carried out. Feilding Police-station. —A contract for the erection of residence and lock-up has been nearly finished. Waipawa Police-station. —Nothing has been done towards the erection of the new buildings at the constable's quarters, recommended last year. Clive Police-station. —A wash-house has been erected, and a report, with plans, &c, for alterations and repairs has been prepared. Napier Police-station. —The drains have been improved in accordance with the by-laws. Spit Police-station. —An office has been added to the residence, a wash-house built, and drains have been laid connecting with the town drainage system. Neiv Plymouth Courthouse. —A fire-service has been fitted up within the building. Stratford Courthouse. —A contract for painting this building has been completed. Wanganui Courthouse. —Contracts for internal alterations to the library and for painting and repairs have been completed. Palmerston North Courthouse. —The grounds have been laid down in grass, and the paths formed and gravelled. The Court-room has been draped in baize, and the acoustics of the room thereby improved. Mangaweka Courthouse. —A contract for the erection of this building is making satisfactory progress. Waipawa Courthouse. —A report and estimates for the necessary repairs have been sent in by the Besident Engineer. Napier Courthouse. —A considerable amount of work has been done in improving the sanitation of the outbuildings, and in relaying storm-water drains, &c. A new wash-house has been built for the caretaker's residence. Estimates of the cost of repairs and repainting of the building have been prepared. Stratford Post-office. —A contract for painting and repairs has been finished. Hawera Postmaster's Besidence. —Some rooms have been repainted and repapered, an old well under the house has been filled in, and the space under the ground floor ventilated. Wanganui Post-office. —Tenders have been received for alterations and repairs. Mangaweka Post-office. —A contract for the erection of this building was satisfactorily finished. Palmerston North Post-office. —A defective chimney has been rebuilt. Napier Post-office. —The drains were relaid and ventilated. The roof of the clock-tower has been overhauled, and the guttering renewed. The telegraph operating-room has been redecorated and ventilated. Other repairs have been done. New Plymouth Departmental Buildings. —The works to give the proposed increased accommodation have not yet been put in hand. Napier Departmental Buildings and Survey Office. —Some repairs have been done, and the drainage system brought up to the municipal standard. Wanganui Customhouse.— A contract for a brick building, to accommodate the Stock and Survey Departments in addition to the Customs, has been advertised. , Te Haroto Native School. —A contract for the erection of this school is in progress. Koroniti Native School. —A contract for additions has been finished. Napier Gaol. —Alterations to the drainage system have been authorised. Wellington District. The numerous public buildings in Wellington were kept in an efficient state of repair during the year, in addition to the special works referred to below. Porirua Asylum. —The single-room block for females has been completed, and the single-room block for males is now built up to the level of the first floor. A house has been completed for the Medical Superintendent. A dairy is in course of construction. Mount View Asylum. —A new boiler-house, with boilers and steam drying closet, has been completed. Alterations have been made in the laundry. The hot-water supply to the baths and other rooms has been improved. The sanitary fittings in the outbuildings have been improved, new water-mains have been laid, and two fire-escape stairs have been built. Tenders for the erection of a mortuary will be called for shortly.

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Quarantine-station, Somes Island. —A large amount of work has been done in additions, alterations, repairs, and renewal of defective or decayed materials. The lining of the rooms throughout has been completed, and a large quantity of new flooring laid. Two rooms have been added to the hospital for doctor's quarters. Ventilation has been provided, and also a watersupply. The drainage system has been improved. Over a hundred new blinds have been fixed. A large shed has been built for fumigation purposes, and a steam disinfecting plant has been made, and is now ready for erection. Numerous other improvements have been made. Departmental Buildings. —A considerable amount of work has been done in providing better sanitary arrangements and in the ventilation required thereby. The main corridors have been repainted. Parliament Buildings. —The cellars have been fitted up to store department records. Electric lights have been fitted, and additional temporary rooms in the interior of the building have been built in. Two pairs of brags swing-gates have been provided at the main entrance vestibule, and a large amount of repairing work has been done. Some of the chimney-tops have been rebuilt, and the fireplaces examined, and dangerous woodwork removed. Alterations have been made in the Speaker's gallery and in the adjoining room, to give better access. The grounds have been rearranged, and new concrete channelling laid. The iron shelving for the library did not arrive from America in time to be fitted up before the present session of Parliament. Government House. —A considerable amount of repairing and renovating work has been done, and the upstairs fireplaces made more secure. A new servants' bathroom has been fitted up. The drainage system has been added to and altered to bring it up to the Corporation standards. Additions have been made to the gardener's cottage, and a large greenhouse built. Printing Office. —Some work has been done in rearranging the stamp portion of the building, and a new passage-way has been formed through the cellars. New storm-water drains have been laid. Some additional lavatory accommodation has been provided. Central Police-station. —lmprovements have been made in the cells. Eadiators have been fixed in them, and some drainage work done. South Wellington Lock-up. —A two-cell lock-up has been built at Newtown. Ministerial Residence, East. —A considerable amount of repairing and renewing work has been done. Ministerial Residence, West. —New sewerage drains have been laid, and the old drains converted into storm-water drains. Extensive alterations, additions, and repairs are in progress. Museum House. —Extensive renewals of the weatherboarding have been required ; new joists have been put in, and the building generally overhauled. Mount Cook Barracks. —The outhouses have been added to, and the drainage-works completed. Kaiwarra Magazine. —The buildings have been repaired, and the keeper's quarters have been lined, grates put in, and other improvements made. A new shed for storage purposes has been built. Offices have been fitted up in the Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association buildings for the Labour Department, Official Assignee, Conciliation Court, together with the necessary conveniences ; also offices for the Valuation Department and Inspector of Fisheries. The Inspector of Machinery's offices have been altered, and additional furniture and office-fittings supplied. A number of alterations have been made in the Land Transfer offices in the Government Insurance buildings. Alterations have been made in the offices of the Marine Superintendent. Supreme Court. —The room formerly occupied by the Official Assignee has been fitted up as a Court-room. South Wellington. —The South Wellington Post-office has been completed, and is now being furnished. Petone. —The post-office has been completed and opened. Masterton Post-office. —A contract for the erection of this building has been completed, and the building has been opened. Eketahuna Post-office. —A contract has been let for the erection of this building. Molesworth Street Branch Post-office.— This has been removed to another building, which has been repaired and supplied with fittings. Lower Hutt Police-station. —A contract has been let for alterations, additions, and repairs, but no work has been done. Upper Hutt Police-station. —Sundry small works and repairs have been done by contract. Marlborough District. Blenheim Departmental Buildings. —New tank-stands were erected, and minor repairs carried out. Picton Post-office. —New metal skylights have been put in. Benwick Post-office.- —The contract for this building has been completed in a satisfactory manner, and a well sunk to give a good water-supply. Wairau Native School. —Preparations for fencing the school-grounds have been made; the work will be done as soon as the boundaries are set out by the Survey Department. Police-station, Blenheim. —A contract for the erection of a stable has been completed in a satisfactory manner. Nelson District. Nelson Departmental Buildings. —The interior of the Provincial Hall has been renovated, and a strong-room for the Land and Deeds Begistry has been built. Nelson Police-station.—The exterior of the building has been repainted.

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Police Gaol. —A new police gaol is being erected under contract. The lock-up and outbuildings have been altered, increasing the contract price. The gaoler's residence is nearly completed. Collingwood Courthouse. —A site for a new building has been bought. Wakapuaka Cable-station. —New offices have been built under contract, and the old offices converted into a residence. Takaka Post-office. —A new post-office with residence has been built. Nelson Asylum. —The laundry has been fitted with steam appliances, drying-closet, &c. A hotwater service has been laid to the bathrooms, and the extension of the drainage in hand last year has been completed. The dining-room has been extended, suitable fire-prevention appliances have been fitted at the auxiliary building, and telephone and alarm services have been fitted up in the main and auxiliary buildings. The exterior of the main building has been repainted. Shutters have been fixed on the upper windows of the auxiliary buildings. The fencing of the airing-courts is being renewed. The necessary maintenance of buildings in the district is being attended to, and generally they are in as good a condition as can be expected considering the age of many of them. Westland District. Westport. —The following buildings at Westport have been repaired as required : Clerk of Court's house, District Surveyor's residence, Gaoler's residence, Bailiff's residence, and Warden's residence. The interior of the post-office has been painted. A contract for a constable's residence is nearly completed. The Government reserve has been provided with a drainage system, and all necessary connections made. Lyell. —The lock-up has been repaired and painted. Beefton. —The Clerk of Court's residence grounds have been fenced. Beefton Police-station. —A new room has been added, and alterations made. Electric light and water have been laid on, and the building has been repaired and painted. Ahaura Post- and Telegraph-office. —This building has been repaired and painted. Ahaura Police-station. —Two new rooms have been built, and the verandah lengthened. The whole building has been painted, and the fencing repaired. Brunnerton Police-station. —The building has been painted, and drainage has been supplied. Kanieri. —The police-station and lock-up have been repaired and painted. Stafford. —The Courthouse and police quarters have been repaired and painted. Goldsborough. —The repairing and painting of the Courthouse has been finished. Greenstone. —The Warden's office has been put in a state of repair. Greymouth. —The Public Works offices were repaired and painted. Greymouth Post- and Telegraph-offices. —The outbuildings were put in a proper state of repair. The strong-room was underpinned and a damp course put in, and it was painted. Greymouth Police-station. —The old station-building has been taken down, a store and outhouse built, and the station repaired. The work of raising the old prison is now in hand. The lock-up ha's been shifted. The police paddock has been fenced. Material for the alteration of the stables has been put on the ground. The Police Inspector's house has had the kitchen lined and painted, and a new wash-house has been built. Greymouth Courthouse. —A number of foundation-blocks were renewed. The building has been repaired and painted inside and outside. The Judge's room has been done up. Greymouth Stipendiary Magistrate's Courthouse. — Improvements have been made in the Magistrate's room. The Customhouse has been painted. Hokitika. —The chimney of the day-room of the Asylum has been rebuilt. Hokitika Police-station. —Drainage has been provided to the constable's house, and some fencing and minor repairs done. The sergeant's house has been repaired and painted. Hokitika Post- and Telegraph-office. —Some repairs in hand last year have been completed. A new safe has been built, and the old one encased in concrete. The outbuildings have been raised above flood-level, and a wash-house built. Some additional repairs and painting have been done. Hokitika Gaol. —The outer walls and buildings have been repaired. A new range has been fixed, and gas has been laid on. Canterbury District. Christchurch Supreme Court. —New quarters have been built for custodian, and the yard asphalted. The roofs of the Court and library have been repaired, and a new skylight fixed. Christchurch Stipendiary Magistrate's Court. —The offices and the rooms, including the strongroom, have been ventilated. A dwarf partition has been erected in the prisoners' room, and various repairs and sanitary works executed. Christchurch Police Court. —The furniture has been repaired and renovated. Geraldine Courthouse. —Two rooms have been added to the building and suitably furnished. Timaru Courthouse. —The whole of the drainage has been renewed, new grates fixed, and the buildings repaired throughout. A contract has been let for a Courthouse at Temuka, to be of brick. Departmental Offices, Provincial Buildings. —Various fittings have been put up in the safes for the Survey Department, and other repairs and renovations done in- the rooms occupied by the same department. The gas-fittings have been overhauled in the Land Transfer Office. A shoot has been provided, connecting the Deeds and Stamp Offices. In the Deeds Office the lighting of the strongroom has been improved, and all the furniture repaired. Many repairs and improvements have been done in the offices, and the gutters, drains, and sanitary fittings attended to as required.

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Maling's Buildings, Christchurch. —New offices have been provided for the Eegistrar of Births, &c, and fitted up and furnished. Also, new offices for the Inspector of Machinery have been fitted up and furnished. Some improvements and painting have been done, and a flag-pole erected. Christchurch Government Life Insurance Buildings. —A flag-pole has been erected. Christchurch Defence Offices. —Outhouses have been erected, and some fencing. Christchurch Post- and Telegraph-office, Cathedral Square. —Two brick walls have been taken down, a partition shifted, the roof strengthened to give room for a new Telephone Exchange, and a new floor laid in the new room. The ladies' retiring-room has been renovated and furnished, and a lavatory built. A brick shed for a dynamo has been built. A building in the yard has been altered to provide a fumigating-chamber. The cottage has been repaired and renovated. Numerous small repairs and improvements have been made, and all gas, water, and drainage fittings attended to. Ashburton Post- and Telegraph-office. —Six skylights have been fixed in the verandah, and the Postmaster's quarters painted and repaired. Geraldine Post-office. —The building has been painted. Timaru Post-office. —Various repairs have been done to the building. The grounds have been partially filled in and planted. Lyttelton Post-office. —The roof has been thoroughly overhauled, repaired, and painted, gasfittings kept in order, and the upper and lower floor connected by telephone. Waimate Post-office. —Additions have been made to the old post-office building. Kaikoura Post-office. —This office has been repaired and painted. New Brighton Post-office. —A building has been purchased, a wash-house and porch added to it, and other improvements made to enable it to be used as a post-office. Papanui. —A section of land with a house on it has been bought, the house to be used as a post-office. Sumner. —A section of land has been bought for a site for a post-office. Addington. —A recommendation has been made in favour of setting aside a portion of the grounds of the old Addington Gaol as a post-office site. Christchurch Police-station. —Four new cells, a boiler-house, and outhouse have been built; all the cells have been heated, and part of the stable has been converted into four auxiliary cells. A new residence has been built for the sub-Inspector and the outbuildings put in a state of repair. A bathroom has been built, some renovations done, and gas and water laid on to the various rooms in the Inspector's residence. The whole of the police-buildings have been painted. Hot-water apparatus has been provided for the bath- and drying-rooms, and a new floor laid in the kitchen. A lavatory has been fitted for the Inspector of Weights and Measures. The old Weights and Measures Office has been fitted up as an office for the Inspector of Police. Many minor repairs have been done, and, gas, water, and drainage fittings attended to. Kaiapoi Police-station. —An office, bedroom, and scullery have been built and, the whole building renovated. Kaikoura Police-station. —Four new rooms have been built. The old cottage has been repaired and painted. A bathroom and wash-house have been provided, new water-tanks erected, and the grounds improved. Fairlie. —Additional rooms have been erected, the stable re-roofed, some fencing'done, and the whole building renovated and painted. Lincoln Police-station. —A new office has been erected, and the whole buildings repaired and painted. Culverden Police-station.—A new office has been built and furnished, and some fencing and gates put up. Timaru Police-station. —New quarters for the detectives have been erected. Seats and ranges have been provided, and sanitary fittings attended to. The buildings have been repaired, and the grounds cleaned up. Bangiora Police-station. —New stables have been built. The station-buildings and fencing have been repaired and painted. Leeston Police-station. —The stable has been reroofed, a wash-house and fence erected, and the station put in a state of repair. Glenavy Police-station. —The constable's house has been repaired. Addington Police-station. —The roof, bathroom, and kitchen have been repaired, and water and drainage appliances attended to. Some small repairs have been done to the police-stations at Phillipson and Linwood. Burnham Industrial School. —A new brick office has been built and furnished. The whole of the main buildings, residences, and outbuildings have been repaired and renovated, and some additions made. New tanks have been erected. Some concrete channelling has been done, and an underground concrete sewerage tank constructed. Many small repairs and improvements have been done. Windsor Girls' Beformatory.■ —A building has been leased for a reformatory, and a washhouse, drying-closet, and outbuildings erected. A well has been sunk, and a good water-supply obtained ; tanks have been erected, and water laid on throughout the buildings. The whole of the main building has been repaired, improved, and ventilated. Sunnyside Lunatic Asylum. —The old electric wires have been removed, and a new alarm system has been put in. A new steel superheater and water-heater for boiler have been provided, and the baker's oven thoroughly repaired. Dunedin and Southland Districts. Palmerston South Post-office. —This building has been renovated. Dunedin Chief Post-office. —Over four hundred and fifty private letter-boxes have been provided.

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Mosgiel. —Some new fittings were provided for this office. A contract for a new building for post- and telegraph-office was finished in August last. Milton Post-office.—The building has been repaired and renovated. Lawrence Post-office.— This building has been repaired and renovated. Roxburgh Post-office. —A contract for additions to this office is in progress. Alexandra Post-office. —A contract for additions to this office is in progress. The private letter-boxes have been made in the departmental workshops in Dunedin. Kaitangata Post-office.— This office has been repaired and renovated. Mataura Post-office. —This office has been added to and renovated. Naseby Post-office. —A contract for a new brick building has been let, but no work has yet been done. Otautau Police-station. —The building has been repaired and renovated. Bluff Police-station. —The building has been repaired and renovated. A contract for the erection of a constable's house is in hand. Alexandra Police-station.- —-The work of repairing and renovating the building is in progress. Oamaru Police-station. —The building has been repaired and renovated. Hampden Police-station. —The building has been repaired and renovated. Balcluiha Police-station. —-The building has been repaired and renovated. Palmerston Police-station. —A new wash-house has been built, and the old wash-house has been converted into a bedroom. Invercargill Police-station. —A contract for removal of the old building and erecting a new one was let, but work was stopped on account of alterations. An amended contract has been let, but no work has yet been done. Queenstown Police-station. —A contract for the erection of a sergeant's residence is in progress. Arrowtown Police-station. —A contract for the erection of a new station is in progress. Milton Police-station. —The building has been repaired and renovated. Caversham Police-station. —The two cottages have been re-roofed. Alexandra Courthouse. —Work on repairs and renovations is in progress. Balclutha Courthouse. —Work on repairs and renovations is in hand. Lawrence Courthouse. —Additions have been made. Tapanui Courthouse. —This building has been renovated. Hampden Courthouse. —A contract for the erection of a new Courthouse is now in progress. Waikaia Courthouse. —-This building has been repaired and renovated. Dunedin Old Gaol. —A contract for the removal of the old gaol has been completed. Dunedin Law-courts. —A large quantity of surplus earth has been carted away from the site, and a brick boundary-wall between the new gaol and the law-courts has been built. A contract has been let for the erection of the new law-courts, and very satisfactory progress has been made. The Port Chalmers stone base is set, the rubble front is begun, and the brickwork is up to floorlevel. Four offices have been fitted up for the Stock Department in the Colonial Bank buildings. Owake : Stock Inspector's contract for the removal and re-erection of a house has been finished. Seacliff Asylum. —A contract was let for the supply of joinery and timber for patients' cottage. The work of erection was done by the Asylum staff. A contract was also let for the supply of timber and joinery for the auxiliary building. Both contracts have been completed. Caversham Industrial School. —The erection of the dining-room block has been finished. The old building has been ventilated, and outside stairs have been erected. Fittings have been provided for the offices of the Labour Bureau in the Colonial Bank buildings and in the Inspector of Factories' office. Dunedin Telephone Bureau.— Some alterations have been made in the office in connection with the fittings of the multiple switchboard. Offices have been fitted up in the old Harbour Board building for the Marine Superintendent. MAEINE. A contract for seven wrought-iron buoys was completed during the year. The flagstaff at Kaipara Heads was shifted, and a hut built for the signalman. The erection of a third beacon is in progress. The dredging of a channel from the Onehunga Wharf has been started. The Westport Harbour dredging plant has been hired to do the work. East Cape Lighthouse. —The works in connection with the erection of the East Cape Lighthouse are nearly finished. Some damage was done to the works at the landing by a slip. Somes Island Light. —A new brick tower has been built and the lighting apparatus fixed, and the light was shown in February last. Some minor works have yet to be done. An examination of the Manawatu Biver was made, and specifications for removal of snags prepared. A survey of a portion of the bar, Nelson Harbour, was made. At Little Wanganui some snagging has been done, the contract for the wharf has been completed, and a shed has also been built out. A contract has been let for the removal of some rocks and the erection of beacons. Contract plans have been prepared for a wharf at Karamea. A considerable amount of work has been done at Sticking Point Beclamation, Lyttelton Harbour, by prison labour. The face-wall has been improved; the ground levelled; a large quantity of stone has been got; the crane has been overhauled, cleaned, and painted.

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DEFENCE WOEKS. Auckland. A large amount of work has been done in improvements and additions to the various forts and mine-fields. At one fort the fire command has been improved, erection of an electriclight plant is in progress, and a small hospital-hut has been built. At another fort a large gun has been emplaeed, a fire commander's station built, and a caretaker's cottage, and some fencing done. At other forts battery commanders' stations have been built, the arc of fire of the guns improved, and additional guns emplaeed, the roads repaired, outbuildings put up, and improvements in drainage made, some minor repairs to the buildings done, and improvements in gates, &c, made. Submarine depot: Tram-lines have been laid to the submarine-mining wharf, the fitting- and test-ing-rooms have been moved and refitted, a concrete floor has been laid in one shed, a coal-shed and carpenter's shop built, and the smithy has been moved. Gas and water have been laid on to the testing-rooms, which have also been done up ; turntables have been fixed, and drainage work done ; two cranes have been fixed on the wharf, and a boat-shed is in progress. The cable to the observing-station has been trenched, a survey of the mine-field has been made, and some of the necessary appliances have been provided. Estimates for additions and alterations to the drill-shed have been prepared, and also for additional rifle-ranges. Wellington. Some additional work has been done in finishing the electric-light installations. The engineroom has been ventilated, the boiler has been lagged, and some fittings provided. Some improvements have been made in the searchlight emplacements. A new floor has been laid in a shell-store. Head-covers have been finished in some fighting-stations. A site has been surveyed for a submarinemining station, and work on it has begun. The hauling-gear in the Shelly Bay slip-way has been improved, and side-moorings are being provided. The Mahanga Bay Wharf has been finished, and a crane fixed in position. The boundary-fence has been put in good order, and the Evans Bay Boad repaired. Additional gun-emplacements have been built, and guns mounted. Lyttelton. A new engine and boiler have been provided for the searchlight. The shed has been lined, roads and approaches have been formed, and a large amount of levelling done. Large additions have been made to the Sumner Boad Barracks ; a large retaining-wall has been built to protect the parade-ground and to allow for its enlargement; the road and buildings have been kept in a good state of repair. The residence of the sergeant-major, Erskine Point, has been repaired and renovated. Dunedin. Some fencing has been erected in front of one of the batteries, and a fighting-station is being built. At another battery a concrete roof has been built over the engine-room and one of the galleries, and covered with earth, a wall built in rear of a gun-pit, ramps formed at ends of passages, wing-walls to loading platforms built, and some asphalting done, a new gun-pivot has been fixed, some slopes have been sodded, and other earthwork on slopes, the Defence Eeserve fenced in, and the road leading to the battery repaired. Some excavations and concrete work has been done for a fighting-station at another battery. I have, &c., William H. Hales, Engineer-in-Chief. The Hon. the Minister for Public Works.

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* In this ease the date given is the date on which the railway was taken over by the Government. t JieconnaisancH l only. I This comprises 12m. 70ch. of railway constructed by Government and 10m. 60eh. of line constructed by private company under the District Railways Act and afterwards Purchased by the Gown™»t g This comprises 48m. of railway constructed by Government, and 11m. of line constructed by private company under the District Railways Act and afterwards purcWd Note.- Taonui and Lichfield Branches not mentioned above, as the rails nave been taken up.

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tion. lame oi .inc. 8 P. livisim j Line. 1 ,g - ! ■ id >. ■ E ' DQ Under Forma-j tion. ; Under Platelaying. Date. ' 1873-4 1874-5 1875-6 1876-7 1377-8! 1878-9 : ■ I i ■ • ! ■ 1879-80 1880-1 1881-2 1882-3 1883-4 i 1884-5 1885-6 )pone< 1887-8 1888-9 1889-90 1890-1 1892-3 1893-4 1894-5 1895-6 1898-9 1899-00| I Total. 1886-7 1891-2 i 1896-7 | 1 1897-8 4 21 M. chs. 33 M. chs. 34 M. chs. 35 M. ohs. 36 M. chs. 87 j M. chs. ! 88 |M. cli. 39 M. chs. I 7 41 1 3 M.chs 7 41 5 M.chs. 5 1 I 6 .1 M.chs. I \ 0 57 ' ) 7 M. chs. a M. chs. 9 M. chs. 10 M.chs. "|! 11 12 M.chs. 13 M. chs. 14 M. chs. 15 M. chs. Ill M. chs. 17 M. chs. 18 M. ehs. 19 M. chs. 20 M. chs. 22 M. chs. 23 M. chs. 5 11 24 M. chs. 25 M. chs. 26 M. chs. 27 !M. ebs. I " I 28 |M. chs. 29 M. ehs. 30 M. ehs. 31 M. chs. 32 I M. ohs. KawakawaG r". baratown Kawakawa Opua Wharf - Taumarere Taumarere - Kawakawa Kawakawa-Kopuru.. Kopuru-Hukcrenui .. Hukeiemd-Waiotu .. Waiotn-Whakapara Wluikapara-Hiknrangi Hikurangi-Kamo '.. Kamo-Whangarei .. Whangarei - Opau Wharf Opau Wharf-Graham-rown Dargaville - Opanake Opanake-Booms Booms-Waima Kxtension .. Welsford Road to Komokoriki Komokoriki-Tahakeroa Tahakeroa-Makarau Makarau-Kanohi .'. Kanobi - Helensville Terminus Helensville Terminus, —Helensville Helensville-Kumeu Kumeu-Henderson.. Henderson-Waikomiti Waikomiti-Newinarket Penrose-Ontshimga .'. Onehunga Wharf .. Auckland Wharf Auckland Station .. Auckland-Mercer .'. Mercer-Newcastle .'. Niiwi-astlc-Uamilton Hamilton-Ohaupo .. Ohanpo-Te Awamutu 8 18 I 7 April, 1884 Kawakawa southwards Kopnru-Hukerenui.. Whangarei-Kamo Extension 2 30 122 Feb., 1877 2 30 6 0 17 Oj 1 23 3 29 I i 3 25 8 0 J 4 50 ] 2 2 ] 6 0 17 0 1 58 2 40 17 0 3 40 estim. 1 23 ■A 6 0 17 0 15 77 j 0*35 I 2 69 3 29 I J 21 26 j.. Kamo-Whangarei 17 43 "1 ' 21 Dec., 1898 2 Nov., 1896 2 July, 1894 28 Oct., 18H0 80 Nov., 1882 4 50 s"o 3 25 9 20 I 2 27 8 79 2"2 \ 1 Kaihu Valley ■ 2 48 2 48 2 48 - Kaihu Valley 19 40 16 46 ' 0 55 j 2 19 77'73 11 75 J-o 75 18 16 2 19 77 73 11 75 2 19 estim. Prelim. I " I 27 July, 1891 21 Oct., 1896 16 46 0.55 1 17 21 Helensville Nor t hwards Helensville Northwards 110 0 estim. 77 73 11 75 1 6 26 3' 18 3" 6 I 7 42 j I 1- 50 6 26 3 18 3 26 3 0 3 18 lOJiine, 1897 3 May, 1889 3 6 I 10 48 K ai p araWaikato .' Kaipara-Auckland .. 12 18 7*42 35 73 0 43 - 12 79 11 0 1 50 i 9'61 I 2'53 0'20 0 15 \ 42 72 31 2 10 33 9 27 6 24 I -6 66 I 1 70 0 55 18 Sept., 1880 29 Oct., 1875 18 July, 1881 21 Dec, 1880 29 Mar., 1880 24 Dec, 1873 28 Nov., 1878 30 Nov., 1885 20 May, 1875 13 Aug., 1877 19 Dec, 1877 4 June, 1878 1 July, 1880 12 79 0 43 ■ 36 73 42 59 150 11 "0 Onehunga Branch .. 4 63 2 53 - 0*20 9*61 I 2 73 2 73 Auckland-Waikato .. 100 18 0 55 0 15 1611 : 42 72 i 116 24 .. I 31 2 10 33 9 27 10013 Auckland-Penrose — Deviation via Beach Auckland City Branch —Kings! and Station to Auckland Station via Western Park and Freeman's Bay Pukekohe-Waiuku .. 6'24 6 50 2 60 Deviation via Beach' Auckland City Branch 650 2 60 6 50 2 60 6 50 2 60 Prelim. Surveys, new lines WaikatoThames 12 5 62 58 Pa e ra ta- W ai uku 12 5 12 5 12 5 Waikato-Thames .. Frankton Junction, —Hamilton Hamilton-Morrinsville Momnsville-Te Aroha Te Aroha-Paeroa .. Paerfa-Thames Paeroo-Waihi .. '. Ruakura Junction, —Cambridge Morrinsville-Oxford. - Oxford-Putaruru Ngatira Contract .. Kaponga Contract .. Tarukenga Contract 1 M / 20 Oct., 1879 ! I 1 1 PaeroaWaihi HamiltonCambridge Thames Valley - Rotorua Paeroa Waihi Hamilton-Cambridge 16 79 I 12 55 12 63 19 20 I 12 40 12 2 1017 72 75 J 1 Oct., 1884 1 Mar., 1886 20 Dec, 1895 \ 19 D. c, 1898 "l 16 79 12 55 13 63 62 58 2 40 I3"a 19 30 12 40 12 2 3 14 12 40 15 16 10 0 '.'. 8 Oct., 1884 12 2 Thames Valley-Roto-69 33 30 60 j 6 77 8 0 ■ 10 23 i 4 62 0 8 8 43 ' 10 0 8 0 58 -0 62 0 2 16 1 11 64 4'27 10 17 12 53 4 49 12 79 5 63 5'22 4 22 7 43 15 10 17 21 ; 8 Mar., 1886 21 June, 1886 30 60 6 77 8 0 10 23 4 62 ! 5 27 76 40 .. J 24Nov., 1893 "1 -I (o"s J8 43 69 33 Giao brneKaraka New survey Gisborne-Karaka .. Rotoriia Contract '.. Gisbornf Or-'ionrl .. Surveyed Napier-Wairoa River Wai roa Ri ve r- G i sborne Spit-Napier Napier-H anting* I lastinijs-Pakipaki . . PakipaM-Te Auto ., To Ante-Waipawa .. Waipawa-Waipukurau Waipukurau -Takapau Takapau-Kopua Kopua : Makotuku . '. Makotuku Matamau' M atam an -Tal 1 orai te Tab oraite-Woodville Woodville-Palmersto'n North Woodville-Mangatai noka Mangatainoka-Pahi-atua Pabiatua-Newmau Newman- Eketahnna Eketahuna Mangamahoe M a n g a m a h o e - Mauriceville Mauriceville-Master-ton Masterton-Woodside Woodside-Featherston Feathers ton -Kaitoke Kaitokc-Upper Hutt' Upper Hutt - Silverstream Silverstream - Lower Hutt Lower Hutt-Pipitea Pipitea-Wellington.. To Aro Extension .. \Vondside-( ire'ytown ' I j 8 Dec, 1894 Napier-Gisbome ■ .. : 18 0 120 0 10 0 '8 0 S8 0 62 0 8 0 58 0 62 0 10 0 Prelim Prelim. Prelim. N a p i e r - Woodville and Palmerston North' Napier-Woodville .. 96 65 ■15 05 111 70 25 Nov., 1874 12 Oct., 1874 1 Jan., 1875 17 Feb., 1876 28 Aug., 1876 1. Sept.,1876 ■■' 12 Mar., 1877 25 Jan., 1878 9 Aug., 1880 23 June, 1884 1 Dec, 1884 22 Mar., 1887 0 Mar., 1891 11 Dec, 1897 2 16 11 64 4 27 10 '17 12 53 -4 49 12 79 5*63 ■■ I - i ■96 65 5*22 4*33 7 43 16 io Woodville-Palmerston North Woodville-Wellington 17 21 0'51 17 72 17*21 17 21 Wellington - Woodville 115 79 5 76 1 5 76 I 3 30 2 Aug., 1897 3 30 15 24 j 2 4 6 15 4 7 . 3 Mav, 1897 16 Mar., 1896 8 April, 1889 615 2"*4 15 24 10 Jan., 1887 4 7 12 8 ■ 31 73 137 73 14 June, 1886 12 8 ■115 79 16 22 4 19 17 48 7 47 3 35 I 1 Nov., 1880 14 May, 1880 12 Oct., 1878 1 Jan,, 1878 1 Feb., 1876 3 - 35 7 - 47 17*48 16 22 4 19 8 0 15 Dec, 1875 8 0 > Greytown Branch .. 8 2 0 47 1 15 3 7 14 April, 1874 1 Nov., 1880 29 Mar., 1893 .. 14 May, 1880 8 2 0 47 3 7 0 64 3 71 3"7 1 15 3 7 I i m 111 a k a Incline Deviation Surveys i'oxton-New Plymouth Coacli road Route .. Tauberenikau Route Wain ui-o - m a ta Route Coast Route Route Improvement Survey in connection with above Foxton-Patea 9 0 14 40 31 0 50 0 8 70 Kaitoke-Featherston Kait«ke Woxlside .. BelmontCr ss' Creek I Petone-Pigeon Bush ! Uoper HuttPakuratahi 9 0 14 40 31 0 50 0 8 70 9 0 14 40 31 0 50 0 8,70 9 0 14 40 31 0 50 0 8 70 Prelim. , Prelim. i t t t 120 44 Foxton-Palmerston.. : Palmerston-Feilding Feilding-Haleombe. . Halconihe-Marton .. Marton-Turakina .. Turakhia-Ai-amoho.. ! Aramoho-Kai Iwi .. Kai Iwi-Waitotara .. Waitotara-Waverley' Waverley-Patea :.' Tu raki n a-Matarawa Aramoho-Goat Valley Tunnel Kai Iwi-Okehu N uku maru-Waitotara Patea-Manutahi Manutahi-Hawera .. Hawera-Nonhanby.. Normanby-F.ltham.. Bltham-Ngaife :. Ngaire-Stiatford Sti.vitford-'lngl.ewood Inf'lewood-Seiitry Hill Waitara-N. Plymouth N. Plymouth-MoturOa Motu roa-Break water Bull's Branch .: Aramoho Loop Aramoho-Wanganui Opunake-Eltham .. 23 39 V 11 28 7 76 10 49 9 10 { 20 25 ( 9 31 13 2 6 73 8 31 / 11 67 7 40 S 60 3 0 8'57 1 9 24 3 35 I 8 32 2 60 \ 3 20 I 18 40 I 8 60 I 11 13 , 2 35 / 3 79 0 10 1 3-19 j 23 10 18 53 I V 14 7; J 27 April, 1876 20 Oct., 1876 22 April, 1878 ! 20 May, 1878 j 4 Feb., 1878 ' ■ 17 May, 1877 28 June, 1879 20 Sept., 1881) 23 Mar., 1881 .28 Aug., 1883 23 39 7 76 10 49 9 10 11 28 I I I . Route Improvement ! Surveys 135 39 J 20 'as 981 13 "2 6 73 ' 120 44 11 67 7 40 8 31 26 07 11 67 7 40 ■( Patea-Waitara . .- 3 60 3 0 3 00 3 0 Prelim. I , 28 Aug., I883I 23 Mar., 1885 20 Oct., 1881' ; 18 June, 1881 j 7 Feb., 1881 '•* 27 Sept., 1880 17 Dec, 1879 30 Nov., 1877 ! 14 Oct., 1875 ,28 April, 1886 (21 Jan.', 1878 '' 1 21 Jan., 1878 71 56 ) 111 52 I I ... 3*35 8 33 8 57 9 24 i ]-71 56 83 28 260 3 20 ) ■ .. 1 ■I > ii is s'eo ls'io 2 35 Bull's Branch Wanganui Branch .. 3 79 j 3 29 0 53 0 53 3 79 3 79 Prelim. o'io 3 19 Opunake - Mountain Road Marton-Te Awamutu 23 10 I 2 13 5 42 23 10 23 10 Prelim. -I; |1 3 29 r 200 64 Marton Junction, — Rangatira Mangaonoho Contract Makohine Section .. Mangaweka Section Paengaroa Section .. Tura.igarere Section Waioiirn Section ... Mnrimutu Section .. Raetihi Section .. I ' Waimariu" Sction.. Makaretu Section .. Obonco Section Trial Survey Taumaranui Section Ohiuemoa Section Poro-o-tarao Tunnel Contract Mokau Section Mokau-Te Kuiti .. Te Kuiti-Otorohanga Otorohanga-To Awamutu Obakune to Mokau Retarukr Divide 1 Makatote Gorge-Ma-rae Kowhai 1 Marae-Kowhai-Ohura Vallev I Ngaire Section Tangarakau Section Heao Section Ohura Section i Waitara Section ) Urenui to Tangitu River I i Hastings-Te Awamutu I 3 41 26 04 ■■( 1 76 j 2 June, 1888 18 53 I 22 43 Northllsland Main Trunk Railway 3 70 J 11 0 7 0 10 22 10 66 7 40 13 70 8 60 12 30 i 7 2 8 24 9 30 18 0 16 0 1 34 " 1 IMay, 1893 176 :. 11 0 7 0 10 22 10 66 7 40 13 70 8 60 12 30 7 2 8 24 9 30 18 0 16 0 9 04 I I' 7--0-! 6 0 3 70 4 22 10 66 7 40 13 70 8 60 12 30 7 2 8 24 9 30 I 18 0 ! 2 0 :: Prelim. 14 0 1 : 3 50 I. 1 21 Dec, 1896 1 - 134 i-46 77 Central Route—Devia-j tion Surveys ■ 11 9 8 53 11 41 14 20 50 47 ■• \ 8 May, 1889 2 Dec, 1887 \ 9 Mar., 1887 1420 11 41 8 53 11 9' SO 0 30 0 30 0 30 0 Prelim. 34 0 20 0 34 0 .. 34 0 34 0 Prelim. - v- J Ngaire-Ongaruhe .. a 20 0 20 0 20 0 Explor. - I Waitara-Tangarakau Urenui Route 103 58 '46 75 12 0 38 73 ' 26 0 I 10 70 27 75 46 75 t 12 0 38 73 26 0 10 70 ..' 27 75 I .. 46 75 .. 12 0 170 0 128 7 1990 16 38 73 26 0 10 70 27 75 46 75 12 0 Prelim. :: j :: 1 76 I .. t " :: Hastings-Te Awamutu 170 0 I L862 9 u!70 0 1862 9 170 0 | 960 20 ' Prelim. ! 61 64 i 10 55 69 23 24 27 19 : 22 67 17 8 §54 77 22 30 17 21 16 10 1 15 16 43 1 27 50 22 49 838 9 Total . 61 19 103 76 24 22 68 39 j|43 50 16 51 14 67 2 2 65 21 11 41 18 531 26 75

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TABLE of Lengths of Government Lines Authorised, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1900— continued SOUTH ISLAND.

* In these cases tno dates given are tbe dates on which the railways became the property of the Government. t This comprises 3m. 48ch. of railways constructed by the Government, and Ira. 60ch. of lines constructed by private company and afterwards purchased by the Government. ; This comprises 45m. 55ch. of railways constructed by the Government, and 45m. 79ch. of lines constructed by private companies under tho District Railways Act and afterwards purchased by the Government. ij This comprises 11m. 23ch. of railways constructed by the Government, and 36m. 39ch. of lines constructed by private companies under tbe District Railways Act and afterwards purchased by the Government. || This comprises 23m 40ch. of railways constructed by the Government, and 3m. 69ch. of lines constructed by private company and afterwards purchased by the Government. ** 9 miles 70 chainsformerly returned as opened tramway.

State of Line. ApproprisName of Line. Mileii|.i.. Subdivision. Main Sidings. Total. Sllr Under Under Teved For - Pfete- - """• nn.tion. l»yi„ B . I 1 Date. iToJune, ',.,„ _ 1872 jHS'i-73. 1878-74. Opened. |1874-75.il875-7e.'l870-77.1877-78.] 1878-79.1 1880-81. liaai-92. 1SS2-83. 1833-84. 1884 Ha. 1886-86. 1886-87. 1SS7 SB. 1888-89. 1889-90.1 1890 01. 18B1-92. 1892-B3. 1893-94. lH!)-t-85. 1898 96. 1896-97. Lsar-flsJisBe-BB. 18901900. Total. 1 NelsonRoundell 2 Nelson- Belgrove.. 3 ,y. oh. 22 73, 4 I ( Port Extension j Nclson-Foxhill Foxhill-Belgrovc j Grcymouth-Brunner-ton Extension Stillwater {portion).. 1 Station Westport-Waimanga-roa Wa i m a n gar o a-N gak a - wau Extension to Coal Company's Line ; Ngakawau-Mokihi-nui M. ch. 1 0 18 73 3 0 7 32 6 M. ch I L 2 52 ;J 1 [ 6 18 1 I ') \ 6 44 ) 7 M. oh. 25 45 8 I 9 U. oh. M. oh. 10 M. ch. « (17 May, 1880 ■ 31Jan., 1876 25 July, 1881 7 April, 1876 12 M. ch 13 M. eh. 14 M. eh.l I 15 I M. ch. 16 1. M. oh. 18 73 17 M. ch 18 M. eh.l 19 I M. ch. 20 M. ch. 21 M. ch. 1 0 22 M. oh. 8' 0 23 M. ch. 24 M. oh 25 hi. oh. 26 M. ch. 27 M. eh. 28 M. oh. 29 M, ch. 30 M. eh. 31 M. ch. 32 M. oh. 33 M. oh. 34 M. eh. 35 M. oh. 36 M.ch. 37 M. ch. 38 M. ch 39 H. oh. 40 4] M. eb. 1 22 73 ■ 7 51 ■ 19 19 GreymouthNelson Creek Greymouth - Nelson Creek 7 51| 7 32 WestportNgakawau Westport - Ngakawau 0 5 0 4 0 10 0 29 10 0 13 69 - 1 Feb., 1881 14 Mar., 1881 1 Sept., 1885 17 Dec, 1878 5 Aug., 1876 0 5 0 4 010 .. 19 19 - 10 0 029 8 70 . 25 63 26 Sept., 1877 8 7oj 'I " Ngakawau - Mokihinui 0 37 - 0 37 0 37 31 Mar., 1890 -'I 0 37 0 37 WestportNgakawau Extension 7 12 I 7 12 I 1 21 8 33 8 Aug., 1893 - .. - - I 7 12 7 12 Mokihinui Colliery Line Greymouth - Hokitika Kumara Branch Picton-Kabautera S 69 Mokihinui to coalmine Greymouth-Hokitika 3 69 j 0 21 4 10 25 Feb., 1895 ' 3 69 GreymouthHokitika New Survey PictonWaipara 24 87 4 10 103 41 ■ Kumara Branch .. : Pic ton-Blenheim ., Blenheim Omaka Contract Vernon Contract Dashwood Contract Utawai Contract Awatere Section Surveyed (location).. (trial) .. j Kahau tore-Mackenzie 24 37 4 10 16 57 1 22 2 43. 1 75 3 38 2 50 5 7 4 75 64 74 34 65 2 10 i 26 47 4 10 4 10 20 Dec, 1893 24 37j 24 37 I 3 26 23 68 4 1 75 3 38 I 2 50 [ 18 Nov., 1875 24 May, 1880 [IS April, 1893' 16'57 1 22 2'43 I 20 42 Kahautera - Mackenzie Mackenzie-Wai-para Main Line 1 75 3 38 2 50 5 7 . 4 75 64 74 34 65 4 75 64 74 34 65 5"7 Prelim. 34 65 ;; 35 0 Surveyed Omibi Section Culverden-Hurunui Hurunui-Medbury .. Modbury-Waikari .. Waikari-Waipara .. Waipara-Amberley .. Amberley-Ash ley (part) A sh 1 ey- Rangi ora Rangiora-Southbrook So u thbr ook- Kaiapoi Kaiapoi-Adding ton .. Christchurch-Selwyn j Selwyn-Dunsandel .. Dunsandel-Rakaia .. Rakaia-Ashburton .. Ash bur ton-Ealing .. : Ealing-Woodbridge.. Wooclbridge-Temuka : Temuka-Timaru .. j Timaru-St. Andrews St. Andrews-Otaio .. Otaio-Makikihi Makikihi-Hook Hook-North Waitaki North Waitaki-South Waitaki 20 0 15 0 9 50|' 1 14 8 40 9 10 6 77 3 63 7 64 1 71 1 63 5 1 11 68 22 43 1 77 10 66 17 7 19 29 2 59: 13 65 11 15 10 28 S 66 3 61 3 36 16 14 1 40 20 0 15 0 20 0 15 0 :: " 9 50 1 14 206 7 1 1 *. 9 Feb., 1886 9 Feb., 1886 28 Oct., 1884 17 April, 1882 6 Oct., 1880 9 Feb., 1876! 3 Nov., 1875 17 April, 1875| 5 Nov., 1872. 2 Sept., 1872 1 April, 1872 2 Oct., 1867 15 .Feb., IST-'l 29 May, 1873 4 Aug., 1874 31 May, 1875 ■l-i Au;;., 1K75 4 Feb., 1876 22 Oct., 1875 1 July, 1876 1 Sept., 1876 30 Oct., 1876 ] Feb., LS77 1 Feb., 1877 17 April, 1876 HurunuiWaitaki, with Branches 9*10 8 40 .. I 6 77 :: I ■ ■ i'nl 363 7 64 I .. 11 68 22 43 i'es 5 1 " i -206 7 ■64 08' i 77 10 66 17 7 19 29 •• J270 75 2 59 13 65 11 15 l 140 10 28 3 66 3 61 3 36! 16 14 ■■ Branches,— Rangiora-Oxford 21 76 Eangiora-Cust Cust-Carlton Carlton-Oxford West Main Line - West Eyreton Eyreton-Bennett's .. Lyttelton - Christchurch Hornby-Ellesmere .. EUesmere - Southbridge L i n c o 1 n ■ B i rdling's Flat Birdling's Flat-Little River Recomiaissance ilollusLon-riliL'lncld .. 11 77 I 5 53| 4 26:) 14 25 1 I 2 36 l 1 61 1 Dec, 1874 6 April, 1875 21 June, 1875 i27 Dec, 1875 11 77 5 53 4 26 20 7 24 32 ( 21 76 Eyreton (from Main Line) 21 63 14 25 1- 20 7 Lyttelton 6 26 5 621 J 6 261 6 26 1 Feb., 1878 9 Dec, 1867 s'a 5 62 0 2» Southbridge 25 31 14 62 1 10 49) f 3 17 28 48 ■■{ 26 April, 1875 30 July, 1875 14 62 1049 } 25 31 Little RiverAkaroa 42 10 17 8] [-2 5 "I 7 June, 1882 24 51 17 I I 22 46 5 38 J 16 Mar., 1886 5 38 19 44 19 44 19 44 'Prelim. Springfield . - ' Sheffield-Springfield Springfield-Coalmine Darfield-Whitecliffs Whitecliffs to Bridge Rakaia-Methven 5 59] \ 0 77) 11 83 I 0 5 I 22 20 8 7 38 67 "-, 3 Jan., 1880 10 Feb., 1880 3 Nov., 1875 27 June, 1886 1 April, 1885. 1133 •• 5*59 0 77 - [ 30 60 Whitecliffs 11 88 ; I 1 53 18 11 25 5 ■■■: 22 20 6' i j 11 38 22 20 Bait a i a-Ash-burton Forks Ashburton 22 20| 29 46: Tinwald-Westerfield : Westerfield-Anarua.. Anama-Cavendish .. Cavendish-Mt.Somers Mt. Somers-Springburn : Extension Washdyke - Pleasant j Point Pleasant Point-Albury Albury-Winseombo .. Winsoombe-Eversley Preliminary survey .. Studholrne- Waimate Waimate- Waihao Downs South Waitaki - Oamaru Oamaru-Hillgrove .. Hi 1 Igro ve- Palmers ton Palmerston - Waikou- ! aiti Waikouaiti-Waitati Waitati-Glendermid ■ Glendermid-Dunedin j Dunedin-Abbotsford Abbotsford - Clutha Biver Clutha Biver - Bal- j clutha Balclutha-Clinton .. Clinton-Waipahi .. Waipahi-Gore .. ; Gore-Mataura Mataura-Woodlands Woodlands - Invercargill Inyercargill-Bluff .. 10 47 } 8 39 2 47 r 1 48:1 4 87 2 17 8 671 2 65 8 April, 1880 7 Oct., 1882 1 Mar., 1884 4 Oct., 1886 9 Sept., 1889 24 Dec, 1875 10 47 8*3! 2 47 1 52 29 1 L 27 20 Opawa and Albury to Fairlie Creek and Burke's Pass i'41 4 8 2 17 2 17 '.' 55 8| 1 8*67 16 61 \ 7 7 3 30) 19 3 4 42 8 21 2 45 38 50 1 Jan., 1877 22 Aug., 1883 30 Jan., 1884 19 Mar'., 1877 1 April, 1885 1 ;; 16 8ll 7' 7 3 30 I 36 5 Waimate Waimate Gorge i' 3 0 54 19 3 5 45 8 75 19 3 Prelim. •■ 4 42 8 21 4 42 8 21 - ! 442 " I 821 Main Line 246 69 13 8 ' 25 Sept., 1875 13 8[ .. WaitakiBluff and Branches 24 52 12 68 9 3 4 Nov., 1876 22 May, 1878 6 Sept., 1878 24 52 12*68 9' 8 14 33 9 77 7 6 5 7 46 36 ■ 59 13j .100 2 7 May, 187S 20 Dec, 1877 9 April, 1873 i July, 1874 1 Sept., 1875 f 6 5' 7 16'11(1 14 S3 9 77 ■246 69 0 60 22 Jan., 1878 0 60 20 76 9 62 16 11 7 40 20 68 11 21 22 Jan., 1879 1 Nov., 1877 21 June, 1877 30 An;,, 1875 7 June,1875 11 Feb., 1874 20 68 7 40 t 16 11 962 ■10 70 - 17 1 . 5 Feb., 1867 17 1 li'21 I 21 75 Branches,— Duntroon 21 75 Pukeuri-Marawhenua Marawhenua - Duntroon , Duntroon-Hakatera-mca . Waiareka-Ngapara .. 1 W indsor-Livingstone Survey (trial! 1 Palmers ton-D unback (part) Palmers ton-D unback (part) Surveyed Inch Valley - Lime Quarry Glendermid - Port Chalmers B urns i de - W al t on Park Walton Park - Saddle Hill . Surveyed 21 29 I 0 46) } 136 | 23 30 1 Dec, 1875 11 July, 1881 21 29 - 0'46 Duntroon-Haka-teramea Ngapara Livingstone 15 38 14 76 16 40 15 38 14 76 12 0 4 40 1 58] 1 5 1 31 0 50 16 43 16 27 12 50 4 40 o'tS Prelim. '■i 1 April, 1885 ■ 2 April, 1877 12 Aug., 1887 30 July, 1882 15 38 15 38 14 76 11 75 14 76 isf li'75 9 40 4'io Palmers ton-Wai-liemo L 0 54 9 29 1 Oct., 1885 8 55 6 77 J 0 65 2 52 0 65 0 7? Inch Valley Railway Port Chalmers.. 2 29 0 65 2 29 023 2 '29 1 9 1 9 3 40 4 49 9 April 1873 1 9 1 9 Green Island .. 2 44 1 74 1 0 50 J 1 0 52 3 16 I -{ 1 July, 1874 4 Sept., 1879 ■ 1 74 050 [ 2 44 Green Island to Brighton Fernhill Colliery Line Kaikorai Valley Railway Outram Lawrence 4 65 4 65 4 65 4 65 1 60 1 Abbotsford to Fernhill Colliery . Surveyed .. 1 60 0 24 2 4 J19 Dec, 1895 .. I i 1 60 1 60 2 60 2 60 2 60 2 60 - 8 78J 21 76J : Mosgiel-Outram ■ Clarksville-Waitahuna [ Waitahuna-Lawrence ' Preliminary survey.. ; 8 78 15 4 1 6 72 J 38 25 0 68 !} 2 2 9 66 1 Oct., 1877 22 Jan., 1877 2 April, 1377 15' 4 6 72 8 78 8 78 I 21 76 23 78 Prelim. ■l Lawr e n c e-Rox-burgh Catlin's River .. 38 2a 38 25 38 25 Balclutba-Bomahapa | \ i Catlin's Tunnel Sec ! i Hunt'slioadSec(part)| 1 Hunt's Road Sec.(part) Waipahi-Kelso Kelso-Heriot ; Anguilla Section : Surveyed 1 68 1 2 3 1 19 20; 7 621 6 18 0 46 8 48 1 06 15 27 1 4 56 I 6 19 28 11 15 Dec, 1885 9 July, 1891 4 Mar., 1895 16 Deo., 1895 22 June, 1896 1 Dec, 1880 1 April, 1884 . 7 62 6 18 19 20 ! 20 3 21 3 - I 6'4f 3 48 i 6 Waipahi - Heriot Burn Extension to Boxburgh, fiaRae's Junction and Ettrick Vid Spylaw 20 3; 22 6 6 19 28 11 ••{' i ■■ 15 27: " 456 34 30l 6 19 28 11 Prelim. 28 70 1 Anguilla Section J Surveyed 1 Gore-Lumsden 4 56 24 14 36 39 184 4 56 24 14 87 73 4 56 24 14 Prolim. i 36 39 Waimea Plains District Ry. Kelso-Gore 86 39! 1 Aprii," 1886 .. .. .. .. 36 39 :: i Riversdale- Switzers Edendale-Toitois 24 OJ 13 70j 19 30 1 Surveyed : Preliminary survey.. 1 Riversdale Section .. ; Surveyed 1 Edendale-Wyndham ; Wyndham-Glenhaui ! Surveyed ;| Apple by-Waimatua Waimatua-Mokotua 1 Waiiuna Sec. (portion) Waituua Sec. (portion) Titiroa and Waimahaka Sections 1 OwakaCatlin's River Bridge Surveyed Tokauui-Waimahaka 1 Oxford-Sheffield Surveyed Reconnaissance i Wingatui Jet.-Hindon Hindon Section (part) Deep Stream Section Nenthorn Section .. Middlcmarch Section Middleuiaroh-Hyde Hyde-Kokonga Kokonga-Ranfurly .. Ranf uiiy-Wedderburn Weddeiburu - Poolbum Gorge j Surveyed I Invercargill-Winton Winton-Caroline Caroline-El bow E1 bo w-Lo w ther Lowther-Athol Athol-Fairlight Fairlight-Kings ton .. Kingston Wharf 3 Lumsden-Castle Rock Castle Rock - Murray Creek Murray Creek-Moss-burn Surveyed Reconnaissance 0 Winton - Hedgehope Station 3 Makarewa JunctionRiver ton 0 Thornbury (Aparima June) to Otautau 5 Otau tau-Wairio 8 Riverton-Oraki Oraki-Colac Colac-Orepuki 0 O'epuki -Waimeamea Surveyed .. 9 58 14 22 7 0 6 70 4 0 1 5 36) 9 74 5 40) 5 58 6 62 J 1 40 5 12 } 0 72 9 68 14 22 7 0 6 70 10 28 9 74 9 58 14 22 670 Prelim. 5 0 2"o :: l 9 Oct., 1882 1 May, 1890 9 July, 1886 16 Jan., 1888 6 Mar., 1895 8 June, 1899 I 9 36 4 0 5*86 Seaward Bush.. 24 52i I ) 0 79 ) 18 79 9 74 -I - .. I 5 40 '.'. 6 5f > .: 6 58 ■■ 6 62 24 52 10 12' 1 40 5 63 .. .. 1 40 5 12 Catlin's - Seaward Bush 57 60 4 0 051 4 0 4 0 i ■• I - I .. ... :; Catlin's. S e award BuBh 46 60 7 0 11 44 21 7 50 29 16 67. 2 48 4 22 9 0) 7 31 I 16 12 10 0 11 25 I 8 29 15 6 6'27 46 60 7 0 11 71 21 7 50 29 46 60 7 0 2l"7 50 29 Prelim. Prelim. ii 14 Oxford-Temuka .. 83 0 7 Aug., 1884 11 44 " Canterbury Interior Main Line Otago Central Waitaki Blufi Main Line to Lake Hawea 182 56 Prelim. 24 Oct.', 1889 1 :: - .. ' .. c: ■■ ! " i - I I I 4 14 4 ■■ I Hi 07 I 77 45 ) 9 April, 1891 ■■ ! ::) 23 21 i .. 81 59 I;; 829 12 July, 1894 1 Oct., 1897 14 Dec, 1898 ■■ ■ I :: ! ■■ I I :: 1612 io' t n'25 I 0 46 8 75 15 6 15 6 81 56 18 58 22 10 8 27 5 76 13 18 10 10 S 35 0 10 2 21' 4 9 81 56 81 56 22 Feb., 1871 20 Oct., 1875 7 Feb., 1876 15 Jan., 1877 28 Jan., 1878 29 April, 1878 10 July, 1878 14 Dec, 1878 1 April, 1881 13 Mar., 1886 18 58 22'l0 8 27 " i " •• i i ■• I ■• I 87 4 10 I n v fl r c gill-King-ston and Branch, LumsdenMararoa Invoicargill-King-ston 87 ) •• I 071 i " I i 92 19 13 18 10 10 ■■ i Lumsden-Mararos i 8'.35 0 10 30 0 . .. 2 # 21 " " 4' 9 .9 :: ! I :: 4 10 11 40 22 Jan., 1887 8 20 11 20 13 25 8 20 11 20 4 10 .. 8 20 11 20 1**12 40 0 - 65 Prelim. 1240 Forest Hill Railway Western Railways Winton to Hedgehope Wallace town Branch Otautau Branch 12 40 17 53 ! 17 53. 17 July, 1899 J 9 June, 1879 17 53 I 1240 17 53 11 40 ! 11 40 15 Dec, 1879 II 40 11 40 Otautau-Nightcaps Orepuki Branch 10 55 17 68 10 55 6 3 1 30 10 35 4 40 8 40 0 37 64 13 j 3 Mar., 1882 25 July. 1881 24 Sept., 1883 V 5 May, 1885 10 55 6 3 §47 62 17 53 10 55 I 17 68 OrepukiWaiau Biver Orepuki-Waiau .. 13 0 4 40 8 40 2110 1 I 10 S -ID 598 25 ! 11 21 i 30 14 34 1 30 .. 10 35 191 54 § 2132 10 0 19 12 Totals 1901 40 18 41 12 32 76 36 247 72: 18 66 40 35 - I 29 39 34 12 15 28J 1272 22 1 1901 41 208 41 27 6i 126 71 ill52 HI) 94 58| 56 46 35 2J 22 41 24 60 5 36 I [27 % 11 21

Number of Miles open of Government Lines. NORTH ISLAND.

Number of Miles open of Government Lines. SOUTH ISLAND.

Number of Miles open of Government Lines. NORTH AND SOUTH ISLANDS COMBINED.

Public Works Map SHOWING THE RAILWAYS NORTH ISLAND OF New Zealand 1900

Public Works Map SHOWING THE RAILWAYS SOUTH ISLAND OF New Zealand 1900

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APPENDIX F.

MIDLAND EAILWAY.

REPORT OF ENGINEERS ON ADHESION LINES OBTAINABLE OVER ARTHUR'S PASS. Mbmobandum for Hon. Ministbb for Public Wobks. We have now the honour to report as under on the question you have referred to us—namely, the possibility of obtaining an adhesion line of railway from the Otira Station to the Bealey Valley, in place of the Fell line, already approved. As one of the conditions for concessions made to the Midland Eailway Company, all the grades, except one on the constructed line, are now 1 in 60, instead of lin 50, as originally proposed. The l-in-60 grades are all in comparatively short sections, and the curvature is good; there is only one 10-chain curve on the l-in-60 grade and a few 15-chain curves. There is one short length of l-in-56-6 grade with a 20-chain curve, near Stillwater. This was to have been flattened by the company, but was not; it can, however, be done at any time at a small cost. When this and some other minor and inexpensive improvements in alignment are made, the resistance to eastward haulage should not be worse than 1 in 57-J on the straight, after making allowance for the curvature resistance on the l-in-60 grades. It will therefore be assumed as a basis of this report that the virtual ruling gradient, Stillwater to Otira and Bealey to Springfield, will be 1 in 57-J, equivalent to the actual ruling gradient, plus curvature resistance. It is necessary to assume that a certain volume of traffic will be taken over the line every year in order to compare the relative merits of the many possible alternative lines. For the purposes of this report the volume of eastward traffic is taken at 150,000 tons, and 50,000 tons westward, as it was in the former discussions on the Lake Brunner deviation and on the Abt versus the l-in-50 adhesion line. The annual cost of working of each of the lines considered has been deduced from the above eastward volume of traffic, the engines being supposed to be fully loaded up the l-in-60 grades, and the number of trains westward in a year being taken to be the same as the number east, though the engines will not be fully loaded on the l-in-50 westward grades. The nature of the expected traffic is such that it may reasonably be taken that the engines, as a rule, will be very fully loaded going east. If the above volume of eastward traffic is assumed to be carried in partially loaded trains, the lines with the greater length will compare less favourably than they do with the shortest line in the table given below. The question resolves itself into finding the best gradient to adopt between Otira and Bealey, so as to get the safest line at a reasonable cost, taking fully into account the probable traffic and the nature of the country through which the line must pass, and at the same time get a line of such a character that the combined annual cost for working-expenses and interest on cost of construction shall be the least possible. To reduce the working-expenses of the Otira-Bealey section to a minimum it is necessary to get a line of minimum length and curvature over which the full train-loads that the heaviest New Zealand locomotives can take up the l-in-60 grades can be hauled either (a) by these locomotives alone, or (b) by special locomotives of a more powerful class, or (c) by the single heavy locomotives aided by a single assistant engine to each train. The alternative (a) would require a continuous l-in-60 grade, with curves no worse than on the existing l-in-60 grades, or equivalent grades on the straight. The great first cost and the high working-expenses of such a line, as given in the attached table, shows that it is not advisable to adopt a l-in-60 grade. The alternative (6) could only be considered for grades nearly lin 60, and fails for similar reasons as (a) ; and it only remains to consider fully the possibilities of alternative (c). Two ordinary locomotives of equal tractive-power, under equal conditions as to adhesion, will take the same load up a grade of 1 in 31 (about) on the straight which one alone could haul up a l-in-60 grade with, say, 30-chain curves ; and if specially heavy and powerful assistant engines were used somewhat steeper grades than lin 31 could, theoretically, be adopted. If sufficient saving in first cost and in working-expenses, due to length, &c, can be obtained by adopting a grade steeper than 1 in 60, to pay for the cost of working an assistant engine on each train, then the use of steep grades with assistant-engines becomes justifiable. A very full examination of a number of possible routes shows that by adopting steep grades, up to 1 in 37, through a tunnel, the shortest route between Otira and Bealey is obtained. The annual saving would be much more than the cost of the assistant-engine power required to work the steep grade, and the margin of saving is sufficiently great to justify the adoption of a steeper grade than lin 60. The steeper the grade, the heavier will the assistant engines require to be; but the increase in cost of working for the heavier engines can be but small, while the saving in length, due to the steeper grade, reduces the working-expenses and the interest on first cost so rapidly that it appears to be the best course to adopt the steepest grade the assistant engine can work. As, however, most of the steep-grade line would be in tunnel, in which, owing to condensation of steam, or moisture on the rails, or other causes, the adhesion may at times not be so good as on the line in the open, it is not advisable to adopt quite so steep a grade as the theoretical limit of 1 in 31 given above.

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Assuming that no portion of the line now finished up to Otira Station, at Goat Greek, will be abandoned, the alternatives to the Fell line are : (a) to construct a switchback line from a point a short distance above Otira Station to meet the l-in-50 line surveyed in 1883, then to follow this line to the Bealey; (b) to cross the Otira below Goat Creek, and locate a line on any grade deemed best (say, 1 in 40 to 1 in 50) by doubling about on the slopes of the Otira and Eolleston Valleys until a sufficient height has been attained to enable the dividing range to be pierced by a tunnel of any desired length, or without a tunnel at all; or (c) to run a line by the shortest route from Otira Station to a point on the left bank of the Bealey Eiver near the 3-mile peg of the present working survey, and pierce the range by a tunnel about 6-J miles long. By abandoning a portion of the constructed line down to near Kelly's Creek several other schemes for an adhesion line could be formulated. (a.) The first line would be about miles long, between 6 m. 67 eh., Otira, and the 3-mile peg in the Bealey Valley. The probable cost would be, say, £550,000. As it would be located on some of the worst slopes in the Otira and Eolleston Valleys, and would be more costly to work than the l-in-50 line given in the table attached, it is not necessary to discuss its merits at any length. (b.) It would be possible to get a line with any grade between 1 in 40 and 1 in 60 by crossing the Otira below the junction of Goat Creek and laying out suitable lengths of grades on the hillsides. The chief characteristics of several lines with grades of lin 40, of a line with lin 44, one with l-in-50 grade, and one with l-in-60 grade are given in the attached table, from which it would appear that the best line of the group would be the l-hr-40 line with the shortest length of about 8-6 miles. On all these lines, except the l-in-40 grade, B'6 miles long, the maintenance would be considerable, on account of the length of line that must be located on, very steep hillsides ; also there would be some risk of injury to trains from loose rocks being set in motion on the steep slopes during frosts and the other severe weather conditions which obtain at Arthur's Pass, and there would be some difficulty experienced in constructing simultaneously sections of railway one above another in such steep country. On all these lines, except the short lin 40, there would be an excessive amount of curvature, as compared with the alternative (c), which curvature would cost a considerable yearly sum for wear and tear. The cost of construction might be slightly reduced in each case by the use of switchbacks, to the use of which, when there is an engine at each end of the train, there are no serious objections. (c.) The third alternative is to run the shortest possible line on a uniform grade on the straights between the 6m. 67 eh., Otira, to a point on the left bank of the Bealey about 7ch. above the 3-mile peg. The grade so obtainable would be about lin37or 1 in 37f on the straights, with proportionally flatter grades on the few curves required. The line would cross the Otira below Goat Creek, its length would be, approximately, 8-3 miles, and the tunnel would be about 6m. 10 eh. long. The cost of construction would be about £500,000 if a tunnel of the standard section of New Zealand railways were used, which would be sufficiently large if electric locomotives were employed to work the Otira-Bealey section; but £545,000 if the tunnel were made, say, 2 ft. higher and 2 ft. wider, to allow for better ventilation if steam locomotives, burning either coal or liquid fuel, were employed. The maintenance on this line should be much less than on any of the lines on the hillsides, the two miles of its length in the open being located on the most favourable part of the Otira Valley. It is also by far the safest working line that could be constructed over the pass. As it therefore appears that the best alternatives for an adhesion line necessitate the construction of a long tunnel, it is necessary to discuss somewhat fully the possibility of the quick construction of a long tunnel at Arthur's Pass, and the possibility of its being successfully worked when completed. For quick construction it would be imperative to employ rock-drills, worked either by electricity or compressed air; also to use electric or compressed-air locomotives for haulage of the excavated and lining materials, and to provide a sufficient pumping-plant to enable the tunnel to be driven down grade from the Bealey end. The pumps would be set at suitable intervals in the tunnel, and be driven by electricity or compressed air. It would be necessary to supply effective artificial ventilation. To provide the necessary plant, boilers, engines, electric or compressed-air machinery, drills, pumps, tools, ventilating-fans and tubes, water-services, electric conductors, &c, offices, quarters for staff and workmen, workshops, locomotives, wagons, sheds, &c, a sum of, say, £56,000 would be required for the longest tunnel, and a somewhat, but not much, smaller sum for the shorter tunnels. The shorter tunnels would, however, involve extra cost for service approach roads, and plant for the haulage of materials. This estimate is on the assumption that steampower would be used; and, if this were so, the power-station would be located at Dyer's, and the necessary power transmitted to the Bealey end by high-tension electricity, if the line could be finished to that point in time, so as to enable coal to be run right up to the power-house; if not, the power-station would have to be located at Otira Station below Goat Creek, and the power would be transmitted to both ends of the tunnel by high-tension electricity, and this probably implies the use of electricity for the transmission of power to the various working-stations in the tunnel. To insure that work would be carried on continuously throughout the year it would be necessary to use steam to generate the electric-power. As the flow of water in the Otira practically fails in times of frost, and as also the works for supply would be liable to be carried away or be damaged during floods, it is not at all certain that work at the Otira end of a tunnel could be carried on continuously by water-power. More water appears to be available in the Bealey watershed, but as much more power would be required at the Bealey end it is also uncertain whether works at that end could be carried on continuously by water-power. Had a sufficient supply of water been available it would probably be found that compressed air would be preferable to electricity for

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working the plant. The initial outlay for water-power would perhaps be greater than for a steam plant, but the cost of working would be cheaper. The longest of the tunnels required to pierce the pass with a workable grade could be constructed in about five years, and the shorter tunnels in a proportionally less time, and in the case of the latter of a length of 3J miles or less the work could be expedited by the use of shafts. This would, however, increase the cost of the tunnel, owing to the extra handling of the material, the cost of the shafts, and the cost of the special hoisting-plant, &c, required. Under unfavourable conditions there may be serious difficulties in working any of the proposed long tunnels, except the 2J-mile one, as all of them would bo on the maximum grade for their whole length; and at all times there would be more or less discomfort to the train crew and passengers. With a high wind blowing west to east it is possible that an up-grade current of air would be induced in the tunnel sufficiently strong to carry all the smoke and steam along with the train, and render the train crew unfit for work. Serious accidents have resulted from such a cause in tunnels on the same grades, but of much shorter length than will be necessary at Arthur's Pass. In order to abate the smoke nuisance and minimise the risk of accident therefrom, it would be necessary to employ an effective system of artificial ventilation, or burn liquid fuel in the locomotives, or perhaps to combine both methods; but all difficulties of this nature could be avoided by the adoption of electric traction on the Otira-Bealey section. The system of artificial ventilation that would likely be most suitable is that of Saccardo, now employed on the Italian railways and on the St. Gothard tunnel through the Alps, and which in all cases appears to give great satisfaction. On this system air is injected into the upper end of the tunnel through an annular opening, in sufficient quantities and under such a pressure as to induce a powerful down-grade current under all conditions when the train is travelling up grade in the tunnel. The drivers and stokers are always in a current of pure air and kept fit for duty, thus insuring the arrival of the train at the upper end of the tunnel. The tunnels on the l-in-37, l-in-40, and l-in-44 grades could be worked by the Saccardo system of ventilation, but there is no doubt passengers would sometimes be inconvenienced by the smoke, as at a speed of, say, ten miles an hour the train would be from twenty to thirty-seven minutes in the tunnel. Purely passenger trains could be run at higher speeds, but the passenger traffic is not likely to justify the running of passenger trains. The installation of the system would cost about £10,000, but this sum might be reduced by the use of some of the construction plant for ventilation ; the cost of working would also be considerable. To give the system every chance of success, it will be prudent to make the tunnel of a larger section than the standard New Zealand section ; this will increase the cost considerably. Ventilation of a long tunnel is also necessary to enable the surfacemen to carry on their work. A cheap and easy way of minimising the smoke nuisance in tunnels is to use liquid fuel on the locomotives when passing through the tunnels. This has been done with great success in the case of the Arlberg tunnel through the Alps, in which there is a l-in-66 grade, four miles long. Liquid fuel has also been used with success in Circassian tunnels, one of which, the Suram, is two miles and a half long, with l-in-55 grade ; and in Peru, on the Oroya line, a tunnel three-quarters of a mile long, on a l-in-27 grade, is now worked satisfactorily with liquid fuel, while it was only worked with great difficulty when coal was used. One pound of liquid fuel such as is used in locomotives is said to be equal to 1-JTb., or even 21b., of best coal, and the cost of working the locomotives with it is less than with coal in the case of the Arlberg tunnel; but this will depend on the relative prices of coal and oil at the place where it has to be used. As liquid fuel is not yet a natural product of New Zealand, the question of supply has to be considered carefully before deciding on adopting any scheme necessitating its use. There is also the possibility of the supply being cut off in war time; but in that case the liquid by-products of gasworks would form an excellent substitute. With liquid fuel much more perfect combustion is obtainable than with coal, and the result is much less pollution of the air in a tunnel. Locomotives can be fitted with injectors, oil-tanks, &c, to enable them to use oil when required, at a small cost —say, £60 to £70 each—and an experiment on one of the New Zealand steep-grade lines would be valuable. To work the Otira-Bealey section with liquid fuel it would be necessary to provide storage-tanks at suitable places, and some special tank trucks would be required. Suitable oil is, or was, obtainable in England for £2 per ton, and if supplies could be obtained, say, from the Borneo oilfields at about this rate it seems as if liquid fuel could be used with advantage in working any tunnel that might be constructed at Arthur's Pass. It is probable that with liquid fuel the wasting of the rails in a tunnel would be much less than if coal were used, as the percentage of sulphur in the coal likely to be used on the Midland Eailway would cause excessive wasting, as is found to be the case in most tunnels. If liquid fuel was used in combination with good artificial ventilation there is every reason to expect that a long tunnel could be worked with little or no difficulty, and the expense of the combined installation would not likely be great—say, £15,000. The most perfect method of traction for the long tunnel on the l-in-37 grade would, there is no doubt, be found to be electric traction. The Commission that reported finally on the Simplon tunnel scheme before the construction commenced recommended the use of electric locomotives for working the tunnel, which is 12 miles long. On the Baltimore-Ohio Eailway electric locomotives 86 tons weight are in use. Passenger trains 500 tons in weight are drawn through a tunnel about one mile and a quarter long, at a speed of fifty to sixty miles per hour, and goods trains weighing as much as 1,600 tons are hauled at speeds up to twelve miles per hour; the grade is lin 125. A much less powerful locomotive than is required to work the Baltimore tunnel would be sufficient for the Arthur's Pass tunnel, and could easily be made, allowing for the lesser width of gauge, to take up the full train-loads of heavy locomotives on the l-in-60 grades at speeds from, say, ten to twelve miles an hour. A smaller section of tunnel could safely be adopted for electric traction, but the cost of the electric locomotives, power-station, and conductors would be

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heavy—say, £60,000—even if some of the plant and buildings used in construction were utilised afterwards for working. It would probably be necessary to use steam - power for the generation of electricity to minimise the risk of stoppage of traffic due to break downs. It does not appear, from the information at present available, that any single stream in the Otira or Bealey watersheds would supply water enough to drive an electric-traction plant if the plant is located in the watershed of supply, as a sufficient pressure is not thus obtainable, unless it were possible to store large quantities of water in a suitable reservoir. There would be serious risk of failure of the water-supply at certain seasons, and the cost of collecting water from several streams and the risk of damage to the works would be great. The only scheme that is likely to give a safe water-supply, and one bat little liable to damage by floods, &c, is to construct a suitable reservoir in the Bealey Valley, near the 3-mile peg, and take the water through the tunnel in a steel pipe to a power-station near Dyer's. A head of about 900 ft. would be obtained. The drainage area available for supply would be about thirteen square miles, which should be enough to insure a supply under all conditions, with properly designed works. Water-power would reduce the cost of working very materially, and, besides, possess the very important advantage of enabling the electric plant to be used at any time it might be wanted. With a steam plant, on the other hand, there would be considerable loss in keeping up steam between trains and in getting up steam at odd times, as with only two or three trains a day each way the plant would not be fully employed, and it would not likely be possible to work all the trains closely one after another each day. Electric traction would introduce more or less of a break, though not a serious one, in the system of working; but it would not interfere with the transfer of locomotives from Canterbury to Westland, or vice versa, in the way that the Fell system would do. The rail wastage in the long tunnel would be much less than if coal-burning locomotives were employed. If it were decided to employ electricity for traction, then the buildings and electric plant required for construction could be made use of for working the line afterwards if suitably designed in the first instance. A permanent power-station would be located at Dyer's. The electric plant could be designed to take full trains through without the steam locomotive, or, if it was deemed advisable, it could be designed to take the whole trains with the steam locomotives ready to continue the through journey from the Bealey Station. About £10,000 extra would provide the more powerful plant required for taking the locomotives with the trains. The numerous tunnels required on the Fell line up the Otira Gorge, even when broken up into shorter lengths, as we formerly recommended, would still, in some cases, be of sufficient length to cause trouble, owing to the large quantities of smoke and steam emitted by the Fell engines. Liquid fuel, if used, should give considerable relief if it is the success it is alleged to be in numerous other cases. If, however, ventilation had to be provided for the worst tunnels on the Fell line, it would compare less favourably with the l-in-37 line than we have stated in the table attached. It would be justifiable to spend £675,000 on the l-in-37 line to avoid the Fell line. The time taken by a Fell service over the pass would be at least one hour longer between the Otira and the Bealey Stations than the time required on the l-in-37 line. After a very full consideration of the merits of the various alternative routes, we beg to recommend the adoption of the shortest route between the Otira and Bealey, B'3 miles long, with l-in-37 grade, approximately; that the tunnel be about 2ft. higher and 2ft. wider in section than the standard tunnel on New Zealand Eailways, and that an efficient system of artificial ventilation be provided. If, however, it is desired to avoid any chance whatever of discomfort to passengers and those employed in working the traffic, then electric traction can be adopted for the same line with a smaller section of tunnel. The probable cost of the scheme would likely be very little greater than that of the one recommended, and the difference may be neglected in arriving at a decision. There is no doubt but that electric traction would give the greatest satisfaction to the travelling public. If the above recommendation is adopted, then a survey of the line should be at once made; and the construction of the section up to the Otira end of the tunnel completed as quickly as can be, in order that all the plant and materials required in the construction of the tunnel could be railed up to the tunnel-mouth at as early a date as possible after work on the tunnel is begun. Should it be desired to compare more closely the l-in-37-grade line with any of the other lines given in the attached table with l-in-40 or l-in-44 grades, then a survey of the line selected ' for comparison would be required to enable quantities to be computed and a more reliable comparison made. We do not think, however, that the results would be such as to cause us to modify in any way the recommendation given. The accompanying plan shows by a black dotted line the probable location of the l-in-44---grade line, and by a full black line the approximate location of the l-in-37-grade line. As about £100,000 has been saved by the construction of the line up the bottom of the valley to Goat Creek, the cost of the line completed to the Bealey, on the location recommended above, will not be any greater than the estimated cost of the original line on the l-in-50 grade surveyed in 1883, while much treacherous country will be avoided. William H. Hales, C. Naf-ieb Bell., M.lnst.C.E., Wellington, New Zealand, John Coom, M.lnst.C.E., 27th August, 1900. P. S. Hay, M.A., M.lnst.C.E.

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MIDLAND RAILWAY. Table of Characteristic Points of the various Alternative Lines over Arthur's Pass.

APPENDIX G.

PEOPOSALS MADE BY WELLINGTON AND MANAWATU EAILWAY COMPANY FOE THE SALE OF THEIE EAILWAY TO THE GOVEENMENT. Mr. Olivee Wetheeed to the Eight Hon. the Peemiee. Deae Sib— 30 and 31, St. Swithin's Lane, London, E.C., 27th July, 1900. Wellington and Manawatu Bailway. —l will be as brief as possible, well knowing how many calls you have on your time. After leaving Wellington, the day after you honoured me with an interview, I went through the dredging districts of Otago, and I am astounded at the results already obtained, and the future for the industry. Beyond doubt New Zealand is easily first in this branch of mining. I have since been to West Australia, and I returned to England a few weeks since. I now write, as you were good enough to say I might, in reference to our conversation about the above railway. After carefully studying the whole position I feel very confident that a scheme on the lines we discussed —viz., a return of capital plus compound interest at an agreed rate, and payment over a period of years —would be acceptable to my fellow-shareholders. If you still hold the same views, and are prepared to go further into the question, I now write more precisely. To facilitate reference let me first give a copy of the last balance-sheet of the Wellington and Manawatu Eailway Company, varying the bald words to make their meaning more clear, but leaving the figures intact. Assets. Eailway : Shows the audited amount of cost of the line after £ s, a. an ample sum has been deducted for repairs, renewals, and depreciation to insure the sum not being lessened when it comes before arbitrators under the agreement with the New Zealand Government, subject to the provisions of the Eailway Construction Act of 1881 ... 762,751 9 4 Freehold Land : Eepresents allocated and purchased land not yet sold, but of the full value here stated ... ... 59,314 14 6 Balance due by land-purchasers—in land bought and partly paid for, such balance being soundly secured ... ... 51,123 19 10 Deposits and accrued interest is for money safely secured ... 20,452 17 6 Sundry Debtors :Is good debts owing to the company ... 3,607 7 8 Eailway stores ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,611 9 9 Cash Balances: Is money in hand as stated, which, added to the above £20,452 17s. 6d., makes £61,849 7s. Id. This, under the proposals I am about to make, would pass to the Government ... ... ... ... ... £41,396 9 7 £941,258 8 2

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Grade. L ength Otira Station to 3 m. Och. Bealey. Summitlevel, Number Length of Trains Summit each Tunnel, way in a Year. Trainmiles. Cost of Working Otira to Bealey. Cost of Construction, including special Plant and Ventilation. Interest on Cost of Construction at 4 per Cent. per Annum. Total Annual Cost. Miles. 7-15 2-75 Feet. M. • ch. £ £ £ £ i ■ ik (Fell lml5 j Adhesion .. I 3,000 ) 2,134 (30,516 ( 5,870 116,300 380,000 15,200 31,500 9-90 1 in 37 (steam) 8'3 2,395 6 10 700 11,620 4,420 f I 555,000 560,000* 22,200 22,400* 26,420 26,620* 27,100 1 in 37 (electric traction) 8-3 2,395 6 10 700 11,620 4,700 560,000 22,400 1 in 40 86 2,405 5 60 700 12,040 4,560 570,000 22,800 27,360 1 in 40 11-4 2,516 3 32 700 15,960 6,230 565,000 22,600 28,830 1 in 40 12'7 2,625 3 0 700 17,780 6,790 570,000 22,800 29,590 32,050 1 in 40 14-8 2,730 2 25 700 20,720 7,250 620,000 24,800 1 in 40 16-5 3,000 700 23,100 8,980 550,000 22,000 30,980 1 in 44 12-3 2,516 3 32 700 17,220 6,490 580,000 23,200 29,690 1 in 50 13-3 2,530 3 16 700 18,620 6,800 610,000 24,400 31,200 1 in 60 2,395 5 30 5,600 13-5 700 18,900 720,000 28,800 34,400 * Liquid fuel.

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Liabilities. £ s. a. Capital: Is the amount paid by shareholders £170,000 0 0 Debentures, due in June, 1908 : These will have to run out, as they are payable to bearer, but the New Zealand Government, if it thinks fit, will from time to time be able to buy with advantage on the market ... ... ... 680,000 0 0 Sundry Creditors : Are debts due by the company. The amount is very small, owing to the company being financially strong... 3,834 7 2 Debenture Interest: Is due to debentureholders, and was paid on due day ... 8,500 0 0 Balances available for Dividends: This sum could have been divided among shareholders, but in order to keep the company prepared for any contingencies which may arise, it has, as a matter of prudence, been kept in reserve ... ... ... £27,634 0 5 Not available for Dividends : Is also a reserve. It adds to the abundant security held by debenture-holders. The two sums— £27,634 os. sd. with this £51,290 os. 7d. —amount to £78,924 Is., and represent what belongs to shareholders after paying all liabilities, apart from the increment derivable from the unsold land ... £51,290 0 7 £941,258 8 2 Balances as above ... ... ... ... ...£78,924 1 0 In addition to which, should the line be taken over in accordance with the agreement, there would be 10 per cent, beyond valuation, say ... ... .. ... ... £81,206 0 0 And land and works handed over when the contract was signed ... ... ... ... ... ... £42,116 0 0 £202,246 1 0 The company is practically trustee for the Government, who have a right to take over the line by giving twelve months' notice and paying whatever may be awarded by arbitrators. lam aware this would be subject to the power of purchase under the Eailways Construction Act of 1881. You may not, however, know that some large sums for keeping the line in efficient condition, free from depreciation, have been applied for that purpose in anticipation of the line being taken over, the particulars .of which can no doubt be obtained from the directors. The dividends and reserves were as follows :— February, 1892 ... ... Dividend, 3J per cent., £5,950. Eeserves, £4,055 1893 ... ... „ 5 „ 8,500. „ 3,500 1894 ... ... „ 5 „ 8,500. „ 7,000 1895 ... ... „ 6 „ 10,200. „ 6,553 1896 ... ... „ 6 „ 10,200. „ 7,169 1897 „ 6 „ 10,200. „ 8,443 1898 ... ... „ 5 „ 8,500. „ 9,000 1899 ... ... „ 5 „ 8,500. „ 4,788 1900 ... 5 „ 8,500. „ 6,342 £79,050 £56,850 I was doubtful about giving the amount of reserves, and have therefore thrown it on directors. If, as a compromise, the terms were 6 per cent, compound from the commencement in 1883 to 1892, during which time no dividend was paid, it would still further simplify matters and come to nearly the same thing, as we received 5 per cent, in five years and 6 per cent, in four years from that date. In the light of the best information I can obtain, I do not think it at all likely the award would be less than the amount stated in the balance-sheet, plus 10 per cent. My present object is not to go into debatable details more than can be avoided, but to follow up the purport and the spirit of my interview with you to which I have alluded. With this in view i have consulted with some of the largest shareholders in this country, and after considerable difficulty induced them to fall in with the idea we discussed in Wellington. That is to say,— The Government taking over the railway, land unsold, mortgages secured on land already sold but not entirely paid for, book-debts, cash—in short, the entire undertaking—and assuming all the liabilities as shown in the last balance-sheet and down to date, in exchange for £170,000 paid by shareholders, with 6 per cent, compound interest thereon from the commencement up to date of settlement of purchase, after deducting all dividends received with 6 per cent, compound interest.

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I do not know what this would amount to, but trust the simplicity and the moderation will commend itself to your favourable consideration when you remember the risk the company ran, especially in the early stages ; the honourable and complete way in which they have carried out every feature of their contract and agreement; the vast benefit it has been to the colony ; and also the further benefit and economy that would be derived by combining the management under Government control. Experts here, from the facts placed before them, think this would amount to £17,000 per year, while the facilities gained by the travelling public and freighters would really be a still further yearly money gain ; and, in addition to this, the large outlay which I hear it is contemplated to expend in improving another route to oppose this line would be rendered unnecessary. lam sure all these desirable advantages are patent to you. All can be acquired by letting those who hazarded their money on the good faith of the New Zealand Government on the favourable terms named. I think it is right for me to say that the shareholders I have come in contact with are fully alive to the value of their property, and believe that in the long-run they would, by holding on, get more than the 6 per cent., and are making a very large concession in allowing me to name the terms I have ; but for you granting me the interview, and what then passed, I could not have persuaded them to entertain the idea. I wish to add that I am writing without the knowledge or the prompting of the directors or any one of them, but it is only respectful to forward this letter through them. They may disapprove of the whole, or parts, but it may have the effect of bringing about a conference, and a solution of what all admit is an undesirable position. I have not failed to convey to those of my fellow-shareholders whom I have met your assurance that no injustice should be done to us : you will remember that you authorised me to repeat what you said to me. I am, &c, The Right Hon. R. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand. Olivee Wetheeed.

The Chaieman, Wellington and Manawatu Eailway Company to the Eight Hon. the Peemier. Sib,— Wellington, 17th September, 1900. Since I had the honour to hand you Mr. O. Wethered's open letter of 27th July, 1900, the Directors of the Wellington and Manawatu Eailway Company have given most careful consideration to his announcement of the terms on which some of the largest English shareholders are prepared to dispose of their interest in the assets of the company to the Government. As a result of our deliberations, I am now authorised to inform you that (subject to confirmation by shareholders) the Board of Directors are prepared to sell to the Government the whole of the assets of the Wellington and Manawatu Eailway Company for a sum equal to the paid-up capital of the company (£170,000), with compound interest thereon at the rate of 6 per centum per annum, calculated from the various dates when the calls forming the capital of the company were paid to the present time and hereafter to the completion of the purchase. When estimating the amount of the purchase-money, full allowance to be made for all dividends paid to shareholders, with compound interest thereon at a similar rate. The Government to assume the responsibility of payment in London, at the due date, of the debentures (£680,000) issued by the company, with the interest thereon, and all other liabilities and engagements as they become due. I am also authorised to request that, in the event of the Government making a purchase of the assets of this company, employment be provided in the public service for our staff and welltrained employes in positions similar to those they now hold. The liabilities of the company were all shown in the balance-sheet of 28th February, 1900. Since that date the items of " Sundry creditors, £3,834," and " Debenture interest accrued, £8,500," have been discharged, but others of a similar character have matured. From the assets as stated in that balance-sheet a dividend of 5 per cent. (£8,500) has been paid to shareholders, but a sum in excess of that amount has been received as profits during the year. In submitting this offer for acceptance by the Government, I purposely abstain from advancing any argument to commend the Wellington and Manawatu Eailway as the most valuable and profitable section of railway in New Zealand. The joint report of Mr. Hales, Engineer-in-Chief, Mr. John Coom, Chief Engineer for New Zealand Working Eailways, and Mr. C. Napier Bell—all leading men in their profession here—lately laid before Parliament, classes the permanent-way, buildings, and rolling-stock as being sound, durable, and fully efficient; and, what is more noticeable, hardly suggests an improvement. The Wellington and Manawatu Eailway was constructed by contract, under most efficient engineering supervision, and at a time when the cost of all classes of labour were fully 20 per cent, less than the rates now prevailing. The completion and equipment of the railway has cost the company a very much larger sum than £762,751, the amount in which it appears as an asset in the balance-sheet above quoted. To place before you in as succinct a form as possible the capital account of the company, I enclose a statement showing,— £ Eeceipts ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1,116,434 Expenditure on railway, inclusive of land purchases ... ... 950,262 Value of freehold lands unsold, mortgages, cash, and other assets ... 166,172 £1,116,434

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In 1889 £132,408 was applied from endowments to writing down the cost of the line, and since that time a sum of £55,102 has been devoted from profits to a similar purpose. These very large amounts are far more than sufficient to make provision for all depreciation and financial expenditure incurred in floating the debentures in London. Since the issue of the last year's balance-sheet the financial position of the company has been improved by some judicious sales of land. If, in the information now submitted, I have not made clear the value of the assets of the company and the cost of the railway, I shall be very pleased to attend you whenever your engagements permit. I have, &c, The Eight Hon. the Premier, Wellington. Thos. G. Macaethy, Chairman.

[Enclosuee.] Wellington and Manawatu Eailway Company (Limited). Capital received. As Invested 28th February, 1900. £ s. a. £ s. a. To Debentures .. .. .. 680,000 0 0 By Eailway—Total expenaiture to 28th Shares .. .. .. .. 170,000 0 0 February, 1889, inoluding prelimiConstructea railway, receivea from nary expenses, aebenture charges, Government .. .. .. 51,838 5 1 interest, &c. .. .. .. 871,180 6 6 Lana receivea from Government .. 96,570 0 0 Additions to railway to 28th FebProfits to 28th February, 1889 .. 1,394 5 5 ruary, 1900 .. .. .. 79,08119 10 Profits since 28th Feb- Freehold lands (Government valuaruary, 1889, on rail- tion, £63,373) .. .. .. 59,314 14 6 way ana lana reve- Balances aue by lana-purchasers .. 51,123 19 10 nue, less diviaends £ s. a. Gash on aeposit, in paia .. .. 81,342 611 bank, ana in hana.. 61,849 7 1 Profits on lana since Less amounts aue to 28th February, 1889 35,290 0 7 sunary oreaitors .. 12,334 7 2 Total profits since 28th : 49,514 19 11 February, 1889, less Railway stores .. .. .. 2,611 9 9 aiviaenas paia, but Sundry aebtors .. .. .. 3,607 7 8 inoluaing amounts written off railway account (£53,708 6s. 63) .. .. 116,632 7 6 £1,116,434 18 0 £1,116,434 18 0 £ Railway Capital Account reauced by £187,510 17s. — Dividends paid to shareholders prior to 28th £ s. d. February, 1900 .. .. .. ..80,750 From profits.. .. .. 55,102 1111 Diviaenas since (this year) .. .. 8,500 From endowents .. .. 132,408 5 1 Total aiviaends to shareholders ..£89,250 £187,510 17 0 Thos. G. Macaethy, Chairman. Wm. C. Stephens, Book-keeper. sth September, 1900. W. M. Hannay, General Manager.

By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9oo.

Makohine Viaduct —North Main Pier. Height of Steelwork, 168ft.

North Island Trunk Railway, Waititi Viaduct: Four spans of 106ft.; rail level to bed of creek, 118ft.

Midland Railway, Mount Torlesse Section, Staircase Gully: View looking up gulley from bridge-site.

Midland Railway, Mount Torlesse Section: 60ft. cutting, and spoil-bank at 9 miles 66 chains.

Midland Railway, Bridge over Arnold River: Six spans of 66ft.; total length of cylinders, 45ft.

Midland Railway, Bridge over Little Grey River: Ten spans of 66ft., and three of 11ft.; total length of cylinders, 33ft.

Greymouth-Hokitika Railway, Bridge over Taramakau River: Six spans of 121ft.; rail level to bed of river,53ft.

Greymouth-Brunner Railway, Grey Gorge Suspension-bridge: Span, 300ft.; rail level to bed of river, about 80ft.

Cobden Bridge over Grey River during Flood: Six spans of 109ft.; road level to river-bed, 43ft.

Rakaia Gorge Bridges.—Over main stream: One span of 180ft.; road level to river-bed, 70ft. Over flood-channel: One span of 132ft., one of 22ft., and two of 20ft.

Road-bridge over Buller River at Lyell: One span of 168ft., one of 108ft., one of 40ft., and one of 20ft.; road level to river-bed, 100ft.

Mokihinui Gorge Road Bridge: One span of 144ft., and one of 84ft.

Mokihinui Gorge: Chair crossing before erection of bridge.

Christchurch—Hokitika Road, Bridge over Taipo River: Four spans of 110ft., and one of 30ft.

Masterton Post-office: Erected 1900.

South Wellington Post-office: Erected 1900.