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PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. BY THE HON. RODERICK McKENZIE, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. 15th NOVEMBER, 1910.
Mr. Speaker,— The year 1909-10, the operations of which I have to describe, if not quite the busiest in the annals of the Department, was nevertheless a very busy year. There have been only four occasions during the last thirty years on which the annual expenditure of the Department has exceeded two millions sterling, and last year was one of them. The present year promises to be even a busier one, as I am in the fortunate position of being able to propose larger votes than last year for all the works ordinarily undertaken by the Department —railways, roads, buildings, telegraphs, &c. — and, in addition, to submit proposals for carrying out practical work in the way of developing some of our extensive water-powers, and also for the construction of important irrrigation works, and I have to bespeak for my various propositions the careful and sympathetic consideration of honourable members. TOTAL EXPENDITURE. The total expenditure on all works and services borne upon the publicworks estimates last year amounted to .£2,218,975, or, if we exclude special accounts having their own ways and means, and take into consideration only actual charges against the Public Works Fund, the total amounted to £ 1,993,171, which, with the exception of the previous year, is the largest expenditure on such works for many years past. The following table shows, as regards each class of work, (a) the total expenditure since the inauguration of the public-works policy to the 31st December, 1890; (b) the similar expenditure between the Ist January, 1891, and the 31st March, 1910; (c) the gross total expenditure to the 81st March, 1910 ; and (d) the expenditure for the late financial year : —
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Expenditure. D Class of Work. A B c Total to 1st Januurv, Total to • list December, 1891, to 31st 31st March, 1890. t March, 1910, ! 1910. Year ended 91st March, 1910. i £ 786,952 468,518t 338,762 277,157 17,003 30,567 16,682 Railways— & £ & New construction ... ... ... 11,975,098 7,791,818 19,766,916 Additions to open lines ... ... 2,092,002 1 6,271,830 8,363,832* Roads ... ... ... 3,575,804 5,093,974 8,669,778 Public buildings .. 1,776,003 2,591,272 4,367,275 Immigration ... ... ... 2,144,386 74,405 2,218,791 Purchase of Native lands ... ... 1,191,137 877,277 2,068,414 Lighthouses, harbour-works, and harbour 880,095 180,324 1,060,419 defences Tourist and health resorts ... ... ... 197,361 197,361 Telegraph-extension... ... ... ! 600,849 1,165,342 1,766,191 Development of goldfields ... ... 561,101 276,012 837,113 Defence-works (general) ... ... 429,720 474,191 903,911 Departmental 349,789 284,284 j 634,073 Payment to Midland Railway bondholders ... 150,000; 150,000 Lands improvement ... ... ... 51,027 51,027 Minor works and services ... ... 300,689 20,266! 320,955 Cost and discount, raising loans, &c. ... 1,021,472 220,460 1,241,932 14,508 123,422 17,597 4,977 41,176 "6,910 5,715 Totals ... ... ... 26,898,145 25,719,843 | 52,617,988 2,149,946 * Including Wellington-Manawatu Railway purchase. Expenditure in connection with new Hutl not included. \ Excluding expenditure on new Hutt Road. ,t Road (£67,244)
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WAYS AND MEANS. At the 31st March, 1909, the available ways and means tor public-works purposes were . . ... ... ... ... £383,709 and further funds were received as under:— Balance of £1,250,000 raised under the Loan Act of 1908 ... 50,000 Amount received under similar Act of 1909 ... ... 900,000 Amount received under the Finance Act, 1909 ... ... 1,000,000 Amount received under the New Zealand Loans Act, 1908 ... 12,000 Miscellaneous receipts ... ... ... ... 2,833 Making a gross total 0f... ... ... £2,348,542 The ordinary expenditure of the year amounted to £1,993,171 ; debentures redeemed, £300; transfer to State Coal-mines Account in respect of the Greymonth - Point Elizabeth Railway, £24,990; other charges, £17,715: thus bringing the total disbursements up to £2,036,176, and leaving a credit balance at the end of the year of £312,366. For the current year it is proposed to provide additional funds as under: — £ Balance of 1909 loans ... ... ... ... 350,000 Under the Public Works and Land Settlement Act, 1910 ... 1,750,000 Under the Aid to Water-power Works Act, 1910 ... ... 500,000 Transfer from Consolidated Fund ... ... ... 800,000 Special provision for irrigation works (section 19, Appropriation Act, 1909) ... ... ... ... ... 100,000 The above, with the balance brought forward, gives a gross total of £3,81*2,866. The estimated expenditure for public works for the current year (excluding separate accounts having their own ways and means) amounts to £2,855,000, thus leaving a balance of £957,366 to be carried forward to next year. Honourable members will observe that the proposed transfer from the Consolidated Fund is larger than anticipated when the Budget was brought down, but the great improvement in the revenue that has since taken place has enabled the Minister of Finance to provide a larger measure of assistance than was originally considered possible. RAILWAY-CONSTRUCTION. The sections of railway opened for traffic during the last financial year, or since its close, are as under :— M. eh. Opened. Ruatapu to Ross ... ... 7 21 ... Ist April, 1909. Waihoaka to Tuatapere ... ... 8 7 ... Ist October, 1909. Riversdale to Waikaia ... ... 13 70 ... Ist October, 1909. Catlin's to Houipapa ... ... 2 30 ... 17th December, 1909. Towai to Hukerenui ... ... 4 31 ... 3rd May, 1910. Wellsford to Te Hana ... ... 3 27 ... 16th May, 1910. Huiroa to Te Wera ... ... 7 0 ... 20th June, 1910. Ngahere to Blackball ...* ... 3 40 ... 16th July, 1910. Domett to Mina ... ... 3 63 ... Ist August, 1910. Lawrence to Big Hill ... ... 7 37 ... Ready to open. Total ... ... 61 6 The total expenditure on railway-works last ypar amounted to £1.283,032. The particulars are as under: — c Construction of new lines ... ... ... ... 786,946 Additions to open lines ... ... ... ... 316,464 Huu Railway and Road Improvement Account ... ... 59,282 Railways Improvements Authorization Act Account... ... 81,249 Wellington and Manawatu Railway Purchase Account ... 39,991 Total ... ... ... ... ... £1,283,932 1 will now refer more in detail to the several railways that have been in hand, and the proposals of the Government in regard to new works for the current year. Kaihu Extension. The extension of the Kaihu Valley Railway to Waimawas sanctioned under the Railways Authorization and Management Act, 18!) 1, and on the supplementary estimates last year a vote of £2,500 was taken towards making a commencement with the work. It was found impossible to put actual construction-work in hand
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during the financial year, as questions regarding the legal ownership of the land had to be dealt with, and an old-standing claim by Mr. Daniel Fallon in respect of construction-works on the line carried out for the Kaihu Valley Railway Company had also to be settled before anything else could be done. lam glad to say that both of these difficulties have now been removed. The claim of Mr. Fallon has been satisfactorily settled for a payment of £2.000. Before starting construction-works it was necessary to have a resurvey of the line made. This is now in progress, and we shall shortly be in a position to commence operations in the matter of restoring the earthwork formation. The length of the projected extension is 2m. 20 eh., and, as a good deal of the work was done many years ago under Mr. Fallon's contract, the task of completing it and laying the permanent-way will not be a very lengthy or expensive one. I am in hopes that the line will be opened for traffic before next year's Public Works Statement is delivered. The vote proposed for the current year is £15,000. Kawakawa-Grahamtown . The work of closing up the gap between Kawakawa at the north and Hukerenui at the south end of this railway is now approaching completion. The section between Hukerenui and Towai, 4m. 31 eh. in length, was opened for traffic in May last, and the rails on the remainder of the line between Kawakawa and Towai were linked together in July. A great deal of work still remained to be done in the shape of ballasting, erection of station buildings, and general finishing-works, and these are now well in hand, and I am expecting to be able to hand the line over to the Railway Department for regular working about Christmas. The works on the extension from Whangarei to Grahamtown are also in a forward condition. The Grahamtown Wharf is practically completed, and the whole section should be ready to hand over to the Railway Department early in the new year. The expenditure on this railway last year amounted to £51,137, and for the current year a vote of £65,000 is proposed. Kawakawa-Hokianga. Honourable members will recollect that the construction of the first section of this railway—namely, to Kaikohe—was sanctioned in the Railways Authorization Act of last year, and a small vote of £2,500 was provided on last year's estimates to make a commencement with the work. The survey of the line was put in hand last autumn, and as soon as a reasonable distance had been finally located construction - works were put in hand, and are now proceeding satisfactorily. As it is intended to transfer to this line the bulk of the men at present employed on the Kawakawa-Grahamtown Railway, as from time to time the works on that line are completed, a substantial vote will be required for the current year, and an amount of £40,000 has been provided on the estimates accordingly. North Auckland. A very large amount of work was carried out on this railway during the year. The section between Wellsford and Te Hana—3 m. 27 eh.—was opened for traffic in May last. The works on the next section, to Kaiwaka, are in a forward state, and the Otamatea and Bickerstaffe sections are also well in hand. As it is intended to proceed vigorously with the construction of this railway, it is desirable that an additional section of the line should be authorized, and provision will accordingly be made in this year's Authorization Bill for the extension of the line to McCarroll's Gap. Last year's expenditure amounted to £59,299, which is the largest expenditure which has ever taken place on the line in one year since the works were started. For the current year a still larger vote —namely, £100,000 —is proposed in order to proceed with the work more vigorously.
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HUNTLY-AWAROA. The desirability of a bridge over the Waikato River at Huntly for both railway and road traffic, and the construction of a branch line of railway to open up the extensive coal-deposits in the Awaroa district has been strongly urged upon the Government, and the putting in hand of about three miles of this line, including the bridge, is considered to be a very necessary and promising work, and provision for its construction will be made in the Railways Authorization Bill of the present session. With the exception of the bridge, the works on the branch will be of a very simple and inexpensive character. The line will also be easy to work, and is expected to yield a remunerative traffic. The vote proposed for the current year is £20,000, and, as the plans and specifications for the bridge are already prepared, tenders for its erection can be invited as soon as the appropriations are passed by Parliament. East Coast Main Trunk. The section of this railway between Maunganui Bluff (Tauranga Harbour) and Te Puke was authorized in last year's Act, and construction-works have since been started, and are now well in hand. It is proposed during the present session to authorize a further section of the line—namely, between Te Puke and Paengaroa. The construction of the railway to this latter point presents no special difficulties. Beyond Paengaroa, however, the question of the best route to be adopted is at present open to some doubt, and further surveys will require to be made in order to definitely decide the point. These surveys will be undertaken during the coining recess, so that full information may be available next session to admit of the construction of a still further portion of the line being sanctioned. The works on the section now in hand are very light, and will soon be completed. On the Gisborne Motu division of the railway a considerable amount of work has been done. On the Otoko section the line has been practically completed as far as the Otoko Viaduct, where a temporary goods-shed has been placed, and ballast-trains are being regularly run up to that point, and are also conveying goods for the settlers, as well as carrying a number of passengers. A contract for the erection of the steel viaduct at Otoko was let to Messrs. G. W. Griffiths and Co. for £11,773 in February last, the date fixed for its completion being the 12th May, 191], and the work is now in hand. Beyond the viaduct earthworks have been started for several miles and are making satisfactory progress, and survey-work on the remainder of the line to Motu is proceeding. Last year's expenditure amounted to £67,630, which is by far the largest sum spent on the line in any single year since its construction was commenced. Having in view the great importance of completing railway connection between Auckland and Wellington by the East Coast route, it is proposed to provide in the Railways Authorization Bill of the present session for the construction of the. first portion of the Napier-Gisborne section of the line. The votes proposed on the current year's estimates for the different sections are as under :— £ Tauranga-Paengaroa ... ... ... ... ... ... 25,000 Gisborne-Motu ... ... ... ... ... ... 80,000 Napier-Gisborne ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,000 Total £110,000 Stratford - Main Trunk. A very large amount of work has been carried out on this railway during the year. The section between Huiroa and Te Wera, about seven miles in length, was handed over to the Railway Department for regular working in June last, and the further section to Pohokura—rather over nine miles—is approaching completion, the rails having been laid over the whole length, and ballasting being in progress. It is expected that this section will be ready to be handed over for regular traffic in January next. The section between Pohokura and Whangamomona is in hand, and is progressing very satisfactorily. Last year's expenditure constituted a record, having amounted to £93,235. For the current year a vote of £100,000 is proposed.
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Mount Egmont Branch. Very little work was done on this railway during last year, the expenditure having amounted to £405 only. The necessary surveys for the completion of the line are nearly finished, so that construction-work can be resumed almost immediately. The vote proposed for the current year is ,£15,000. North Island Main Trunk. The completion of this railway was mentioned in my last year's Statement, but, as a number of liabilities were outstanding, a vote of £20,000 was provided on the estimates to cover same. The actual expenditure under this vote amounted to £27,840, but credits in respect of lands acquired out of previous years' votes, sale of plant, &c, came to hand to a still larger sum, so that no expenditure whatever appears against the vote, but, on the contrary, a credit balance of £5. No further appropriation on account of the work is required. South Island Main Trunk. At the north end of this line the section between Seddon and Ward has been practically completed, but, as a matter of Departmental convenience, is retained in the hands of the Public Works Department for the present. Goods and passengers are being carried to meet the requirements of settlers, however. The new section from Ward to Mirza, authorized under last year's Act, has been duly commenced, and is making satisfactory progress. It is proposed in the current year's Authorization Bill to provide for a further extension of about three miles and three-quarters—namely, to a point about one mile south of the Ure River. At the south end the section between Domett and Mina—3 m. 63 eh. in length—has been completed, and was handed over to the Railway Department for regular working in August last. The Parnassus section between Mina and the Leader Valley, authorized in last year's Act, has been commenced, and the works are proceeding satisfactorily. The large bridge over the Waiau-ua River is approaching completion, and when finished will be available for road as well as railway traffic. It is desirable that provision should be made this year for a further extension of the line, and the Railways Authorization Bill to be introduced shortly will accordingly provide for a further section, about six miles in length, up the valley of the river Leader. Last year's expenditure amounted to £49,621, and for the current year votes totalling to £50,000 are asked for —namely, £20,000 for the north end and £30,000 for the south end. Midland Railway. At the Nelson end of this railway the section between Kiwi and Tui has been practically completed, and will be ready for handing over to the Railway Department early in the new year, and the section between Tui and Kaka is nearing completion. The remainder of the works up to and including the large cutting at the Tadmor Saddle are well in hand, and a start has been made on the Hope side of the saddle. In my last year's statement I expressed the opinion that" this line as far as the Hope Junction would be ready for traffic at the end of the approaching summer, so that the through journey between Nelson, Greymouth, and Hokitika might be accomplished in one day. It seems rather doubtful now whether this hope will be realized, but every effort is being made to push on with the works. The expenditure on this end of the line last year amounted to £27,627, and for the current year a vote of £30,000 is proposed. At the Reefton end the earthworks on the Cronadun-Inangahua Landing section are nearly completed, and the laying of the rails is in hand, so that there is not much doubt that trains can be running to the Landing by the close of the coming summer. Further work on the section between the Landing and the Inangahua Junction has been suspended for the present, pending the examination of a much shorter route which has been suggested for the
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branch line to Westport, and which is referred to in greater detail in the paragraph relating to the Westport-Inangahua railway. The expenditure on this portion of the line last year amounted to £20,434, and for the current year a vote of .£20,000 is asked for. Steady progress continues to be made with the Arthur's Pass Tunnel on the Canterbury- Westland section of the line. The bottom heading has now been excavated for a total distance of 1 in. 16 eh., enlarging to full size 64 eh., and the concrete lining 51 eh. The work that is being performed by the contractors is of a very satisfactory character, but I regret that the progress is not more rapid. The contract time expires in August, 1912, and it is becoming tolerably evident that there is very little prospect of the work being completed by that date. The contractors are being urged to accelerate the rate of progress to the utmost extent possible, in the hope that the completion may not be delayed very materially beyond the date fixed in the contract. The expenditure last year amounted to £66,005, and for the current year a vote of £90,000 is proposed. At the Canterbury end of the railway considerable progress has been made, with the result that the long section between Broken River and the Cass— 15 m. 12 eh. in length—is now practically completed, and will be opened for regular traffic at the end of the present month. A large amount of work has been taken in hand on the section between the Cass and the Bealey, and the rails have been laid over a part of the distance. There will not be the least difficulty in completing this section up to the commencement of the Arthur's Pass Tunnel contract by the time the tunnel itself is completed. Last year the expenditure on this end of the line amounted to £59,760, and an appropriation of £50,000 is provided for the current year. Westport-Inangahua. I mentioned last year that the first section of this railway between Westport and Te Kuha—s m. 60 eh. —was nearly finished. It has since been practically completed, but has not so far been opened for traffic. In May last six contracts were let for constructing different sections of the extension beyond Te Kuha, and the work is making fair progress, and a further section will be put in hand shortly. Beyond Berlin's a new route has been suggested—namely, to connect with the Midland Railway near the Inangahua Landing instead of at Inangahua Junction. The new route referred to would shorten the running-distance between Westport and Greymouth by about six miles and a half, and would also avoid carrying the railway round the well-known Cliffs in the Buller Gorge, in which location railway-construction and its subsequent maintenance would be certain to prove very difficult and expensive undertakings. The survey to ascertain the merits of the proposed new route is now in hand, and will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible, so that an early decision on the matter may be arrived at. ' Last year's expenditure amounted to £15,782, but a larger vote will be required this year, and £30,000 has accordingly been provided. Ngaheke-Blackball . This railway has now been completed, the whole line having been handed over to the Railway Department for regular working on 16th July last. The expenditure during the year amounted to £27,127, and a vote of £11,000 is provided in the current year's estimates. Greymouth - Point Elizabeth. Very good progress has been made with the works on this railway, and there seems to be no doubt now that the line will easily be available for the transport of coal by the date the development-works at the new colliery are completed. A portion of the work is of an exceedingly heavy and difficult character. The expenditure last year amounted to £53,603, and for the current year a vote of £50,000 is asked for.
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Lawbence-Eoxburgh. I stated last year that it was proposed to complete this railway as far as Big Hill, and to hand the section over to the Railway Department for regular working. This has since been done. The question of continuing the line beyond Big Hill has received the careful consideration of the Government. It has been decided to recommend the House to proceed w 7 ith the work as far as Beaumont, an additional seven miles. The Government consider that it is necessary to take in hand the additional work proposed, in order that the country may derive a return on the expenditure already incurred. Last year's expenditure amounted to £ 14,065, and for the current year a vote of £15,000 is proposed. If this vote is duly passed by Parliament, arrangements will be made for construction operations to be resumed as early as practicable. C ATLIN' S-WaIM AH AX A. The section between Catlin's River and Houipapa—2 m. 30 eh. — was handed over to the Railway Department in December last. The next section, to Papatupu, has also been completed, but is being retained by the Public Works Department for tho present, as the ballast-pit for use on the Puketiro section is situated on this length of the line. The earthworks on the section to Puketiro are well in hand, but, as they are of a heavy and difficult character, it will take some little time yet to complete the section. A large number of men has been employed on the line throughout the year —the numbers having ranged generally between three and four hundred, and a considerable amount of work * has been accomplished. At the Waimahaka end of the line a good deal of work has been done, and the laying of the rails is now in hand. The expenditure on the whole railway during the last financial year amounted to .£64,413, which is a considerable increase on the amount expended during the previous year. For the current year a vote of £80,000 is proposed. RIVERSDALE-SwiTZERS. This line was handed over to the Railway Department in October, 1909. The expenditure during last year amounted to £18,489, but, as a few liabilities connected with station-buildings and other matters remained at the end of the year, a vote of £'3,000 is asked for to cover the same. Orepuki-Waiau. This railway, like the last, was completed in October, 1909, the expenditure during the year having amounted to £11,322. A few liabilities remained at the close of the year, however, and a vote of £2,000 has accordingly been provided to cover them. Surveys. A fair amount of .survey-work in connection with projected new lines was undertaken during the year, the expenditure having amounted to £1,195. For the current year a vote of £1,500 is proposed. Total Appropeiations for Railway-consteuction. In addition to the votes already mentioned, the sum of £100,000 is provided in the estimates for permanent-way materials for all lines ; also £2,500 to meet land-claims and other contingent items, thus bringing the total of the proposed vote for railway-construction purposes up to £1,000,000. Otheb Railway-works. The sum of £228,332 was charged during the year in respect of rolling-stock and workshops machinery for the Working Railways Department, and £89,758 in respect of additions to station accommodation, signals and interlocking-gear, telegraph and telephone facilities, improving lighting of stations, fencing, stonecrushing and excavating machine, &c, making the total charge under the heading of "Additions to Open Lines" £o 18,090. The cash disbursements
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amounted to £316,464, as shown on the estimates. The £318,090 allows for the value of stores consumed but which were paid for during the previous year. The Auckland-Penrose and Addington-Eolleston duplicated lines have been completed and brought into use for traffic. The Wellington-Hutt duplicationworks have made considerable progress : the construction of the new main road is well in hand, and unless something very unforeseen occurs the whole work, railway and road, will, it is anticipated, be completed during the present financial year. Work in connection with the Dunedin-Mosgiel duplication is being pushed on : the Caversham tunnel has been pierced, and the line completed and opened as far as Burnside. A considerable number of men are employed in prosecuting the work thence onwards to Mosgiel. The expenditure on these works for the last financial year was £140,531, made up as follows : — £ Wellington-Hutt duplication-works .... .... 30,814 New Hutt Eoad, including land for same .... 28,468 Auckland-Penrose duplication-works .... .... 5,476 Addington-Kolleston duplication-works.... .... 9,256 Dunedin-Mosgiel duplication and deviation of line 66,517 £140,531 For the current year provision for the duplication-works has been made to the extent of £135,000, namely : — £ , Auckland-Penrose duplication.... .... .... 1,000 Wellington-Hutt duplication .... .... .... 35,000 Addington-Kolleston duplication .... .... 3,000 Dunedin-Mosgiel duplication .... .... .... 96,000 £135,000 The amount proposed to be voted for the current year for additions to open lines is £350,000, of which £230,000 is for new rolling-stock and workshops machinery, and £25,000 for interlocking signal gear, tablet-installation, &c. DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-POWER. As already announced in the Financial Statement, the Government considers that the time has now arrived to take up with vigour the question of developing our abundant water-powers. The Prime Minister promised that proposals should be submitted to undertake one or more schemes, and to extend the work from time to time until all our centres of population have been supplied with hydro-electric energy and until our principal sources of power have been turned to commercial advantage. To supplement the information previously available, two additional reports have now been obtained from professional men of high standing—viz., an important report by Mr. K. W. Holmes, Engineer-in-Chief of the Department, on the different schemes available, together with detailed estimates of cost of some of them and probable commercial results of working same; also a very full report by Mr. Lawrence Birks, B.Sc, A.M.1.C.E., A.M.1.E.E., on the subject of the demand that exists for power, the schemes that it would be best to develop to supply same, details of probable cost, probable working-results, &c. Mr. Holmes also gives a list of a number of existing long-distance-transmission lines, from which members will observe that there are numerous lines in existence where energy is transmitted more than 100 miles, and some where the transmission distance is over 200 miles, or longer than proposed in any of the schemes at present under consideration in this Dominion. Both of these reports are printed as appendices to this Statement. The present position of matters is that the Department is in possession of fairly complete trial surveys and much other engineering data regarding both the Hutt Kiver and Lake Coleridge schemes, and a large amount of very useful information in respect of several of the other schemes proposed. We are in a position to at once commence actual construction-works in connection with either or both the former schemes, and instructions will be given for a com-
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mencement to be made accordingly as soon as practicable after the passing of the estimates. The Department is in possession of more complete engineering data regarding the Hutt and Lake Coleridge schemes than with respect to any of the others, owing principally to the more advanced condition of the surveys. As regards the Hutt scheme, three estimates of cost have been prepared by engineers acting entirely independently of each other, and as regards the Lake Coleridge scheme four such estimates are available. The details of these are as under:—
It will be observed from Mr. Holmes's report appended to this Statement that, although his proposal is to deliver only 15, 000-horse power in Christchurch, he allows for the construction of hydraulic works of sufficient capacity to develop between 25,000 and HO,OOO horse power. This will account for his estimate being higher than those of Messrs. Hancock and Birks. As regards the other schemes proposed, much less information is available, and it will be necessary during the present year to gather further details and complete the surveys which are absolutely necessary,.in order that full and reliable estimates, not only of the probable cost, but of the commercial results likely to be obtained from the working of the schemes, and of the markets for power, may bo available for submission to Parliament next session. Honourable members will observe that Mr. Birks's estimates of the probable receipts and expenditure in the working of the Lake Coleridge and Hutt Eiver schemes are of a highly favourable character, and the working of the existing Waipori scheme, which is the only installation of its kind at present in the Dominion, gives some ground for the satisfactory expectation regarding the "first-mentioned schemes which Mr. Birks has expressed in his report. The Waipori scheme carries a much larger capitalization per horse-power than either of the Government schemes now proposed, and is also on a much smaller scale (and consequently more expensive to work proportionately) than either of the Government schemes, and yet that scheme is now working at a profit notwithstanding that much of the energy produced is disposed of at only a small fraction over |d. per unit. The inauguration of our development of water-power policy will render it necessary to obtain the services of a hydraulic and electrical engineer of good standing, so that the Government and the country may feel assured that the moneys appropriated by Parliament for expenditure on these services are laid out on good practical and commercially-sound schemes, and to the best advantage. It is proposed to invite applications for the position immediately. The estimates now submitted provide for an appropriation of £300,000, which sum will be ample to enable an energetic commencement to be made. Railway Electrification. Closely connected with our water-power proposals is the question of railway electrification. Inquiries were made into this matter two or three years ago, and a report on the proposed electrification of the Christchurch-
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Hancock. Hay. Birks. Holmes. LAKE COLERIDGE SCHEME. Horse-power provided for Estimated capital cost Working-expenses per annum ... Probable receipts „ 10,000 58,000 on 29,000 i ... £241,667 £700,000 oil €440,000 | £58,792 £200,000 or) £100,000 I 13,300 £291,500 £44,070 £90,000 15,000 £421,000 £44,500 Probable profit „ .£45,9,30 HUTT RIVER SCHEME. Horse-power provided for Estimated capital cost Working-expenses per annum ... Probable receipts „ Probable profit „ 17,000 £470,000 £50,000 j 13,300 £443,960 £50,639 £118,300 £67,661 | 12,500 £422,000 £38,000
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Lyttelton Kailway was submitted to Parliament (D.-4, 1908). This report made it appear that the proposal was likely to be unremunerative, inasmuch as the interest and depreciation on capital cost of the electrical installation, plus the cost of working the railway electrically, would amount to a larger sum than the present expense of working the line by steam locomotives. This, however, was on the assumption that the Kailway Department would have to provide its own power-house and equipment. If, however, a development scheme is inaugurated at Lake Coleridge, this expense would, of course, be unnecessary; and if electric current is available in Christchurch at a much lower rate than was reckoned upon in 1908, without any interest and depreciation charges on account of a costly power-house, the circumstances would be totally different. Under our present proposals there is very little doubt that the line between Lyttelton and Christchurch, and probably suburban lines adjacent to other cities, could be electrified with great advantage to the public in the matter of the speed and frequency of the services, and also with advantage to the Railway Department from a working point of view. This matter will therefore be gone into again with a view to proposals for the electrification of suburban railways being submitted next session. lEBIGATION AND WATBE-SUPPLY. A very considerable amount of survey and exploration work in this connection was carried out in Central Otago during last year, full details of which will be found in the annual report of the Engineer-in-Chief (Appendix E to this Statement). Plans and sections for some of the works proposed have already been prepared, so that a commencement with same can be made at an early date. It is proposed to begin with the Ida Valley block, containing 65,200 acres, which is shown as Block 4 on the map accompanying the report of Messrs. Bruce and Dobson (C.-17 of 1909). The gentlemen referred to describe this country as admirably adapted for irrigation, a very large portion being first-class agricultural land, which would undoubtedly become highly reproductive on the application of water. The irrigible area in this block is 52,500 acres, the southern portion of which will be best for cultivation, and can be the more easily irrigated. There are several sources of water-supply—namely, the Greenland Dam on the Manorburn River, the Poolburn River, and the Dovedale and other creeks. Power can also be generated from the Poolburn and Manorburn Rivers to pump water from the Manuherikia River, and from the lower reaches of the Poolburn. Last year's vote amounted to £5,000, of which £2,435 was expended, mostly on surveys. The vote provided on the estimates for tbe current year is £10,000, and it is proposed to commence construction-works during the coming summer. Other proposed irrigation schemes are being investigated, and proposals in reference to some of them will be submitted next session. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. The total expenditure on public buildings last year amounted to £335,114 — namely, £58,165 under the Consolidated Fund and £276,949 under the Public Works Fund. For the current year votes totalling to £413,190 are proposed— namely, £53,190 out of the Consolidated Fund and £360,000 under the Public Works Fund. Genebal. On the current year's vote provision is made for the completion of the new Government House, and a substantial item on account of the erection of the proposed new Parliament Buildings; also for Departmental Buildings at Hamilton, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Stratford, Wanganui, Masterton, Christchurch, and Invercargill, and sundry buildings in Wellington, and other minor works and charges, the total vote proposed being £70,000. Judicial. Courthouses. —The expenditure on Courthouses for the year amounted to £11,119. The principal works undertaken were new buildings at Cambridge, Waipiro Bay, Feilding, Ross, and Fairlie; additions at Palmerston North, Wellington, and Christchurch ; and the purchase of additional land at Auckland.
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The plans for the new Magistrate's Court at Auckland are well in hand, but some minor details still remain to be settled. Tenders have been invited for the much-needed new building at Masterton. For the current year, votes are asked for buildings at Kaikohe, Auckland, Taumarunui, Opotiki, Waverley, Ohakune, Masterton, Petone, Greymouth, Methven and Tapanui ; for additions at Hamilton, Gisborne, New Plymouth, Cheviot, and Timaru ; and for converting the police-station at Warkworth into a courthouse. A considerable number of applications for new buildings have been received, many of which call for early attention, but they have had to be postponed until other works now in hand and in contemplation have been dealt with. Gaols. —As was the case during the previous year, the principal expenditure last year was in connection with the new wing at Mount Eden, Auckland, and the gaol at Invercargill, while various small additions, alterations, and improvements have been carried out at Lyttelton. A contract for a new police-gaol at Gisborne has been let. This was a very necessary work, as the old building is in a dilapidated condition. A police-gaol is in course of erection at Greymouth as an addition to the police-station, and when completed the present gaol at Hokitika will be closed as a gaol and utilized as a mental hospital. The total expenditure on gaol buildings amounted to £4,231. The new votes include provision for further work at Mount Eden and Invercargill, for the new building at Gisborne, for development work at Tokanui Reformatory Farm, and an addition to the police-station at Timaru, to serve as a police-gaol. Last year's votes for additions at Wellington and gaoler's residence and warders' cottages at Dunedin have been omitted, as it is not now intended to proceed with these works. Police-stations. — The votes in last year's appropriations provided for twenty-eight new buildings, besides other items for lock-ups, additions to stations, quarters, purchase of land, repairs, &c. New buildings have been erected at Kaitaia, Kaikohe, Hamilton, Shannon, Pongaroa, Takaka, Dunollie, Sydenham, Lincoln, Rakaia, and Chatham Islands, and various others are in hand. Apart from the unexpended votes of last year, the chief new items are for buildings at Warkworth, Remuera, Takapuna, Mount Albert, Ponsonby, Taumarunui, Tβ Puke, Napier, Waitara, Whangamomona, Taihape, and Cobden, and a gymnasium at the Newtown Training Depot. There is an increasing demand for police-stations in many settled districts, and as settlement progresses further expenditure under this head may be anticipated. Post and Telegraph. An extensive building programme is in hand for the Post and Telegraph Department — the expenditure during 1908-9 having amounted to £62,262, and during last year to j0b'8,574 The principal works in hand last year were new offices at Whangarei, Maungaturoto, Mount Eden, Epsom, Pukekohe, Huntly, Ngaruawahia, Otorohanga, Te Kuiti, Morrinsville, Taumarunui, Nuhaka, Hastings, Ongaonga, Aramoho, Ohakune, Foxton, Weraroa, Upper Hutt, Te Aro, Richmond, Wakefield, Wallsend, St. Bathan's, and Wyndham, and the important new buildings in Auckland and Wellington, with both of which satisfactory progress is being made. In addition to the above, new quarters have been provided at Whitianga, Waipiro Bay, and Ophir; new properties purchased at Karori, Upper Riccarton, Dunedin (Moray Place), and Owaka; and more or less extensive additions or alterations made at Te Puke, Napier, Okato, Stratford, Ashhurst, Wellington (parcels-post), and Christchurch. The expansion of the work of the Post and Telegraph Department is so great that heavy expenditure for buildings must be looked for in the near future. In addition to large appropriations on account of the new offices at Auckland and Wellington a considerable sum is required this year to meet the award of the Compensation Court in respect of the land and building at Wanganui adjoining the present post-office, which has been taken under the Public Works Act to provide for very necessary enlargements. A large amount on account of buildings for wireless telegraphy will also be required. The erection of a bulk store on the land recently reclaimed on Waterloo Quay, Wellington, will absorb a considerable sum. Other important buildings have also to be erected.
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Mental Hospitals. The expenditure on Mental Hospitals during the year has been £19,838. At Auckland the rooms formerly occupied by the Medical Superintendent have been altered for the reception of female patients, and a contract for the Wolfe Bequest Reception House has been let, and the work nearly completed. At Porirua additions have been erected for the accommodation of patients from Mount View, and the main building painted throughout. Additions to the Mental Hospital at Nelson have been completed and furnished. At Christchurch sanitary arrangements on the female side have been completed, hot-water pipes insulated, and various improvements carried out. Additions to the male side have been completed and furnished at Seacliff. The proposed vote for the current year provides at Auckland for the completion and furnishing of the Wolfe Bequest Reception House and the installation of laundry machinery and additional boiler power; at Christchurch for a reception-house, for a boiler-house, boiler, and brick chimney-shaft, and for a cottage for the Farm Manager; at Seacliff for alterations and additions to the Upper Building Block and Simla, also additional accommodation for nurses and additions to workshops ; for the erection of additions at Waitati, and for the reclamation of the Tidal Flat; at Porirua for a meat-house and chilling-plant, extension of carpenter's shop, and the construction of airing-courts for the new additions. Provision is also made for the purchase of land, preparing site, and erection of buildings for the new Mental Hospital at Tokanui, and for the erection of rooms in connection with the general hospitals in which mental patients may be examined instead of at the police-cells. Schools. The sum of £98,108 was expended out of the Public Works Fund last year on school buildings. Most of this amount was paid to Education and High School Boards and other governing bodies for the erection of new buildings and additions, and the purchase of sites and equipment, &c, for public schools (including teachers' residences), training colleges, technical and secondary schools, and university colleges. The principal works carried out directly under the control of the Government were as follow: Erection of principal's residence and a classification cottage at the Special School for Boys, Otekaike ; completion of the additional buildings for the boys' and girls' reformatories at Burnham and Burwood (Te Oranga Home) respectively; Native schools and residences at Whangape and Pawarenga; a residence at Matihetihe; and additions to the Waima Native School. Provision is made on the current year's estimates for works similar in character to those mentioned above, estimated to cost £125,878, on account of which a vote of £110,000 is asked for. Other Buildings. ' Hospitals. —Under the heading of " Hospitals and Charitable Institutions " there was an expenditure of £7,259 on new buildings and improvements, the chief items being the completion of a wing at the Hokitika Hospital and additions to St. Helens Hospital, Dunedin. The items on this year's estimates total to £25,004, on account of which a vote of £10,000 is proposed. The principal item is £13,000, to provide for the purchase of a site and a building for a new St. Helens Hospital at Wellington, the present one being simply a rented building, and unsuitable for the purpose. The vote also provides for substantial additions to the St. Helens Hospital, Christchurch. Agriculture. —Last year the most important work in hand was the erection of lads' training quarters at the Ruakura Experimental Farm. This, with conveniences, is nearly completed. The purchase of a piece of land at Wallaceville was completed, and this addition consolidates the block surrounding the pathological and experimental laboratory conducted by the Live-stock and Meat Division of the Department. A much-needed stable has been erected at the Weraroa Experimental Farm.
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For the current year a large proportion of the proposed expenditure is in connection with the experimental farms. An amount is required for the furnishing and titting-up of the lads' training quarters, Ruakura, which will then be in a position to accommodate lads. The provision of butter- and cheese-making plants at Ruakura and Weraroa is contemplated. These will provide a means of utilizing the milk from the herds on the farms. The , difficulty that officers have in securing house accommodation in some of the smaller centres renders the erection of some departmental residences necessary. There are, as usual, minor works necessary, which are detailed in the estimates. Last year's expenditure amounted to £5,895, and this year's items total to 110,725, on account of which a vote of £5,500 is provided. Public Health. —The expenditure under this vote was very small—namely, £319 ; and for the current year only one small vote of £250 is proposed, for building-works in connection with the Cambridge Sanatorium. ROADS AND BRIDGES. A very large amount of work has been done under this head. The number of roads dealt with is legion, and it is impossible to mention more than a very few of them, but the following arc some of the more important undertakings which were either in hand or completed during the year, with the amounts expended thereon : — Work. Expenditure. Te Akau Block .... .... .... .... 3,444 Kawhia to Marokopa River .... .... ... 2,665 Pakihi .... .... .... .... .... 2,902 Ohura Road .... .... .... .... .... 6,474 Otunui Block .... .... .... .... 2,527 Mangapoike Valley Road (east end), (£1,500 contributed by settlers) .... .... ' .... .... 2,590 Te Arai Settlement .... .... .... .... 2,705 Waimarama Block .... .... .... .... 2,771 Mason's to Parapara .... .... .... .... 2,461 Piripiri Block .... .... .... .... 3,863 Waiau Ferry to Hanmer .... .... .... 2,340 Taieri County, flood damage (£1 for £1) .... .... 3,061 In addition to the above, some important bridges were in hand. The following are some of them, with the amounts expended during the year :— Expenditure. Bridge. " £ Waiharakeke Bridge.... .... .... .... 2,006 Wairoa River Bridge (Frasertown) .... .... 4,324 Manawatu River Bridge (lower gorge) .... .... 3,678 Wanganui Town Bridge .... .... .... 2,176 Buller River Bridge (O'Sullivan's) .... .... 2,460 Fairlie to Mount Cook (bridges) .... .... 2,193 A special feature of the operations of %.\e past year was the expenditure on the construction of roads to facilitate the transport of material and produce to and from newly settled lands in the interior of the North Island, more particularly in the King-country and adjacent districts. A comparison of the distribution of expenditure as between the North and South Islands is largely in favour of the North Island, the actual figures being,— £ North Island .... .... .... .... 271,406 South Island .... .... .... .... 110,498 £381,904 In addition to the above, the sum of £40,830 was expended on goldfields roads, and £28,468 on the construction of the new Hutt Road.
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The total ram voted by Parliament last year under all votes and accounts (exclusive of Roads on Goldfields vote) for the construction, supervision, and maintenance of roads and bridges throughout the Dominion was £547,843. In pursuance of the previously expressed intention of the Government to intrust local bodies with the expenditure of the major portion of the votes, £183,444 was either authorized or offered to the various County Councils and Road Boards for expenditure between the time of the passing of the estimates and the close of the financial year, and during the same period .£79,900 was authorized to departmental engineers. This year it is proposed to invite the local authorities to submit their proposals for the expenditure of the sums available forthwith, and if reasonable expedition is exercised in doing this there should be no difficulty in the formal grants being in their hands and available for expenditure within a few days of the actual passing of the appropriations by Parliament. While dealing with road matters I should like again to emphasize one point which I drew attention to last year —namely, that while the construction of new roads to open up backblocks is a work that may properly be regarded as devolving upon the Government, and that while the Government may reasonably be expected to assist in the improvement and metalling of roads that were originally constructed as bridle-tracks or were left unmetalled, the mere maintenance of roads and bridges, except in very special cases, is a work that should and must devolve upon the local authority of the district. Amongst the numerous applications that have been received for grants for roadworks during the current year, quite an appreciable percentage are for works of repair and maintenance, which should undoubtedly be provided for by local rating. During the financial year 1908-9 the Government of the Dominion undertook the maintenance of no less than 3,352 miles of dray-road and 2,017 miles of bridle-road, or a gross total of 5,369 miles of road. During last year the figures were much smaller—namely, 2,597 miles of dray-road and 1,246 miles of bridle-road, or a gross total of 3,843 miles of road. Roads on Goldfields. The authorizations last year under this head were £86,286, on account of which a vote of £51,250 was taken. The total expenditure during the year was £40,830. The vote was made up of a large number of quite small items, there being no individual grants of any magnitude. For the current year the proposed authorizations total to £83,175, on account of which a vote of £50,000 is asked for. Total Provision fob Roads. Last year appropriations were as under :— £ Roads, &c .... .... .... .... 216,360 Backblock roads ... .... .... .... 210,200 Roads on goldfields .... .... .... .... 51,250 Loans to Local Bodies Account .... .... 50,000 National Endowment Account.... .... .... 17,151 Land for Settlements Account.... .... .... 19,132 Maintenance of roads (Consolidated Fund) .... 35,000 T0ta1.... ....£599,093 The provision now submitted for the current year is as under:— Roads, &c. .... .... .... .... 270,480 Backblock roads .... .... .... .... 229,520 Roads on goldfields .... .... .... .... 50,000 Loans to Local Bodies Account ...'. .... 100,000 National Endowment Account .... .... .... 15,935 Land for Settlements Account (say) .... .... 17,000 Maintenance of roads (Consolidated Fund) .... 30,000 T0ta1.... .... .... ....£712,935
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DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS. The gold-mining industry maintains its position, the returns for last year being in excess of those for the previous year. This is very gratifying, in view of the fact that many places have suffered industrial depression. The amount expended last financial year on the development of our goldfields was £18,5£8, and a vote of £25,000 is proposed for the current year. TOURIST AND HEALTH RESORTS. The net expenditure on works and services under the above heading for the year 1909-10 amounted to £14,507, or £9,778 less than the year 1908-!)'. The expenditure on electrical works was £6,255, which was for the installing of a new turbine-engine at Kotorua and for the extension and improvement of the existing plant. This work, which is nearing completion, was necessary owing to the increasing demands for electricity, both for power and lighting purposes. The construction of the Maori pa at Whakarewarewa is now complete. At the Waitomo and Ruakuri Caves a new hostel for the convenience of visitors has been erected and furnished, and the grounds have been fenced and planted and generally improved. The purchase of the Te Puia Native Township of 709 acres is at present being negotiated. The hostel at Mount Cook Hermitage has been slightly improved, and mountain huts are being erected and suitably furnished to make an additional attraction to this popular holiday resort. Provision is made on the current year's estimates for a new hostelry at Mount Cook, on the Governor's Bush site. The works provided for on this year's vote total to £22,860, on account of which a vote of £12,500 is required. TELEGRAPH-EXTENSION. During the year £123,422 was expended on telegraphs and telephone extension. The mileage of extensions and trunk circuits erected was 497 miles of line and 2,134 miles of wire; and of the telephone-exchange circuits 103 miles of line and 5,037 miles of wire. New telegraph and telephone offices to the number of 121, and 17 new telephone exchanges were opened. The number of telephone-exchange subscribers increased by 2,104. The principal works carried out were : Auckland Exchange, underground metallic circuit; Hastings Exchange, metallic circuit and installation of centralbattery system; Auckland-Mangonui-Doubtless Bay, Otorobanga-Raurimu, Napier-Gisborne, metallic circuit; Raetihi-Ohakune-Taihape, metallic circuit; Hawera-Manaia-Opunake, Wellington-Levin, Christchurch-Timaru, metallic circuit; and Clifden-Blackmount. Owing to the great importance of wireless telegraphy for defence, naval, and mercantile-marine purposes, the Government decided to call for tenders for two high-power stations in the neighbourhood of Doubtless Bay and Bluff, and three medium-power stations in the neighbourhood of Gisborne, Cape Farewell, and Sumner. The high-power stations will have a range of 1,250 nautical miles, which will enable communication to be kept up with stations to be erected at Sydney and Fiji, and with war-ships or mercantile vessels at any point within the range. The medium-power stations will be sufficiently equipped to command ships at sea for 500 miles. The tenders referred to were called for in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and America, and close at Wellington on the 15th of next month. Tenderers have to state the time required for the completion of the work. As the competition now existing among manufacturers of wireless apparatus is considerable, no great delay should arise. It is expected that several, if not all, the stations will be in full working order before the end of 1911. The necessary buildings are to be erected by the Public Works Department, and will be put in hand immediately a contract is let for the wireless-telegraphy apparatus. This year's proposals total to £151,000, including £5,000 on account of wireless-telegraph stations —the actual vote submitted for approval being i' 140,000.
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LIGHTHOUSES, HARBOUR-WORKS, AND HARBOUR DEFENCES. The lighthouse works undertaken during the year were: The completion of the first-order light at Gape Brett, and the necessary outbuildings and dwellings for the keepers ; the erection of the new acetylene-gas light at Tuahine Point, near GKsborne ; the erection of the new Pintsch-gas light on Jackson's Head, to replace the Wigham oil-light; and the connection of Cape Brett and Cape Palliser Lighthouses with the telegraph system. The fog-signal for Timaru, for the purchase of which a sum of money waR voted, has arrived in the Dominion, and will be erected at an early date. The total expenditure on this vote for the year was £6,763. During the current year the new works to be provided for are : The erection of two lights on the East Coast of the North Island, the protection from land-slips of the track leading to Godley Head fog-signal, and the connection of another lighthouse with the telegraph system. Since the Tuahine Point Lighthouse was erected heavy land-slips have occurred at the site, rendering the immediate removal of the light necessary. It has been decided to re-erect it on a safer and more suitable point near the old site. For the works mentioned above a sum of £10,167 will be required, and provision for a vote of .£5,000 on account is made on the estimates. Under the heading of " Harbour-works," last year's expenditure amounted to £4,548, the principal items being : Wharves at Elmslie Bay, Horseshoe Bay, and Half-moon Bay, Okuru Wharf and Eiver improvements, Waipu Kiver improvements, Havelock Harbour improvements, snagging the Waitotara and Patea Eivers, removal of rocks from Kaipara and Kaikoura Harbours and Hollyford River, and acquisition of Tata Islands as a harbour of refuge. For the current year, in addition to renewing the unexpended items on last year's appropriations, it is proposed to provide for the following: Wharves at Motukaraka (Hokianga), Kirikopuni (Kaipara), Waiuku, and Lemon Point (Kawhia), Waipu and Karamea Liiver improvements, the erection of a meteorological observing-station at Wellington, alterations to the ponds at the Portobello Fish-hatchery, and improvements in the harbour at Collingwood. The sum of £11,718 will be required for these works, the vote proposed for the current year being £7,000. The expenditure on harbour defences amounted to £5,372, and, as further important works are in hand or contemplated, a larger vote will be necessary for the current year. Provision has accordingly been made for an appropriation of £8,000. Gross Total Appropriations. In addition to the votes specifically referred to, the estimates include provision for the undernoted services : — £ Departmental .... .... .... .... 45,000 Immigration.... .... .... .... .... 20,000 Lands improvement .... .... .... .... 12,500 Contingent defence .... .... .... .... 10,000 thus bringing the total amount of the proposed appropriations, including special accounts, up to £3,105,935, against £2,624,480 voted and £2,218,975 actually expended last year. CONCLUSION. Having now briefly detailed the work of the past year, and given an outline of the operations in hand and proposed for the current year, my task for the present is concluded. The practical initiation of our hydro-electrical-energy policy will, I am sure, act as a great stimulus to industrial development of all kinds, and lead to the starting of numerous new enterprises. Trade is rapidly improving, the public revenue is increasing, and with the amounts for public-works services that are provided, the fullest possible employment should be available for our people in the development of the country, and I therefore look forward to a year of considerable activity and progress.
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•ST w- i Total Expenditure J**"*; Total l^enditure liiMr \\ ork-s. ture to 4 „^ to t-™«+ a t« : an< i Works, ■.mtiuiii,,, :!lst March. 19CW. 81rt J£X, 1M0 . «U.t March, 1910. i' 9 10. Liabilities. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 3 Railways .. .. .. .. 25,329,177 4 11 *1,128,400 1 8 26,457,577 6 7 : 687,004 6 2 27,144,581 12 9 Railways. 4t Roads .. 8,331,015 13 10 338,762 9 11 8,669,778 3 9 ' 69,553 9 4 8,739,331 13 1 Roads. 5 and 5a Development of .goldfields .. .. ,769,515 12 10 18,597 14 3 788,113 7 1 2,290 16 2 790,404 3 3 Development of goldfields. (i Telegraphs .. .. 1.642,768 17 8 123,421 17 1 1,766,190 14 9 39,310 0 0 i 1,805,500 14 9 Telegraphs. 7 Public buildings .. .. 4,090,118 5 4 J277,156 13 1 4,367,274 18 5 200,406 17 3 4,567,68115 8 Public buildings. 8 Lighthouses. harbour - works, and 1,043,736 16 10 16,682 13 1 1,060,419 9 11 286 0 7 1,060,705 10 6 Lighthouses, harbour - works, and harbour defences harbour defences. Departmental .. .. 592,897 7 4 41,175 14 3 634,073 17 47 3 3 634,120 4 10 Departmental. Utilization of water-power .. .. 8,347 IS 11 .. 8,347 18 11 .. 8,347 18 11 Utilization of water-power. 18 of 1878 Coal-exploration and mine-development 10,835 so .. 10,835 8 0 .. 10.835 8 0 Coal-exploration and mine-development. 11 of 1877 Aiding works on Thames goldfields .. 50,000 0 0 .. 50,000 0 0 .. 50.000 0 0 Aiding works on Thames goldfields. Immigration .. .. 2.201. 7SS 7 7 17.(102 8 10 2.218.790 16 5 159 0 0 2.218,949 16 5 Immigration. Purchase of Native lands .. .. 2.037,847 0 2, .30,4566 10 11 2,068,413 11 1 .. 2,068,413 11 1 Purchase of Native lands. Defence .. .. .. .. 898,933 19 10: 4,977 0 3 903,911 0 1 221 18 9 904,132 18 10 Defence. Charges and expenses of raising loans 1.236.216 16 10 5,715 li 5 1.241,932 3 3 .. 1,241.932 3 3 Charges anil expenses of raising loans. Interest and sinking fund .. .. 218,500 0 0 .. 218.500 0 0 .. 218.500 0 0 Interest and sinlring fund. Rates on Native lands .. .. lis.1171 16 10 .. 68.671 16 10 .. 68,671 16 10 Rates on Native lands. Thermal springs .. .. .. 14,599 13 2 .. 14,599 13 2 .. 14.599 13 2 Thermal springs. Tourist and health resorts .. .. 182.853 0 11 14.507 10 0 197.360 10 11 5,142 4 4 202.502 15 3 Tourist and health resorts. Lands improvement .. .. 44.116 18 8 6.909 13 7 51.026 12 3 574 14 11 51,601 7 2 Lands improvement. Payment to Midland Railway bond- 150.000 0 0 .. 150.000 0 0 .. 150,000 0 0 Payment to Midland Railway bondholders holders. , Totals.. .. 48,921,940 19 8 2,023,875 13 4 50,945,816 13 0 1,004,996 10 9 51,950,813 3 9 Totals. Less recoveries on account of services Less recoveries on account of services of previous years of previous years — Development of goldfields .. 1,000 0 0 1.000 0 0 .. 1,000 0 0 Development of goldfields. Grand totals .. 48,921,940 19 8 2,022.875 13 4 50.944.816 13 0 1,004,996 10 9 i 51,949,813 3 9 Grand totals. * Includes £24.989 15s.. expended in 1908-9 on Greymouth -Point Kli'abeth Railway, and charged to State Coal-mines Account, now transferred to Public Works Fund. 'Table 4 also contains details of expenditure under Loans to Local Bodies and other Accounts. t Includes 1207 Lis. 4d. charged to " Unauthorized.'' Docs not include expenditure on Wellington—Manawatu Railway Purchase, Hutt Railway and Road Improvement, and Railways Improvement Accounts.
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Toittl Net Description .f Servic... Expenditure 31st March. 1888. 1888-89. 1889-90. 1890-91. Toial Net Expenditure to 31st March. 1888. Expendil ture. i Total Net Expenditure to 31st March 1910. 1888-89. 1889-90. 1890-91. 1891 4B. 1892-93. 1893-94. 1894-95. 1895-96. 1905-6. 1906-7. _i_ 1907-8. 1908-9. 1909-10. 1896-97. 1897-98. 1898-99. 1899-1900. 1900-1. 1901-2. 1902-3. 1903-4. 1904-5. .■"■"■.' i . £ 2,133,670 £ £ 1,823 t 817 £ £ £ £ Cr. 10 £ £ £ ;fc £ £ £ £ Cr. 7 & 6,481 £ 8,753 £ 14,353 j £ 9.132 £ 15,076 £ 17,003 t 2,218,791 £ £ £ £ Immigration 2,133,670 8,791 367 1,82! £ 8,791 867 242 343 101 301 70 105 385 214 139 142 Public Works Departmental 308,153 12,294 10,26. 308,153 21,458 12,294 10,264 7,796 7,790 8,406 8,680 14,300 14,892 9,689 10,090 12,572 12,932 17,771 13,949 16,088 12,814 13,517 . 16,711 I 18,219 24,512 41,176 634,073 8,348 Utilisation of Water-power .. •• •• •• 468 2,901 4,664 315 Rnilwavs .. •• •• 13 362,423 272,077 289,601 180,02 ,<allWayS Cr. 29 13 362,423 272,077 289,601 Cr.29 180,021 154,417 Cr. 681 220.894 176,304 247,545 197,105 207,231 Cr. 334 351,600 374,192 417,937 717,723 1,333,940 759,752 828,704 779,891 1,021,265 1.227,880 ; 1,098,586 1,116,184 •1,128,400 26,457,577 \jT. /fif Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders 150,000 150,000 Koads:— Roads North of Auckland 229,143 264 267 Main Roads 1 1 333 421 J 10 ' 968 12 ' 799 9 ' 90 Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges .. •. , f 1 ' 333 ■ U1 \ 26,748 19,998 12,48 Roads to open up Lands ' 528,361 21,954 28,160 24,28 Grants-in-Aid . 758,322 26,913 2,172 1,58 Village Settlements 13,944 10,770 7,345 4,88 Local Bodies .. • ■ • • • • • • 31 Roads on Goldfields 140,972 7,015 13,290 12,68 Miscellaneous .. .. •• 319,245 ■ .. .. Cr. 91 Cr. 1.270 Cr. 26.51 229,143 { 1,333,421 | 528,361 758,322 13,944 264 10,968 26,748 21,954 26,913 10,770 267 12,799 19,998 28,160 2,172 7,345 9,905 12,489 24,285 1,586 4,884 315 12,687 11,739 6,843 27,993 10,757 3,829 470 9,795 12,588 10,443 21,989 7,144 4,412 ) 22[235 58,042 8,951 2,898 390 20,387 9,972 17,075 4',289 11,195 I 241,209 248.934 237,351 267,374 354,687 230,349 316,248 202,850 306,065 308,500 ! •■ 285,248 422,174 297,932 140,972 319,245 7^015 Cr. 91 13,290 Cr. 1,270 Cr. 26,519 Cr. 64,954 I!)! 490 Cr. 1,613 Cr. 1,030 17^577 Cr. V,0L0 227 21,513 Cr. 573 207 32,578 Cr. 365 16,023 49,569 Cr. 365 46!550 Cr.365 18,039 Cr. 347 48,417 47,573 51,690 45^594 26J112 45i139 ;; 38,970 i 38,494 47!374 46!830 or. .vi ur. i,aiv \jt. ao,ot Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery j Roads to give access to North Island Trunk Railway 40,14 2 : 1,898 248 5,53 T<ands Improvement Account 10,142 •• •■ i,898 248 51532 30^289 29,440 34,765 17J841 89,207 108,168 103,555 " Total, Roads 3,868,550 106,439 83,009 45,16 8,868,550 106,439 83,009 45,164 36,761 103,893 146,638 150,278 174,369 167,482 290,413 295,119 285,043 315,791 402,260 282,039 361,842 228,962 351,204 347,470 ! 323,742 469,548 338,762 8,669,778 Development of Goldfields 559,941 55 284 82 559,941 55 284 821 2,257 3,811 5,272 5,865 9,845 10,508 33,117 17,355 21,815 15,90, 15,326 24,213 16,278 6,258 18,533 11,064 8,632 32,859 18,597 Cr. 1,000 837,113 Purchase of Native Lands 1,141.288 I 9,072 28.194 17,92 1,141,288 9,072 28.194 17,925 52,397 57,187 Cr. 10,438 19,575 4,320 Cr. 2,428 78,985 349 Or. 12 101,009 Cr. 37 61,503 53,182 Cr. 225 32,025 28.688 18.261 15,782 5,352 6,281 13,777 9,135 ! 2.190 2,099 30. .567 Native Lands Purchase Account 163,411 129,000 I Total, Land Purchases 1,141,288 9,072 j 28,194 17,92 30,567 2,068,414 1,141,288 9,072 28,194 17,925 52,397 66,324 80,877 101,346 163,411 | 128,963 61,503 52,957 32,025 28,688 18,261 15,782 5,852 6,281 13,777 9,135 2,190 2,099 Telegraph Extension 561,963 12,047 | 16,346 16,29 1 - . . . 561,963 12,047 16,346 16,292 27,773 29,245 16,127 19,229 35,538 36,791 29,384 28,551 26,771 50,101 31,729 68,578 47,228 79,298 77,186 114,068 ; 155,191 163,033 123,422 1,766,191 I I Public Buildings:— General (including Miscellaneous) .. 168,971 14,588 j 7,256 2,88 Parliamentary .. .. .. 18,962 Judicial .. .. •• •• 237,036 i 8,228 11,246 9,89 Post and Telegraph 141,421 82 1,376 70 Customs .. 1,750 .. 18 10 Quarantine Stations .. .. .. -. 3,526 .. ■■ Mental Hospitals 266,8,50 : 10,242 | 15,717 8,93 Public Health .. Hospitals and Charitable Institutions .. .. 82,651 ' 673 Cr. 140 School-buildings 818,735 ( 779 Agricultural .. .. 16s,971 l:3,962 237,036 141,421 1,750 3,525 266,850 14.588 82 10,242 7,256 11,246 1,376 18 15,717 2,880 9,892 709 109 454 8,901 1,009 13 16,914 1,588 2,779 6,843 5 11,887 621 209 5,262 3,154 666 3 18,957 2,551 6,822 11,487 3,542 12 306 13.633 3,724 27,341 6,194 647 10 \ 935 8,178 9 14,806 7,504 16 16,404 14,797 46C 12,727 5,888 385 14,1.30 8,764 20,636 11,109 5,168 17]667 3,957 9,883 19,682 13,483 107 5,594 3,039 29,630 20,954 875 2,607 18,872 12,513 4,424 28,728 40,361 2,066 424 16,743 9,031 1,503 33,224 74,686 6,630 10,964 602 25,978 53,918 8,719 9,021 697 13,083 16,008 13,018 2.232 71 15,899 38,419 7,903 14,216 10,260 1,047 i 4,119 35,192 28,938 43,918 48,784 ' 114 . 47 8,049 • 7,987 1,765 7,497 10,259 15,576 109,459 100,197 : 2,707 1 1,690 .-19,635 | 41,964 5,172 [ 3,157 37,211 . 31,606 62,262 68,574 2,507 233 32,651 818,735 673 779 Or. 140 8,930 7,999 6,561 20,000 1,127 700 22,143 819 17,712 899 49,256 447 5,141 33,681 971 1,200 38,606 535 10,167 3,540 57,790 883 15,812 6,315 4,291 87,089 2,504 15,949 4,265 1,204 42,721 1,362 16,235 7,926 4,786 69,223 2,618 15,296 19,839 4,402 319 11,158 7,259 102,340 98,103 5,543 16,103 7^500 15,000 160 837 23,864 1,328 43|403 520 -• Total, Publio Buildings 1,687,901 34,592 35,473 22,82 31,101 227,026 226,035 j 285,521 277,157 4,367,275 1,687,901 34,592 35,473 22,820 34,791 44,032 54,190 76,529 70.579 73,585 107,267 115,426 121,364 145,600 197,454 216,192 117,328 165,312 227,026 I lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defenoes :— Lighthouses .. .. .. .. .. 115,511 2,504 1,551 Harbour Works 314,329 Cr. 5,000 589 18' Harbour Defences 392,287 50,089 7,293 2,47 . 1,417 2,963 i 2,867 1,541 j 2,579 r 115,611 314,329 392,287 2,504 Cr. 5,000 50,089 1,551 589 7,293 189 2,477 7,347 6.642 4^563 2,612 3^976 . 650 2,495 234 3,861 3,314 6,067 866 4,667 2,180 568 2,547 3,727 1,777 10,158 3,333 365 5,328 1,017 1,540 3,960 2,060 3,421 6,678 6,082 1,373 6,126 6,206 1,773 2,885 2,167 1,308 2,515 962 2,684 1,300 2^963 1,541 7,481 ! 6,762 4,439 4,548 ! 7,297 5,372 | 1 Total, Lighthouses, &o. .. .. 822,127 47,593 9,433 2,661 822,127 47,698 9,433 2,666 7,347 11,205 6,588 3,145 7,409 11,600 5,295 15,662 9,026 6.C17 12,159 13,581 10,864 6,863 19,217 837 27 16,682 f 1,060,419 5,990 4,946 4,504 Bates on Native Lands 33.,585 10,304 5,874 8,2,51 33.585 10,304 5,874 8,2,50 2,038 615 Cr. 8 4J5 561 340 332 156 347 744 073 571 471 666 631 548 695 68.672 Contingent Defence .. .. .. 429,719 5,000 10,766 4.977 908,911 429,719 10,554 10,360 13,867 42,810 37,650 146,875 37,005 38,723 46,588 35,569 14,874 18,574 : Tourist and Health Resorts.. 24,286 197,361 •• ■• 11,260 10,949 15,643 17,508 15,888 42,271 45,048 14,508 Lands Improvement J •• 1,741 2,349 2,019 2,248 1,052 5,605 9,561 19,542 6,910 51.027 OliareeR and Expenses of raising Loans .. 916,561 104,911 3,084 Cr. 3,084 104,911 3,084 Cr. 3,084 5.356 i 943 Cr. 6 916,561 5 Cr. 5 224 28,322 1,460 5,620 Cr. 516 88,180 87,249 10,764 236 Cr. 5,175 Or.8,487 575 17,715 ' ICV. 12,000 j 1,241.932 Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. 218,500 218,500 218,500 I Coal Exploration and Mine Development 10,835 10,835 10,835 Thermal Springs 10,813 936 .. 2.58 1 ; 10,813 936 2,587 264 14,600 Advance to Westport Harbour, repayable .. 14,336 Cr. 14,336 _ 14,336 Cr. 14,336 Total Ways and Means Credits .. .. 19,427 4,383 26,51i 19,427 4,383 26,519 65,635 12,059 3,458 7,062 573 ! 70,5 ! 370 I 590,940 683,336 j 659,836 j 865,172 j 590 347 516 7 5,175 8,487 I 1,909,687 I 2,138,245 2,022,876 Grand Total—Net Expenditure ..j .15,575,365 i 613,939 481,346 308,63S 613,939 481,346 308,633 325,977 480,468 485,002 915,736 992,876 1,309,020 2,142,736 1,514,444 1,796,841 1,321,510 1,730,687 2,035,145 50,944,817 N.B.—The figures in itatfes, prefixed By ,r Cr:," are either reoovenes on account of services of previous yei The totals from 1892-93 to 1896-97, inclusive, include expenditure under Native Lands Purchase t »rs or recoiptsccouut; and iii-aid applii from 1894-t sd in reductit 15 to 1896-97, on of expenditure. , incluiive, expenditure under Lands Improvement " Includes £2' Work 4,990 expend* :s Fund, 1910. •c\ out of State Coal-mint t Includes " is Account oi 1 Unantliorisi Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway in 1908-9, and transferred to Public 1," £208. 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TABLE No. 3. EXPENDITURE on Railways to 31st March, 1910, and Liabilities on that Date.
Expenditure out of Public Works Fi IND OUBING Yeab 1909-10. Links op Railway. Total Expenditure by General Government to 31st March, 1909. New Works. under Special Acts during Year 1909-10. s. Exlenditure Total ■ Expenditure by General Government to 31st March, 1910. Valuation of Works constructed by Provinces and Midland Railway Company .a Liabilities. Total Expenditure and Liabilities, 31st March, 1910. Linus of Railway. Construction. Permanentway. Total New Works. Works on Open Lines. Land-claims and other Old Liabilities. Kaihu Valley Kawakawa Whangarei to Kamo Extension North Auckland (Kaipara Northward) Kaipara to Waikato Cambridge Branch Waikato to Thames— Hamilton to Te Aroha Te Aroha to Thames Paeroa to Waihi Thames Valley to Rotorua — Morrinsville to Lichfield Putaruru to Rotorua Marton to Te Awamutu Gisborne to Ormond Tramway Gisborne to Rotorua Wellington to Napier— Napier to Woodville and Palmerston North £ s. d. 55,044 17 1 155,227 6 7 208,610 5 0 327,280 12 2 1,427,439 0 10 51,110 9 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 55,044 17 1 161.852 17 1 267.853 5 5 393,182 17 0 1,454,990 2 7 51,110 9 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. 55,044 17 1 162,052 17 1 284,161 6 7 394,195 8 5 1,454,990 2 7 51,110 9 9 £ s. d. Kaihu Valley. Kawakawa. Whangarei to Kamo Extension. North Auckland (Kaipara NorthKaipara to Waikato. [ward.) Cambridge Branch. Waikato to Thames— Hamilton to Te j¥roha. Te Aroha to Thames. Paeroa to Waihi. Thames Valley to Rotorua— Morrinsville to Lichfield. Putaruru to Rotorua. Marton to Te Awamutu. Gisborne to Ormond Tramwai. Gisborne to Rotorua. Wellington to Napier— Napier to Woodville and Palmerston North. Wellington to Woodville, including Te Aro Extension. Wellington to Waitara— Wellington to Longburn (including W'tou-Man'tu R'way Purchase). Foxton to Waitara. Sentry Hill-N. Plym'th Deviation. Mount Egmont Branch. ■Stratford to Ongarue. Nelson to Roundell. Midland Railway— Belgrove to Inangahua. ( Stillwater to Inangahua. ( Brunnerton to Bealey. Springfield to Bealey. Westport to Ngakawau. Westport to Inangahua. Ngahere to Blackball. Greymouth to Point Elizabeth. Greymouth to Brunnerton. Greymouth to Ross. Picton to Waipara— Picton Southwards. Waipara Northwards. I Culverden to Hanmer (motor-cars and repairs to roads.) Hurunui to Waitaki— Main Line. Oxford Branch. Eyreton Branch. Lyttelton Branch. Southbridge Branch. Springfield & Whitecliffs Branches. Fairlie Creek Branch. Waimate Branch. Ashburton Forks Branch. Upper Ashburton Branch. Little River Branch. Canterbury Interior Main Line— Oxford to Malvern. Whitecliffs to Rakaia. Temuka to Rangitata. Waitaki to BluffMain Line, including Port Chalmers Branch. Duntroon Branch. Ngapara Branch. Fernhill Railway Purchase. Brighton Road Branoh. Outram Branch. Lawrence Branch. Livingstone Branch. Waihemo Branch. Catlin's River Branch. Heriotburn Branch. Waikaka Brand. Waimea Plains Branoh. Toitois Branch. Riversdale to Switzers. Kelso to Gore. Seaward Bush to Catlin's. 6,625 10 6 44,511 15 0 59,299 4 10 i I 14,591 0 0 I ! 6,603 0 0 6,625 10 6 1 59,102 15 0 1 65,902 4 10 a ' s, 3 140 5 5 200 0 0 16,308 1 2 1,012 11 5 3 22,075 10 2 6 5,475 11 7 143,597 9 2 200,278 16 11 143,488 7 10 .. 217 19 4 143,597 9 2 200,496 16 3 143,438 7 10 143,597 9 2 200,496 16 3 143,438 7 10 161,693 0 10 193,883 10 3 2,669,165 16 0 4,975 1 7 206..549 4 4 Cr. c5 5 0 .. Cr. 5 5 0 ) 12,893'18 5 161,693 0 10 193,883 10 3 2,682,054 9 5 4,975 1 7 283,255 15 2 35 10 0 161,693 0 10 193,883 10 3 2,682,089 19 5 4,975 1 7 295,528 10 10 67,631 10 10 i 9,075 0 0 76,706 10 10 I > 12,272 15 8 876,656 17 2 .. 3,739 9 1 880,396 6 3 880,396 6 3 Wellington to Woodville, including Te Aro Extension Wellington to Waitara— Wellington to Longburn (including WellingtonManawatu Railway Purchase) Foxton to Waitara Sentry Hill - New Plymouth Deviation Mount Egmont Branch Stratford to Ongarue .. Nelson to Roundell Midland Railway— Belgrove to Inangahua Stillwater to Inangahua Brunnerton to Bealey Springfield to Bealey Westport to Ngakawau Westport to Inangahua Ngahere to Blackball Greymouth to Point Elizabeth .. Greymouth to Brunnerton Greymouth to Ross Picton to Waipara — Picton Southwards Waipara Northwards.. .. •• •• Culverden to Hanmer (motor-cars and repairs to roads) Hurunui to Waitaki - Main Line Oxford Branch Eyreton Branch Lyttelton Branch Southbridge Branch Springfield and Whitecliffs Branches Fairlie Creek Branch Waimate Branch Ashburton Forks Branoh Upper Ashburton Branch Little River Branch Canterbury Interior Main Line — Oxford to Malvern Whitecliffs to Rakaia Temuka to Rangitata Waitaki to BluffMain Line, including Port Chalmers Branch .. 1,487,945 13 7 10,104 4 0 d30,818 11 11 1,528,863 9 6 1,528,863 9 6 «902,125 2 0 2,766 7 8 /89.991 1 4 944,882 11 0 944,882 11 0 1,467,072 11 2 36,592 7 8 51,242 11 6 143,7.54 14 10 175,623 8 4 ' 1 7,807 2 3 Cr. 23811 7 1,474,879 13 5 36,353 16 1 51,648 2 10 249,477 19 5 186,614 10 11 1,474,879 13 5 - 36,353 16 1 51,651 2 10 251,801 2 6 < 186,614 10 11 : 405 11 4 93,235 4 7 12,488' 0 0 i 405 11 4 jl05,723 4 7 , , 1 3 0 0 2,323 3 1 10,977 14 7 13 8 0 134,299 6 9 105,257 6 11 216,640 13 11 479,211 13 5 188,008 17 3 34,247 16 7 103,779 6 10 90,531 10 5 150,512 11 11 331,907 1 1 27,626 13 10 20,434 0 3 66,004 14 11 59,759 13 0 2,468 0 0 556 0 0 1,471 0 0 21,946 0 0 30,094 13 10 20,990 0 3 67,475 14 11 81,705 13 0 164,394 0 7 126,247 7 2 284,116 8 10 560,917 6 5 188,008 17 3 57,419 14 8 134,170 17 5 144,140 13 6 150,512 11 11 335,267 19 7 78,306 19 9 1 543,578 17 9 105 19 10 I 639 5 8) (.510,330 15 6} 2,960 15 2 242,807 0 2 1,464.907 14 11 J 61,579 5 7 625,457 7 2 188,008 17 3 ' 57,454 3 5 ' 137,407 6 6 1 145,911 3 5 ( 150,512 11 11 ( 335,283 14 2 ( 1 15,781 18 1 27,126 10 7 53,603 6 1 7,390' 0 0 3,265 0 0 23,171 18 1 30,391 10 7 53,603 6 1 g'h 17 0 34 8 9 i 3,236 9 1 1,770 9 11 2,65918 6 2,659 18 6 701 0 0 15 14 7 421,256 19 3 243,428 12 1 h 3,834 0 0 31,372 13 6 i 18,247 18 7 ! 10,124 0 0 5,659 0 0 41,496 13 6 23,906 18 7 6,098 4 8 36'18 1 468,851 17 5 267,366 8 9 3,834 0 0 2,171 2 3 16,932 15 8 1 471,022 19 8 284,299 4 5 3,834 0 0 ft 1,680,867 14 8 51,467 7 11 44,276 12 10 79,453 11 11 88,751 1 6 94,903 8 2 66,938 14 9 50,062 11 7 74,550 12 7 61,582 16 9 107,633 18 7 7,449 17 9 b 9,256 3 1 1,697,573 15 6 51,467 7 11 44,276 12 10 79,453 11 11 89,023 18 9 94,969 11 11 67,039 8 11 50,158 2 10 74,610 1 11 61,638 18 6 107,733 18 7 316,135 0 0 I 2,013,708 15 6 51,467 7 11 44,276 12 10 419,953 11 11 89,023 18 9 94,969 11 11 142,163 8 11 50,158 2 10 74,610 1 11 61,638 18 6 107,733 18 7 r: 272 17 3 66 3 9 100 14 2 95 11 3 59 9 4 56 1 9 100 0 0 340,500 0 0 75,124 0 0 53,649 0 4 542 6 2 5,152 2 8 ! 53,649 0 4 542 6 2 5,152 2 8 c 53,049 0 4 542 6 2 5,152 2 8 v 2,938,941 0 4 9,274 14 3 6 6 66,516 17 6 I 3,014,732 12 1 82,258 17 3 V 3,096,991 9 4 Duntroon Branch Ngapara Branch Fernhill Railway Purchase Brighton Road Branch Outram Branch Lawrence Branch Livingstone Branch Waihemo Branch Catlin's River Branch Hariotburn Branch Waikaka Branch Waimea Plains Branch Toitois Branch Riversdale to Switzers Kelso to Gore Seaward Bush to Catlin's ._. ._^_ Otago Central Invercargill to KingstonMain Line Mararoa Branch Makarewa to Orepuki and Waiau .. 1 Thornbury to Wairio .. .. . • ) Forest Hill .. •• •• ,•• _•• Expenses of Railway Commissions and other .Expenditure not chargeable to Individual Lines 96,772 15 3 26,090 7 8 1,415 8 10 6,473 14 9 11,951 7 6 214,503 11 2 82,784 18 10 33,190 18 8 216,483 16 8 122,867 7 10 66,429 14 9 111,365 5 2 52,480 4 3 54,847 12 3 602 2 5 138,808 19 3 1,280,104 11 10 " 96,772 15 3 26,090 7 8 1,415 8 10 6,473 14 9 11,951 7 6 231,251 16 6 82,784 18 10 33,190 18 8 272,190 3 9 122,867 7 10 67,235 0 1 111,365 5 2 52,480 4 3 78,243 12 4 602 2 5 151,629 9 5 1,280,400 9 9 37,500 0 0 58,009 0 0 134,272 15 3 84,099 7 8 1,415 8 10 19,302 14 9 41,642 7 6 231,387 19 10 82,784 18 10 33,190 18 8 272,356 12 0 122,867 7 10 67,235 0 1 111,365 5 2 52,480 4 3 80,295 13 10 602 2 5 151,661 6 2 .. 12,829 0 0 29,691 0 0 14,065* 5 4 2,683' 0 0 j 16,748' 5 4 136 3 4 51,696' 7 1 1 4,016' 0 0 55,706 7 1 166 8 3 2,449' 5 4 C Cr.1,644 0 0 805* 5 4 18,489 0 1 4,907' 0 0 23,396 0 1 2,052 1 6 12,71610 2 9 0 0 12,72510 2 95 0 0 328 17 11 31 16 9 1, , a.30 3 VT Invercargill to Kingston— Main Liine. Mararoa Branch. j Makarewa to Orepuki and Waiau. I Thornbury to Wairio Forest Hill. Expenses of Railway Commissions, &c, not chargeable to Individual Lines. Surveys of New Lines— North Island. Middle Island. Permanent-way for Railway Department. Rolling-stock. 307,432 4 2 27,216 18 7 307,432 4 2 27,216 18 7 91,937 5 2 399,369 9 4 27,216 18 7 312,792 10 7 11,321 11 11 1,717 0 0 13,038 11 11 277 14 6 326,108 17 0 60,297 0 0 1,553 2 5 387,958 19 5 22,983 14 5 10,336 19 11 22,983 14 5 10,336 19 11 22,983 14 5 10,336 19 11 Surveys of New Lines — North Island Middle Island Permanent-way for Railway Department 31,141 9 2 8,039 1 10 25,000 0 0 1,274 14 10 Cr. 79 16 11 1,274 14 10 Cr. 79 16 11 32,416 4 0 7,959 4 11 25,000 0 0 32,416 4 0 7,959 4 11 25,000 0 0 < Rolling stock .. Stock of Permanent-way materials, 31st March, 1909 .. •■ £88,624 19 9 e 4,533,541 7 0 88,624 19 9 2 221,093 13 11 4,754,635 0 11 109,117 0 0 4,863,752 0 11 Stock of Permanent-way decreased by £26,759 16 6 26,875.278 4 3 20,759 16 6 61,865 3 3 65,459 19 5 Stock of Permanent-way materials. Stock of Permanent-way materials, 31st March, 1910 .. .. £61,865 3 3 3,594 16 2 Total i26,848,518 7 9 706,253 17 3 1107,318 0 0 813,571 17 3 316,463 18 6 134 12 5 152,059 2 5 i28,130,747 13 4 1,787,741 5 6 687,004 6 2 130,605,493 5 0 .. Total. a Also includes value for £150,000 paid to d. credits amounting to £27,645 2s. lid. for plant, &c, over fromWellington-Manawatu Railway Company, shown in Table 3, 1909 (£24,989 15s.), was transfer* expended on purchase of district railways, £477,487 ebenture-holders under the Midland transferred to Railway Department now transferred to item " Rolling-!* ed from State Coal-mines Account 7s. lid. I Railway Petitions Settlement, i, and to other railway construe! stock." f Expenditure to Public Works Fund, 1910. Vet Amendment Act, 1903. b Expenditun ,ion-works. d Expenditure under Hutt ] 1 under Wellington-Manawatu Railway Purchase h £14 6s. expended 1906-7 now transferred 1 under Railway Im] load and Railway Ii Account. from item " Huruni irovements Autho: lprovement Act A g Balance of exj li to Waitaki, Mai irisation Act Accov Lccount. < pendituie under Si in Line," to item int. c Expe 1 Approximate valui ;ate Coal-mines Ac< " Culverden to Har inditure 1909-10 £27,639 17s. lid. less ation of rolling-stock (£100,000) taken count; this amount, and £24,983 18s. lmer, &c." t Includes amount •
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TABLE No. 4. STATEMENT showing the Net Expenditure on Roads, Bridges, &c., out of the Public Works Fund, Consolidated Fund, and the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, for the Year ended 31st March, 1910.
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Vole No. 07 ( jf™ J Name of Work. County. PUBLIC WORKS FUND. Roads, etc. North Auckland Road District— 4 Awanui to Mangatete, via Oturu Block .. Mangonui 5 Awanui to West Coast .. .. .. „ 7 Callaghan Road .. .. .. Bay of Islands 9 Dunn's to Kaitaia Dairy Factory.. .. Mangonui 10 Fairburn Creamery to Flat Bush .. .. „ 13 Herekino Wharf Road .. .. .. Hokianga 14 Hodges Bridge.. .. .. .. Mangonui 16 Hukerenui Railway-station to Riponui .. Whangarei 17 ! Iwitaua to Mangamuka .. .. Mangonui, Whangaroa, and Hokianga 19 ! Kaeo to Matauri .. .. .. Whangaroa 23 | Kaikohe to Huehue .. .. .. Hokianga and Bay of Islands 24 Kaikohe to Kawakawa. via Ngapipito .. Bay of Islands 25 Kaikohe to Rawene .. .. Hokianga and Bay of Islands 26 Kaimamaku to Helena Bay .. .. Whangarei 28 Kaitaia to Ahipara .. .. .. Mangonui 29 Kaitaia to Awanui .. .. .. „ 32 Mamari Village to Section 48. Block II, Wha- Hokianga ngape 34 .Mangakahia Bridge .. .. .. Whangarei 36 Mangamttka Block IX (access to Flavell's).. I Hokianga 38 Mangatarairc .. .. .. .. „ 39 Mangatete Block 111, Section 63 (access) .. Mangonui 41 Mangonuiowac Stream bridges .. .. Hokianga 44 McLean Road .. .. .. .. „ 45 Moscoviti Road .. .. .. Bay of Islands .. i 47 Ngaruawahine .. .. ,. .. [ 49 Okaihau to Horeke .. Hokianga and Bay of Islands 50 Okaihau to Kerikeri .. .. .. Bay of Islands 51 Okaihau to Waihou .. .. .. „ 52 Omapere Survey District, Blocks IX and X.. Hokianga 54 Opanaki to Hokianga .. .. .. „ 55 Opouteke River Bridge .. .. Bay of Islands 58 Oruru Factory to Fairburn Creamery .. j Mangonui 59 Oruru to Kohumaru .. .. .. „ 62 Paiaka to Ramarama .. .. .. Bay of Islands 1 11 Pakaraka to Whangae .. .. .. „ 66 Peria to Victoria Valley Post-office .. Mangonui 66 Puroa Road and Deviation .. .. Whangarei 68 Rangiahua to Umawhero .. Eokianga 70 Rawhia School to Rangiahua .. .. „ "I Russell to Waikare .. .. .. Bay of Islands 72 Ryder's Creek Bridge .. .. Mangonui 74 Takitu Road .. .. Hokianga 78 Towai to Ramarama . . .. Bay of Islands 80 I'mawhero to Mangamuka .. . . Hokianga 86 Waikare to Kawakawa .. .. .. Bay of Islands .. 88 Waimamaku to Pakanae .. .. j Hokianga 89 I Waimamaku Settlement .. „ 91 Waiotu to Hukerenui (Galbraith's) .. Bay of Islands .. 94 Wairua Bridge to Junction of Rivers .. Whangarei 95 Whakanekeneke Bridge .. . . Bay of Islands 97 Whangaroa Coast Road.. .. . . Whangaroa 98 White's Bridge .. .. .. Mangonui 100 Finlayson's Brook Road .. .. Whangarei 101 Fraser's Creek Bridge .. 102 Hikurangi to Whananaki .. .. „ 103 Manaia Road (Whangarei Heads) .. „ 104 Mangapai to Mangonui Bridge (Upper) 107 Matapouri to Marua 108 Maungakaramea Parish, Sections 111 and 112 110 Maungatapere to Tangiteroria 112 Mill Brook School Road 113 McLaughlin's to Caves .. 114 North River Road 115 Opuawhanga to Whananaki .. .. „ 118 Parua Bay Landing Road 121 Rawnsley Road .. .. ,. 124 Urquhart's Bay Road .. .. .. „ 127 Waipu Gorge to Section 1, Block X, Waipu S.D. 128 '• Whangarei Heads Landing Road ,, „ County. Electorate. Bay of Islands „ ,* ,, „ „ ,, ,, »» ,, », »» ,, Marsden ,, • • ,. •. ,, * * ;; ::| Net Expenditure. -• £ s. d. 38 13 5 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 49 2 0 33 9 8 50 0 0 57 18 0 75 0 0 38 1 1 46 8 8 100 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 44 13 0 35 0 0 36 16 8 22 10 9 99 10 6 59 7 8 54 12 0 38 8 0 29 6 6 214 11 3 100 0 0 50 0 0 35 4 3 123 17 6 288 7 0 100 0 0 28 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 87 18 6 100 0 0 59 19 0 101 16 6 58 13 6 431 18 3 100 0 0 5 ,-> 0 96 3 10 15 7 0 70 6 3 63 6 6 60 0 0 :,:, 0 6 141 2 10 60 0 0 194 5 0 50 0 0 239 0 10 100 0 0 50 0 0 58 15 0 100 0 0 99 19 9 31 5 9 60 0 0 50 0 0 41 11 6 50 0 0 100 0 0 101 4 10 100 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0
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Vote No. e item No. | Item No. Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure. 129 I 130 j 131 | 134 136 138 139 142 143 145 146 148 Roads, etc.— continued. North Auckland Road District — continued. JVhangarei to Whangarei Heads Dargaville to Flaxmill Bridge Kaihu Creek Bridge (Maropiu-Kairara) .. ; Kai Iwi to Kaihu .. .. Kirikopini to Mangakahia Mount Wesley to Kaihu Omano to Mangarata Paradise Road Tangowahine to Mangakahia Survey, acquisition, and legalisation of roads, drains, gravel-pits, tramways, &c. Supervision Miscellaneous works and services, including assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. ' 107 129 130 131 134 136 138 139 142 143 145 Whangarei Hobson Marsden Kaipara £ s. d. 50 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 100 0 0 93 12 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 207 11 3 212 15 6 146 148 '' 321 17 2 50 10 11 Total —North Auckland 7,847 15 1 7,847 15 1 150 151 152 154 156 I Auckland Road District— Dibble's Bridge to Whangaripo Creamery .. Hakarau to Te Hana Hetherington Road (Mareretu) Kaiwaka to Mangawai Mangawai to Waipu (coast road) Rodney „ Otamatea Marsden Marsden 40 6 2 KA A A 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 6 2 50 0 0 50 0 0 70 10 9 81 2 1 Otamatea and Whangarei Otamatea 70 10 9 81 2 1 49 19 2 157 158 159 163 165 166 Mareretu to Bull's Mareretu Central Matakana to Tauwharanui North Albertland to Te Hana Railway-station Pakiri to Whangaripo Waipu to Mareretu Rodney 49 19 10 50 0 0 49 19 2 49 19 10 50 0 0 100 0 0 99 15 1 146 1 9 169 170 171 172 Whangaripo to Wellsford Angel's to Creamery Arapohue to Hoanga Arapohue Settlement Road, via Education Reserve (£1 for £1) Otamatea and Whangarei Rodney Otamatea Hobson Kaipara Kaipara .. 99 15 1 146 1 9 50 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 277 11 6 .. 277 11 6 173 174 177 181 184 188 189 190 191 194 195 196 i 198 199 200 202 203 204 208 210 211 212 213 214 215 220 223 224 225 226 227 228 245 246 247 249 251 253 Ararua Aratapu Domain to Pound (£1 for £1) Awaroa Creek Bridge Bickerstaffe to Maungaturoto Burch's to Tokatoka-Mangapai Road Helensville to Kaukapakapa (Inland Road) Helensville to Port Albert (Rodney County section) Helensville to Port Albert (Waitemata County Section) Homestead Road Jackson Road Long Bridge (£150, £1 for £1) .. Lusk Road (£1 for £1) .. Makarau Railway-station to Tahekeroa Makarau River Bridge (near Railway-station) Makarau Railway-station to Kaukapakapa Matakohe District roads Matakohe to Tokatoka Mutakohe to Wharf Okahu Road (£1 for £1) Otamatea Road Pahi to Paparoa Paparoa to Matakohe Paparoa to Maungaturoto Paparoa to Wairere Parkhurst Ruawai to Awaroa Canal Tangaihi to Tikinui Tauhoa Block to Ahuroa Railway-station Taupaki Station to School .. .. j Te Kowhai (£1 for £1) .. .. .. Te Kuri, Block XVI, Sections 60 to 62 (£1 for £1) Te Pahi Creek Bridge Hobsonville to Weissers Hungry Creek Bridge Kahikatea Flat Road .. .. Kourawhero Stream Bridge .. Orewa Bridge .. .. .. .. . Puhoi to Tahekeroa Railway-station .. j Otamatea Hobson Otamatea .. j 79 11 10 150 0 0 28 16 0 79 11 10 150 0 0 28 16 0 74 6 0 38 7 0 200 0 0 145 3 3 >, ' Waitemata Rodney 38 7 0 200 0 0 145 3 3 Waitemata 54 17 6 54 17 6 Otamatea 100 0 0 100 0 0 99 19 11 200 0 0 160 0 0 238 5 3 49 7 2 174 10 10 125 5 3 169 19 6 50 0 0 50 0 0 42 19 0 142 3 6 84 12 4 1 17 9 56 13 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 30 3 0 100 0 0 i Waitemata Hobson Waitemata .. | 99 19 11 200 0 0 150 0 0 238 5 3 49 7 2 Otamatea 174 10 10 125 5 3 169 19 6 Hobson Otamatea 50 0 0 50 0 0 42 19 0 142 3 6 Ol IO A 1 17 9 Waitemata Otamatea Hobson Rodney Waitemata Otamatea 56 13 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 30 3 0 100 0 0 Rodney Waitemata Rodney Waitemata Rodney .. | Waitemata .. | Rodney and Wai- ! temata Waitemata Waitemata 100 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 1.50 0 0 50 0 0 ioo o o 200 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 1.50 0 0 50 0 0 I
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Vote Item No. No. "? m Name of Work. Comity. No. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure. .07 Roads, etc.— continued. Auckland Road District— continued. 254 Puhoi to Warkworth .. .. .. Rodney 255 I Pukapuka to Moir Hill .. .. .. „ 256 Samuel's Bridge (£2 for £1) .. .. Waitemata 260 I Wade to Dairy Flat 261 j Wade Village to Upper Orewa .. „ 263 Waitemata River Bridge (River-head) „ 264 Waiwera to Puhoi .. .. Waitemata and Rodney 265 Waiwera to Wainui .. .. .. I Waitemata 207 Warkworth to Ahuroa Railway-station .. Rodney 268 ', Avondale Mental Hospital to New Great Eden North Road 269 Great North Road deviation (Surrey Crescent i „ to Meola Creek), (£1 for £1) 270 ! Great North Road (Point Chevalier Road Dis- „ trict), (£1 for £1) f 274 New Lynn to Huia .. .. Waitemata 275 Swanson to West Coast .. . . „ 276 W'aikumete to West Coast .. .. „ 278 Whau Creek Culvert .. .. .. „ 280 Ardmore Range Road (£1 for £1) .. Manukau 284 Great South Road'(Papakura Road District), „ (£4for£l) 287 Hunua to Railway-station .. .. „ 289 Maungamaungaroa to Maraetai (£50, £1 for ! „ £1) . | 290 Paparoa to East Tamaki Road (£1 for £1) „ 291 Rama Rama Bridge (repairs) .. „ 294 Wairoa Butter-factory to Brookby Creamery „ 295 Wairoa River Bridge and approaches (Otau), „ (£1 for £1) 296 Abraham's Gully .. .. .. „ 298 Akaaka Swamp Road to Pukekohe Railway- „ station 302 Awhitu Main Road .. .. .. „ 303 Awhitu Parish (access to Section 128a) .. „ 304 Awhitu Wharf Road to Morrison's, via Orua „ Bay (£50, £1 for £1) 305 Boundary Road (Awhitu) .. .. „ 307 Buckland to Tuakau - Drury Road .. „ 308 Drury Road District bridges .. „ 310 j Drury to Waiuku, via Karaka .. .. „ 311 I Eastern Drain Outlet .. .. .. „ 312 Glen Murray to Rangiriri (£1 for £1) .. Raglan 313 Golding's Hill (£1 for £1) .. .. Manukau 315 Great South Road (Drury to Rangiriri) .. „ 316 Great South Road (Whangamarino Road Waikato District) 317 Harrisville to Tuakau (£1 for £1) .. Manukau 319 Huntly to Kahuruhuru .. .. Raglan 321 i Huntly Road District flood-damage (£1 for ; Waikato £1) 322 Kawakawa Bay to Hauarahi Stream .. Manukau 323 Kelsey's to Port Waikato .. Raglan 324 : Koheroa .. .. .. .. j Manukau 325 ! Main Road deviation through Evans's .. i „ 327 Mangapiko Valley .. .. Waikato 329 Matahuru Landing Road .. „ 330 Matahuru Valley to Mangapiko Valley .. „ 331 j Mauku to Drury - Waiuku Road.. .. j Manukau 332 Maungatawhiri Stream Bridge .. .. „ 333 Maungatawhiri Stream to Maungatangi „ Stream 334 Morrinsville Drainage .. .. .. Piako 335 McKinnon Road .. .. Raglan 336 McPherson Road .. .. .. ■ Waikato 339 Ohinewai Railway-station to Ngarua Block „ 340 Opaheke Main Road .. .. .. | Manukau 344 Otau Parish (Section 77) .. .. „ 345 Otoroheao Trig. Road .. .. .. Raglan 347 Paparimu to Maungatawhiri .. .. Manukau 349 Pollok Main Road .. .. .. „ 350 Pukekohe to Bombay (£1 for £1) .. „ 351 Puriri to Huntly (£75, £1 for £1).. .. Raglan 352 Rifle-range Road .. .. .. Manukau 353 Rutherford Road .. .. .. Raglan 354 Sandspit Wharf Road .. .. Manukau 355 Tahuna to Morrinsville .. .. .. Piako 357 Taniwha to Wairangi Railway-station .. I Waikato 358 : Tapp Road .. .. .. .. I Raglan .. Waitemata ,, Eden" »» »» »> >» Manukau »» >> >» »» >» Franklin »* j* »» £ s. d. 62 2 0 50 0 0 250 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 450 0 0 100 0 0 2 16 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 499 10 0 260 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 404 12 3 150 0 0 4 3 2 262 0 10 386 7 3 11 5 0 12 15 9 220 14 4 0 15 0 3 2 0 59 0 0 5 16 0 50 8 10 22 9 0 10 3 0 34 0 0 100 2 2 222 19 8 219 16 3 199 11 0 37 10 0 25 0 0 81 3 5 199 13 9 >» »» 100 0 0 15 17 10 116 14 6 >i >» >» 334 19 4 100 15 9 64 0 10 175 4 6 3 18 10 55 4 10 1 2 0 150 0 0 37 4 4 45 15 9 »» >» »» 11 400 0 0 11 8 0 41 15 6 157 13 11 116 0 0 14 5 6 116 16 1 15 1 0 9 7 0 250 0 0 23 1 0 60 19 4 12 0 3 50 0 0 10 0 0 22 7 3 121 2 10 *»» »» »» ii M
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Vote Item No. No. Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure. 07 359 360 361 364 365 366 367 368 374 375 376 377 378 379 382 383 384 387 389 394 396 399 402 403 409 410 413 414 415 416 420 422 425 Roads, etc. — continued. Auckland Road District — continued. Tauhei .. .. .. .. Waikato and Piako Franklin Te Puroa .. .. .. • • Raglan Te Puroa to Waingaro-Ngaruawahia Road ., . . „ (£100, £1 for £1) Tuakau Bridge to Waingaro (£1 for £1) „ „ Tuakau Bridge to Raglan .. .. -. • • » Tuakau to Onewhero .. .. • ■ „ Tuakau Railway-station to Tuakau Bridge „ .. ., (£1 for £1) Tuakau to Razorback (£1 for £1) .. Manukau Waitangi Bridge (Pukekohe Main Road), „ .. „ (£1 for £1) Waiuku to Awhitu .. .. .. „ • • i „ Waiuku to Pukekohe (£75, £1 for £1) .. „ Waiuku to Pukekohe (Tramway Road) .. „ „ Waiuku Road District flood-damage (£1 for „ . . „ £1) f> Whangarata Road (£1 for £1) .. .. .. >• Cape Colville to Port Charles .. .. Coromandel Thame! Coromandel to Waikawau .. • • ,, » Crosbie Settlement Road .. .. Thames Kaimarama Creek Bridge (contribution) .. ('oromandel . „ Kikowhakarere to Cabbage Bay (coast road) „ .... Miranda to Waitakaruru .. .. Ohinemuri Opani to Turua .. .. • • Thames Port Charles to Ahuroa .. Coromandel Thames to Hikutaia .. .. ■ ■ Thames .. j Thames to Waikawau .. .. ■ • „ .... Kaimanawa to Hikutaia .. Ohinemuri .. Ohinemuri Komata North .. .. >, ■ • » Netherton to Awaiti Block .. • • „ *> Netherton to Kerepehi .. .. • • •• >• Netherton to Puke .. . • • • - • • » Netherton to Turua .. .. •• Ohinemuri and | Thames Tahuna to Paeroa .. .. •• Ohinemuri Te Rohia to Mangaiti .. .. » » Waitoa Block to Waihou Railway-station . . Ohinemuri and „ Piako Aotea to Raglan .. .. -■ Raglan and Kawhia Waikato Bertelson Road (Pukekura) .. .. Waipa Cogswell Road .. .. • • Raglan Hamilton Traffic Bridge (£1 for £1) Borough of Hamilton Horotiu to Tc Kowhai .. .. Waipa Kaniwhaniwha Stream Bridge (Steel's Cross- j Raglan . . ing) Kauri to Harapepe .. .. „ • • • • » Mangaokahu .. .. ■ • • ■ » • ■ • • » Matakotia .. .. •. • • „ - • „ Puniu Bridge (Te Awamutu - Otorohanga Waipa and West Road) Tau P° Ruapuke to Aotea .. .. • Raglan Ruapuke Mountain Road to Te Mata .. I ,, » Sainsbury Road .. .. •• Raglan and Wai- j tomo Te Awamutu to Kihikihi .. Waipa Te Kowhai-Te Rapa Road (Mclvor's) .. „ >> Te Mata to Ruapuke .. .. Raglan Te Rapa (£1 for £1) .. •• ■• Waipa .. Te Toto Stream Bridge .. ■■ \ Raglan Waingaro Springs to Te Uku .. „ • • » Waingaro to Waingaro Landing . . „ Wainui .. .. • • • ■ » Waitetuna to Kauri .. .. • • ! >, • • • • j » Waitetuna Middle Bridge .. • • •• • • • ■ » Waitetuna to Whatawhata . • • • „ • • • • ! » W'liaanga .. .. • • ■ ■ .... - - ,, Whatawhata Swamp Road .. Waipa .. Crow's Nest Hill to No. 4, Maungatautari Waipa and West lauranga (£1 for £1) Taupo French Pass to Taotaoroa .. ■ • Matamata .. „ Hairini Briduo and approaches .. •■ lauranga .. „ Kakepuku .. .. .. • • Waitomo and W est Taupo Kakepuku to Puniu Bridge ■■ Waitomo Kihikihi to Waotu .. .. • • West Taupo and Piako Matamata to Mangawhero .. • • Piako .. .. „ Oropi Settlement .. • • • • Tauranga Piako County Hood-damage (£t. for £1) .. Piako .. ..I ::! •• :: £ s. il. 60 0 0 353 14 II 102 2 11 90 13 9 226 3 3 2 0 0 LOO 0 0 loo o o 75 0 0 251 12 9 109 18 I I 40 5 0 30 10 2 17 10 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 200 0 0 I9S 12 11 99 1 4 19 15 3 100 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 343 8 0 200 0 0 220 0 0 176 3 6 126 16 8 200 0 0 100 0 0 14 17 5 290 0 0 100 0 0 9 10 0 92 I 5 67 16 6 1,000 0 0 100 o o 235 8 10 47 8 7 49 11 4 31 7 4 768 16 10 31 10 1 30 4 0 210 13 3 100 0 0 50 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 64 7 11 71 5 4 60 18 0 27 1 11 112 11 5 90 17 5 1.704 8 3 164 18 7 150 0 0 11 3 3 210 7 2 163 17 6 178 9 0 78 17 8 206 16 5 100 0 0 29 10 0 229 7 9 426 427 428 430 432 433 434 435 436 437 439 440 441 443 445 446 447 448 450 451 452 454 466 456 458 460 461 462 463 465 466 467 469 471 472
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Vote No. Item No. | Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure. 07 474 476 478 479 481 482 485 488 489 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 Roads, etc.— continued. Auckland Road District— continued. Raupara .. .. .. .. Waitomo .. Tauranga Tauranga County Hood-damage (£1 for £1) Tauranga .. „ Tautau Bridge .. .. .. „ Te Puhi .. .. .. .. West Taupo Thames River Traffic-bridge (Te Aroha), (£1 Piako .. .. ! for £1) Tokanui to Wharepapa .. . . West Taupo .. „ Waihou River Bridge (Mangawhero) . . Piako .. .. „ Awaroa River Bridge .. .. .. Kawhia .. Taumarunui . . Hangatiki to Waitomo .. .. .. j Waitomo ,, Kawa Drain bridges .. .. . . „ Kawhia to Aotea .. .. Kawhia ,, Kihikihi to Otorohanga .. .. | Waitomo and West „ Taupo Kiokio .. .. .. .. Waitomo .. „ Mangamahoe .. .. .. .. „ .. „ Moakurarua Bridge .. .. .. „ Ngutunui to Kawa .. .. .. ,, .. „ Otorohanga to Ouruvvlnto (hvaikura Stream Bridge .. .. . ■ ,, Pirongia to Kawhia .. .. Kawhia and Wai- „ tomo Pirongia West .. .. Kawhia .. I „ Shea Road .. .. .. .. „ „ Tawarau (£1 for £1) .. .. .. Waitomo „ Te Kuiti to Otorohanga .. .. „ .. j „ Te Rau Mauku .. .. .. „ .. I „ Toi .. .. .. .. .. ! Kawhia Turitea (Lyford's) .. .. Waitomo Umurearea Bridge .. .. .. ,, ,, Waiharakeke Bridge .. .. .. Kawhia „ Waitetuna to Aotea .. .. .. Kawhia and Raglan „ Waitomo Valley (Ruakuri Caves) .. Waitomo Whakapirau .. .. .. .. Kawhia .. I „ Wharauroa .. .. .. . „ „ Arahiwi to Mamaku Railway-station .. Rotorua .. Bay of Plenty Bishop Road .. .. .. .. „ .. Echo Lake Geyser .. .. „ Harper Road .. .. .. .. Rotorua and I'iako „ Kaharoa .. .. .. Rotorua Kaingaroa to Waiotapu.. .. .. ,, ., Kapukapu .. .. .. .. „ ,, Maketu to Tc Ngae .. .. .. Rotorua and Tau- „ £| s. d. 42 8 4 54 17 6 150 0 0 85 7 0 1,000 0 0 213 6 10 453 7 4 21 17 11 301 11 2 0 15 0 131 4 10 79 0 0 91 0 0 14 1 0 428 5 9 173 11 7 0 18 0 49 16 7 675 2 5 166 1 2 95 6 6 0 1 0 95 9 0 106 2 0 79 5 2 64 5 9 93 2 1 2,005 13 6 192 4 6 84 1 8 81 0 2 110 0 2 40 2 9 12 16 2 14 11 6 25 1 8 24 13 0 22 0 0 27 7 8 159 8 5 .501 502 503 504 505 506 .507 508 509 510 512 513 514 515 517 518 520 521 522 524 526 527 528 529 530 531 533 534 535 536 537 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 ranga Okareka Lake to Tikitapu Lake .. .. Rotorua Okere Falls Orakei Korako Road .. .. .. East Taupo .. „ Oruanui to Mokai .. .. .. „ .. I „ Oruanui to Wairakei .. .. .. „ ., Rotoiti to Tarawera. via Qkatainn .. Rotorua • ■ ,, Rotorua to Lake Rotoma .. .. „ „ Rotorua to Ngongotaha Mount .. .. „ Rotorua to Taupo, via Atiamuri .. Rotorua and East ; „ Taupo Rotorua to Taupo, via Waiotapu .. j Ditto Rotorua to Wairoa .. .. Rotorua .. „ Rotowhero to Galatea .. .. Rotorua and Wha- „ katane Rotowhero to Multipara .. Rotorua and East „ Taupo South Road .. .. .. .. | Rotorua Tauhara Mountain Track .. .. East Taupo . . „ Taupo to Te Arntiatia Rapids (east and west) I „ •■ „ Tikiterc to Green Lake .. .. .. Rotorua .. ! „ Tirau to Ngongotaha .. .. .. Piako and Rotorua „ Waimangu Geyser to Kakaramea . . Rotorua .. „ Waimangu to Lake Rotomahana .. „ .. „ Survey, acquisition, and legalisation of road*. drains, gravel-pits, tramways, &c. Supervision Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote Miscellaneous works and services, including assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. j 93 0 0 10 8 0 175 13 6 46 16 0 89 17 0 55 2 0 125 12 4 81 15 0 202 12 6 484 18 8 81 7 0 39 11 6 26 5 0 11 10 5 31 4 0 26 0 0 10 8 0 68 3 7 46 16 0 2 2 5 637 8 4 2,625 12 0 1 10 0 396 11 0 550 551 552 Total—Auckland £37,268 1 7 £37,268 1 7
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Vote Item No. No. Name of Work. County. Electorate. Nee Expenditure. 07 553 557 560 562 565 566 567 568 570 571 572 575 576 580 586 587 590 593 596 600 603 605 606 608 Roads, etc. — continued. Gisborne Road District — Anderson Road (Waimana Parish) .. Whakatane Galateajto Te Teko .. .. .. „ Lake Rotoma to Te Teko .. .. „ Mangaheia Bridge .. .. Cook Maraetotara .. Whakatane Mata River Traffic Bridge (£1 for £1) .. Waiapu Matata to Otamarakau .. .. Whakatane Matata to Tamurenui Junction .. ,, Multipara to Ruatahuna .. .. East Taupo and Whakatane Motu to Opotiki .. .. .. Opotiki Motu to Motu Bridge .. .. Waikohu Ohiwa to Waimana .. .. .. Opotiki and Whakatane Omaramutu to Te Whaite .. Opotiki Peoples Road .. .. ,, Ruatoki to Opouriao .. .. .. Whakatane Tahora to Government Road (£1 for £1) Waikohu Tarawera Bridge protection .. Whakatane Te Waiti Road .. .. .. Opotiki Tuparoa to Whangaparoa (inland track) .. j Waiapu Wainui to Tolago Bay .. .. .. j Cook .. \ .. Waiwhero Stream Bridge .. Waikohu Whakatane River Bridge (£1 for £1) .. Whakatane Whakatane to Te Teko .. „ Gisborne to Hangaroa (£600 contributed by Cook County Council) Gisborne to Wairoa County Boundary, via „ Tiniroto Karaua Road and Bridge .. „ Supervision Bay of Plenty £ s. d. 149 15 1 7 0 0 135 13 6 300 0 0 52 16 6 400 0 0 283 9 2 11 9 6 52 17 0 41 4 0 92 2 2 149 16 6 46 14 0 95 4 0 88 17 10 56 17 0 279 8 9 6 2 4 150 0 0 400 0 0 204 15 4 201 12 1 84 11 2 1,069 16 0 Gisborne 610 421 13 4 611 617 299 14 10 359 9 2 Total—Gisborne £5,440 19 3 620 621 622 624 625 626 627 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 638 639 640 Taranaki Road District — Arawata .. .. .. Waimarino Awakino to Tirua Point .(coast track) .. , Awakino Hoihenga .. .. .. Waimarino Kaka .. .. .. .. I Clifton Kihikihi Stream Bridge .. .. | Waitomo Kokakanui Valley .. .. .. Waimarino Mahorahora .. .. .. .. Ohura Makotuku Valley .. .. . • Waimarino Mangakara .. .. .. .. Ohura Mangahoe .. .. .. .. Waimarino Mangaorino .. .. . • • ■ Waitomo Mangapapa .. .. •. Clifton Mangapapa Stream Bridge .. Ohura Mangapeehi Stream Bridge .. Waitomo Mangatoro .. .. .. • • Clifton Mangawhero River Bridge (Ohakune) .. Waimarino Marokopa River snagging .. .. Kawhia and Awakino Mimi to MokaU .. .. .. Clifton Miroahuiao to Mangaotaki .. .. Waitomo Mokau Ferry Service (Upper) .. .. „ Mokauiti Stream Bridge (Nelson's) „ Ngatarawa .. .. .. Awakino Ohura River Bridge (Matiere) .. .. Ohura Oniao .. .. .. ■ ■ Waitomo Okau .. .. .. Clifton Okoke (£1 for £1) .. * Orautaha River Bridge (Raetihi-Ohura Road) Waimarino Otaranoho .. .. .. • • „ Otaraoa .. .. .. .. Clifton Otuiti .. .. .. Ohura Paemako Improved-farm Settlement .. Waitomo Pakihikura .. .. .. Awakino Papakino .. .. .. Clifton Parapara to Karioi .. .. Waimarino Taumarunui .. 50 0 0 95 10 6 21 18 0 191 13 6 109 10 7 199 6 6 53 9 4 195 2 3 6 9 0 4 0 0 194 15 6 32 7 4 74 6 8 17 19 9 36 3 4 549 6 10 12 4 6 644 646 647 649 651 653 655 656 657 659 660 661 662 664 665 666 667 550 0 0 450 5 7 18 12 11 183 7 10 99 13 0 538 13 9 40 15 11 95 0 0 43 2 6 248 17 0 96 17 6 650 0 0 87 6 7 6 15 3 100 0 0 49 10 0 44 4 0 Taumarunui and Rangitikei Taumarunui .. 668 669 670 671 Piko . . .. .. .. ■ • Clifton Pipiriki to Raetihi .. .. Waimarino Pokoihu .. .. .. -. Ohura Poro-o-tarao to Taumarunui .. .. Ohura and West Taupo I'otaka .. .. .. •• Waitomo Prentice .. .. .. Ohura Rimu .. .. .. .. ' >, ,, • • 209 12 5 45 7 0 24 8 0 117 15 5 ,» 672 673 677 40 19 0 79 17 4 78 18 0 », • •
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Vote Item No. No. Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure. Roads, etc. — continued. Taranaki Road District — continued. Rotoaira to Waimarino Railway-station Taumarunui .. £ s. d. 208 11 2 .07 678 Ryan Road Tapuri Taumarunui to Ohakune Waimarino, West] Taupo, and East Taupo Ohura .. 111 5 2 124 10 9 307 1 1 679 680 681 West Taupo and Waimarino Waitomo and Awakino Waitomo Waimarino .. Waitomo .. j 682 Te Kuiti to Mokau 1,898 15 6 683 684 685 686 687 690 691 Te Kuiti to Te Kumi Tokiahuru Bridge Totoro Tumutumu to Waitomo Turipoto Waikaka Stream Bridge Waiouru to Tokaanu ,, • Awakino Ohura Waimarino and East Taupo Clifton .. Ohura East Taupo East Taupo and West Taupo East Taupo 42 0 10 365 9 9 62 2 3 62 7 0 29 18 6 197 9 4 240 0 10 Taumarunui and Hawke's Bay Taumarunui .. i 692 695 696 697 Waitara River Bridge (Rerekino) Whenuakura Tokaanu to Taupo Tokaanu to Waihi Hawke's Bay.. 293 4 11 75 3 6 114 18 8 27 4 0 698 699 700 702 704 705 706 709 712 714 715 716 718 719 720 722 723 724 725 726 Tokaanu Wharf Road Waikato Bridge, Tokaanu Alfred Carrington Road (Carrington Road District), (£250, £1 for £1) Korito Koru (£1 for £1) Kotuku Pitone (£1 for £1) Dawson's Falls Epero Koane Moeawatea Ridge Okahu (Ngariki Road to Newall Road) Patupuremu Rawhitiroa (£1 for £1) .. Whenuakura River Bridge Whenuakura Valley Wiremu (Ngariki Road to Ihaia Road) Autawa Brewer (Strathmore to Murcott Road), (£1 for £1) Heao Kohi Mangaehu River Bridge (Tututawa), (£1 for £1) Mangaehu (Upper), (£1 for £1) Mangare Taranaki ,» • • *, ■ * Stratford Eltham Egmont Hawera Eltham Hawera Eltham and Hawera Egmont Stratford Whangamomona Taranaki ,, • • Egmont ,» • • 23 18 6 40 13 0 76 10 0 200 0 0 35 0 0 85 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 240 18 9 64 17 11 163 0 0 9 12 0 92 6 4 16 14 0 1,195 0 0 110 14 2 350 4 4 241 5 9 28 7 4 500 0 0 Stratford 727 729 732 Stratford Whangamomona Stratford 42 11 0 135 6 2 350 0 0 734 737 Whangamomona Whang amomona and Clifton Stratford 480 0 8 376 17 0 738 739 740 742 744 745 746 748 750 751 Mohakau Mount Humphries Road Ngatoto Okara Raupuha Rimuputa Tahunaroa to Tirohanga Tangarakau Valley Road Vera Waitara Valley (Tangitu Road to Mangare Road) Ball Road Kauarapaoa Kauarapaoa Block Road (£1 for £1) Maben Clifton .. Whangamomona Stratford Stratford and Clifton Whangamomona ,, • • 60 13 10 27 12 0 62 12 10 101 1 11 50 0 0 86 5 0 76 7 3 6 16 0 80 8 0 126 14 0 -Clifton .. 753 754 755 756 Patea Waitotara .. I Patea 28 6 6 62 9 4 75 0 0 521 9 7 Patea and Hawera Patea and Egmont Patea Patea and Egmont Patea Rangitikei 757 758 Mataimoana Moeawatea Valley Patea Patea and Eltham 56 3 3 256 13 6 759 764 766 767 770 771 776 778 779 780 Moturoa Hiwera (£1 for £1) Kauaekeke (£35, £1 for £1) Makohine Valley (£62, £1 for £1) .. Mangawhero River Bridge (Raupiu) Mataroa to Mangaweka (£1 for £1) Te Hue Waipapa Wangaehu River Bridge (Addenbrook's) Wangaehu River Bridge (Mangamahu) Patea Rangitikei Wanganui .. j Rangitikei Wanganui 30 13 0 72 0 0 81 19 0 65 14 6 213 10 2 121 17 9 21 15 0 30 19 0 35 8 9 78 18 6 ,, . • i
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Vote No. Item No. Name of Work. County. Electorate Net Expenditure. 07 781 782 784 787 788 789 Roads, etc. — continued. Taranaki Road District — continued. Wangaehu River Bridge (Whiteman's) .. Wanganui Wangaehu River Road (£1 for £1) Wanganui Town Bridge .. .. „ Survey, acquisition, and legalisation of roads, drains, gravel-pits, tramways, &c. Supervision Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote Miscellaneous works and services, including assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Rangitikei Wanganui £ s. d. 45 14 10 124 8 0 2,176 2 9 952 4 9 1,784 12 3 1 15 6 790 296 4 3 Total —Taranaki .. 22,700 13 9 791 793 794 795 798 799 800 802 809 812 814 815 816 818 822 823 824 830 831 832 833 835 836 838 843 849 Wellington Road District— Makaretu River Bridge .. .. Wairoa Napier to Wairoa .. .. .. „ .. Nuhaka River Bridge (Stewart's Crossing) .. „ Nuhaka to Tarewa .. .. .. Waikaremoana Accommodation-house Road Wairoa to Gisborne, via Morere (Sandhills), „ (£1 for£l) Wairoa River Bridge (Frasertown) Wairoa to Puterc (Cricklcwood deviation) „ Knight Road (Argyll) .. .. .. Hawke's Bay Mangaohane Stream Bridge .. .. „ Maraekakaho Stream Bridge (Mangatahi „ Road) Maraekakaho Stream Bridge (upper crossing) „ Mason Road .. .. .. .. „ Puketitiri to Pakaututu Block .. .. „ Maharakekc Stream Bridge .. Waipukurau and Waipawa Mangapurakau Stream Bridge .. .. Dannevirke Onga Onga River Bridge (£1 for £1) .. Waipawa Te Kouka (£1 for £1) . . Waipawamate .. .. .. .. „ Kawhatau River Bridge (£1 for£l) .. Rangitikei Makino Gorge Bridge . . . . .. „ Potaka .. .. .. .. „ Rangitikei Bridge (Omatane) .. .. „ Apiti Main South (£100, £1 for £1) .. Kiwitea Mangamako (Sandon Block) .. .. „ Oroua River Bridge (£1 for £1) .. .. Kiwitea and Pohangina Oroua River Bridge (London's Ford), (£1 i Ditto for £1) Pohangina Bridge (£1 for £1) .. Pohangina Tunipo Gorge Road .. .. .. Kairanga Manawatu River Bridge (Lower Gorge) .. Oroua and Kairanga Palmerston North to Foxton .. . . Manawatu Ballancc Majn Road (£1 for £2) .. .. Pahiatua Huia Road (Pongaroa) .. Akitio Kaituna Kaukuhu .. .. .. .. Dannevirke Makairo to Coonoor .. . . Pahiatua Makuri to Pongaroa (£1 for £1) .. .. Akitio and Pahiatua Makuri Saddle to Pongaroa, via Rakaunui Akitio .. (£1 for £1) Mangamaire Bridge (£1 for £1) .. .. Dannevirke Mangapuaka .. .. .. .. ,, Mathieson's Bridge and approaches . . Pahiatua Mill .Stream Road .. . . .. Weber McLeod Road .. .. Akitio Ohinereiata .. .. .. Pahiatua Oporae .. .. .. Weber Otamaraho .. .. .. .. Dannevirke Otawhao .. .. .. Woodvile Pahiatua to Palmerston .. .. Pahiatua and KaiGisborne .. 279 5 9 418 4 10 800 0 0 16] 6 0 36 0 0 100 0 0 4,323 14 0 50 0 0 Hawke's Bav.. 86 15 0 213 6 2 541 8 6 ... .„ . 294 19 4 227 10 0 200 0 0 Waipawa .. 123 6 2 114 19 7 200 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 Rangitikei .. 1,250 0 0 139 4 8 60 0 0 1,589 16 6 Oroua .. ' 44 14 4 .. j 200 0 0 331 6 2 850 2.50 0 0 750 0 0 73 16 0 Palmerston .. 420 15 9 3.678 7 4 Manawatu .. ' 150 0 0 Pahiatua .. 300 0 0 48 5 5 29 18 0 99 13 8 56 10 0 974 18 7 154 0 8 853 854 855 856 857 858 865 866 868 869 871 872 873 875 877 878 879 881 882 884 885 886 75 0 0 199 8 5 Cr. 423 14 6 77 7 7 50 0 0 65 0 0 91 12 6 88 1 3 138 16 0 200 19 7 887 889 891 892 893 894 896 ranga Pahiatua to Ponearoa (£1 for £1), (on account I'aliiat ua of £1,000) Pongaroa Stream Bridge (Huia Road) .. Akitio .. Rakaunui to Pongaroa (£1 for £1) Ruaroa (Tamaki Block).. .. .. Dannevirke Tahukaretu .. .. .. . . Weber Tamaki Settlement to Kiritaki Block .. Dannevirke Te Hoe Creek Bridge .. ,. .. Weber 500 0 0 88 6 5 74 8 10 12 17 9 150 0 0 351 9 1 226J14 8
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Vote! Item No. No. Name of Work. County. Electorate. Expenditure. Roads, ktc. — continued. Wellington Road District— continued. £ ■-• 4 Top Grass Road .. Woodville .. Pahiatua 119 18 5 Towai .. •• Akitio and Pahiatua ., .. 286 6 .'! Tunakore Bridge Dannevirke .. .. 124 19 II Tyke's Ford (Makuri River) .. Pahiatua „ .. 99 In I Waihi River Bridge (Lunt's) .. Akitio .. .. .. 123 17 4 Weher to HerbertvDle (on account of £1,000) Weber .. .. .. 248 8 0 Weber to Waione (£1 for £1) Weber and Akitio .. 90 8 6 Wimbledon to North-west Boundary, Weber Weber .. .. .. 87 3 0 County, via Waipatiki Woodville Survey District (ticoess to See- W Iville .. „ 70 3 0 tion 1, Block XIV) Barton's Line to Mangamahoe ... Eketahuna and Mas- Masterton .. 22 In 4 terton Glendonald to Wairere .. .. .. Masterton and Wai- „ .. 247 10 0 rarapa South Hinemoa to Alfre.lton .. .. .. Masterton and Pahi- „ .. 160 16 0 atua Ihuraua Bridge (£1 foiE1) .. •• Masterton .. „ 300 0 0 Makakahi River Bridge (Bourke's Crossing), Pahiatua .. .. .. 174 8 n (£1 for £1) Mangatainoka Vallev UoiiiI .. .. Maurioeville „ .. 246 9 3 Maungatakato .. .. •• Masterton „ .. 163 13 3 Puketoi (Waterfalls Knd) .. •• ,, - •• *6 18 0 BlairlogietoHomewood(£31, £lfor£l) .. .. .. Wairarapa .. 99 18 8 Fernyhurst Road .. .. .. i ■• •■ •• •• 27 19 3 Kiriwhakapapa .. .. •• » ■■ '-" '* u Maungahuia (Kokotau), Longbusli .. Wairarapa South.. Maungaru to Fem\ hurst .. Masterton .. „ .. 42 s 6 Mangaone to Te Horo . . .. .. Horowhenua .. Otaki . . KM) 0 (I Paraparaunni to Beach .. Hutt .. .... .. 41 - I Phillip Road .. .. .. •• •• °" " ° Plimmerton to Pahautanui .. •■ •• ■■ •• l,)ls j " Porirua Bridge .. •• •• Makara.. .. .. .. 160 0 0 Taungata Bndge (£1 for £1) .. .. Horowhenua .. „ 450 o 0 Tavistock ■ " • >» J 0 Waitohu Bridge (£1 for El) .. „ ••!„" " ,,„ .Belmont Road (extension) .. •• Hutt .. .. Hult .. loo o o Eayward's Ford • • *| '_' J Narrovi Neck Stream Bridge .. • • •• • ■ *j Xorinandale Settlement .. •• " ,,,,,,!! Thomas Creek Bridge » • • «« 12 1 Wainuiomata Road ■• ff" Hawtrev Settlement (access roads) .. Makara.. Wellington Sub- 100 0 0 uWis 107 897 ,899 900 901 902 905 906 907 908 911 913 914 917 920 922 924 926 9.34 936 941 945 946 967 972 973 974 976 980 981 987 989 991 994 995 997 999 1001 1002 1003 Chatham Islands roads .. .. •• •■ .;'; | Survey, acquisition, and legalisation of roads. .. •• •••>'- l4 •» drains, gravel-pits, tramways. Ate. r Supervision .. .. • • v ■ • ■ ■ l »"** ? I Contingencies, including unforeseen expendi- .. • • ° * > tore incidental to the other items of the vote .. .„ Miscellaneous works and servioes, including .. •• ob n iu assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &o. 1004 1005 1006 _ OB IIQO 19 5 Total-Wellington .... .. £28,039123 £28,039 12 3 1007 1011 1013 1017 1018 1020 1022 1024 1026 1030 1033 1041 1042 1044 1046 1047 1048 1049 1050 Nblsou Road District— Nelson to Rai Saddle Waimea .. Nelson 160 0 0 Alexander Bluff Bridge „ •■ Mot»eka ■• «» " \ Awaroa to Totaranui .. •• •■ Takaka .. „ •• -- o n Bonny Doon Road .. .. ■ ■ Collingwood Brooklyn Creek (protective worto) .. Waimea .. „ •• "*' " " Brooklyn Valle\ Road Extension .. .. •• " •• »» + ■ Cemeten Road (Montere) .. •• „ ■• » •■ '"V " " Collingwood Main Road (El for El) .. Cofflngv. 1 .. ., •• * ' " Kast Road Extension Takaka .. „ •• '*> Gardner Road (Upper Montere) .. .... •■ » •• ™ " " Hope Vallev bridges .. ... .. Waimea .. „ • • * " Motueka River protective works . . .. „ .. ,, •■ « tfotueka Valley (Fanlkener's) .. ..} •■ •• •• '!,., , ( ! " Wuilorf to Dovedalo .. .. .. •• ■• » •■ ' ' Sorris Gully to Stewart's •• •• - «» • « Pearse Valley .. •■ •• ■• •■ ., 0 0 0 Pohara to Awaroa .. ■• I Takaka .. „ ■ Pohara to Wainui •• •; •• j »' ■• ..„ .. Richmond to OoUingwOod .. Waimea. Takaka. Nelson and 148 14 8 and Collingwood Motueka Rising Sun Vallev Waimea .. Motueka 50 0 0 Sandy Bay to Marahau ■• •• •• - " '' . .School Road (Montere) .. .... 1051 1050 10.57
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Vots No. Item No Name of Work. County. I Name of Work. County. Electorate. Expenditure. Electorate. 07 1059 1061 1062 1063 1067 1069 1070 1074 1077 1078 1079 1082 1083 1084 1086 1088 1089 1090 1091 1092 1093 1095 1096 1097 1098 Roads, etc.— continued. Nelson Road District— continual. Sherry Valley to Mann .. .. .. Waimea Spring Creek Bridge .. .. .. Takaka Stanley Brook to Fcnernior's .. .. Waimea Stanley Brook to Woodstock .. . . „ Takaka Main Road .. .. .. Takaka Upper Tadmor .. .. .. Waimea Wai-iti Valley (Upper) .. .. .. j „ Wangapeka to Sherry .. .. .. | „ Baigcnt Road .. .. .. .. Murchison Buller River Bridge (O'Sullivan's) „ Buller River Road to O'Sullivan's Bridge .. j „ Maruia Hot Springs .. .. .. I „ Maruia to Rappahannoc .. .. „ Matakitaki River protection .. „ Slips Road .. .. .. . . „ Survey, acquisition, and legalisation of roads, drains, gravel-pits, tramways, &c. Supervision Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote Miscellaneous works and services, including assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total—Nelson Marlborough Road District — Black Point to Main Road (Pclorus River) Marlborough Elaine Bay to Hope's .Section .. .. Sounds l-'rcnch Pass. Admiralty Bay, and Croi\e!lcs „ ... tracks Homewood Wharf .. .. „ .. Kaiaho Canal and Track .. .. „ Kaiuma Saddle .. .. .. Sounds and Marlborough Portage Bay to Waitaria .. .. Sounds Rai Falls .. .. .. .. ! Marlborough Rai Falls Bridge .. .. .. „ Rai Saddle to Havelock .. .. „ Torea Bay Road .. .. .. Sounds Arapawa Island .. .. .. „ .. Awatere River to Clarence River .. Marlborough Grove Wharf Road .. .. .. „ Kaituna-Tuamarina (protective works) .. „ Mahakipawa to Havelock .. .. „ Omaka River Traffic-bridge (Blenheim to „ Renwick) Picton to Grove .. .. .. „ Wairau Bridge.. .. .. .. „ Wairau Native Reserve (protection) „ Clarence to Hapuku .. .. .. Kaikoura Kahautara to Conway (Hundalee) Kowhai to Conway (Greenhills) .. Survey, acquisition, and legalisation of roads. drains, gravel-pits, tramways, &c. Supervision Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote Miscellaneous works and services, including assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total —Marlborough £ s. d. Motueka 160 10 6 270 0 0 84 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 o 150 0 0 ! Buller 95 19 4 2,459 19 0 894 15 1 180 12 1 100 0 0 0 9 0 34 17 0 284 16 9 306 16 7 119 55 13 7 £7,981 I lo Nelson 73 o o 22 3 3 65 6 0 4 0 0 22 10 0 91 o o 10 0 0 48 5 7 83 11 0 200 0 0 Nelson a n (I 48 3 9 Wairau Wairau .. 0 8 0 442 12 3 53 15 0 200 0 0 90 9 8 „ .. 500 0 0 12 12 6 .. I 1,000 0 0 1 18 0 ! Hurunui 200 0 o 100 0 0 100 0 o 242 7 9 401 15 2 I 19 8 17 9 I £4,033 6 11 1101 1102 1103 1105 1106 1109 1110 1115 1120 1121 1122 1124 1126 1128 1131 1135 1137 1139 1140 1141 1142 1146 1147 1148 1150 1151 1153 1156 1157 1158 1159 1161 1163 Westport Road District — Abattoir to Soap-factory and Orowaiti River Buller Brighton to Caves .. .. ., „ BullerRoad (loop line Nine-mile to Westport) „ Carter .Junction to Bradshaw Terrace .. „ Carter Junction to Cape Foulwind .. „ Coastal roads and bridges over Totara River, ,, Cape Foulwind, and Charleston Orowaiti River Bridge .. .. „ Victoria Road (extension) .. .. „ Waimangaroa Bridge to Beach .. .. „ Waimangaroa to Westport .. .. „ Supervision Miscellaneous works and services, including assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, Ac. Buller .. 353 10 0 50 0 O 386 4 0 91 1 O 300 0 O 500 0 0 1.200 0 o 49 10 o 69 O n 700 o o 275 12 11 16 0 O Total—Westport a.020 17 11 £4,020 17 11
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Vote Item Name ot Work. County. Electorate. No. No. Roads, etc.— continued. Westland Road District — 107 1164 Gilmer Road .. .. .. Inangahua Buller 1166 Hold's Road .. .. „ „ ,1167 Reefton to Maruia .. .. „ .... 1169 Brimner to Moonlight .. .. .. Grey .. Grey 1171 Inangahua Bridge (Reefton) .. Inangahua 1172. Main Grey Road Bridge (Reefton to Grey- ,. „ mouth) 1176 I'pper Moonlight .. .. Grey 1181 Bruce Road .. I „ Westland 1184 Copland Track. . .. .. Westland 1185 Crooked River Bridge, near Lady Stream .. Grey 1187 Dorothy Falls Track .. '.. Westland 1193 Grey Valley Main Road and bridges Grey .. Westland and Grey 1195 Haast to Paringa .. Westland .. Westjand 1202 Lake Kanieri Hut and Paddock . . 1203 Mahinapua and South Creeks (Lake Mahinapua) 1206 .Mikonui to Bold Head L210 Otira Bridge (Upper) 1215 South Westland Thermal Springs 1217 Totara Flat Main Road (protection i Grey 1218 Turnbull River Road Westland 1222 Wataroa Bridge and approaches „ 1224 Survey, acquisition, and legalisation of roads, drains, gravel-pits, tramways, &c. 1225 Supervision 1226 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote 1227 Miscellaneous works and services, including assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Electorate. Net Expenditure. £ s. d. 109 0 0 46 19 0 688 3 4 145 12 3 18 2 8 10 0 0 82 10 0 13 16 0 185 16 0 66 17 6 82 7 0 33 5 9 33 12 0 17 0 2 56 12 9 650 4 9 718 15 11 60 9 10 ,52 16 8 23 7 3 1.494 17 0 66 11 0 316 I 3 Cr. 50 13 6 64 2 2 Net Expenditure. Total—Westland £4,975 6 9 £4,975 6 9 Canterbury Road District — 1231 Conway to Waiau, via W'halesback .. Amuri .. .. Hurunui 1233 Leslie Hills Bridge to Upper Waiau Bridge „ .. „ (Hanmer Road) 1235 Waiau Ferry to Hanmer ,. .. ,, 1236 Waiau Ferry Service .. .. Cheviot 1237 King Edward VII Road .. Selwyn and Mount Lyttelton and Herbert Riccarton 1242 Pord and Newton Extension .. .. Ashburton .. Selwyn 1244 Selwyn River protective works (Whitecliffs) Selwyn .. „ 1245 Chorlton Road.. .. .. .. Akaroa .. .. Ellesmere 1246 Duvauchelles to Barry's Bay Flat (road and „ wharf) 1247 Kinloch Settlement roads .. „ 1248 Morice Settlement Main Road „ • • 1252 Clayton Road .. .. .. ■■ Mackenzie Geraldine 1254 Kaii-lie to Mount Cook (bridges) .. .. „ 12.55 Hall Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) 1256 Lake Tekapo to Lake Pukaki .. „ 1258 Mackenzie Pass .. .. .. „ 1261 Opihi Bridge (Hanging Rock). (£1 for £1) .. Geraldine and .. .. Levels 1263 Pukaki to Mount Cook .. .. .. Mackenzie 1264 Roekv Gully Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) .. 1265 Tengawai Foot-bridge (Cave), (El for £1) .. Levels .. 1266 Hakataramea River Bridge (Hatcheries Road) Waimate Waitaki 1268 Shearer's Hill Road (£1 for £1) .. „ 1271 Survey, acquisition, and legalisation of roads, drains, gravel-pits, tramways, &c. 1272 Supervision Total—Canterbury Otago Road District— 1276 Ahuriri River Bridge .. .. .. Waitaki.. Waitaki 1277 Awamoko River bridges (Stock). (£1 for £1) „ 1287 Bushy to Beach .. Waihemo . . Oamaru 1289 Dunback to Pigroot „ ,, 1292 Moeraki Native Reserve Road Waitaki.. .. „ 1297 Blackstone Valley (access new runs) . . Maniototo . Tuapeka 1298 Cambrian Settlement Block (access) .. „ 1231 1233 1235 1236 1237 1242 1244 1245 1246 1247 1248 1252 1254 1255 12.56 1258 1261 100 0 0 100 0 0 2.339 10 1 123 11 10 521 15 4 126 I 3 150 0 0 100 0 0 250 0 0 337 15 5 10 8 0 58 10 0 2,193 1 11 150 0 0 300 0 0 68 1 6 1,250 0 0 655 16 6 550 0 0 112 10 0 705 9 6 172 18 6 3 7 6 291 12 1 £10,670 9 5 1,700 0 0 130 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 21 17 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 1263 1264 1265 1266 1268 1271 1272 £10,670 9 1276 1277 1287 1289 1292 1297 1298
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I Vote No. 07 "jf™ Name of Work. County. Klectorate. 1 ___ L_ L I Roads, etc. — continued. Otago Road District — continued. 1299 Chile and Alexandra to Ophir .. .. Vincent .. 'Tuapeka moo Dansev's Pass .. .. .. .. I Maniototo .. ,. .. 1301 Dunback to Hyde .. .. Waihemo 1302 Barnscleugh to Alexandra .. .. Vincent 1304 Highfield and Gimmerburn Runs to Ranfurh Maniototo 1309 Lawrence to Roxburgh .. .. 'Tuapeka .. ., 1310 Maniototo County flood-damage .. Maniototo 1312 Naseby to Ranfurly Railway-station .. „ ..I „ 1313 Park Hill to Heriot .. ' .. .. Tuapeka 1314 Patearoa to Upper Taieri Runs .. .. Maniototo 1320 Arthur's Point to Skipper's .. .. Lake .. .. Wakatipn 1321 Bannookburn Bridge (repairs) .. .. Vincent 1322 Ben Lomond .. .. l^ake 1324 Cardrona to Mount Barker 1325 Cardrona to Pembroke 1326 Clyde to Cromwell .. .. .. Vincent 1327 Cromwell sand-drifl prevention .. .. Borough of Grom- „ well 1329 Frankton to Shotover Bridge .. .. Lake 1331 Glenorohy to Paradise .. .. .. ., 1332 Glenure to Josephville .. .. .. Southland 1333 Glade House to Lake Wakatipn .. .. Wallace and Lake Wakatipn and Wallace 1336 Haw.a Lake Tracks .. .. .. Vincent .. Wakatipn 1338 Lake Haves to Shotover Bridge .. .. Lake 1339 Longridge North .. .. ... Southland 1343 Makaroro Flat .. .. Vincent 1345 Matukituki River Foot and Stock Bridge .. Lake 1346 Nokomai Siding to Nokomai Saddle „ 1347 Otama Hill Road (£1 for £1) ..Southland 1349 Pembroke to Vincent County boundary Lake 1350 Queenstown to Glenorohv L361 Roes River Road 1352 Routeliuin Villi.-\ .. .. 1353 Shotover Bridge (£1 for £1) 1357 Waipunama Bridge (£2 for £1) .. Southland 1359 Baytown Boundary to Camp .. .. Peninsula .. Chalmers 1360 Beach Road to Back Beach (Karitane) Waikouaiti 1361 Beach Road to Camp .. .. .. Peninsula 1362 Boundary Road .. .. .. Borough of NorthFast Valley 1363 (amp to Portobello .. .. Peninsula 1364 Dick Road 1368 Hawksbun Bush Road .. Waikouaiti 1371 Hooper's Inlet (west side) .. .. I Peninsula .. .. .. 1372 Karetai .. .. .. .. j 1377 Maoandrew Road (Port Chalmers), (£1 for£l) Borough of Port Chalmers 1378 Main North Road .. .. .. Borough of NorthBast Valley 1381 Mount Cargill Main Road .. Waikouaiti 1382: O'Halloran Road 1383 Otakau School Road .. .. Peninsula 1384 Papanui Inlet roads 1385 , Pigeon Flat .. .. .. Waikouaiti 1386 Pipikaretu Road .. .. Peninsula 1387 Portobello 1389 I'ukitiiaki Native Reserve .. .. Waikouaiti 1392 Purakanui Township roads 1393 Quarry Road 1394 Rossiter Road (Mount Cargill) 1395 Russell Road .. 1396 Sheepyards to Merton Railway-station 1397 Signal' Hill .. .. .. Borough of NorthEasi \'alli\ 1398 Snell Road .. .. .. .. Waikouaiti ' .. 1399 Turnbull Hill .. .. Peninsula 1401 White Road (Merton) .. .. Waikouaiti 1406 Clarendon to Berwick .. .. Bruce .. .. 'Taieri 141(1 Duncan Settlement roads .. 'Taieri 1414 Millburu to Circle Hill .. .. Bruce .. 1416 Reidy Creek to Waipori .. .. 'Tuapeka 1420 Taieri County flood-damage (£1 forth 'Taieri .. .. „ 1423 Davidson's Corner (Leith valley) Borough of Maori Dunedin North Hill Not Kxpenditure. El s. d. 51 2 6 50 0 0 100 0 o 86 II 9 200 0 o 250 0 0 1.166 12 7 160 0 0 100 14 8 168 6 9 46 8 0 SO IS 6 75 0 0 100 0 O 118 5 0 360 0 0 100 0 o 200 0 0 99 14 0 100 0 0 117 II I 38 14 0 109 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 too o o loo 0 0 60 0 0 287 3 0 5 4 11 10 11 0 898 2 0 840 9 S 60 0 0 49 19 6 150 0 0 loo o o LOO o o 91 I o 73 10 o 100 0 0 49 19 o 200 0 0 ion O 0 50 II 0 50 II 0 52 2 li 99 18 6 50 o 0 21 0 0 300 o o 5 14 0 100 0 0 42 13 4 24 0 0 50 0 0 49 18 9 100 0 0 20 0 0 100 o 0 150 0 0 100 0 0 loo II II loo o o 100 0 0 3.061 8 4 500 0 0 1124 Barnego Settlement (Main Road) Bruce Bruoe I 425 Begg Road 1127 Blackburn Settlement .. .. .. „ .. „ 1428 Boulger's Flat .. Tuapeka 1432 Clark Road .. .. .. Bruce .. „ ..I 53 10 o 268 15 4 150 0 0 100 O 0 75 0 0
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Vote No. Item ! No. Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure. 107 1433 1439 1440 1442 1449 1451 1452 I486 1458 1461 1463 1465 1466 1468 1469 1470 1471 1472 1473 1477 1478 1480 1482 1484 I is;, I486 I (87 1488 1490 1491 1492 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 L499 1502 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1510 1511 1513 1514 1515 1516 1517 1518 1520 1522 1523 1524 1525 1526 1527 1528 1531 1532 1533 1534 1535 1536 1538 1539 1540 1543 1544 1545 1547 1550 1551 1552 1553 1556 Roads, wo.- continued. Otago Road District continued. ('lark's Flat to Greenfield .. .. 'Tuapeka Greenfield to Crookburo .. .. # Bruce (Ireenfield Settlement Hillend to Manuka Creek Railway-station .. „ Lawrence to Tuapeka West .. 'Tuapeka Lovell's Flat to Hillend.. .. .. Bruce .. Milton to Coombe Hay .. .. .. ,. Telegraph Road (Port Molyneux) .. ,. W'aitalnina Bridge and approaches Tuapeka (Athenaiini Road) Ahuriri lo Cannibal Bay .. .. Clutha .. Bew's Road (Wyndham Valley) .. .. Southland ('atherwood .. .. .. .. clutha .. CatiinsS.D. (Block VIII. Sections26and 32) (latlins Valley .. (Moris Pass ('linton to Owaka .. .. .. ,, ('oskery's to Rankleluirn . . . . Tuapeka Fa.ldis Road . . . . . . . . Clutha . . Glenham Settlement road- .. ..* Southland Houipapa School to Railway-station .. Clutha Houipapa to < latlins Bridge kaiwira Bridge (Otarain). (£1 tor £1) .. Southland Katea Dairy Factory to F.ason's .. Clutha Martin Road Mntfii Stream Bridge Mataura Island to Titiroa .. .. Southland McKenzie Road (Blocks IX and X. (Men- Clutha .. omaru) Meek Road Mitchell Road (Glenham), (£1 for£l) .. Southland Mokoreta Block IV (Sections 13 to 34) Mokoreta Block TV (Section 33 to Cemetery) Mokoreta to Rinui .. .. Clutha Morrison Road Mouat's Sad.Mi Vowlmveii Otanomomo Otara to Haldane .. .. .. Southland Papatowai to Long Beach Creek .. .. Clutha .. Pounawea .. ., „ Pin-ilia Bridge I El for Ell Quarn Hills to Waikaws .. .. Southland Ratanui to Papatowai .. .. .. Clutha .. Robertson Road (Niagara) .. .. Southland Seddon Road .. .. .. .. Clutha .. Shank Road (El for El). . . . Southland Tahakopa Valley .. .. .. fHutha .. Taumata Settlement to Clinton (£160, El lor El) Tokonui to Haldane .. .. .. Southland Toe-toes, Block TV (Sections 45 to 48) .. ! 'Tuck Creek Road . . . . Clutha . . Waikawa . . .. .. Southland Waimaffaka to Fortifications W'aipahi to Pukerau .. .. .. Clutha .. Warnook Road Wild Road (Toe-Toes) .. .. Southland Wilson Road (Clenomaru) .. .. Clutha .. Woodland S.D., Block X. Section 15 Avondale Stock-bridge (El for £1) . . Wallace Bath Road (El for El) . . Birohwood Road .. .. Bluff Harbour Endowment Road.. .. Southland Cameron Road [.Maori Hill) .. .. Wallace ( ascy Road Clark Road. Beddon Bush (El for£l) I lark Road (Wairaki) ciifden to Otautau (El for El) Coast Road. Orepuki (£1 for £1) Dipton Channel Bridge.. .. .. Southland I'lm (r.ek Road .. .. .. Wallace I'elilwick Road Ford. Road (W'oodlaw) Gardner Road (El for £1) Hill Road .. • .. I IlilJeii.l Bush Road Cutting .. Southland Hokonui (between Section 88. Hokonui. and Section 93. Forest Hill) Howard Road .. .. . . i Wallace I,Milium Stream Bridge .. .. ,, Bruoe Clutha ■ ■ »» " ■ Wallace E s. ,1. 90 5 0 15 0 (I 323 0 0 200 0 0 112 2 0 loo (I (I 200 0 0 loo o 0 300 o 0 98 12 3 90 0 0 KM) 0 0 99 6 3 308 13 10 119 19 11 160 0 0 150 0 0 104 7 10 163 12 11 24 19 3 149 19 10 100 0 0 91 9 8 89 10 6 UK 100 0 0 231 3 3 100 0 0 54 12 3 197 12 S 161 13 6 I II li 50 o o 55 6 3 112 7 0 .50 o o 100 0 0 237 4 8 63 9 0 350 0 0 200 0 o 127 10 0 50 0 0 70 19 6 50 0 0 96 10 6 86 o o I9S 8 10 74 0 0 52 IS 0 28 16 4 242 11 4 150 0 0 95 14 0 57 10 0 99 13 6 100 0 0 125 0 (I 100 0 II 100 II II 50 II II 200 0 0 87 13 0 50 (I 0 104 0 0 ItX) 0 0 75 0 II 150 0 0 100 0 0 100 (I 0 150 0 0 50 o o 22 15 0 100 0 II 99 14 6 100 0 0 300 0 0
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Vote No. ot. ■ o. e Item . No. Item No. Name of Work. County F4lectorate. Net Kxpendlture. 07 fl 1557 1558 1559 1561 1563 1564 1572 1573 1574 1575 1582 1585 1586 1.587 1.588 1589 1591 1592 1593 1598 1599 : 1600 1601 1603 1604 1605 1606 1610 1612 1616 1618 1619 1620 1621 1622 1623 1626 1627 1630 1632 1633 1634 1639 1641 1 64 I 1651 1653 1659 1660 1664 1667 1668 1669 1673 1675 1677 1687 1688 1693 169.-, 1696 1697 1698 R i n os, etc. — continued. Otago Road District— continued. Line of Hundreds (cast of railway) .. Wallace Wallace Line of Hundreds (west of railway) LongWOOd, Block I (Section 10). (accessI .. .. .. ,, Longwood. Block XVI (Sections 3, 4, and 10 „ . . ,, to 12) Longwood, Block XVTI (Sections 12,14, and 15) Longwood, Block XVIII (Sections 9 to 14 .. .... and 6 to 17) Mossburn to'Te Anau. via Manapouri Muir Road (Waioolo) (£1 for £1) MoFarlane Road (£1 for £1) McNeill's Road (Jacobs River Hundred), .. .... (£75, £1 for £1) Oreti River .Stock-bridge approaches .. i Southland Ranee Road (Waimatuku) .. .. Wallace Riverton Bridge .. .. .. Borough of Riverton Riverton Harbour Endowment Road (£100, Wallace El for £1) Ronald Road (Wairio), (El for £1) Soott's Gap (Lower), (£100, £1 for £1) Station Road (Jacobs River Hundred) Sutherland Road (El for EM Waiau, Block XI Wild Bush to Pourakino (El lor El I W'i'cy's Bush lo Mossburn - .. .. ,, Crockett Road .. .. Southland .. Mataura Five Roads to Woodstock (El lor El) Golden Creek Hill Cutting Core to Kelvin (£100, £1 for £1) .. .. ,. Bedgehope to Mataura (£100, £1 for El) .. Horse-shoe Bush Road (Ford's) Mimihau to Waireikiki .. Oteramika Block III (Sections 21. 23, 24, 37. .. .. and 36) Shepherd Bush (Oteramika) Waireikiki to Mataura Waireikiki Vallev Road White Road Woodstock to Main Road (El for £1) Voung Road (Kamahi) .. A venal roads .. .. .. Borough of Avenal Invercargill Kingswell Creek Drain .. .. .. Borough of South Invercargill Melbourne Road .. .. .. Borough of North Invercargill Scott Road (Seaward Bush) .. .. Borough of South I n\ ercargill Walker Road .. .. Ditto Bair.l and Ryan Road CTiinbooni. (El lor El } Southland .. Awarua Birs Road Brookdale Road (Hokonui) .. .. „ .. „ Cameron Road (Forest Hill) .. .. ,. Cemetery Road (Bluff) .. .. Borough of Campbelltown Flagstafl Road .. .. .. Ditto Forest Hill (Sections 112 and 219) .. Southland Horseshoe Bay Beach Road .. .. Stewart Island Horseshoe Bay Wharf Approach Marshall and Laniond Road (Spar Bush). Southland (£1 for £1) McNeil and Clark Road (£60, £1 for £1) McRae and Anderson Road (Hokonui) .. „ New River Bridge (West Plains) .. Point Road .. .. Borough of Campbelltown Ryan Road (Oreti) .. .. .. Southland Scott Road (Hokonui) Wilson Crossing (South Forest Hill Road) .. Winton Creek Channel (Limehills) Winton, Block IX (Sections 4, 5, and 8) .. Survey, acquisition, and legalisation of roads, drains, gravel-pits, tramways, ftc. Supervision Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote • Miscellaneous works and services, including assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, ftc. £ s. d. 100 0 0 .50 o o 32 0 0 92 16 0 92 3 8 276 13 10 21 17 0 100 0 0 10(1 (I 0 75 0 0 100 0 0 75 (I (I 100 0 (I KHI II 0 50 o o 75 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 107 18 0 100 0 0 150 0 (I 40 5 6 150 0 0 86 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 160 o 0 150 0 (I 138 14 0 loo o 0 100 0 0 IS 14 9 67 5 o 1(H) 0 (I 74 I 9 126 8 0 0 9 S 74 11 o 74 15 6 87 0 11 60 0 o 300 0 o 199 19 10 41 0 (I 200 0 (I 100 0 0 196 18 0 57 17 10 150 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 149 6 10 181 2 10 2(HI 0 0 165 6 7 60 0 0 52 3 6 207 10 0 190 0 0 39 6 o 576 7 4 9 9 9 303 6 II Total Otago £32,617 9 8
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Vote No. No 6 I No n Name ol Work. County. Electorate. Item No. County. Net Bxpenditure. Roads, ktc. — continued. General — 07 1699 Compensation for injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, and contingent expenses in connection with same 1700 Engineering surveys 1701 Plant not chargeable to any particular work 1702 Roadmen's huts, storerooms, &c. 1703 Stone-crashers and road-making plant E s. il. 1.91 I 14 !<> 331 lill 324 8 (I 369 18 8 1,418 17 6 Total—General £4,359 10 11 £4.359 10 11 Vote No. 107—Total for 1909-10 J £169,955 6 4 £169,955 5 1 Backblocks Roads, etc. North Auckland Road District— 108 I Auckland Special Settlement to Mangakahia Hokianga .. Bay of Islamic 2 Awanui to Mangonui, via Taipa .. .. Mangonui 3 Broadwood to Herekino .. Hokianga 4 Carpenter Road .. „ 5 Duncan Road .. .. Mangonui 6 Great North Road to Otukai 7 Herd's Point to Takahue .. .. Mangonui and Hokianga 8 Herekino to Kaitaia .. .. . . Mangonui 10 Herekino to Whangape .. . . Hokianga 11 Horeke to Taheke, ww Section I. Block XII. ,. Mangamuka Survey District 12 Huahua to Maugakino .. .. .. „ .. ,, 15 Kaikohe to Mangakahia Church .. I'a\ of Islands and Hokianga 16 Karaka to Rotokakahi Block .. .. Hokianga 17 Katui to Marlborough Settlement .. ,, 18 Katui to Waipoua .. .. „ 19 Kohumaru .. .. .. .. I Mangonui 20 Kohukohu to Motukaraka, via Runa Valley Hokianga 21 Mangamuka to Oruru .. .. .. [Hokianga and Mangonui 22 Mangatu to Katui .. .. .. Hokianga 23 Mangonui to Kohumaru Block, via Kenana Mangonui 27 Motukaraka Creamery Road .. .. Hokianga 29 Okaihau to Kaikohe . . Bay of Islands 30 Omanaia to Hokianga Heads . . .. Hokianga 31 Opouteke to Mangakahia .. .. „ 32 Opua to Waimate .. .. .. Bay of Islands 33 Oruru to Hikurangi .. .. .. Mangonui 34 Otukai to Mangatete, via Creamery Reserve ,, 35 Pakanac Block Road . . .. .. Hokianga 36 Parahaki to Russell .. .. .. Bay of Islands 38 Pirikaha .. .. .. Mangonui .. ,. 41 Takahue Survey District, Block VI (access to Sections 13, 15, and 16) 44 Underwood Road. .. .. .. Hokianga 46 Waimamaku to Opanaki-Hokianga Road.. 47 Waimatanui .. 48 Waiote-Kumarau .. .. .. .. „ 49 Waiotemarama 50 Waipoua Survey District, Section 26, 3 Block XI (access) 52 Waoku Extension Block (access) 54 Whangape to Mangonuiowae, via Rotokakahi Block 55 Whangape Track 56 Yarborough Road .. „ 57 Maungakaramea to Tangiteroria .. Whangarei .. j Marsden 58 Maungaturoto to Cove, via Rowsell's . Whangarei and Otamatea 59 Poroti to Tangiteroria .. .. .. Whangarei 60 Avoca Settlement (South Road) . . .. Hobson .. Kaipara 62 Dargaville to Whangarei County Boundary .... . . j 63 Mangakahia Bridge to Mangakahia Church .... .. ! 66 Tangiteroria to Tangihua, Block 11 .... 67 | Supervision 255 3 3 85 10 (i 240 8 9 17 14 o 85 5 0 7 6 0 319 S 5 35 12 (I 63 19 (I 3 9 2 55 14 10 571 0 6 218 13 0 132 0 9 36 4 9 50 o n 55 II 3 103 18 0 25 7 2 44 8 0 199 6 1 14 9 0 37 1 10 40 I li 52 0 0 1.214 19 3 99 17 0 19 8 8 130 6 0 48 lo 0 104 12 o 77 1 8 37 15 3 424 14 4 129 12 0 264 18 3 214 15 9 19 11 6 513 3 1 223 8 6 28 12 0 62 5 8 355 6 7 28 15 10 24 0 0 289 6 6 763 15 10 97 19 (I 314 15 10 Total—North Auckland £8,257 8 9
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Vote Item No. No. IOS 69 70 71 72 71 75 76 77 „ 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 S7 88 89 90 91 92 93 96 96 97 99 100 102 103 104 106 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 115 116 117 118 119 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 1.38 139 140 141 j 142 | 143 ! Vote Item No. No. i Name of Work. County. Klectorate Expenditure '! ' Backblocks Roads, utc. continued. Auckland Road District — E s. d. Ahuroa Parish (access to Section 101) .. Rodney .. Kaipara .. 49 18 6 Ahuroa Railway-station to Komokoriki .. .. .. .. 23 14 6 Hukatere Access Road .. .. .. Otamatea .. .. .. 41 16 5 Hukatere District Roads .. .. .. .. .. 16 5 0 Makarau Railway-station to West Coast Rodney and Wai- .. .. 32 14 6 Road teniata Great Barrier Island (Cape Barrier to Try- \'o county .. Waitemata .. 15 (I 0 phena Harbour) (Iroat Barrier Tsland (Whangapara to Awanga) .. .. .. .. 10 I 6 Great Barrier Island (Harataonga to Port .. .. .. 91 16 4 Fitzroy) Creat Barrier Island (Okiwi Post-office to .. .. .. .. 47 19 0 Katherine Bay, via Tapuwai) Great Barrier Island (Tryphena .. .. .. 113 0 Beach) Coromandel to Mercury Bay (continuation of Coromandel .. Thames .. 413 17 0 main through road) Taints to Hikuwai (Upper Landing) .. Thames .. „ .. 116 9 4 Hetherington Road .. ..I Raglan .. Franklin .. 93 13 I Kirikiri to Te Akau through Section 60 ..I ..... .. .. .. 96 9 6 Klondyke .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 10 0 Matahuru Valley to Proctor's .. Waikato ., 81 3 2 Maungatawhiri to Waitakaruru .. ..[Waikato and .. .. 96 11 o 'Thames Miranda to Mara mama .. .. Waikato and .. .. 196 6 7 Manukau Moewaka .. Raglan . . .. 207 15 0 Otau to Hiinua .. .. Manukau .. .. 253 15 10 Otau Road .. .. .. .. .. ' .. 144 4 6 Ponganui .. . . .. .. Raglan .. .. .. . . 95 8 9 Taupiri Parish (access to Section 486) .. Waikato .. .. .. 19 6 o Te Akau Block to Tuakau -Raglan Road .. Raglan.. .. .. .. 198 0 6 'Turner's .Junction to West Coast (through .... .. .. .. 31 ti 6 Block VI, Awaroa) Wairoa River to Otau .. .. .. Manukau ,. .. 152 16 2 Whangape Parish (Sections 126,127, and 128) Raglan.. .. .. .. 64 14 10 Kaiherc .. .. .. Ohinemuri Ohinemuri .. 22 18 3 Mangawhara .. .. .. 25 18 8 Tahuna to Proctor's .. .. .. .. 114 1 1 Torehapa .. .. .. .. .. 130 6 4 Waikaka to Waitakaruru .. .. .. .. ,. .. 8(1 S 7 W'niti .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 118 9 6 Hutewai Bridge .. Raglan .. Waikato .. 99 19 10 Karioi to Ruapuke Mountain Road .. ,. .. .. 54 5 8 Mangakino .. .. .. .. , Raglan and Kawhia .. 79 2 4 Papanui Bridge .. .. .. Raglan .. .. .. so 15 6 Pehchau .. .. 29 17 0 Pehehau to Kaniwhaniwha .. .... .. 142 16 9 Ruapuke Mountain Road .. .... „ .. 4(1 I 4 Awaroa to Mahoe .. .. .. Kawhia Taumarunui .. 1.123 6 8 Awaroa to Waiharakeke .. . . , .. .. 19 0 1 Caves Road .. .. .. .. Waitomo .. .. 259 15 II Hauturu .. .. .. Kawhia and Wai- 921 4 9 tomo Hauturu to Otorohanga .. .. Waitomo .. 138 2 3 Kauri .. .. Kawhia 161 9 0 Kawa .. .. .. .. Waitomo and West .. 70 5 10 Taupo Kawhia to Marokopa River .. .. Kawhia .. 2,665 8 9 Kihi .. .. .. .. .. .. j .. 1.103 2 5 Kinohaku to Waiharakeke .. .. .. ., 41 8 0 Lemon Point to'Te Maika Road .. .. .. 93 15 4 Mahoe .. .... ., .. 382 11 5 Mairoa (North of Naapaenga) .. Waitomo .. 342 9 3 Mangaiti .. .. .. .. Kawhia .. 306 1 6 Oamaru .. .. .. .. Waitomo .. 127 18 6 Okupata Junction to Pekanui .. .. Kawhia and Wai- ,. .. 198 15 9 tomo Orongo .. .. .. .. Waitomo .. 50 2 0 Otorohanga to Hangatiki Waitomo Roa.l „ .. .. .. 119 6 0 Otorohanga to Pirongia .. .. „ .. .. 716 19 0 Tapuae .. .. .. .. „ .. 396 7 2 'Taumatatotara East .. .. .. Kawhia .. .. 73 6 I Taumatatotara West .. .. .. .. 193 2 5 Te Maika .. .. .. 937 12 0 'Te Maika to Marokopa .. .. .. „ .. .. 146 15 8 Waihohonu .. .. .. Waitomo .. 61 12 5 Clayton Road .. .. .. Rotorua .. Bay of Plentv 71 9 6 Dansev Road .. .. .. .. .. ,. 33 2 0 Kaikokupu to Taheke .. .. .. „ „ 16 s 0
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Vote Item No. No. I Name of Work. County. 1 Electorate. Net expenditure. I 08 144 145 147 149 150 151 152 153 164 155 156 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 Backblocks Roads, etc.— continued. Auckland Road District — continued. Mamaku to Maraeroa - Ottiroa Block .. Rotorua .. Bay of Plenty Mangorewa Gorge to Mamaku .. .. ,, „ Ngawaro to Te Puke .. .. Rotorua and Tau- „ ranga Pongakawa to Lake Rotoehu .. Ditto .. .. „ Pungarehu .. .. .. Rotorua Puwhenua .. „ „ Rangiuru to Mangorewa Gorge .. .. Rotorua and Tau- „ ranga Rotongata to Hamurana .. Rotorua . . „ Whataroa .. .. „ .. „ Whirinaki Valley .. .. .. Rotorua and East Taupo Akeake .. .. .. Tauranga . . 'Tauranga Clover Road .. .. .. „ „ Faulkner Road Harray Road .. .. .. .. ,. . . ,, Kaimai .. .. ,. „ Kaimai Road (to Sections 579, 580. 581, 582, and 583, Te Papa Parish) Kaituna .. .. .. .. „ „ Karano .. .. .. .. „ .. „ Komete .. .. .. .. „ .. j „ Ngamuawahine .. .. .. „ Omanawa .. .. .. ,, ., Rangiuru Settlement to Rangiuru - Mango- „ .. „ rewa Gorge Road Te Tumu Thompson Track .. .. Tauranga and Piako Waihi Swamp Road (Pongakawa to Maketu) Tauranga .. „ Supervision E s. d. 43 7 3 94 13 9 58 ~ 1 0 *~r 7 16 18 0 15 10 0 30 19 1 75 6 2 20 0 0 113 8 5 252 15 9 153 18 6 31 18 6 1 12 0 29 4 0 541 4 8 61 19 (I 78 4 0 21 17 5 22 4 0 9 2 9 61 10 0 71 10 0 34 18 (I 204 6 8 50 12 6 1,431 9 11 Total—Auckland £18,619 7 4 173 174 175 177 178 1 180 181 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 1 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 208 209 210 211 214 215 216 217 Gisborne Road District— Appleton Road .. .. .. Opotiki .. Bay of Plenty Fraser Road (near Motu) Waikohu .. „ Hereperu North .. .. Whakatane .. „ Hewitt Road Hikurangi Survey District (through Section 2, i Waiapu Block XV) Kowhai .. .. .. .. Opotiki Mataorie to Whakatane-Nukuhou Road .. „ .. „ Motu Valley .. .. .. Waikohu Neill Road Oliver Road .. .. .. .. | „ Opotiki to Otoko .. .. .. Opotiki Opouriao Valley Road to Wainui and Mata- Whakatane .. „ orie Landing Pakihi .. .. .. Opotiki .. „ Philp Road .. .. .. .. „ Pikowai North.. .. Whakatane Ross Road .. .. .. „ Ruatahuna to Waikaremoana .. .. „ „ Ruatuna to Ohiwa Landing .. .. Opotiki Ryan's Bridge .. .. „ Sladden Road .. .. .. Whakatane Stanley Track Stanley Road to Opouriao, via Section 348, Waimana Parish Tauwhareparae .. .. .. Cook Tokomaru to Mata .. .. .. Waiapu .. „ Tutaetoko .. .. .. .. Opotiki Waiawa .. .. „ „ Waiapu Inland (access to Section 1. Block I. Cook Waingaromia) '*^ r Waikohu Valley .. •CfT.."* Waikohu Waimana Gorge and Deviation-..'»" .. j Whakatane .. „ Waimata to Waiapu Inland Road (Todd's).. | Cook .. „ Waioeka River Main Road .. .. I Opotiki . . „ Waiotahi Valley .. .. .. I „ Waipiro to Mata .. .. .. I Waiapu .. „ Waitahaia .. .. .. .. I » • • •> Whinrav Road .. .. .. Opotiki .. j „ Bushy Knoll Road .. .. .. Cook .. .. Gisborne Gisborne to Wairoa (deviation, via 'Te Ami „ .. . . „ Valley) Hangaroa River Bridge No. 2 .. „ .. . ■ „ Hangaroa to Tahora (Steele's) .. .. ., .. . ■ „ 23 17 0 116 4 6 4 16 0 38 1 3 96 7 8 23 3 0 181 17 2 406 8 1 260 4 2 158 10 9 1,161 4 3 248 19 1 2,902 6 3 42 8 0 38 17 0 147 19 3 265 0 8 36 15 0 198 5 9 7 19 6 221 6 7 268 6 3 274 4 8 150 0 0 605 14 I 10 4 3 20 0 0 19 16 o 920 11 9 208 4 8 912 2 4 89 14 11 60 0 0 305 18 3 94 7 8 22 2 8 70 7 0 946 19 6 673 17 s
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No? No" Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure. Backblocks Roads, etc. — continued. Gisborne Road District— continued. 108 218 Hangaroa to Waikaremoana .. Cook and Wairoa.. 219 Mangapoike Valley (east end), (£1,.500 con- ! tributed by settlers) 220 Mutuera .. .. .. Cook 221 ; Tokanui .. .. .. „ 222 Supervision ... Gisborne £ s. d. 118 7 5 2,589 16 8 34 8 0 376 14 6 352 19 4 Total—Gisborne £15,711 9 6 £15,711 9 Taranaki Road District— 223 Ameku .. .. . . Waimarino 224 Arapae .. .. .. Waitomo 225 .Awakino Valley (Lower) .. .. Awakino and Clifton 226 Awakino Valley (Upper) .. .. Awakino 227 Hapurua .. .. .. .. Ohura 228 Harvey .. .. .. 229 Horopito .. .. .. .. Waimarino 230 Huhatahi .. .. .. .. Ohura 231 Huioteko Stream Bridge .. .. Waitomo 232 Kaeaeae .. .. .. .. „ 233 Kairimu .. .. .. .. Awakino 234 Kairimu Stream Bridge .. .. „ 235 Kaitieke .. .. .. .. Waimarino 236 Kakahi .. .. .. .. Ohura 237 Kakahi Stream Bridge .. .. .. „ 240 Kawautahi .. .. .. West Taupo .. \ 241 Kie Kie .. .. .. .. Waitomo 242 Kiritehere .. .. .. .. Awakino 243 Kiritehere Bridge .. .. .. „ 244 Kiwi .. .. .. Clifton 245 Kohua .. .. .. Waitomo 246 Kumara .. .. .. .. „ 247 Kururau .. .. Ohura 249 Makarakia .. . . Clifton 250 Mangakahikatea .. .. Ohura 251 Mangakokopu .. .. Awakino 252 Mangamaire Bridge .. .. .. Waimarino 253 Manganui .. .. Awakino 254 Manganui-o-te-ao .. .. .. Waimarino 256 Mangaotaki to Mairoa . . .. .. ] Waitomo 257 Mangaotaki Valley (Lower) .. Waitomo and Awakino 258 Mangaotaki Valley (Upper) .. Awakino 259 Mangapapa .. .. .. .. Ohura .. i 260 Mangapohue .. .. .. .. Waitomo, Awakino, and Kawhia 261 Mangaturuturu .. .. Waimarino 262 Marokopa River to Mahoenui .. . . Awakino and Waitomo 263 Marokopa River Bridge (Te Anga), (on ac- Kawhia and Awacount) kino 264 Marokopa Valley .. .. .. Ditto .. .. I 265 Middle Road .. .. .. .. Waimarino 266 Miroahuiao to Matiere .. .. .. Ohura 267 Mohakatino Valley .. .. .. Clifton 268 Moki .. .. .. .. .. ,, 269 Motete .. .. . . .. Waimarino 270 Ngapacnga .. .. .. .. Waitomo 271 Ohura River Bridge (Kururau) .. .. Ohura 272 Ohura Road .. .. .. .. Stratford, Whangamomona, Ohura, and Waitomo 273 Oio .. .. .. .. .. Waimarino and West Taupo 274 Otautu .. .. .. .. Waimarino 275 Owhango .. .. .. .. West Taupo 276 Otunui South .. .. .. .. Ohura 278 Paraheka .. .. .. .. Waitomo 279 Parapara to Raetihi .. .. .. Waimarino 280 Paro .. .. .. .. .. Waitomo 281 Patua .. .. .. .. Waimarino 282 Pehu 284 Pirere .. .. .. .. | Ohura 285 Pomorangi .. .. .. .. Awakino 286 Pukcaruhe .. .. .. .. Waitomo . . j 287 Pukekaha .. .. .. .. Waimarino 288 Pungarehu .. ,. .. .. I Waitomo Taumarunui . . " '.. Taumarunui and Stratford Taumarunui .. " „ 33 16 0 1,816 7 7 324 11 4 128 0 4 160 2 4 209 13 1 141 1 7 143 1 7 54 5 11 36 1 6 .48 1 1 66 13 6 384 16 5 107 2 1 111 16 8 54 8 8 632 2 6 138 6 6 277 0/8 571 2 0 85 18 9 552 18 8 1.472 18 3 7 6 0 171 14 10 100 0 0 70 7 9 1,841 19 0 230 1 0 68 15 5 273 11 10 86 5 4 640 11 5 924 13 6 221 4 4 226 11 0 57 8 0 495 8 1 54 19 9 1,899 17 4 17 12 9 885 19 10 57 10 5 737 5 2 41 19 10 6.473 14 8 404 15 8 21 0 6 77 17 2 317 0 4 783 16 10 371 8 3 558 6 2 7 6 7 15 7 3 152 11 2 241 2 9 190 6 1 43 2 2 708 5 2
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Vote No. Item No. Item No. Name of Work. County. Electorate. County. Net Expenditure. 08 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 309 310 311 312 313 315 317 : 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 . 325 326 328 329 330 332 333 334 335 336 339 340 341 I 342 ! 343 345 346 347 348 349 3.50 351 352 353 354 356 357 358 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 Backblocks" Roads, etc. — continued. Taranaki Road District — continued. Raetihi to Ohura .. .. Waimarino .. Taumarunui .. Ratamaire .. .. .. .. „ .. „ Rerekino .. .. .. .. Clifton .. .. „ Retaruke River Bridge .. .. .. Waimarino .. „ Retaruke Valley .. .. .. „ .. „ Retaruke Valley (Upper) .. .. „ .. „ Roto .. .. .. .. .. j Ohura .. .. „ Tangarakau River Bridge (top crossing) .. Waitomo .. „ Tangitu .. .. .. .. Clifton .. .. Taumarunui and Stratford Te Maire .. .. .. .. West Taupo .. Taumarunui .. Te Rata .. .. .. .. Waimarino .. „ Tokirima Road to Harvey Road (Ohura Ohura .. .. „ Deviation) Tokirima (Kaikara Road to Maraekowhai „ .. .. „ Block) Tokirima Road to Wanganui River .. „ .. .. „ Tongaporutu to Mangaroa .. .. Clifton and Ohura „ 'Tongaporutu River Bridge (Mangatawa) .. Clifton .. .. „ Turoto .. .. .. .. Ohura .. .. „ Waikaka .. .. .. .. „ .. .. ,, Waikawau .. . . .. Awakino .. „ Waiora .. .. .. .. Ohura .. .. „ Waipapa .. .. .. .. Waitomo .. ,, Waipaua .. .. Awakino .. „ Wairere to Mokauiti Waitomo .. „ Waitaanga North .. .. Ohura .. .. „ Waitawhena .. .. .. .. I ,, .. .. ,, Whakahau .. .. .. Awakino .. „ Carrington .. .. .. Taranaki and Eg- Taranaki .. > mont Warea and Waiweranui Bridges .. .. Ditto .. .. „ Rawhitiroa .. .. .. .. Eltham .. Egmont Tangahoe (Whareroa to Rehu Village) .. Hawera and Eltham „ Kohuratahi .. .. .. .. Whangamomona Stratford Manga .. .. .. .. I Stratford . . „ Mangaoapa (Junction Road to Mohakau Clifton and Strat- „ Road) • ford Mangaowata .. .. .. Whangamomona „ Marco ..- • . „ >> Matau Township to Tarawai .. .. Clifton .. .. „ Poarangi .. -.. .. Stratford .. „ Putikituna .. .. .. Whangamomona . . „ Whangamomona to Wanganui River .. I „ .. „ Ahoroa .. .. .. .. Patea .. .. Patea Ahu Ahu .. .. .. .. Waitotara .. „ Makakaho (Upper Waitotara) .. .. Patea .. „ Makakaho River Bridge .. .. I „ .. „ Puao .. .. .. .. » • • • • » Ridge Road .. .. .. .. „ .. • ■ „ Te Ngaue .. .. .. .. „ • • • • » Te Tuhi .. .. .. .. Waitotara .. „ Waitotara Valley Road .. .. .. Patea Weraweraonga .. .. .. „ ■ • • • „ Karetu .. ' .. • • • • Rangitikei .. Rangitikei Kaweka .. .. • • • • „ „ Mangahowhi .. .. .. .. Wanganui Mangamahoe .. •. .. • • Rangitikei „ Mason's to Parapara .. .. .. Wanganui and Wai- „ marino Mataiaponga .. .. .. .. Rangitikei Mataroa to Mangaweka .. .. ,, „ Namunui .. . . • • • • ,. » Owhakura .. .. .. Wanganui Raupiu .. • • ■ • „ • • n Taheke .. . • • • • • Rangitikei Taihape to Otuarei .. .. .. „ Te Komai .. .. .. Wanganui Turakina Valley .. Rangitikei Tutupapa .. • ■ . • „ • • •< Upokonui .. . • • • Wanganui Waiaruhe .. .. „ • • >■ Wanganui River Road (Left Bank) .. „ „ Supervision £ s. d. 127 0 1 8 4 0 74 12 4 220 5 1 246 5 0 16 10 10 78 14 11 317 4 7 178 6 6 49 14 0 9 12 0 118 17 11 40 12 0 241 12 8 983 15 6 219 19 2 826 5 7 728 15 9 6 15 0 187 18 6 31 6 1 399 16 0 395 19 10 14 14 9 1,784 8 5 311 0 9 174 11 5 629 4 0 1,441 15 4 310 12 7 235 8 6 51 7 0 931 3 10 561 9 5 116 4 6 197 8 3 22 0 0 300 0 0 1,322 14 11 503 7 7 201 13 5 168 19 1 405 10 11 150 0 0 185 4 6 113 9 6 248 14 6 19 10 2 92 4 6 68 17 0 126 3 5 35 9 6 7 5 6 2,461 1 1 34 8 4 390 15 5 20 16 4 187 0 0 42 15 3 60 2 4 37 11 0 85 7 8 303 7 1 36 1 1 103 16 2 19 18 8 261 9 6 2,711 17 2 'Total—'Taranaki £50,022 13 10
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Vote No. "If™ Name of Work. Count) Ele ;torate. I Net Expenditure. 108 Backblocks Roads, etc. — continued. Wellington Road District — | 367 HYasertown to Mangapoike River I 368 Kakariki 370 Mangaone 371 Mangapahi 372 Mangarewarewa 373 Maraenui 375 Nuhaka River Road 376 Omahanui to Whataroa.. 378 Opouiti to Mangapoike 379 Orewha 3S0 Ruakituri River Bridge (Boothman's) 381 Ruakituri Valley 382 Waikaremoana 8urvey District (access to Run 79) 384 Kaweka 385 Richmond Road 386 Makotuku to Matamau 387 Maunga Road (extension towards Otanga).. 388 Auputa 390 Kew .. 392 Mangatohu 393 Pourangaki .394 Titirangi 395 Conspicuous Road 396 Umutoi i 397 Birch Road 398 Central Road (Hall Block) 399 Cross Road (Hall Survey District) 400 Kawakawa 402 Makoura 403 Mangamairc 404 Mangapuaka 406 Marainanga 407 Piper Road 408 Range Road 409 Range Road (South) 410 Spur Road 411 Sugar-loaf Road 412 Te Uri bridges 414 Waewaepa .. .. 115 Waihoki Vallev 416 Waiowaka 418 Craigie-lea 119 McRae Road .. 120 Pakowai (Anderson's, towards Tinui- Pakowai Road) 422 Manakau North 423 Manakau South 426 Waikanae to Upper Hutt 427 Waitohu Extension 428 Mungaroa to Upper Hutt 429 Supervision Wairoa . . Cook and Wairoa Wairoa Hawke's Bay Dannevirke Kiwitea Kiwitea and Pohangina Weber and Patangata Pahiatua „ • • Akitio Akitio and Masterton Dannevirke ,, • • Akitio Pahiatua Akitio Dannevirke Pahiatua Akitio Wairarapa .South.. Masterton Castlepoint Horowhenua i. Hutt Horowhenua Hutt Gisborne „ " Hawke's Bay.. Waipawa Rangitikei Oroua Pahiatua Pahiatua and Masterton Pahiatua Pahiatua a n d Masterton Pahiatua Wairarapa .. ; Otaki Otaki and Hutt Otaki Hutt £ s. d. 339 0 0 77 11 0 47 1 0 120 3 0 107 12 0 9 12 0 16 12 0 f 89 6 2 983 4 4 70 12 6 913 14 10 640 11 8 96 11 0 156 10 8 46 18 0 3 17 0 32 11 0 63 0 8 116 14 8 292 7 10 17 17 1 227 6 0 399 8 1 394 3 4 64 14 5 222 19 9 162 10 3 30 15 0 81 16 6 28 6 0 56 10 3 279 5 0 1,135 18 4 275 3 0 342 1 1 483 19 4 370 19 4 79 10 6 255 17 8 276 13 11 1,797 9 4 170 0 5 84 2 3 106 17 7 100 0 0 100 0 0 65 5 3 89 16 0 40 7 11 1,487 18 7 . Total—Wellington £13,451 £13,451 3 6 3 6 Nelson Road District — 430 Alexander Bluff Road 432 Handcock's to Wainui 436 Lee Valley 438 Rainy River Road 439 Rainy River to Big Bush 440 Slippery Creek to Sherry Valley 441 Tadmoi- to Baton 442 Wainui to Awaroa 444 Wangapeka Settlement (Sherry Road) 447 Glengarry 448 Glenroy to Maruia 451 Hope Junction to Lake Rotorua 452 Hudson's Creek Road 455 Maruia Valley 456 Matakitaki to Horse Terrace 458 Matiri River Road 459 Newman Road 460 Owen Junction to Murchison Creek 461 Supervision Waimea Takaka Waimea »» • • Takaka Wairnea Murchison ,» • • ,, - - ,. . . Motueka Buller 378 2 11 51 12 0 123 3 5 92 17 6 447 5 0 238 0 6 116 9 3 143 8 9 121 15 10 256 11 3 614 6 9 64 7 1 92 7 6 283 13 10 355 2 2 99 11 6 50 0 0 107 6 0 259 8 10 Total —Nelson £3,895 10 1
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Ho? So?| Name of Work. County. Electorate. B xp£attore. . 7" : Backblocks Roads, etc.— continued. Marlborough Road District — £" s. d. 108 462 Anakoa to Manaroa .. .. .. Sounds .. .. Nelson ".. 24 19 7 464 Crail Bay to Manaroa .. .. .. „ „ .. 44 6 8 465 Crail Bay to South-east Bay .. .. „ .... .. 6 17 6 i 467 Elaine Bay to Harvev's Bav .. .. „ .. .. .. 27 15 6 ' 469 Fairy Bay to Tawero Point' .. .. „ .. .. .. 50 6 7 470 Harvey's Bav to Nydia Bay .. .. „ .. „ 214 13 9 471 Harvey's Bay to Tawero Point .. .. „ 23 7 6 472 Kenepuru to Anakoa .. .. .. „ .. Nelson and 6 16 0 Wairau 473 Mahau Sound . . .. .. .. „ .. Nelson .. 9 3 7 474 Maori Bav to Black Point .. „ .. 16 14 0 475 Nydia Bay to Maori Bay .. .. „ .. „ 13 12 0 478 Skiddaw Run to Te Matau-a-Maui .. „ .. „ 16 4 0 479 Skiddaw to Yncyca Bav .. .. „ .. .. „ 123 4 4 481 Te Matau to Wet Inlet' .. .. „ 22 3 9 482 Waitaria to Manaroa .. .. .. „ .. .. „ 10 18 9 484 Bartlett's Creek Road .. .. .. Marlborough .. Wairau 75 14 6 486 Fabian's Valley (access to S.G.R. No. 154).. „ .. .. 45 2 3 487 Hakahaka to Opihi .. .. .. Sounds .. .. „ . . 0 8 0 488 Kaituna to Tuamarina .. .. .. Marlborough .. „ .. 20 11 0 490 Mahakipawa to'Doublc Bay .. ..Sounds and „ .. 54 16 8 Marlborough 493 Onahau to Anakiwi .. .. Sounds .. „ 74 18 0 494 Onahau Bay to Kenepuru Sound .. .. .. .. Wairau and 109 17 6 Nelson 495 Queen Charlotte Sound .. .. „ .. Wairau .. 53 17 6 497 Rock Ferry to Bartlett's Creek .. .. Marlborough „ 458 3 11 498 Run 74 (Onamalutti) .. .. .. „ .. „ .. 214 16 10 500 Top Valley to Bartlett's Creek .. .. „ „ .. 167 11 4 501 Tory Heads to Waikawa .. .. Sounds .. .. .. .. 67 7 6 502 Whatamongo to Diflenbach .. „ .. 29 13 11 503 White's Bay to Port Underwood.. .. „ .. .. „ .. 9 0 4 605 Puhipuhi .. .. .. Kaikoura . . Hurunui .. 168 8 0 506 Run 105b (Kaitarau) .. .. .. „ .. „ .. 19 18 5 508 .Spev roads .. .. .. „ .. „ .. 100 0 0 .509 Supervision .. .. .. .. .. .. 338 9 3 Total—Marlborough .. .. .. £2,619 17 5 £2,619 17 5 Westport Road District — 611 Little Wanganui River Bridge .. Buller .. Motueka 774 1 6 512 Mokihinui to Little Wanganui .. „ 968 12 9 513 Otumahana to Karamea Bridge (road devia- „ .. .. „ 248 16 7 tion) 514 Brighton Block Road .. .. Buller .. 203 16 3 515 Horseshoe Road (Maruia Plains) . . . „ .. „ 141 0 0 516 Mokihinui Rivet Bridge.. .. „ .. Buller and Mo- 1,271 2 6 tueka 517 Utopia .. .. „ Buller 95 6 0 518 Supervision .. .. .. .. .. 93 6 8 Total—Westport .. .. .. .. £3,796 1 3 £3,796 1 3 Westland Road District— 519 Brown Creek Road .. .. Inangahua . . Buller 52 9 9 520 Inangahua Landing to Coal Creek „ „ 124 9 0 522 Barrytown to Punakaiki .. Grev .. Grey . . 354 0 0 523 Big River .. .. .. „ .. . . ' „ 10 0 0 525 Cobden to Runanga .. .. „ .. .. „ 44 0 0 527 Matthew Road .. - „ „ 9 10 6 528 Meagher's Creek to Sea-beach „ .. „ 100 0 0 529 Porarari .. .. „ .. .. „ 42 10 0 530 Punakaiki .. .. „ .. .. „ 57 0 0 531 Rough River Track .. „ .. .. ; „ .. 19 0 0 533 Ahaura to Haupiri .. .. „ .. Westland .. 411 0 0 534 Arawata to Cascade .. Westland .. „ .. 84 2 3 535 Big Bay .. .. .. „ „ 121 13 3 537 Butement Road .. „ .. .. '67 13 6 538 Clear Creek Bridge .. .. Grey .. .. .. 105 7 2 539 Cook River to Karangarua Westland .. .. 199 11 6 541 Harris Road .. .. .. .. Grey . • ■■ 150 0 0 642 Hatters to Haupiri .. „ ,. 183 0 0 543 Haupiri to Amuri .. I „ .. „ 100 0 0
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\'ot( No. 08 4'ote No. ' 08 u A m Name of Work. County. No. Backblocks Roads, etc. — continued. \\ estland Road District — continued. 544 .Jacobs to Karangarua (Hunt Creek) .. Westland 545 Kokatahi (Upper) to Doughboy .. . • „ 546 Kokiri to Moana .. .. • - Grey 547 La Fontaine Road and Bridge .. .. Westland 548 Mahitahi to Brace Bay (Paringa Landing) .. „ 649 Makawhio to Manakaiana .. • • ,, 550 Okura Track 551 Omoeroa to Waiho . • „ 553 Ross to Kokatahi .. . ■ >• 555 Slatey Creek Bridge .. .. Grey 559 j Waikukupa Bridge .. Westland 560 Waipuna Bridge .. .. • • Grey 662 Waitaha Settlement extension .. • ■ Westland 566 Waterson Road .. .. ■ • Grey .. 567 Supervision Electorate. Westland ;: Net Expenditure. £ s. d. 291 5 4 42 3 7 528 10 0 122 16 9 8 11 0 399 6 5 49 19 5 348 12 3 0 3 0 219 12 5 767 6 3 107 1 9 10 0 0 200 0 0 130 2 2 Total—Westland ! Otago Road District — 569 Ormaglade .. .. .. •• Tuapeka 570 Mount Nicholas to Greenstone .. . • Lake 571 Barewood Runs .. .. . • Taieri .. 573 Andrews Road.. .. . • • • Clutha .. 574 Buckingham Road .. .. Southland 575 Crosbie Road .. .. .. • • „ 576 Ewart Road to Section 34, Block VI, Glen- Clutha .. omaru 577 Gregg Road (Otara) .. .. . • Southland 578 ! Harrison Road .. .. • • Clutha .. 580 ' Hewson Road to Section 62, Block IV, „ Catlin's 581 Kidd Road .. .. .. Southland 582 King Road (Otara) .. .. ■ • „ 583 McKenzie Road (Block VII, Glenomaru) .. Clutha .. 584 Morris Saddle 585 Pascoe Road .. .. .. • • Southland 586 Stewart Road .. .. .. • • ., 588 Waikawa, Block I .. „ 589 Wyndham Valley Road .. ,, 590 Cody Road (Hillend) .. • • „ 591 Crowe Road (Lillburn) .. .. Wallace 592 Lillburn, Block II 593 Matthew Road .. .. Southland 594 McLean Road (Longwood) .. Wallace 595 McRae Road (deviation) .. •. » 597 Waiau, Block X (Sections 130 to 138) .. „ 598 Hodgson Road (Kapuka) .. .. Southland 600 Oteramika, Block III (Sections 64 and 68).. „ 603 Brown's to Settlers' Reserve .. .. „ 606 Invercargill, Block XV (Section 136) .. „ 608 Kingswell Creek to Seaward Bush .. „ 609 Lora .Stream Bridge (Section 148, Forest Hill) „ 610 Makarewa River Bridge (Grove Bush), (ac- „ cess road) 611 Martin Road • .. .. .. .. „ 612 Mason Road (Seaward Bush) „ 614 McKinnon Road and drain „ 615 Settlers' Bush Reserve Road .. „ 616 Stewart Island Roads .. .. Stewart Island 617 Taylor Gorge .. .. .. Southland 618 Winton, Block VIII 619 Wood Road, Campbelltown .. „ 620 Supervision Tuapeka Wakatipn Taieri .. Clutha • • »» • ■ »» • • »> Wallace ■ - »> • • »» • ■ »» Mataura Awarua • • »* ■ ■ «» ■■ ■ £5,460 17 3 100 0 0 146 5 0 200 10 8 100 0 2 47 16 8 47 14 0 99 14 11 138 16 7 73 11 7 93 18 11 112 15 0 .50 0 0 51 10 9 89 11 8 79 15 0 149 19 11 3 15 0 103 19 1 46 12 3 149 11 3 93 0 6 19 0 0 52 12 7 33 1 0 99 17 7 221 13 6 93 2 0 87 19 6 155 16 4 87 18 9 99 15 10 188 14 6 7 0 0 56 0 0 6 11 8 98 19 0 1,865 8 6 20 8 0 108 16 0 35 19 7 493 13 4 Total—Otago £5,811 5 7 £5,811 5 7 General— 621 Miscellaneous works and services, inoluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. 331 11 10 331 11 10 Total—General 331 11 10 331 11 10 Vote No. 108—Total for 1909-10 £127,977 6 4 £127,977 6 4 19 CONSOLIDATED FUND. : Maintenance and Improvement of Roads— 1 Expenses incidental to the maintenance and improvement of roads £28,663 11 £28,663 11 8 8
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No. 6 "no 31 Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Expenditure. Roads to open up Crown Lands. North Auckland Road District 126 3 Kohumaru Block .. .. Mangonui .. ! Bay of Islands 6 Mangakahia Block Whangarei 7 Opouteke Block .. .. Hokianga 12 Otukai Block .. .. .. Mangonui 13 j One Block .. .. ..Whangarei and „ Hobson 17 I Rotokakahi Block .. Hokianga . . „ 18 ! Ruaoterei Block .. .. Bay of Islands . . „ 22 Tarawhati Block .. .. j Hokianga .. „ 29 Ranga Block .. .. .. .. I Whangarei .. Marsden 30 Waiotira Block .. „ .. „ Total—North Auckland a s. d. 174 S 0 134 6 9 ■ 562 6 10 | 57 18 10 962 13 8 i 322 5 7 126 8 5 15 4 0 253 7 9 9 3 2 f ; £2,918 3 0 i Auckland Road District— 31 Tokatoka Block (additional) .. Otamatea Kaipara 35 Roto Ngaro Block .. . . Raglan .. .. I Franklin 36 Te Akau Block .. .. „ 37 Te Puroa Block .. „ 39 Waitoa Block .. .. Ohinemuri . Ohinemuri 40 Korakonui Block .. West Taupo . . Tauranga 49 Kaimango Block .. Kawhia .. Taumarunui .. 50 Kakepuku Block .. .. Waitomo and West Taumarunui and Taupo Tauranga 63 Mangaokahu Block .. .. Raglan .. Taumarunui and Waikato 66 Te Pahu Block .. .. „ Taumarunui .. 67 Te Puhi Block .. .. Waitomo 71 Wharepuhunga Block .. .. West Taupo Taumarunui and Tauranga 188 16 2 6 13 9 3,444 8 6 76 0 0 531 17 7 0 4 8 183 12 11 31 14 3 143 17 4 1 2 0 2 17 4 616 1 7 Total—Auckland £5,226 6 1 Gisborne Road District— 75 Koranga Block .. Waikohu .. Bay of Plenty 76 Manawahe Block .. .. Whakatane 78 Oamaru No. 1 Block .. .. j Opotiki 79 Oamaru No. 2 Block .. .. .. „ 80 i Oamaru No. 3 Block .. .. .. „ 83 Tahora No. 2 North Block .. 85 Tutamoe Block .. .. Waikohu and Cook 86 Waiawa Block .. .. .. Opotiki 88 Whitikau Block .. .. „ 846 15 11 84 2 7 14 16 6 356 11 4 1,564 9 5 1,665 0 6 236 17 2 422 15 8 1,121 11 3 Total—Gisborne £6,313 0 4 Taranaki Road District— 89 Aorangi Block .. .. Waitomo .. Taumarunui . . 90 Aria Township Block .. .. „ 91 Awakino Block .. .. .. Awakino 95 Hikimutu Block .. West Taupo 97 Horopito West Block .. Waimarino 99 Kahuwera Block .. .. .. Waitomo 101 Kakahi Village Settlement Block .. West Taupo] 102 Kawautahi Block .. .. .. West Taupo and Waimarino 103 Kirikau Block .. .. Waimarino 104 Makino Block .. .. .. .. Clifton 108 Marangae Block .. .. Whangamomona 112 North Waimarino Block .. Waimarino 115 Ohakune Village Settlement Block .. j 117 Otanake Special Settlement Block .. ! Waitomo 118 Owhango Block .. West Taupo 119 Papakauri Block .. Awakino 120 i Pareketu Block .. .. Ohura and Waitomo 121 Rangataua Block .. Waimarino 124 Retaruke Block .. .. „ 127 Ruatiti Block 128 South Kaitieke Block .. .. .. „ 129 Tahuna Block .. .. Waitomo 132 Tupapanui Block .. .. .. Waimarino 137 Whareorino Block .. .. Awakino 142 Taonui-Maraetaua-Pukewhakapu Block .. Wanganui . . Rangitikei 143 Ahu Ahu Block .. .. Waitotara .. Patea 144 Rangitatau Block .. .. >, .... 14 2 0 242 2 2 14 6 0 1,172 7 9 210 6 9 249 3 3 106 13 11 572 14 6 1,382 19 1 335 16 2 216 16 5 174 16 0 1,900 9 1 394 8 11 560 0 7 243 14 4 123 19 1 653 14 1 1,599 2 11 924 5 1 319 2 5 35 9 4 105 13 2 211 18 6 95 1 5 1,285 9 10 1 4 0 'Total—Tarn nn.k i £13,144 16 li lotal—laranaki
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N ? o e ' I No\ Named Work. County. . Electorate. Expenditure. Name of Work. Roads to open up Crown Lands— continued. Wellington Road District— £ s. d. 126 149 Waipaoa Block .. .. .. Wairoa .. .. Gisborne .. 820 14 6 150 Waimarama Block Hawke's Bay .. Hawke's Ba\ . . 2,770 15 4 151 Awarua 1b Block .. .. Rangitikei . . Rangitikei . . 954 0 4 153 i Kumeti Block .. Waipawa .. Waipawa .. 6 8 0 155 Piripiri Block .. .. Dannevirke .. .. 3,862 15 11 156 Tamaki No. 1 Block .. .. „ .. 156 1 6 Total—Wellington .. .. .. .. £8,570 15 7 £8,570 15 7 Nelson Road District— 161 Mount Arthur No. 2 Block .. ! Takaka .. . . Motueka . . 186 18 9 162 Rainy River Block .. .. . . Waimea „ 6 4 11 164 Totaranui Block .. .. Takaka „ .. 2" 0 0 165 Upper Aorere Block .. .. Collingwood „ 535 2 6 167 Wairoa Forks Block .. Waimea „ ll? 6 2 168 Glenroy Block .. .. Murchison .. Buller . . 121 15 6 170 Mangles - Blackwater Block .. „ .. „ 454 15 7 171 Maruia Block .. .. .. „ .. „ 476 8 6 173 Mid Maruia Block .. .. „ . • „ 252 10 5 174 Murchison Village Settlement Block „ .. „ 27 5 0 176 Rappahannock Block .. .. „ „ 48 13 0 Total—Nelson .. .. .. £1,640 0 4 £1,640 0 4 Marlborough Road District— 177 Rimu Gully Block .. .. Marlborough .. Nelson 209 2 6 178 Ronga Valley No. 1 Block .. „ „ 148 17 9 Total—Marlborough .. £358 0 3 £358 0 3 . Westport Road District— 181 Kongahu Block .. .. j Buller .. Motueka .. 777 2 6 183 ; Oparara Block .. .. „ .. • • £ •> 78 14 0 184 Otumahana Block .. .. „ .. .. f „ 183 2 6 185 Brighton Block .. „ .. .. Buller 44 7 3 Total—Westport .. .. .. £1,083 6 2 £1,083 6 2 Westland Road District— 187 Inangahua Block .. .. .. Inangahua .. Buller 78116 192 Okuru Block .. .. .. .. Westland .. Westland .. 96 2 6 194 Wataroa Block .. .. .. j „ .. „ 200 4 11 " " ; Total—Westland .. .. .. .. £374 18 11 Otago Road District— 199 Alton No. 3 Block .. .. .. Wallace . . Wallace .. 5 4 6 203 Waikawa, Block II .. .. .. Southland .. ' Clutha 28 12 3 207 Waimatua Block .. .. .. „ . . Mataura .. 643 16 0 Total—Otago .. .. £677 12 9 £677 12 9 Vote No. 126—Total for 1909-10 .. .. £40,307 0 2 £40,307 0 2 Roads to open up National Endowmbnt Lands— North Auckland Road District— 127 1 Otakairangi Block .. .. .. Whangarei .. Bay of Islands 282 14 3 2 Ranga Block .. ... .. .. „ Marsden .. 76 0 0 3 (extension) .. .. Hobson . . Kaipara 36 6 6 Total—North Auckland .. .. .. £395 0 9 £395 0 9 Taranaki Road District— 4 Iriwhata Block .. .. .. Ohura .. Taumarunui .. 28 16 0 5 Marangae Block .. .. .. Whangamomona .. „ .. 271 0 0 7 Otunui Block .. .. .. .. Ohura .. „. 2,526 13 1 Total—Taranaki .. .. .. £2,826 9 1
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I ROADS ON GOLDFIELDS. Vote No 109.— Item No. 1. —Assistance towards the construction and repair £ s. d. of roads, &c. ... ... ••• ••• ■•• ••■ ■■■ 4.322 9 8 2. Roads to open up mineral lands ... ... ... ■•• ••• 70 0 0 3. Compensation for injuries to employees, &c. ... ... ... ... 87 4 5 Auckland. Coromandel County. £ 3. d. 5. Awakanae-Shrimpton ... ... ■•• ••• ••■ •■• 100 i> 0 6. Buffalo Public Battery Road ... ... ... •■■ ... 150 0 0 7. Cabbage Bay - Matamataharakeke ... ... ... ■■ • l<io 0 0 8. Cabbage Bay - Cape Colville ... ... •■• ■■• •■• 800 0 0 9. Cabbage Bay - Port Jackson .. ... • ■■ ••• •• 200 0 0 10. Coromandel-Kuaotunu, via Matarangi ... ... ... ■■ i-U 0 0 11. Coromandel-Tererenga ... ... •■• •■• ••■ ••■ 100 0 0 12. Coromandel Wharf Road extension ... ... ... ■ • ■ -'<j<) 0 0 13. Gumtown-Whenuakite ... ■■• •■• • ■ ••■ ■• 200 0 0 14 Kaimarama Bridjro and approaches ... ... ... ■ 153 10 (i IG. Kauris-Ecclestone's ... ... ••■ 0 (t 17. Kauris-Mahakirau l>4oo 0 0 1!». Kikowhakarere-Cabbiigo Bay Road ... ••• JoO U U •JO. Kiiuotunu-Mercurv Hay ... ... ■• ••• •» 22. Manaia-Waikawau ... ■■• 250 0 0 23. Heronry Bay-Tairua ... ■■ ••■ •' " " 24 Mercury Bay-Whenuakite and Boat Harbour 100 o 0 ■25. McLaughlin's-Waikawau 2G. Taima-Whenuakite or r 27. Tererenga-Whangapoua ... ... J ; ' « 28. Tiki-Kaimarama ... -"" 29. Tiki-Manaia '"" 32. Whitianga-Gumtown ~. ■■• 33. Whitianga-Kaimarama ... • • 6—D. 1.
Vote Item No. No. Name of Work. County. Electorate. Net Kxpenditurr. 27 8 10 11 12 14 Roads to open ur National Endowment Lands— contivved. Nelson Road District— Wangamoa Block Dart Block Lee River Extension Block Wairoa Forks Block Matakitaki Block Waimea Nelson Motnoka £ 8. d. 2 8 0 311 8 10 l.-> 10 8 167 0 0 486 0 1 ,, ,, H Murchison Bnfler Total—Nelson £982 13 7 Westland Road District— Punakaiki Block Arnold Valley Block Grey .. Grey Westland 577 13 6 193 2 10 15 16 Total—Westland £770 16 4 Vote No. 127—Total for 1909-10 £4,974 19 9 Votes 107, 108, 19, 126, and 127 .. Add expenditure for previous years 371,778 3 3 ♦7,930,024 11 3 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1910 £8,301,802 14 6 • Includes expenditure for certain years out of Native Land Purchase Account and Lands >rovcment Account— vidt Table No. 2.
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TABLE No. A-- contiaueci - ROADS ON GOLDFlELDS— continued. Auckland — continued. 2'hames County. £, s. d. 34. Crosbie Settlement Road ... ... ... '■■'■ •■■ io ° 0 0 35. Golden Belt Battery Road ... ... ... •■ ■■ 250 0 0 :J6. Golden Belt Battery - Puketui ... .... ■■■ •■■ ••■ 309 2 0 37. tlape Creek Road ' ... ... ■■• •■■ ■•■ ■•■ 80 0 0 38. Hikutaia-Whangamata (Wires) ... ... ■■• •■• ■•• 179 11 0 39. Hikuwai-Tairua ... ••• ••• •■■ ■■■ ■•■ - 17 17 v 41. Karaka Creek Roads ... ... ■■• •■■ ■■• ••• lo ° ° ° ■43. Moanataiari Road ... ■ ■■ ■•■ ■■■ ••• ~; !l [ 46. Neavesville - Golden Belt Battery Road ... ... 200 0 0 47. Ohio Creek Road ... ... ■■ •■■ 50 0 0 19. Omahu-Whangamata ... •■■ ■•■ •■■ ••■ ••• 164 15 0 r>o. Otanui Track ... ... ... ••• ■■• :>n 0 0 53. Puketui-Hikuwai ... ■ ■■ ■•■ •■■ 412 5 10 54. Puriri-Neavesvillo ... ... ■■• •■• ••■ ••• : '' l -' " ° 55. Puriri Valley Road ... ... ... ••• •■• 30 5 0 56. Tairua-Broken Hills-Upper Landing ... ... 239 •'! 0 57. Tairua River Bridge ... ... ■■ ■•• •■• 616 ° ° 58. Tapu Creek Road ...... 100 0 0 59. Tapu-Gumtown ... ... ••■ ■■■ ■■• •■■ ••■ 517 5 0 60. Tararu Creek Road ... ... ■■■ 10 ° ° ° 61. Thames-Hikutaia ... ... ••■ ••• •■• ••■ 30] ° l G2. Thames - Waikawau Windy Point widening ... ... ... ••• 422 I.) -j 64. Upper Tararu Road "... . ... ■■• ■•• •■■ ■•■ v ° 5 65. Waiotahi Road ... ... ... •■■ ■•■ 100 0 0 (56. Wliangamata-Tairua ... ... ••• ••• ■•• ••• 200 0 0 67. Whangamata-Wentworth ... ■■■ ■■■ ••• ••■ ■■ 49 ° ° Thames Borough. Karaka Creek (clearing) ... ... .. ... ■•• ■• ° ° 69. Waiotahi-Aqueduct (repairs) ... ••• •■• ■•■ ■■■ *>" " ''' Ohinemnri County. 71. Alpha Road, Waitekauri - Durbar MiDe ... ... ••• ■■ 10 ° ° ° 72. Bridge Road-Karangahake ... •■■ ■•• •■• •■■ 64 0 0 73. Cadman Road (Waikino-Waitekauri) ... ... 10,( ° " 74. Collett's Track ... ... ... ••• ■■■ •■• J OO n " 75. Dominion -Mine Road ... ... •■■ ••• ■•■ 132 0 76. Durbar Mine - Komata ... ■•• ••■ '•" ° ° 77. Golden Cross - Maratoto ... ... ••■ •• ■■• io ° ° ° 78. Hikutaia-Maratoto ... ... •■■ ••■ 100 0 0 79. Hikutaia-Paeroa ... •■• ••■ ■•• •■■ ■■■ l «™ lb [ 80. Hikutaia-Waihi ... ... ••■ ••■ •■• ■•• ■•■ 8 " b ' 81. Hills ltoad, Karangahake ... ... ••• •■• 200 0 0 83. Hoununga Road « J J 84. Jubilee Low-level Road ... ... ••• ••■ 1{)0 8 ° 85. Karangahake-Railway ... ... ■■■ •■■ •■■ ■•■ 200 ° ° 87. Komata Creek Road ■■• : \\ ° ° ' 90. Komata-Thames .... ... ••• ••■ •■■ ••• ••• 7- r n 91. Komata-Waitekauri ... ■■■ ■■• ••■ •■• •■■ ° " 94. Mangakino Track ... C 2°. 2 ~ 96. Maratoto Road 274 5 0 97. Netherton Roads 99. Old Tauranga Road ... •■■ 20 ° ° 102. Paeroa-Waitoa ... ■■• ••■ •■■ ■■• ■•• t ° b " " 103. Poland Road ... ... ■• ••■ ■•■ 100 0 0 105. Rahu Road *« ' 108. Rotokohu Road ... ■■• ■•■ ■•■ ttl * A 109 Seddon Street Waikino - Waitekauri Main Road ... ••■ ooS ° * 111! TeAroha Roads - 200 0 0 113. Victoria Road lo ° « 114. Victoria Road, Waitekauri... ... ... ■•• ■•• ••■ 11 q n < 115. Waitawheta Crossing Bridge ... ■•■ ■■■ < J ' 116. Waitawheta Road ... ... ' 117. Waitawheta ltoad Deviation ... •• U _ J . [18. Waitawheta-Waihi ... ... ■■• ••• l / 119. Waitekauri Hill Track ... ... •■■ ••• •■■ I JJ° " ' 120. Waitekauri-Golden Cross ,n 8 121. Waitekauri-Durbar Mine Track ... ... iv* Iβ «• £17,05) 2 7
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TABLE NO. 4 — continued. ROADS ON GOLDFlELDS— continued. Maklborouoh. I'elorus RiKid Board. £ s. d. 126. Havelock—Mahakipawa ... ... ... ... ... ... 141 8 6 129. Wakamarina Road (widening) ... ... ... ... ... 250 0 0 £391 8 6 Nelson. Colli Hi/wood County. £ s. d. 130. Aorere Bridge (£1 for £1)... ... ... ... ... ... !!)+ o 0 131. Aorere-Parapara ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 L 33. Colling-w 1-Parapara ... ... ... ... ... Ill) 0 0 134. Ferntown-Pakawau ... ... ... ... ... .. 050 0 0 135. Kaituna-Paturau ... ... ... ... ... ... 211 11 o L 37. Pakawau-Puponga ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 (J o Takaka County. 139. Anatoki Bridge ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 300 0 0 HI. Anatoki Truck ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 142. Bubu Bridge ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 77 5 0 I 1.".. Bubu Springs Road ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 111. Go-ahead Creek Bridge ... ... ... ... ... ... 108 8 2 145. Long Plain Road... ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 147. Pariwhakaho Bridge ... ... ... ... ... ... 252 7 8 149. Takaka - Collingwood Inland Road ... . ... ... ... ... 30 0 0 150. Takaka Hill Road ... ... ... ... ... .. 100 0 0 Waimea County. 151. Dove River Bridge ... ■■■ ■■■ •■• •■• •■■ 150 0 0 155. Pearce Valley Road ... ... ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 Riwaka Road Hoard. 157. Riwaka - Kaiteriteri Beach ... ... ... . . ... 50 0 0 Bullet , County. 159. Brighton - Grej County Boundary ... ... ... ... 350 0 o IGO. Bullock Creek ltoad ... ... ... ' ... ■•■ 200 0 0 162. Channel Flat-Mackley's and bridge ... ... ... 50 0 0 163. Denniston Grounds Road ... ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 165. Fairdown- Sergeant's Hill, via railway ... ... ... ... 175 0 0 166. Four-mile-Brighton ... •■■ •■• ■■■ ••■ • ■■ 27.5 0 0 168. Granity Creek Southwards... ... ... .. ... ... 225 0 0 169. Granity Relief Channel ... '... ... ... ... ... 175 0 0 171. Harben Road ... .. ••• ■■■ ■■■ ••■ 200 0 0 172. Hector - Ngakawau River Road ... ... ■ ... ■ 200 0 0 174. Karamea Mud-Hat ... ... •■• ■•• ••■ •■■ 550 0 0 175. Karamea Overflow Bridge ... ...... ... 600 0 0 177. Lyell-Mokihinui ... ... ■■• ••• ••■ ■■■ ■•■ 300 0 0 179. McPadden's-Gillow's Dam ... •■■ ••■ ••• 100 0 0 180. Millerton - Stockton Mine... ... ... ■•■ •■■ ■•• 650 0 0 182. Millerton Township Road ... ... •■■ ■•■ ••• ■•• 150 0 0 183. Mine Creek - Mangatini ... ... ... •■■ •■• ±00 0 0 185. Mokihinui end of Westport Una.] ... ... ... L5O 0 0 186. Mokihinui - Little Wanganui River Road ... ... 178 511 187. Mokihinui—Ngakawau ... ■■■ ••• ■•• •■• ■•• 0 0 190. New Creek I!..ad Extension... ... ■•■ •■■ ••■ ■•• IQ O 0 0 192 Nile Valley Road Extension ... ... ■■■ ••• ■• - l,n " ° 193. North Beach Track ■■• ■■■ ■•■ ■•■ 200 0 0 2iio. Seddonville Roads ... ... •■• ••■ ■•■ ■■■ 10 . 0 ° ° 201. Seddonville - Mokihinui Mine ... ... ••■ ■■■ •■• 50 0 0 204. Summerlea-Mokihinui ' ... ... ■•• ■•• ••• ••■ 200 0 0 205. Utopia Road ... ... .. ■■• ■■■ 20 ° ° ° 206. Waimangaroa-Birchfield ... ... ••• ••■ ••■ 150 0 0 208. Wcstport-Mokihinui ... .. •• ••■ •■• ••• 50 0 0 209. Wilson's Lead Road. Addison's ... ••■ ■•• . ■•• •■■ 300 ° °
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TABLE NO. 4 -continued. ROADS ON GOLDFlELDS— continued. Nelson— continued. hiangahua County. £, s. d. ■210. Blackwater Creek ... ... ... ••■ ■•■ ••• 999 2 1 212. Burkes Creek Road ... ... ... ... ••■ ••• 200 0 0 214. Cronndun-Capleston ... ... ... ... ... ... 190 4 6 215. Grcymouth - Reefton - Upper Blackwater .. ... ... ... 66 0 0 216. Inangahna Bridge ' ... ■•• •■■ ■■■ ■•■ •■■ :,2;5 1G 4 222. Maruia-Glenroy ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 289 1 8 223. Murray Creek Road •■■ ••• ■•• ■•• •■• ••■ 207 12 4 225. Progress Junction - Slab Hut Creek ... ... ... ... 88 19 10 226. Rappahaniioc Bridge ... ... ... ... ■■- •■■ 230 3 11 228. Six-mile Creek Bridge ... ... ... ■•• ■•■ 100 0 0 £12,811 18 5 Westland. Grey County. i. s. d. 231. Ahaura-Moonlight-Shellbaok ... ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 233. Arnold Bridge (repairs) ... ... ■■■ ■•• ■ •• •■■ 250 0 0 236. Blackball-Paparoa ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 100 0 0 237. Cobden-Brighton ... ... ■•■ ... ••• ••• 15 0 0 241. Moonlight-Blackball ... ... ... ... ... ... 25 0 0 245. Payne's Gully Track ... ... ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 246. Seven-mile - Nine-mile Bluff ... ... ... ... ... 175 0 0 247. Taffy Road ... ... ... ... •■• ■■■ 100 0 0 248. Upper Moonlight Prospecting Track ... ... ... ... 25 0 0 Brainier Borough. 250. Brunner-Blaokball ... ... ... ■•• ... •• 6 15 0 Westland County. 251. Back Creek Road... ... ... ... •■• ••• ••• 20 0 0 252. Bullock Creek Track ... ... ... ... ■■ ■•■ 100 0 0 257. Larrikins - Great Westland Road ... ... ... ... ... 30 0 0 260. Okarito-Forks Track ... ... ... •■■ •■■ ••■ 90 0 0 262. Reefton-Hokitika-Ross Deviation ... ... ... ... ■ ■■ 5 15 9 267. Wilberforce - Westland Reefs ... ... ... •■• ■•■ 762 1 3 £1,904 12 0 Otago. Waihemo County. £ s. d. 270. Mount Highlay Mine Road... ... ... ... ... ... 110 0 0 Tuapeka County. 272. Lawrence-Roxburgh ... •■■ ■•■ ••• ••• ••■ 200 0 0 273. Waipori-Waitahuna ... ... ... ••• ■■• ••■ 72 7 10 Vincent County. 274. Alexandra - Dry Gully ... ... ■■• ■■ 200 0 0 276. Bannockburn Bridge ... ... ■ ■ •■■ 161 16 10 277. Bannockburn Coal Pit Road ... ... ■■■ ... 100 0 0 279. Clyde-Tuapeka County Boundary ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 280. Nevis Valley Road ... ... ... ■•• 200 0 0 282. Ryan and Company's Coal-pit Road... ... ... ... 100 0 0 284. Tinkers Sludge-channel Bridge ... ... ••■ •■• 100 0 0 Lake County. 285. Arrowtown-Macetown ... ■•■ ■■■ •■■ •■■ 100 0 0 287. Cardrona Coal-pit Road ... ... ... ■■• ■■■ ■■ 100 0 0 288. Garston-Nevis ... ... ••• ••• ••• •■• •■■ 67 15 6 289. Macetown - Sawyer's Gully ... • • ■•■ 86 0 0 291. Queenstown - Gentle Annie ■■■ ■■■ ••• . •■■ •■■ 112 0 0 292. Skippers-Stony Creek ... •■• ••• ••• ••• 100 0 0 294. Upper Shotover Valley Road ... ... •■■ ••• ••• 284 15 0 Maniotolo County. 296. Hogburn Gully Retaining-wall ... ... ■ • ••• ■■■ 300 0 0 £2,494 15 2
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TABLE No. A — continued. ROADS ON GOLDPlBLDS— continued. Southland. Wallace County. £ s. d. 302. Colac - Round Hill Road ... ... ... ... ... ... 600 0 0 Southland County. 311. Gareton-Nevis ... ... ... ... ... ... .. .30 0 0 313. Maitland - Little Waikaka ... ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 315. Waikaia Dredges Road (repairs) ... ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 317. Waikaka Valley Road - Dredging claims ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 318. Waikaka Valley Main Road ... ... ... ... ... 200 0 0 Stewart Island County. 320. Stewart Island roads ... ... ... ... ... ... 516 7 6 £1,666 7 6 £ b. d. Expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1910 ... ... ... 40,829 18 3 Expenditure for previous years ... ... ... ... 828,823 9 2 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1910, on Roads on Goldfields ... £869,653 7 5
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Expenditure. Liabilities. Locality and Namk of Race. Survey and Construction, 1870-1909. Grants, Survey and j Grants, Subsidies, Construction! Subsidies, 1870-1909. 1909-1910. j 1909-1910. Totals. Authorities on Construction. Authorities I on Grants, Contracts. Subsidies. : Totals. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Locality and Namk of Rack. NORTH ISLAND. Auckland Provincial District' — Thames Tairua Water-race Compensation, Thames Water-race U. Kelly's water-race, Mata Kuaotunu Sludge-channel l>rain, Te Aroha West .. £ s. d. £ s. d. 80,708 19 3 34 5 4 1,250 0 0 40 0 0 230 0 0 61 0 0 HO .7(1« IO, Q 1 filK r, 4. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.' t s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. NORTH ISLAND. Auckland Provincial District — Thames. Tairua Water-race. Compensation, Thames Water-race R. Kelly's water-race, Mata. Kuaotunu Sludge-channel. Drain, Te Aroha West. 80,708 111 3 34 1,250 0 0 40 0 0 230 0 0 61 0 0 80,708 19 3 34 5 4 1,250 0 0 40 0 0 230 0 0 61 0 0 80,708 19 3 34 5 4 1.250 0 0 10 0 0 230 0 0 61 0 0 82,324 4 7 • ■ 80,708 19 3 1,613 5 4 82*324 4 7 CUDDLE ISLAND. Westlahd Provincial District — Subsidies — llohonu .. Hibernian New River .. Kanicri Kiinu Drainage-tunnel Ross Sludge-channel Kumara Sludge-channel No. 2 Kumara Sludge-channel No. 3 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 Quinn's Creek Water-race (purchase) Raising dam, Loop-line Ngahere-Blackball Donnelly's Creek Tail-race Purchase of Byrne, O'Hallahan, and Murdooh's water-rights Jones Creek St irm-channel Back Creek Water-race Ford and Party, Park Terrace.. Government Works — Waimea-Kumara .. Wainihinihi Water-race Mikonui Nklson Provincial District — Government Works — Nelson Creek Napoleon Hill Argyle (Charleston) Black's Point 8 7 0 1,955 12 1 12 5 8 1,992 14 8 21 5 0 3,496 0 1 5 610,310 18 4 191 19 6 32 0 0 1,554 10 6 2,762 17 2 1 1,199 7 6 1,151 10 8 5,666 14 11 2,294 6 8 100 0 0 2,472 13 0 70 0 0 1,125 16 6 200 0 0 444 4 5 35 0 0 80,708 19 8 1,615 5 4 8 7 0 1,955 12 1 12 5 8 1,992 14 8 21 5 0 3,496 0 3 1 5 610,310 18 4 191 19 6 32 0 0 1,554 10 6 2,762 17 2 1,199 7 6 1,151 10 8 5,666 14 11 2,294 6 8 100 0 0 2,472 13 0 70 0 0 1,125 16 6 200 0 0 444 4 5 35 0 0 100 0 0 225 0 0 380 10 90 3 0 195,588 0 4 14,152 17 7 25,927 4 6 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 15,951 15 3 150 0 0 244 9 0 110 10 2 1.958 19 1 2,005 0 4 3,517 5 3 10,312 3 10 223 19 6 1.554 10 6 2,762 17 2 1,199 7 6 1.151 10 8 5,666 14 11 2,294 6 8 100 0 0 •2,583 3 2 70 0 0 1,125 16 6 200 0 0 444 4 5 35 0 0 " i 75 0 0 30 0 '.'. 81 9 10 1,958 19 I 2,005 0 4 8,517 5 8 10,312 3 10 3 0 0 226 19 6 I.554 10 6 2,762 17 2 75 0 0 1,271 7 6 1,151 10 S 5,666 14 11 2,294 6 8 UK) 0 0 34 9 10 2,617 18 0 70 0 0 MIDDLE ISLAND. Westland Provincial District — Subsidies — Hohonu. Hibernian. New River. Kanieri. Rimu Drainage tunnel. Ross Sludge-channel. Kumara Sludge-channel No. 2. Kumara Sludge channel No. 3. Kumara No. 4 Main Tail-race. Kumara No. 5 Main Tail race. Trustees MainTail-raee, Waimea. Branch Tail race to No. 4 Channel, Payne and party. Kelly's Terrace Tunnel. 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. Jones Creek Storm-channel. Back Creek Water-race. Ford and Party, Park Terrace. Government Works — Waimea- Kumara. Wainihinihi Water nice. Mikonui. Nelson Provincial District — Government Works — Nelson Creek. Napoleon Hill. Argyle (Charleston). Black'* Point. 1,125 16 6 200 0 0 444 4 5 35 0 0 .. 100 0 0 225 0 0 380 10 90 8 0 195,588 0 4 14,152 17 7 25,927 4 6 312 9 0 96 18 8 1815 0 . 421 18 8 330 1 0 i 108 18 0 195,850 9 4 14,152 17 7 25,927 4 6 3 14 66 7 0 3 14 425 0 0 830 1 0 66 7 0 175 5 0 195,850 9 4 14,152 17 7 25,927 4 6 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 15,951 15 3 15Q 0 0 244 9 0 " 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 16,101 15 3 244 9 0 .50 0 0 90,722 10 8 257 16 7 50 0 0 16,151 15 3 244 9 0 •• Carried forward .. t 1344,580 14 136,203 13 2' 312 9 0 226 3 10 381,323 0 l 1 75 0 0 1 156 18 2' 231 18 2 1 '381,4554 18 S
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Expenditure. Liabilities. Liabilities. Total Locality and Namk op Race. Survey and Construction, 1870-1909. Grants, Survey and I Grants, Subsidies, Construction! Subsidies, 1870-1909. 1909-1910. 1909-1910. Totals. Authorities j Authorities I on on Grants, Contracts. Construction. Subsidies. Totals. Expenditure and Liabilities. Locality and Name of Race. £ s. a. 344,580 14 11 £ s. d. 36,203 13 2 £ B . a. 312 9' 0| £ s. d.J £ s. d. 226 3 10-381, 323 0 1 £ s. d. 75 0 0 £ s. 71 156 18 2 e -. fl. £ s. fl. £ -. d. 231 18 2 381,554 18 3 MIDDLE ISLAND— continued. Nelson Provincial District — ctd. Subsidies — 800 0 0 Jones, Baxter, and party, waterrace from Roaring Meg. 500 0 0 Bell Hill Co.'s Race. 322 18 2 Randall Creek Water-race. 218 0 0 Wills and party, water-race at Sulky Gully. Otaqo Provincial District — Subsidies — 612 10 0 Arrow. 644 6 2 Beaumont and Tuapeka. 9.249 13 1 Carrick Range. 200 0 0 Mount Pisgah. 3,092 19 0 Lawrence Drainage-channel. 1,150 0 0 Ophir Tail-race. 850 0 0 Muddy Creek Channel. 750 0 0 3,064 4 0; St. Bathan's. 1,065 0 0 Maerewhenua. 20 0 0 Artesian wells, Maniototo. 1,600 7 2 Improving water-supply, Oamaru. 4,879 12 0 Mountain Hut Water-race. ( lori'inment W01 !:s — 73,832 10 6 Mount Ida. 11,268 1 0 Waipori. 16,956 7 3 Alexandra (purchase). Canterbury Provincial District — Subsidy 65 (1 7 Ninety-mile Beach Water-race. Southland Provincial District — Subsidy — 138 19 Round Hill. Brought forward .. .. : MIDDLE ISLAND— continued. Nelson Provincial District— cW. Subsidies — Jones, Baxter, and party, waterrace from Roaring Meg Bell Hill Co.'s Race 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 M uiidy Creek Channel St. Bathan's Maerewhenua Artesian wells, Maniototo Improving water-supply, Oamaru Mountain Hut Water-race Government Works — Mount Ida Waipori Alexandra (purchase) Canterbury Provincial District — Subsidy — Ninety-mile Beach Water-race Southland Provincial District — Subsidy — Round Hill .. Gp.nkual — Increased water-supply Departmental — Salaries, travelling, advertising, &c. 322' 18 2J i 6 2 I I 1,065 0 0 20 0 0 1,600 7 2 4,879 12 0 800 0 0 500 0 0 218 0 01 I 612 10 0 640 0 0 9,249 13 1 200 0 0 8,092 19 0 1,150 0 0 850 0 0 •2.250 0 0 I 1 " 800 0 1) 500 0 0 322 18 2 218 0 Ol I 612 10 0 644 6 2 9,249 13 1 200 0 0 3,092 19 0 1,150 0 0 850 0 0 64 4 0 2,314 4 0 1,065 0 0 20 0 0 1,600 7 2 4,879 12 0 78,832 10 ti 11,263 1 0 16,950 7 8 •' •■ •• •■ •• " •• 750 0 0 " •• ' ' .. - 73,832 10 6! 11,263 1 01 16,956 7 3l .. I .. I 65 6 7 65 6 7 188 19 4 183 19 I 530 4 0J 6,763 9 6 ll 100 0 0 680 1 0 6,763 9 0 General — 630 4 0 Increased water-supply. I )i:PARTMENTAL — 6,763 9 6: Salaries, travelling, advertising, &c. 981 18 2519,469 6 0' Totals. Totals 75 0 0 906 18 2 1461,883 16 5 |56,000 14 7 312 9 0 290 7 10; ;518,487 7 10! 75 0 0 SUMMARY. North Island Middle Island .. 80,708 19 3 ; 461,883 16 5 1 j 1,615 5 4 56,000 14 7 312 9 0 290 7 10 57,615 19 11 312 9 0J 290 7 10 82,324 4 7 518,487 7 10 SUMMARY. ! 82,324 4 7■North Island. 981 18 2J519.469 6 0 Middle Island. 75 0 0 906 18 2 •• Totals 600,811 12 5 75 0 0 906 18 2| 1 • ■ 981 18 2 601,793 10 7 Totals. 981 18 2 142,592 15 8] I I .
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Development of Goldfields.-Table No. 5a. Statement showing Assistance towards Prospecting, and Miscellaneous Services, out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1910, and the Liabilities on that Date.
Total Expenditure lo 31st March, 1900. Net Expenditure during Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1910. Total Net Expenditure toSlBt Marcli. 1910. Liabilities on 31st March, 1910. Total Net j Expenditure and ! Liabilities. I Assistance towards prospecting Oil boring, Kotuku Purchase and expenses of diamond and other drills Prospecting deep levels, Thames — Queen of Beauty shaft subsidy .. Inspector's fee Cost and expenses, purohase, plant, &c. Lowering water, Queen of Beauty shaft Deepening and nnwatering Queen of Beau y shaft Prospecting deep levels, Ross Purchase of Cassrell's and Bennett's lea-ieholds, Paeroa Compensation proclamation of rivers Water-cmservation — Reports on Coromandel Harbour and Kuaotunu Sludge-channel Engineer's salary and expenses .. Reports on Ross Flat Eweburn Reservoir Gimmerburn Creek embankment Green and Swamp Dam Home Gully D»m Manorburn Creek weir Comptnsa ion, Owen R dierts Telephone-line, Bannockburn to Nevis R sumption of land Wa'er-supplies for Mining Townships— Waikino Waitekauii Karangaiiake .. Mackaytown Clyde Alexandra Ophir Ohinemuri River silting ..■ Thames Drainage Board contribution Kumara Water - race extension across Tercmakau River Waimumu Main Tail-race Charlton Creek Main Tail-race Advances to com.<anies Protective works, Stafford £ s. d. 29,510 4 9 207 10 0 10,198 7 1 £ s. d. 4,936 3 9 £ a. d. 34,446 8 6 207 10 0 10,948 2 7 £ s. d. 1,116 8 0 42 10 0 e s. d. 35,562 16 6 250 0 0 10,948 2 7 749 15 6 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 6,153 14 2 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 6,867 6 6 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 6,867 6 6 713 12 4 400 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 7,989 14 6 1,216 2 0 9,205 16 6 9,205 16 6 8,503 0 5 2,250 0 0 6,516 3 11 15,019 4 4 2,250 0 0 15,019 4 4 2,250 0 0 40,374 7 3 32 9 6 40,406 16 9 40,406 16 9 80 12 6 80 12 6 80 12 6 3,219 0 2 284 10 8 16,459 15 10 111 10 0 39 12 0 .1,028 0 6 448 3 7 75 0 0 50 0 0 100 2 3 3,219 0 2 284 10 8 16,459 15 10 211 12 3 89 12 0 1,028 0 6 457 1 7 75 0 0 50 0 0 3,219 0 2 284 10 8 16,459 15 10 211 12 3 39 12 0 1,028 0 6 457 1 7 75 0 0 50 0 0 8 18 0 862 7 0 862 7 0 862 7 0 1,193 15 4 445 2 5 607 6 5 351 0 0 1,121 13 2 600 0 0 1,374 4 8 2,568 0 0 445 2 5 607 6 5 351 0 0 1,121 13 2 600 0 0 3 12 0 1,000 0 0 427 9 8 15o' 0 0 2,568 0 0 445 2 5 607 6 5 351 0 0 1,121 13 2 600 0 0 150 0 0 3 12 0 1,000 0 0 427 9 8 3 12 0 1,000 0 0 83 4 2 344 5 6 1,450 6 3 408 7 1 8,200 0 0 97 0 0 2,000 0 0 3 0 0 1,450 6 3 408 7 1 10,200 0 0 100 0 0 1,450 6 3 408 7 1 10,200 0 0 100 0 0 Less Recovery on account of Expenditure of Previous Years — Muddy Terrace Sluicing Company 169,306 17 8 17,994 17 5 187,301 14 8 1,308 18 0 188,610 12 8 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 Totals 169,306 17 3 17,994 17 5 1186,301 14 8 1,308 18 0 187,610 12 8
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TABLE No. 6. Statement showing the Expenditure on Telegraphs out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1910, and the Liabilities on that Date.
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Expenditure dnrinu Twelve Months ended list March. 1010. Line. i.'..,„„,iif.,„ Material issued Total Cost duvExpendltan. from stores inR th0 Year 1'elephoiie Exchanges— Vshburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dannevirke Dunedin Keildint; Gisborne Greymouth Hamilton Hawera Hokitika Invercargill Lawrence .. .. .. ..... Levin Masterton Xapier.. Xelson.. New Plymouth .. I In ui.-i ru Pahiatua Palmerston North Rotorua Stratford Thames Timaru .. .. .. Wanganui Wellington Westport Whangarei .€ s. d. , £ s. d. £ s. d. 40 16 5 370 19 7 411 16 0 10.166 19 9 5,423 S 0 15,4590 7 II 27 0 II 212 13 10 239 13 10 4,925 9 2 5,834 8 8 10,759 17 10 •'81 18 3 118 ti 9 150 0 0 2,684 8 3 2,181 4 3 4.865 12 fl 248 18 1 370 0 10 618 18 11 335 12 9 751 19 5 1,087 12 2 53 2 1 268 18 3 322 0 4 49 6 H 151 17 7 201 3 7 114 16 2 210 2 8 324 18 10 18 9 9 86 2 6 104 12 3 3.743 9 4 7.722 5 1 11.465 14 5 .. | 2 11 6 .. 2 II li 303 8 11 545 5 8 848 14 7 220 9 9 1,000 7 4 1,220 17 1 3.092 2 o 9.822 5 8 12.914 7 8 173 8 <■• 621'. 8 3 799 17 0 69 2 7 618 8 ll '187 5 7 150 1 7 226 1 9 .176 3 4 115 5 3 288 9 3 403 14 6 192 6 10 490 6 0 682 12 10 .. i 42 li 9 111 10 9 153 17 6 11 17 7 166 13 9 178 11 4 147 HI 3 377 14 6 525 4 !l 1,170 0 10 5,081 3 5 6,251 4 3 2,063 2 0 2,970 11 7 5,033 13 7 6.970 13 4 8.168 5 7 15.138 18 II 12 8 I 152 6 5 164 14 « 216 2 6 2.85 10 8 501 13 2 Telephone Exchanges 37,392 19 ll 54,633 11 0 92,026 10 6 37.392 19 (1 54,(133 11 o 92,026 10 6 Sen Wires— Auckland- Mangonui - Doubtless Bay (Morse wire) Koiniti Takahue-Pamapuria (Victoria Valley line) Russell - Manawaora- Cape Brett Russell-Whangamumu Motukaraka-Broadwood Utakura (Rawene-Horeke) Taheke-Kaikolie H ukerenui-Tapuhi Paiaka (Hukercnui-Towai) Opuawhanga (Whangarei-Hukereniii) Hikurangi-Marua-Whananaki W'hn ngu rei-Onerahi I 'ako tai-Nu kutawhit i Kaihu-Mangatu-Tutamoe-Wa i mn t en u i Oranoa (Kaihu-Waimatenui) ' .. Onetea (Dargaville-Tangiteroria) .. Mapau.. Batley-Marohemo Whangatciiu (Warkworth Pakiri) .. Warkworth-Streanilands-Tauhoa .. Helensville-Makarau Upper Waiwera - Parakakau Whangaparaoa (Waiwera-Tiritiri) Taiaotea (Auckland-Albany 1 Taupaki (Auckland-Waimauku) .. Auckland-Whangarei (superimposed circuit) Auokland-Pukekohe Auckland-Morrinsville-Putaruru Auekland-Taumarunui Haniilton-Ngaruawahia (metallic cireuit) .. 1'apakura (extension Auckland-Papatoetoe) Awhitu (Manukau Heads-Awhitu Central) Orua Bay (Manukau Heads Awhitu) Itunciman (Drury-Hunua) Waiuku - Pollock Settlement Maramarua (Mercer-Miranda) IV Kauwhata (Mercer-Matahiirii) 830 in 2 569 9 11 l.4oo 0 I 6 15 6 ii 15 6 113 Hi 10 25 9 3 139 li I 192 :s in .. 192 :i lii 30 19 2 II 12 1 42 11 3 7 15 6 44 2 0 51 17 6 95 10 1 .. 95 10 I 155 13 7 .. 155 13 7 95 18 I 38 15 (I - 134 8 I 14 6 9 .. 14 6 9 74 8 5 .. 74 8 5 179 3 3 .. 179 3 3 1 12 0 24 19 2 J 26 11 2 16 4 0 10 2 6 26 ll 6 268 10 1 156 9 0 419 19 1 25 7 4 26 19 0 52 6 4 95 14 11 16 11 1 112 6 0 j li 0 2 8 9 8 5 9 .. i .. 7 9 11 | 7 9 11 0 15 0 .. 0 15 (I .. I 111 5 10 41 14 5 153 0 3 0 12 6 | 33 16 7 34 9 1 88 16 2 | 18 12 8 , 107 8 10 13 16 11 11 5 8 j 25 2 7 (I 19 8 (I 19 8 3 9 3 .. 3 9 3 83 19 8 161 15 2 245 14 10 25 13 5 .. 25 13 5 ,526 12 9 57 9 5 584 2 2 833 9 7 3 12 4 3.37 1 11 3 5 7 234 9 2 237 14 9 13 0 .. 13 0 62 6 li 16 2 4 78 8 10 27 in 2 .. 27 10 2 2 8 11 5 13 I 8 2 II 33 15 9 85 9 11 119 5 8 6 6 4 I 17 3 8 3 7 3 1 10 3 1 10 Carried forward 3.523 18 4 1,567 2 8 5,090 16 o 3,523 13 4 1,567 2 8 5,090 li; i
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TABLE No. 6-continued. Statement showing the Expenditure on Telegraphs— continued.
Line. Expenditure d 3: Expenditure. , luring Twelve Months ended 1st March, 1910. Material issued Total Cost durt'rom Stores. ing the Year. Expenditure ; M: f taterial issued from Stores. T( il 'otal Cost during the Year. i I Brought forward New Wires— continued. Kareta (branch Thames-Tapu) Waiomio Port Charles - Great Barrier (lordonton-Whitikahu-Orini Waharoa-Wardville Katikati - Athenree - Waihi (metallic circuit) Omokoroa (Tauranga-Katikati) Tuhikaramea (Hamilton-Oketc) Hamilton-Paeroa (metallic circuit) Cambridge-Rotoorangi Rotorua-Taupo Kinohaku-Marokopa Otorohanga-Raurimu Mangaotaki (Te Kuiti - Paemako) Aria-Kaeaia Tatu (Ongarue-Ohura) Owhango (Taumarunui-Raurimu) Kakahi Matahanea (extension Whakatane-Waiowcka) Ruatoki (Whakatane-Opouriao) Opotiki-Toatoa Kahukura - Te Araroa Cisborne-Te Karaka (metallic circuit) Otoko Puha-Waikohu Xapier (lisborne Tangoio Napier-Dannevirke (metallic circuit) Napier (Ireenmeadows .. (ireenineadows-Puketapu I'uketapu-Puketitiri Waipawa - Argyll East Tamumu-Omakere Dannevirke - Te Rehunga Dannevirkc-Raumati Wairoa-Nuhaka (metallic circuit) Maryvillc - Mokau Coal-mine Okau-Herekapa.. New Plymouth-Opunake (metallic circuit) Hawera-Manaia-Opunake Kaimiro - North Egmont Mount House (Tahurangi) Pohokura-Reporua Mahoe - Dawson's Falls Mahoe-Tahutimai Lowgarth-Cardiff-Mahoe Omoana-Moeawatea-Taurakawa Normanhy - Te Roti Patea-Hurleyville-Manutahi (metallic circuit) Taumatatahi-Kapara Waitotara- Upper Waitotara Kai Iwi - Ahu Ahu Brunswick-Raorikia Westmere-Rapanui Makirikiri-Upokonui Ahuiti-Te Tuhi Aramoho-Papaiti Makirikiri-Kakatihi Turangarere Railway Raetihi-Ohakune-Taihape (metallic circuit) Marton-Taihapc (metallic circuit) Mangoihe Ohakune East .. « Ohakune-Horopito Utiku-Taihapc (metallic circuit) .. Manga weka-Ruahine Apiti-Kimbolton Kaheke (off Umutoi line) Koniako-ltuwai Stanway Rewa—Livingstone Palmerston North - Ashhurst £ s. d. 3.523 13 4 li 6 8 225 1 6 172 3 0 46 15 0 82 2 5 9 5 9 66 15 3 46 1 6 76 2 9 63 3 6 1,950 5 0 95 3 2 166 15 3 143 16 3 6 0 0 139 14 4 34 7 7 (18 3 li 192 3 5 114 7 3 0 3 0 572 15 6 70 4 7 0 6 0 1 14 0 131 4 8 50 17 6 33 16 1 26 3 3 Hi 1 3 9 10 0 5 10 0 19 2 9 424 19 10 88 9 7 3 6 0 131 7 3 45 4 2 180 4 1 i 37 13 II 34 4 1 101 10 I (I 4 II 1118 15 4 0 12 li 1 2 6 II II li 5 9 0 (I 8 O 82 I li 6 7 0 6 16 3 100 14 4 (I 12 6 5 5 0 I 4 II 08 3 3 31 5 4 £ 8. d. 1,567 2 8 ! 1 10 6 3 17 11 4 16 5 19 18 10 136 5 9 22 12 II 17 3 5 21 15 2 1108 7 11 20 6 0 4 14 11 4 9 2 1417 7 166 3 10 1 3 6 261 11 9 4 12 4 5 4 9 3.248 14 11 7 9 9 29 10 9 6 13 6 10 15 1 17 9 4 143 12 5 97 16 8 80 16 11 16 16 III 361 2 3 20 15 10 424 14 3 115 18 7 6 8 6 17 2 2 5 2 5 132 3 8 16 13 6 2 3 6 73 19 II 84 6 5 25 15 8 lit! I I 5 19 5 7 9 0 6 3 3 703 5 11 7 13 2 5 ti (I 5 6 3 32 16 2 5 12 7 22 8 II 39 18 9 117 2 £ s. d. 5,090 16 0 7 17 2 3 17 11 225 1 6 176 19 5 66 13 10 218 8 2 31 18 8 I ill 15 3 46 1 6 93 6 2 21 15 2 63 3 6 2.553 12 11 95 3 2 187 1 3 143 16 3 10 14 1] 4 9 2 139 14 4 49 5 2 229 7 4 193 6 II 375 19 0 4 12 4 5 7 9 3.821 10 5 7 9 9 99 15 4 6 19 6 12 9 I 148 14 0 194 9 11 131 12 9 107 0 2 82 18 I 361 2 § 9 10 (I 26 5 1(1 19 2 9 849 14 1 204 8 2 9 14 6 148 9 5 5 2 5 45 I 2 812 7 4 54 7 5 30 7 7 175 9 I (I 4 (I 558 I 9 II 12 li I 2 6 411 III 2 71 18 I 0 7 5 89 10 6 6 3 3 709 12 II 7 13 2 5 6 (I 5 0 8 II 10 8 133 10 0 0 12 6 5 5 0 1 4 0 78 15 III 22 8 II 71 4 I II 7 2 Carried forward 10.001 10,001 9 0 9 0 8.747 8,747 I 7 1 7 18,748 10 18,748 10 7 i
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TABLE No. 6-continued. Statement showing the Expediture on Telegraphs— continued.
Lint 1 . • Kxpenditure during Twelve Moi 31st Mareb. 1910. Material issued Expenditure. , from store8 .in iili ended Total Cost during the Year iths ended Uvought forward ,, few Wires — continued. Karewa Road . . Koxton - Tβ Wharangi Oroua Downs (Koxton Bull's) otalu- Eautere Cross Waihaonga I.<-\ in Shannon (metallic circuit) .. I "a hiiiliia- Wellington (metallic oircuit) Pongaroa- Makuri Elakaunui Waikerem Waikereru Mara Waikereru—Waiowaka Te Pare- Cape Palliser .. Upper Hull Hull (metallic oirouit) iluti Etona Bay Wellington-Levin Petone-Korokoro Wellington - Day's Bay .. Wellington-Makara Makara-Terawhiti (MoMenamin's) Wellington—Dunedin Blenheim—Seddon (metallio ojrouit) Blenheim- Cape Campbell Flaxbourne Rapaura - Spring Creek .. Frenoh Pass Bulwei Waitata Bay (branch off Frenoh Pass Bulwer) Nelson-Riohmond Nelson-Wakefield (metallic oirouit) Upper Mouleie- Appleby Redwood's Valley (cut in Motueka—Richmond) Umukuri Terakohe (Takaka-Totaraniii) Tui (Kohatu-Kiwi-Manu) Karamea—Arapito Suinmerlea-Wairere Waimarie Hinehaka Millerton - Mine Creek .. BlackbaU-Roa . . Greymouth-Otira Otira - Otira Tunnel Hokitika-Tainui-Ruatiqm Waiau-Conway Kaiapoi-Clarkvillc Clarkville - Coutts Island Christohuroh— Amberley .. Christchuroh—Timaru (metallic circuit) Christchuroh Little River Rolleston-Springfield Killiiichy-Lecston Uakaia-Mead Timaru-Mawaro .. I'ai>lie-Albury (metallic circuit) .. Fairlie - Ashwick Flat I'ukaki Hermitage Waimate—Hook Oamaru—Elderslie Duntioon-Otekaieke R eiclston-Maheno Dunedin-Outram Hyde Naseby-Ranfurly . . Milton-Moanariri Waitahuna — Manuka Creek .. ... Nuggets-Tirolianga .. . ■ ■ • Tautuku-Chasland's Ashby Downs — Taumata ( lvdevale-\\ haretoa Waikaia—Parti . . Clinton-Gore \l a t aura-Waimumu Queenstown-JlalaghauH Arthur's Point - Arrow! own Glenorchy-Paradise. ' * • • I £ s. d. £ s. d. 10,(K)l 8 0 8,747 1 7 .") 0 2 3 18 4 8 19 3 1 6 6 0 6 3 71 8 2 41 0 8 469 17 10 53 14 1 18 17 5 246 II 9 14 8 63 14 4 16 17 5 57 Iβ :i 17 17 0 11 17 ii 323 3 11 320 15 ti 101 19 4 , 0 (i ii 29 2 5 129 3 10 408 10 3 570 16 8 23 13 3 88 9 .0 0 11 0 I!.", (I 10 74 1 8 41 6 0 661 19 4 50 7 0 (I 10 4 182 3 11 20 15 3 23 10 9 88 ii 10 240 19 4 Iμ 5 4 4 10 ii 15 10 2 27 2 2 86 10 0 51 17 10 ! 22 2 0 0 10 10 ! 1 7 0 ] 4 13 1 12 10 6 21 16 5 6 3 0 4 8 6 I 16 4 22 11 0 2 16 3 4 12 0 11 7 4 0 11 4 18 6 70 9 6 6 1] 8 121 1 1 II 17 8 19 6 2 19 6 6 12 19 9 '31 3 6 148 12 11 17 19 4 4 5 10 8 5 10 6 16 0 103 4 7 177 16 0 279 8 7 280 Ki 1 122 15 fi i 84 5 Ii 148 10 3 16 17 r> 181 7 7 40 16 7 8 7 8 0 0 2 125 7 7 i 66 3 10 2 0 0 1 0 (i 190 15 2 27 18 3 0 17 4 21 0 0 1 12 0 4 12 7 8 13 6 111 18 4 4 18 7 25 4 0 212 3 1 73 8 4 33 4 0 19 6 174 17 1 28 17 10 33 15 6 15 it 7 36 8 10 38 8 11 21 0 11 128 0 2 128 8 11 22 3 5 12 10 4 6 4 ii 47 2 0 35 ii 7 133 2 5 £ 8. d. 18,748 10 7 5 0 2 J2 17 7 1 11 9 112 8 10 469 17 10 72 11 6 247 Iβ r> 7!> II !l 57 16 3 32 14 6 643 19 ."> 102 6 10 158 <> 3 979 (i 11 23 13 3 88 9 0 0 11 0 139 2 6 693 ."". 4 50 17 4 202 19 2 88 17 7 306 4 8 20 0 8 113 12 2 53 19 10 0 10 10 6 0 1 34 5 11 6 3 0 9 3 10 22 11 0 2 16 3 16 19 4 0 11 4 1 8 6 77 1 2 132 18 9 38 12 8 44 3 3 hiii 12 3 12 n 8 6 Ki 0 280 19 7 560 1 8 122 15 6 232 15 9 Iβ 17 5 222 3 2 8 7 10 181 11 5 2 0 0 1 0 6 218 13 5 0 17 4 21 0 0 6 4 7 120 H 10 4 18 7 25 4 0 212 3 1 106 12 4 1 9 6 203 14 11 49 5 1 73 17 9 21 0 11 256 !i I 22 3 r> 18 14 10 82 8 7 133 2 5 Carried forward .. 14,698 6 5 12,(i!i:i 13 0 27,291 18 5
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TABLE No. 6-continued. Statement showing the Expenditure on Telegraphs, &c.- continued.
TABLE No. 7. Statement showing the Expenditure on Public Buildings out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1910, and the Liabilities on that Date.
Kxpem ,ure during Twelve J :!lBt Marcli. 1010. mr I)h en< :!let Marcli. 1910. Line. • I? -,j ( ,,,. .Material issued Total Cost durExpenditure. from storps jnR the Yeal .. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. Brought forward .. .. .. .. 14.598 5 5 12.693 13 0 27.291 18 5 few Wiivs— cmitiniifd . Waitiri-Oomwdl .. .. .. .. .. 96 9 ( 57 1 9 168 II I [nvercarfiill-Wymlhaiu .. .. .. .. .. 370 3 8 58 11 2 428 14 0 inveroargilMVinton 0 Iβ 4 19 18 2 20 14 8 Winton-Piikeoti (Upper South Hfflend) .. .. .. 41 18 8 .. 41 18 8 Winton-Piikemiitu .. .. .. .. .. Iβ 1 8 17 9 17 9 2 iMautau-Waikouro .. .. .. .. .. s 2 II 18 13 I 26 Iβ 0 Maraekoa (Gladfield) 18 2 4 6 0. 0 19 2 4 Green Hills-Dog Island.. .. .. .. .. .. 8 8 8 3 8 6 Tuatapert-Clifden .. .. .. .. .. 77 4 7 24 11 5 101 16 0 Clifden-Blaokmount .. .. .. .. .. 885 13 n> 92 Iβ 9 178 10 7 Riverton-Opuakn .. .. .. • • • ■ 0 4 (1 6 8 3 6 7 9 Tuatapere - ■ I'uyscgur J'oint .. .. .. .. 18 5 it .. 18 :< !> Puyeegur Point-Tβ Oneroa .. .. .. ..] 268 11 (i .. 268 11 6 New Wins .. .. .. .. .. 15,895 0 3 ! 12,982 4 10 28,877 5 1 15,895 0 :i : 12,982 4 10 28,877 o 1 Total Telephone Exchanges and New Wirqe .. .. 58,287 19 9 87,615 15 10 120,903 15 7 (Stock of materials increased during year by .. . •• 2,518 1 r> 2..>\h 1 t> Total expenditure during year ended 81st Maroh, 1910 .. 53,287 19 9 70,133 17 4 123,421 17 I Total expenditure to 31st March, 19O'.i .. .. .. .. .. 7. 1,642,768 17 8 Total expenditure 1909-10 .. .. .. .. .. •• .. .. 123,42117 I Total expenditure out of Publio Works Fund to 31et Maroh, 1910 .. .. .. .. 1,766,190 14 9 Liabilities at 31st March, 191ii 39,310 0 0 Total expenditure and liabilities .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £1,805,500 14 9
Total Expenditure Total Liabilities on Expenditure for Expenditure Authorities, Total to Year ended to Contracts, &c, Expenditure 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, and Liabilities. 1909. 1910. 1910. 1910. , . - - ■ ■ £ a. d. ' £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Judicial .. .. •• 628,380 10 2 j 31,606 8 7 659,986 18 9 1,378 14 9 661,365 13 6 Postal and Telegraph .. 590,619 0 0 68,573 14 0 659,192 14 0 185,626 3 3 844,818 17 8 Customs .. .. .. 49,207 13 10 233 3 1 49,440 16 11: .. 49,440 16 11 Offices for Public Departments 308,601 13 11 16,277 9 4 324,879 3 3 292 16 9 325,172 0 0 Mental Hospitals .. .. 565,088 7 6 19,838 7 3; 584,926 14 9 7,699 8 3 592,626 3 0 Alexandra Depot, Wellington . . 8,06116 2 21 13 4 8,083 9 6 .. 8,083 9 6 School Buildings .. ..1,656,786 13 3 98,103 2 4 1,754,889 15 7 13115 3 1,755,02110 10 Hospitals .. .. .. 106.604 0 0 7,258 18 4 113,862 18 4 .. 113,862 18 4 Quarantine Stations .. .. 6,863 19 5 .. 6,863 19 5 .. 6,863 19 5 Parliament Buildings .. 72,66116 5 3,157 6 11 75,819 3 4 5 16 7 75,824 19 11 Government House, Auckland 5,485 6 10 .. 5,485 6 10 .. 5,485 6 10 Government House. Wellington 8,331 0 2 .. 8,331 0 2 .. 8,331 0 2 (old building) Government House, Wellington .. 25,001 8 7 25,001 8 7 4,204 8 10 29,205 12 5 (lana and new building) Agricultural .. .. 24,052 10 5 *6,102 13 6 30,155 3 11 958 10 0 31,113 13 11 Public Health .. .. 32,058 14 6 319 4 10 32,377 19 4 .. 32,377 19 4 Miscellaneous .. .. 27,815 2 9 663 8 0 27,978 10 9 109 3 7 28,087 14 4 Totals .. 4,090,118 5 4 277,156 13 1 4,367,274 18 5 200,406 17 3 4,567,681 15 8 y\ ;-
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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, 1910, and the Liabilities on that Date.
Net T . ....... Total Expenditure Total Liabilities on ToM Expenditure during 12 Expenditure n T„ f . °?„i 8 ' Expenditure to 31st March, j Months ended to 31st March. °" ™f™ ?' ,' and 1909. I 31st March, 1910. to 31st March, Lia bilities. 1910. lylu - Lighthouses. £ s. d. £ s. d. I £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. Akaroa .. .. .. 7,148 16 5 .. 7,148 16 5 .. 7,148 16 5 Brothers.. .. .. 6,241 0 0 .. 6,241 0 0 .. 6,241 0 0 Cape Brett .. .. " .. 5,18110 5 5,703 9 7 i 10,885 0 0 110 11 9 10,995 11 9 Cape Campbell .. .. 4,218 8 9 .. 4,218 8 9 .. 4,218 3 9 Cape Egmont . .. 3,354 6 4 .. 3,354 6 4 .. 3,354 6 4 Cape Foulwind .. 6,955 9 1 .. 6,955 9 1 .. 6,955 9 1 Cape Kidnappers .. 2,109 11 7 .. i 2,109 11 7 .. 2.109 11 7 Cape Maria van Diemeu 7,614 18 11 .. 7,614 18 11 .. 7,614 18 11 Cape Palliser .. .. ..| 6,712 9 6 600 0 0 7.312 9 6. 7,312 9 6 Cape Saunders .. ..] 6,066 6 3 ... 6,066 6 3 .. 6,066 0 3 Centre Island 5,785 19 0 .. 5,785 19 0 .. 5,785 19 0 Cuvier Island .. 7,405 9 11 .. 7,405 9 11 .. 7,405 9 11 East Cape .. 9,270 13 9 .. 0,270 13 9 9,270 13 9 Fog-signals .. .. 1.656 15 2 .. 1.656 15 2 .. 1,656 15 2 French Pass Boacon .. 668 15 8 .. 668 15 8 .. 668 15 8 French Pass .. .. 1,427 17 5 .. 1,427 17 5 .. 1,427 17 5 Hokitika.. .. 801 9 7 801 9 7 801 9 7 Jackson's Reef Beacon .. 3.180 0 5 .. 3,180 0 5 .. 3,180 0 5 .Tackson's Head Beacon .. .. 698 7 0 198 I 5 887 11 5 18 12 9 906 4 2 .Tack's Point .. .. 1,204 10 9 .. 1,204 10 9 1,204 10 9 Kahurangi Point .. 9,528 1 1 .. 9,528 1 I .. 9,528 1 1 Kaipara .. .. .. 5,571 8 0 5,571 8 0 .. 5,571 8 0 Manukau Heads .. .. 600 13 11 .. 600 13 11 600 13 11 Marine Store .. 499 11 3 i .. 499 11 3 ' .. 499 11 3 Moeraki .. .. .. .. 2,943 1 11 .. 2,943 1 11 .. 2,943 1 11 MokoHinou .. 8,185 11 0 .. 8,185 11 0 8,185 11 0 Nugget Point (dwellings) 746 6 6 .. 746 6 6 .. 746 0 0 Portland Island .. .. 6,554 14 G .. 6.554 14 5 0,554 14 5 PuysegurPoint .. .. .. 9,958 19 5 .. 9,958 19 5 .. 9,958 19 5 Stephen Island .. .. .. 9,454 18 5 .. 9,454 IS 5 .. 9,454 18 5 Timaru .. .. .. 1,110 17 3 .. 1,116 17 8 .. 1,116 17 3 Tiritiri Cable .. .. .. 1,085 19 6 .. 1,085 19 6 1,085 19 6 Tory Channel .. .. .. 853 7 7 .. 353 7 7 353 7 7 Tuahine Point .. .. 623 6 4 261 0 3 884 6 7 .. 884 6 7 Waipapapa Point .. .-, 5,969 18 11 .. : 5,969 18 11 5,969 18 11 Miscellaneous, including expenditure 20.860 Is l .. 20.86(1 Is 1 .. 20,866 18 1 on s.s."Hinemoa" and " Stella" Total Lighthouses .. 171,752 19 6 6,762 14 3 178,515 13 9 129 I 6 178,644 18 3 178,515 13 9 129 i 6 178,644 18 i Harbour-works . Awanui Wbarf and shed .. .. 100 o o .. 100 0 0 .. 100 0 d Horeke Wharf .. .. 150 0 0 2 0 6 352 6 6 .. 352 (i 6 Kaipara, removal of rocks .. .. 185 12 9 j 206 0 0 691 12 9 .. 691 12 9 Raupo, Otamatea, wharf repairs .. Or. 80 8 9 j .. Or. 80 8 9 .. Cr. 80 8 9 Tangiteroria Wharf .. 200 0 0 .. 200 0 0 • 200 0 0 Maungaturoto Wharf .. .. 250 0 0 .. 250 0 0 .. 250 0 0 Wharf at Howick .. .. 1,087 18 2 .. 1.087 18 2 .. 1,087 18 2 Manukau Wharf at Sandspit .. 150 0 0 .. 150 0 0 .. 150 0 0 Pollok Wharf, Manukau .. .. I 150 o o .. 150 0 0 .. 150 0 0 Whangarei Heads Wharf .. .. 600 0 0 .. 600 0 0! .. 600 0 0 Waipu, improvement of river 700 0 0 ; 200 0 0 900 0 0 j .. 900 0 0 Waiwera Wharf .. .. 350 0 0 350 0 0 350 0 0 Wade River, clearing .. 104 11 6 j o 10 0 I 105 1 6 .. 105 1 6 Puhoi River, clearing .. 79 19 0 j 79 19 0 .. 79 19 0 Awhitu Wharf .. .. .. 50 0 0 .. 50 0 0 .. 50 0 0 Matakana Wharf .. .. .. 556 10 3 .. 556 10 3 .. 556 10 3 Onehunga, examining-room and office 194 3 2 .. 191 8 2 194 :', 2 Onehunga, dredging, &c, near wharf 758 8 3 .. 758 8 3 758 8 3 Orua Bay Wharf .. .. 144 16 J 14 1 16 I 144 16 4 Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Wharf .. .. 8 00 800 .. 800 Huia Wharf .. 252 17 3 .. 252 17 3 252 17 3 .Graham Beach Wharf .. 50 0 0 .. 50 0 0 .. 50 0 0 Waitemata: Deep Creek Wharf 50 0 0 .. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Warkworth Wharf .. .. 1 16 6 1 16 6 1 16 6 Waiuku Channel c . .. 357 11 o .. 357 11 6 357 11 6 Waitiku-Waikato Canal survey .. 11 6 2 11 6 2 .. 11 6 2 Mercury Bay Wharf .. 253 14 6 .. 253 14 6 .. 253 14 6 Coromandel Wharf .. .. Cr. 0 10 0 .. Cr. 0 10 0 .. Or. 0 10 0 Cabbage Bay Wharf .. .. 11 1 0 11 1 0 11 1 0 Omokoroa Wharf .. .. .. 50 0 0 50 0 0 .. 50 0 0 Uretara Wharf .. .. .. 100 o 0 .. 100 0 0 100 0 0 Opotiki Wharf .. .. .. 500 0 Oi .. 500 0 0 .. 500 0 0 Waikokopu Harbour .. .. 831 19 7 j .. 831 19 7 .. 831 19 7 Wairoa Harbour .. .. .. 1,500 0 0 .. 1,500 0 0 .. 1,500 0 0 Nuhaka, land for harbour purposes.. 141 12 6 .. 141 12 6 141 12 6 Napier Harbour .. .. .. 8,597 14 9 .. 8,597 14 9 .. 3,597 14 9 Mokau Wharf .. .. .. 312 13 9 .. 312 13 9 312 13 9 Waitara Harboui.. .. .. 2,000 0 0 .. 2,000 0 0 .. 2,000 0 0 Waikawau River, removal of rock at 50 0 0 .. 50 0 0 50 0 0 entrance Patea River, removing eel-weirs .. 50 00; .. 50 00 .. 5000 Patea River, snagging .. 100 0 0 , 100 0 0 100 0 0 Waitotara River, snagging.. .. 143 15 5 106 5 10 550 13' .. 550 1 3
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I i t-. I-.. mil Liabilities on ,„ ._, Expenditure Total .1 Anthoriti lotal ™ dU r g I a , (Contracts, &c, kxpenditur* Months ended to 31st March,!. „, . mj- rr x, ana 31st March, 1910. * t0 ,„ * larcn - Liabilities. 1910. y "' Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1909. Harbour-works— continued. t s. d. Manawatu River, snagging .. 214 13 3 Foxton Marine Reserve, Protection of 50 0 0 Castlepoint Jetty.. .. .. 51 14 1 Picton, removal of old wharf .. 94 0 0 Havelock Harbour .. .. 159 0 11 Wairangi Bay Wharf, Croixelles .. 8 13 8 Nelson, dredging harbour .. .. 2,806 15 8 Elmslie Bay Wharf Motueka Wharf, protection .. 300 0 0 Tata Islands harbour of refuge .. 14 8 6 Takaka Harbour .. .. .. 4 16 Collingwood Harbour .. .. 1.170 18 8 Pakawau Wharf .. .. .. 2 0 0 Little Wanganui Wharf, wharf ap- 336 0 10 proach, and snagging river Karamea Wharf .. .. .. 559 19 11 Karamea River improvements .. 753 14 9 Karamea Harbour Light .. .. 100 3 11 Westport Harbour .. .. 14,110 18 7 Point Elizabeth Harbour .. .. 1,415 6 7 Greymouth Harbour .. 127,233 19 6 Hokitika Harbour .. 58,780 5 10 Okarito Harbour .. .. .. 1,504 17 7 Okuru Wharf and River improve- 504 2 0 ments Martin's Bay, removal of rock .. 50 0 Martin's Bay shed .. .. 14 13 10 Holyford River, removal of rocks .. 0 18 2 Jackson's Bay Jetty .. .. 32 6 4 Cape Campbell Lighthouse Jetty .. 6 5 0 Kaikoura Jetty and Harbour .. 3,000 17 3 Kaikoura Wharf .. .. .. 1,004 11 6 Akaroa-Le Bon's Bay Wharf, repairs 55 0 0 Lyttelton, reclamation-works, Stick- 1,910 18 10 ing Point Port Levy Jetty .. .. .. 250 0 0 Timaru Harbour .. .. .. 100,000 0 0 Chatham Islands: Waitangi, removal 90 0 0 and extension of wharf and store Chatham Islands: Shed at Pitt Island 1 10 0 Taiaroa Heads Lighthouse, enlarging 83 7 1 and repairing dwelling Moeraki Boat-slip .. .. 175 0 0 Dunedin, St. Clair, protection of 532 12 '8 Ocean Beach Waikouaiti River improvements .. 100 0 0 Toitois Jettv .. .. .. 1,000 0 0 Balclutha Jetty .. .. .. | 250 0 0 Nugget Bay, landing-slip, &o. .. 374 2 3 Tautuku Wharf and River improve- 200 0 0 ments Catlin's River, removal of rocks .. 277 19 0 Catlin's River Jetty .. .. 1,015 7 7 Queenstown Beacon .. .. 35 0 0 Queenstown Jetty .. .. 297 8 0 Stewart Island Wharf, Horseshoe Bay 230 0 0 Stewart Island, snagging Fresh-water 500 0 0 River Stewart Island: Wharf, Golden Bay 100 0 0 Stewart Island: Wharf, Half-moon 300 0 0 Bay Raising dredge " Hapuka " .. 777 7 9 Grab dredge for harbour-works .. 635 0 10 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 405 12 6 £ s. d. £ s. d.^ 214 13 3 50 0 0 51 14 1 94 0 0 562 7 1 721 8 0 50 0 0 58 13 8 2,806 15 8 150 0 0 150 0 0 300 0 0 1,718 18 1 i 1,733 1 7 4 16 1,170 18 8 2 0 0 336 0 10 £ s. d. 0 13 5 £ s. d. 214 13 3 50 0 0 51 14 1 94 0 0 722 1 5 58 13 8 2,806 15 8 150 0 0 300 0 0 1,733 1 7 4 16 1,170 18 8 2 0 0 336 0 10 2 5 0 562 4 11 9 16 0 763 10 9 100 3 11 14,110 18 7 1,415 6 7 I 127,233 ly 6 58,780 5 10 1,504 17 7 I 80s 18 9 812 15 9 89 0 0 651 4 11 763 10 9 100 3 11 14,110 18 7 1,415 6 7 127,233 19 6 58,780 5 10 1,504 17 7 812 15 9 5 0 0 14 13 10 369 13 11 370 12 1 32 6 4 6 5 0 275 19 7 i 3,276 16 10 1,004 11 6 55 0 0 1,910 18 10 250 0 0 100,000 0 0 90 0 0 5 0 0 14 13 10 370 12 1 32 6 4 6 5 0 3,276 16 10 1,004 11 6 55 0 0 1,910 18 10 250 0 0 LOO,000 0 0 90 0 0 1 10 0 83 7 1 1 10 0 83 7 1 175 0 0 I 532 12 8 ! 175 0 0 532 12 8 100 0 0 1,000 0 0 250 0 0 i 3 10 0 377 12 3 200 0 0 100 0 0 1,000 0 0 250 0 0 377 12 3 200 0 0 277 19 0 1,015 7 7 35 0 0 297 8 0 250 0 0 480 0 0 500 0 0 277 19 0 1,015 7 7 35 0 0 297 8 0 480 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 450 0 0 100 0 0 450 0 0 777 7 9 635 0 10 405 12 6 777 7 § 635 0 10 405 12 6 Total Harbour-works .. 340,559 14 3 4,548 4 5 345,107 18 8 89 13 5 345,197 12 1 Harbour Defences. Guns .. .. .. .. 147,768 18 10 Ammunition .. .. .. 24,531 6 7 War Office stores.. .. .. 9,933 10 9 Torpedo-boats and torpedoes .. 20,203 13 7 Submarine-mining stores .. .. 17,665 2 2 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 18,009 5 10 Works in Dominion .. .. 254,984 10 10 Land for depots and batteries 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 10 260,356 5 3 38,327 14 6 i 147,768 18 10 24,531 6 7 9,933 10 9 20,203 13 7 17,665 2 2 18,009 5 10 07 2 8 260,423 7 11 38,827 14 6 5,371 11 5 Total Harbour Defence:- 531,424 3 1 5,371 14 5 ,536,795 17 6 67 2 8 536,863 0 2 Grand total .. .. 1,043,736 10 L0 16,682 18 1 1,060.419 9 11 -286 0 7 1,060,705 10 0
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APPKNDFCEB TO THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, 1910. APPE NDIX A . AUDITED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC WOEKS OUT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS FUND FOR THE YEAR 1909-10. Prepared in compliance with Section 8 of the Public Works Act, 1908. Sir.— Public Works Department, Wellington, 81st May, 1910. In compliance with the Htli section of the Public Works Act, 1908. ] 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, Roderick McKenzie, Minister of 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 1909-10.
G. J. Clapham, Accountant. H. .1. H. Blow, Examined and found correct. Under-Secretary. Robert J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. Note. —Charges and-expenses of raising loans not included in above figures (Details on next page.i
I Class. Votes. t Summary. Summary. AP tion" m " Expenditure. ' Credits Net Expenditure. XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII 90 91, 92 93-101 102-104 105 106 107-109 Public Works Fund. Public Works, Departmental Railways Public Buildings Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour Defences Tourist and Health Resorts Immigration Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works Development of Goldfields Telegraph Extension Contingent Defence Lands Improvement Purchase of Native Lands Unauthorized £ E s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. 43,994 42,238 2 11 1,062 8 8 41,175 14 3 l,203,292il,168,037 11 0 64,627 4 41,103,410 C 8 339,271 282,45S 2 3 5.509 2 6 276,948 19 9 20,800 10,914 19 11 232 6 10- 16,682 13 1 18,500 14,739 12 8 232 2 8 14,507 10 0 10,000 30,702 19 3 13,700 10 5 17,002 8 10 477.810 864,784 1 8 25,971 11 9 888,769 9 11 30,325 18,912 17 10 315 3 7 18,597 14 8 120,000 138.542 16 9 15,120 19 8 123,421 17 1 10.C00 4,989 9 8 12 9 5 4,977 0 3 32.744 7,941 10 1 1,031 16 6 6,909 13 7 30,000 31,454 9 8 887 18 9 30,560 10 11 207 13 4 .. 207 13 4 XXIII xxiv XXV XXVI XXVI1 110 111 112 113-115 116 Total Public Works Fund .. 2,336,736 2,121,874 7 0128,703 15 11,993.170 11 11 1,993.170 11 11
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k J°"' Name of Vote. Expenditure. Credits. Net Expenditure. I'OtU. No. Name of Vote. Public WorksJFund. t t s. .1. i; a. d. c b. d. Public Works, Departmental— 90 Public Works, Departmental .. .. .. 43.994 12.238 2 11 1,062 8 8 41,175 14 8 go Railways— f Railway-construction— Kaihu Railway Extension 2,500 Kawakawa-Grahamtown .. 40,000 51.349 19 5 212 18 11 51.137 5 6 Kawakawa-Kaikohe.. .. .. 2,500 North Aucklana .. .. .. 80.000 59.476 12 0 177 7 2 59.299 I 10 East Coast Main Trunk— Tauranga-Te Puke .. .. 10,000 Gisbome-Rotorua .. .. 70,000 68,617 14 4} 986 3 6 67,63110 10 Marton - Te Awamutu .. .. 20,000 27,639 17 II 27.045 2 11 Cr. 5 5 0 Mount Egmont Branch 5,000 405 11 4 405 11 4 Stratford-Ongarue .. .. .. 60,000 93,477 16 9 242 12 2 93,235 4 7 Blenheim-Waipara .. .. .. .. 45.000 49,859 7 91 238 15 8 49,620 12 I Midland Railway— 91 Nelson-lnangahua .. .. 25,000 27,674 11 t 17 17 6 27,626 13 10 Reefton-Inangahun .. .. .. 15,000 20,532 4 9 98 4 6 20,434 0 3 Otira Railway-station to Tunnel .. 5,000 I „. n0 ,. „ „ ,, .. n M „„. ,. ,. Otira Tunnel 65|000 , 6e ' 08 '' 6 6 81 " ' 0041411 Broken River to Bealey .. .. .. 60.000 59,852 l 9 92 11 9 59,759 18 0 Westport-Inangahua .. .. .. 20,000 15,786 0 7 4 2 6 15,781 18 1 Ngahere-Blackball .. .. .. .. 30.000 29,754 9 6 2,627 18 11 27,126 10 7 Greymouth-Point Elizabeth.. .. 50,000 53,696 4 1 92 18 3 53,603 0 1 Greymouth-Hokitika (Extension to Ross) 4,000 2,849 0 5 189 1 11 2,659 18 6 Lawrence-Roxburgh .. .. .. 12,500 14,086 10 2 21 4 10 14.065 5 4 Catlin's-Waimahaka .. .. .. 80,000 04,759 10 4 346 13 1 64,412 17 8 Gore-Waikaka .. .. .. 3.000. 2,483 15 4 34 10 0, 2,449 5 4 Riversdale-Switzers.. .. .. 20,000: 18,908 4 2 119 4 I 18,489 o 1 Orepuki-Waiau .. .. .. 15.000 11,769 13 9 448 110 11,32111 11 Land Claims, &c. .. .. .. 1,000 880 8 9 745 16 4 134 12 5 Surveys, New Lines of Railway .. 2,000, 1,958 18 11 759 1 0 1.194 17 11 Permanent-way Materials .. .. .. 100,000 83,694 15 9 3,136 12 3 80,558 3 6 91 , Total Vote, Railwav-construetion .. .. 842,500 825,594 18 10 38,648 5 8j 786,946 13 2 842,500 825,594 18 10 38,648 5 8j 786,946 18 2 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 92 Additions to Open Lines .. .. .. 360,792 342,442 12 2 25.978 18 8 316,463 13 6 Public Buildings— 93 General .. .. .. .. 48.750 50,077 7 6 4.956 6 4 : 45,121 1 2 91 Judicial .. .. .. .. .. 52,465 31,618 10 7 12 8 0 31.606 8 7 95 Postal and Telegraph .. .. .. .. 85,376 68,880 16 6 807 2 6 68,573 14 0 96 Customs .. .. .. .. .. 250 233 3 L .. 233 3 1 97 Agricultural .. .. .. .. .. 7,500 5,895 0 2 .. 5.895 0 2 98 Mental Hospitals .. .. .. .. 25,000 19.913 16 3j 75 9 0 19,838 7 3 99 Hospitals and Charitable Institutions .. .. 16,500 7,258 18 4 7.2,58 18 4 l()0 Public Health .. .. .. .. 2,000 332 19 0 18 11 2 319 4 10 L01 School Buildings .. .. .. .. 101.430 98,247 4 10 144 2 6 9S.103 2 4 92 102 103 104 Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour Defences — 102 Lighthouses .. .. .. .. .. 6,900 6,772 14 8 10 0 0 6.762 11 3 103 ] Harbour-works .. .. .. .. 5,900 4,767 1 6 218 17 1 4.548 4 5 104 j Harbour Defences .. .. .. .. 8.000' 5,875 I 2 3 9 9 5.371 14 5 Tourist and Health Resorts— 105 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. 18,500 14,789 12 s 232 2 8 14.507 10 0 105 j Immigration— 106 Immigration .. .. .. .. .. 10,000 80,702 19 3 13.700 10 5 17,002 8 10 106 Construction and Maintenance of Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works— 107 Roads,&c. .. .. .. .. ..,216,360 189,940 12 0 19,985 0 s 109,955 5 4 108 Back-blocks Roads, &c. .. .. .. 210,20c 132,05-1 19 9 4.077 13 5 127,977 6 4 109 Road and other Works on Goldfields and Mineral 51.250 42,188 9 11 1,308 11 8; 40.829 18 3 Lands Development of Goldfields— 110 Development of Goldfields .. .. .. 30.325 18,912 17 10 815 3 7 18,597 11 3 Telegraph Extension— 111 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. .. 120.000 188,642 10 9 15,120 19 s 123. 121 17 1 Contingent Defence— 112 Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. 10,000 4.9S9 9 8 12 9 5 4,977 (I 3 Lands Improvement— 113 Improved-farm Settlements .. .. .. 22,8(X) 1,985 is 6 1,080 16 2 905 3 4 L14 Lands, Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 4.94 1 3,569 19 9 .. 3,569 19 9 115 Irrigation and Water-supplv .. .. 5.000 2,485 11 10 114 2.434 10 6 Purchase of Native Lands— 116 Purchase of Native Lands .. .. .. 80,000 31.154 9 8 887 18 9 80,566 lull Unauthorized — Services not provided for .. .. .. .. 207 13 4 .. 207 18 4 Total Public Works Fund .. .. ..2,336,736 2.121,874 7 0128,703 15 11,993,170 1111
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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, 1910, prepared in Terms of Section 36, Part IV, of the Public Revenues Act, 1908, and forwarded, as therein provided, to the Audit Office.
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Class. Votes. Summary. Total. ! i I Public Works Fund. XVI : 90 Publio Works, Departmental XVII 91 Railways XVIII 93-98 Public Buildings.. XIX 104 Harbour Defences XXII 107-8 Construction of Roads, Bridges. Ac. XXVI 115 Lands Improvement Consolidated Fund. £ B. ii. 47 3 3 .. 577,887 0 2 .. 200,275 2 0 07 2 S 09,553 9 4 12 13 3 847,842 16 8 V 17-19 : Publio Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads 4,274 16 10 Other Accounts. 126 Loans to Local Bodies Account 127 National Endowment Account Land for Settlement Account 7.645 12 8 725 5 0 782 12 7 9,153 10 3 m No Name of Vote. Total. Total. Vote No. Name of Vote. ;e No. -same oi vote. Total. Total. Public Works Fund. 90 Public Works, Departmental 91 Railway-construction— Kawakawa-Grahamtown North Auckland G' sborne-Rotorua Marton - Te Awamutu Mount Egmont Branoh Stratford-Ongarue Blenheim-Waipara Midland— Nelson-Inangahua Reefton-Inangahua Otira Tunnel Broken River to-Bealey Westport-Inangahua Ngahere-Blaek ball Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Greymouth-Hokitika (extension to Ro.-s) Lawrenc»-Roxburgh Catlin's-Waimahaka Riversdale-Switzers Orepuki-Waiau Permanent-way Materials £ 8. d. 47 8 3 16,508 1 2 1,012 11 5 12,272 15 3 35 10 0 3 0 0 2,323 3 1 19,103 17 11 105 19 10 639 5 8 .. 510,330 15 6 2,960 18 2 34 8 9 3,236 9 I 1,770 9 11 15 14 7 136 3 4 198 5 0 2,0,52 1 6 1,553 2 5 3,594 16 2 577.887 R O. Publio Buildings— 93 General 94 Judicial 95 Postal and Telegraph 97 Agricultural 98 Mental Hospitals 0YV,88V 6 2 4,612 5 9 1,378 14 9 .. 185,626 3 8 958 10 0 7,699 8 3 200.975 O. O 577,887 6 2 4,612 5 9 1,378 14 9 185,626 3 8 958 10 0 7,699 8 3 200,275 2 0 Harbour Defences— 104 Harbour Defences aUU,27.'l 2 0 67 2 8 67 2 8
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APPENDIX B— continued. STATEMENT of all Liabilities in respect of the Services of the Public Works Department — continued.
G. J. Clapham, Accountant. H. J. H. Blow, Public Works Department, 30th April, 1910. Under-Secretary.
Vote No. Name of Vote. Total. Total. Public Works Fund— continued. £ s. d. 107 108 Construction of Roads, Bridges, &o.— Roads. <feo. Back-block Roads, &c. .. .. . 54.620 2 5 14,933 6 11 69,558 9 4 Lands Improvement— Irrigation and Water-supply 12 13 3 12 13 3 115 . Total, Public Works Fund .. 847,842 16 8 :■= — Consolidated Fund. 17 19 Public Buildings, Domains, and Maintenance of Roads— Public Buildings Maintenance and Improvement of Roads.. 663 9 4 3,611 7 6 4,274 16 10 4,274 16 10 Other Accounts. 126 Loans to Local Bodies Account— Roads to open up Crown Lands .. National Endowment Account— Roads to open up National Endowment Lands Land for Settlement Aocount (Roads portion) 7,645 12 8 725 5 0 782 12 7 127 Total other accounts 9,153 10 8
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APPENDIX C. SCHEDULE of Contracts current oh the 1st April, 1909, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1910.
Date of Contract. Lines of Railway and Branches. ] Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. i' Amount of Contract. Remarks. ] Name of Contract. RAILWAYS. £ s . d . Feb. In. 1909 Kawakawa-Grahanitown .. Three Platelayers' Cottages, Kamarama .. H.G.Foster .. June 10. 1909 June 19, 1909 1,219 0 0 .. 25, „ .. .. Grahamtown 'Wharf .. .. D. McLean and Co. .. Feb. 25, 1911 .. 17,675 0 0 25. .. ,. .. Supply of Ironbark Telephone-pole." .. J. W. Wallace and Co. .. Aug. 25, 1909 .. 354 5 0 Mar. 25. .. .. Station Buildings, Towai .. .. .. H. G. Foster .. .. June 25, „ , Aug. 7, 1909 602 0 0 April 26, „ .. Supply of Hardwood Timber for Bridges .. S. Brown (Limited) .. Oct. 26, „ Oct. 26, „ 936 15 1 Mar. 13.1908 North Auckland .. Land Plan Survey .. .. .. A. L. Foster .. .. Aug. 13.1908 .. 253 15 0 April 29, ., .. .... Hardwood Timber for Bridges .. .. J. W. Wallace and Co. Oct. 29, „ ! June 10, 1909 1,510 4 11 Oct. 19. .. .. .. .. Erection of Te Hana Bridge and Wharf . . Brown and Sons .. .. July 19. 1909 .. 1,618 1 6 Aiii. 4. „ „ Te Hana Station Buildings .. .. W. Brown and Sons .. Dec. 4. „ ■ Dec. 20, 1909 509 14 11 Nov. 10.1907 Gisbome-Rotorua .. .. ! Erection of Waikohu Brii I_ .. .. P. McLaughlin and Co. .. Sept. 16. 1908 April 30. „ 8,174 12 6 Feb. 12.1910 „ .. .. Otoko Viaduct .. .. .. .. G. W. Griffiths and C May 12, 1911 .. 11,773 0 0 „ 8, 190!) Stratford-Ongarue .. Kiore Station Buddings .. .. .. A. B. Burrell .. . . June 8, 1909 June 26, 1909 866 0 0 June 24, „ „ .. Supply of Hardwood Piles and Timber .. S. Brown (Limited) .. Sept. 24, „ Dec. 15, „ 216 0 8 Ilea S. „ „ .. .. Te Wera Station-buildings .. .. J. W. Boon .. .. April 8, 1910 .. 1,700 0 0 Max 28. .. Blenheim-Waipara (North End) j Supply of Hardwood Timber for Flaxbourne E. F. Broad .. .. Sept. 28, 1909 Nov. 6, 1909 407 3 10 Bridges Aug. It, ., ,. „ Kaparu Station Buildings .. .. .. Ward and Sons .. .. Nov. 6. „ '< Mar. 24. 1910 697 13 7 Oct II. .. ., „ Platelayers' Cottages, Hauwai and Ward Bythell and Co. .. Jan. 11,1910 .. 845 0 0 „ 11, „ .. „ j Erection of Flaxbourne Bridges .. .. B. Garnham .. .. Feb. 11, „ .. 474 11 8 Jan. 8,1910 .. .. Hauwai Station Buildings .. .. Bythell and Co. .. Mav 8, „ .. 623 13 0 Feb. 20. 1909 .. (South End) | Platelayers' Cottages, McKenzie .Section Hardie and Thomson Ma"v 26, 1909 j Julv 29,1909 875 0 0 May 19. .. .. „ : Waiau-ua Bridge.. .. .. .. G. M. Eraser .. Nov. 19, 1910: ' .. 20,467 4 0 Jan. 0.1910 .. „ | Mina Station Buddings .. .. .. H.Green .. .. .. June 6, „ .. 2,380 3 9 Feb. 12. „ Midland (Reefton Inangahua) .. '. Supply of Hardwood Timber and Piles .. S. Brown (Limited) Aug. 12, „ .. 622 19 9 Aug. i. 1907 „ (Otira End) .. Otira Tunnel .. .. .. .). McLean and Sons .. Aug. 1.1912 .. 599.794 0 0 July II. .. .. (Broken River toJBealey) ; Sloven's Creek Viaduct .. .. .. (1. M. Fraser .. .. Mar. 11, 1909 i Feb. 11,1910 21,451 3 0 Feb. 10,1909 .. ,. Two Platelayers' Cottages, Cass Section Paynter and Hamilton .. May 10, „ May 10,1909 1.043 12 0 Mar. 8,1910 ,. .. Supply of Fencing Material, CasslSection .. New Zealand Farmers'( 'o-n|>era- May 31,1910: .. 298 19 2 tive Association of Canterbury (Limited) Is. .. „ .. Land Plan Survey .. .. .. C. Hastings Bridge .. .. Aug. 18, „ .. 135 0 0 5,1908 Westport-Inangahua .. .. Erection of Orawaiti Bridges .. H. Langc .. .. Dec. 5, 1908 May 5, 1909 1,139 0 11 3, „ Ngahere-Blackball .. .. „ Soldier's and Ford's Creeks Bridges W. G. Mouat .. .. Julv 16, „ „ 15, „ 1,713 9 10 Jan. 22,1909 „ .. .. .Station Buildings, Ngahere ." .. R. Mordaunt .. .. May 22, 1909 i Oct. 5, „ 884 15 8 .. IO.I910 ,. .. .. „ BlackbaU (No. 3 Contract).. Kelsall and Son .. .. „ 10,1910 .. 1,410 11 6 .. II. „ ., .. .. „ and Cottage, Blackball (No. E. and W. Sweetman .. „ 11, „ .. 779 2 0 2 Contract) Feb. 21, „ „ .... Five Platelayers' Cottages, Blackball .. A. Cundy .. .. .. June 21, „ .. 1,202 17 6 .Sept. 21. 1908 Greymouth - Point Elizabeth Platelayer's Cottage, Dunollie .. .. E. and W. Sweetman .. Dec. 19,1908 April 14, 1909 398 7 6 Assigned to$3. am R. Atkinson.
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Date of Contract Date „ Lines of Railway and Branohes. Name of Contract. Name of Contractor to be I Contract was Contract. J , ,. , j . . , completed. completed, i Amount of Contract. I Kemarki RAILWAYS— continued. s. d. Jan. 4.1910 Greymouth -Point Elizabeth .. Supply of Hardwood Timber foi Bridges .1. W. Wallace and Co. July 4. 1910 i Mar. 15. .. .. .. „ „ .. Millar's West Australian Hard- Sept. 15. wood Company (Limited) Aug. 17.1908 Lawrence-Roxburgh .. .. Erection of Bridges, Bowler's Creek Section.. W. Rhodes and Son Aug. 7, 1909 Julv 5. 1909 Apt il 26. 1909 „ .. .. Station Buildings, Evan's Flat and Bowler's ,. .. „ 26, ., Sept. 22. „ ! Creek Sept. 22.1908 Catlin's-Waimahaka .. .. Officers' Cottage, Waimahaka .. .. H. Morris .. .. Dec. 22. 1908 May 3, „ ! Jan. 9,1909 „ .. .. Goods-shed, Houipapa .. .. .. J. Barty .. .. April 9. 1909 April 3, „ Feb. 19, .. „ .... Platelayer's Cottage, Papatupu .. A. McNeil .. May 19, „ i Mav 24, „ ; Oct. 14. ., „ .... „ „ No. 2 .. R. Templeton .. .. Jan. 14, 1910 Dec. 21, „ May, 8, 1908 J Gorc-Waikaka .. .. Land Plan Survey .. .. N. and E. S. Paterson .. Nov. 8. 19 8 ; Mav 28, „ \ Dec. 11, ,. : Riversdale-Switzers .. .. .Station Buildings .. .. .. T. Rhodes and Son .. April 11, 1909 : Sept. 30, „ Oct. 15,1909 „ .. .. „ No. 2 Contract .. .. Henderson and Genie .. Feb. 15. 1910 July 2, 1908 Orepuki-Waittii .. .. „ Te Tua .. .. .. E. W. Bone .. Dec. 2, 1908 July 8, 1909 April 22, 1909 „ .. .. „ Tuatapere .. .. Sluelds and Andrews .. Oct, 22. 1909 ; Mar. 28, 1910' Jan. 5, 1910 „ .. .. Erection of 2,000-Gallon Tank and Stand, W. Rhodes and Son .. Feb. 16, 1910 : Mar. 7, „ Tuatapere Feb. 25, 1909 Various Lines .. .. Supply- of Ironbark Telephone-poles .. Richardson and Blair .. Auir. 25, 1909 Sept. 21, „ „ .... Manufacture of Rivets .. .. .. J. and A. Anderson .. Dec. 21, „ ! Dec. 16, 1909 601 7 10 1,140 4 7 597 2 3 560 0 9 431 9 0 235 17 0 419 18 (i 278 6 4 135 0 0 1,701 7 6 3,670 13 0 877 8 0 4,462 11 7 236 7 6 2,031 5 11 301 0 0
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Date of „ ■ _ Contract. Name o£ Contract. Name of Contract. Contract Date Amount ifame of Contractor. to be Contract was of .. nn .^.. rn A „„«,.. n,...4-«n«i->fame of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. Remarks. I completed. completed. Contract. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Auckland. Julv 30. 1908 Post-office, Whangarei Sept. 18. „ „ Pukekohe .. ,. 28, „ „ Huntly Dec. 7, „ Police Residence and Lockup, Hamilton Fast „ 8, „ Post-office, Morrinsville „ 8, „ Courthouse, Cambridge .. ,, 18, „ Post-office, Taumarunui „ 29, „ Police-station, Thames Jan. 8, 1909 Harbourmaster's House, Hokianga Feb. 26, ., Post-office, Te Puke, Additions, &c. Mar. 16, „ „ Maungaturoto „ 18, „ ,. Epsom „ 18, „ Police-station, Kaikohe „ 25, „ Post-office, Otorohanga April 16, „ „ Mount Eden „ 1", „ ! Courthouse, Rotorua, Additions „ 22, ,. Postmaster's Residence, Whitianga „ 22, „ Post-office, Ngaruawahia „ 22, „ Police-station, Rotorua, Additions May 25, ., New Post-office, Auckland Oct. 15, „ Mental Hospital, Auckland —Wolfe Bequest Hospital Mar. 22, 1910 Courthouse, Taumarunui .. £ s. rL .. W. E. Hutchison. Auckland .. April 30. 1909 j April I, 1909, 2,889 0 0 .. I J. W. Dixon, Drury .. .. May 18, „ '< Feb. 25, „ ! 2,375 0 0 .. I E. Morris. Auckland .. .. June 28, „ : Aug. 20, „ j 2,280 0 0 G. Jack. Hamilton East April 7, „ i July 9, „ 1 816 1 2 R, C. Humphreys, Hamilton .. ; May 8. .. June 28, „ 1,270 16 0 ..IF. Potts. (lambridge .. .. June 8, „ „ 28, „ | 1,044 3 4 .. J. Wright, Hamilton .. ,. 18, „ i May 8. „ ' 720 7 0 W. A. Clarke. Auckland .. , July 29, „ i Aug. 13, „ ; 1,889 10 9 W.Cook and Son, Waimate North May 8, „ April 24, „ 498 0 0 F. G. Whiting. Auckland .. April 26, „ June 15, „ i 202 11 6 ... A. M. Mackay. Waipu . . June 18, „ Julv 28, „ 758 15 0 ... W. Ball, Devonport .. .. Oct. 18, „ Nov. 18, „ 1,332 0 0 W. Cook and Son, Waimate North Sept, 18, „ Sept. 22, „ 985 0 0 .. J. G. Aitken, Frankton Junction : July 25, „ „ 28, „ : 872 3 3 W. E. Hutchison, Auckland .. ■, Nov. 16, „ ■ Oct. 20, „ 1,548 0 0 Herd and Shepherd, Rotorua .. June 16, „ i Julv 31, „ 209 0 0 J. W. Noble, Whitianga .. July 22, „ „' 22, „ 357 13 0 .. : L. McKinstry, Ponsonby .. j Nov. 22, „ Nov. 24, „ : 1,868 0 0 .. ; H. Judge, Rotorua .. .. July 22, „ .. 437 0 0 .. J. and W. Jamicson (Limited), ; Nov. 25, 1911 .. j 95,551 0 0 Christchurch A. J. Jenkin, Auckland .. April L5. L910 .. 6,098 0 0 T. Dickson. Taumarunui. . . Aug. 22, „ .. 556 12 0 Hawkk's Bav. 1 Sept. 23, 1908 Post-office, Hastings Mar. 16, 1909 ,. Nuhaka June 7, „ „ Napier, Additions Sept. 22, „ „ Ongaonga Feb. 5, 1910 „ Wairoa Jan. 5, „ „ Hastings, Manufacture and Krection of Turret-clock I. Renouf, Wellington .. i Julv 23, 1909 Dec. 21, 1909: 5,125 0 0 .. A. R. Gardiner, Wairoa .. „ 16, „ Oct. 8, „ ! 770 0 0 .. Bull Bros., Port Ahuriri .. ' Sept. 7, „ Nov. 30, „ , 886 0 0 Coles Bros., Ongaonga . . Jan. 22, 1910 .. 676 15 1 .. A. R. Gardiner, Wairoa .. Oct. 5, „ .. i 3,100 0 0 W. Littlejohn and Son, Wellington : .. .. 470 0 0 i Taranaki. Jan. 12, 1909 J Police-station, New Plymouth Mar. 1, „ I Post-office, Stratford. Additions R. W. Bond. New Plymouth .. , Juue 12, 1909 Nov. 27, 1909! 1,189 10 0 .. Haine and Me Alien v. Hawera .. April 26, „ July 31, ., 360 0 0
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Date of „ „ Contract Date Amount Contract. Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. to be Contract was of completed. completed. Contract. Remarki PUBLIC BUILDINGS- continued. Westland. t s d Mar. 12, 1908 Departmental Buildings. Hokitika .. G. Garner, Wellington .. Mar. 12. 1909 June 8,1909 6,966 o 0 i June 30, „ Police-station, Dunolhe E. and W. Sweetman, Cobden .. Nov. 30, 1908 April 14, „ 057 III 0 rs. Ct " ,1' " P°rt-office, Wallsend .. .. „ „ .. Feb. 7, 1909 July 24, „ 664 18 (I Dec. 17, „ Hokitika Hospital, i\ew Ward, Operating Theatre .. Kelsall and Son. (:revmouth .. Sept. 17. .. Dec. 17, „ 3,782 16 0 Mar. 16, 1909 Railway and Public Works Offices. (ireymouth .. .. .. .. f ,. I) ec . jg „ .Jan. 31 1910 5 740 2 0 July 6, „ Courthouse, Ross .. .. .. .. .. Graham'and Denia, Ross !.' Nov. 0. " ..' 586 7 0 Canterbury. Sept. 21, 1908 Magistrate's Court, Christchurch, Additions .. .. .. .. J. Porter, Richmond .. June 21, 1909 July 20,1909 3,550 o 0 >iov. 5, „ Post-oflice, Christchurch, Additional Sanitary Conveniences .. .. .. F. Turvey and Co., Christchurch Feb. 5, .. May 8, „ 480 0 0 Jan. 25, 1909 Police Residence and Stable, Rakaia .. .. .. Paynter 'and Hamilton, Christ- May 25, „ April 7, „ 762 (I 0 church May 21, „ Courthouse, Fairlie .. .. .. .. .. .. .. T. Foden. Fairlie .. .. I Sept. 30, „ Nov. 14, „ 555 15 0 dune 1, „ Police-station. Lincoln .. .. . . R. A. Forbes, Tai Tapu .. Oct. 1, „ „ 19, „ 781 0 0 Au 8- f> » " Chatham Islands .. .. .. ( E. A. Wharton, Christchurch .. Dec. 5, „ Dec. 13, „ 720 0 0 ," ,°> " _ ,. " Sydenham .. .. .. .. I E. Henshall, Christchurch .. „ 9, ., Feb. 10, 1910 799 0 0 hept. 18, „ [ Police Inspector's Residence, Christchurch .. .. J. Taylor, Christchurch .. Jan. 18, 1910 „ 26, „ 695 0 0 Feb. 16, 1910 ' Safety -cartridge Store, Addington .. .. .. .. C. Caivort, Christchurch .. i April 27, „ .. 388 8 9 I „ Otago and Southland. Aug. 3,1908 Government Insurance Buddings, Dunedin .. .. H. Lyders. Dunedin .. ..Aug. 3,1909 .. 10,740 5 (I Jan. 7, 1910 , Government Insurance Buildings, Dunedin, Electric Elevator .. .. A. and T. Burt (Limited), Dunedin July 7,1910 .. 554 0 o Sept. 22, 1908 I St. Helens Hospital, Dunedin, Additions .. .. .. .. .. R. Orr, Dunedin .. | Dec. 22, 1908 April 22, 1909 1 797 9 0 Nov. 5, 1909 ! Residence for Postmistress, Ophir .. .. .. .. T. Wilkinson, Ophir .. .. Feb. 5, 1909 May 5, „ 270 12 0 ' Dec. 11, „ Post-office, St. Bathan's .. .. .. ,. .. J. Drummey, Alexandra South April 11, „ Oct. 20, „ 685 4 0 * eb - °> - " Queenstown, Additions .. .. .. .. R. Orr, Dunedin .. .. June 9, „ June 26, „ 413 13 9 * Iar - 2 > - » George Street, Dunedin, Alterations .. .. McKinnon and Hamilton, Dunedin May 11, „ May 21, „ 350 0 0 *;, une .}' " " Wyndham • • .. . . A. Speden, Gore .. .. Mar. 1, 1910 „ 23, 1910 1,748 0 0 LJec. 81, „ „ Pembroke, Alterations and Additions .. .. .. W. Henderson, Dunedin .. Mar. 11, „ .. 218 10 0 Feb. 1,1910 Otekaike Special School for Boys, Water-supply and Drainage .. .. J. and R, Scott, Dunedin June 1 1 742 I) 0 R0.AD WORKS. Auckland. • Ian. 1, 1908 Road Bridge, Frasertown .. .. .. .. .. .. j J. Brown, Gisborne .. .. April 16, 1908 Oct. 12, 1909 6.403 0 0 |
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Date of Contract. Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. Name of Contract. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contract. I Remarks. ROAD WORKS— continued. Nov. 11, 1908 ., 26. „ Hawke's Bay. Road-formation, &.c, Opouiti to Mangapoike River .. .. J. Mullins, Wairoa ,Mangapoike Valley (east end) .. .. .. .. .. B. Dennehy, Gisborne Feb. 28, 1909 , Feb. 12, 19101 May 31, „ I Mar. 14, „ £ a. d. 1,210 I 2 3,205 0 0 Takanaki. 578 0 0 Peb. 8. 1909 dan. 1, „ Dec. 22, 1908 Feb. 14, 1909 Dec. 29, 1908 Wanganui Bridge, Cylinder-castings .. .. .. .. S. Luke and Co. (Limited), Wellington Road-formation. &c, Carrington Road .. .. .. A. Turner and H. Beadle, New Plymouth ., Dawson's Falls .. .. .. J. Kriegir, Pihama ., Ohura (South of Parorae Stream) ..*'.. R. EL Cameron and P. G. Brooking, Stratford „ (North „ ) .. C.J. Ryan. Taumarunui June 22, 1909] . Oct. 1, 1909 Oct. 22, „ Mar. 22, „ ' June 29, „ June 14, ,, 597 0 0 300 0 0 5.500 19 0 Mar. 29. .. April 1, 1909 785 0 0 Nov. 20, 1908 Jan. 13, 1909 .. 20, .. „ 14, „ Wellington. Mangawhiro River Bridge, Raupiu .. .. ... .. .. R. Craig, Putiki Tokiahuru Bridge (Parapara-Karioi) . . A. H. Christie and W. H. Taylor, Wanganui Mataroa to Mangaweka . . . . P. and M. Power, Mataroa Tawai .. .. .. .. W. Pock, Waione Jan. 11, 1909 | May 22, 1909 May 13, „ j June 14, „ „ 20, „ „ 5, „ April 14, „ Mar. 31, 1910 L45 16 0 615 7 10 396 18 0 249 3 3 Nelson. July 4, 191(1 3,801 13 3 Jan. 4, 1909 Mokihinui River Bridge.. .. .. .. .. T. Freeman and W. Browning. Westport Assigned to f Freeman and G Griffiths, West port. Feb. 4, „ „ 23, „ Little Wanganui Road Bridge .. .. . . .. .. V. Hill, Little Wanganui Tidal Creek Bridge .. . . . . . . . . .. S. and R. Atkinson. Westport .. Nov. 4, 1909 Aug. 23. „ Nov. 21, 1909 1,137 0 0 362 10 4 Mar. 15. 1910 W ESTLAND. Big Wanganui Traffic Bridge, South Westland .. ,1. O'Donncll. Wellington Mar. 15, 1912 7,908 4 7 Mar. 18, 1910 ., 18. .. .. 18, .. ., 18, „ Otaqo and Southland. Road-formation, Felling, Clearing, Forming, Metalling, &c., — No. 1 Contract, Alton Survey District, Blocks I, III, and X .. C. Withington and Son, South Invercargill No. 2 Contract, Alton Survey District, Blocks II, III, and XI .. .. Ditto No. 3 Contract, Alton .Survey District, Block VI, Sections 9 and 10 (reserve for „ landless Natives) No. 4 Contract, Alton Survey District, Blooks X, XI, and III Nov. 18, 1910 „ 18, „ „ 18, „ 675 0 0 544 0 0 762 10 0 „ 18. „ 771 15 0
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-—— . , — Date of Contract Date Contract. Name of Contraot. Name of Contractor. to be Contract, was completed. completed. Date of Contract. Amount of Contract. Remarks. MISCELLANEOUS. Auckland. Jan. 8, 1909 1 Ironwork for Cape Brett Lighthouse .. .. .. .. .. | C. Judd .May 8 1909 June 14 1909 May 4, „ Coal and Krewood Supply, Government Buildings, Auckland 1. J. Craig (Limited) .. .. Mar. 3l| 1910 Mar. 3l' 1910 » 4, „ „ Devonport and Forts .... jl «j' June 4, „ Stores-supply, Auckland, Classes I, VII, XIV Briscoe and Co."(Limited) '.'. Mar. 31* 1912 " ' " " *• " " " ''lasses II, 111, IV, V, IX .. .. .. J. Burns (Limited) .. .. .31 " *' " " " Class VI .. .. .. .. .. Wingatc and Co. .. .. .,31, *■ » » » Classes VIII, XIII .. .. .. .. Porter and Co. .. .. .. 81, " ' " " " Class X .. .. .. .. .. New Zealand Portland Cement ,, 31, „ Company (Limited) -' *• " >• " ''lass XI .. .. .. . J.J. Craig (Limited) .. .. „ 81, *. .. .. „ Class XII .. .. .. .. .. C. J. Owen .. .. .. ,31 *' " " Gisborne, Class II .. .. .. .. .. Hutoheson, Wilson, and Co. .. „ 31 " • *' " » » Class VI • • • • ■ • -. .. T. Hall and Sons ' .. .. „ 31 *' " " " Classes X, XI .. .. .. .. .. New Zealand Portland Cement „ 31, '„ .'. Company (Limited) «. " » „ Class XIII .. .. .. .. .. Porter and Co. .. .. „ 31, " ' " " » Class XIV .. .. .. _ .. .. Sargood, Son, and Ewen .. „ 31, £ s. d. 930 18 9 .Schedule rates I ,, „ »> »> >» ... Wellington. "',' !™n o C,kl °" Me,noria l , Edwards and .Son .. .. Nov. 11, 1908 June 4, 1909 .Stores Supply, Wellington, Classes II, III, Items 7 and 8; VI .. .. E. W. Mills and Co. (Limited) .. Mar. 3L 191-' ,' " " " Class 111, Items 1 and 5 .. .. .. Briscoe and Co. (Limited) .. „ 31, , *• » " " Class III, Items 2, 6, and 9; XV, Items 1 to 13a .. Harris and Bastin (Limited) .. „ 31, +> " » '■ ''lass III, Items 3 and 4 .. .. .. Vacuum Oil Company Proprietary „ 31, " .'. (Limited) *> » ., , „ Class III, Item 10 .. .. .. .. Reid and Reid .. .. „ 31 .'. " » " Class VII .. .. .. .. .. Hutcheson, Wilson, and Co. .. „ 31, „ ,' " " " ''lassX .. .. .. .. .. P. Hutson and Co. (Limited) .. „ 31, , " T' " " " %} T J. J. Craig (Limited) .. .. „ 31, „ .'. " ' " " " Class All .. .. .. .. .. Avondale Brick and Pottery Com- „ 31, „ pany (Limited) *' " " " C t j ass XIII .. .. .. .. .. Bannatyne and Co. (Limited) .. „ 31, ,. ' " " " Uass X I V • • • • •. .. .. Sargood, Son, and Ewen (Li- „ 31, „ mited) 4 ' " | . •• " Class XV, Items- 14 to 68 .. .. .. Needham, Niven, and Co. (Li- „ 31, „ . . . mited) 2,740 0 0 Schedule rates »» » » - tt n >> »> >» n *>
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Date of Contract. Name of Contraot. Name of Contractor. Contract to be completed. Date Contract was completed. Amount of Contraot. Remarks. June 4, 1909 „ 4, „ „ 4, „ „ 4, „ „ 4 „ „ 4, „ , 4 „ „ 4, „ MISCELLANEOUS— continued. Nelson. Stores-supply, Nelson, Classes I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, IX, XI .. .. | Buxton and Co. (Limited) .. Mar. 31, 1912 „ „ Classes II, XlV .. .. .. .. .. Hutcheson, Wilson, and Co. .. „ 31, „ „ Classes VIII. X, XII, XIII .. .. .. .. j Wilkins and Feild Hardware „ 31, „ Company (Limited) „ Westport, Classes I, VI, VII, VIII .. .. .. . Martin and Co. .. .. „ 31, „ „ „ Class II .. .. .. .. .. Hutcheson, Wilson, and Co. .. [ „ 31, „ Classes III, IV, V, XII .. .. • .. .. G. H. Gothard (Limited) .. „ 31, „ „ „ Classes X, XI .. .. .. New Zealand Portland Cement „ 31, „ Company (Limited) Class XIII .. .. .. .. .. Bailie and Co. .. „ 31, „ „ „ Class XIV .. .. .. .. .. Sargood, Son, and Ewen „ 31, „ £ s. d. Schedule rates ,, „ ,, ,, ,, » ,, ,, Feb. 12, 1909 June 4, „ 4, „ 4, „ „ 4, „ „ 4, „ „ 4, „ 4, „ „ 4, „ Westland. Okuru Wharf.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. W.J.Smith.. .. .. April 12, 1909 Mav 26, 1909 Stores-supply, Greymouth, Classes I, III, IV, V, VI, VII. VIM, XI .. .. Forsyth and McKay .. .. Mav. 31,1912 ' .. „ „ Class II .. .. .. .. .. Hutcheson, Wilson, and Co. . . „ 31, „ Classes X, XIII .. .. .. . . D. McLean .. .. .. ., 31, „ „ , Class XII .. .. .. .. .. Avondale Brick and Pottery „ 31, „ Company (Limited) Class XIV .. .. .. .. .. B. Hart .. .. .. ., 31, „ Hokitika, Classes I, II, III, IV, V, VI. VIII, IX. XI, XII, Renton and Co. .. .. „ 31, „ XIII „ „ Classes VII. XlV .. .. .. .. Johnston and Co. .. „ 31, „ „ „ Class X .. .. .. .. .. Burnsidc Hydraulic Lime and ,, 31, „ Cement Company (Limited) 244 10 0 Schedule rates »» »» >s »» J» June 4, 1909 4, ., 4, ,. Cantbbburt. Stores-supply, Christchurch, Class II .. .. .. .. .. Hutcheson, Wilson, and Co. .. Mar. 31, 1912 „ „ Class III, Items 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, and 10 .. Needham, Niven, and Co. .. „ 31, „ „ ,, ('lass III, Items 3 and 4 .. .. Vacuum Oil Company Proprio- ., 31, ,, tary (Limited) Class MI, Items 6 and 7 ; Classes XI,«XII, XIII Ashby, Bergh, and Co. (Limited: ., 31, „ (omittmg Item 13), XlV Class X .. .. .. .. F.Holmes .. .. . . „ 31, „ Schedule rates >' »>
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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. MISCELL Otago and Southland. NEOUS— continued. Sept. 18, 1908 Channel Buoys Dunedin Engineering and Steel Company J. Edmond Jan. 18, 1909 £ s. d. May 7, 1909 [ 341 0 0 June 4, 1910 Stores-supply, Dunedin, Classes II, III, Items 1, C, 8, and 10; Classes XIII and XlV „ „ Class III, Items 2, 3, 4, and 9 .. .. Mar. 31, 1912 Schedule rates »» *• >» „ 4, „ 4 9, ** t* 4 99 *» 9* „ „ Class III, Items 6 and 7 ; Class XII „ ,, Classes X, XI Invercargill, Classes II, III, XIII, XIV .. .. „ „ Class X Vacuum Oil Company Proprietary (Limited) Briscoe and Co. (Limited) Milburn Lime and Cement Company (Limited) J. Edmond Burnside Hydraulic Lime and Cement Company (Limited) Milburn Lime and Cement Company (Limited) Briscoe and Co. (Limited) 99 *>A> »» n oi, »• « ' oi, »f „ 31, „ * - .9 99 • • tt 99 **» 99 „ „ Class XI »> 31, „ M 99 "*» 99 „ „ Class XII f# oi, „
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APPENDIX D. SCHEDULE of Sleeper Contracts current on 1st April, 1909, and Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1910, showing Deliveries to the latter Date.
Date of Contract or Contractor's Name. Address. Agreement. No. of Sleepers t> , Total r> S1 P- T'lacc of Delivery. foi . cation. «£-- of Completion. Timber. ' ' NOETH ISLAND. 11 Sept., 1908 .. Eru Kako .. .. Kawakawa.. 26 Jan., 1909 .. Millar's West Australian 'Wellington Hardwood Company ) 15 Dec, 1909 .. H.Bradford .. .. Marlow 22 Jan., 1910 .. C.Grant .. .. Ngunguru .. Various.. .. Sundry small contractors Various WHANGAREI DISTRICT. s. d. I 1 500 puriri 4 0 Kawakawa .. .. 11 Mar., 1909.. Nil Contract cancelled. I 210 crossing 17s. per 100 ft ) Q .. ; 26 Sept 'SI 7 July, 1909. i 16,000hardw'd 3 9 , upm " v ' (16,950) ' 600 totara 8 6 Ramarama .. .. j 15 Feb., 1910 .. 617 8 Feb., 1910. .. 1,400 puriri 4 3 Opna .. .. .. 13 Mar., . .. 1,480 13 Mar., . • • ■! o™ . »" \ Various Various Various .. j!! {- Various. i 200 totaraj I iJI ) 6 June, 1906 .. E. MoMillan .. .. Tahekeroa .. 7 Feb., 1908 .. F. G. Worker .. .. Wellsford .. 27 Mar., » .. E. Brenstrum.. .. Dargaville .. 26 Jan.. 1909 .. Millar's West Australian Wellington .. Hardwood Company 27 „ „ .. E. Brenstrum.. .. Dargaville .. 23 Feb S. Brown (Limited) .. Wellington.. 29 Mar., . .. C. Walker .. .. Tauhoa . 5 Oct., . .. E. Brenstrum.. .. Dargaville .. 14 Dec, „ .. E. O. Struthers .. Warkworth.. 9 Feb., 1910 .. W.H.Taylor .. Ahuroa 26 Jan., 1909 .. Millar's West Australian Wellington.. Hardwood Company AUCKLAND DISTRICT^ 500 totara 3 3 Tah»keroa .. .. 6 Dec.,1906.. Nil 500 „ 3 3 Wellsford .. .. 31 Mar., 1908 .. 410 .. 2,000 puriri 4 3 Helensville .. ..27 . 1909.. 2,000 16 Aug., 1909. .. 20,000 hardw'd 3 9 Auckland.. .. .. 26 Sept., . .. 19.884 7 July, . .. l,200puriri 4 8 Helensville .. .. 27 July, . .. 412 .. 1.500 hardw'd 3 6 Auckland.. .. .. ... 1,580 1 April, 1909. .. 1,000 totara 3 3 Hoteo .. .. .. 30 Sept., 1909 .. 321 .. 2,000 puriri 4 3 Helensville .. .. 5 Oct., 1910 .. 406 500 totara 3 3 Ahuroa .. .. .. 31 Jan., „ . 412 500 ,, 3 3 Ahuroa .. .. .. 30 April, ... Nil 370 hardw'd 17s. per 100 ft. Auckland.. .. .- 26 Sept., 1909 .. 369 7 July, 1909. crossing GISBORNE DISTRICT. 20 Jan., 1909 .. Nelson and Robertson .. Sydney .. 15,195 hardw'd 4 2 Gisborne.. .. .. | 26 Sept., 1909 .. | 17,435 11 Dec, 1909. 26 Jan., 1909 .. G.Morris .. ..|Horopito .. 26 ,. .. Southland Timber Com- Dunedin pany 9 July, 1908 .. S. Brown (Limited) .. Wellington.. 28 Mar., 1909 .. South -west Timber- West Australia hewers' Co-operative Society (Limited) WELLINGTON DISTRICT. .. 3,000 silver- 3 3 Raurimu 26 June, 1909 .. 2,963 9 March, 1910. pine .. 185hardw'd 3 6 Wellington .. .. 26 Sept., ... 185 15 July, 1909. ..10,000 . 3 8 Stratford and Wellington .. 9 Mar., „ .. 8,163 .. 10,000 jarrah 3 7 Wellington .. .. 12 Sept., . .. 10,116 1 July, 1909.
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Date of Contract or Contractor's Name. Address. Agreement. No. of Sleepers' „ contracted for, Ktue _. , _ ,. and Class of „, P er Place of Delivery. Timber. Slee P er - Date for Completion. Total delivered to Date. Total delivered to Date. , Date of Completion. SOUTH ISLAND. WESTLAND DISTRICT. 3 April, 1909 .. Stratford and Blair .. Greymouth.. 13 • . .. A. Greig .. .. Cronadun .. 16 - » ..J. Chapman .. .-. Uimu 16 » . • • L. Zala .. .. Okarito 16 . . •• W.A.Sadler.. .. Nelson Creek 16 . „ .. J. Minehan .. .. Ross 5 May, . .. J. Nyberg .. .. Ruru 5 . •. Church and Peat .. Moana 10 - . .. D. Wallace .. .. Kokiri 29 » . ■• H.Myers .. .. Nelson C re- k 2< J . - • • W. Ryan .. .. Kokiri 5 June, . .. Church and Peat .. Moana 15 « . .. A. Graham .. .. Hokitika 20 , ... D.Joseph .. .. Nelson Creek 22 . .. J. Minehan .. .. Ross 23 - • •• J.Hunt .. .. Cronadun .. 7 Aug., . .. R.Arthur .. .. Kokiri 26 Jan., 1909 .. J. W. Wallace .. Wellington.. 26 . „ .. D.Michael .. .. SydneyVarious.. .. Sundry small contracts.. Various 700 silver- 3 3 Kaimata pine .. 1,500 ditto.. 8 3 Cronadun • • 3,000 ... 3 6 Greymouth •• 2,100 „ .. 3 6 .. 3,000 ... 3 3 Ngahere .. 700 „ .. 8 8 Ross 600 „ .. 3 3 Ruru ■ - 1,000 ... 3 3 Moana .. 800 . .. 3 3 Kokiri .. .. 1,300 ... 3 3 Ngahere .. .. 1,000 ... 3 3 Kokiri .. .. 1,000 „ .. 3 3 Moana .. 500 ... 3 3 Hokitika 500 . .. 3 3 Ngahere .. .. 1,000 ... 3 3 Ross 750 „ .. 3 3 Cronadun 700 „ .. 3 3 Kokiri .. .. 6,000 hardw'd 4 6 Westport 6.597 ... 4 6 Greymouth .. 3,302 silver- ' 3 3 Various .. pine 4 April, 1909.. .. 24 „ » .. .. 16 Dec, , .. .. 16 „ „ .. .. 16 . „ .. .. 16 April, . .. 6 May, , .. .. 6 „ ... .. 10 . „ .. ... 29 . . .. ..29 . . .. 6 June, ,, .. .. 15 . ... ..21 „ ... .. 23 „ ... .. 29 . .... 9 Aug .. 26 Sept., „ .. .. 26 „ ... Various 620 1,332 3,000 943 8,000 684 593 965 794 1,300 881 1,000 500 472 1,031 748 674 6,000 6,597 3,302 Balance cancelled. Ditto. 16 Dec, 1909. 22 Dec, 1909. Balance cancelled. Ditto. 29 May, 1909. Balance cancelled. 6 June, 1909. 15 . Balance cancelled. 23 June, 1909. Balance cancelled. Ditto. August, 1909. 14 Feb., 1910. Various. CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT. 26 Jan., 1909 ..'Southland Timber Com- i Dunedin pany 20 ,. „ .. Ditto 26 26 28 May, „ 28 . 28 ,. 2 « . ,:: i :: .. 55,800 hard- 8 6 Lyttelton wood 242 ditto 4 ().', 183 5 0 193 . 5 6 . - 150 „\ 3-/38 200 ,1 g £• 4 8 250 . 2 3 5 2 290 ,.) S * v 5 8 .. 26 Sept., 1909.. .. 26 . ... .. 26 . „ .. .. 26 . ... .. 28 Aug., „ .. ..28 .. 28 . „ .. .. 28 . . .. 46,494 180 160 193 104 Nil 278 Nil Nil 2 Mar., 1910. 16 Feb., 1910. DUNEDIN DISTRICT. 10 May, 1909 .. J.W.Wallace .. Wellington.. 26 Jan., 1909 .. Southland Timber Com- Dunedin .. 800ha'dw'd 5 0 Dunedin .. bridge 618 hardw'd; £147 14s., con- Dunedin .. crossing tract .. 16 Aug., 1909 .. ..26 Sept., . .. 811 637 10 Aug., 1909. I 2 „
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APPENDIX E. ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC WORKS BY THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF. (Ist July. L 909, TO 30th June, 1910.) The Engineek-in-Chief to the Hon. the Minister of Public Wokks. Sir,— Public Works Otlice, Wellington, 30th June, 1910. I have the honour to submit the following report on the various work completed and in progress throughout the Dominion 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, 1910 : —
Name of Kailwaj . Total „ Length of °}^ u Railway or ,,, ™ m Section. ° m Expenditure to 31et March, 1910. Liabilities on yist March, 1910. Kaihu Valley Opua Wharf - Grahamtown North Auckland (Kaipara Northwards) Kaipara-Waikato, with Branches Waikato-Thames, with Branches Thames Valley - Rotorua Gisborne-Motu Wellington-Napier and Palmerston North (including To Aro Extension and Greytown Branch) Wellington-Waitara, with Branches .. Stratford-Ongarue North Island Main Trunk Picton-Waipara— Picton southwards Waipara northwards Nelson-Boundell Midland Railway* .. Westport-Ngakawau Westport-Ngakawau Extension to Mokihiiiuif Mokihinui Colliery LineJ Westport-Inangah ua Ngahere-Blaokball Greymouth - Coal Creek Greymouth-Brunner Greymouth-Ross Culverden-Hanmer Motor-oars and Repairs to Road Hurunui-Waitaki, with Branches Canterbury Interior Main Line—Oxford-Tenmka Waitaki-Bluff, with Branches Otago Central Invercargill-Kingston, with Mararoa Branch Forest Hill Railway—Wiuton-Hedgchopeg Western Railways Preliminary Surveys Miscellaneous Stock of Permanent-way on hand Value of Permanent-way in hands of Railway Department Rolling-stock M. Oh. M.ch. 19 40 17 21 58 6 30 13 110 0 33 30 151 1 151 1 75 18 75 18 69 33 69 33 52 44 23 74 £ s. a. 55,044 17 1 429,700 3 0 393,182 17 0 J 1,506,100 12 4 487,532 13 3 355,576 11 1 283,255 15 2 £ s. d. 16,508 1 2 1,012 11 5 12.27-2 16 8 233 12 233 12 289 27 285 59 101 0 15 68 209 69 209 69 2,409,269 15 9 I 2.507,764 8 4 ' 249,477 19 5 ■2.i;K2,O54 9 5 ■! 0 i) 2,323 3 1 35 10 0 129 9 33 45 44 21 31 68 22 73 22 73 241 67 123 65 19 56 19 50 7 12 7 13 3 69 3 G9 26 0 3 40 8 70 5 1 7 51 7 51 40 32 38 68 468,851 17 5 267,366 8 9 186,614 10 11 1,135,075 3 0 ! 188,008 17 3 ■2,171 i 8 16,932 15 8 514,036 16 2 57,419 14 8 134,170 17 5 144,140 13 6 150,512 11 11 335,267 19 7 3,834 0 0 2,417,945 9 7 59,343 9 2 4,361,277 5 4 1,280,433 9 9 334,649 2 9 22,983 14 5 326,108 17 0 40,375 8 11 10,336 19 11 61,865 3 3 34 8 9 3,236 9 1 1,770 9 11 15 14 7 483 72 443 8 83 0 11 44 616 68 507 17 182 56 134 78 117 4 97 44 12 40 12 40 71 6 70 31 2,386 9 10 1,553 2 5 3,594 16 3 25,000 0 0 4,754,635 0 11 109,ii7 0 0 Total 3,491 26 2,716 48 i 28,125,772 11 9 687,004 6 2 Provincial Government Lines, etc. Canterbury (lengths included above) Otago Gisborne to Ormond Tramway Midland Railway, valuation of works constructed by company 731,759 0 0 372,522 2 5 4,975 1 7 ••683,460 3 1 Grand total 3,491 26 2,716 48 29,918,488 18 10 687,004 6 2 * The amount shown as expenditure represents the not amc 4 The funds for this extension —namely. ±'35,501 2s. lid. —wer I The funds for purchase of this line, £15,745, were provided § The expenditure on this line as a tramway was made by tl || Includes expenditure on railways under Hutt Koad and ind VollinKtou-Manawatu Railway Purchase Act Accounts. lni'luiles value for A'I50.()OU paid to debenture-holders u let, JS03. unit charged against the re provided by the Westpi by the Westport Harbour io Lands Department. Railway Improvement, Dominion. rait Harbour Board. ' r Board. Railway Improvement Authorization Act. uder the Midland Kailw ray Petitions Settlement .Vet Amendment
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During the financial year a total length of 35 miles 21 chains of railway was opened for general traffic, as shown in the following table: —
Appended hereto is a coloured diagram showing the lengths of railwny opened for traffic each year since the initiation of the public-works policy. Opca-Grahamtown Railway (58 miles). Kawakawa Southwards Section (7 m. Iβ oh,, to 19 m. from Opua Wharf). —The formation of this section was completed in October, 1909, but a few slips have yet to be removed in three cuttings, and some narrow banks widened. The bridges at 17 m. 60 eh., 18m. 19 oh., and LBm. 66 eh. were completed by October. Rails have been laid to the end of section, and the first and second lifts of ballast put down. Fencing on both sides of the line lias been oompleted, and gates and private crossings provided. Culverts and drains, with the exception of an open culvert at 18 in. 18 ch. to carry off heavy flood-waters, have also been finished. At Te Kopuru ballast-pit new sidings were laid in order to provide improved facilities for loading; four new headings were driven into the hill to accommodate the trucks during loading; and an engine, crusher, elevator, and bins were erected. This plant enables the whole of the material from the hill to Ik- utilized for ballasting purposes, thereby increasing the output from the pit by fully 30 per cent., improving the quality of ballast, and reducing the cost. The section from Kawakawa to 15m., though completed, has not been taken over by the Railway Department, and is therefore being maintained by this Department. Ramarama Section (19m. to 27 m. 6£ch.). —On this section occurs the bulk of the heavy work requiring to be carried out on this line. The formation from 19 m. to 26 m., principally in clay and rock cuttings, was completed in December. Slips at 19m. 17 eh. and 21 m, 38ch. have been the cause of considerable trouble. The work of clearing and stopping the same is in progress. Com pletion of the section from 26 m. to 27 m. 63 eh. was seriously delayed by large slips, especially in cuttings at 26 m. 43 eh., 26 m. 70 eh., 27 m. 28 eh., and 27 m. 59 eh. Slips in the three latter cuttings assumed very large proportions, necessitating widening of cuttings and flattening of batters. The removal of material is being actively proceeded with. All formation-work, with the exception of removal of these slips, was finished early in June. A bad slip in the cutting passing through a cemetery necessitated removal of bodies and deviation of the adjacent road-line. Completion of this cutting was considerably expedited by use of the ballast-train in removing excavated material. Bridges at 19m. 34ch., 21 m. 29*ch., 23m. r>s eh., 24 m. 56 eh., 25 m. 32 eh., and 26 m. 11 oh. were all completed by May. Concrete culverts have been put in at 20 m. 61 eh., 22 m. 57 eh., 26 m. 62 eh., 26 m. 76 eh., 27 m. 11 eh., 27 m. 33 eh., 27 m. 45ch., and 27 m. 50 eh., and 12 in. and 18 in. drainage-pipes put in where necessary. Only a small amount of fencing has as yet been done on this section. Erection of the telephone-line from Scoria Flat to Towai is well under way. As soon as cuttings and bridges were oompleted rail-laying was commenced, and by the end of June the rail-head from the north had advanced from 19 m. to "2(i ni. .'5O oh., and from the south (Towai Section) to 27 m. 60 eh., leaving a trap of 110 chains. It is expected that railheads will be linked up by the middle of July. Ballasting was commenced from 19 m., and has been actively proceeded with up to nearly the end of the section. Formation of the Ramarama Station yard has been completed, sidings put in, and a great deal of ballasting done on the sidings and road-approaches. A contract has been let for the erection of the Ramarama Station buildings. The completion of this section was considerably delayed owing to the heavy slips before mentioned. The work remaining to be done consists of finishing-up of ballasting, erection of about 7 miles of fencing, widening slip-cuttings, removing slips, erection of station buildings at Ramarama, a few culverts and cattle-stops, private crossings and gates, general drainage in cuttings, and stone protection to some of the banks and cuttings. Towai Section (16m. to 21m. from Kamo). —The whole length of this section is formed, including 50-odd chains beyond Towai Station yard, which connects with the northern section. Ihe ballasting of line over this length was completed by November. Station buildings at Towai and Akerama were finished about the same time, and fencing to Towai yard also completed. The section was taken over by the Railway Department at the beginning of May last.
Railway. Railway. Section. - Length. Date of handing over to Working Railways Department. J North Auckland Gisborne-Eotorua ... Greymouth-Hokitika-Ross Riversdale-Switzers Orepuki-Waiau Catlin's - Seaward Bush ... Waby-Wellsford ... Waikohu Bridge - Waikohu ... Ruatapu-Ross ... Riversdale-Waikaia ... ... Waihoaka-Tuatapere... ... Catlin's-Houipapa M. ch. 3 18 0 35 7 21 13 70 8 7 2 30 I April, 1909. 1 April, 1909. 1 April, 1909. 1 October, 1909. 1 October, 1909. 17 December, 1909. » 30 21
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An additional 6,000-gallon vat still requires to be erected at Towai, as also does a telephoneline, between Hukereuui and Towai. The portion of line north of Towai Station still requires one culvert, a private-road crossing, the removal of extensive slips from 20 m. 65 eh. to 21m. (end of section), and a few stone drains and stone walls, to be completed. Extension to Grahamtown (2m. Jβ eh.). —Work in connection with the completion of formation, which was held over pending construction of wharf being commenced, was put in hand again in November. Formation to 4m. 4ch was trimmed, and slips removed from cuttings at 3m. 35 oh., 3m. 65 eh., and 3m. 78 eh. A stone-and-tile drain was put in for the whole length of the cutting from 3m. 26 eh. to 3m. 43 eh., and also in cutting from 3m. 74 eh. to 3m. 79 eh. A considerable quantity of stone was placed in several cuttings in the form of dwarf walls to prevent slips. The cutting from 4m. 5 oh. to 4m. 13 eh. was finished, but a heavy slip necessitated moving the line out about 14 ft. The material from this cutting is being utilized to widen station-yard. Praotically all the formation in Grahamtown or Onerahi Station yard has been finished, with the exception of about 2 chains at end (if wharf. The yard itself lias been trimmed, and some further draining, and a stone wall at foot of hill to prevent slip, have been completed. Rails have* been laid from present Kioreroa Wharf, 2 m., to 4m. 4ch.; the line fully ballasted from 2 m. to 2 m. 66 eh., and about one-third ballasted to 4 m. 4ch. Some repairs were effected to the Kioreroa Bridge, and permanent-way was laid across it. The additions to the opening span in increase speed of working are being placed in position. In March a commencement was made with excavation of siding into the Parakiore quarry, from which rook is to lie obtained for protective purposes on this section. The laying of siding has been, finished, as also has the inolined tramway. The quarry itself is being opened out, and will shortly be ready Cor use. The stone in this quarry is easily worked, and is of excellent quality for protective purposes. Grahamtown Wharf: It was qoI until March thai the contractors for this work received all their timber. This delay considerably retarded pile-driving. Since the arrival of the timber, however, the contractors have carried the work on in a most energetic manner, having driven fifty-five out of fifty-eight piers. It is anticipated that the last pile will be driven by about the middle of July. Caps, stringers, ami longitudinal braces have been fixed in position as far as the fifty-fifth bay. Wales and braces have been pui on several piers, and a short length of decking put in. This contract will probably Ix , completed by die end of the year —some months before the expiry of the contract date. The laying of rails in Grahamtown Station yard and on the wharf will be proceeded witli in October, and the balance of ballasting ami stone protective works put in hand. This work should not take more than three months to complete. North Auckland Railway. Wellsford Section (66m. to 69m. 18 eh.). — A new and permanent water-supply has been put in at Waby Station. Te Ilium Section (69m. 18 eh. to I.lm. eh.). —During the year this section was completed, and handed over to the Working Railways Department on the 16th May, 1910. The trarlic was worked during the first month by the Public Works Department's ballaeting-locomotive. Several of the banks and cuttings are in rotten ground, so it was considered advisable to thoroughly test the track before running over it with the Railway Department's heavier engines. The Hoteo quarry at 64m. 46 eh., on the Waby Section, has been continuously worked during the year to provide material for protection-work along the line generally. Kaiwaka Section (72m, eh. //> 81m. -SUch.). —The earthworks on this section, which were during the previous year brought to an advanced stage as far as 77 m. 30 eh., have been completed, except a large bank at 77 m. 20 eh. and the cutting at 77 m. 40 eh., which are not yet quite finished. The Mainene tunnel is partly enlarged ami lined. It has been completed for 4 chains 20 links from the north end. Enlarging has been commenced and carried forward for 2 chains at the south end, and has also been started in the middle. Lining will be carried on from these points. Formation of the Topuni Station yard has been completed. Mainene Bridge has also been completed. In the Topuni Bridge seven of the piers have the piles driven. There are still six piers in the middle of the bridge to be erected. The contract for supply of ironwork for these bridges has been completed. Beyond 77 m. 30 eh. all concrete culverts, pipes, and stone drains are completed to the Kaiwaka Station yard at 81 m. 30 eh. Formation on the same length is all in hand and in an advanced stage. Piercing of the tunnel at Ross's Hill has been commenced at both ends. A heading is in '1\ chains at the south end, and about 3\ chains at the north end, where also the tunnel front is completed. A special front had to be designed for the south end of tunnel, and this work is partly completed. Fencing is in progress. Service roads giving complete communication with all parts of the work on this section were completed during the year, and a landing has been prepared on the Kaiwaka Creek for launches and punts, by which material for the works is being conveyed from Te Hana and elsewhere. Platelaying and ballasting have been proceeded with. Rails arc now laid as far as 75 m. 49 eh., and bottom lift of ballast to the same point has been placed in position. The second lift has been carried as far as 7"2 m. 75 eh. A contract for erection of platelayers' cottages at Kaiwaka Station yard is in progress. A telephone-line has been erected from Te Hana to Kaiwaka Station. A movable school for the children of men employed on the works has also been erected.
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Otamatea Station (81 m. 80 eh. to 83 m. 75 eh.). —Ihis section is now being opened up. Clearing of scrub along the line is in hand, and a party of workmen are engaged in putting in pipes and culverts. A service road is being constructed alongside the line, and a commencement has been made with some of the cuttings. Gl SBORNE-ROTORUA. Otoko Section (23 m. 50 eh. to 31 in. eh.). —Work on this section up to 31 m. has practically all been completed, and the Department's train is running daily. The Otoko Viaduct, which occurs just before reaching the end of the section, being incomplete, has for general convenience necessitated the construction of a temporary station at the viaduct, which has been completed. A contract has been let for the erection of the viaduct. The workshop at the viaduct-site has been erected, and is now being fitted up. Materials have been ordered, and work on foundations commenced. Rakauroa Section (31m. eh. to 38 m. 25 eh.). —Earthworks are in hand throughout the whole of this section, and for a considerable distance are nearly completed. Construction of bridges and culverts is very much delayed by the difficulty of obtaining gravel for concrete, which can only be carted during summer months owing to the bad roads. Matawai Section (38 m. 25 eh. onward). —Survey-work is still in hand on this section. Formation has been commenced on the first two miles. Stratford-Oncarue Railway. Te Wera Section (15 m. 68 eh. to 22 m. 65 eh.). —Work on this section was practically completed and the line handed over to the Railway Department on the 20th June, 1910. There are a few minor items still to be attended to. I'ohokura Section (22 in. 65 eh. to 31m. Iβ eh.). —All formation-work on this section is now complete, and rails have been laid to 28 m. The tunnel through the Pohokura Saddle, at 28 m. 14 eh., is now finished, and platelaying lias resumed from this point towards Pohokura Station. The second lift of ballast has been put on up to Ngatimaru Station yard (26 m. 34 eh.), and fencing and telephone-line are complete to 28 m. One cottage has been built at Pohokura, and the stationbuildings at Ngatimaru are in progress. A three-span beam bridge is being built at 22 m. 67 eh. Whangamomona Section (31m. J f o eh. to 37 m. eh., approximately). —The formation, with exception of culverts, is practically finished to 34 m. Clearing and further formation is in progress up to 36 m. This length shows some of the heaviest work met with so far in the construction of this line, and includes a tunnel 29f chains in length through the ridge forming the divide between the Patea and Wanganui River basins. Driving the tunnel has been commenced at the Whangamomona end. At the Stratford end the long approach cutting is being taken out. Mount Egmont Branch. Prospecting the stone-deposit at Manganui has been completed with favourable results. Sur-vey-work on line has been completed sufficiently to enable the best method of conveying stone from the quarry to rail-head, as regards locomotive traction, to be considered, which is now being done. Blenheim-Waipara, North End. River Section (33 m. eh. to 37 m. 7 eh.). —This secti< ■«, though completed some time, has not yet been handed over to the Railway Department, and consequently it has beeo necessary for this Department to maintain it and run goods traffic. The Blind River Station yard and approach road have been gravelled. Ward Section (37 m. 7 eh. to in. 9ch.). —Practically the whole of the earthworks on this section are now complete. A length of 37 chains of the bank across Lake Grassmere has yet to be widened from 12 ft. to 16 ft. Stream-diversions have been made at various points where necessary, and catch-water drains cut for the full length of the section. The formation of the station-yard at Kaparu has been completed, the resulting excavated material going towards the lake-bank and station-approach road. The Hauwai Station yard has been completed, also the approach road, and extra widening is now in hand. Bridges aggregating twenty-two short spans have been erected, and culverts put in where necessary. Platelaying has been completed from 40 m. 60 eh. to 48 m. 10 eh., including Hauwai and Ward Station yards. A first lift of ballast has been put in from 40 m. to 48 m. 10 eh., including Kaparu, Hauwai, and Ward sidings. The second and third lifts of ballast have been completed from 37 m. 7 eh. to 40 m. 20 eh. The Lake Grassmere bank from 39 m. 75 eh. to 40 in. 50 eh. has been protected with round-stone pitching. Goods traffic has been carried from Kaparu since the Ist December, 1909; from Hauwai since the 12th February, 1910: and from Ward since the 27th April, 1910. Control of the completed portion of this line is being retained by this Department so as to reduce as much as possible interference with the haulage of ballasting-material from the Awatere pit. Fencing: The Railway Reserve has been fenced on botli sides from 39 m. 4ch. to 39 m. 70 eh., and the left-hand side has been netted from 37 in. 7ch. to 39 m. 70 eh. to make it rabbit-proof. Fencing has also been done from 41m. 60 eh. to 45 in. -17 eh. on the left-hand side and from 43 m. 45 eh. to 45 m. 47 eh. on the right-hand side. The fence along the Kapuru Station approachroad has also been netted on one side. Nine crossing gates have been erected. Station buildings: Kaparu Station buildings were completed in March, Hauwai platelayers' cottages in May, Ward platelayers' cottages in May. and the Hauwai and Ward Station building* are in course of erection.
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Midland Railway. Nelson-Westland Section, North End. Tui (Manu) Station in. 38 eh. to Jβ m. 55 ch.J. —During the year earthworks have been completed. Tui Station yard has been completed, including approach roads and metalling. Platelaying and ballasting have been completed, und a quantity of materials for the erection of the Tui Station buildings have been delivered. Glenhope Section (1,9 tn. 55 eh. to Hope J unction). —The smaller cuttings are nearly completed, but the large cutting commencing at ~vl in. 1 eh. could not be commenced until the road had been diverted. This, however, is now being put in hand. A slight deviation of the line from 52 m. 24 eh. to 52 m. 45 eh. was necessary to enable a Btation-yard to be put in at Kaka. The main line is completed at this place, and widening-out for the station-yard is in progress. From this point up to the Tadmor Saddle good progress ha.s been made, nearly all the smaller cuttings and banks being completed. The drive through the large cutting at the saddle has been completed, and two shafts sunk to assist in getting the material out. The material met with has not turned out favourably for removal owing to the quantity of water to contend with, which has prevented good progress being made. Very little formation-work has been dona beyond the saddle, the total extent being about 30 chains of shallow earthwork in various places between 55 m. 50 eh. and 57 m. loch. The overbridge at the south end of Tui Station yard (49 m. 54 eh.), concrete abutments for the bridge at 50 m. 68 eh. (five 20 ft. spans), and staging have been completed. Erection of the bridge is now in hand. Bridge at 53 m. 16 eh. (one 40 ft. and five 22 ft. spans) : Gravel and cement for concrete piers have been carted. Foundations are excavated for four of the piers, and concreting commenced in three of them. The ironwork necessary for bridges at 53 m. 16 eh. and 55 m. 39 eh. has been delivered. Nine concrete culverts and twenty stoneware and concrete pipe drains have been put in. Platelaying was resumed in October, and rails have baen laid up to 50 m. 66 eh. Ballasting has been partly completed up to 50 m. 66 eh. A stone-crushing plant to provide material for ballast has been erected at the ballast-pit at Kiwi. A considerable quantity of fencing-posts have been split in readiness fur fencing. A platelayer's cottage has been erected at Kaka. A movable school for the children of workmen engaged on the line has been built. The telephone-line has been extended from Tui Station to 57 m. 40 eh. Nelson-Westland Section, South End. Cronadun—Landing Section (.',-'> m. £0 eh. to s£m.). —The earthwork on this section has been nearly completed during the year. Fencing has been nearly completed, and a telephone-line laid up to 54 m. 28 eh. Timber is now arriving for the small pile bridges. Platelaying has been commenced. About 30 chains of formation has been nearly completed beyond the end of the section. Canterbury-W estland Section, West End. Arthur's Pass Tunnel Contract (51m. 1,0 eh. to f>9 in. J/Och.). —During the year exactly half a mile of tunnel (both ends) has been completed. At the Otira end 37$ chains has been finished from the west portal at 52 m. 67 eh. to 53 m. 28 eh. The bottom heading has been advanced to 53 m. 61 eh., a distance of 64 chains from the mouth. Partial excavation for enlargement lias been done for 20 chains from the end of the finished work, and a considerable length is standing cm timber. At the Bealey end the bottom heading has been driven 11 chains, and the tunnel excavated and lined for 2i chains. An accident occurred in May whereby a chain of excavated, but not lined, tunnel caved in. This is now being picked up. In addition to the tunnel-work, the contractors erected the piers for the Bealey Bridge, which are now ready for the superstructure. Otira Section (60 m. -J9ch. to 61m. 1,0 eh.).— Formation of the line between Otira Station and commencement of the tunnel contract was finished last year, and the rails laid and ballasted. The groin protection up to 51m. 40 eh. has been completed during the year. Work was discontinued and the men dispensed with in August. Canterbury-W'esthin<l Section, East End. Cass Srr/itj/i (12m. 18ch. u> 27m. £och .). — Earthworks, tunnels, and retaining-walls have been completed. The viaduct at Sloven's Creek and the small pile bridges have also been finished. Delay in completion of the viaduct kept platelaying back somewhat, but rails are now laid over the full length of the section with exception of par! of the sidings at Avoca and Cranneburn Stations. A good ballast-pit is being worked at 24 m. with steam navvy. The first lift is completed from Broken River Station (12 in. l<Sch.) to 24 m., and in places to the Cass Station at 27 m. 40 eh. The second lift is now being proceeded with. Very little fencing has been done, but all necessary material is now on the ground. Cattle-stops have been put in throughout the section. Tenders are being invited fur the erect ion of station-buildings. This section should be ready for traffic next summer. Benhy Section (27 m. Iβ eh. to .',lm. 63 eh., the end of the Arthur', ]\, x .< Tunnel Contract) — Earthworks are in hand up to 35 1,1. They are largely in rocky country, and are fairly heavy in character. A considerable length is in the river-bed. The necessary protective works are well in hand. No bridge-work has as yet been started.
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Platelaying is completed to 28 m. 31 eh., and the line will shortly be laid to the Cass Bridge, at 29 in. 9 eh., when a halt will have to be made. No ballasting has yet been done on this section. Ngahehe-Blackball Railway (3 in. 40 eh. in length). The formation, platelaying, and ballasting of this line have been completed during the year. Owing to the Blackball Station yard being all in solid stone cutting, it was impossible to put the station buildings in hand until the excavation was nearly finished, to avoid damage by flying stones. In consequence of this, the last work to be done on this line is the completion of the stationbuildings. For the past six months the line throughout has been sufficiently complete to allow of coal traffic being run, first by ballast-engine and latterly by the Railway Department's engines. Additional accommodation at Ngahere for timber-skids and cattle-yards is being provided. Gkeymouth - Point Elizabeth Collieries Railway Extension. Coal Creek Extension (3 m. 69 eh.). —Very good progress has been made with the earthwork, which at the beginning of the year was only just commenced on the upper half of the line. The formation is now praotically complete for a mile and a half beyond present terminus. Beyond that point all cuttings are in hand, and considerable portions are complete. Slips at 6m. 30 eh., Tin. 58'66ch., and on the bins station necessitated much more material being handled at those points than was anticipated. Work on the cliffs is well in hand, more than half the length being finished. The remainder is under way, and the heading for small tunnel at 7m. is being driven. No. 1 Tunnel was completed during the year, and No. 2 Tunnel was converted into an open cutting. The necessary timber for bridges is being procured, and erection can be proceeded with in three months' time. Westpoet-Inangahua Railway. Te Kuha Section (5 miles 7 chains in length). —Ballasting was commenced in October, and completed to the Te Kuha Station, at sm. 65 eh. All narrow banks on this section have been widened out with the ballast-train. Ballasting has been put in hand, and the bottom lift has been carried as far as 4m. 25 eh. A good deal of work has been done in final excavation and trimming up in Te Kuha Station yard, where a temporary goods-shed has been erected. A temporary engineBhed and coal-store have also been erected at the Westport end of the line. Telephone-line has been erected from Westport to Te Kuha Station. A movable school for the children of workmen has been built at Te Kuha Station. Extension Section. —Bush has been felled from 6m. 74 eh. to 7m. .VJ eh. during the year. In August there were fourteen co-operative parties on the rock-excavations between 6m. and 7m. 12 eh. Owing to the commencement of ballasting and the decision to carry out the work by contract, the number of parties was gradually reduced, until, in January, there vvvv only three co-operative parties on this section on rock-excavation. The cutting from 5 in. 78 eh. to (> m. •'! eh. is almost completed, and the cuttings between 6m. 7 eh. and 6m. 23 eh. are now in progress. The cutting at 6 m. 53 eh. is now completed. The top drive of the tunnel 6m. 15 eh. to 6m. 20 eh. has been put through. The rock through which the heading has been pierced proved to be a hard flinty slate, fairly easily excavated, but requiring timber all through. In May six contracts were let for carrying out work from 6m. 35 eh. to 7 in. 38 eh. From sm. 78 eh. to 6m. 34 eh. (the commencement of the contract-work) all cuttings and the tunnel are in progress under co-operative contracts. Blenheim- Waipara Railway, South End. Mackenzie Section (Sim. 67 eh. to 36 m. 50 eh.). —This section has been completed, except for a few chains of fencing and soThe metalling, and is now practically ready for handing over to the Railway Department. During the year earthworks, platelaying, ballasting, erection of stationbuildings at Nonoti and Mina, and fencing have been put in hand and completed. Parnassus Section (35 m. 50 eh. to — This section has been repegged throughout. Earthworks are practically complete to 36 m., but beyond that point nothing has been done except a little work on the service road. The bridge over the Waiau River is being built by contract, and is about one-third finished. Catlin's-Waimahaka Railway. Catlin's End. Houipapa Section (21m. 60 eh. to 10 eh.). —The portion of this section to Houipapa Station (24 m. 8 eh.) was completed and opened for traffic on the 17th December, 1909. The stone-crusher was removed, before the opening of the section, from 22 m. 34 eh. to 24 m. 20 eh. in order to provide ballast and metal for concrete culverts to Puketiro without running over the opened portion of the line. Papatupu Section (24 m. 10 eh. to 25 m. 60 eh.). —This section is completed ready to hand over to the Railway Department, but is being retained for the present, as the ballast-pit is situated on it. Puketiro (Table Hill) Section (25 m. 60 eh. to 31m. 30 eh.).—The portion of this section beyond 29 m. has been resurveyed, and the deep ravine at Christie's Creek has been negotiated by making a detour higher up the gully, thus avoiding the necessity for a viaduct. The earthwork, however, is heavy, the gullies being deep, with rugged spurs intervening. This section has been pushed on energetically during the year, and, considering wet weather and the state of roads, very fair progress has been made. Clearing, logging, and burning has been continued from 29 m. 32 eh. to 32 m. 20 eh.
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The earthwork between 23 m. 70 eh. and 28 m. 40 eh. is now completed, and made good after several slips. The portion to 29 m. 68 eh. is also nearing completion. Culverts with concrete foundations have been put in at sixteen places. An overhead biidge has been built across the cutting at 26 m. 3ch., and a subway put in at 27 in. 2 eh. A second platelayer's cottage has been ejected at Papatupu (27 m. 32 eh.). Platelaying has been completed to Blunder Creek at 28 m. 44 eh. Ballasting has been completed to 27 m. 44 eh., and the first lift only to 28 m. Fencing is complete on the left to 27 m. 40 eh., also on both sides to 29 m., with the exception of a few gaps which had to be left for the service tramway. Formation and clearing for service tramway are completed to 31 m., and rails laid and packed to 30 m. 60 eh. IT" nimahaka End. Tokanui Section (2b to. bS eh. to 32 m. 75 eh.). —Bushfelling is completed to the end of section. Clearing and grubbing is also completed with exception of a few isolated patches. Formation, on which most of the men have been employed, is now in hand up to and including Tokanui Station, at 82 m, 58 oh., and is completed to 29 m. 48 eh., excepting some additions required to banks which have become shrunken with rains. A few slips require removing. From 29 m. 48 eh. to 32 m. formation is two-thirds completed. From 32 in. to end of section it is one-third completed. In the way of water openings not much now remains to be completed, the principal uncompleted work being Tokanui Bridge a< 32 m. 42 eh., and some 12 in. and 18 in. pipe culverts. The year's work includes 259 lin. ft. of 12 in. piping, 173 yards of 18 in. piping, 45 yards of 3 ft. arched masonry culvert, 35 yards of 4 ft. arched masonry culvert, and about 26 chains of stone drain. Diversion of Tokanui Stream on left of 32 in. 44 eh. is done, and that on the left of 32 m. 50 eh. is two-thirds completed. Fencing has been done on both sides from Waimahaka to 28 m. 40 eh. : on the left, from 32 m. to 32 m. 41 eh. The service tramway has been extended to about 31 m. 30 eh. Trimming of formation is completed from 24 m. 48 eh. to 27 m. 65 eh. in readiness for platelaying. The rail-head has been extended from 24 m. 4788 eh. to 24 m. .j7' 12 eh. with the help of surplus material from Tuatapere. About 10 acres of land is Ijeing acquired opposite Titiroa Station, on the opened line, and a ballast-pit is being opened thereon. A water-supply to Te Peka Station (25 in. 78 eh.) is being obtained by gravitation from a creek at a point 49 chains distant. The work is about a quarter completed. Wet weather and other adverse circumstances have militated against the progress of work on this railway. Lawrence-Roxburgh Railway. Evans Flat Section (21 in. 76 eh. to 26 m. 35 eh.). —Platelaying on the main line and sidings was complete last year. Ballasting has now been completed. Siding into ballast-pit has been lifted, and the material stacked at Evans Flat Station. The necessary platforms, station-buildings, cattle-yards, and a platelayer's cottage at Evans Flat Station have been completed. Five cattle-stops and four private-crossing gates have been erected complete, and all approaches formed and gravelled. A traffic-bridge over Weatherstone Creek at Dei went Street, Lawrence, has been erected on pile piers. This was to replace a structure belonging to the Borough Council, injured by heavy carting in connection with railway-works. Wing fences and fencing generally on this section have been completed. Big 11 ill (25m. 35 eh. to 29 in. 33 eh.). —Earthwork is completed to 29 m. 35 eh. Watertables and catchwater drains have been cut. Four private crossings with gates and one with cattle-stops, also three public-crossing cattlestops, have been constructed, and all crossings formed and gravelled. Bowler's Creek and Big Hill Stations have been formed, and approaches put in complete. Formation-trimming is completed to 29 m. 33 eh., and platelaying on main line and sidings, also ballasting, completed to the same point. Station-buildings, platforms, loading-bank, and platelayer's cottages (two) have been completed at Bowler's Creek, and a gravel platform and shelter-shed have been erected at Big Hill. A telephone-line on ironbark poles has been erected over the whole length from Lawrence to Big Hill. Fencing has also been finished. The line to Big Hill being now completed, material along the line has been gathered up and stacked, and some of it transferred to Catlin's. The track being in good order, maintenance has been discontinued and all men paid off. Work in the Big Hill tunnel and beyond is in the same condition as reported last year, except that several sets of timbering have fallen, and rock from the roof has partly blocked the heading RIVERSDALE-SwiTZERS RAILWAY. Formation was continued from 13 m. 23 eh. to the terminus 13 m. 70 eh. Fencing was completed from 12 m. 4 oh., and platelaying from 12 m. 14 eh., and ballasting from 10 m 40 eh including Waikaia (Switzers) Station yard. Dome Creek Bridge was also finished a . Station-buildings Contract No. 1, for erection of buildings at Waipounamu, Plains, Keith, and Freshford, and two cottages at Riversdale, was completed. Contract No. 2, for the remainder of necessary buildings, has just been completed.
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A concrete dam 8 ft. high and J chain long was constructed to conserve water in a creek near Waikaia Station, the water gravitating to the service-tank for engine purposes. The line was handed over to the Working Railways Department on the Ist October, being then practically complete with exception of the buildings previously referred to. Orepuki-Waiau Railway. Tuatapere Section (]fim. 16 eh. to £8 in. 23 eh.). —The small amount of fencing, platelaying, ballasting, &c, remaining to be done at the commencement of this year has since been completed. Goods traffic was carried on by this Department until the Ist October, on which date the section was handed over to the Working Railways Department. The only work then incomplete was the erection of station-buildings at Tuatapere. These were not completed until March. SURVEYS OF RAILWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, NEW LINES OF RAILWAY, AND LAND-PLAN SURVEYS, ETC. Kawakawa-Kaikuhe Hallway. —A survey of this line was commenced on the 14th May, and at the end of June a trial line, following Ngapipito Valley, was pegged from the junction with the ballast-pit line at Scoria Flat (off the Kawakawa Southwards line) to G m. 41 eh., and the permanent line was pegged to 3 m., and plans, and estimates, and report made. North Auckland Railway Permanent Survey. —The survey of the line except in respect of a few minor matters on the last mile is now completed as far as 87 m., about 3 miles beyond the Otainatea Bridge. Pegging of the permanent survey is completed, and plans are roughly finished as far as 95 m. Trial-line work has been carried out to 98 m., near McCarrolTs Gap. Waihi-Taurangar-Opotiki Trial Survey. —This survey has been carried as far as the Tarawera Swamp, across which a trial lins has been explored to near Te Teko, a distance of about 88 miles from Waihi. Plans, longitudinal and cross sections, have been completed up to 55 m., which te three-quarters of a mile beyond Te Puke Station yard. In addition to the above, plans, longitudinal and cross sections are nearly complete up to 60 m. Plans have been partially completed up to 76 m., between Otoniarakau and Matata. Gitborne—Botorua. —The line this year has been permanently pegged from 34 in. to 40 m. A trial line has been run for a further four miles, and plan prepared. Stratford— Ongaruc. —The permanent line is now being pegged between 36 in. and 37 m., and a trial line has been run for a mile beyond the Whangamomona Township. Mount Egmont Branch Railway. —A survey of the proposed incline to a quarry-site at the head of the Mangonui, on the Surrey Road track, is in progress, and are employed sinking shafts for prospecting for the rock. Blenheim-W'aipara (South End). —The line has been repegged throughout from 35 m. 40 eh. (Mina) to 44 m. (Parnassus). The line has been located to 60 m. 50 eh. (Conway River), at which point it was discontinued. Eeefton-lnanr/a/iiia. -A reconnaissance survey was made of the suggested deviation from Inangahua Landing to Berlin's, in the Buller Gorge. Pareora River Branch Railway. —A reconnaissance survey has been made, and report submitted. Pleasant Point -Eaincliff Railway. —A reconnaissance survey has been made of this route, and also of the route Temuka-Kakahu, to tap the same country, and reports submitted. ('at/in's-)!aimahaka (Gatlin's End J. —The survey of the permanent line has been completed from 30 m. 14 eh. to 36 m. 50 eh. (Papatowai), the end of the authorized line, and a sufficient distance —about 2 miles —beyond to insure the line being in correct position. Wright , * Bush - Heddon Bush, <tc. —Proposed lines of railway, Wright's Bush-Heddon Bush, Winton - Heddon Bush, Hedgehope-Gore, and Hedgehope-Mataura, have been investigated and reported upon. Land-plan Surveys. Midland Railway (Bealey Section). —The land-plan survey of this section is in hand. Otaf/o District. —Land-plan surveys have been made in connection with Waikaia Railwaystation water-supply, Tuatapere Railway-station water-supply, Awamoko Stream diversion, Steward Settlement, and the proposed ballast-pit at Titiroa, on the Seaward Bush Railway, and plans prepared. Otago Central Railway. —The opened line from Oniakau to Clyde, 23 miles 39 chains in length, was surveyed, and plans made showing all works as constructed. ROADS AND BRIDGES. A very considerable amount cf work has been done under this head during the past year, as shown by the following table: — New dray-roads constructed ... ... ... ... 342 miles. Dray-roads metalled ... ... ... ... ... 232 ~ Bridle-roads converted to dray-roads ... ... ... 115 ~ New bridle-tracks constructed ... ... ... ... 216 ~ Bridges constructed 30 ft. in length or over ... ... ... 177 Engineering survey made ... ... ••• ■■• ••• 373 miles. Dray-roads maintained ... ... ■■■ ■■• •■• 2,597 ~ Bridle-roads maintained ... ... ... •■■ ••• 1,246 ~ The total expenditure on roads during the last financial year amounted to £371,778. The amount expended during the quarter ending 30th June, 1910, was £53,828. Few individual works of any magnitude have been undertaken, but the following bridges are worthy of mention.
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The Kaihu Creek Bridge, Maropiu-Karara Road. —This bridge consists of two 24 ft. and one 82 ft. spans on timber piers. The work is being carried out by the Hobson County Council. Opouteke River Bridge, Kaikohe — Mangakahia Church Road. —The construction of this bridge is now in hand, and consists of one central truss of 61 ft. 3 in. span and two ferro-concrete spans of 24 ft. at each end, with 11 ft. 8 in. clear roadway, all built on ferro-concrete piling. Kaimarama Bridge, Coroinandel. —This bridge has been erected in ferro-concrete by the Department. It consists of three spans, two of which are 35 ft. each, and one 60 ft. The roadway is 11 ft. The approaches are now under construction. Thames River Tragic-bridge, Te Aroha (pound for pound).—This bridge was constructed by the Te Aroha Borough Council, and consists of two 19 ft. stringer spans, rive 40 ft., two 42 ft., and two 80 ft. truss spans. The roadway is 14 ft. wide. Hamilton Traffic Bridge.—This bridge is being erected in steel, and consists of two spans of 40 ft. 9 in., two spans of 40 ft. each, and one arch span over the water of 340 ft. The deck is 24 ft. in. wide, and there is also a footpath 4 ft. 6 in. wide. The bridge is almost complete. The work is being carried out by the Hamilton Borough Council, with the assistance of a Government subsidy. Puniu Bridge, Te Awamutu - Otoruhanga Road, consists of one 80 ft. truss and six 26 ft. spans. The approaches are now being filled in. The work is being carried out by the Department. Tokiohuru Bridge, L'arapara—knrioi Road. —lhis bridge has been completed, and consists of one 70 ft. truss span on timber piers, with al4 ft. roadway. Approaches 20 chains in length were also completed. Maraekakaho Stream Bridge, Mangataki Road, consists of seven 25 ft. spans on ferro-concrete piles, and was completed last December. Wairoa Bridge, Frasertown. This bridge consists of six 20 ft. spans and two 147 ft. spans on pile piers, and has now been completed. ll' (inganui Town Bridge. —The sinking of the cylinders of Nos. 5 and 6 piers was finished early in December last, having been effected without interruption to the traffic. Kawhataio Bridge (pound for pound) consists of one 120 ft. and four 10 ft. spans. The work was carried out by the Rangitikei County Council. Manawatv Bridge (Lower Gorge). —This bridge consists of seven 147 ft. and one 36 ft. spans. The work was carried out by the Oroua County Council. The Government subsidized this work to the extent of £8,500. The cost of the bridge was approximately £20,000. Wairau Bridge, Kaiti,uio—T' iiainoruin—Blenheim Road. —The erection of this bridge, which is 481 ft. in length, consisting of rive 80 ft., three 20 ft., and one 21 ft. spans, was carried out under the direct supervision of the Spring Creek Road Board. o'Sullivan's Bridge, Belg rove-Went port Road. —This bridge, erected by the Department, consists of one 20 ft., one 80 ft., one 147 ft., and one 60 ft. spans, with concrete piers. The total length of the bridge is 370 ft., and it was completed in November last. The approaches were also completed. Mokihinui River Bridge, Coast Road, from Westport northwards. —Eight spans of this bridge were completed; it was then found impossible to drive any more piles in the bed of the river, and the contractor was given an extra price for constructing two oylinder-and-concrete piers, which work is now in hand under the supervision of the Department. Little Wanganui Rivtr Bridge, Coast Road front, Westport northwards. —This bridge consists of two 40 ft. and three 25 ft. spans, and two small land-spans. It is built of brown-birch, and was completed last May. Ihe approaches are now being finished. Otira Bridge (Upper). —This dray-bridge of one span of 120 ft. in length has been completed. It is on the main coach-road between Canterbury and Westland. Otira Bridge (Lower). —The erection of this bridge is progressing. One truss has been completed, and the second truss is now being placed in position. This bridge is of similar design to the Upper Otira Bridge. Waikukupu Bridge. —This bridge has now been completed. It is on the main road between VVaiho and Karangarua, and consists of four 40 ft. and two 20 ft. spans. Big Wanganui Bridge. —A contract has been accepted, and the works are now under way for the construction of the above bridge, which consists of eight spans of 100 ft. on timber pile piers, and one concrete abutment. CENTRAL OTAGO IRRIGATION. The first work done during the year was the-contour-survey and levelling of the Serpentine Reservoir site in Taieri River above the Styx junction. This work took a very considerable time, there being in all about 175 miles of traverses and levels. A dam 50 ft. high will impound all the water available annually, which is in the neighbourhood of 10,000 million cubic feet. A reservoir-site was also surveyed in the Taieri River at Canadian Flat, some twelve miles above the Styx. This, with a dam 64 ft. high, would conserve about 888 million cubic feet of water. It would, however, submerge the workings of the Taieri Falls Sluicing Company, and would probably be available at present only at great cost. A dam-site and contours have been surve} - ed in Styx River to show the cost of raising the water to divert it—with a large race sufficient to carry the flood-water —into the Serpentine Reservoir at the level of 1,860 ft. The dam would be about 25 ft. high, and the race 15 chains long. Two reservoir and dam sites were surveyed at the head of the Poolburn, the area of the upper one being 975 acres, with a capacity of 992 million cubic feet, while the area of the lower one is 446 acres, and its capacity about 298 million cubic feet. The drainage-area is unfortunately only 16 square miles at the lower site, and 8 square miles at the upper. The dams will be 65 ft. and 50 ft. high respectively, to hold all available annual water. A race-line was roughly surveyed from the Great Moss Swamp to Sutton Creek, in connection with a project for generating electric power at the Sutton, and a similar race, also for electricpower purposes, from the Loganburn below Great Moss Swamp to the Taieri Valley near the Loganburn Junction, as well as three alternative dam-sites.
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A dam-site has been surveyed in the Taieri River, about a mile and a half above the mouth of the gorge below Styx. This is to raise the river to a height sufficient to command the country fit for irrigation on the right side of the Taieri River down to Waipiata, with the idea of saving some miles of heavy race-construction. From this dam-site contours have been run at heights of 1,450 ft. and 1,350 ft. as far as the Sowburn, and another contour at 1,250 ft. for about four miles in the same direction. Contour-lines have been run between Totara Creek and P.R. No. 1 on Waitoi Creek, at heights of 1,450 ft., 1,350 ft., and 1,250 ft., and also lines have been chained and levelled between trigs. on the lower country. The contour 1,450 ft. practically runs at the foot of the rocky hills, there being little or no irrigable country at a higher level for the distance mentioned. Races at or below the level of 1,450 ft. will be cut at a small fraction of the cost of the originally projected upper race, as they will be all in earthwork, with practically no gorges. A site for a small reservoir has been surveyed just above the stock-bridge over the Taieri River at the Patearoa-Paerau Road crossing. The Taieri River was traversed and levelled from the Styx down to the mouth of the gorge, about 10J miles of rough country. The total length of traverses and levelled lines done during the year amounts to over 400 miles. Plans and sections have been drawn of the Serpentine Reservoir, the reservoir at Canadian Flat, the Sutton Race, the Loganburn race and dam sites, the Serpentine dam and contours, the Poolburn reservoirs, and a plan showing various contours and traverses between Styx and Linnburn. Some information was obtained regarding irrigable areas along the Clutha River from Cromwell to Hawea Lake, including a few barometric heights. Early in the present year a commencement was made with the investigation of the Roaring Meg River as a source of electric power for irrigation and other purposes. Reservoir-sites were surveyed in the Plankburn, Tinselburn, and the Roaring Meg itself, also pipe-line, and canal to utilize the tail-water for irrigating the Cromwell Flat. This canal is 10 miles 28 chains in length. Contours, levels, and sections have been taken at the three reservoir and dam sites, power-house site, and on the Cromwell Flat. Plans of these are now being prepared. High-flood sections of the Roaring Meg were taken to ascertain the maximum discharge for waste-weir calculations. STEWARD SETTLEMENT IRRIGATION-WORKS. Plans, specifications, and contract papers were prepared, and tenders invited, for the first section of this work; but as the tenders were considerably above the estimate they were declined, and it was decided to carry out the undertaking by co-operative contract. The first portion of the work is nearing completion, and the cost so far would appear to indicate that the total cost of the main race and distributaries will be within the estimate. OHINEMURI SILTING Plans were prepared and data obtained for the use of the Royal Commission appointed to report on this matter. A considerable amount of survey-work was necessary in cross-sectioning the river. SEACLIFF MENTAL HOSPITAL WATER-SUPPLY. An engineering survey was made in connection with a scheme to bring in water from a stream near Wai tat i, a distance of 7£ miles. Plans are being prepared. NEW RIVER ESTUARY RECLAMATION SCHEME. The proposal to reclaim by prison labour a large portion of the New River Estuary, Invercargill, has been investigated, and report and estimate furnished. An engineering survey has also been made for extension of the Otatara Tramway, in order to obtain material for the reclamation-work. OTEKAIKE SPECIAL SCHOOL. The construction of a new system of water-supply and drainage is now practically completed. MARINE. Matakana Harbour. —The question of improving some of the bends of the river, instead of improving the facilities for turning at the wharf, has been investigated, and a report prepared. It has now been decided to improve the bends in the river and remove rocks. This work will be undertaken when the winter level of the river lowers. Mangere Beacon, Manukau Harbour. —The beacon has been re-erected. Tokatoka Wharf. —This structure, which is falling into disrepair, has been examined, and report and estimate prepared for lengthening and repairing same. Bickerstaffe Wharf. —This wharf, which is being threatened by movement of the ground at the root, has been examined, and a report and recommendations for overcoming the difficulty are being prepared. Cape Brett Lighthouse. —The cast-iron tower was received from the contractors in July and August, and has been erected on the site. A dry-store and oil-store have also been erected, and the land belonging to the lighthouse fenced in. Erection of the crane on concrete base has been finished, and the tramway and water-cisterns completed. During November the lantern and light apparatus arrived. The fitting of this is being attended to by the Marine Department lighthouse artificer. Nelson Harbour. —A plan was prepared showing the correct position of leading-lights in relation to the new entrance.
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Karamea Training-wall. —A contract for erection of a training-wall, 10 chains in length, for the purpose of improving the Karamea Harbour was let in May, and work is in progress. Lyttelton (Quail Island). —The wharf-approach was rebuilt, and wharf repaired. Nuggets Boat-landing. —An oil-engine and winch have been purchased, but have not yet been placed in position. Nuggets Point Lighthouse. —A contract has been let for supply of a ventilating-apparatus. Cape Sounders Lighthouse. —A landing-crane has been erected. Havelock. —The channel up to the wharf and the berth at wharf have been dredged deeper, so that the steamers are now independent of the tide. Godley Head Lighthouse. —Protecting covering of the pathway leading down face of cliff at Godley Head to the fog-signal was erected for some distance, to prevent accidents through continually falling stones during storms. Whakatane Harbour was inspected, and a report prepared. Bean Rock Lighthouse, Auckland. —The bearings of sectors were checked. Karamea Wharf Shed was extended. Holy ford River. —The blasting of the rocks so as to leave a clear channel on the south or sandspit side was completed, and marks fixed with bearings for guidance in entering. Jackson's Head Beacon. —During March last the old Wigham oil-light, which has caused a lot of trouble and expense to keep going, and then could not be depended on, has been replaced by a Pintsch-gas occulting light showing a three-seconds white light all round and three seconds darkness alternately. The supply of gas is taken off in cylinders from Wellington, and run into the two stationary cylinders there under pressure. It was lighted in April last. So far, very satisfactory results have been obtained, and there has been no failure of this light since. Tvahine Point Light, Gisbome. —Owing to heavy gales the point itself has started to break away, and it has been necessary to remove the small lighthouse structure and put a temporary light here till it is settled what permanent arrangements can best be made to suit the port and the coast here. TRAMWAYS. Auckland Electric Tramways. —The Grey Lynn extension, 54 chains 68 links, was passed as safe for traffic. A crossover track in lower Queen Street was satisfactorily completed in December. A siding leading into Ponsonby barn has been altered and improved. During the year certificates have been given for two new cars, subject to certain provisions regarding bells and brakes. The company has had air brakes fitted on two of their cars, and has tested them under ordinary working-conditions for experimental purposes. Takapuna Tramway. —During the year the formation of the Takapuna Tramway, which was all in hand at the beginning of the year, has been completed, as also has the rail-laying and ballasting. The car-shed ana engine-shed have been erected. The reinforced concrete wharf at O'Neill's Point has been completed by the Auckland Harbour Board, and the causeway out to the wharf made, and protected with stone pitching. The Harbour Board has still to dredge the channel approaching the wharf. A considerable amount of regrading and improvement has been done on the road along which this line runs, in order that stopping-places may be made safe. It is intended to improve the road right through. Six cars have been built by a local firm and delivered at the car-shed, and one of the steam-locomotives is working on the line hauling ballast. The work being carried out on this tramway has been closely inspected from time to time, and is generally of a satisfactory character. It is expected that the tramway will be ready for opening in September. Wanganui Electric Tramways. —One new car has been inspected and passed as fit for traffic. Wellington. —The extension of the tramway to Lyall Bay was constructed during the year. It was inspected, as well as two cars, and passed as safe for traffic. Christchurch. —The following lines have been constructed during the year, and passed as safe for traffic: Loop-line to trotting-track, Addington ; Crawford Street line: extension from Colombo Street to Shirley Road. The Cashel Street line and various sidings are under construction. The Fendalton-Opawa route has been electrified, and the Burwood line is now being electrified. Several cars have been built, and passed for use. UTILIZATION OF WATER-POWER. Kaituna Water-power Scheme. —Gauge levels of the varying water-levels of Lake Rotoiti have been and are still being taken. The flow of the lake has also been gauged on several occasions to ascertain the discharge under different conditions. The gauges have been referred to permanent bench-marks. Hnka Falls Power Scheme. —Records are being kept of the rainfall at Lake Taupo, and gaugereadings, which show the altering levels of the Lake and of the W'aikato River, have been continually observed. The gauges have been referred to permanent bench-marks. DEFENCES. Various works in connection with defences have been carried out at Auckland, Wellington, Dunedin, and other places. CONTRACTS. A complete schedule of the contracts entered into dining the year for constructing railways, roads, bridges; supplying timber, ironwork, and other bridge-material; erecting station buildings, public buildings; executing repairs to public buildings; constructing lighthouses, wharves, and other marine work ; as well as contracts for the supplying of all stores and other materials connected with public works, is given in Appendix C. I have, &c, R. W. Holmes, Engineer-in-Chief.
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Enclosure to Appendix E. TABLE of Lengths of Government Lines Authorized, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1910. NORTH ISLAND.
Appropriation. Division. o 00 a s Section. Main Line. to Ml c '■5 Total. -3 co >. o > 13 Under Under Forma- Platetion. laying. State of Line. lened. Date. 1904-5 1905-6 1906-7 j 1907-8 j 1908-9 1909-10 Total. 1 2 3 M. chs. 7 41 4 I 5 M.chs. 7 41 6 M.chs. 0 57 7 M. chs. 8 18 8 M. chs. 9 M.chs. 10 M.chs. 11 1 12 M. chs. 13 M. chs. 14 M. chs. 15 M. chB. 16 M. chs. 17 M. chs. 18 M. chs. 19 M. ohe. 7 41 Grahamtown (Onerahi) Kawakawa 1 Opua Wharf - Kawakawa Kawakawa Kamo 41 24 Kawakawa-Ramarama ■ Ramarama-Towai Towai-Hukerenui .. Hukerenui-Kamo .. 18 9 2 64 4 31 16 0 0 28 0 33 0 33 3 29 18 37 3 17 4 64 19 29 2 0 2 64 16 9 431 Kamo-Grahamtown 6 52 2 49 14 0 18 0 17 21 2 19 47 73 14 0 2 27 8 79 2 49 14 0 18 0 18 10 2 19 47 73 14 0 22 52 9 21 Kamo-Kioreroa Kioreroa-Grahamtown Kawakawa-Kaikohe Kaikohe-Hokianga .. Dargaville-Booms .. Booms-Waima Extension ., .. ■ McCarrol's- Ota- - matea Otamatea - Kaiwaka Kaiwaka-Te Hana .. Te Hana-Wellsford.. Wellsford-Wayby .. Wayby-Tauhoa Tauhoa-Kaipara Flats Kaipara Flats-Wood-cock's Woodcock's-Ahuroa Ahuroa-Helensville.. 1 Helensville-Newm'rk't S Penrose - Onehunga Wharf Auckland-Te Awamutu 1< 249 Kawakawa-Hokianga 32 0 14 "0 18 0* Kaihu Valley 19 40 075 1721 Kaihu Valley 47'73 14 0 2 19 estim. " North Auckland Railway Kaipara Northwards 110 0 2 45 2 45 2 45 8 65 3 27 3 18 3 40 2 45 3 5 1 03 0 58 0 28 0 13 0 13 0 16 9 68 4 5 3 46 3 53 2 58 3 21 6 61 2 4 3 27 1 April, 1909 13 May, 1908 11 June, 1907 17 Nov., 1905 2 45 3 40 318 -33 30 i 3"5 2 41 18 41 35 73 2 73 0 16 1 75 6 66 1 70 2 57 20 36 42 59 4 63 18 May, 1905 1 -T4 g s CO *4> Ci r. I \ Es o 3 3 ft a -/i CO J 3 i 1 S to eg CD *o S rH § S 3 3 o CO CO en o 3 -4J ■Jl 13 *j a 0 CO > '& O a) ■& en CO J 3 en a o 1 &4 A V 3 en .4O 7; 50 CO 3 i i o s 3 O I £ 0 *4> CO -3 •-4 O VH I H O y, 2 41 35 73 2 73 KaiparaWaikato Kaipara-Newmarket Onehunga Branch .. 35 73 2 73 Auckland-Waikato .. Auckland-Penrose — Deviation via Beach Auckland City Branch —Kingsland Station to Auckland Station via Western Park and Freeman's Bay Pukekohe-Waiuku .. 100 13 100 13 16 66 116 79 100 18 6 50 2 60 Deviation via Beach Auckland City Branch 6 50 2 60 6 50 2 60 6 50 2 60 Prelim. Paerata-Waiuku Surveys, new lines W aikatoThames PaeroaWaihi New Survey 12 5 12 5 12 5 12 5 - " I Waikato-Thames .. 62 58 Frankton Junction- I Thames 62 58 10 17 72 75 62 58 Paeroa-Waihi Waihi - Opotiki, or East Coast Railway via Matata 12 40 130 40 Paeroa-Waihi .. 1 Waihi-Tauranga .. ( 12 40 41 0 1 30 13 70 41 0 41 'o 9 Nov., 1905 12 40 12 40 Tauranga-Te Maunga Junction Te Maunga JunctionTe Puke Te Puke-Opotiki .. ' Mount Maunganui - Te Maunga Junotion Ruakura JunctionCambridge Morrinsville-Rotorua I 4 0 4 0 4 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 Hamilton-Cambridge 70 0 5 40 70 0 5 40 70 0* 5 40 " 12 2 12 2 3 14 15 16 .. 12 2 HamiltonCambridge Thames Valley - Rotorua Gisborne. Rotorua Thames Valley-Roto-rua 69 33 69 33 5 27 74 60 69 33 Gisborne-Opotiki .. 92 44 Gisborne Wharf-Kai-teratahi Kaiteratahi-Karaka Karaka-Puha Puha- Waikohu Bridge Waikohu Bridge-Wai-kohu Waikohu-Otoko Otoko-Rakauroa Itakauroa-Matawai.. Matawai-Motu Motu-Opotiki Napier-Wairoa River Wairoa River-Gisbornc Napier Spit-Woodville 13 10 5 5 1 75 3 29 0 35 2 45 0 71 0 24 15 55 5 76 2 19 3 29 0 67 13 April, 1905 20 May, 1907 i28 May, 1908 1 April, 1909 5 5 175 -23 74 329 035 0*32 7 75 6 60 5 75 8 0 40 0 58 0 62 0 96 65 0 32 0 32 8 27 7 12 5 75 8 0 40 0 58 0 62 0 111 70 5 75 8 0 40 0 58 0 62 0 0 45 6 60 estim. Prelim. Prelim. 7 30 New survey Napier-Gisborne .. |1 1120 0 96 65 N a p i e r • Woodville and Palmerston North Wellington - Woodville Napier-Woodville .. 96 65 15 "5 Woodville-Palmerston North Woodville-Wellington 1 17 21 Woodville-Palmerston North Woodville-Wellington 1 [Te Aro] Woodside-Greytown Kaitoke-Featheraton Upper Hutt-Woodside Petone-Pigeon Bush 17 21 0 51 17 72 17 21 115 79 115 79 115 79 Greytown Branch .. Coach road Route .. Tauherenikau Route Wainui-o-mata Route Coast Route Coast Route 3 7 9 0 21 30 31 40 3 7 9 0 21 30 31 40 3 71 9 0 21 30 31 40 3 7 0 64 9 0 21 30 31 40 Prelim. Rimutaka Incline Deviation Surveys 52 0 70 0 Petone-Pigeon Bush Petone-Carterton, via Martinborough Wellington-Longburn Foxton-Patea .. 1 Turakina-Matarawa Aramoho-Goat Valley Tunnel Kai Iwi-Okehu Nukumaru- Wai totara Patea-New Plymouth Breakwater Bull's Branch Aramoho- Wanganui Stratford-Toko .. Toko-Oruru Oruru-Huiroa .. I Huiroa-Te Wera .. | Te Wera-Pohokura .. Pohokura - Whangamomona Surveyed .. .. Mangaroa-Puketutu Aramatai-Hangatiki 52 0 70 0 52 0 70 0 52 0 70 0 Foxton-New Plymouth Wellington-Manawatu Foxton-Patea .. 1 Route Improvement Surveys 83 37 120 44 26 7 83 37 120 44 11 67 7 40 15 76 14 75 99 33 135 39 11 67 7 40 7Deo.,1908t 83 87 83 37 120 44 1167 7 40 Patea - Waitara and New Plymonth Bull's Branch Wanganui Branch .. Stratford-Ongarue .. 1 3 60 3 0 72 29 11 52 3 60 3 0 84 1 3 60 3 0 Prelim. 72' 29 72 29 3 79 3 29 101 0 3 79 3 29 6 26 4 72 4 50 i 6 77 8 55 6 0 2 23 0 40 0 36 0 35 1 16 0 65 3 79 j 5 52 I 6 66 5 28 5 5 8 13 9 40 6 0 3 79 Prelim. 329 StratfordOngarue 1 Mar'., 1905 1 April, 1908 472 450 15 68 340 2 0 6 - 77 5 15 Stratford - Ongarue— Deviations Puketutu - Mangaroa Deviation Opunake - Mountain Road 4 "o 33 40 14 0 30 0 63 40 I 33 40 14 0 I 30 0 63 40 33 40 14 0 30 0 63 40 33 40 14 0 30 0 Prelim. Mount Egmont Branoh Marton-Te Awamutu i 23 10 22 0 25 58 9 48 Opunake-Eltham .. Opunake-Te Roti .. Opunake-Stratford .. Manganui Section .. Te-popo Section Marton JunctionMangaweka Mangaweka-Taihape Taihape-Mataroa .. Mataroa Waiouru .. Waiouru-Erua Erua Taumarunui .. Taumarunui-Te Awamutu Ohakune to MokauRetaruke Divide Makatote Gorge-Ma-rae Kowhai Marae-Kowhai-Ohura Valley Ngaire Section Tangarakau Section Heao Section Ohura Section i Waitara Section l Urenui to Tangltu River I Hastings-Te Awamutu 23 10 22 0 25 58 6 0 3 48 31 67 2*8 23 10 22 0 25 58 8 3 3 48 36 48 23 10 22 0 25 58 Prelim. Prelim. Prelim. 1 April, 1908 6 "0 6 0 3 48 North Island Main Trunk Railway 209 69 461 ■ ■50 58 . 84 58 13 1 5 70 18 10 30 63 35 65 74 33 1 61 0 61 14 62 6 51 10 Sep., 1904 1 June, 1907 30 June, 1908 13 Feb., 1909 ; 9 Nov., 1908' 13 1 5'70 112 50 97 28 ' • 18 10 30 63 35 65 Central Route —Devia tion Surveys 30 0 6 20 80 53 30 0 30 0 Prelim. 74 33 30 0 34 0 34 0 34 0 34 0 Prelim. Ngaire-Ongarue 20 0 i 20 0 20 0 I 20 0 Explor. Waitara-Tangarakau Urenui Route .. | 103 58 38 73 26 0 10 70 27 75 46 75 [ 12 0 38 73 26 0 10 70 27 75 46 75 12 0 38 73 26 0 10 70 27 75 46 75 12 0 .. . 46 75 i 12 0 Prelim. Hastings-Te Awamutu 170 0 U170 0 170 0 170 0 Prelim. 2492 2 45 33 904 17 17 73 23 11 10 30 185 54 3 53 1144 78 Totals .. 2 2492 2178 57 2670 SOl 1272 33 29 18 * Appr id Lichfield Brai •oximatc. tl )ate of purchase i. nches m it mentii med above, as tl he rails have been taken up. Note. —Taonui
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Appropriation. Division. I Mileage. . Section. Main Line. Sidings. Total. rjnder Under 8ar - For- Plateveyea. mat j on# laying. Date. State of Line. Opened. I 1904 5. 1905-6. 1906-7. 1907-6. 1908-0. 1909-10. Total. 1 2 1 3 M. ch. 22 73 4 : 5 M. ch. 22 73 6 M. ch. 2 52 7 M. oh. B 25 45 8 M. ch. 9 M. ch. B 10 M. oh. 11 12 M. ch. 13 M. ch. 14 M. cli. 15 M. ch. 16 M. ch. 17 M.ch. 18 M.ch. 19 M. ch. 22 73 kelsonRoundell 11 i d 1 a 11 d Railway j Nelson-Belgrove.. J Nelson-Belgrove Stillwater - Bel- 1 grove (j>iaTadmor) 148 65 Stillwater-Reefton S. Reefton S.-ReeftonN. Reefton N.-Cronadun Cronadun-Landing .. Landing-Inangahua Inangahua-Glenhope | Glenhope-Tui Tui-Kiwi .. Kiwi-Tadmor Tadmor-Kohatu Kohatu-Belgrove .. Brunner-Otira Rolleston Section .. Tunnel Contract Tunnel Contract-Cass Cass - Broken River.. Broken River - Otaram a Otarama-Springfield Ngahere-Blackball .. 87 30 1 30 5 38 8 40 4 75 53 33 9 40 3 17 5 9 10 29 9 44 42 27 1 2 8 0 14 13 15 22 7 40 4 79 1 0 0 56 42 29 2 30 6 14 8 40 4 75 53 33 5 9 40 3 51 5 38 11 18! 10 26 45 15 1 2 8 0 14 13 16 51 7 70 o 31 Mar'., 1907 7 Aug., 1908 i 30 538 37 30 1 30 5 38 •• H 8 "5 .. 17 0 35 4 75: 53 33 j 0 34 0 29 0 69 0 62 2 68 828 112 3 17 1 •• 3 .. h 18 Dec, 1908 7 Aug., 1906 16'29 5"9 5 9 10 29 9 44 42 27 Brunner - Springfield 93 2 8 0 7 40 0 70 1 l"2 653 ; 1432 1 29 0 30 29 Oct., 1906 7 40 I 12 18 ( 1 Ngahere-Blackball 4 58 3 40 0 16 1 20 4 74 4 60 340 Blackball ; Railway Greymouth - Nelson • Creek WestportNgakawau WestportNgakawau Extension 3 40 1 7 51 -| Greymouth - Nelson Creek 7 51 C Greymouth-Brunner-ton-Stillwater 7 51 6 18 13 69 __ 19 56 \ i Westport-Ngakawau 19 56 8 12 27 68 1 19 56 Westport - Ngakaa wau • Ngakawau -Moki1 hinui 1 12 1 i Ngakawau-Mokihi-nui 7 12 1 18 8 30 7 12 Mokihinui Colliery Line • I Westport Inangaa hua Junction 3 69 J 1 Mokihinui-Seddonville 3 69 0 25 4 14 " 3 69 Westport- i Inangahua 26 0 1 r ) Westport-TeKuha.. Te Kuha - Inangahua Junction 1 Greymouth-Runanga Colliery 5 74 20 6 0 10 6 4 20 6 18 " 6 2 0 5 74 5 1 ( 5 1 2 10 7 11 1 Dec, 1904 5 1 5 1 State Colliery, or Coal Creek Railway - Greymouth- Point r Elizabeth Colk leries ' Extension 3 69 ] 3 69 2 20 6 9 3 69 3 Runanga Colliery-Point Elizabeth Collieries 7 Greymouth-Hokitika 24 37 2 10 26 47 24 37 GreymouthHokitika Kumara Branch HokitikaRoss 1- Greymouth-Hoki-t tika a. Kumara Branch 24 37 1 4 10 9 Kumara Branch 4 10 4 10 4 10 a,- Hokitika-Ross .. 15 75 5 Hokitika-Ruatapu .. Ruatapu-Ross Survey to Ross Township 0 Ross-Waitaha 0 Picton-Seddon Seddon-Kaparu Kaparu-Ward Ward-Kaikoura 9 Kaikoura-Parnassus 7 10 7 21 1 44 0 61 0 69 7 71 8 10 1 44 I 9 Nov., 1906 1 April, 1909 7 10 7 21 7 10 . 7 21 1 44 I New survey PictonWaipara HurunuiWaitaki, with Branches J Ross-Waitaha .. - Picton - Kaikoura 1 Kaikoura - Par n ass us Parnassus-Domett Domett- Waipaia i- Main Line i. 1, Branches, — as Bangiora-Oxford Eyreton (from Main Line) Lyttelton Southbridge .. Little RiverAkaroa Springfield Whitecliffs Rakaia-Ash-burton Forks Ashburton Opawa and Albury to Fairlie Creek and Burke's Pass \Afoirvnsfd . . Waimate sj_ Waimate Gorge ty Oxford-Temuka .. 10 0 98 30 30 59 12 33 31 68 206 7 21 76 20 7 6 26 25 31 42 10 80 60 11 38 22 20 29 46 55 8 4 42 8 21 83 0 3 Parnassus-Mina Mina-Domett ■8 Domett-Tormore Tormore-Ethelton .. Ethelton-Scargill .. Scargill-Waipara .. 7 Culverden-South Waitaki '6 Rangiora-Oxford West 7 Main Line - West Eyre ton-Bennett's !6 Lyttelton - Christchurch 11 Hornby-Southbridge .0 Lincoln-Little River Reconnaissance 10 Rolleston-Springfield Springfield-Coalmine 18 Darfield-Whitecliffs Whitecliffs to Bridge 20 Rakaia-Methven .. 16 Tinwald-Springburn Extension 8 Washdyke-Eversley Preliminary survey .. L2 StudhDlme-Waimate H waimate- vVaihao Downs 0 Oxford-Sheffield Surveyed Reconnaissance 59 South Waitaki-Bluff 10 0 33 45 6 30 8 14 50 21 30 59 8 50 3 63 3 10 5 28: 8 5l| 14 59 206 7 i 21 76 1 20 7; 6 26 : 25 31 22 46; 19 44 29 63 0 77 11 33 0 5 22 20 27 29j 2 17 36 5 1 I 19 3 4 42 8 21 11 44 21 7 j 50 29 246 69 3 26 0 76 1 20 070 I 0 66 0 51 1 2 64 68 2 36 1 61 3 17 2 5 J 3 7 J 1 53 2 65 1 52 1 2 45 : i' 3 0 54 0 27 I 10 0 36 71 7 26 9 34 50 21 30 59 8 50 4 53 9 24 9 22 15 61 270 75 24 32 21 68 6 26 28 48 24 51 19 44 33 67 : 13 11 1 25 5 ! 29 1 2 17 i 38 50 19 3 I 5 45 t 8 75 ' 11 71 21 7 50 29 1 306 2 1 10 0 . 50'21 I 30 59 ) 8 50 I ! I 2 3 3 3 1 4 19 44 7 t 5 1 7 2 17 0 3 19 3 5 5 1 7 21 7 9 50 29 Prelim. Prelim. v. Prelim. Prelim. .. 6 - 30 8 14 363 I i 1 14 Nov., 1906 21 Mar., 1907 3 Nov., 1905 10 8 a B a GO cJl I O o 1 ft a en co 0 3 00 A *44 3 _o 3 en CO o o H rH en a a s 8 g <a en a efl go i 3 a 3 > '3> -444 o a c •H 1 CD "o 00 a o H -a 3 5 o ac a '3 CD a. o "o QJ -*J (fl H3 O -u Kfl 3 c c ■3 o 3 'J o -3 fc4 O •• •• 851 3 10 5 28 33 45 I 31 68 206 7 21 76 20 7 6 26 25 31 22 46 30 60 11 38 22 20 27 29 36 5 4 42 8 21 11 44 Canterbury Interior Main Line Waitak iBluff and Branches ne i- Main Line id Branches, — es Duntroon Duntroon-Haka-teramea Ngapara Livingstone 246 69 I 1 59 13 2 Prelim. 1. 246 69 21 75 15 38 (5 Pukeuri-Duntroon .. 38 Duntroon - Hakateramoa ?6 Waiareka-Ngapara .. 10 Windsor-Tokorahi .. Survey (trial) 10 Palmerston-Dunback Surveyed 29 Inch Valley-Lime Kiln 21 75 15 38 i 1 35 : 1 5 i 23 30 i 16 43 0 21 75 15 38 3 •• 14 76 16 40 14 76 12 0 4 40 8 55 0 65 1 2 29 1 1 31 1 0 50 . 16 27 I 12 50 4 40 1 9 29 0 65 I 2 52 7 Prelim. 14 76 11 75 0 0 4 40 "& 55 Palmerston-Wai-hemo Inch Valley Railway Port Chalmers.. 9 40 1 0 54 9 5 0 65 2 29 1 6 23 *2 29 2 1 9 9 Glendermid - Port Chalmers L4 Burnside-Saddle Hill i5 Surveyed .. 1 9 1 3 40 I 4 49 9 1 9 Green Island .. Green Island to Brighton Fernhill Colliery Line Kaikorai Valley Railway Outram Lawrence Lawrence-Rox-burgh 2 44 4 65 2 44 4 65 0 52 ! 3 16 4 65 6 5 4 65 2 44 1 80 >0 Abbotsford to Fernhill Colliery >0 Surveyed .. 1 60 1 0 24 2 4 4 1 60 2 60 2 60 1 2 60 0 2 60 8 78 21 76 38 25 r8 Mosgiel-Outram !6 Clarksville-Lawrence 25 Lawrence-Evan's Flat Evan's Flat-Big Hill Big Hill - Bowmont.. Bowmont-Roxburgh 52 Balclutha-Owaka .. Owaka-Catlin's Catlin's-Houipapa .. Houipapa- Papatupu Papatupu-Puketiro.. Puketiro-Tokanui .. Tokanui-Waimahaka Waimahaka-Appleby 3 Waipahi-Heriot 8 78 21 76 , 3 39 3 78 6 47 24 21 19 20 3 38 2 30 3 40 3 40 40 55 8 27 24 52 20 3 0 68 2 2 0 27 0 17 1 9 66 ! 23 78 3 66 4 15 6 47 24 21 I 21 3 I 3 68 I 2 39 I 3 50 3 40 40 55 8 27 I 26 22 ! 22 6 S 8 78 21 76 8 •• 3 39 3 78 S 9 5 7 6 47 1 24 21 i Balclutha-Apple-by Junction,or Catlin's - Seaward Bush 105 62 1 63 0 30 0 9 0 10 19 20 3 38 0 2 30 3 1 1 Aug., 1904 17 Dec, 1909 3 38 230 3 9 3 40 .. 0 9 5 40 55 340 Prelim. 8 27 9 Waipahi - Heriot Burn Heriot Extension Extension to Roxburgh, via Rae's Junction and Ettrick Via Spylaw Waimea Plains District Ry. Kelso-Gore 20 3 i 50 2 3 7 2 24 52 20 3 5 6 20 28 10 !0 Heriot-Eadievale .. [0 Surveyed 6 20 28 10 0 45 i 6 65 28 10 5 9 28 10 Preiim. 15 Feb., 1905 6 20 6 20 .. 25 70 36 39 ro Surveyed 59 Gore-Lumsden 25 70 36 39 25 70 : 37 73 Prelim. 36 39 25 70 134 * * 24 0 0 Surveyed Preliminary survey.. 55 Waikaka Section .. fO Riversdale-Waikaia 9 58 14 22 12 65 13 70 9 58 14 22 14 36 I 15 30 9 58 14 22 ! Prelim. Gore Waikaka .. Riversdale- Switzers Edendale-Toitois 12 65 13 70 i - 51 1 40 26 Nov! ,1908 1 Oct., 1909 12 65 13 70 12 65 0 13 70 19 30 10 Edendale-Glenham Surveyed 56 Wingatui-Ida Valley Ida Valley-Omakau 9 36 9 74 98 18 13 20 0 72 ! 10 28 9 74 ! 104 0 i 14 36 9 - 74 9 36 182 56 562 1 16 " Otago Central a- Waitaki Bluff Main Line to Lake Hawea 1 Sept., 1904 13 20 rl34 78 Omakau-Chatto Creek Chatto Ck.-Alexandra Alexandra-Clyde Surveyed 4 Invercargill-Kingston Wharf 0 Lumsden-Mossburn 7 36 10 39 6 45 47 58 87 4 0 34 1 6 0 77 7 70 i 11 45 6 42 47 58 i 92 19 14 July, 1906 15 Dec, 1906 27 Mar., 1907 7 36| 10 39 5 45 I n v e r c gill-King-ston and Branch, LumsdenMararo'a 1- Invercargill-King-g- ston id Lumsden-Mararoe a, a47*58 5 15 87 4 87 4 30 0 10 40 1 0 ) 11 40 10 40 Surveyed Reconnaissance 8 20 11 20 8 20 11 20 8 20 11 20 Prelim. Forest Hill Railway Western Railways :ill Winton to Hedge- ,. hope n Orepuki Branch ira 12 40 L0 Winton - Hedgehope 12 40 0 65 > 13 25 12 40 35 41 Ll Makarewa-Orepuki.. 35 41 22 15 6 37 ' 64 13 35 41 22 15 Otautau Branch 22 15 L5 Thornbury-Wairio .. OrepukiWai au River .- Orepuki-Waiau .. .1 13 30 30 Orepuki-Waihoaka .. Waihoaka-Tuatapere Surveyed 4 48 8 7 0 55 0 58 1 10 > 5 26 ) 9 17 0 55 10ot'.,1909 8' 7 4 48 7 8 7 055 Totals 2222 1 2222 1 248 29 12470 30 540 71 50 44 58 76 3 \,m 32 27 79 1 8 51 58 27 23 32 31 48 1,571 50
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APPENDIX F. ANNUAL REPORT ON BUILDINGS BY THE GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT. The Government ARcriiTECT to the Hon. the Minister op Public Works. Sir,— Public Works Office, Wellington, Ist July, 1910. I have the honour to submit the following report on the various building-works carried out by the Department during the year ended 30th June last: — Viceregal Residence, Wellington. —This work has been in progress throughout the entire year, and the main building is rapidly approaching completion. The erection of stable buildings, dairy, guardhouse, and gardener's cottage is still in hand. Government House, Auckland. —A few small repairs required to keep ths building in order have been carried out from time to time. The upkeep of the grounds has been attended to during the ysar as usual. Most of the furniture has been forwarded to Wellington for use in the new viceregal residence. Departmental Buildings. Auckland Departmental Buildings. —Office furniture, fittings, and linoleum have been provided for the rooms in the recently completed addition, some of the walls cleansd and renovated, and necessary repairs to floors effected. Thames Departmental Buildings. —Some minor works in connection with the rearrangement of offices in these buildings have been attended to. Gisborne Departmental Buildings. —A bicycle-shed for the use of officers has been erected, and alterations to the sanitary conveniences effected. New Plymouth Departmental Buildings. —Some additional fittings required in the Deads Office have been supplied. Wanganui Customhouse. —This building was painted and renovated throughout, and new fittings supplied. Blenheim Departmental Buildings. —The custodian's cottage was painted and renovated, and a verandah added. Nelson Departmental Buildings. —The concrete roof has besn repaired and made watertight, fittings supplied, and renovations to the caretaker's cottage carried out. Railways and Public Works Offices, Greymouth. —This building was completed in January, and has since been occupied by the officers of ths Railways and Public Works Departments. Hokitika Departmental Buildings. —Radiators have been installed in strong-rooms, and necessary fittings provided throughout the buildings. Provincial Buildings, C'hristchurch. —Various small repairs have been attended to at different times, and efforts mads to cope with the depredations of the wood-borer. Christchurch Departmental Buildings. —Tenders are being invited for the erection of Departmental Buildings on the site at the corner of Cathedral Square and Worcester Street. Doviinion Chambers, Dunedin. —The erection of this building for the (rovernment Insurance Department was completed in May last. A separate contract has been let for the installation of an electric elevator, and the work is approaching completion. The old building: on the adjoining section was demolished, and the exposed portion of ths new western wall strengthened. Drainageworks to serve the new building have been carried out under contract. Public Works Office, Dunedin. —A small contract was let for alterations and renovations, which was duly completed. Invercargill Departmental Buildings. —A contract was let in May last for the erection of Departmental Buildings (in brick) adjoining the Post-office block, and the work is now in progress. Post-offices. Whangarei. —A new Telegraph store was erected. Mangapai. —A separate wooden building was erected. Auckland. —The contractors for the erection of the new Chief Post-office have made steady progress during the year: the foundations have all been put in, and the masonry walls are up to the ground-floor level. Minor repairs and improvements to the existing Chief Post-office have been mads during the year. Epsom. —The new brick office was completed in November, 1909. Mount Eden —A new brick office was completed in October last. Mount Roshill. —A contract has been let for the election of a brick office, and the work is in progress. Port Albert. —Tenders are being invited for providing additional accommodation. Helensvitte. —A contract has been let for the erection of a new building. Pukekohe. —A brick building was finished in September last. Mercer. —Additions are being made to the lineman's cottage. Huntly. —A now brick office was completed early in the year. Nffariiav'cihia. —A new building (in brick) was completed during November.
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Frankton Junction. —A contract has been let for the erection of a new building, and the work is in hand. Otorohanga. —After some delay at the start the new building was completed in September last. Paeroa. —A battery-room was finished under contract in January last. Kawhia. —Tenders have been invited for additions and alterations. Kahukura. —Additions and renovations have been carried out. Nuhaka. —A new building has been erected. Hangaroa. —A new building has been erected. Wanganui. —Necessary repairs after a fire were effected. Bull's. —The building, destroyed by fire in March, 1909, is being restored. Marton. —Alterations and repairs have been effected. Mangaweka. —Necessary additions have been made. Hunterville. —Drainage, water and gas supplies have been installed. Bangataua. —The old building from Ohakune has been re-erected here. General Post Office, Wellington. —'lhe foundations were completed in September. Steelwork for the first and second floors has been received by the contractors, and about 4,000 ft. of Tonga Bay stone is ready for setting. Dobson stone for the base lias been slow in coining to hand. Te Aro. —The building was completed and occupied early in the year. Ashhurst. —Additions and alterations have been carried out. Carterton. —Restorations were carried out during the year. Dannevirhe. —A telephone bureau was built, and alterations made to the main building. Foxton. —The erection of a new brick office has l>een finished. Greenmeadows. —A contract has been let for the erection of a new building. Hastings. —A new brick building has been completed and opened. Levin. —Tenders are being invited for necessary additions. Ongaonga. —A new building has been erected. Porangahau. —Tenders have been invited for additions and renovations. Takapau. —Tenders for the erection of a new office have been received. Wavroa. —The erection of a new brick building is in progress. Wahefield. —A new building was completed during the year. West-port. —A contract was let for the erection of a new office in brick, and the work is in progress. Hokitika. —A small addition has been made, and general renovations effected. Addington. —A contract haj been let for the erection of a brick building. Christchurch .—Some minor improvements and alterations to premises have been carried out. Fairlie. —A contract for additions is in hand. Linwood. —Extensive alterations have been effected. Lyttelton. —The premises have been connected with the new sewage system. Rakaia. —Tenders have been invited for the erection of a new brick building. Sydenham. —Water and drainage services have been installed. Timaru.-— -Alterations have been made, and a destructor built. Waiau. —A contract has been let for the erection of a new building, and the work is now in progress. Waim-ate.. —A tender has been accepted for the erection of a new brick and stone building. Wyndham, —A new office in brick was completed in April last. St. Bathan's. —A new office in wood was completed early in the year. Port Chalmers. —Tenders have been invited for a small addition and renovations. St. Kilda. —A contract has been let for the erection of a new office in brick. Courthouses. Onehunga. — Two rooms have been added for the use of the Magistrate and witnesses respectively. Waipiro Bay. —A building has been erected by day-labour. Gisborne. —Additions have been erected by day-labour. Hunterville. —Drainage, water, and gas services have been installed. Taumarunui. —A new building is in course of erection. Petone. —Tenders have been received for the erection of a new building. Wairoa. —Tenders have been received for additions and repairs. Ross. —A new building was completed in March last. Supreme Court, Christchvrcli. —Extra conveniences have been provided, the roof repaired, and electric light installed. Magistrate's Court, Christchurch. —Electric light has been installed in the new building. Fairlie. —A new building has been erected and furnished. Temuka. —Tenders have been invited for additions. Timaru. —Tenders have been invited for extensive additions Police-stations. Kaikohe. —A new building was completed during the year. Rawene. —A lock-up was added to the station. Thames. —A new brick building has been erected. Rotor u.a . —Additions to the station have been completed. New Plymouth. —A two-story wooden building has been erected. Waitara. —Additions have been made to the existing building.
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Hunterville. —Drainage, water, and gas services have been installed. Martinborough. —Additions, repairs, and renovations have been carried out. Palmcrtton North. —Additions and alterations have been made. Pongaroa. —A new station has been erected. Shannon. —A new station has been erected. Weraroa. —The old post-office has been converted into a police-station. Manners Street, Wellington. —Additional cell accommodation is being provided. Motueka. —A contract has been let for a new building. Chatham Islands. —A new building has been erected. residence has been completed. A new residence for Inspector has been built, and renovations to station carried out. j Islington. —A lock-up has been built. Lincoln. —A new wooden building has been erected. Sydenham. —A new building has been elected. Dunedin. —A bathroom and wash-house were added to the Central Station. Mental Hospitals. Pnrirua. —Extensive additions to the Female Wing have been made during the year. Mount View. —The buildings were demolished to permit of the site being utilized for the new viceregal residence. Aelson. —Additional lavatories have been provided, and minor improvements effected. The fire-alarm system has been put in order. Sunnyside. —Additional conveniences have been provided, hot-water supply improved, roofs repaired and several maintenance works attended to. Gaols. Mount Eden. —Steady progress has been made during the year with the erection of the new wings. Some of the walls reached the first-floor level, and stone dressing and timber and iron work itt being proceeded with. Grey mouth. —A contract has been let for additions to the police gaol, and the work is in progress. Lyttelton. —The gaol and cottages have been connected with the borough sewage system, water laid on, and some repairs effected. Invercargill. —The erection of new gaol by prison-labour was completed and the building opened during the year. Electric light, to be generated on the premises, is being installed. Miscellaneous. Westport Drill-hall. —Additions to building, and the construction of a railway siding thereto, were completed during the year. School of Mines, Westport. —lhe building was completed during the year. Hokitika Hospital. —No. 2 Ward, with operating-theatre and lavatory block, have been completed during the year. Burnham Industrial School. —The new building has been completed, and existing conveniences improved. Te Oranga Home. —A De Laitte gas plant has been installed, irrigation-channsl laid out, and drainage improved. Otekaike Special School for Boy*. —A classification cottage, Principal's residence, laundry, and lavatories have been erected during the year. The installation of water-supply and drainage services is approaching completion. Seddon Memorial, Wellington. —The bronze allegorical figure arrived from England, and was placed in position on top of the stone column. A contract has been let for enclosing the site with an iron railing. Old Parliament Buildings. —The restoration of the portion known as Bellamy's has been completed, and twelve rooms equipped and occupied. Maintenance Works. In addition to the foregoing, maintenance and repair works, renovations and minor additions to all classes of Government buildings throughout the Dominion, have been carried out from time to time as occasion required.. I have, &c, John Campbell, The Hon. the Minister of Public Works. Government Architect.
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APPENDIX G. HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PROPOSALS, REPORT ON, BY MR. LAWRENCE BIRKS B.Sc, A.M.lnst. C.E., A.M.lnst. E.E. SUMMARY. Page Orrier of reerence .. ■ • ■ • • ■ • • • • • • ■ ■ ' wi Table No. I.—Stationary power in use in New Zealand .. .. • ■ ■ ' „ Taole No. 2.—Comparison of power in use in New Zealand in 1904 and 1906 .. . . 7/ Ta.ie No. 3.— Details of power used and coats in four main cities .. .. . • .77 B .sis costs of electric power .. .• •• •• •• ■• ■■ to Comparison with present costs .. .. •• •• •■ ■• •■ "on Estimates oi power-aemand five years hence .. ■ • ■ ■ • • • • "on Pr eleocrii'. tramways .. •• •■ • •• •• ■■ ai For pump ng (water-supply and sewerage) .. • ■ • • • • ■ • " oj For uarbours and docks .. •• • • • •• • • •• ■ " oj For railway worksnope .. ■ • • ■ • • ■• • • • ■ "si For general motor power .. .. ■ ■ • ■ • • • ■ ■ ao For electric lighting •• •• ■• ■■ ■• ■• ;• s>4 For street lishting .. .. • • • ■ • ■ ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■ " " 4 For domestic and cooking .. •• ■• •■ ■• •• aFor electrincaiion of suburran r ilways . ■ ■ • ■ ■ • • • • "ok For eleetrincaii nof Arthur's Pass tunnel .. .. ■ • ■ ■ • • "or Summary of Dusimss availaole hve years hence .. .. •• ■■ •• •■ ™ > stimate i cemand .. .. ■ ••.,••• •■ ■■■ "07 E-itimaied output in un ts .. •■ ■• •• ■• •■ •■ Ks'itnatea revenue availaole Possibility of new industries .. •• ■■ •■ •• ■• •■ 88 Electr-chemicalindustr.es Effect on 1 ad-f.ctar .. ■• •■ ■• •■ \ ■■ •• "■ l§ N urate fertilizers .. .. •■ •■ •• •• •-• sq Calcium-carbiae ...... . ■• . Electric smelting of iron .. • ■ • • ■ • • • ■ • ■ ■ "si) Sources of p iwer .. .. • • ■ ■ • ■ ■ • ' • "00 Three classes of water-power availaole .. .. • • • • • • " qn Daned n-Waipon h> dro-eectric power system ... .. •• • ■■ •• ;'J S' mmary of tin'ancial results .. •• •■ •• •■ •■ " qn Ghrisiohi rcn-Lake Coleridgi sonerne .. •• " 9V Business available .. • ■ • • • • • • ■ • ■ qi Compar sou witu other available sources .. •■ •• •• "of Headworks .. • • • • • • • • '' gl Power plant .. ■ • ■ ■ • • ■' 91 Transmission-line .. •• •• •• ■• •■ ■• "■„•.:. 92 Substa-.ions .. • • • • ■ ■ ■ • "" 92 - ; Distributing system .. ■• •• •■ ■• .■ • .. •• " -go Estimaied capital costs .. •• •■ •• •• •• •• ■ "■" Estimated annual oosts .. • • • ■ • • • • • • "94 Estimated revenue and profits Weliinßion-Hatt Eiver soneme .. •• •• ■• ■• •• •• "94 Busin-ss available .. .. ■• •'■ •• •• •■ "94 Mr. Hay's proposals .. • • ■ • • • • • • • " • " qk Cnmparisons with other systems .. •••■ • ■ • • "95 Heaaworka .. •• •■ •• y. ... •" "■ 95 Power plant .. .... •• •• •• Transmission-line .. • • • ■ • • ■ • • • "95 Suostations .. • • • • • ■ ■ ■ 95 Die-riouting system .. ■■ ■•■ ■• •• Estimated capiial oosts .. •• •• ■• . •■ . •• ;" ' ' _ Estimated annual costs .. •■ •• ■ •'• ■• ' Estimated revenue ana profits; •• •• •• •• •• •• ns Pioposed scale 01 chargee .. •■ •■ •• ■• 98 P ssibility of extensions .. • • • • ■ ■ • • • ■ • ■ " J. Comparison of oosts with seven American plants .. .. • ■ ■ ■ • • "no Additional proposals to be investigated .. ■• •■ •• •• •■ ••
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REPORT. Mr. Bisks to the Hon. the Minister of Public Works. Sis,— Public Works Department, Wellington, N.Z., 26th October, 1910. Tn accordance with your instructions I have the honour to report herewith on — (1.) The future demands for electric power in each of the centres of the Dominion, as influenced normal growth of the population and the existing industries of the Do minion. (b.) The possibility of obtaining a supply of power in large quantities and at cheap rates by the development of the natural resources of the Dominion. (c.) The popularizing of electricity as a general domestic agency, and the introduction of electrical appliances in the homes of the people for heating, cooking,.and other purposes. (d.) The possible electrification of the suburban and ultimately of the main trunk railways, particularly on the heavier grades and the Lyttelton and Arthur's Pass tunnels. (c.) The establishment of special mechanical industries dependent on cheap power for their successful exploitation. (/.) The use of the surplus power for the manufacture of nitrate fertilizers, calciumcalbide, aluminium, and for other electro-chemical industries. (2.) The most favourable of the various available sources of power for immediate, development. (8.) The necessary plant and apparatus for developing and transmitting the power, with detailed capital costs. (4.) The estimated output, annual operating-costs, capital charges, and the prices at which the energy can be sold in order to make the undertakings remunerative. (5.) A comparison between these prices and the prices at which power can now be generated for various purposes within the Dominion and elsewhere. (6.) The influence of such cheap power-supplies on the industrial and social condition in America, Switzerland, Norway, and elsewhere, and the probable influence on the future of the Dominion. - In considering this question I understand it-is' to be approached with the object of conferring a public utility, improving the conditions of life of the people, and assisting in the development of the Dominion generally, rather than of yielding a large source of revenue to the Government. At the same time each undertaking must show a reasonable prospect of proving self-supporting, not only by paying interest and sinking fund, but also by Imilding up a reasonable reserve or depreciation fund, so that the whole system can be kept up to the requirements without falling back on loan-moneys for necessary replacements or renewals. The existing requirements and sources of power-supply, as extracted from the register kept by the Machinery Department, are shown in Table No. 1 herewith, amounting in all to 204,458-horse power, exclusive of the railways. This i+i generated by the various prime movers.as follows : — Hin Ht;- power. Par I lent. Steam-engines .. .. .. .. .. ] 50,137 73-5 Water-power .. .. . . . . . . 19,353 9-5 Gas-engines .. .. . . .. 23,456 11-5 Oil-engines .. . . .. .. .. 11,512 5-5 204,458 100-0 The fuller subdivision shown in Table No. 1 is intended to enable the following conclusions to be drawnWhen power is available at a sufficiently cheap rate it will be taken advantage of practically at once by the local bodies and the mining companies to replace their existing steam plants. The sawmills and flax-mills cannot be considered as probable customers, the former because they already have free fuel available in their shavings and offcuts, and the latter because they are generally in remote spots and of non-permanent nature, and it would therefore not pay to run mains to pick up this class of load. These two items amount to 30,000 i.h.p. out of 150,137 i.h.p. of steam-engines. The existing water-power, 19,353 h.p., must also be passed over as unavailable for an electrical development. But, deducting these amounts, it still leaves over 150,000 h.p. to be supplied. This figure is probably considerably on the low side, owing veryjeonservative system of rating the nominal horse-power of the steam-boiler installations employed by the Machinery Department.
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Table No. 1.— Stationary Power used in New Zealand. (Taken from the Records of the Inspector of Machinery, 1910.)
Distriot. „ . Local General. Bodies Mining. Sawmills. Flax-mills. Total Boilers. Total Steam-engine Power. Waterpower. Gasengines. Oilengines. Eleotric Motors. Total Horse-powei (excluding Electric Motors;. | ! N.h.p. 2,605 253 123 31 2,819 1,523 269 720 91 150 211 N.h.p. 6,236 599 5 75 14 6 1,884 1,467 216 3,885 954 N h.p. 3,849 1,943 897 550 1,352 1.824 711 473 172 589 1.614 557 578 1,738 N.h.p. 584 527 70 38 305 626 81 117 140 386 77 75 44 N.b.p. 23,716 4,920 5,154 4,534 4.257 14,984 1.504 8,566 3,886 10,006 8,195 1.956 4.959 3.454 l.h.n. 35.574 7.380 7.731 6,801 6,386 22,475 2,256 12,850 5,829 15,009 12,293 2.934 7.438 5,181 H.p. 5.367 385 82 1,892 57 637 282 439 97 5,258 1.993 142 780 942 H.p. 6,144 387 2.323 1,183 1,255 5,006 382 2,633 744 1,783 681 330 53 552 H.p. 2,059 677 872 539 1,413 1.692 218 1.257 519 1,233 721 85 122 105 H.p. 3,551 138 355 5,666 882 2,573 317 6.382 107 2,481 Auckland Auckland South Hawke's Bay .. Taranaki Wellington North Wellington Marlborough .. Canterbury Timaru Otago Southland Nelson North .. Nelson South .. Westland N.h.p. 10,442 1,851 3,934 3,818 2,569 9,715 637 6,439 3,439 6,673 4,637 956 210 718 49,144 8,829 11,008 10,415 9,111 29.810 3,138 17,179 7,189 23,283 15,688 3.491 8,393 7.780 Totals 56,038 56,038 8,795 15,341 16,847 3,070 100.091 l 150,137 19,353 23,456 11,512 22,452 204,458 For Railway worksho] is, &c, add 1.200-horse lOWOT.
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This figure also does not include the 22,452 h.p. of electric motors already installed, as these are supplied from the other prime movers included in the above total; but this figure is of importance in indicating the amount of motive power in the Dominion which is already applied electrically. Of this electric-motor power 22,000 h.p. has been installed during the past six weeks —that is, under present conditions 3,600 h.p. of electric motors are being installed per annum.
Table No. 2. —Comparison of Total Power (exclusive of Railways) in Use in New Zealand in 1904 and 1910.
In Table No. 2 herewith the total power now installed in em-h district is compared with that in 1904, as published in Mr. P. S. day's report (parliamentary paper, 1904, D. Iα). The average increase for tin- si.\ years is 13-2 per cent. —about 2 per cent, per annum. But the progress of the centres which offer the most likely markets for power-development is much larger than the average —viz., Canterbury . . . . . . . . . . 26-7 per cent, in 6 years. Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 36-2 Auckland District has progressed steadily (12-3 per cent.), and Southland shows a growth of 10-8 pe t cent, for the six years. Timaru District, showing an increase of 90-5 per cent., is adjacent to the Canter, bury District, and would be supplied ultimately from the same power-scheme. The. figures for Otago are instructive—viz.. a reduction of 4,458 h.p. It must be noticed that the latter figure does not include 6,382 h.p. of electric motors, of which 5,381 h.p. are supplied from the Waipori water-power system. Undoubtedly the Otago District has progressed industrially, and has not retrogressed, but the introduction of electric power with the consequent economies in direct application has enabled the greater industrial requirements to be met by a smaller rated horse-power of prime movers, showing the influence of the load-factor on the power installed, a point that will be discussed in dealing with each proposed power-system.
Table No. 3.—Details of Power Requirements and Costs of New Zealand Cities, including Suburbs, Year ended 31st March, 1910.
1904. (Mr. Hay's Report.) Horse-power. 191(1. Horse-power. Percentage. Auckland Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington .. Nelson South Nelson North Marlborough Westland Canterbury .. Timarujjt., .. Otago £, . . .Southland| 51,603 9,888 9,084 28,568 8,724 3,699 2,615 7,156 13,576 3,774 27,741 14,160 57,973 11,008 10.415 38,921 8,393 3.491 3,13S 7.780 17.179 7,189 23,283 15,688 Inc. 12-3 ., 11-4 „ 15-8 „ 36-2 Dec. 3-8 5-6 Inc. 20-0 „ 8-7 „ 26-7 „ 90-5 Dec. 16-0 Inc. 10-8 Total 180,588 180,588 204,458 204,458 Inc. 13-2 Inc. 13-2
Wellington. Auckland. Christchurch. | ] Uunedin. Population Present power in use, — Steam-engines Gas and oil engines Pumping water and sewerage Harbours and docks Railway workshops H.p. 76,390 97,929 78,605 62,584 17,500 6,420 1,000 560 120 14,500 5,900 660 260 80 10,800 3.360 450 500 440 9,800 2,400 300 460 240 Total prime movers .. 25,600 22,400 15,550 13,200
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Table No. 3.—Details of Power Requirements, &c.— continued.
Only a proportion of the total power now in use in each district could, of course, be relied on a 8 load for a large power-scheme, the determining considerations of that proportion being,— (a.) The area covered by the distributing-mains : (b.) The price at which power can be sold, as compared with the present cost of generation ; (c.) The first cost to the consumer of the electric-motor installation. To deal with these points seriatim the transmission-lines proposed for the first development in each district would supply the main cities and suburbs, and all installations within, say, five miles on either side of the transmission-lino. Taking the four main cities as the primary distributing centres, Table No. 3 herewith shows the actual power now in use in each within the area of distribution, including all suburbs, and amounts to the following totals : — Horee-power, Wellington .. . . . . . . . . .. .. 25,600 Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ■ 22.400 Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,500 Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13.200 Each of these centre* thus shows ample room for a development of 10,000 h.p. or more of cheap power.
Wellington. Auckland. j Christchurch. Dunedin. Electric motors .. .. .. H.p. 5,580 1,400 2,500 6,200 Tramways,— Mileage, single track .. .. .. 28 Cars .. .. .. .. .. 81 Power installed .. K.w. 3,000 Output per annum .. .. units 4,418,595 Load-factor .. .. ..Percent. 19-4 Working-cost .. .. Pence per unit 0-795 Interest and capital charges „ 0-472 Total cost .. .. „ 1,267 Total interest, sinking fund, and depreciation provided for in the above capital charges .. .. .. Per cent. 6-8 Electric lighting, — Total inhabited houses .. .. .. 15,200 Houses now supplied .. .. .. 4,147 Proportion supplied .. .. 28-1 Units sold for lighting .. .. .. 1,320,000 Charges per unit .. .. .. 7d. to 5d. Revenue from lighting .. .. .. £34,616 Average revenue .. Pence per unit 6-29 Average units per consumer .. .. 318 Average revenue per consumer . . .. £8 6s. Street-lighting,-— Units used per annum .. .. .. 562,000 Total revenue .. .. .. £8,877 Average revenue .. Pence per unit 3-8 Electric motors, &c. Total power .. .. H.p. 2,937 Units sold for power .. .. .. 851,158 Load-factor of motors .. . . Per cent. 3-3 Charges per unit .. .. .. 3d. to 1 Ad. Revenue from motive power .. .. £9,447 Average revenue .. Pence per unit 2-66 Average cost of power to consumer per horsepower installed, per annum . . .. £3 4s. Electric-supply station, - Power installed . . . . K.w. 2,500 Total capital outlay .. .. £218.0!") Capital outlay per k.w. .. .. .. £87 Units generated per annum .. . . 2.770,379 Units sold per annum .. .. .. 2.018,526 Efficiency of distribution . . Per cent. 73-0 Load-factor .. 12-6 Working-costs .. Pence per unit sold 3-08 Interest and capital charges 1-98 Total costs .. .. ., 5-06 Total revenue . . .. „ £44,814 Average revenue .. ,, 5-36 Total interest, sinking fund, and depreciation provided for in above capital charges 7-ti I 36 92 . 2,100 6.386,082 34-8 14,802 400 2-7 £6,110 £10 15s. ' £21 £1,984 675 £63.809 £95 496,000 8-4 2-00 I -30 3-30 £7,100 3-52 1-2 51 43 1,500 2,654,285 20-2 0-81 0-42 1-23 7-2 13.138 337 2-9 369.620 6d.to3^d. £7.854 5-1 1,060 £23 4s. Nil 520 412.314 8-9 3d. to 2Jd. £4,379 2-55 £8 8s. 950 £74.113 £78 987.580 782.006 79-2 11-8 2-60 1-40 1-0(1 £ 12.234 4-24 6-2 21 43 (say) 1,000 2,153,249 24-6 0-54 0-44 0-98 8-0 13,130 820 6-2 742,000 5d. to Id. £9,247 3-0 905 £11 6s. 102.000 £1,620 3-8 3,000 3,860,000 14-6 2d. to id. £16,669 0-58 £3 2,000 £265,200 £132 8,570.000 6.855.000 80-0 49-0 ii-Ki 0-44 0-84 £28.112 0-98 4-9
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The second consideration- viz., resulting economies—will be determined in each case by the operaing costs, and the prices at which the current can consequently be sold. These are estimated in detail later on for each Bystem, but taking as a preliminary basis figure the cost at which power was generated last year at the Waipori power-house of the. Dunedin Corporation—viz., £9 per horse-power year, or £12 per kilowatt year, including working-costs and interest charges—this is equivalent to the following costs per unit : — ',(!. for continuous working for 8,760 hours per annum. Load-factor, 100 per cent. .Id. for an average full load demand for 16 hours per day, or 5,850 hours per annum. LoadEactor, <>(i per enri. jd. for an average full-load demand for 12 hours per day, or 4,380 hours per annum. Loadfactor - r >O per cent. lid. for an average full-load demand for 18 hours per week, or 2,496 hours per annum. Loadfactor 28-5 per cent. 2d. for an average full-load demand for 4 hours per day, or 1,460 hours per annum. Loadfactor 16-7 per cent. To compare these with the actual cost of generation by steam plants in the other cities, taking the works costs only, and not including any interest or standing charges, these costs per unit are as follows :— Tramways. Eleo *™ Jji "'" and Power, d. d. Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-00 (approx.) 2-00 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 0-79 3-08 Chrifltchurch .. .. .. .. .. 0-81 2-60 Of these figures the WOrMng-COSte shown in the second column of the municipal electric lighi and powerstations in Auckland and Wellington will both show considerable reductions (probably to one-half of the above values) when the new plant now in hand is installed. Again, taking the total costs, including capital charges, in each of these existing steam plants, the figures are as follows : Tramway*. Eleo *™ '' ; - ht ami rower, d. cl. Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-50 (approx.) 3-30 Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 1-26 5-06 Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. 1-23 MX) These figures show clearly that there is ample room to supply the tramway and the elect ric light and power plants in each of the three cities. Auckland. Wellington, and Christchurch. with electric energy in bulk from water-power at rates remunerative to both parties. In taking the Dunedin figures from their last animal report as a basis, it must be remembered that the Waipori water-power plant then had a capacity of only 2,000 kilowatts or 2.660-horse power, and the capital outlay includes the whole of the distributing reticulation. The power has since been increased to 4.000 kilowatts or 5,330-horse power, and consequently the above actual cost, £9 per horse-power-year, will be considerably improved upon with the larger plant and the corresponding smaller capitalization per horse-power. In the still larger power plants under consideration this reduction in cost will be much greater. But the above basis costs constitute a conservative rate on which to estimate the load in sight. Taking these figures as the basis, it is thus possible to effect a considerable saving to the ratepayers and the customers of each of these municipal plants by supplying them with power in bulk, both for tramways and for general lighting and powerdist ribution purposes, enabling their present steam plants to be held in reserve for meeting special demands. The tramway power-stations have been particularly selected for comparison, as they have been installed with the very highest type of power plant that modern engineering can produce, and are therefore working at the highest economy that is attainable. The smaller private plants of various descriptions are working under much less favourable conditions, and are costing from £15 to £30, and even much higher amounts per horse-power per annum. They would therefore find very much greater economies resulting from a bulk supply of electric power at the above rates than would the tramway stations. I have found in actual experience of electric-power supply that, in Christchurch at 3d. per unit, it proved economical for the majority of small factories to replace their existing engines by electric motors, and when new plants were required it was much cheaper. When the power-rate was reduced to 2jd. per unit net, it was sought after by the power-users taking up to 15- to 20-horse power. Had it been reduced to 2d. it would have replaced all other power plants within the area of distribution. In Dunedin the average cost of production and distribution, including interest charges, is only 0-BM. per unit, so that we may have every confidence in providing for the majority of the power-users within ihe area supplied as soon as the rates can be reduced to those adopted in the above basis of comparison. The third feature in determining the proportion of electric power that will be adopted —viz.. the cost to the consumer of the electric-motor installation —does not come into consideration when new industries are being established. In such cases the power plant has to be provided, and electric motors can lie installed complete for from £3 to £8 per horse-power, as compared with £10 to £20 per horsepower for steam-engines and £7 to £15 for gas or oil engines. In replacing existing plants, if the old plant is saleable, it frequently brings more, second-hand, than the electric motors cost it is not saleable, the change involves a slight additional capital burden. In special cases steps shoulc? be taken to assist the consumer in this, as is done by the gas companies and the Wellington Corporation Electrical Department, either by letting the motors out on hire or supplying and installing them on time payments to encourage the immediate loading of the plant and the consequent improved fin ancial returns. From the above data the following are estimates of the electric-power requirements of the four main cities in five years' time.
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Allowing for the probable increase, these figures for 1915 may be estimated as follows : —
The maximum tramway load is estimated at three times the average load. Occasional " kicks " may exceed this limit for a few minutes. These would either be dealt with by storage batteries nstalled in Dunedin, Christchurch. and Auckland, or otherwise would be easily carried for a few minutes by the overload capacity of the plant. The growth in traffic has been estimated well on the conservative side—namely, only 15 per cent, in five years. The basis cost taken in estimating the above revenue is fd. per unit, and at this price it will pay the tramways well to take high-tension current in bulk for conversion to direct current rather than to put in fresh plant to supply it. In Dunedin for the year ending March, 1909, the water-power plant supplied 2,158,696 units to the tramways, for which they charged £6,883, or 0-767 d. per unit. This yielded, no conversion, 1,664,372 units, which thus cost 0-98 d. per unit and showed an over-all efficiency of conversion of 77 per cent. It might be necessary, in order to induce the present steam tramway power plants to shut down altogether, to offer the power at slightly lower rates—say, 0-6 d. to 0-7 d. per unit— but it must be noted that in Dunedin it pays the tramways to take high-tension current for conversion at 0-767, although they have a reserve steam plant installed, and, when the other tramway authorities definitely shut down their steam plants, they will save not only the working-expenses, but the depreciation charges on them as well. It will be necessary, of course, to continue paying interest and sinking fund on the reserve steam plant until its cost is finally redeemed, but it is obviously unnecessary to maintain a depreciation fund on such plant, and the depreciation reserve already accrued on it may be egitimatelv used to purchase the necessary converter plant. Other steady demands for power include pumping for water-supply and sewerage, harbour and dockrequirements, and railway workshops in each centre. The present power-installations and estimated ioad-factors for these purposes in each of the centres are as follows : —
A basis price of 0-66 d. per unit may be taken for pumping, with its high load-factor, and Id. per unit for harbour and railway workshops consumption, with their lower load-factors. These compare very favourably with the costs now obtaining under the existing conditions. The latter is, for instance, about one-half of the present power-cost in the railway workshops. Or. again, the works costs of power-production in Wellington for pumping from the tramway power-station is 0-795 d., and
Cost III Passengers Car-miles Units used Power | per Annum, j per Annum. per Annum, (working-costs only). I __J Plant- Load capacity. factor. Wellington Auckland Christchurch Dunedin £ 21,932,000 2,203,666 4.418,595 16,998 •28.736.000 2,401,580 6,386,082 12,676,000 1,584,522 2,654,285 8,914 11,445,000 1,108,212 2,153,000 6,762 K.w. 3.000 19-4 2.100 34-8 1,500 20-2 1.000 24-6 i
I Passengers Car-miles Units used per Annum. per Annum, per Annum. Animal . Maximum Revenue . e ? e Demand i . Wellington tuckland !hristchurch )unedin 25,100,000 2,540,000 6,100,000 32,500,000 2,760,000 7,350,000 14,500,000 1,820,000 3,050,000 13,500,000 1,280,000 2,500,000 £ 19,000 700 2,100 23,000 840 2,525 9,500 350 1,050 7,800 285 860
Wellington. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin. Water-supply and sewerage h.p. Estimated load-factor Harbour and dock power h.p. .. Estimated load-factor Railway workshops h.p. Estimated load-factor 1,000 50 560 30 120 25 660 450 50 40 260 500 30 30 80 440 25 25 j |_ 300 50 460 30 240 25
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the actual works cost of generation by the most modern gas plant in the Christehurch drainage-pumping station is 1-1 Id. per unit. In these two cases the proposed rate of 0-66 d. per unit (that is, on a 50-per-cent, load-factor, £12 per kilowatt per annum, or £9 per horse-power per annum) would capture the business with profit to both parties. Allowing for the normal growth in demand, I estimate the demand and the revenue from these sources in five years' time as follows : —
General Motor-power. Coming now to motive power for factories and general purposes, the total existing power in each city, excluding the classes of power already dealt with, is approximately as follows : —
The present output of the municipal electric-supply plants in each city for power purposes, and the charges and revenue per unit, are as follows : —
Considering the low load-factor, the Dunedin charges are too low Eoi general adoption. They are no doubt justified there in order to develop the motor-load; and in special cases, when power is taken largely at periods of very light load, a very low charge is justified. But, the charges for general motor-load operating at a maximum of forty-eight hours per week, and from that down to a few hours per week, as with lifts, the charges should be graded from 3d. down to -|d. per unit to yield an average revenue of 2d. per unit distributed, or ljd. per unit at the substation, in order to give a satisfactory return. In the cities where the power is distributed by the local authorities this would still leave a reasonable margin of profit to those bodies in retailing at an average of 2d. per unit to cover the cost of distributing-network. Large consumers taking power direct from the various substations or the
Wellington. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin. 'umping,— Maximum horse-power Maximum kilowatts .. Units used per annum Revenue [arbour requirements,— Maximum horse-power .Maximum kilowatts . . Units per annum Revenue lailway workshops,— Maximum horse-power Maximum kilowatts .. Units per annum Revenue 'otal output 'otal revenue Lverage load-factor (per (tent.) la.ximum load (kilowatts) 1,200 900 3,960,000 £11,000 600 150 1,180,000 £4,900 200 150 330.000 £1,380 5,470,000 £17,280 57 1,100 800 600 2,640,000 £7.350 500 375 980.000 £4,100 160 120 260,000 £1,080 3,880,000 £12,530 60 740 600 150 • 1,980,000 £5,500 500 375 980,000 £4,loo 600 450 980,000 £4,100 3,940,000 £13,700 55 810 400 300 1,320,000 £3,680 500 375 980,000 £4,100 40( 3(X 1,320,0(X £3,68( 50( 37f 980,001 £4,10( 36( 27( 590,00( £2,46( 2,890,00( £10,24f 5< 56( 360 270 590,000 £2,460 2,890,000 £10,246 59 560 I
Steam-engine Gas and oil Electric motors .. Wellington. 10,200 6,420 5,200 Auckland. • 10,000 5,900 1,400 Christchurch. 7,600 3,140 2,250 i Dunedin. 7,000 2,100 6,200 21,820 17,300 12,990 15,300 I
Horse-power of motors connected . . Units sold for power purposes Load-factor of motors (per cent.) .. Charges per unit Total revenue Average revenue per unit sold Units per rated horse-power per annum Wellington. , Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin. 2,937 .. 520 3,000 851,158 .. 412,314 3,860,000 3-3 8-9 14-6 3d. to lid. .. 3d. to 24d. 2d. to .Vd. £9,774 £1,984 £4,379 £16,669 2-66 .. 2-55 0-58 290 .. 792 1,285 I i
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transmission-line would gel ihe benefil of the lower rate. Ai such rate I estimate thai within five years the load taken over would be as follows, allowing for the normal growth in each city during that period. and allowing also a most important point—that 100-horae power of steam and gas engines can usually be replaced by 60- to 80-horse power of electric motors, owing to the saving in shafting, belting, and mechanical transmission losses, and the capacity of the motors for occasional overloads. The probable power of steam-engines and gas and oil engines remaining is also shown : —
These estimates show a reduction in the total nominal horse-power in each case, although the actual power employed in these factories will be from 10 to 20 per cent, greater than ai present. It will also be noted that I do not estimate any serious falhng-off in the business of t he existing gas-supply concerns. No doubt a good many gas-engines will be replaced, but this should be quite counterbalanced by the normal increase of business in motive power, lighting, and cooking. The rates may have to be reduced slightly to retain this business ; but such reduction need not threaten the stability or successful results of the gas companies undertakings. Allowing an average load-factor of the factory and general motors of 12") per cent, and a maximum total demand at any moment at 55 per cent., the full rated output, the power-requirements, and the estimated revenue from this source in five years' time would be as follows : —
Average revenue (pence) per unit .. .. .. .. . . l-25d. Units sold per rated horse-power .. .. .. .. .. 820 Average revenue per rated motor horse-power per annum .. .. £4 ss. Revenue per average actual horse-power for forty-eight hours per week . . £9 16s. Revenue per maximum horse-power demand .. .. .. £7 14s. Revenue per maximum kilowatts demand .. .. .. .. £10 ss. These figures are well on the safe side. A load-factor of only 12-jj per cent, is estimated, whereas the Dunedin motors already show a load-factor of 14-6 per cent. It is certain that this figure would be improved on. with consequent improvement in the revenue. The consumption per rated ho.rse-power is estimated at only 820 units, whereas Dunedin already shows 1.285 units, and Christchurch, at 3d. to 2£d. per unit. 792 units, per rated horse-power. This power-load woiild have a fairly steady maximum of the amounts shown from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m., with a dip from 12 to 1 p.m. It would then fall off to about 30 per cent, of the maximum throughout the evening till 9 p.m., and then down to about 20 per cent, lor the all-night load. Electric Lighting. In estimating the future demand an enormous development must be provided for in electric light ing. The present charges for electric light range from 7d. to sd. in Wellington, with an average revenue of 6-29 d. per unit, and 6d. to 3£d. in Christchurch, with an average revenue of 5-ld. per unit. In Dunedin, on the other hand, the price is sd. to Id., with an average <>f 3d. per unit. The proportion of houses already supplied in each city is as follows : —
Wellington. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin. Steam . . olas and oil Electric motors .. 4.200 6,000 10,800 21,000 4,800 6.00( i 6,100 Hi.OOO 2,200 3,200 6,600 11,900 2,500 2,200 9,500 14,200 '
Wellington. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total mred horse-power Average horse-power for 48 hours per week . . Average kilowatts for 7,200 hours per annum Maximum demand (kilowatts) .. Consumption units per annum Total revenue .. .. .. 10,800 6,100 4,700 2,660 1,230 700 4.500 2,500 8.850,000 ' 5,000,000 £46,000 £26,000 I 6,500 2,840 740 2.700 5,330,000 £27,700 9.500 4,150 1,080 3,900 7,780,000 £40,500
Wellington Auckland . . Christchurch Dunedin .. Total Houses. 15,200 14,802 13.138 13,130 Number Bupplied ,. with BHectrio Light. Proportion. 4,147 28-1 loo 2-7 337 2-9 820 6-2 i
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The power eupplied and approximate full load for the electric lighting only in each city is now as follows : —
This leaves ample room for ;i large extension of business at lower rates, and I estimate that within five years the following provision will be necessary it current can be supplied at the existing Dunedin rates—viz., sd. to Id. per unit, with an average of 3d. per unit, as compared with the present average of 6-29 d. per unit in Wellington. The present working-costs of generation in Wellington, Auckland, and Ohristchurch municipal stations are 3-08 d.. 2-OOd., and 2-60 d. per unit, and the total costs 5-06 d.. 3-30 d., 4-40 d. This average covers also the energy generated for motor-power purposes, which is valued much lower t ban that for light. So that it will be possible to sell power in bulk to the municipalities for electric lighting from, say, 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. each day, at 2d. per unit, and still leave the municipalities a margin of Id. per unit to cover the costs of distribution. This will be an ample margin in view of the fact that the power will be supplied from the main distributors in the most convenient centres for retailing to the customers, and will only require one tiansformation to reduce the pressure for this purpose, which can be done with an efficiency of 80 to 95 per cent. No conversion to direct current will be necessary, as in the case of the tramway supply. The present distributing transformers in Wellington, being designed for a frequency of 83 cycles instead of the standard frequency of 50 cycles, will require special consideration. and a slightly higher average retail price than 3d. might lie necessary here for the first year or two. At the present generating costs it would pay the municipalities well to take current at this rate, holding their present steam plant in reserve, and as the demand grows it will pay much better to do so rather than install additional plant. The small quantity used for lighting during the daytime might be. sole? to the municipalities for the same rate as is proposed for general power purposes —viz., l|d. per unitthus leaving a much larger margin of profit to the municipalities on any lighting business for the remaining twenty hours per day. As the smaller houses are connected up, the average units supplied per consumer and the average revenue per consul " .ill, and this has been provided in the following estimates of the probable lighting-load to be supplied in five years if power at the above rates has been available for three years
At these estimates of the consumption (allowing for the municipalities retailing at an average of 3d. per unit) the average cost to the consumer will be £3 to £3 15s. per annum, or ss. to 6s. 3d. per month. Taking an average load-factor mi the lighting-load only as 8-3 per cent., the maximum load for electric lighting will be as follows : — Silo watte. Horse-power. Wellington . . .. . . . . .. .. 2,780 or 3.700 Auckland .. .. .. . . .. .. 2.220 or 2,960 Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. 2.660 or 3,400 Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,270 or 3,000 This lighting-load commences each day at ha Ii an hour before sunset, reaches a maximum a 1 8 p.m., and falls again by midnight. Quite this amount of Eactory-power will be cut off at 5 o'clock, so that this revenue can be taken into account, and still the whole output of the power-station be available for other purposes during the daytime. The three cities giving returns distributed lasl year 2.431,620 units to 5.701 consumers, bringing in a total revenue of £51.717 that is. each consumer of electricity for lighting purposes took an average of 125 units iit an average price of 5-ld. per unit, giving an average revenue of t;!i per consumer per annum. The above estimates of 27,500 houses to be supplied in the four cities, taking 7,160,000 units pel annum, and yielding a gross revenue of £89,300, works out as an average consumption of only 260 units per consumer per annum at an average of £3 ss. each per annum. These estimates are thus very safe indeed, and provide for the probability that thousands of small houses supplied would use only two or three lamps each, costing them only 2s. to 3s. per month. If these estimates err at all, it is therefore in the direction of underestimating the revenue, and even better financial results than those estimated may Iμ , anticipated.
Maximum Load Units sold per (Kilowatts). Annum. 1 nits per (lonsumer. Revenue per Consumer. Wellington Auckland Christchurch Dunedin 1.500 L,320,000 600 .. , 950 369,620 .. : 1.500 712.000 318 1.060 905 £ s. d. 8 6 0 12 15 0 23 I 11 11 (i 0
Wellington . . Auckland ' ■hristchmvli Dunedin Total Houses. 16,800 16,300 14,500 14,400 Houses Supplied. 8,400 6,500 6,200 6,400 Units per Consumer. 240 250 300 260 Total Output. 2.020.000 1,620.000 1,860,000 1,660,000 Total Revenue at 2d. £ 16,800 13,500 15,500 13,800
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Street-lighting. Electric street lighting is already Eairly well developed in Wellington and Dunedin. the results for rlic Last financial year being as follows : Wellington. Dunedin. Units used per annum .. .. .. .. 562,000 102,000 Total revenue .. .. .. .. .. £8,877 £1,620 Average revenue (pence per unit) .. . . .. 3-8 3-8 In Auckland the Karangahape Road has been lit as a first instalment with flame arc lamps with great success, and no doubt the system will be extended to all the main thoroughfares. In Christchurch street-lighting by electricity has not yet been attempted, except for a few arc lamps maintained by the Tramway Board at the tramway stopping-places. In view of the long hours of burning of street-lamps, the price charged per unit should be somewhat less than for general fighting purposes : but, as it comes on the, peak of the general lighting-load, it should be a little higher than the general motor-load —thai is to say, it should be between Ijd. and 2d. per unit—say, per unit. This is the price at which it might be, sold to the municipal bodies, and, fo cover the cost of distribution, would allow them to charge 2Jd. per unit at the lamps. This compares very favourably with the present rates at which street-maintenance accounts in Wellington and Dunedin are debited by the electric-light accounts viz.. 3-Bd. per unit. At the lower rate ii should pay to light practically the whole of the main streets by arc lamps, and the less important thoroughfares by high efficiency incandescent lamps. The present street-lighting in each of the cities, including the suburban boroughs, is as follows :—
Providing for the probable increase in the lighting within five years resulting from the introduction of cheap electric power, and allowing that it will only be possible to replace from one-third to one-quarter of the existing gas-lamps by electric lamps, I estimate that the demand in five years' time will be as follows : —
In making up the revenue to be derived from street-lighting 1 have estimated on a basis of per unit. In making up the total cost of street-lighting I have taken a basis of per unit, allowing Id. per unit for the cost of distribution. At this rate arc lamps burning for an average of six hours per night for 320 clays per annum will cost £10 each per annum, and glow lamps of 40-candle power burning for an average of twelve hours per night will cost £2 each per annum. I have estimated the gas-lamps at £3 each per annum. In Wellington a number of the arc lamps in the suburbs will probably be replaced by large incandescent lamps, and this is shown in the estimates. These total costs show a considerable reduction in Wellington and Dunedin. which are now largely lit electrically, owing to the reduced price per unit, but they show an increase for Auckland and Christchurch, owing to the large increase in lighting provided for. The average lamps per mile would he, increased from about 6£ to about Hin these two cities, as compared with 10 at present in Wellington. If these estimates of the lighting in five years' time err at all, it is again on the safe side for the purpose of this report —that is to say, the output and revenue of the power-supply station is, if anything, underestimated.
Wellington Auckland Christohurch Dunedin and Suburbs, and Suburbs, and Suburbs, and Suburbs. Miles of street jlas-lamps Electric arcs „ glow lamps Kerosene-lamps .. Dotal lamps Cotal cost per annum Lamps per mile of street Average cost per lamp per annum 190 149 170 182 10 913 1,040 740 300 24 65 1,661 . . .. 293 90 1,961 937 1,130 1,098 £8,877 £3,538 £3,851 £5,811 10 6-3 6-7 6-1 . . £4 Ids. (id. £3 16s. £3 8s. £5 6s.
Wellington. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin. Miles of street Glas-lamps Electric arcs Electric glow lumps Total number of lamps Units pel- annum Maximum demand (kilow.ttts) Revenue from electricity supplied .. Lamps per mile of street Total cost of street-lighting Average cost per lamp per annum .. 190 220 2,000 2,220 575.000 205 £3,600 11-7 £6,200 £2 16s. 150 500 200 500 1,200 290.000 125 £1,800 8 £4,500 £3 15s. 170 182 800 500 220 240 400 600 1,420 1,340 294.000 348.000 130 150 £1,840 £2,180 8-3 7-4 £5,400 £5,100 £3 16s. £3 16s.
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Domestic Beating and Cooking. (c.) As a domestic utility the demand for electricity will probably lie quite as great as for electric lighting. Its usefulness is only beginning to be appreciated in Dunedin and Wellington, owing to the energy of the local authorities in popularizing electric appliances. At Id. or 2d. per unit it will pay to do the whole of the heating and cooking required in a household by electricity. This alone will in time result in a demand for several thousand horse-power in each centre, and will give a very large profit to the undertaking. Its industrial importance in this direction may be judged from the capital expenditure now laid out in chimneys alone, which, with electric heating and cooking, would be replaced with simple ventilators. The present outlay in chimneys in the Dominion is probably over £4,000,000, and is being added to at the rate of £50,000 per annum. The greater part of this amount has to come out of the pockets of the working-classes, and. allowing the cost of the existing coal-stoves to he approximately the same as the corresponding electric stoves, the whole of this outlay might be conserved were cheap electric power available. At the same time, the convenience and efficiency of the heating and cooking will be greatly increased, and the menial work of the home reduced to a minimum. In estimating the necessary capacity of a water-power plant, sufficient provision must be made for this demand. I estimate it, in five years' time, as follows, the revenue being estimated on the basis of Id. per unit.
Electrification of Railways. (J.) The electrification of the railways will give another important market for the energy. This will lie necessary very shortly in the Lyttelton Christchurch tunnel and in the Arthur's Pass tunnel. and will be found useful on many of the heavier grades. But the time is not yet ripe for genera Ima in-line electrification. The suburban lines, particularly the \\'ellington-Hutt and the Auckland-Penrose lines, will, however, call for electrification in the early future in order to enable them to cope with the increasing traffic expeditiously and economically. Taking the service time-table schedules on each of the suburban lines, and the average weights of trains hauled, as given by the Railway Department, I estimate the power-requirements for the electrification of the four suburban lines as follows : —
Owing to the very heavy fluctuations in this class of load, the load-factor will be low, and the powercost is therefore based on a rate of Id. per unit. The estimated consumption of power in watt-hours per ton-mile is taken from numerous exhaustive tests made in England and America. It varies with the different lines according to the grades and the class of service required. Comparing the above figures with those given by the Railway Engineers in 1908 for the Christchurch-Lyttelton line (parliamentary report, 1908, D.-4), it will be noted that our estimates compare as follows for this one line.
Wellington. Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin. Houses Electric stoves and heaters Consumption units per annum Average load for twelve hours per day (kilowatts) Revenue 16,800 4,200 4,620,000 1,050 £19.300 16,300 3.200 3.520.000 ,811(1 £14.700 14,500 3,100 3.410.000 780 £14,200 14,400 ii 3,200 3,520,000 800 £14,700
Wellington- , Auckland Christchurch- DunedinLower Hutt. Onehunga. Lyttelton. Port Chalmers. Length Maximum grade. Ton-miles per year Estimated watt-hours per ton-mile Estimated units Allow, say, Average power (kilowatts) Power-cosl per annum ... 8 m. I ch. 7 in. 60 ch. 6 m. 26 ch. | 8 m. 33 ch. .. Approx. level One in 40 One in 150 Approx. level .. 33.ooo.ooo I2.7oo.0oo 27.800,000 117,800,000 .. 60 LOO 80 75 2,000,000 1.270.0(H) 2.220,000 1,330.000 2,200,000 1.100,000 2,400,000 1,400,00) 370 230 370 230 £9,200 £5,800 £10,000 £5,800
Railway Department Estimates. Railway Department Estimates. Author's Estimates. Author's Estimates. Ton-miles provided for .. Watt-hours allowed per ton-mile .. Total units estimated per annum . . Allow, say Cost per unit Actual power-cost per annum 22,119.500 82 1.812.200 1.900.000 l|d. £13,854 27,800,000 80 2,220,000 2,400.000 Id. £10,000
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Without going into a detailed justification of my figures, I would point out that they are on the more conservative side than those taken b\ the Railway Department, and are therefore a safer guide for the purpose of the present report. The other three suburban lines are nol included in the totals, so no definite proposal has been made to electrify them within the five-year period on which the estimates are based : bul the necessary provision must lie made in the power-house designs. The electrification of the Arthur's I'ass tunnel must be considered at once. Were this the only electric power required in the neighbourhood, it would probably, owing to the very intermittent nature, pay better to supply it by means of a eteam power electric generating-station at Otira, in view of the low price at which coal will be obtainable : Hut I understand that it is proposed to develop a power of about 3,000-horse power near Kumara for mining purposes, for which the headworks are already in ha in I : and in i his case ii will prove cheaper to operate the tunnel service from the same source. The length from Otira to Bealey (Station is 9 miles, of which 7.', miles is practically a stead} grade of lin 33, including the whole length of the tunnel (5-J miles). Allowing total weights (including the loco motive) of 180 tons for passenger-trains running at a maximum speed of t went v miles per hour up to the grade, and 250 tons for goods-train running a 1 a maximum speed of fifteen miles per hour up the grade the power required for each passenger-train will be 720 kilowatts (960-horse power) for twenty-two minutes, and for each goods-train 740 kilowatts (1,000-horse power) for thirty minutes. For starting on the grade a peak-load of 1,000 kilowatts (1.340-horse power) must be allowed for three minutes. If heavier or faster trains are required, these figures will be increased accordingly. The electrification of other sections of the railways may be undertaken in the proximity of th power stations later on. I nit cannot lie relied upon as a likely demand in the present state of the industry. Summary of Business Available;. The foregoing figures give a conservative estimate of the whole of the available business immediately in sight, and are summarized in the following tables, showing the total power demand, annual output of energy, and the annual revenue which can be anticipated from each power-supply system in five years' time, provided power has been available at the rates given for two or three years.
Wellington. Auckland. Christchurch. I I Dunedin. Power required, in Kilowatts. Tramways, maximum .. .. .. 2,100 2,525 1,050 „ ' average .. .. .. 700 840 350 860 285 Pumping, maximum .. .. .. 900 600 450 ., ' average .. .. .. 150 300 225 300 150 Harbour, maximum .. .. ... 450 375 375 ,, average .. .. .. 165 136 136 375 136 Railway shops, maximum .. .. 150 120 150 „ average .. .. .. 46 36 136 270 82 Motor-power, maximum ' .. .. .. 4,500 2,500 2,700 average .. .. .. 1,230 700 74 o lighting, private, maximum .. .. 2,780 2,220 2,660 average.. .. .. 230 185 212 3.900 1.080 2.270 190 Lighting streets, maximum .. 205 125 130 average .. .. .. 65 33 33 150 40 Heating and cooking, maximum . . . . 1,050 800 780 average .. 530 400 390 Railway electrification, maximum .. .. .. .. 2,500 „ average .. .. .. .. 370 800 400 Maximum demand for lighting (kilowatts) .. 2,985 2,345 2.790 for motors, &c. (kilowatts) 9,150 6,920 8,3<)o Maximum demand (horse-power) .. .. 12,200 9,200 11,100 Average daily output (kilowatts) . . . . 3,416 2.630 2.592 (horse-power) .. 1 4.600 3.500 3,460 2,420 6,500 8,700 2,326 3.100
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I attach herewith approximate load-curves for each class of load in each city, and a total load-curve in each case. As the maximum demand for intermittent-power purposes exceeds the maximum demand for lighting in each case, and as the majority of the intermittent power is cut oil before sundown, the maximum load on the station is approximately equal to the total of the maxima power-loads. If anything, it will be less than this total, leaving a farther reserve of power in the generating-station available to meet a special emergency and raising the average load-factor. The load-factor is fairly high, owing to the wide diversity of uses of the power. The maximum demand on the Ohristclnirch power-station is much higher than it otherwise would be. owing to provision having been made for the electrification of the Chlistchurcfa Lyttelton Railway. The load-factor of this particular service is fairly low- viz.. 14-8 pel cent. and the effect of this is to reduce the total loadfactor in Chnstchiirch to 28 per cent., and to reduce the average revenue sold per kilowatt of maximum output to £11 25., or, per horse-power of maximum output, to £8 (is., as compared with a load-factor of 33 to 36 per cent., and a revenue of £13 per kilowatt of maximum output, or £10 per horse-power of maximum output, in the case of the other three cities. It must be noted also that the above estimates are in no sense speculative, but are only of business actually insight. It will be sound policy to make provision for extensions to cover speculative business in fact. 1 take it the main object of the power schemes is to induce the establishment of fresh industries, and thus the fuller employment of OUT people. In all cases such speculative business should be provided for by making the headworks sufficiently large to take the whole power available, and so designing Ihe power-house and transmission-line that they can be extended at any tune. In working out the above estimates it has been necessary to make them concrete by taking a particular year in the history of the plant as a basis. In earlier years the revenue will be smaller, in later veais much larger. It would have been desirable to estimate on the basis of the final development which each city can attain. Hut here one is met with the insurmountable difficulty of setting a limit to that development. Who can say what that final development will be '. Moreover, estimates applying to the supposititious balance-sheet ten or twenty years hence would be of comparatively little value as a guide on which to base proposals for immediate outlay ; though at the same time provision must, of course, be made in designing the power-house for extension to the full available capacity of the waterpower as the business extends. On the other hand, to take a, period too proximate would be equally misleading, as the business would then only be in the course of development. It will take a few years for many customers who fully intend to take the power, to make the necessary rearrangements of their factories in order to take full advantage of it. The " publicity " work the education of the public to realize the advantage of electric power will also take a couple of years. Taking these matters into consideration, a period has been selected five years hence, mi the supposition that the power will be available within two years, leaving three years tor the development of the business,
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Wellington, i Auckland. Christchurch. Dunedin. Total Output, Units per Annum. £ £ £ £ Tramways .. .. .. .. 6,100,0<>o 7,350.o<io 3,050,000 2,500,000 Pumping .. .. .. .. 3,960,000 2,640,000 1,980,000 1,320,000 Barbour .. .. .. .. 1,180,000 980,000 980,000 980,000 Railway shops .. .. .. .. 330,000 260,000 980,000 590,000 Motor-power .. .. .. .. 8,850,000 5,000,000 5.330.000 7.780.oon Lighting, private.. .. .. .. 2,020,000 1,620,000 1,860,000 1,660, I streets .. .. .. I 575.000 290.000 291.000 348,000 Healing and cooking .. .. . . 4,620,000 3.520.000 3.410.000 3.520.000 Railway electrification .. .. .. .. .. 2,400,000 Total units .. .. .. 27,635,000 21.660,000 20,284,000 18,698,000 Load-factor of whole output, per cent. .. 31-5 35-8 28-0 33-o 28-0 33-0 Revenue Per .Inmini. 9,500 5,500 4,100 I.loo 27.700 15.500 1,840 14,2oo 10,000 7,800 3.680 4.1(H) 2.460 10.500 13.800 21,180 14,70o Tramways, at 0-75d. .. 19,000 23,000 9,500 , 7.800 Pumping, at 0-66d. .. .. 11,000 7.350 5,500 3,680 Harbour, at Id, .. .. .. 4,900 1.100 4,100 I, loo Railway shops, at Id. .. .. .. 1,380 1,080 1.100 2.460 Motor-power, at l-25d. .. .. .. 46,000 26,000 27.7oo 40,500 Lighting, private, tit 2d. .. .. 16,800 13,500 15.500 13.800 street, at l-50d. .. .. .. 3,600 1,800 1,840 21,180 Heating and cooking, ai Id. .. .. 19.300 14.700 14,200 14,700 Railway electrification, at Id. . . . . . . 10,000 Total revenue 121,980 91.530 92.440 89,220 91.530 92.440 89,220 Average revenue (pence) per unit sold .. 1-06 1-01 1-08 1-14 Revenue per kilowatt of maximum output £13 6s. £13 Is. CI I 2s. £13 lis. Revenue per horse-power of maximum output j £10 £10 £8 6s. £10 5s. 1-08 £11 2s. £8 6s. 1-14 £13 lis. £10 5s.
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Many items which at first sight may appear as discrepancies between the various cities will be explained if this is kept in view. For instance, the energetic publicity campaign which is being carried on by the Wellington and Dunedin Corporation Engineers shows clearly in the estimates. The extraordinarily low prices at which motor-power is now being sold by the Dunedin Corporation will have an effect on the relative output in the various cities for some years to come. The output for lighting public and private—in Wellington last year was double that in Dunedin, while the output for power in Dunedin for the same period was five times thai of Wellington. In another item the whole of the street-lighting in Wellington is supplied electrically. In Dunedin about one-half is supplied electrically, and the other half by gas. In Auckland street -lighting by electricity is just being tried. In Christchurch no attempt has been made in this directoin. In these three cities 1 have therefore estimated on a l>asis of the ga> companies retaining a proportionate amount of the business. {<:) In addition to the existing mechanical and manufacturing industries of the Dominion, there are a large number which could lie worked to advantage and profit as soon as power is available at a cheap rate, and the introduction of cheap power to the present mechanical industries will enable them to operate to better advantage and to compete ou better terms with the foreign manufacturer, besides giving employment to a larger number of hands. These will be very important factors in increasing the load and revenue of the power schemes ; but. as it is impossible to make any accurate estimates of the amounts of such increases, they are not included in the above figures. Amongst other industries that may be developed it is important to notice the opinion given by a Lancashire cotton-miller in the Evening Post of the 2-ftli April. L 909, to the effect that the humid atmosphere of the west coast of the South Island is exactly the condition which is essential for successful cotton-spinning a condition which in the drier atmosphere of the United States has to be imitated bj steam-jets in the milling-rooms, which are disastrous to the health of the employees. This is the determining feature which has resulted in a large proportion of the cotton from America being taken to Lancashire for manufacture. The writer draws attention suggestively to the circumstances of potential cotton-fields in Queensland, and potential water-power and the necessary atmospheric conditions for cotton-spinning in Westland. In this connection it must be observed that some of the largest electric-power-transmission plants in the world have grown up to meet the needs of the cotton-mills of the Southern States of America, particularly that of the Southern Power Company. This concern has installed four water-power plants in the Piedmont District of North Carolina, with a total capacity of 82,000-horse power, of which 80 per cent, is used in various cotton-mills distant up to I+2 miles from the power-house. The total distributing network of this system includes 640 miles of transmission pole-line, and the area supplied is LOO miles by 165 miles, the voltage of distribution being ltd). 000 volts on the main lines and 44,000 on the branch lines. This company has already five additional waterpower stations in hand, which are designed to feed an additional 153,000-horse power into the same network, and to double the area of distribution supplied. Electro-chemical Industries. The introduction of cheap electric power will open up possibilities in the direction of electrochemical industries which can only be realized by considering what has been done in other countries under similar circumstances. For instance, in Norway and Sweden nearly 1,000,000 electric horsepower has been installed, the greater part of which is used for the manufacture of nitrate fertilizers, calcium-carbide, and for iron-smelting. As this industry is not more than a few years old, and as the circumstances for its development are generally as favourable in New Zealand as elsewhere, it is impossible to foretell what its future may be here ; but every water-power development must be made with the possibility of its full power-capacity being required in the early future for such industries. Small electro-chemical factories will be quite worth establishing at once in connection with each power scheme, with the object of utilizing the power at periods of light load, and thus raising the load-factor up to 80 or ( .t0 per cent. This power could, of course, be used without increasing the operating costs at all, and might therefore be debited at a very low figure indeed, quite apart from the cost of operation— say, I- per horse-power per annum at the power-station, and £1 per horse-power per annum at the seacoast. These prices could in the meanwhile only lie quoted for a comparatively small plant of, say, 3,000- to 5,000-horse power capacity, on condition the current were cut off for four to eight hours per day, when the more remunerative load is at its maximum. Apart from the establishment of comparatively small electro-chemical factories with the object of raising the load-factor of a general power-station, it is only a matter of a few r years before electrochemical works supplied from special hydro-electric power-stations will be remunerative on a large scale in New Zealand. The main industries of this nature which have been developed hitherto are the manufacture of nitrate fertilizers (including nitrolim or calcium-cyanamide), calcium-carbide (for the production of acetylene gas), carborundum (to take the place of emery), and also for aluminium and iron smelting. In his famous address before the British Association for the Advancement of Science in 1898. Sir William Crookes calculated how long the existing supplies of nitrates in the soil would last in the wheatproducing countries ; and the results were very striking, emphasizing the necessity for systematic fertilization on an extensive scale if we are to continue our present dietary. The most important element to be supplied is combined nitrogen in the form of nitrates ; and, apart from tin , quantities contained in decaying vegetable matter, coal-gas by-products, and mineral nitrate-beds, the main source of nitrogen in the future will be from the atmosphere, and the only means of fixation to render it serviceable for i gricultural purposes is by means of electric power. Already enormous installations have been erected, particularly in Norway, for this purpose. The Anilin Soda Company, for instance, will shortly have
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400,000-horse power in operation in Scandinavia for this purpose, and will be manufacturing 100,000 tons of nitrates per annum, [n addition to the demand within our own Dominion, which is not yet very largo, it will be possible to open up very large markets for th izcrs in Australia. The manufacture of calcium-carbide will also form an important outlet for electric power. The imports of this material into New Zealand, and value, for the past liner pears have been as follows : — v Quantity. Value. ea Tons.' £ 1907 .. .. .. .. .. .. 898 14,826 1908 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..932 14,966 1909 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,667 22,603 And the demand will no doubt grow more rapidly in the Future. The market in Australia will probably be four or fiyp times that in New Zealand. Being classed as a dangerous material by the shipping companies, the freight from Euiope is very heavy, and this will give a natural protection which, with the cheap water-power available, should make the industry very remunerative in the Dominion. Such industries have resulted in other lands in building up whole cities, as a 1 Niagara (I'.S.A.), Rheinfelden (Switzerland), Nottoden and Odda (Norway). Probably the Odda works, established by an English company- the Albion United Carbide-factory- -at Sondre Fiord, in Norway, is one of the best examples of the growth of such a city. The spot has no attractions whatever as a manufacturing centre — in fact, it is inaccessible, distant from the markets, hemmed in by mountains, the surface is sterile, and a couple of years ago the valley was practically uninhabited. !t has now enormous carbide-factories and nitrate-factories, around which a large town, almost a city, has already grown up, owing entirely to the existence of some 80,000-horse power in the immediate neighbourhood Of this, 23,000-horso power has been utilized and is now used, producing 32,000 tons of carbide and 12.500 tons of nitrate fertilizer per annum. Probably of still greater importance to New Zealand is the possibility of electric smelting of iron and steel, as we are fortunate in having iron-deposits and the necessary limestone flux within easy distance of extensive water-power. The electric iron-smelting furnace at Tumfos. Christiania, is now producing iron at £3 per ton to compare with the best Swedish charcoal iron, which costs £5 per ton. and their plant is being largely increased. At Trolhatten and Donnarfvet, steel is being smelted at a cost of under £5 per ton, to compare in grade with steel previously costing £10 per ton. anil the British Consul at Stockholm reports that " the economic problem of dealing with iron-ore bj the electric furnace to supersede the blast furnace is definitely solved." In Savoy 10,000 tons of high-class special steels are now produced by means of electric furnace per annum, worth £360,000, and the business is rapidly glowing. These developments indicate possibilities far beyond anything dealt with in this report, but which must be kept carefully in yiew in the immediate development of our water-powers. In considering the whole question, it should be noted thai each average horse-power per annum of steam-power consumes about 10 tons of coal. This, if sold for shipping or other purposes outside the Dominion, would bring in a revenue of from £3 to £4 per annum, which is at present lost, and, while the same power is available from out water-powers, is wasted as far as any permanent increase in the wealth of the Dominion is concerned. Professor Stillwell, President of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, in discussing hydroelectric plants, states that "true conservation demands the most prompt possible utilization of our water-powers consistent with a due regard for tin , rights of 1 1" , people as a whole in t his property, which belongs to them, and should be safeguarded in their interests." in the same discussion Mr. Deane points out that " every undeveloped water-power represents a constant source of unnecessary fuelconsumption. The mild language used in slatiug the importance of the speedy development of our water-power as a means of conserving our national resources is entirety inadequate. Nitrogen is the most important element in maintaining the fertility of the soil, and we largely depend on the nitrogen in our coal for our present supply from the gasworks. The nitrogen of the coal burned in steam-boilers is entirely wasted ; and, in addition, the spare water-power may be used for the manufacture of nitrogenous fertilizers." Sources of Power. In considering the possible immediate developments within the Dominion, the water-powers divide themselves into three classes, which will require entirely different treatment. They are, — (1.) Tin' large powers, for the supply of the four main industrial centres, Wellington, Auckland, Chrietchurch, and Dunedin. (2.) The smaller powers, required for the smaller industrial centres, Napier, Gisborne, and the Hawke's Bay District ; Palmerston North and the Manawatu district; Grcymouth, Hokitika, and the Westland District ; Invercargill and the Southland District ; Nelson and district. (3.) The very large powers in remote localities which can be developed very cheaply, but owing to their isolation are only likely at present to be useful for special industries to be established in the vicinity. Of the first class the market available has been thoroughly investigated above, and justified the following development within five years : —-
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A new power-supply for Dunedin a not argent, as the demand is already being well catered 'or by i In- Waipori Power Plant, against which it would I" , quite impossible to compete successfully within the city, in view of the very cheap and serviceable public supply it now offers. But tliis plant may lie taken as an example of the excellent results that are possible in the other cities by the introduction of waterpower. The public supply was commenced only three years and a half ago. bul tin , business is already on a thoroughly sound footing, and this year will show a proiit over all charges, including depreciation reserve. As originally installed the power-hou.se has a plant-capacity of only 2.000 kilowatts, but the demand has been so great that lor the past year of operation this has been running, and running successfully, with heavy overloads. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. it has carried a mean daily overload of 17 per cent.. with 25 per cent, for an hour at a time, and " kicks "upto 50 per cent. Throughout the night the average load has been NOO kilowatts. As a result of this steady all-night load, the loail-facior of the daily output based on the maximum load for one hour was 6+ percent., and based on the total rated plant-capacity as high as 7'Xi per cent. The load-factor calculated on the total power-station output for the year was, last year, as high as 49 per cent., and on the actual power sold to consumers 39 per cent, of the rated capacity. These are very striking figures, and indicate that the load-factors of 28 and 34-5 per cent., on which the estimates of this report are based, are well on the safe side, and even better results may be anticipated injactual operation. The length of transmission-line from Waipori to Dunedin is thirty miles oxer rough country, and the line-pressure 35.(KM) volts. The electric problems thus involved are more serious than would lie encountered in the Wellington llutt system. The financial results for the past complete years of operation were as follows : — Second year of operation ending 3lsl March. 1909, — Total capital outlay, including low-tension L.T. reticulation, street- £ f lighting, etc. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 216,665 Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11.).775I 1 .).775 Expenditure, working-costs .. .. .. .. .. 9,294 Interest charges, &c, 4$ per cent. .. .. .. .. 9,627 18,921 Balance .. .. .. .. .. £854 Third year of operation, ending 31st .March. 1910. Total capital outlay, including low tension L.T. reticulation, street- £ £ lighting. &c. ' .. . . . . . . .... 259,619 Revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28,112 Expenditure, working-costs ... .. .. «... .. 11,323 Interest charges, &c., t-85 percent. .. .. .. .. 12,547 23,870 • Balance .. .. .. .. .. £4,242 No depreciation reserve Eund has yet been set aside, but as there was a debit of £4,380 from the firs year's operation it is sound finance to pay this ofi before putting aside any reserve funds. This ha' now been done, and the profit and loss account already shows a credit balance of t;7J(i. T|, ( . phini has been increased during the current year to a capacity of 1.000 kilowatts, double the former capacity i and even if one of the four generating units',be now kept as a reserve this will result in a 50-per-cent. increase in the output and revenue, with only a small increase—probably 10 per cent. —in the working and capital charges. The market is growing so rapidly that customers are not only waiting to lie connected, but premiums are offered for the right to obtain a supply. As a result, it will be possible in (he fourth year of operation to pay all costs, put aside a substantial depreciation reserve, and still carry forward a substantial net profit which may lie used either for the relief of rates or the farther reduction of charges, which are already exceedingly low. an average lor all purposes of less than Id. per unit. The capital outlay, when the cost of the plant recently added is included, will be well under £290,000 for 4,000 kilowatts (5,330-horse power). This includes a complete reticulation of low-tension distributing-mains in the city, house-service connections, and meters, street-lighting, and tramway-converter machinery. These items will account for more than one-half of the total outlay, and the balance thus works out at £36 per kilowatt or £27 per horse-power to cover the headworks, power plant, transmission-line, substations, and electrical equipment. Christchurch, on the other hand, is at present very inadequately supplied with power for general purposes, and there is no prospect of the demand being met from any source other than water-power.
Maximum. Average. Locality. Kilowatts. Horse-power. Kilowatts. Horse-power. Wellington Auckland (Ihristchurch Dunedin 9.150 12,200 6,920 9.2oo 8.300 11,100 6,500 8,700 3.116 4,600 2.630 3,500 2.592 3,460 1.823 2,440
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This is therefore the tirst scheme that should ho taken up. Lake Coleridge is by Ear the most suitable source. The only possible alternative is the Clarence River. The power-station here would be ten miles farther from Christchurch, and seventy miles farther from Ashburton and Timaru. It would be practically useless for the towns of South Canterbury, whereas the Lake Coleridge scheme could supply all the power-requirements from Timaru to Etangiora. After investigating the whole question very carefully, the late Mr. Hay recommended that if two power schemes could bo developed for the supply of Canterbury they should be the Opihi and Clarence Rivers, but, if only one, it should be Lake Coleridge. Lake Coleridge has the advantages of proximity to the market, the largest storage, and consequent possibility of regulating the How. the shortest tunnel-length, and " the most favourable condition for future partial development and subsequent completion in successive stages as the demand for power justifies." The lake constitutes an ideal storage reservoir. It is 11 miles long, and has an area of 14 square miles 382 acres at its present level. By driving a tunnel through the hill to the Rakaia River, a distance of 68 chains, with a 4-chain approach canal at the lake end and 40 chains of pipe-line at the lower end, a head of 470 ft. is available. These head works would cost £60,000. and by lowering the intake of the tunnel to 20 ft. below the existing lake-level, to regulate the How. it would yield an average power of 5,500-horse power. By diverting the Acheron into the lake the power available could be increased to 7,600-horse power at an additional cost of £16.000 ; and by diverting a portion of the Harper River it could be further increased to 14,000-horse power at an additional cost of £34,000 : making a total of £110,000 for headworks. The above horse-powers are for continuous working at 100 per cent, loadfactor. At 50 per cent, load-factor the maximum power available in each case is double the above figures ; and at the 28 per cent, power-factor estimated for the Christchurch demand the maximum power available is nearly four times the above figures. The, estimates show that the maximum demand in Christchurch in five years' time will be 11,100-horse power (8,300 kilowatts) ; and the average, 3,460-horse power (2,592 kilowatts). Allowing for all losses, tbis power will require an average flow of only 108 cubic feet per second throughout the year, and considerably more than this is available by regulating the lake-outflow without diverting either of the rivers. Allowing for I cansmission and trans formation losses, 1 would recommend that a plant consisting of four generators, each of 2.500 kilowatts (3,400-horse power), be installed at once, and that headworks, foundations, and switchboard-panels be provided for two additional units of the same size. Of these four units, three would carry the maximum load if required, with a reasonable overload on each, up till the early part of the third year of operation, so that one unit could hi- dismantled for overhaul or repair without interfering with the operation of the station. During the third or fourth year of operation the question of adding a fifth unit to meet the increasing demand and providing a spare unit at full load will probably have to be considered. The water motors would be of the Pelton-wheel type, mounted on horizontal shafts coupled direct io the generators. These should operate at 2,500 volts, three-phase, with a frequency of 50 cycles per second. Two direct-current exciters would also be required, of 200 kilowatts each, which would also .supply the lights in the station and staff-houses, and operate the travelling-crane and other station motors. These exciters would run at 120 volts direct current, and would be connected in parallel with a small storage-battery in order to maintain absolute certainty of supply and steadiness of voltage. The exciters would be driven by two smaller Pelton wheels of 300-horse power each. The current from the main generators and exciters would be controlled by a switchboard built in a special switchboard-gallery, the switches themselves being entirely enclosed in brick or concrete cells. and operated by insulated handles from the operating-board. The switchboard would be provided with the necessary panels for the final equipment of six 2,500-kilowatt generators and four outgoing feeders. It would be divided into two entirely separate-portions by a coupling switch, and two independent sets of feeders would bo run to Christchurch, one from each of these independent switchboards. With these provisions no single fault whatever in the plant or gear, even if in the most vulnerable parts, could interfere with the continuity of supply. From the switchboard the mains would be carried to the step-up transformers, which would raise the pressure from 2.500 to 15,000 volts for the transmission and thence to the outgoing-cable towers, suitable lightning-arresters being interposed to protect the plant from damage from this cause. From the power-house the distance in a direct line to Christchurch is fiftyeight miles ; but, following the roads by the most convenient routes to give the cheapest right of way, accessibility for construction and repair, and to tap the available distributing centres on the route, the distance is about seventy miles. Provision is made for two entirely separate transmission-circuits on separate pole-lines, again in order to provide that no accident, however serious, could possibly interfere with the continuity of the supply. The transmission-line would be carried on 36 ft. poles spaced chains apart in level country, ■ndup to 5 chains in hilly country, according to the nature of the surface. As every insulator is a point of risk, the longer the spans within the limits permitted by the sag the less the danger of break-down. In modern practice the spans are made as long as the nature of the ground and the height of the poles will permit, on level ground from 150 ft. to 180 ft. with wooden poles, and in hilly country up to a quarter or half a mile between ridges, and with special poles. The insulators would consist of triple built-up earthenware, cemented together, and arranged in an equilateral triangle about 60 in. apart. Each pole, with cross-arm and insulators, erected complete would cost about £6, the necessary shingle for concrete being available practically on the spot. This provides Eor a typeof construction that will be ample for twenty years' service. By that time the development of ferroconcrete construction will probably enable a much more permanent type of pole to be adopted. In the meanwhile, the accrued depreciation reserve will more than cover the cost of reconstruction. For the transmission-line, considering the necessity of providing for future extensions, the total weight of copper required would be 143 tons for each circuit of three wires from the power-house to the substation in Christchurch. This size of wire would involve transmission losses ranging form 3 per cent, at 1,200 kilowatts up to 13 per cent, with a load of 5,000 kilowatts (6,600-horse power) on each of the .two circuits —that is, at a delivered power of 13,200-horse power. Tin' transformation losses in
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raising the pressure at the power-house and stepping down again at the substation would be I per rent, additional at full load, making a total loss of 17 per cent, at a total load of 13,200-horse power : ;ii a total load of 10,000-horee power the total loss would be 15 per cent. ; and ai 6,000-horse power 13 per cent. In working out Culler details a lighter line may prove sufficient, but the above is a safe estimate. A telephone circuit would be required following cadi transmission-line, with small exchangeboards in the power-house and substations. The maintenance of the transmission will involve patrolling its whole length at frequent intervals; ami for this purpose two linesmen's cottages would be required along each mute, dividing ii into suitable lengths for regular patrol service. Telephone instruments in each house connected with the telephone circuit would enable the linemen to be concentrated rapidly in the ease of an emergency. The two transmission-lines should terminate in independent substations, one towards the northern ;inil tin' other on the southern side of the city, in order to give a good lay-out of the distributing-mains. These two substations would lie cross-connected by a cable, again providing for continuity of service in case it is necessary to cut out either of the transmission-lines at any time. The main t ransmission-lines should nut lie brought farther into the city than is necessary to obtain good centres for distribution, and on this account the southern substation would lie situated in Addington, near tin . Railway Workshops, ami tin , northern one near the Exhibition Grounds. These substations would he provided with lightning-arresters, step down transformers reducing the pressure from 1(1.(KM) volts to R. 600 foi die trihution in bulk, and switchboards controlling the various circuits. From the Addington substation distributors would lie run to the Railway Workshops, the tramway power-house. Ihe Sydenham, Cashmere Hills, and Heathcote pumping-stations, the factories and mills in Woolston, Addington, Islington,and Hornby, the Halswell and Redcliffs quarries, and tin , Lyttelton Harbour. From the Exhibition substation distributors would he run to the City Council Electric-power Station, tlie Drainage Board pumping-station, the Belfast. Kaiapoi, ami Rangiora mills and factories. Provision would lie made in the distributors from the substations to supply each Buburb or section of the city not already supplied by the City Council mains, and each town, village, group of houses, mill, or factory within fifteen miles of the substations that otters sufficient inducement. In addition to the two main substations, a number of transformer and distributing huts would lie required for supplying current to smaller centres in which there is no authority to take the power in hulk, and in which the Government might have to undertake the retail distribution. The exact positions of these would be fixed as the demand arose, but I have allowed for twenty-five, with an average capacity of 100 kilowatts. The following would In , the approximate length of main distributors : — Mil.-. Christchurch to Bangiora, via Belfast and Kaiapoi .. .. .. ..20 Addington to Lyttelton .. .. .. .. .. ..8 Branches from main lines to Halswell. Islington, Hornby, and Lincoln .. 15 Branches from substations to various distributing centres .. .. ..25 Total .. .. .. .. .. ..68 Ln addition, low-tension 220-volt distributors would be necessary for retail distribution in smaller centres, requiring about forty miles circuit with meters and services. 1 attach Complete estimates for these winks, amounting to £291.50(1. exclusive of the purchase of an\ land or way-leaves that may be necessary, the construction of mam roads, interest during construction, and preliminary departmental expenses. For four years hence that is. for the first two years of operation the load would be considerably less than the maximum of 13,300 horse power provided above, and one of the generating units might be omitted in the meanwhile, reducing the power-station capacity to 10,000-horse power and reducing the outlay by £17,000. Similarly, one of the two trans-mission-lines would have ample capacity for the first few rears of operation, and the £34,000 mi the above outlay might thus lie held over in the meanwhile. If it were decided at first to supply current only from the main distributors or the transformer-huts, leaving the local bodies ot groups of consumers to make their own arrangements for distribution, a reduction o) £25.000 would be effected in bhe capital outlay. The costs of the'full development of 10,000 kilowatts or 13,300-horse power thus work out as follows: — Total. Per Kilowatt. Per Horse-power. E £ £ Headworks .. .. .. .. .. 60,000 <i 4-5 Power-house .. .. .. .. .. 110,600 I II 8-3 Transmission-line .. .. .. .. 14,300 II 3-4 Substations .. .. .. .. .. .1.8,800 1-9 1-4 High tension distribution .. .. .. 29,200 2-9 2-2 Low-tension distribution .. .. .. 28,600 2-9 2-1 Total .. .. •• ... £291,500 £29-2 £21-9 Compared with the costs of other power plants of similar output, the cost of headworks is low, owing to the exceptionally favourable circumstances of Lake Coleridge for partial development. The other items show a fair margin above the cost of similar works in the older countries, which would more than cover the necessary allowance for higher freight and wages.
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Lake Coleridge - Christchurch Scheme. Estimated Capital Outlay. Headworks, consisting oi canal, tunnel, and pipe-lines to give an average of 5,500- £ horse power and a maximum of 20,000-horse power on a 28-per-cent. load-factor .. 60,000 Power-house equipment, — Buildings and foundations for six 2,500-kilowatts generating units-total. £ 20,000-horse power .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,800 •1 Pelton wheels and governors, complete total. L3,300-horse power .. 40,000 t generators, complete total, 10,000 kilowatts .. .. .. .. 25,000 2 exciters and Pelton wheels, complete 400 kilowatts .. .. .. 1.000 Battery and accessories .. .. .. .. .. .. 600 Switchboard, 11 panels and connections complete, to provide tor ultimate capacity of 15,000 kilowatts (20,000-horse power) .. .. .. 2,500 Travelling-cranes—l of 25 tons and lof 2 tons .. . . .. .. 1,000 Step-up of 1,600 kilowatts each -12.800 kilowatts . . 12,000 Lightning-arresters .. . . . . .. .. . . .. 300 Workshop and tools .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.000 Railage and cartage .. . . . . . . .. .. .. 3,UK) Erection and contingencies .. .. .. . . .. .. 3,400 Staff-houses (eight) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,000 110.600 Transmission-line, — Pole-line and insulators, erected complete . . . . .. .. 22,000 Copper, two circuits, each 143 tons, at £hO per ton .. .. .. 17.200 Telephone circuits and instruments . . .. .. .. .. 1.500 Erection of transmission-line, tools, plant, and accessories .. .. 2.600 Four linesmen's cottages .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 14..i(K) Substations (Addington and Exhibition Substations),— Buildings .. . . .. .. .. .. . . .. 3.000 lightning-arresters .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 300 Slep-down transformers — 8, of 1,600 kilowatts each .. .. .. 12,000 Switchboards and accessories .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,500 18,800 Transformer and distributing-huts (25. each JOO kilowatts), — Buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 Transformers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,200 Switchboards and meters .. .. . . .. .. .. 1,500 6,700 'Distributing-mains, 6,600 volt,— 3,000 poles, cross-arms, insulators, Ac... .. .. .. .. 12,000 Cable and erection .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10.500 22.5(10 Distributing-mains (low tension), — 1,600 poles, cross-arms, insulators. &c. .. .. .. .. .. 6,400 Cable and erection .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,000 Meters and services .. ... .. .. .. .. .. 4,200 28,600 Total capital outlay . . .. . . . . . . . . £291.500 Operating < 'osts. The working-costs of the full plant when in steady cunning-order, after, say. two years of service, would be as follows :— Generation, — Power-house, — £ £ Maintenance of headworks .. .. .. .. .. 800 Power-house wages and stoics . . . . . . . . . . 2.800 Maintenance and repairs .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,200 . 4,800 Transmission and distribution, — Wages and stores .. .. .. .. .. .. .. l.iioo Maintenance and repairs . . . . .. .. .. .. 2.400 7,000 Management, — Salaries and wages .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .'5.20(1 Office-rent and charges .. .. .. .. .. .. 600 Insurance . . .. .. . . . . . . . . .. 300 General expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 5.100 Total working-costs ~ .. .. .. .. .. £16.! too
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Lake Coleridge - Christchuiuh Scheme— continued. Annual Capital Charges. Interest on £291,600 at 4 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,660 Sinking fund, 1 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,915 Depreciation reserve, — EEeadworks,-£60,000, at 2 per oent. .. .. .. .. .. 1,200 Power-house, £110,600, a 1 t per cent .. .. .. 4,424 Transmission-line, £44,300, ai 3 per cent. .. .. .. .. 1,329 Substations, £18,800, at 4 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 7- r >:' Distributing system, £57,800,. at 5 per cent. .. .. .. .. 2,890 Allow for writing oft interest during construction, and preliminary expenses.. 2,000 12,595 Total capital charges .. .. .. .. .. £27,170 Total annual costs .. .. .. .. .. .. £44,070 Allowing for the full-load losses In transmission and transformation (17 per cent.), this leaves ;i maximum of 8,300 kilowatts or 11,000-horse power available for sale in Christchurch—that is.— 72,600.000 units on a LOO-per-cent. load-factor. 36,300,000 „ 50 20,000,000 „ 28 The latter is the load-factor that the detailed estimates give for the actual Christchurch load. On this basis the above costs work out as follows :—
The revenue on the basis calculated in the above detailed estimates for this output (which is slightly less than thai estimated as being required in live years' lime) would be, — 20,000,900 units at l-08d. .. .. .. .. .. .. £90,000. This leaves an ample margin of protil which would enable the system to prove self-supporting when the output reaches a little over one-half of that estimated as available in three years after supply commences. In the meanwhile the charges on which the estimates are based, which yield an average revenue of l-08d. per unit, or £8 6s. per horse-power, maximum output, are very low. but may be reduced still farther if considered advisable as soon as the output reaches 12,000,000 units peT annum ; and if the output shows a better load-factor than 28 pel' cent., which is quite probable, the reduction in charges might be made earlier. When any such reduction is made it is certain that an enormous expansion in the business will result. Ear beyond an\- possible estimates of business actually in sight. Wellington District. In order of commercial importance and accessibility to a remunerative market, the next proposal of those available is the llutt River scheme, for the supply of the Wellington. Ffutt. and l'etone dist rids. The business in sight within fixe years is as follows: — Maximum load .. .. .. 9.150 kilowatts, or 12,200-horae power. Average load .. .. .. .. 3,416 kilowatts, or 4,600-horse power. Load-factor .. .. .. .. .. .. 34-5 per cent. Total output per annum . . . . . . . . 27,635,000 units. Annual revenue available in five years' time .. .. .. £121,980. In his report of the 2L'nd October. L 906, the late .Mr. Hay says,— " The information obtained regarding this river shows that a very useful power-scheme can be got. The works required are a high concrete drain, a conduit about 4 miles •'!() chains long, about TOO ft. of pipes, and a tail-race 35 chains long, for the most part in drive. The power-station would be situated near the junction of the .Muiigaroa Stream with the Hlltt River, about four miles from the Upper Mutt Railway-station. The volume of How observed during the period for which the river has been closelj observed varied from about LOO cub. ft. per second to 5,000 cub. ft. per second in flood. The mean How during this period was equal to giving 8,000-horse power on the turbine shafts at the power-station. The conduit would be designed to carry TOO cub. ft. of water per second. Deducting height lost by fall in race, friction in pipes, anil fall necessary in tail-race, about 2tf"> ft. of effective head should be obtainable.
Working-costs ('apit;i 1 charges I'er I'nit Per Kilowatt; Per Horse-power: for Maximum delivered, Maximum delivered, 19,000,000 Units. 8,300 Kilowatts, j 1,100 Horse-power. e s. d. e s. d. 0-203 2 10 I 11 0 0-326 3 6 0 2 10 0 Total . . 0-529 5 7 0 4 10
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" The maximum power to which the scheme would work would be 17,000-horse power on the tur-bine-shafts. The corresponding continuous power would be 8,500-horse power. The power-station would be very favourably located, being rather less than four miles from the Upper Hutt Railwaystation, sixteen miles from the Lower Hutt, seventeen from Petone, and twenty-four miles from the Wellington Railway-station. If not immediately, a large amount of power would ultimately be used in the Butt Valley for lighting, tramways, suburban railways, and in numerous industries. A very safe route for a transmission-line could be got, and the risk of breakdown would be very small for a properly constructed line. A plant and works to yield 8,500-horse power on turbine-shafts for continuous working would cost £250,000 for dam, tail-race, conduit, and buildings. For an installation to work up to say, 17,000-horse power on the turbine shafts, the cost would be about £286,000 for dam, conduit, tail-race, buildings, and minor engineering works. " The Hutt scheme derives its importance from its very favourable situation. The cost of headworks per horse-power is high, but the working-costs will be lower than if an equal amount of money were expended on obtaining an equal amount of power from a long-distance transmission system, and I have no hesitation in recommending its adoption in preference to any such scheme, on the grounds of probable lesser cost for power supplied, and the certainty of much less risk of interruption of service by failure in the transmission-line." Compared with more ambitious schemes which have been proposed for the supply of the whole of the North Island, such as the lluka Falls and Lake Waikaremoana, the Hutt scheme is much more practical and economical The former would involve transmission distances of 200 to 250 miles, through rough inaccessible country. Although quite possible, these enormous distances would necessitate the development of 40,000- to 50,000-horse power at once, in order to make the scheme pay interest and working-expenses, involving an outlay of £1,500,000 to £2,000,000, and, in view of the comparatively limited demand at present in sight, a development of only 13,000-horse power is justified for the Wellington district. The cost of transmitting this quantity over such distances would be much more than the cost of supply from the Hutt River. The other local schemes that have been suggested —viz., the Tauherenikau, Waione, Otaki, &c.—are all much smaller than the Hutt River scheme, more remote from the market, and the transmission would involve a line over the mountains in addition to the valley route of the Hutt scheme, involving much greater costs of maintenance and risks of interruption. The land necessary for the reservoir in the Hutt Valley (280 acres) has already been purchased. The headworks for a final development of 17,000-horse power, including dam, conduit, tail-race, buildings, and minor engineering-works, are estimated by the late Mr. Hay at £286,000. In view of the demand immediately in sight a maximum of 9,150 kilowatts (12,200-horse power), with an average load of 3,416 kilowatts (4.600-horse power) —the power available in the Hutt scheme would be ample for many years to come. The average flow accessary to supply this load, allowing for all losses, is only 2'M) (lib. ft. per second. To deal with this demand I would recommend the installation of four generating-seti each of 2.500 kilowatts capacity, giving a total power-house capacity of 13,300-horse power. The details of the power-house plant would be very similar to those proposed for the Lake Coleridge scheme, with the exception thai the head of water on the Pelton wheels would be only 285 ft., as compared with 470 ft. at Lake Coleridge; and the voltage of transmission, owing to the shorter distance, need not be higher than 35,<HX) volts, as compared with to.OOO or higher proposed for Lake Coleridge. As in the case of Lake Coleridge power-station there would be ample spare plant until the third year of operation when the question of adding a fifth unit would require consideration if it is found necessary to have a spare unit in reserve under all conditions of load. It is quite possible that if one machine were out of action the overload capacity of the other three would supply all the reserve power necessary. The transmission-line would be in duplicate, following different routes as far as possible, in order to insure continuity of supply. The two main circuits would terminate in substations one at Petone and the other at Thorndon. The circuit to the former, sixteen miles in length, would have a normal capacity of 5,000 kilowatts, and to the latter of 6,000 kilowatts. In addition, a high-tension connectingline of 5,000 kilowatts capacity would be run between the two stations, so that the service to both substations could be carried on without interruption if it were necessary to cut out either transmissionline for repairs. Each line would have ample overload capacity. The weight of copper in the 5,000--kilowatt line would be 40 tons, and the full-load loss in transmission and transformation under 12 per cent. The weight of copper in the 6,000-kilowatt line would be 56 tons, and the full-load loi including transformation, under 10 per cent. At the substations the pressure would be reduced to 2,200 volts, three-phase, for distribution. Owing to the closely concentrated nature of the load, this would be quite high enough for the primary distribution, the, majority of the power being disposed of within a mile of the substations, and the whole of it wit bin five miles. From the Petone substation high-tension distributors would be run to the various factories in the neighbourhood, to transformer-huts for distribution for electric lighting and power purposes, and to t lie present pumping-stations and the proposed tramway-station. From the Thorndon substation mains would be run to the municipal tramway and electric-light station, harbour power-station, pumpin<>stations, the various factories and mills taking power in bulk, and to transformer-huts for any areas not already included in the city-supply distributing system. The total length of such distributingmains would be much less than in the Christchurch neighbourhood, but a considerable portion in the city would have to run underground, involving considerably higher outlay. I estimate the length of the distributing-mains from the Petone substation at ten miles of overhead work, and from the Thorndon substation at twenty-seven miles of overhead circuits and four miles of underground circuits. As the secondary or low-tension distribution is already well provided for in the Wellington district, I have not included it in the estimates.
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The total capital cost of this system, complete, for 10,000 kilowatts or 13,300-horse power, would thus be £443,960 —that is, £44-4 per kilowatt, or £33-4 per horse-power, made up as follows : —
Compared with the cost of similar works elsewhere, these figures show normal capital < -usts. allowing for the extra cost of freight and labour in New Zealand, except under the item of Headworks, £286,000. This is high on account of the large dam involved ; but without an opportunity of going into details of Mr. Hay's estimates lam unable to check it. It works out for the proposed development at £28-6 per kilowatt, or £21-5 per horse-power —about four times as high as Eot the Lake Coleridge scheme, and three times the general average for such plants. But it must In , remembered that it provides for an ultimate extension of the power plant to 17,000-horse power, when it would work out at only £16-8 per horse-power. Mr. Hay estimated a possible reduction of £36,000 in this item if the plant were designed for a continuous output of 8,500-horse power, and probably a considerable amount of this saving could be effected in providing for the estimated requirements of 13,300-horse power maximum, with an average of only 4,600-horse power. This can only be determined by a detailed survey. It would also be possible to reduce thejoutlay for the first two years of operation by omitting one of the main generating units, thus reducing the capital cost by £17,000. and one of the transmissionlines with its transformers, reducing the outlay by an additional £17.000. HUTT REVER - WELLINGTON POWER SCHEME. Estimated Capital Cost. Headworks, including dam. conduit, tail-race, buildings, and minor engineering £ works for a capacity of 17.000-horse power (Mr. Hay's estimate) .. . . .. 286,000* Power-house equipment (buildings and foundations included above), 4 Pelton wheels and governors, complete, for 13,300-horse power .. .. 40,000 4 generators, complete, for 10,000 kilowatts .. .. .. .. 25,000 2 exciters and Pelton wheels, complete, 400 kilowatts .. .. .. 4,000 Battery and accessories .. .. .. .. .. .. 500 Switchboard and connections, complete, to provide for an ultimate capacity of 15,000 kilowatts.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2.5011 Tnivelling-eranes —one of 25 tons and one of 2 tons . . . . . . 1.000 Step-up transformers—l2,Boo kilowatts .. .. . .. 12,000 Lightning-arresters .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 300 Workshop and tools .. . . . . .. . . . . . . 1.000 Railage and cartage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,600 Erection and contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,40<> Staff-houses (six) .. .. .. .. . .. .. 2,200 94,500 Transmission-line, — Pole-line and insulators, erected complete .. .. .. .. 8,200 Copper, two circuits, of 40 and 56 tons weight . . .. .. . . 5,760 Telephone circuits and instruments .. .. .. . . .. 600 Erection of transmission-lines, tools, plant, and accessories .. .. 2,100 Two linesmen's cottages .. .. .. .. .. .. 500 17,160' Substations (I'etone and Thorndon), — Buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,000 Lightning-arresters .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 300 Step-down transformers, 12,800 kilowatts .. . . . . . . 12,000 Switchboards and accessories . . .. . . . . . . . . 3,500 18,800 Transformer and distributing-huts (25 each of 1(K) kilowatts), — Buildings .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 Transformers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,200 Switchboards and meters .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,500 6.700
Per Kilowatt, Per Horse-now er Total. for 10.000 for 13,H00Kilowatts. horse power. 11 cad works Power-house plant Tra nsmission-line Substations I listribution » £ £ £ 286.000 28-6 21-5 94.500 9-5 7-2 17.160 1-7 1-3 18.800 1-9 1-4 27.5(H) 2-7 2-0 i . ... _- . 443,960 III 33-4
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HUTT RIVER - WELLINGTON VOWRK SOHEMK — Continued. » Estimated Capital Cost —continued. Distributing-mains (2,200 volts), — 1,400 poles, cross-arms and insulators .. .. .. .. .. 7,000 Cable and erection .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,600 Four miles underground cable .. .. .. .. .. 7,200 20,800 Total capital outlay .. .. .. .. . . .. £443,960 Annual Operating Costs. Generation, — Maintenance of head works .. .. .. .. .. ■ .. 1,500 Power-house wages and stores .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,800 Plant maintenance and repairs .. .. .. .. .. 1,200 ->.:-,O() Transmission and distribution, — Wages and stores .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,500 Maintenance and repairs .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.200 3,700 Management, — Salaries and wages .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,200 Office rent and charges .. .. .. .. .. .. 600 Insurance .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 300 General expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 5,100 Total working costs .. .. .. .. .. .. £14,300 Annual Capital Charges. Interest, £443,960, at 4 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,758 Sinking fund, £443,960, at 1 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 4,439 22,197 Depreciation reserve, — Headworks, £286,000, at 2 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 5,720 Power-house plant, £94,500, at 4 per cent. .. .. .. .. 3,780 Transmission-line £17,160, at 3 per cent. .. .. .. .. 515 Substations, £18,800, at 4 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 752 Distribution, £27,500, at 5 per cent. .. .. .. .. .. 1,375 Allow for writing off interest during construction and preliminary expenses .. 2,000 14,142 Total capital charges .. .. .. .. .. .. 36,339 Total annual costs .. .. .. .. .. .. £50,639 Allowing for full-load losses in transmission and transformation (11 per cent.), this leaves a maximum of 8,900 kilowatts, or 11,800-horse power available for sale in Wellington, that is to say, — 78,000,000 units on a 100-per-cent. load-factor. 39,000,000 „ 50 „ - 26,800,000 „ 34-5 „ The latter is the load-factor that the detailed estimates give for the actual Wellington load. On this basis the above costs work out as follows :—
These figures are slightly less than the estimated requirements in five years' time —viz., a maximum demand of 9,150 kilowatts, or 12,200-horse power, and an output of 27,635,000 units per annum, yielding a total revenue of £121,980, or of l-06d. per unit. On the same basis, the actual plant provided above will yield the following revenue : — 26,800,000 units at l-06d. .. .. ~ ~ .. .. £118.300
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Compared with the estimated total annual cost of £50,639, this leaves an ample margin of profit, which would enable the system to prove self-supporting when the output reaches about half of that estimated in five years' time. In the meanwhile the basis charges on which the estimates are calculated might be still farther reduced as soon as the output reaches a million units per month. In fact, it will probably be advisable, in order to encourage a large output from the start, to reduce the charges at once to some such scale as the following : — To City, Hutt and Petone Borough Tramways and Kelburne Tramway, £ 6,100,000 units, at 0-66 d. .. .. .. .. .. 16,940 „ City, Hutt and Petone Boroughs, for pumping, 3,960,000 units, at 0-5 d... 8,250 „ Harbour Board, 1,180,000 units, at 0-Bd. .. .. .. .. 3,930 „ Railway Workshops, 330,000 units, at 0-Bd. .. .. .. 1,100 „ City, Hutt and Petone Borough Councils, for retail distribution for power, lighting, heating, cooking, and street-lighting,— From 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., 3,000,000 units, at l-25d. .. .. 15,620 From 10 p.m. to 8 a.m., 1,000,000 units, at 0-sd. .. .. 2,080 From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 4,000,000 units, at Id. .. .. .. 16,660 ~ private consumers, for power, 4,000,000 units, at Id. .. .. 16,660 ~ private consumers, for lighting, 1,000.000 units, at 2d. .. .. 8,330 Allowed for loss in distribution, lighting substations, &c, 2,230,000 units .. £89,570 This would still show a substantial profit in the third year of operation (five years from the commencement of construction) as compared with the total annual costs of £50,639. Whether such a reduction in charges should be made from the start, or only after the plant has shown a profit on the higher-basis charges taken in the preliminary estimates, is a matter of policy which would be dictated by the immediate prospects of the output available during the first few months of operation. In any case, further reductions could be offered in the fourth year of operations. This scheme is capable of considerable extension beyond the power proposed above. Mr. Hay estimated the power of the river at 8,500-horse power for continuous working —that is, 17,000-horse power on a 50-per-cent. load-factor, or 25,500 on a 33-per-cent. load-factor. In addition to this, the Akatarawa Stream is capable of yielding a further 1,000 average horse-power in the same power-station building, so that this site should serve the requirements for many years to come. The development of the latter scheme will be particularly advantageous, as it will give a power-supply entirely independent of the main river itself, and might thus enable the load to be carried on over short periods during examination or repairs to the main-supply tunnel from the Hutt River. The question of working the Rimutaka Incline electrically from this power-station is also worthy of consideration. The capital costs of these two systems, Lake Coleridge and the Hutt River, may be compared in detail with similar figures for the outlay on seven of the American power systems, with capacities of 10,000 to 30,000 kilowatts, and working on heads of 30 ft. to 120 ft., as quoted by Mr. 0. S. Lyford in the Proceedings of the American Institution of Electrical Engineers for February last, as follows :—
From these figures it is evident that ample allowances have been made in the local estimates. It would, of course, be possible to make the estimates much higher by specifying heavier types of construction than are required to insure safety and reliability for the sake of giving greater permanence. But, in view of the necessity of keeping the capital cost as low as possible until the returns are showing a clear profit, and in view of the ample depreciation reserves provided, it is undesirable to load the first installation with any more permanent type of construction than I have provided for in the foregoing estimates.
Per Kilowatt at Power-stations— I A. B. C. D. E. F. G. Lake Cole- Hutt ridge. River. Land and rights Headworks, buildings, &c. Hydraulic equipment Electric equipment Transmission-line Substations Distributing system Interest during construction Engineering expenses • £ 2-9 7-2 2-9 4-3 3-5 1-2 2-1 1-3 2-0 £ 2-7 9-0 2-8 4-7 1-3 1-3 1-4 0-6 0-9 £ £ £ £ £ 1-8 2-9 4-6 2-7 3-1 10-2 10-2 i 10-6 12-7 11-7 2-7 1-9 1-6 1-6 1-6 4-0 ' 2-9 3-0 2-8 2-6 3-8 1-9 4-3 3-6 j 5-9 2-0 1-6 1-4 1-7 1-7 0-9 0-9 3-2 3-0 2-5 11 10 1-7 1-3 1-3 2-5 2-2 2-6 3-0 2-8 £ £ 7-5 28-6 4-0 4-0 5-6 5-5 4-4 1-7 1-9 1-9 5-8 2-7 " Total per kilowatt .. 27-4 24-7 290 24-5 330 32-4 33-2 I i 29-2 44-4
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In conclusion, the foregoing estimates show that it will pay well to develop the Lake Coleridge and Hutt River schemes. As a fuller investigation of the question, I would recommend that similar estimates be taken out for the Kaituna-Auckland scheme, though it is obvious that, owing to the longdistance transmission, the financial results will not be as good as in either of the othei two cases. I would recommend also that thorough investigations be made of the probable market in each of the following centres, as has been done in this report for the four main centres, in order to determine accurately the financial prospects of smaller electric-power developments in each : — Napier and Gisborne district (Waikaremoana scheme). Palmerston North and the Manawatu district (Makuri scheme). Invercargill and the Southland district (Lake Hauroto scheme). Greymouth and the Westland district (Teremakau scheme). Whangarei and Dargaville district (Wairoa Falls scheme). Nelson district. Owing to circumstances of which you are aware, the preparation of this preliminary report has been very hurried, and it has been impossible to verify a number of the details, some of which may be liable to correction ; but euch corrections cannot affect the general conclusions. All calculations are correct to three significant figures. The limited time has not permitted ;in examination of the owers in situ, and I have been compelled therefore to rely entirely on the published data with regard to these. I have, &c, Lawrence Birks, B.Sc, A.M.1.C.E., A.M.I.E.E. The Hon. the Minister of Public Works, Wellington.
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APPENDIX H. HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION, REPORT ON, BY THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF Mr. R. W. Holmes, M.lnst.C.E., to the Hon. the Minister of Public Works. Sh;,— Public Works Office, Wellington, 29th October, 1910. In connection with this matter I have the honour to report that the information at present in hand regarding several of the available schemes is as follows : — Lake Coleridge (Christchurch), Hutt Valley (Wellington), and Kaituna (Auckland). Information consists of exploration and trial surveys, which have been undertaken in order to prove the practicability of the schemes, particularly as regards the hydraulic side of the works, and in the two latter to ascertain the quantity of water available. Before any of the permanent works can be put in hand it will be necessary to complete these surveys, which will only take a short time, and also to commence at once, in connection with the Lake Coleridge scheme, continuous observation of the flow of water in the several sources of supply. Preliminary construction-work can at once be commenced in each of the schemes. Wairua : Whangarei and Dargavillk. A little information has been obtained regarding the physical characteristics of this scheme, but not sufficient to formulate a definite scheme. It is, however, a practicable schemejffor the development of a small quantity of power, which should be ample to supply the immediate neighbourhood, and, in view of the existence of an important industry which must have a considerable supply of power for continuous work, the installation of this scheme should prove a financial success. Taupo : Auckland. A little trial-survey work and exploration work only has been carried out in connection with this scheme. Before anything is done towards carrying out the works of construction for supplying Auckland with power it will be necessary to exhaustively investigate the Taupo scheme, as there is very little difference in the relative advantages of Taupo and Kaituna. Waikaremoana and Te Reinga : Hawke's Bay. Up to the present only exploration work has been carried out in connection with these schemes. Kaituna : Auckland. In this project the water will be derived from Lake Rotoiti, to which is connected Lake Rotorua. Owing to the necessity of leaving the level of Lake Rotorua unaffected, it will not be possible to utilize the whole of the water which is derived from the watershed; but by working upon the level of Lake Rotoiti alone to the extent of a variation of a maximum of a little over 1 ft., sufficient water can be obtained to provide 37,000-horse power for continuous working on the turbine shaft at the generatingstation. This would enable a maximum quantity or peak load of nearly 78,000-horse power, or an average of 26,000-horse power continuous working to be delivered in Auckland. Investigation has been made on the basis of the delivery in Auckland of a peak load of 10,000-horse power, but by constructing the works with a small increase in expenditure, peak load can be increased to 20,000-horse power. Although the works required are of a comparatively simple character, the nature of the country and the peculiar region in which they are situated will render them more costly than they would be if situated, say, in the southern part of the Island or in the South Island. The country through which the head-race or conduit would be constructed consists wholly of volcanic rock, composed of tufa, pumice, and rhyolite. The first two give trouble through being easily eroded by water, the first through being subject to slipping, the second through being easily eroded by the wind, and the whole through being extremely pervious to water. These characteristics will necessitate special construction in order to render the conduits watertight, not only to preserve the quantity of water, but on account of the very great damage which would ensue through erosion of the light material by any water which might escape. The waters flowing out of the many volcanic springs throughout the watershed finding their way into the lake will no doubt render the water slightly acid, and therefore cause it to increase the rate of corrosion of any iron used. This is a very important matter, particularly in connection with the pressure-pipe and the turbines. The scheme consists of the conveyance of the water for a distance of about five miles in a suitable conduit to a point on a spur overlooking the valley of the Kaituna River, at a height of 550 ft. above water-level in the river below, and the conveyance thence of the water through a standard-steel pressurepipe to the turbines in the power-generating station, which would be situated on the right bank of the river. The head-works, owing to the extremely favourable physical characteristics of the lake-shores, would be of a very simple and inexpensive description.
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The conduit must of necessity consist of a tunnel for nearly a mile and a half after leaving the lake ; thence for about a mile and a half it may consist of an open race or a covered pipe ; thence for one mile, as the conduit would be under pressure, it must consist of a pipe ; thence, owing to the difficulty of dealing with the spillway, it will be impracticable probably to form an open race ; this is, however, a point that requires further investigation. Owing to the light character of the volcanic soils, considerable difficulty may be experienced in keeping dust-blown pumice from entering the open race, and also in preventing pumice from entering the race during heavy rainstorms. Should pumice-dust enter the race it will cause very heavy wear-and-tear upon the turbines owing to its cutting-action at the very high velocity at which the water passes through the machines. It therefore appears that it will be better to form a covered conduit the whole distance, and, as far as the information at present in hand shows, it will cost very little more to do so than to endeavour to construct an open race for a part of the distance. The steel pressure-pipe from the end of the conduit to the power-station will be of the usual standard description, anil not of abnormal length, being limited to about 1,300 yards. All materials for the, manufacture of concrete, of which a large quantity will be required, can be obtained in the district, but their tost will he increased above the average owing to their being scattered and consequently necessitating the construction of special tramways or other means for conveyance. As in the case of nearly all the power schemes, it will be necessary to expend a fair sum upon the improvement of existing roads and the construction of others, in order to obtain access to the works. It is probable that the Auckland . ramway system and the electric-lighting of the city will in the immediate future consume at least 10,000-horse power on their peak loads, so that it appears that it would be wiser to commence this scheme on the basis of a supply of ai least, 20.000-horse power for i lie maximam demand, particularly as the capital cost and consequently the cost of supply of curreni decreases very rapidly as the quantity supplied increases. Considerable further survey work is required in connection with this scheme, including caieful investigation into the route which will be best for the transmission line to follow. This work should lie carried out during the current year in order to enable a reliable estimate of the cost to be furnished at an early date. Hutt : Wellington. The generation of power from the Hutt River depends entirely upon the formation of an artificial lake or reservoir, by the construction of a high dam in the valley of the Hutt River below the confluence of the Pakuiatahi River. Without this dam neither sufficient fall nor water can be obtained, as the low summer flow, together with the available fall, would only be sufficient to generate a few hundred horsepower. Fortunately, one of the finest sites in the Dominion for the construction of a dam exists exactly where required ; and, although the dam would be 170 ft. in height, the length of the bottom would only be some 60 ft. or 70 ft., and the width of the top not more than 400 ft., and by the adoption of the arched principle of dam-construction, as has been adopted in New South Wales and America, the cost of the dam can be reduced very materially, and likewise - its safety increased when subjected to earthquake shocks, as the pressure of the water will tend to close, instead of open, any cracks which might be formed. The question of the silting-up of the reservoir by detritus from the hills has been investigated ; and, judging by the quantity of land which has made at the mouth of the Hutt River since the settlement of the district commenced, it will take many hundreds of years for the reservoir to be detrimentally affected. Silting can be very much decreased by the preservation of existing forests and the reafforestation of the denuded areas ; so no alarm should be experienced on this account. Some records have been obtained from time to time of the flow of the water, and from these has been deduced that the quantity which will be available during three consecutive dry seasons is sufficient to generate a continuous load of 5,000-horse power delivered in Wellington, which, with the variation in the quantity required throughout the twenty-four hours, will allow a maximum demand of from 10,000 to 15,000 horse power, or perhaps 20,000-horse power for short periods. This has been deduced in a conservative manner, as our records are not yet sufficiently complete to enable a very close and accurate determination to be made at the present time. With the known tact that the average rainfall in any place can only be obtained by observations taken over a cycle of nineteen years, it is obvious that very considerable allowances have to be made when the observations only extend over three years, which is the case in the present instance. Fortunately, in this scheme the information to hand is sufficient to enable a very close estimate of the cost of the works to be made, as it has been possible to calculate the quantities in most instances, and from this information the following estimate has been derived : — £ Purchase of land for reservoir . . .. . . . . .. 18,000 Purchase of land in watershed to provide for reafforestation . . . . 10,000 Dam .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 125,500 Tramway from nearest railway-station to dam-site .. . . .. 12,000 Deviation of main road where affected by reservoir . . . . . . 10,000 Head-race .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,000 Pressure-pipe line .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 21,000 Power-station and equipment . . . . .. .. . . 133,500 Transmission-line .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36,000 Telephone-lines .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 Contingencies .. .. .. .. . . .. .. 38,000 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £422,000
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The following is an estimate of the annual charges in connection with generation I — £ Interest at 4 per cent. . . .. .. .. .. .. 16,880 Sinking-fund, 1 per cent. .. . . .. . . .. . . 4,220 Maintenance .. .. .. .. . . .. .. 4,000 Depreciation .. .. .. .. . . .. . . 6,280 Running-costs . . . . . . .. .. .. . . 6,620 £38,000 In order not to complicate the report by the introduction of obscure technical terms, the estimate has been prepared on the assumption that the maximum demund will be 12,500-horse power; then, if a quantity of current amounting to 5,000-horse power for the whole of the twenty-four hours of each day of 365 per annum is sold, the cost per horse-power hour will be 0-208 d., or 0-280 d. per unit; if only 4,000-horse power is sold, the cost will be 0-260 d. per horse-power hour, or 0-349 d. per unit; if only 3,000-horse power can be sold, the cost will be 0-347 d. per horse-power hour, or 0.465 d. per unit. It is estimated that the Wellington City Corporation would be able to take, by the time the works are completed, at least one-third of the total quantity of power available. It is also estimated that the balance would be easily disposed of to industries along the route of the transmission-line, and also to industries at present being carried on in Wellington, to which current could be supplied at a very much cheaper rate than the City Council can supply with their present plant, or are in possession of a separate plant. It therefore appears that from a financial point of view the Hutt power scheme will be one of the most favourable in the Dominion. The height of dam required may seem excessive, and of too great a magnitude for practicable carry-ing-out-; but a dam in an exactly similar situation is being constructed in America, of a height of 246 ft. exclusive of depth of foundations, to dam up the Shoshone River in Wyoming. The construction of the dam was commenced in 1908, and in about two years it had been nearly completed, so that the construction of the dam required in the Hutt cannot be considered in any way beyond the region of easy practicability. Lake Coleridge : Christchurch. The Lake Coleridge power scheme is, next to the Te Reinga scheme, in Hawke's Bay, probably the easiest to deal will, and but for the necessity of diverting water from the Acheron and Harper Rivers into the lake, would be simplicity itself. The works required consist of a tunnel from the lake through a ridge some 70 chains in length to the head of the usual steel pressure-pipe leading to the power-station. At the lake end of the tunnel are required the usual head-works and regulating-sluices, and at the other end of the tunnel would be required the usual spillway or surge-pipe, according to whether the tunnel is subjected to waterpressure or not. The power-station would be situated on the left bank of the Rakaia River, and would be of simple construction. In order to generate sufficient current to deliver a maximum demand load of 10,000 to 15,000 horse power in Christchurch, it will be necessary to divert a portion of the flow of the Acheron and Harper Rivers into the lake, otherwise only a little over 2,000-horse power can be obtained. The works required to effect this will be low weirs of simple and inexpensive construction across each of the rivers, and short lengths of race. It will not be advisable to divert the whole of the flow of these rivers into the lake, as by so doing the shingle and silt would also be diverted, which can be avoided by allowing high floods and the shingle to pass over the weirs. The level of the draw-off from the lake would be situated at a suitable depth below the present surface of the water in order that the lake may be used as a storage reservoir to deal with fluctuating demands for water and fluctuating rainfall, in such a way that a maximum demand of about 30,000-horse power may be provided without having recourse to the construction of a dam across the outlet. The information in hand has enabled the cost to be very closely estimated, and in doing so the dimensions of the outlet have been calculated to provide for the delivery of a maximum demand of between 25,000 and 30,000 horse power in Christchurch, so that at little extra capital cost the scheme may be extended from time to time as may be found necessary. The following is an estimate of the cost on the above basis : — f Headworks and tunnel .. .. .. .. .. .. 65,000 Diversion, Acheron River .. . . . . . . .. .. 7,000 Diversion, Harper River . . . . . . . . . .. 39,000 I'vcssure-pipe line . . . . . . .. . . . . 36,000 Power-station and equipment . . . . . . . . . . 120,000 Buildings .. .. .. .. .. ' . . . . 10,000 Transmission-line . . .. . . . . . . .. .. 84,000 Substation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25,000 Contingencies .. .. . . . . . . .. .. 35,000 Total .. .. .. .. .. £421,000
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The distance from the power-station to Christchurch along the route of the transmission-line is approximately seventy miles, which is more than double the length of the Waipori Dunedin trans-mission-line, at present the longest in the Dominion. The greater length of the transmission-line and the necessity for bringing in water from the Acheron and Harper Rivera place this scheme in a rather less favourable position financially than that of the Mutt, although thi is severely handicapped by the high dam required. The following are the estimated annual costs which must be incurred in connection with the working of the scheme : — £ Interest at 4 per cent. . . .. . . . . . . . . 16,840 Sinking fund, 1 per cent. .. .. . . .. .. . . 4,210 Maintenance .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,000 Running-costs . . . . . . .. .. .. . . 7,450 Depreciation .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,000 Total ..- .. .. .. .. £44,500 This scheme is not in such a favourable position as regards the financial results as the Hutt, owing to the absence of so large an immediate demand, as the Christchurch tramways do not require anything like the quantity of current which the Auckland or Wellington tramways require, and at the present time the electric lighting of Christchurch is in quite an embryonic stage. There is, however, one favourable position, in that the City Council of Christchurch has not yet constructed a large generating-station for electric lighting, so that the current would be disposed of to better advantage owing to the absence of permanent charges on existing plant having to be met. A small quantity of current would be taken by the Railway Department for the electrification of the line between Christchurch and Lyttelton. The quantity would, if reduced to a single continuous consumption, only amount to a few hundred horse-power, as, owing to the flat grades, the quantity of power required is comparatively small. On tin , assumption that there will be a maximum demand of between 10,000 and 15,000 horse power, it is estimated that if a quantity of power amounting to a continuous demand of 5,000-horse power is sold, it could be produced at 0-24-kl. per horse-power hour, or O-327d. per electrical unit; and if a quantity of 4,000-horse power only is sold, it will cost 0-305 d. per horse-power hour, or 0-408 d. per electrical unit ; and if a quantity of 3.000-horse power only is sold, it will cost 0-406 d. per horse-power hour, • or 0-545 d. per electrical unit, which rates are much lower than power can be produced at by any other means at the present time. Existing Power-generating Plants. All owners of power-generating plants will have to take into consideration the cost of abandoning their present plants if deciding to take power from the Government, and they will also have to take into consideration the cost of installing electric motors, so that in many cases, particularly where Diesel oil-engines and producer-gas plants are in use, there will be a very small margin to work upon. A typical instance will be the Auckland. Wellington, and Christchurch tramway power-stations, which, ii current is taken from the Government, would be thrown out of use, and would remain only as stand-by plants for use should the Government supply fail. The owners in these cases would have to pay interest on the cost of the stations, rent, rates and taxes, depreciation (which is always heavy in plant that is not in constant use), and they would also have to pay for cost of permanent staff to periodically raise steam and work the plant for a short time, to keep it in order. A considerable part of this cost would, on the maturity of present loans, cease, when the water-power would be in a very much more favourable position. After the Lapse of a, few years, when the stability of the Government scheme has been assured, the local authorities would then probably have sufficient confidence to do away with their generatingstations, when a considerable sum would be saved, as the machinery could be sold, although it would not produce very much, and the buildings and sites could b< l sold or leased to be utilized for other purposes. There would, however, still be sinking fund to meet, and the difference between cost and the amount realized by sale of plant, &c, provided for. Taking the figures from the last balance-sheet of the Wellington ( Sty Corporation, it will be seen that it cost for power l-267d. per unit to generate current. Of this, about 0-65 d. per unit is made up of permanent charges, or what it would be necessary to expend if the power-station remained idle. The City Council, therefore, can only afford to pay about 0-6 d. I believe, however, that a closer investigation will show that the Council cannot afford to pay quite as much ; and the same conditions exist at all the other power-stations at present in work. In the Wellington case the margin between what it will cost the Government to generate power and deliver it in Wellington at is very nearly the limit which the Corporation can afford to pay. It is, however, sufficient to warrant the City Council purchasing power from the Government. The estimated costs per unit for delivering power are based upon the schemes being in full work, which would, however, take some time after the commencement of generation before the full state of working can be arrived at, as it would take considerable time to induce customers to purchase and make the necessary connections. The several schemes, like most other businesses, will have to be run for some time at a loss, which would have to be recouped in after-years, allowance for which would haveto be made in the rates charged.
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Owners cif existing engines of whatever description, in making calculations as bo whether it would pay them to take power from the Government, musl take into consideration interest, sinking fund, depreciation, rents, rates, taxes, maintenance, cunning-costs (including labour, fuel, and stores), and insurance ; and they would also have to observe the actual quantity of power generated, which in most factories and works only amounts to a small fraction of the full capacity of the engines —that is to say, if a 20-horse-power engine is in use it will probably be found by menus of a continuous recording dynamometer that the amount of power generated during eighi hours' work would only amount to from 15 to 30 per cent.—that is, from 3to 6 horse power. An extremely fallacious conclusion will be arrived at if, as is often done, the maximum power of the engine is simply multiplied by the number of hours to arrive at the power-costs. It would perhaps be as well at this stage to point out that for intermittent use electric current is very economical, as only the exact current used is charged for ; there are no stand-by losses on the part of the consumer as in the case of steam, gas, or oil engines. Existing Transmission-lines. In order to show that the transmission of power is practicable, attention is drawn to the following existing transmission-lines : — Locality. Length in Miles. De Sabla to Sausalito. San Francisco . . . . .. .. .. 232 Coalgate to Oakland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 142 Electro Power-house to San Francisco . .. . . . . .. 147 Guanajuato, Mexico . . .. .. .. . . .. .. 101 Spokane .. .. . . . . .. . . .. .. 110 Los Angeles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 110 Pearce Company .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 Mexican Light and Power Company .. .. . . . . 110 Winnipeg General Power Company .. . . .. . . 60 Canadian Niagara Company . . . . .. . . . . 93 Electric Development Company, Ontario .. .. .. .. 93 Bangalore, India . . . . . . .. .. .. 92 Provo, Utah .. .. .. . .. .. .. 32 Logan, Utah .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 150 Lyons, France .. .. . . . . . . .. .. 112 Guanajuato .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 104 Coalgate to Stockton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 218 Missouri Power Company .. . . . . .. .. 65 Financial Position. The best results will probably be obtained by the Government maintaining the position of the wholesale supplier, and only disposing of power to iarge consumers such as the City Councils. Tramway and Drainage Boards, and Railway Department, and to large industrial concerns along or within easy reach of the transmission-lines, and which would be beyond the economical point of supply from local authorities' substations. In estimating the probable demand for power the only reliable guides are the existing powergenerating stations, and these show that the small powers at present contemplated can be at once or in the near future easily disposed of. Unless the local authorities controlling existing businesses will guarantee to take all their power from the Government directly the schemes are in working-order, it is strongly recommended that nothing should be done towards their construction. The co-operation of local authorities is essential to the financial success of any of the undertakings. Although the Government will be able to supply power at low rates, it will take a long time to overcome the reluctance of consumers to scrap existing generating plants ; it will be only by practical demonstration of the economy to be made by the purchase of cheap power that the perfectly natural reluctance will be overcome ; but this is a duty which cannot easily be undertaken by the Government. The manufacture of nitrates and carbide could be more successfully carried out by private institutions by means of power supplied from one of the Government generating installations. The best situations for carrying on these industries are. however, remote from existing centres of population ; special power-generation works would, therefore, be required. It is highly improbable that the schemes under contemplation would supply power for such industries, as the raw materials are situated too lar from seaports. I have, &c, R. W. Holmes, M.lnst.C.E., The Hon. the Minister of Public Works, Wellington. Engineer-in-Chief.
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Opua-Grahamtown Railway.— Ballast-crushing Plant at Kopuru.
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North Auckland Railway.—Te Hana Bridge and Station. Seventy-five miles from Auckland.
Ferro-concrete Bridge over Kaimarama River, Coromandel County. One 60 ft. span, two 35ft. spans.
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Midland Railway.— Steam Navvy at Work loading Ballast-wagons, near Cass Station. Shovel is in act of filling.
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Midland Railway.—Steam Navvy at Work loading Ballast-wagons, near Cass Station. Shovel is filled and machine is turning.
Midland Railway.—Steam Navvy at Work loading Ballast-wagons, near Cass Station. Shovel is discharging into wagon.
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Picton-Waipara Railway, South End.—Combined Road and Railway Bridge under Construction over the Waiau-ua River. Length, 2,324 ft. Two 41ft., six 41ft. 10in., and forty-six 42ft. 8in. spans, and two 14ft. spans composite trusses.
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Public Works Map SHOWING THE RAILWAYS NORTH ISLAND OF New Zealand 1910
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Public Works Map SHOWING THE RAILWAYS SOUTH ISLAND OF New Zealand 1910
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PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. BY THE HON. RODERICK McKENZIE, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. 15th NOVEMBER, 1910., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1910 Session I, D-01
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79,713PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. BY THE HON. RODERICK McKENZIE, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. 15th NOVEMBER, 1910. Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1910 Session I, D-01
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