APPROPRIATIONS CHARGEABLE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS FUND AND oTHER ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1928.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1927 Session I, B-07a

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APPROPRIATIONS CHARGEABLE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS FUND AND oTHER ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1928.

INDEX.

1927-1:928. No 6 Pa §" V No® Pa S 0 —Acquisition and Operation of Quarries .. 21 Public Buildings— continued. —Additions to Open Lines .. ..10 — Health aud Hospital Institutions .. 18 — Mental Hospital Buildings .. 18 -Contingent Defence .. .. ..82 ~ Polloe-Btations .. .. ..1-4 — Postal and Telegraph .. .. ..15 ,-n ,« T v er — Prison Buildings aud Works .. .. 13 —Departmental, Public Works .. 5 —Development of Tourist Resorts .. . : 24 —Quarries (Acquisition and Operation of) .. 21 —Electric Supply Aocount.. .. 89 Education Loans Aocount .. .. 102 Railwavs — Additions to Open Lines .. 10 —Goldfields (Roads on) .. .. ..79 — Railway Construction .. .. .. 9 Railways Improvement Authorization Act, —Harbour Works .. .. ..23 .1914, Account .. .. .. 101 —Immigration .. .. .. ..25 Roads and other Public Works — —Irrigation aud Water-supply .. ..86 Roads, &c. Auckland .. .. .. ..34 —Land for Settlements Account .. ..91 Christohurch .. .. ..62 Dunedin .. .. .. ..66 Lands Improvement— Gisborne .. .. .. 46 — Lands: Miscellaneous.. .. * 83 Greymouth .. .. ..60 —Lighthouses .. .. .. ..22 Invercargill .. .. ..71 Napier .. .. .. ..55 Main Highways Aocount— Stratford " " " 51 — Construction Fund .. .. ..95 Stratford .. .. .. Di lauranga .. .. .. .. 4d _ . , , Taumarunui .. .. 48 —Opening up Land for Settlements— Wellington .. .. ..56 Auckland .. .. .. 91 Whangarei .. .. 27 Chnstchuroh .. .. ..94 General .. .. .. ..77 Dunedin .. .. .. 94 Gisborne .. .. .. ..92 —Roads on Goldfields — Greymouth .. .. ..93 Auckland .. .. .. ..79 Invercargill .. .. ..94 Nelaon .. .. 79 Naf 6 * •' '• •' •' H Otago .. .. .. .. 80 a, els °, n , '■ " " "no West Coast .. .. ..79 Stratford .. .. .. 92 Tauranga .. .. .. 92 Taumarunui .. .. ..92 —Roads to give Access to Outlying Districts .. 78 Wellington .. .. 93 Whangarei .. .. ..91 —Telegraph Extension .. .. ..81 —Timber Supply and Sawmills .. ..20 —Plant, Material, and Stores .. ..87 —Tourist Resorts (Development of) .. ..24 —Transfer to Main Highways Account (ConstrucPublic Buildings— tion Fund) .. .. .. 88 — Agricultural .. .. ..18 — Courthouses .. .. ..13 Waihou and Ohinemnri Rivers Improvement — General .. .. .. ..12 Account .. .. .. ..90

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SUMMARY OF SERVICES CHARGEABLE ON THE PUBLIC WORKS FUND AND OTHER ACCOUNTS

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1927-28. Page. Credits-in-aid Net Totals. t , Jg Jg PUBLIC WORKS FUND. GENERAL PURPOSES ACCOUNT. 5 Public Works, Departmental ... ... 112,459 141,397 Railways— 9 Railway Construction ... ... 120,000 1,007,000 10 Additions to Open Lines ... ... 5,000 500,000 11 Public Buildings ... ... ... 19,639 329,600 20 Timber-supply and Sawmills for Public Works 25,000 15,000 Department 21 Acquisition and Operation of Quarries ... 38,000 25,000 22 Lighthouses and Harbour-works ... ... 500 25,250 24 Development of Tourist Resorts ... 2,000 50,000 25 Immigration ... ... ... 100,890 125,000 27 Construction, Maintenance, and Supervision of 157,300 848,250 Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works 81 Telegraph Extension ... ... 120,000 750,000 82 Contingent Defence ... ... ... ... 50,000 83 Lands Improvement ... ... ... 5,000 119,100 86 Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage ... 4,000 83,320 87 Plant, Material, and Stores ... ... 100,000 40,000 88 Transfer to Main Highways Account Construe- ... 200,000 tion Fund in terms of section 16 (b) Main Highways Act, 1922 Total—General Purposes Account ... 809,788 4,308,917 89 ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT ... 33,000 1,340,000 90 WAIHOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS 3,000 64,000 IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT Total—Public Works Fund ... 845,788 5,712,917 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS. 91 LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT 500 21,500 (Opening up Land fob Settlements) 95 MAIN HIGHWAYS: CONSTRUCTION 40,000, 675,000* FUND 101 RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENT AUTHORI- 100,000 2,050,000 ZATION ACT 1914 ACCOUNT 102 EDUCATION LOANS ACCOUNT ... 6,000 355,000 * Includes above £200,000 transferred from Public Works Fund.

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PUBLIC WORKS FUND.

PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL.

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1927-28. Vote No. 42. —Public Works, Departmental— £ GROSS Total ... ... ... ... 253,856 Credits-IN-AID ... ... ... ... 112,459 NET TOTAL, ... ... ... 141,397 Item. £ £ MINISTER OP PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. 42. Public Works, Departmental— 1 Salaries — Administrative Division. 1 at £1,409 (also Marine Engineer £91) ... 1,409 Professional Division. £ 1 at £1,200 ... ... 1,200 1 at £1,150 ... ... 1,150 1 at £975 ... ... 975 2 at £875 ... ... 1,750 1 at £850 ... ... 850 2 at £800 ... ... 1,600 7 at £765 ... ... 5,355 1 at £765 (5 months) .. ... • 319 Class A— 13,199 4 at £715 ... ... 2,860 2 at £665 ... ... 1,330 5 at £615 ... ... 3,075 Class B— 7,265 4 at £590 ... ... 2,360 2 at £540 ... ... 1,080 2 at £515 ... . ... 1,030 Class C— — 4,470 2 at £490 ... ... 980 10 at £470 ... ... 4,700 1 at £460 ... ... 460 4 at £445 ... ... 1,780 Class D— 7,920 10 at £425 ... ... 4,250 3 at £400 ... ... 1,200 5 at £380 ... ... 1,900 5 at £335 ... ... 1,675 Class E— 9,025 5 at £320 ... ... 1,600 5 at £295 ... ... 1,475 3 at £275 ... ... 825 4 at £230 .. ... ' 920 4,820

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PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL—continued.

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1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No, 42—continued. & £ Public Works, Departmental—continued. 1 Salaries—continued. Professional Division—continued. Glass F— £ 5 at £210 ... ... 1,050 2 at £190 ... ... 380 6 at £155 ... ... 930 1 at £135 ... ... 135 4 at £115 ... ... 460 2,955 Clerical Division. Class Special — 1 at £800 ... ... 800 2 at £715 ... ... ] ,430 1 at £665 ... ... 665 Glass I— 2,895 2 at £615 ... ... ... 1,230 Glass II— 3 at £515 ... ... ... 1,545 Glass III— 2 at £470 ... ... 940 1 at £445 ... ... 445 Class IV— 1,385 15 at £425 ... .. 6,375 3 at £400 ... ... 1,200 Class V— 7,575 33 at £380 ... ... ... 4 940 Class VI— 42 at £335 ... ... 14,070 3 at £320 ... ... 960 1 at £295 • ... ... 295 Glass VII— 15,325 20 at £295 ... ... 5,900 4 at £275 ... ... 1,100 2 at £250 ... ... 500 9 at £230 ... ... 2,070 5 at £210 ... ... 1,050 1 at £210 (8 months) ... ... 140 7 at £190 ... ... 1,330 15 at £155 ... ... 2,325 25 at £135 .. ... 3,375 26 at £115 ... ... 2,990 16 at £95 ... ... 1,520 3 at £80 ... ... 240 1 at £80 (9 months) ... ... 60 22,600 General Division. 2 at £480 ... ... 960 3 at £470 ... ... 1,410 1 at £460 ... ... 460 1 at £450 ... ... 450 1 at £445 ... ... 445 1 at £440 ... ... 440 1 at £435 ... ... 435 1 at £425 ... ... 425 2 at £415 ... ... 830 2 at £410 ... ... 820 13 at £400 ... ... 5,200 8 at £390 ... ... 3,120

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1927-28. MINISTER OP PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 42—continued. £ £ Public Wokks, Departmental—continued. 1 Salaries—continued. General Division —continued. £ 1 at £385 ... ... 385 10 at £380 ... ... 3,800 6 at £370 ... ... 2,220 1 at £365 ... ... 365 16 at £360 ... ... 5,760 1 at £355 ... ... 355 11 at £350 ... ... 3,850 2 at £345 ... ... 690 9 at £340 ... ... 3,060 4 at £335 ... ... 1,340 6 at £330 ... ... 1,980 7 at £320 ... ... 2,240 4 at £315 .. ... 1,260 8 at £310 ... ... 2,480 5 at £305 ... ... 1,525 3 at £300 ... ... 900 6 at £295 ... ... 1,770 1 at £290 ... ... 290 5 at £285 ... ... 1,425 2 at £283 ... ... 566 4 at £275 .. ... 1,100 1 at £270 ... ... 270 2 at £268 ... ... 536 8 at £262 ... ... 2,096 12 at £260 ... ... 3,120 1 at £255 ... .... 255 8 at £252 ... ... 2,016 3 at £250 ... ... 750 8 at £245 ... ... 1,960 1 at £244 ... 244 2 at £240 ... ... 480 3 at £238 ... ... 714 1 at £235 ... ... 235 1 at £234 ... ... 234 2 at £230 ... ... 460 4 at £228 ... ... • 912 1 at £225 ... ... 225 9 at £213 ... ... 1,917 1 at £198 ... ... 198 1 at £195 ... ... 195 1 at £190 ... ... 190 10 at £185 ... ... 1,850 1 at £175 ... ... 175 — 71,388 179,946 Less credits-in-aid ... ... ... 83,184 96,762 Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Allowances to officers performing special or higher duties (under Public Service Regulations 24a and 209) ... ... ... 200 3 Books, fees, &c., for students attending Canterbury College ... ... ... 150 | 4 ! Compassionate allowance to widow of the late i P. S. Waldie, Chief Clerk ... ... 460 |

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PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL—continued.

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— 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 42 —continued. £ £ Public Works, Departmental—continued. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. 5 Equipment and other allowances, including lodging and any special allowances ... ... 2,250 6 Ex gratia payment to Overseer E. J. Ferguson, on account of fire damage to furniture, &c. ... 175 7 Expenses of Commissions generally ... ... 200 8 Extra engineering, clerical, draughting, and office assistance (including uniform cost-of-living increase, subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls)... 27,000 9 Fidelity-guarantee policy premiums ... ... 50 10 Grants equivalent to leave due to widows or dependents of deceased officers ... ... ... 220 11 Grant to A. N. Anderson for furniture lost in JBuller flood ... ... ... 115 12 Law charges and legal expenses ... ... 50 13 Meal allowances ... ... ... 300 14 Payment of accident expenses, &c., not provided for under the Workers' Compensation Act ... 200 15 Postage and telegrams, telephone connections, and rent of private letter-boxes and bags ... ... 7,500 16 Printing and stationery, lithographic work, plans, periodicals, &c, ... ... ... 12,000 17 Purchase of, and repairs to, instruments, office requisites, &c. ... ... ... 1,250 18 Railway demurrage charges irrecoverable ... 200 19 Travelling-expenses and transfer expenses of officers 20,000 20 Work done by High Commissioner's staff ... 1,340 21 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 250 73,910 Less Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 29,275 44,635 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 — Salaries of officers charged direct to £ works on which engaged ... 83,184 Miscellaneous ... ... 29,275 112,459 Gross Total ... ... ... 253,856 Gross Credits-in-aid ... ... 112,459 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 42 ... i 141,397 I TOTAL .... .... ... £141,397

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RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

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-— 1927-28. Vote No. 43. —Railway Construction— " £ GROSS TOTAL ... ... ... ... 1,127,000 Credits-IN-AID ... ... ... ... 120,000 NET TOTAL ... . . ... ... 1,007,000 | ™ 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. „ Estimated Estimated j Estimated RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION (INCLUDING Net Amount LAND AND MATERIALS, HOLIDAY Ex P endlture - m " ald - | required. PAY, ETC , AND SALARIES OR WAGES, ALSO COST - OF - LIVING INCREASE, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO REVISION AS £ £ £ COST OE LIVING RISES OR FALLS). VOTE No. 43. Railway Construction— North Auckland Main Trunk— 1 Huarau, Northwards ... 120,000 10,000 110,000 2 Okaihau, Northwards ... 130,000 .. 130,000 3 Dargaville Branch ... ... 35,000 ... 35,000 East Coast- Main Trunk— 4 Paeroa-Pokeno ... ... 2,000 ... 2,000 5 Waihi-Taneatua(including Mount Branch) ... ... 210,000 40,000 170,000 6 Gisborne-Napier ... ... 265,000 5,000 260,000 7 Waikokopu Branch ... ... 40,000 35,000 5,000 8 Stratford - Main Trunk ... 190,000 10,000 180,000 9 Midland— Glenhope-Murchison ... 20,000 ... 20,000 10 Westport-Inangabua ... ... 30,000 ... 30,000 11 Lawrence-Roxburgh ... ... 35,000 ... 35,000 12 Land-claims (including land taken for ballast pits and quarries, damages or losses on goods in transit, and other liabilities) ... 2,000 ... 2,000 13 Surveys (new lines of railway) ... 2,000 ... 2,000 14 Permanent-way materials .. 46,000 20,000 26,000 Total required for Current 1,127,000 120,000 1,007,000 Year—Vote No. 43

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RAILWAYS.—ADDITIONS TO OPEN LINES.

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1927-28. Vote No. 44. —Additions to Open Lines—. £ GROSS Total ... ... ... ... 505,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 5,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 500,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF RAILWAYS. ADDITIONS TO OPEN LINES. VOTE No. 44. Additions to Open Lines— Way and Works Branch— 1 North Island Main Lines and Branches ... 50,000 2 South Island Main Lines and Branches .. 30,000 3 Signals Branch ... ... ... 33,000 4 Architectural houses ... ... 135,000 5 Land for housing ... ... ... 12,000 Locomotive Branch — 6 Rolling-stock : Locomotives, carriages, and wagons 285,000 7 Locomotives constructed in United Kingdom ... 38,000 8 Locomotives constructed in New Zealand ... 22,000 9 Rolling-stock, machinery, plant, buildings, bridges, and other assets written off and charged against "Working Railways" vote as being worn out, abandoned, destroyed, or obsolete in the services of the Railway Department ... ... ... Or. 100,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £5,000 Gross Total .-. ... ... 505,000 Amount required . for Current Year ... 505,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 5,000 NET TOTAL-VOTE No. 44 ... — 500,000 TOTAL .... .... .... £500,000

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PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

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(Including Purchase of Properties, Sites, Furniture, Fittings, and Fencing; Rebuilding and Additions and Alterations to Buildings, Furniture, and Implements; Water-supply, Drainage, &c; and Salaries or Wages; also, Cost-of-living Increase, which is subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls.) — i 1927-28. Vote No. 45.—General— £ Gross Total ... ... ... 61,870 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 870 NET TOTAL ... ... ... 61,000 Vote No. 46. —Courthouses— Gross Total ... ... ... 12,600 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 100 NET TOTAL ... ... ... 12,500 Vote No. 47. —Prison Buildings and Works— Gross Total ... ... ... 26,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 1,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... 25,000 Vote No. 48. —Police-stations— Gross Total ... ... ... 10,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 500 NET TOTAL ... ... ... Vote No. 49.—Postal and Telegraph— Gross Total ... ... ... 101,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 1,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... 100,000 Vote No. 50.—Agricultural— Gross Total ... ... ... 4 759 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... jg9 NET TOTAL 4^ Vote No. 51.—Mental Hospital Buildings — Gross Total ... ... ... 91,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 1,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... 90,000 Vote No. 52. —Health and Hospital Institutions— Gross Total ... ... ... 41,500 Credits-in-aid ... ... .. 15,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... 26,500 TOTAL ... ... ... 329,600

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PUBLIC BUILDINGS —continued.

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Item; 1927-28. MINISTBE OP PUBLIC \V011KS -continued. £ £ VOTE No. 45. General — Parliament Buildings — 1 New buildings ... ... ... 1,000 2 New Parliament Buildings (cellar accommodation for Government Departments) ... ... 300 Departmental Buildings— 3 Auckland (Departmental-Buildings), (lift) ... 1,032 4 Auckland (alterations to Police buildings, High Street, to accommodate Government Departments), (on account) ... ... ... 1,000 g Auckland, Fanshawe Street (Public Works shops, store, and machinery), (on account) ... 168 6 Auckland, High Street (subsidy to Scripture Gift Association) ... ... ... 400 7 Auckland (-Jubilee Institute for the Blind), (erection of new building), (contribution) ... ... 5,000 8 Auckland, Penrose (Public Works store and yards), (on account) ... ... ... 500 9 Christchurch (Departmental Buildings), (erection of shed and subdividing strong-room) ... 80 10 Dunedin (garage and store) ... ... 156 11 London (High Commissioner's Office), (on account) 246 12 Napier (Public Works Office), (additions) ... 415 13 Tokaanu (fish-hatchery) ... ... ... 700 14 Wanganui (Departmental Buildings), (purchase)... 7,000 Wellington— 15 Additions to Main Departmental Buildings (on account) ... ... ... 50 16 Additions to Main Departmental Buildings (furniture) ... ... ... 132 17 Departmental Buildings (additional fencing) ... 125 18 Departmental Buildings, Stout, Bunny, and Featherston Streets (improvements) ... 5,923 19 Dictograph system for Public Works and Lands Departments ... ... ... 150 20 Government Printing Office (installation of firealarms) ... ... ... 75 21 Government Printing Office (additions), (on account) ... ... ... 2,000 22 Hector Observatory additions ... ... 68 23 Museum Building (new), towards cost of erecting (£1 for £1, up to £100,000), (on account).. 500 24 New Fireproof Departmental Buildings (on account) ... ... ... 500 25 Public Works Garage, Pipitea Point (machinery, &c.) ... ... 210 26 Public Works Store, Pipitea Point (purchase of building and site) ... ... ... 20,000 27 Public Works Workshops (plant and machinery) 440 28 Public Works Workshops (removal and re-estab- | lishment) ... ... ... 300 29 I Sydney Street (chemical laboratory fittings) ... 370 |

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PUBLIC BUILDINGS—continued.

I I Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 45 —continued. £ £ , General—continued. Departmental Buildings—continued. Wellington—continued. 30 Sydney Street (conversion of workshops building into Departmental Buildings) ... ... 2,900 31 Buildings and sites not specified ... ... I 10,500 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £870 Gross Total ... ... ... 62,240 Amount required foe Current Year ... 61,870 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 870 NET TOTAL-VOTE No. 45 ... 61,000 VOTE No. 46. Courthouses— 1 Christchurch ... ... ... 100 2 Hastings ... ... ... 1,600 3 Wellington Supreme Court (additions to'provide accommodation for Arbitration Court), (on account) 11,105 4 Buildings and sites not specified ... ... 800 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £100 Gross Total ... ... ... 13,605 Amount required for Current Year ... 12,600 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 100 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 46 ... 12,500 VOTE No 47. Prison Buildings and Works— 1 Auckland (main buildings) ... ... 100 2 Auckland (metal-crushing plant, buildings, &c.) ... 6 184 3 Christchurch, Addington (new laundry and machinery) ... ... ... 700 4 Invercargill Estuary Farm (reclaiming and draining) 2 000 5 Invercargill (farm buildings) ... ... 370 6 Invercargill (main building) ... ... 5 ggg 7 Invercargill (workshops, swimming-baths, &c.) ... 92 8 Paparua, Templeton (main buildings)... ... \ 512 9 Paparua (quarry plant and equipment] ...' 1^400 10 Paparua (garage and workshop) ... ... '3OO 11 Paparua (farm shelter-belts) ... ... 100 12 Waikeria (main buildings) ... ... 37O 13 Waikeria (farm buildings), (Tokanui Estate) ... 1,565 14 Waikeria (farm cottage) ... ... ... 7 50 15 Waikeria (roads on new Tokanui Estate), (on account) ... ... ... 500 16 Waikune Prison Camp, Erua (buildings, sawmill, plant, &c.) ... ... ... 1,400 17 Wellington (reformatory institution for women) ... 52

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item. 1927-28. MINISTER OP PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 47 —continued. £ £ Prison Buildings and Works—continued. IS Wellington District, general prison (land and buildings), (on account) ... ... ... 8,350 19 Wellington (warders' cottages) ... ... 5,877 20 Wellington (garage and workshops) ... ... 1,940 21 Wellington (furnishings) ... ... ... 180 22 Wellington (access road) ... ... ... 500 23 Wi Tako, Trentham (main buildings) 825 24 Wi Tako, Trentham (warders' cottages) ... 93 25 Wi Tako, Trentham (establishing brickmaking plant, yards, &c.) ... ... ... 900 26 Wi Tako (farm buildings)... ... ... 80 27 Wi Tako (laundry industry buildings and equipment) ... ... ... 500 28 Buildings and sites not specified, and supervision 500 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £1,000 Gross Total ... ... ... 43,190 Amount required for Current Year ... 26,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... 1,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 47 25,000 VOTE No. 48. Police-stations — 1 Auckland, Central (additions) ... ... 2,000 2 Auckland, Edendale (site) ... ... 700 3 Auckland, Ponsonby (additions and alterations) .« 1,500 4 Auckland, St. Heliers Bay (site and building) ... 1,900 5 Christcburch, Phillipstown ... ... 865 6 Culverden ... ... ... 1,800 7 Dunedin, Maori Hill (site) ... ... 250 8 Dunedin, Opoho (site) ... ... * ... 250 9 Dunedin, St. Clair ... ... ... 700 10 Eketahuna .. ... ... 354 11 Gisborne (Inspector's residence) .. ... 1,500 12 Gore (motor garage) ... ... ... 50 13 Greymouth (police-station and sergeant's residence) 1,800 14 Half moon Bay ... ... ... 1,000 15 Hamilton (motor garage) ... ... ... 50 16 Hastings ... ... ... 2,000 17 Ilavelock (stable) ... ... 125 18 Invercargill (Inspector's residence) ... ... 1,500 19 Kahukura (site and building) ... ... 1,500 20 Karamea ... ... ... 1,600 21 Lumsden (constable's residence) ... ... 1,600 22 Manunui ... ... ... 2,000 23 Marton Junction (site and building) ... ... 1,250 24 Middlemarch ... ... ... 1,300 25 Napier (additions) ... ... ... 700 26 New Plymouth (additions) ... ... 600 27 New Plymouth (Inspector's residence) ... 1,500 28 Normanby (site and building) ... ... 1,500 29 Oamaru (constable's residence) ... ... 1,250 30 Ohura ... ... ... 2,000 31 Ongaonga ... ... ... 1,000 32 Orepuki ... ... ... 1,500

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PUBLIC BUILDINGS—continued.

1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 48— continued. £ £ Police-stations —continued. 33 Paekakariki (site and building) ... ... 1,500 34 Paeroa (constable's residence) ... ... 250 35 Palmerston South ... ... 2,000 36 Palmerston North (constable's residence) ... 1,100 37 Panmure ... ... 2,000 38 Papatoetoe (site and building) ... ... 2,000 39 Petane (site and building)... ... ... 1,500 40 Port Chalmers (site and building) ... ... 3,000 41 Portobello (additions) ... ... ... 120 42 Putaruru ... ... ... 65 43 Eeefton (police-station and sergeant's residence) ... 1,800 44 Richmond (stable) ... ... ... 125 45 Rongotea (lock-up) ... ... ... 150 46 Ruatorea (lock-up) ... ... ... 90 47 Ruawai (removal from Aratapu) ... ... 95 48 Stratford (office) ... ... ... 300 49 Sumner ... ... ... 1,500 50 Te Araroa ... ... 1,000 51 Timaru (Inspector's residence) ... ... 1,500 52 Tokanui ... ... ... 1,825 53 Waimataitai ... ... ... 1,250 54 Wairoa ... ... ... 1,000 55 Waitati ... ... ... 1,300 56 Wanganui, Castlecliff (site and building) ... 1,750 57 Wanganui, Gonville (site and building) ... 2,000 58 Wataroa ... ... ... 1,600 59 Wellington, Eastbourne ... ... .... 1,400 60 Wellington, Kelburn (site) ... ... 600 61 Wellington, Tinakori Road (site and building) ... 1 ,500 62 Wellington, Wadestown (site) ... ... 350 63 Buildings and sites not specified ... ... 250 64 Advertising ... ... ... 50 Estimated eredits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £500 GROSS Total . ... ... ... 72,614 Amount bequired fob Cukkent Year ... 10,500 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 500 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 48 ... 10,000 VOTE No. 49. Postal and Telegraph— 1 Ashburton (automatic telephone exchange), (on account) ... ... ... 1,000 2 Auckland, Grey Lynn (site), (on account) ... 250 3 Auckland (motor-garage and workshops, additions on account) ... ... ... 10,000 4 Auckland, Wellesley Street (automatic telephone exchange), (additions), (on account) ... ... 13,700 5 Auckland, Mount Eden (automatic telephone exchange), (additions) ... ... ... 85 6 Auckland, Northcote (on account) ... ... 500 7 Auckland, Ponsonby (site) ... ... ... 67 8 Auckland, Remuera (additions), (automatic telephone exchange) ... ... ... 132 9 I Brightwater (site and removal of buildings) ... 71

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Item ' 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 49—continued. £ £ Postal and Telegbaph—continued. 10 Cambridge (additions, &c.) ... ... ••• 1,000 11 Cheviot (additions) ... ... ... 350 12 Christchurch, Addington (Railway Siding) ... 1,889 13 Christchurch, Central (automatic telephone exchange), (housing air-conditioning plant, &c.) ... 2,375 14 Christchurch, High Street ... ... ... 5,000 15 Christchurch, .St. Albans (automatic telephone exchange), (floor-covering, &c.) ... ... 250 16 Clyde (garage) ... ... ... 89 17 Cromwell (land, additions) ... ... ... 500 18 Cust (on account) ... ... ... 500 19 Dannevirke (additional land), (on account) ... 500 20 Dargaville (garage and store) ... ... 500 21 Dunedin (automatic telephone exchange) ... 427 22 Dunedin, Chief Post-office (on account)... ... 5,000 23 Dunedin, garage and store (on account) ... 1,000 24 Fairlie (additional land) ... ... ... 87 25 Feilding (alterations) ... ... ... 183 26 Frankton Junction (workshops and garage) ... 2,705 27 Frankton Junction (store and office) ... 2,000 28 Gisborne (additional land), (pole storage) ... 500 29 Gisborne (garage and store), (on account) ... 1,000 •30 Gisborne, Chief Post-office (alterations and additions), (on account) ... ... ... 300 31 Greymouth (additions) ... ... ... 6,700 32 Hamilton (automatic telephone exchange), (additions) 1,550 33 Hastings (additions) ... .. ... 16,100 34 Hastings (additional land) ... ... ... 5,000 35 Hawera (additions) ... ... ... 7,000 36 Herekino ... ... ... 450 37 Heriot (on account) ... ... ... 500 38 Huntly (garage) ... ... ... 76 39 Invercargill (additions), (on account) ... ... 500 40 Kumeu (on account) ... ... ... 500 41 Kurow (on account) ... ... ... 500 42 Leigh ... ... ... 480 43 Levin (alterations and additions) ... . 1,800 44 Little River,(on account) ... ... ... 250 45 ! Lower Hutt ... ... ... 580 46 i Lower Hutt (automatic telephone exchange), (on account) ... ... ... 2,500 47 | Marton (additions), (on account) ... ... 3,100 48 j Masterton (additions and alterations), (on account)... 4,500 49 Napier, Chief Post-office (on account) ' ... ... 20,000 50 Napier (site for garage) ... ... ... 1,250 51 Nelson (additions) ... ... ... 5,000 52 New Brighton ... ... ... 53 53 New Lynn (building) ... ... ... 1,000 54 New Plymouth (additional land) ... ... 2,500 55 Ngongotaha (additions) ... ... ... 150 56 Ohai ... ... ... 350 57 Outram (land and building)... ... ... 350 58 Pahiatua (new building) ... ... ... 2,500 59 Palmerston North (additions) ... ... 7,860 60 Palmerston North (additional land) ... ... 1,000 61 Pembroke (additions, &c.) ... ... ... 350 62 Petone (additions, &c.) ... ... ... 1,500 63 Porangahau (postmaster's residence) ... ... 1,055 64 Port Ahuriri (siding) ... ... ... 209 65 Portobello ... ... ... 704 66 Putaruru (additions and alterations) ... ... 450 67 Rangiora(garage and store) ... ... ... 690

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PUBLIC BUILDINGS—continued.

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1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued, VOTE No. 49—continued. £ £ Postal and Telegraph—continued. 68 Richmond, Nelson (additions) ... ... 300 69 Ruawai ... ... ... 200 70 Sumner (automatic telephone exchange), (on account) 500 71 Taitapu (on account) ... ... ... 700 72 Taumarunui (on account) ... ... ... 2,500 73 Te Akau ... ... ... 500 74 Te Karaka (Postmaster's residence) ... ... 870 75 Te Mata ... ... ... 1,458 76 Thames (site) ... ... ... 1,800 77 Timaru (garage and workshops) ... ... 1,750 78 Timaru (storage site) ... ... ... 376 79 Tolaga Bay (garage) ... ... ... 168 80 Uruti ... ... ... 562 81 Waikaia (new building) ... ... ... 2,000 82 Waimiha ... ... ... 464 83 Waipawa (on account) ... ... ... 1,500 84 Waipukurau (additions) ... ... ... 3,700 85 Wairoa (additions) ... ... ... 1,500 86 Wairoa (store and garage) ... ... ... 66 87 Waitara (on account) . . ... ... 1,000 88 Waitotara (additions) ... ... ... 265 89 Waiuku (Postmaster's residence) ... ... 1,440 90 Waiuta (on account) ... ... ... 482 91 Wanganui (additions and alterations), (on account)... 74 92 Wanganui (additional land) ... ... ' ... 1,500 93 Wanganui (automatic exchange, additions), (on account) ... ... ... 2,000 94 Wanganui East (site) ... ... ... 330 95 Wanganui, Castlecliff (on account) ... ... 1,943 96 Warkworth (garage and store) ... ... 273 97 Waverley ... ... ... 6,500 98 Wellington, General Post Office (alterations) ... 1,000 99 Wellington, General Post Office (additional strongroom accommodation) ... ... ... 3,350 100 Wellington, Oourtenay Place (automatic telephone exchange, additions, additional land, and new postoffice ... ... ... ... 15,000 101 Wellington, Hataitai (on account) ... ... 250 102 Wellington, Island Bay (on account) ... . 250 103 Wellington, Karori (on account) ... ... 250 104 Wellington, Kelburn (on account) ... ... 250 105 Wellington, Khandallah (on account) ... ... 250 106 Wellington, Miramar (automatic telephone exchange) 3,445 107 Wellington, Seatoun (site) ... ... ... 250 108 Wellington (store, workshops, garage, buildings, and yards) ... ... ... 2,000 109 Wellington, Stout Street (automatic telephone exchange) ... ... ... 267 110 Wellington (wireless station, additions), (on account) 600 111 Buildings and sites not specified ... ... 3,000 112 Advertising ... ... ... 100 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £1,000 Gross Total ... ... ... 218,000 Amount required for Current Year ... 101,000 Cebdits-IN-AID ... ... ... 1,000 ' NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 49 ... 100,000

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PUBLIC BUILDINGS—continued.

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1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. VOTE No. 50. £ £ Agricultural— 1 Dunedin, Green Island (poison-mixing depot), (alterations and plant) ... ... ... 336 2 Galloway Experimental Farm (hut) ... ... 137 3 Puwera Experimental Farm (additional land) ... 126 4 Ruakura (efectrical installation) ... ... 300 5 Ruakura (homestead building), (conversion into farm school) ... ... ... 500 6 Ruakura (manager's residence) ... 1,700 7 Ruakura (cattle-yards, &c.)... ... ... : 450 8 Wallaceville, Hutt Vallev (poultry experimental, &c., station) ... ... ... 200 9 Waimaunga (service road and river protection works) 200 10 Wellington (chemical laboratory), (fittings) ... 370 11 Buildings and sites not specified ... ... 450 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £169 Gross Total ... ... ... 4,769 Amount required for Current Year .. 4,769 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 169 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 50 .. ! 4,600 VOTE No. 51. Mental Hospital Buildings— 1 Auckland (land and buildings) ... ... 15,000 2 Hokitika ... ... ... 1,000 3 Nelson and Stoke ... ... ... 10,000 4 Porirua ... ... ... 30,000 5 Seacliff (land and buildings) ... ... 30,000 6 Sunnyside ... ... ... 15,000 7 Tokanui (land and buildings) ... ... 10,000 8 Waitati ... ... ... 4,000 9 Buildings and sites not specified ... ... 6,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £1,000 Gross Total ... ... ... 121,000 Amount required for Current Year ... 91,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 1,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 51 ... 90,000 VOTE No. 52. Health and Hospital Institutions— 1 Auckland, St. Helens ... ... ... 80 2 Christchurch, St. Helens (site and new buildings), (on account) ... ... ... 10,000 3 Dunedin, St. Helens ... ... ... 250 4 Erection of buildings, &c., for Hospital Boards throughout New Zealand (all expenditure recoverable from Boaids) ... ... 5,250

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* tem " 1Q97—9S MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. VOTE No. 52—continued. & £ Health and Hospital Institutions —continued. 5 Hanmer, Queen Mary Hospital ... ... 22,000 6 Hawke's Bay Fallen Soldiers Memorial Hospital, Hastings ... ... ... *17,772 7 Invercargill, St. Helens ... ... ... 200 8 Otaki Sanatorium ... ... ... 1,322 9 Pukeora Sanatorium ... ... ... 766 10 Rotorua, King George V. Hospital (on account) .. 3,109 11 Wellington Vaccine Station... ... ... 1,500 12 Buildings and sites not specified ... ... 250 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £15,000 Gross Total ... ... ... 62,499 Amount required for Current Year ... 41,500 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 15,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 52 ... 26,500 TOTAL .... .... .... .... £329,600 * This amount has been paid to Public Account.

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TIMBER-SUPPLY AND SAWMILLS.

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1927-28. ! £ Vote No. 53.—Timber-supply and Sawmills for Public Works Department — - Gboss Total ... ... ... 40,000 Cbedits-in-aid . ... ... 25,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 53 ... ... 15,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OP PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. 53. Purchase of land, milling timber, expenses of working timber and mills, including salaries, wages, machinery, supplies, repairs, transport charges, tram construction, royalties, workers' compensation for accidents, and contingencies (includes cost-of-living increase, which is subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls) — 1 Donnelly's Crossing (Whatoro) ... ... 1,000 2 Katikati .. ... ... 1,000 3 Makomako ... ... ... 10,000 4 Waikaremoana ... ... ... 28,000 Estimated credios-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £25,000 Gboss Total ... ... ... 40,000 Cbedits-in-aid ... ... ... 25,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 53 ... 15,000 f TOTAL .... .... .... £15,000

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ACQUISITION AND OPERATION OF QUARRIES.

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1927-28. £ Vote No. 54.—Acquisition and Operation of Quarries for Public Works Department— GHOSS Total ... ... ... ... 63,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 38,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 54 ... ... 25,000 Item £ £ MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. 54. Purchase of land, including camp sites, expenses of working quarries (including salaries and wages), cost of machinery, hutments, supplies, repairs, transport charges, tram-construction and royalties, workers' compensation for accidents, and contingencies (includes cost-of-living increase, which is subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls) — 1 Tauraroa ... ... ... 37,500 2 Tauraroa (camp sites) ... ... ... 500 3 Te Wera ... ... ... 25,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £38,000 Gross Total ... ... ... 63,000 1 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 38,000 NET TOTAL-VOTE No. 54 ... 25,000 I ' TOTAL .... .... .... .... <£25,000

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LIGHTHOUSES AND HARBOUR WORKS.

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1927-28. Vote No. 55.—Lighthouses— £ GEOSS Total ... ... ... ... 8,250 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 250 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 8,000 Vote No. 56.—Harbour Works — Gross Total ... ... ... ... 17,500 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 250 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 17,250 TOTALS ... ... ... 25,250 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. 55. Lighthouses— 1 Automatic lights, spares, and cylinders ... 570 2 Cape Egmont (conversion to automatic light) ... 800 3 Cape Maria van Diemen (radio-direction-findiDg beacon) ... ... ... 900 4 Dog Island (dwellings) ... ... ... 2,500 5 East Cape : Purchase of land for lighthouse reserve 200 6 French Pass Beacon (conversion to automatic light) 150 7 Godley Head (fog-signal) ... ... ... 600 8 Kahu Rocks (automatic light) ... ... 1,400 9 Kahurangi (conversion to automatic light) ... 50 10 Kaikoura Peninsula (automatic light) ... ... 1,400 11 Kaipara (automatic light) ... ... ... 250 12 Lyttelton (radio-direction-finding beacon) 1,500 13 Manukau S«uth Head (conversion to automatic light) 600 14 Moeiaki (conversion to automatic light) ... 800 15 North Cape (automatic light) ... ... 1,400 16 Pencarrow Head (fog-signal) ... ... 365 17 Piako beacons (conversion to automatic light) ... 142 18 Tory Channel (lights) ... ... ... 700 19 Wellington (radio-direction-finding beacon) ... 1,500 20 Works not specified ... ... ... 100 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £250 GROSS Total ... ... ... 15,927 Amount required for Current Year ... 8,250 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 250 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 55 . — 8,000

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LIGHTHOUSES AND HARBOUR WORKS—continued.

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_ - . MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. 1927-28. VOTE No. 56. £ £ Harbour Works — 1 Buller River (survey of area affected by flood) ... 107 2 Clutha River (dredging), (£1 for £1), (on account) ... 1,000 3 Great Barrier Island, Tryphena (wharf), (£2 for £1), (on account) ... ... 1,000 4 Half-moon Bay (wharf) ... ... ... 2,500 5 Horeke (launch landing) ... ... ... 360 6 Howick (wharf), (£1 for £2) ... ... 50 7 Hukatere (wharf), (access) ... ... ... 700 8 Kaikoura (wharf) ... ... ... 450 9 Karaka Point (wharf), (Hokianga County), (on account of £2,000, £2 for £1) ... ... 1,000 10 Karamea (tramway connecting wharf and skid-ways) 90 11 Karamea (harbour improvements) ... ... 8,000 12 Karamea (wharf), (extension of sheds) ... 150 13 Kawakawa Bay (wharf), (Franklin County) ... 50 14 Kutarere (wharf), (£2 for £1) ... ... 600 15 Manaroa (wharf), (renewal), (on account) ... 1,000 16 Mangawai (wharf), (contribution), (£200, £1 for £1) 56 17 Matakana (wharf), (jetty and reclamation), (£1 for £2) 650 18 Matiotitawa (wharf) ... ... ... 500 19 Miranda (wharf), (£1 for £1) ... ... 500 20 Naumai (wharf) ... ... ... 875 21 Okarito (survey of harbour and roadstead) ... 250 22 Pitt Island (wharf) ... ... ... 100 23 Raupo (ferry slip), (£1 for £1) ... ... 300 24 Rawene (protection wall), (£200, £1 for £1) ... 400 25 Russell (wharf), (£1 for £1) ... ... ... 500 26 Tahakopa (harbour improvements) (on account) ... 100 27 Takaka Harbour (improrements), (on account) ... 1,000 28 Totara (wharf), (£1 for £1), (on account) ... 500 29 Tutekehua (wharf), (£2 for £1) ... ... 300 30 Waikawa (wharf) ... ... ... 50 31 Waikouaiti River (entrance), (£2 for £ I)... ... 180 32 Waipu (upper), (wharf and shed), (£1 for £1) ... 1,250 33 Wellington (landing, shed, and slipway for fishermen, Island Bay), (£1 for £3) ... ... ... 1,500 34 Weymouth (pier) ... ... ... 40 35 Whakapirau (repairs to wharf), (£1 for £1) ... 500 36 Whangaroa (wharf), (£1 for £1), (on account) .... 2,000 37 Works not specified ... ... ... 250 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £250 Gross Total ... ... ... 28,858 Amount required for Current Year ... 17,500 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 250 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 56 ... 17,750 TOTAL .... .... .... £25,250

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DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST RESORTS.

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(INCLUDING SITES, FURNITURE, FITTINGS, ETC.) j — ! 1927-28. Vote No. 57. —Development of Tourist Resorts— j £ GROSS Total ... ... ... ... 52,000 CBEDITS-IN-aid ... ... ... ... 2,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 50,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. 57. Development of Toubist Resorts— 1 Helensville Hot Springs: Additions, &c. ... 75 2 Glade House : Additions to hostel (on account) ... 1,000 3 Glade House : Installation of wireless telephone ... 1,000 4 Glade House and Milford Track : Erection of jetty, additions to huts, bridges, &o. ... ... 500 5 Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers : Erection of huts and bath-house ... ... ... 350 6 Milford Sound: Accommodation-house (on account) 10,000 7 Morere Hot Springs: Improvements, fencing, &c. ... 250 8 Mount Arthur: Huts . . ... ... 100 9 Mount Cook Hermitage, alterations and additions to 700 10 Mount Cook Hermitage: Electric lighting ... 200 11 Mount Cook Hermitage: Water-supply ... 700 12 Pembroke: Erection of wharves at Pembroke and Neck 310 13 Pukaki Hotel: Improvements ... ... 165 14 Queenstown : Conversion of pavilion to tea kiosk ... 50 15 Queenstown: Hut on Ben Lomond ... ... 100 16 Rotorua: Additions to main bath building ... 200 17 Rotorua: Drainage system ... ... 2,000 18 Rotorua: Drainage-works and water-supply ... 2,000 19 Rotorua: Electrical works and telephone-line ... 5,000 20 Rotorua: Improvements to reserves ... ... 1,000 21 Rotorua: Reconstruction of Blue and Pavilion bathhouses (on account) ... ... ... 2,000 22 Russell: Club-house ... ... ... 500 23 Tarawera Lake: Erection of wharf ... ... 75 24 Te Anau: Additions to buildings ... ... 50 25 Te Anau: Slipway ... ... ... 1,315 26 Te Anau: Steamer ... ... ... 5,000 27 Te Aroha: Improvements, &c. ... ... 150 28 Waikaremoana : Electric lighting for Lake House ... 100 29 Waikaremoana: Additions to Lake House (on account) ... ... ... 500 30 Waikaremoana, Lake House: Water-supply ... 100 31 Waikaremoana (road from intake to accommodationhouse), (metalling) ... ... ... 3,000 32 Waitomo Hostel, Caves, and Reserves: Fencing, tracks,furniture, improvements, &c. (on account)... 2,000 33 Waitomo Caves: Hostel and caves electric lighting 150 34 Waitomo Caves: Additions to hostel (on account) ... 22,000 35 Works and subsidies not specified ... ... 100 Estimated eredits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £2,000 Gross Total ... ... ... 62,740 Amount required for Current Year ... 52,000 Credits-IN-AID ... ... ... 2,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 57 ... 1 50,000 TOTAL .... .... .... £50,000

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DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION.

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1927-28. Vote No. 58.—-Department of Immigration— £ GKOSS Total ... ... ... ... 225,890 Credits-IN-AID ... ... ... ... 100,890 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 125,000 j • 1 1 ■ ~ . 1 1 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION. VOTE No. 58. Department of Immigration— 1 Salaries — Administrative Division. Under-Secretary ... ... ... 850 Clerical Division. Class II— 1 at £515 ... ... ... 515 Class V— 1 at £425 ... ... ... 425 Class VI — ! 3 at £335 ... ... ... 1,005 Class VII— £ 1 at £295 ... ... 295 2 at £275 ... ... 550 1 at £250 ... ... 250 1 at £190 ... ... 190 2 at £115 ... ... 230 1,515 General Division. 1 at £255 ... ... 255 1 at £185 . . ... 185 1 at £175 ... ... 175 | 615 4,925 Other Charges—■ 2 Administration and general expenses (England and New Zealand) ... ... ... 11,700 3 Amount to cover grants to and accommodation and other expenses for immigrants arriving in New Zealand ... ... ... 2,000 4 Amounts payable to matrons and other expenses in connection with migrants (recoverable) ... 300 5 Amount required to cover cost of cashing British Treasury Notes for immigrants arriving in the Dominion ... ... ... 10,000 6 Exchange on cheques ... ... ... 5

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DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRATION—continued.

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 58—continued. Other Charges— continued. 7 Grant towards the administrative expenses : Public School Boys' Employment Bureau, United Kingdom 100 8 Grant towards administrative expenses Taranaki Chamber of Commerce Public School Boys' Scheme 200 9 Passage-money for immigrants ... ... 192,675 10 Passages and other expenses for immigrants returned as undesirable, and contingencies ... ... 500 11 Portion of salaries in High Commissioner's Office, London ... ... ... 7,500 12 Refunds of passage-money ... ... ... 4,200 13 Subsidy to British Isles Association for services rendered m connection with the arrival of immigrants ... .. ... 250 14 Subsidy to Salvation Army for services rendered in connection with the arrival of immigrants ... 500 15 Subsidy to Young Women's Christian Association for services rendered in connection with domestic servants ... ... ... 500 16 Temporary assistance ... ... ... *535 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £100,890 230,965 Gross Total ... ... ... 235,890 Amount required for Current Year ... 225,890 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... 100,890 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 58 ... 125,000 TOTAL .... .... .... £125,000 •Includes uniform cost-of-living increase to scale salaries or wages, which is subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls.

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CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND SUPERVISION OF ROADS, BRIDGES, AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS, INCLUDING SALARIES OR WAGES, ALSO COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE (WHICH IS SUBJECT TO REVISION AS COST OF LIVING RISES OR FALLS), HOLIDAY PAY, ETC., TO EMPLOYEES.

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— 1926-27. £ Vote No. 59.—Roads, &c.— GEOSS Total ... ... ... ... 945,500 Cbedits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 152,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 793,500 Vote No. 60.—Roads to give Access to Outlying Districts— Ghobs TOTAL ... ... ... ... 55,000 Cbedits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 5,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... 50,000 Vote No. 61 —Eoads and Other Works on Goldfields and Mineral Lands— GHOSS Total ... ... ... ... 5,050 Credits-IN-AID ... ... ... ... 300 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 4^750 TOTALS ... ... ... 848,250 Item. jg £ MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. 59. Roads, etc. — Whangarei Road District— 1 Brennan's Bridge ... ... Bay of Islands 150 2 Gammon's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 3 Hariru Road ... ... ,, t 100 4 Huehue to Waimatanui ... ... ,, 1,250 5 Hukerenui to Tapuhi (£300, £1 for £1) ,, 600 6 Hedley's Bridge ... ... „ 100 7 Hupara Road ... ... „ 100 8 Inkster's Road ... ... ,, 150 9 Kaeo to Purerua ... ... ,, 100 10 Kaikohe to Huehue ... ... ,, 125 11 Kawakawa to Opua (Whangae devia- ,, 800 tion), (on account) 12 Kawakawa to Ruapekapeka (£1 for £1) ,, 126 13 Knudsen's Road ... ... ,, 1 260 14 Marlow School to County Boundary ,, 150 15 Maromaku Railway-station to Motatau ,, 150 Block 16 Moors' Road ... ... ,, 200

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ROADS, ETC.—continued.

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. ~~ ~ ~~ £ £ VOTE No. 59 —continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Whangarei Boad District—continued. 17 Motatau No. 2 Block Road ... Bay of Islands 400 18 Oatman's Road ... ... „ 300 19 Ohaewai to Waitangi (£200, £1 for £1) ,, 500 20 Okaihau to Kerikeri (£1 for £1) ... ,, 450 21 Okaihau No. 2 Block Road (£1 for £1) ,, 200 22 Okaihau No. 2 Block Road (Lamberg's ,, 200 access), (£2 for £1) 23 Okaihau Settlement (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 24 Opua to Waimate ... ... ,, 807 25 Orr's Bridge (Huehue-Waimatanui ' ,, 750 Road) 26 Otaenga ... ... ,, 150 27 Otiria to Ngapipito ... ... ,, 100 28 Paihia to ... ... ,, 600 29 Pakaraka to ,0ramahoe-Waipapa Road ,, 300 30 Pakaraka Junction to Waimate ... ,, 200 31 Pakaraka to Whangae ... ... ,, 100 32 Parker Road ... ... ,, 150 33 Punakitere Valley Road... ... ,, 200 34 Ramarama (£263, £1 for £1) ... ,, 450 35 Ruapekapeka to Akerama (£1 for £1) ,, 50 36 Ruapekapeka to Tapuhi... ... ,, 150 37 Russell to Longbeach ... ... ,, . 50 38 Tarahi Road ... ... ,, 100 39 Taumarere to Opua ... ... ,, 200 40 Tautoro to Rakautau (deviation) ... ,, 100 41 Te Ahuahu to Waimate (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 42 Tirohanga Valley (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 43 Towai to Maromaku (£150, £1 for £1) ,, 300 44 Towai to Ruapekapeka (£1 for £1) ... ,, 400 45 Waiare to Okaihau ... ... ,, 2,000 46 Waihou to Pukete (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 47 Waimate to Waitangi ... ... ,, 200 48 Waipapa to Kerikeri Road (£1 for £1) ,, 200 49 Waipapa to Purerua (£L for £1) ... ,, 50 50 Wharepunga ... ... ,, 58 51 Wharepunga Bridge (on account) ,, 300 52 Aoroa (£1 for £1) ... ... Hobson 80 53 Aranga Station Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 124 54 Aranga Valley Road (on account of ,, 100 £250, £1 for £1) 55 Arapohue Cemetery Road (£1 for £1) ,, 100 56 Arapohue Cemetery to Simpkins' . . ,, 150 57 Aratapu to Red Hills ... ... ,, 250 58 Avoca Road (£1 for £1) ,, 75 59 Awakino Valley to Dargaville (£2,227, ,, 2,600 £1 for £1) 60 Awakino Valley Road to Avoca ... ,, 284 61 Dargaville to Opanaki Special Settle- ,, 100 ment (£1 for £1), (on account) 62 Donnelly's Crossing to Tutamoe ... ,, 500 63 Donnelly's Crossing to Katui (£1 for £1) ,, 100 64 Hawkins' Road ... ... ,, 87 65 Katui to Marlborough ... ... ,, 100 66 Kirikopuni to Parakao (on account) Hobson and 16,500 Whangarei 67 Mangarata to Arapohue (£1 for £1)... Hobson 100 68 McAllister's deviation (Waimatenui ,, 75 Road), (£1 for £1) 69 Middleton Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 70 Mount Wesley to Coast (£1 for £1) ... ,, 120 71 Mount Wesley to Katui (£1 for £1) ... „ 809

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ROADS, ETC.—continued.

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Item - 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. Jg £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Whangarei Road District—-continued. Hobson 72 Omanato Girls' High School Road ... ,, 71 73 Opanaki to Hokianga ... ... ,, 200 74 Paerata (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 250 75 Pakotai ... ... ,, 500 76 Parakao to Karaka ... ... ,, 50 77 Pouto to Tikinui ... ... „ 100 78 Pulham's Road (Waimata) ... ,, 67 79 Somerville Road (Kirikopuni), (on ,, 100 account of £400) 80 Taita (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 125 81 Tangowahine Valley Road ... ,, 493 82 Te Kopuru to Red Hill (£1 for £1) ... ,, 362 83 Te Kopuru to Tangitiki (£150, £1 for „ 214 £1) 84 Tokatoka to Mangapai ... ... ,, 250 85 Turkey Mat Road ... ... „ 100 86 Waimata Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 350 87 Waiotekumerau ... ... ,, 200 88 Waiotekumerau Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 89 Waipoua Road ... ... ,, 100 90 Wairoa Bridge to Hoanga (on account ,, 1,000 of £1,250) 91 Waimamaku to Donnelly's Crossing Hobson and 16,500 (on account) Hokianga 92 Whatoro to Opouteke ... ... Hobson 300 93 Awaiti Bridge - (Whangape - Rotoka- Hokianga 250 kahi Road) 94 Brindle's Road ... ... ,, 138 95 Broad wood to Motukaraka (£2,000, ,, 2,600 £1 for £1) 96 Broadwood to Runaruna ... ,, 654 97 Broadwood to Takahue (on account) ,, 1,250 98 De Andred's Bridge (Awaroa) ... ,, 400 99 Gurr's Road ... ... ,, 200 100 Harris Road ... ... ,, 50 101 Harrison Road ... ... ,, 100 102 Hawkins Bridge (access to Sections ,, 100 27, 28, 29, 30, Block I, Whangape S D.), (on account) 103 Hawkin's Road ... ... ,, 100 104 Hives Road ... ... ,, 100 105 Horeke to Ivydale ... ... ,, 75 106 Horeke to Taheke (on account) ... ,, 4,000 107 Huamanga ... ... ,, 500 j 108 Humphries Road ... ... ,, 225 109 Ivydale to Motukiore ... ... ,, 125 110 Iwitaua (on account) ... ... ,, 2,000 111 Jackson's Road ... ... ,, 100 112 Kaihikatoa ... ... » ,, 100 113 Kohukohu to Narrows (£250, £1 for £1) ,, 400 114 Koutu Road (on account of £800J ... ,, 200 115 Mamari Village to Pukemiro ... ,, 300 116 Mangakino ... ... ,, 1,000 117 Mangamuka Stream Bridge (Manga- ,, 310 muka-Victoria Valley Road) 118 Mangamuka to Victoria Valley ... „ 4,000 119 Mohuiti to Broadwood (on account of ,, 2,000 £6,000) 120 Mohuiti Road ... ... ,, 2,000 121 Motukaraka Factory to Narrows (£1 ,, 500 I for £1)

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59 —continued. Roads, riTC. —continued. Whangarei Boad District—continued. 122 Opanaki to Hokianga (£836, £1 for Hokianga 1,036 £1) 123 Oporehu Bridge (Iwitaua Road), (on ,, 1,200 account) 124 Oue to Opara ... ... ,, 200 125 Oue to Wharekawa Point (£200, £1 ,, 700 for £1) 126 Pakanae to Opononi ... ... ,, 566 127 Ramsey's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 128 Rawhia School Road ... ,, 100 129 Ren wick Road ... ... ,, 300 130 Taita (£200, £1 for £1) ... ... ,, 400 131 Umawera to Rangiahua (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 132 Umawera to Tio Tio (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 133 Yujcich Road ... ... ,, 50 134 Waimamaku to Coast ... ... ,, 120 135 Waimamaku River Protection ... „ 200 136 Waimamaku to Taheke, via Weka- ,, 320 weka (£1 for £1) 137 Waiotemarama (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 138 Waoku S.D., Block XIV, Section 19a „ 100 (access) 139 West Coast Road (Tapawai to Whaka- ,, 100 rapa) 140 Whakarapa to Rotokakahi (£1,105, ,, 3,000 £1 for £1) 141 Whakarapa to Te Karaka ... ,, 2,000 142 Whakarapa to West Coast ... ,, 200 143 Whangape to Rotokakahi ... ,, 2,000 144 Whitaker's Road (£50, £1 for £1) ... ,, 100 145 White's Road ... ... ,, 50 146 Ahipara(access to gum-washing areas), Mangonui 250 (£2 for £1) 147 Ahipara to Wainui Junction (£200, £1 ,, 600 for £1) 148 Apeturewa ... ... ,, 100 149 Awanui to Mangonui — Awanui to Kaingaroa ... ... ,, 100 150 Bonnett's Road (on account of £716, ,, 100 £1 for £1) 151 Brown's Bridge (Brown's Road) ... ,, 200 152 Church Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 153 Clough's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 154 Dangan Road (£50, £1 for £1) ... ,, 100 155 Diggers Valley Road ... ... ,, 1,000 156 Fisher's Bridge (£100, £1 for £1), (on ,, 200 account) 157 Fryers' Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 158 Gardiner's Road (on account) ... „ 100 159 Garton's Road ... ... ,, 100 160 Herekino to Whangape (£300, £1 for ,, 337 £1) 161 Honeymoon Valley Road ... ,, 100 162 Kaingaroa to Lake Ohia (£375, £1 for ,, 675 £1) 163 Kaingaroa to Rangiputa ... ... ,, 100 164 Kaitaia to Herekino ... ... ,, 200 165 Kaitaia to Victoria Valley Junction ,, 500 (Duncan Road), (£1 for £1) 166 Karikari Bridge ... ... ,, 500 167 Kohumaru (£50, £1 for £1) ... ,, 280

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Item. 1927—28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Whangarei Boad District—continued. 168 Kumi ... ... Mangonui 110 169 Lake Ohia to Parakau (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 170 Lake Ohia to Taipa ... ... ,, 143 171 Mangamuka-Victoria Valley Road ... ,, 1,500 172 Mangatoetoe (£300, £1 for £1) ... ,, 500 173 Mangonui to Stoney Creek ... ,, 371 174 Oruru-Fern Plat to Mangamuka Road ,, 3,000 175 Oruru to Taipa (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 176 Paranui Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 177 Powell's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 178 Quarry Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 179 Reily's Road ... ... ,, 100 180 Smith's Road ... ... ,, 100 181 Spain's Road ... ... ,, 400 182 Taipa to Mangonui (£125, £1 for £1) ,, 307 183 Takahue Bridge (on account) ... ,, 200 184 Takahue to Herekino (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 185 Takahue Junction to Herekino (£52, ,, 202 £1 for £1) 186 Te Hapua to Waitiki ... ... „ 600 187 Te Rore (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 150 188 Waipapakauri to Sweetwater ... ,, 50 189 Waipapakauri to Tangoake ... ,, 400 190 Batley's to Linton's Road (£1 for £1) Otamatea 219 191 Brown's Road (Tara) ... ,, 300 192 Brynderwyn Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 255 193 Bull's Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 200 194 Burch's to Wairere, via Ararua (on „ 122 account) 195 Central Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 475 196 Doctor's Hill (Maungaturoto), (£1 ,, 50 for £1) 197 Ford Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 50 198 Gibbons Road (Kaiwaka) ... ,, 50 199 Hall-Drummonds Road... ... ,, 51 200 Horniblow Road ... ... ,, 50 201 Hukatere District Roads (Halls- ,, 50 Drummonds-Silichs) 202 Hukatere Wharf access ... ... ,, 200 203 Jeffs Ryland Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 50 204 Kaiwaka to Oneriri (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 205 Kaiwaka Settlement Road (£1 for £1) ,, 50 206 Kerr's Road (£38, £1 for £1) ... ,, 236 207 Komiti to Ngatoto ... ... ,, 100 208 Komiti to Puapua ... ... ,, 100 209 Mareretu to Maungaturoto (£1 for £1) ,, 150 210 Mareretu to Waikiekie (Keav's devia- ,, 2,000 tion, on account) 211 Massey's to Causer's (£2 for £1) ... „ 95 212 Matakohe to Tokatoka ... ... ,, 238 213 Maungaturoto-Cove Road via Rowsell's ,, 120 214 Ngatoto Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 240 215 Oparaku Road ... ... ,, 250 216 Otamatea Road (£72, £1 for £1) ... ,, 122 217 Pahi Road (£2 for £1) ... ... ,, 320 218 Paparoa to Mareretu ... .. ,, 400 219 Paparoa to Waikiekie (£66, £1 for £1) ,, 334 220 Paparoa Station to Rogers ... ,, 500 221 Parahi (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 62 222 Poyner's Road ... ... ,, 100 223 Pukeringa ... ... ,, 100 224 Pukinui Road, Kaiwaka (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50

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Item. 1927—28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59 —continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Whangarei Road District—continued. 225 Taylor's Road (Waikiekie), (£1 for £1) Otamatea 80 226 Tokatoka to Mangapai (£75, £1 for £1) ,, 143 227 Tokatoka to Matakohe (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 Tokatoka Swamp roads (southern end) — 228 Dunn's Road (Tokatokaend), (£285, ,, 357 £1 for £1) 229 Wallace Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 164 230 Wilson Laing Road ... ... ,, 100 231 Wilson's Outlet to Smith's Canal... ,, 100 232 Williams' Road (deviation) ... ,, 300 233 Whakatu Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 125 234 Whitecombe's and Robertson's Road ,, 74 235 Allison's to North River Road ... Whangarei 91 236 Awaroa River Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 237 Bint's Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 100 238 Campbell Road ... ... ,, 50 239 Carter's Valley Road (contribution) ,, 585 240 Clement's Road (Ngunguru) ... „ 150 241 Cork's Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 200 242 Dobbs' Road ... . . ,, 400 243 Foot's Road (£2 for £1) ... ... ,, 100 244 Frazer's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 245 Going's Road ... ... ,, 150 246 Grant's Road ... ... ,, 384 247 Hillford's Road (£150, £1 for £1) ... „ 400 248 Hirtzel Road (Kiripaka), (£1 for £1) ,, 50 249 Horahora to Taheke ... ... ,, 200 250 Jordan to Hukerenui (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 251 Jordan to Riponui (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 252 Kaikou ... ... ,, 450 253 Kaitara (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 200 254 Kaitara to Ruatangata ... ... ,, 200 255 Karaka to Parakao (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 256 Kauri to Apotu (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 257 Kauri Forest Road (Paxman's Flat)... ,, 150 258 Kauri Mountain Road ... ... ,, 100 259 Kiripaka to Ngunguru (on account)... ,, 156 260 Kiripaka to Ngunguru, via Kaiatea ... ,, 150 261 Mangapai Cemetery Road (£1 for £1) ,, 100 262 Marua Road ... ... ,, 200 263 Marua to Whananaki (£1 for £1) ... ,, 1,350 264 Matapouri ... ... ,, 69 265 Maungakaramea to Tangiteroria (£1 ,, 371 for £1) 266 Maunu Cemetery Road, Kaigoose ... ,, 150 267 McConnell Road ... ... „ 350 268 McKinley's Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 100 269 Millbrook Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 250 270 Mitchell Road ... ... ,, 100 271 North River Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 272 Okaharau ... ... ,, 300 273 Onerahi to Taumaterau ... ... „ 300 274 One Tree Point to Ruakaka (on ,, 180 account of £8,166) 275 Opouteke (access road), (£1 for £1) ,, 117 276 Ormiston Road ... ... ,, 50 277 Otaika Block Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 278 Otonga to Whananaki (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 279 Owhiwha to Whareora . . ... ,, 300 280 Pacific Cliff Road ... ... ,, 136 281 Paiaka Bridge ... ... ,, 750

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Item. 1927—28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Whangarei Road District—continued. 282 Palmer's Bridge (on account) ... Whangarei 200 283 Parsons Road ... ... „ 200 284 Parua to Taheke ... ... ,, 373 285 Parua Bay to Taraunui Road (£400, ,, 600 £1 for £1) 286 Pataua Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 287 Pepiwai (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 55 288 Poroti to Kirihunga (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 289 Preston's Bridge (Whareora - Hora- ,, 480 hora Road) 290 Pullin's Road ... ... ,, 150 291 Purua to Moengawahine ... „ 140 292 Ruakaka Bridge (One Tree Point to ,, 1,328 Ruakaka Road), 293 Ruatangata to Otakairangi (£1 for £1) „ 100 294 Takitu (£100, £1 for £1) ... ,, 137 295 Tangihua Road ... ... ,, 100 296 Tangihua access road (£1 for £ I) ... ,, 200 297 Taranui ... ... ,, 100 298 Tauraroa Bridge (Maungakaramea to ,, 1,500 Tauraroa Road) 299 Tauraroa Bridge (Tauraroa -Maunu ,, 500 Road) 300 Tauraroa to Omana (on account) ... ,, 500 301 Taurikura to Urquhart's ... ,, 250 302 Titoki to Purua Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 303 Tutukaka Bridge (Ngunguru to Mata- ,, 100 pouri Road) 304 Umuwhawha Block (access to Sec- ,, 200 tion 10, Block III, Hukerenui S.D.) 305 Waimatanui (£200, £1 for £1) ... ,, 600 306 Waiotira to Ararua ... ... ,, 1,000 307 Waiotu Railway-station to Jordan ,, 250 (£1 for £1) 308 Waipu to Mareretu (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 309 Waipu Oaves to Mangapai (£1 for £1) ,, 250 310 Waipu Coast Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 311 Whakapara to Helena Bay (£500, £1 ,, 750 for £1) 312 Whakapara to Puhipuhi (£1 for £1) ,, 120 313 Whananaki Wharf Road ... ,, 150 Whangarei to Heads Road—• 314 Main's to McLeod's Boundary ,, 1,277 (£777, £1 for £1) 315 Onerahi deviation (£1 for £1) ... ,, 676 316 Whatoro to Opouteke Road (Opouteke ,, 300 Settlement) 317 Wilson's Road (Kaimaro) ... ,, 500 318 Wright's Road ... ... ,, 100 319 Iwitaua (Otongaroa Bridge) ... Whangaroa 1,000 , 320 Kaeo Concrete Bridge to Kahoe ,, 300 ' Bridge 321 Kaeo to Matauri (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 322 Kaeo River Bridge (Kaeo-Mangonui ,, 100 Road), (on account of £3,000) 323 Kaeo River Bridge (Kaeo Village Road) % ,, 1,244 324 Kahoe Hill to Stoney Creek ... ,, 640 j 325 Mangapa ... ... ,, 100 1

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Item. 1927—28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Whangarei Road District—continued. 326 Oika Road (£2 for £1) ... ... Whangaroa 400 327 Opokorau Bridge ... ... ,, 400 328 Waiare to Waipapa ... ... ,, 100 329 Whangaroa Coast Road (£1 for £1)... „ 200 330 Survey, acquisition, and legalization of ... 550 roads, drains, gravel-pits, protective works, tramways, horse-paddocks, &c. 331 Supervision ... ... ... 4,500 332 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 400 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. 156,047 333 Waipu to Oakleigh Road (substitution Whangarei 10,000 of road for railway) and Hobson Total—Whangarei ... ... 166,047 Auckland Road District — 334 Clothier's to Woolshed ... ... Coromandel 50 335 Colville to Port Charles Road ... ,, 9,000 336 Colville Wharf Road ... ... ,, 250 337 Cook's Bridge ... ... ,, 250 338 Coroglen to Whenuakite (£48, £1 for ,, 350 £1) 339 Coromandel to Colville— Coast Road (£200, £2 for £1) ... ,, 1,355 340 Coromandel-Mercury Bay— East of Saddle ... ... ,, 300 341 Gentle Annie Road ... ... ,, 100 342 Kaimarama to Coroglen (£2 for £1) ... ,, 200 343 Kapowai Stream Bridge ... ,, 250 344 Kapowai Stream Road ... ... ,, 52 345 Kennedy Bay to Tuteawa ... ,, 150 346 Kuaotunu to Mercury Bay ... ,, 450 347 Kuaotunu to Opita ... ... ,, 250 348 Otakeo Road ... ... „ 200 349 Oteao Stream Bridge (Gumtown to ,, 120 Whenuakite Road) 350 Port Jackson Settlement Road ... ,, 100 351 Taiwawe Road ... ... ,, 400 352 Tapu to Coroglen ... ... ,, 1,500 353 Te Rerenga to Whangapoua (£2 for ,, 400 £1) 354 Waiwawa River Ford ... ... ,, 82 355 Akaaka Swamp to Pukekohe Railway- Franklin 200 station Road 356 Allsop's Bay to Manukau Heads Signal 500 Station 357 Awhitu Central to Manukau Heads ,, 250 (£1 for £1) 358 Awhitu Wharf to Smith's ... ,, 300 359 Butcher's Bridge Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 400 360 Clark's Road (Waiau), (on account of ,, 500 £1,750, £1 for £1)

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Hem. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Auckland Road District —continued. 361 Cosgrave Road, Papakura (£1 for £1) Franklin 100 362 Dalzeley's Road (Puni), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 363 Dickev Gleeson Road (Waipipi), (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 364 Drury to Waiuku (Glenbrook Hall to ,, 350 Tramway Road), (£250, on account of £635, £1 for £2 ; £100, £1 for £1) 365 Geraghty Road (Tuakau), (£1 for £1) ,, 113 366 Graham's Beach to Peterson's (£200, ,, 375 £2 for £1) 367 Hull's Hermitage Road, Waiuku (£1 ,, 600 for £2) 368 Hunua to Clevedon (top road), (£2 ,, 400 for £1) 369 Johnson and Jacobie Road ... ,, 100 370 Koheroa to Mercer ... ... ,, 200 371 Maioro School Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 372 Mangatangi to Miranda (£1 for £1) ... ,, 286 373 Mangatangi to Kaiawa (£1 for £1) ... ,, 181 374 Moumoukai Valley Road (north end) ,, 300 375 Nairn's Access Road ... ... ,, 200 376 New Brighton to County North Bound- ., 300 ary (Coast Road) 377 Opukupuku Road (Gordon's), (£1 for ,, 250 £1 ) 378 Papakura to Mangatawhiri— Happy Valley Section (on account ,, 500 of £1,000, £1 for £1) 379 Ponga Road (on account of £800, £1 ,, 200 for £1) 380 Quinn Road (£700, £1 for £2) ... ,, 1,000 381 Ramarama Hall to Bombay (£1 for £1) ,, 638 382 Razorback to Jericho Road (£25, £1 ,, 375 for £2 ; £350, £2 for £1) 383 Rodgers' Road to Tramway Road ,, 350 (Puni), (£1 for £2) 384 Shakespeare Sands Road (Waiuku), ,, 300 (£1 for £1) 385 Taurangaruru Main Road (£1 for £1) ,, 2,200 Tramway Road — 386 Glenbrook Station to Titi (£1 for £1) ,, 200 387 Titi to Puni (£1 for £2) ... ,, 220 388 Urquhart's Road (Karaka), (£1 for £1) ,, 334 389 Waiau-Papakura (£1 for £1) ... ,, 128 390 Waiau Post-office to McKenzie's ,, 100 Landing (on account of £500, £1 for £1) 391 Waipipi to Kohekohe (top road), (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 392 Wairoa Falls Road ,, 400 393 Waiuku to Kariotahi (on account of ,, 500 £800, £1 for £1) 394 Waiuku to Manukau Heads— Waipipi to Pollok Section (on ac- ,, 1,250 count of £2,035, £1 for £1) 395 Blind Bay Harbour Road ... Great Barrier 150 396 Harataonga - Kaitoke - Whangapara- ,, 275 para Road 397 Harataonga to Port Fitzroy ... ,, 300

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Auckland Road District—continued. 398 Port Fitzroy to Nagle Cove ... Great Barrier 300 399 Tryphena to Blind Bay ... ,, 100 400 Tryphena Harbour Road Bridge (Shoal ,, 200 Bay) 401 Tryphena to Rosalie Bay ... „ 100 402 Whangaparapara Wharf (approach ,, 100 road) 403 Awaiti Block roads (Netherton to Hauraki 600 Awaiti), (on account of £1,700, Plains £1 for £1) 404 Fisher's Road (on account of £1,800, Ditto 300 £1 for £1) 405 Kaihere-Ohinewai (£2 for £1) ... ,, 135 406 Kaihere to Torehapa (£200, £1 for £1) ,, 850 407 Kerepeehi Township School Road ... ,, 266 408 Mangawhero Road ... ... ,, 70 409 Moehau Road (on account of £700), ,, 400 (subsidy) 410 Morrinsville to Waitakaruru (Bridge ,, 650 and Stream diversion) 411 Munro Road (on account of £600, £1 ,, 200 for £1) 412 Ngararahi Stopbank Road (£200, on ,, 400 account of £1,200, £1 for £1) 413 Ngataipua Bast Road (on account of ,, 100 £3,000), (subsidy) 414 Ngatea to Kaihere (on account of ,, 125 £6,500), (subsidy) 415 Patetonga Riding roads (£4 for £1), ,, 6,000 (on account) 416 Pukahu East Road (on account of ,, 200 £1,100, £1 for £1) 417 Pukahu West Road (on account of ,, 300 £700, £1 for £1) 418 School Road (on account of £1,000, ,, 300 £1 for £1) 419 Turua Township Road (£1 10s. for £1) ,, 120 420 Waitakaruru to Morrinsville (on ,, 500 account of £1,400, £2 for £1) 421 Kaimango Road ... ... Kawhia 200 422 Kawaroa (£600, £2 for £1) ... ,, 1,960 423 Kawhia South S.D., Block II, Section ,, 80 7 (access), (£2 for £1) 424 Makomako Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 300 425 Marakopa to Taharoa (coast road) ... ,, 100 426 Muturangi Bridge (£2 for £1) ... ,, 300 427 Oparau Block Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 254 428 Ounu Road (Taumatatotara Block) ... ,, 600 429 Pirongia West Road (on account of ,, 100 £800, £2 for £1) 430 Taumatatotara (east) ... ... ,, 550 431 Taumatatotara (west), (£1,300, £2 for ,, 1,700 £1) 432 Te Maika Road (access Section 4, ,, 350 Block III, Kawhia South S.D.) 433 Waiharakeke to Kinohaku ... ,, 100 434 Whakapirau ... ... ,, 400 435 Alfriston to Papakura (£1 for £1) ... Manukau 756 436 Buckland Beach Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 437 Buckland Road (£1 for £3) ... ,, 500

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 39—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Auckland Road District—continued. Clevedon to Miranda— 438 Clevedon-Kawakawa Section (£1 Manukau 337 for £1) 439 Kawakawa to Matingarahi (£1,200, ,, 1,600 £2 for £1) 440 Flat Bush School redoubt (£1 for £1) ,, 100 441 Kawakawa Settlers' Wharf (approach „ 300 road) 442 Maungaroa Gorge Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 443 Mill Road Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 750 444 Moumoukai Hill Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 69 445 Papatoetoe to Howick (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 446 Smith's Bridge (Brookby), (£1 for £1) ,, 750 447 Tamaki River Bridge (on account of ,, 500 £5,000, £1 for £4) 448 Wade's Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 449 Waikopua Creek to Maraetai (£1 ,, 1,000 for £1) 450 Ward's Bridge (£4 for £o) ... „ 500 451 Wliitford to Brookby (£1 for £1) ,, 163 452 Amoore's Road ... ... Matamata 50 453 Hinuera Valley Road (£1 for £1), (on „ 100 account) 454 Horahora Special Area roads (£1 ,, 400 for £1) 455 Karapiro Toatoaroa Road (on account „ 100 of £2,000, £1 for £1) 456 Mangawhero Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 368 457 Matai Road (on account of £500, £1 ,, 100 for £1) 458 Matamata to Gordon (on account of ,, 500 £3,000, £1 for £1) 459 Okoroire to Tapapa (on account of ,, 100 £800, £1 for £1) 460 Paraonui ... ... ,, 562 461 Peria Road (on account of £2,000, £1 ,, 300 for £1) 462 Putaruru to Mangatapu (on account of ,, 50 £1,000, £1 for £1 10s.) 463 Putaruru to Waotu (on account of ,, 2,000 £3,000, £1 for £1) 464 Rangitanuku Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 81 465 Richmond Downs Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 466 Taumangi to Tapapa Road (on „ 100 account of £500, £1 for £1) 467 Tomalin Area roads (on account of „ 100 £500, £1 for £1) 468 Totman's Road (on account of £600, ,, 100 £1 for £1) 469 Te Poi to Matamata Road (on accoun t ,, 400 of £700, £1 for £1) 470 Te Poi to Okoroire Road (on account ., 100 of £500, £1 for £1) 471 Waiornou to Tapapa (£1 for £1) ... ,, 209 472 Waotu South Road ... ... ,, 50 473 White's Road (Tapapa), (on account ,, 100 of £500, £1 for £1) 474 Whitehall Special Area Roads— Road to railway (on account of ,, 1,000 £2,000, £1 for £1) 475 Waihou Stream Bridge (Hinuera- ,, 300 Te Poi Road), (on account of £800, £1 for £1) |

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. " £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Auckland Boad District —continued. 476 Waihou Stream Bridge (Okoroire), (on Matamata 300 account of £1,200, £1 for £1) 477 Dean's Road ... ... Ohinemuri 200 478 Ford Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 100 479 Kaimanawa to Thames-Paeroa Road ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 480 Ngahina Bridge to Hubbard (£1 for £1) ,, 100 481 Ngatitangata (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 482 Ohinemuri River Bridge (Paeroa), ,, 5,250 (Criterion) 483 Old Tauranga Road to Waihi (£1 for £1) ,, 100 484 Old Te Aroha Road (Paeroa North ,, 375 end), (Snakey Bend), (£1 for £1) 485 Paeroa to Te Aroha (old road), (£1 ,, 50 for £1) 486 Parakiwai Bridge (Waihi - Whanga- Ohinemuri 1,800 mata Road) and Thames 487 Patterson's Road ... ... Ohinemuri 100 488 Pevereal's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 489 Pukewera Road ... ... ,, 300 490 Pumanuka Road ... ... ,, 75 491 Trig Road ... ... ,, 100 492 Waihi Beach Road ... ... ,, 448 493 Waihi-Whangamata Road ... ,, 11,125 494 Waihi to Whangamata (South End), ,, 250 (on account of £1,200) 495 Waitawheta Road (on account of £750) ,, 300 496 Waitawheta to Waihi ... ... ,, 300 497 Barber's Road (£2 for £1) ... Otorohanga 880 498 Cannon's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 499 Hewer's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 500 Kawa to Pukemapou Road (on ac- „ 800 count of £2,800, £2 for £1) 501 Loop Road (on account of £1,000, „ 200 £2 for £1) 502 Lurman's Road (on account of £600, „ 300 £1 for £1) 503 Mangamahoe (£1 10s. for £1) ... ,, 150 504 Mangaorongo to Kawa ... ... ,, 700 505 Mangaorongo Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 506 Mangatutu Stream Bridge (Leth- ,, 250 bridge's), (on account), (Te Kawa to Ngaroma Road) 507 Mangawhero Road (on account of ,, 1,000 £1,500, £1 for £1) 508 Moakurarua Stream Bridge (£2 for £1) ,, 1,200 509 Otorohanga to Pirongia (£1 for £1) ,, 900 510 Otorohanga to Te Kuiti Road ... ,, 200 511 Owawenga Valley Road (on account ,, 2,500 of £6,000) 512 Roberts' Road ... ... ,, 50 513 Te Kawa to Ngaroma (£2 for £1) ... ,, 908 514 Waimahora Valley (£100. on account ,, 3,100 of £400, £2 for £1) 515 Waipari Road (on account of £2,000) ,, 1,000 516 Alexander Road to Walton Station Piako 150 (£1 for £1) 517 Bell's Road (£1 for £2) ... ... „ 550 518 Chepnell's Road (£561, £1 for £3; £89, ,, 650 £1 for £1) 519 Cowan's Road (Mangakahika), (£1 for ,, 100 £1), (on account)

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59 — continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Auckland Road District—continued. 520 Hangawera Roads (on account of Piako 250 £500, £1 for £3) 521 Hutchinson's Road (£560, £1 for £2; ,, 910 £350, £1 for £1) 522 Kereone to Pakarau (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 523 Kiwitahi to Walton (£5 for £18) ... ,, 50 524 Kuranui (£1 for £2) ... ... ,, 1,250 525 McLaren's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 526 Milliken's Road (£1 for £3) ... ,, 600 527 Morrinsville to Kiwitahi (on account ,, 400 of £900, £1 for £2) 528 Morrinsville to Mangateparu (£1 for £1) ,, 300 Morrinsville to Waitakaruru— 529 Maukoro Section (formation), (on ,, 800 account of £1,391) 530 Maukoro Section (metalling), (on ,, 1,000 account of £1,800, £1 for £lj 531 Motumaoho Station to Tauhei (£1 for £1) ,, 300 532 Mount Road (£500, £1 for £1; £500, „ 1,000 £1 for £2) 533 Old Hill Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 534 Ottway Settlement Bridge approaches ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 535 Paeroa to Tahuna ... ... „ 800 536 Pakarau Soldiers Settlement Road (on ,, 2,600 account of £4,200, £2 for £1) 537 Piako River Bridge (Maukoro West ,, 100 Road), (Tahuna), (on account of £800, £1 for £2) 538 Piako River (landing and shed, ,, 200 Tahuna), (£1 for £1) 539 Pikoiti Valley Road (on account of ,, 250 £500, £1 for £2) 540 Roache's Road (on account of £500, ,, 118 £1 for £3) 541 Scotchman's Valley Road (£1 for £1) ,, 250 542 Stanley Road (metalling), (£1 for £3) ,, 500 543 Tahuna to Ohinewai (on account of ,, 1,500 £2,170, £1 for £1 10s.) 544 Tauhei Road (£250, on account of ,, 750 £1,000, £1 for £1; £500, £1 for £2) 545 Thomas' Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 546 Waihou River Bridge (Te Aroha), (£1 ,, 3,500 for £2) 547 Waitoa No. 1 Road (on account of ,, 1,000 £2,000, £1 for £2) 548 Waitoa No. 4 Road (£1 for £2) ... ,, 150 549 Walton roads (on account of £513, ,, 63 £1 for £2) 550 Walton Station to Matamata Boundary ,, 100 (on account of £600, £1 for £3) 551 Wardville Road (£1 for £3) ... ,, 500 552 Whakahongi Road (£1 for £3) ... ,, 200 553 Whakahoro East Road (on account of ,, 250 £500, £1 for £1) 554 Allen and Eyre's Road (£1 for £1) ... Raglan 200 555 Clarke's Road, Pukekawa (£1 for £1) ,, 400 556 Elgood's Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 100 557 Glen Murray to Waimai via Naike ,, 100 (on account of £1,000, £2 for £1)

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Item - 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Auckland Road District—continued. 558 Huntly to Rotowaro (£1 for £ 1) ... Raglan 1,000 559 Kaipo Flat Road (£1 for (£1) ... „ 400 5G0 Karioi S.D., Block XIV, Section 20, ,, 80 (access) 561 Kauri Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 400 562 Kohanga Road (£1 for (£1) ... ,, 100 563 Makomako ... ... ,, 600 564 Mangati to Te Akau Wharf (£1 for £1) ,, 1,684 565 Ngaruawahia to Huntly West (£1 for ,, 500 £1) 566 Okete Road (£1 for £1), (on account) ,, 250 567 Oouatia Stream Bridge (on account ,, 100 '' of £800, £1 for £1) 568 O'Shea's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 569 Parson's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 570 Ponganui Road (on account of £800, ,, 100 £1 for £1) 571 Port Waikato to Tuakau Bridge (£1 ,, 950 for £2) 572 Pukekawa to Mercer (on account of ,, 500 £900, £1 for £1) 573 Pukekawa to Rangiriri (Pukekawa to ,, 500 Churchill section), (on account of £1,000, £1 for £2) 574 Rotongaro to Ruawaro (on account of ,, 500 £1,000, £1 for £1) 575 Te Puroa Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 576 Waikaretu to Port Waikato (on account ,, 2,000 of £3,000, £1 for £1) 577 Waikorea (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 446 578 Waingaro Springs to Te Uku (on ,, 500 account of £1,000, £1 for £1) 579 Waingaro to Waingaro Landing (£1 ,, 900 for £1) 580 Wainui ... ... ,, 50 581 Waitetuna Valley (£1 for £1) ... „ 327 582 Whaanga Road ... ... ,, 400 583 Ahuroa Railway-station to Komokoriki Rodney 65 (£1 for £1) 584 Ahuroa to Komokoriki (deviation), ,, 627 (£127, £1 for £1) 585 Ahuroa Railway-station to Komo- ,, 100 koriki (new road), (£1 for £1) 586 Ahuroa to Puhoi (Pigeon Corner) ... ,, 100 587 Ahuroa to Woodcock's ... ... ,, 100 588 | Boyd's Filling (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 589 Dunningham's Bridge (Ahuroa to ,, 500 Komokoriki Road), (£1 for £1) 590 Harataua Road ... ... ,, 100 Helensville to Port Albert— 591 Glorit to Tauhoa Section (£1 for £1) ,, 300 592 Hoteo River Bridge Approach Road ,, 440 593 Putahi Section ... ... ,, 500 594 Whanaki River Bridge and ap- ,, 334 proaches (£210, on account of £360, £2 for £1) 595 Kaipara Flats Station (access), (old ,, 100 road) 596 Kaipara Hills (on account of £1,193, ,, 505 £1 for £1) 597 j Pakiri to Whangaripo (£1 for £1) ... „ 50 598 I Port Albert to Wellsford Valley (£2 ,, 200 j for £1) I |

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. jg jg VOTE No. 59 —continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Auckland Road District— continued. 599 Puhoi to Ahuroa (£150, £1 for £1) ... Rodney 200 600 Puhoi to Tahekeroa (£1 for £1) ... ,, ! 55 601 Puhoi Wharf and Road (on account of ,, 300 £1,100) 602 Sandspit Wharf Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 603 Streamlands SettlementRoad ... ,, 520 604 Tauhoa-Wellsford (£150, £2 for £1; ,, 350 £100, £1 for £1) 605 Te Hana to Tomorata (£1 for £1) ... ,, 1,100 606 Vennell's Bridge ... ... ,, 225 607 Wharehine Bridge to Thompson's ,, 200 Corner (£1 for £1) 608 Warkworth to Mahurangi (£1 for £1) ,, 150 609 Warkworth to Leigh (£515, £1 for ,, 815 £1; £300, £2 for £1) 610 Warkworth to Woodcocks (£1 for £1) ,, 100 611 Wellsford to Whangaripo (£1 for £1) ,, 627 612 ; Woodcocks to Kaipara Flats Railway- ,, 110 station (£100, £1 for £1) 613 Crosbie Settlement Track ... Thames 72 614 Kaueranga Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 200 615 Kaueranga to Tairua (on account) ... ,, 1,000 616 Matatoki Road (on account of £1,500, ,, 500 £1 for £1) 617 Omahu to Ofcamakite Track ... ,, 4,800 618 Onetai ... ... ,, 200 619 Paritu to Opoutere ... ... ,, 250 620 Puriri to Neavesville Road (McBeth's ,, 320 Crossing Bridge), (£2 for £1) 621 Puriri-Tairua Road— Puriri Valley Section... ... ,, 300 622 I Tairua-Whangamata R&ad ... ,, 555 j 623 j Tairua to Whangamata (Paritu to ,, 400 j Wharekawa River) 624 Tapu to Coroglen ... ... ,, 2,400 Thames-Tairua Road — 625 Tairua Section (£131, £2 for £1) ... ,, 159 626 Townsend Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 627 Waihi to Whangamata Road(Whanga- ,, 3,000 mata Harbour Section), (on account) 628 Went worth Bridge (on account) ... ,, 800 629 Wharepoa (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 250 630 Draper Road (£1 for £1) ... Waikato 50 631 Hall's Road (£1 for £1)... ... ,, 100 632 Hamilton to Matangi (£1 for £1) ... ,, 1,000 633 Kopuku Nos. 1 and 2 Settlement ,, 500 road (on account of £856) 634 Kopuku to Whangamarino Falls ... ,, | 720 635 1 Mangatea ... ... >> 636 Matahura to Te Hoe ... ... ,, ' 200 637 Muirhead Road ... ... ,, 1 300 638 Proctor's Road (£3 for £1) ... ,, | 1,650 639 Rutherford Road (£232, £1 for £1) ... ,, 634 640 Sedgwick Road (on account of £800, ,, 300 £1 for £1) 641 Tamahere to Tauwhare, via Matangi ,, 500 (on account of £1,000, £1 for £2) 642 Taniwha to Te Kauwhata ... ,, ! 100 643 Tauhei-Morrinsville (£1 for £1) ... ,, | 1,039 644 Taupiri-Orini Road ... ... ,, 944 645 Ten-foot Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 1 1,186

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. VOTE No. 59—continued. £ £ Roads, etc. —continued. Auckland Road District—continued. 646 ; Waerenga to Maramarua Road (£1 Waikato 300 for £ 1) 647 | Waitakaruru to Miranda Road (£2 250 for £1) 648 I Alexander Road (£1 for £1) ... Waipa 450 649 Benn's Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 100 650 Frankton to Ngahinapouri (£1 for £1) ,, 100 651 Hewson's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 652 ' Kakepuku Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 653 Owairaka Valley (£1 for £1) ... ,, 800 654 ' Perkin's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 655 ! Puahue Soldiers Settlement Road ,, 1,600 (£100, on account of £1,000, £1 for £1; £1,500, £2 for £1) 656 Puniu Road (£1 for £1) .. ... ,, 750 657 Reynolds Settlement Road (£1 for £1) ,, 150 658 Rukuhia Swamp Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 59 659 Storey's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 660 Te Awamutu to Arapuni (Pukeatua ,, 995 End), (£2 for £1) 661 Te Rore to Paterangi (£1 for £1) ... ,, 170 662 Tika Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 150 663 Whatawhata to Rotokauri (on account ,, 300 of £1,200, £1 for £1) 664 Albany to Paremoremo Wharf (£1 Waitemata 150 for £1) 665 Amrien's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 666 j Annandale Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 667 Ararimu Valley Road (£100, £1 for £1) ,, 110 668 Archer's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 669 Atkinson Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 670 Brooklyn to Huia (£1 for £1) ... ,, 450 671 j Coronation Road (£1 for £1), (on ,, 100 account) 672 Deep Creek Wharf Road (seawall), ,, 250 (£1 for £1) 673 Evans Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 100 674 i Eordyce Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 675 | Forest Hill Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 375 676 i Great North Road— Silverdale to Redvale (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 677 I Greenhithe to Cut Hill (£1 for £1) ... ,, 550 678 Huapai to Riverhead ... ... ,, 60 679 Kaipatiki Bridge (on account) ... ,, 100 680 Makarau to Takekeroa (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 681 Metcalfe Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 682 Muriwai Valley Road ... ... ,, 100 683 Museum Endowment Road (£1 for £1) ,, 100 684 j McElwain's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 685 | Paekawau Road (£1 for £1) . . ... ,, 100 686 ! Pahunuhunu Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 687 Parker's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 688 j Pomaria Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 689 ■ Pye's Road (£1 for £1J ... ... ,, 100 690 ! Rapson's Road (on account of £1,250, „ 500 £1 for £1) 691 Redhill Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 125 692 Rimmer's Road ... ... ,, 100 693 Riverhead Township Road (north ,, 50 end), (£1 for £1) 694 Rosedale Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 695 ; Ruatawhiri Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 696 ' School Road (Waimauku) ... „ 150

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £> £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Auckland Road District—continued. 697 Seaview Road (£1 for £1) ... Waitemata 50 698 Sergeant's Bridge (£2 for £1) ... ,, 170 699 Shaw Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, ; 150 700 Silverdale to White Hills (on account „ 300 of £500, £1 for £1) 701 Silverdale to Wainui Road (£1 for £1) „ ; 200 702 Silverdale to Whangaparaoa (£1 for £1) ,, 110 703 Stoney Creek Road (£1 for £1) ... „ I 100 704 Sturge's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 705 Sunnyside Road (Waari Hamlet), (£1 ,, 110 for £1) 706 Swanson Block Main Road and Bridge ,, 111 707 Swanson to West Coast (£1 for £1) ... ,, i 75 708 Taipa Road (Soldiers Settlement), (£1 ,, , 102 for £1) 709 Tarawera Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 710 Taupaki to Brigham's Creek (£1 for £1) ,, 150 711 Waimauku to West Coast ... ,, 1 134 712 Wairau Stream Bridge (Sheriff's Hill), ,, i 970 (£1 for £3) 713 Waitakere to West Coast Road (£1 ,, 175 for £1) 714 Whangaparaoa-Tiri Road (£1 for £1) ,, 100 715 Survey, acquisition, and legalization of ... 600 roads, drains, protective works, gravel-pits, tramways, horse-pad-docks, &c. 716 Supervision ... ... ... 3,500 717 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 750 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. 193,787 718 Orakei Waterfront Road (contribution), ... *123,000 (on account of £33,000) Total—Auckland ... ... 316,787 Tauranga Road District— 719 Oruanui to Atiamuri, via Mokai ... East Taupo 150 720 Reparoa to Taupo, via Broadlands ,, 250 (£1 10s. for £1), (on account) 721 Waiehu Bridge ... ... ,, 88 Opotiki to East Cape— 722 Hawai to Motu River Section (£1 Opotiki 291 for £1) 723 Hawai to Motu River Section ,, 217 (Hawai Stream Bridge), (£1 for £1) 724 Motu River to Te Kaha (on account) ,, 6,000 725 Motu River Bridge (on account) ... ,, 2,500 726 Opotiki to Hawai Section (Opape ,, 624 and Torere deviations), (£1 for £1) 727 Opotiki to Hawai Section (Torere ,, 172 Stream Bridge), (£1 for £1) 728 Orete to County Boundary (£3 for ,, 900 £1) 729 Te Kaha to Orete ... ... ,, 1,200 730 Motu to Whitikau, via Marumoku ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 731 I Oponae ... ... ,, 870 * £114,000 recoverable.

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. Jg £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Tauranga Road District—continued. Opotiki to Matawai Road— 732 Omaukoro Bridge ... ... Opotiki 584 733 Sulphur Creek Bridge ... ,, 333 734 Opotiki to Matawai, via Waioeka(on ,, 18,500 account) 735 Paerata (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 150 736 Petipeti Bridge (Takaputahi Block)... ,, 634 737 Reeves Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 738 Takaputahi Road ... ... ,, 180 739 Waiata Road ... ... ,, 700 740 Waiawa S.D., Block XII, Section 3 ,, 60 (access) 741 Waioeka-Opata Junction to Redpaths ,, 400 (on account) 742 Waiotahi to Crooked Road (£1 for £1) ,, 52 743 Wairata Track ... ... „ 150 744 Warrington Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 745 Wilton's Road ... ... ,, 415 746 Whitikau ... ... ,, 70 747 Woodlands Road (Hikutaia Settle- ,, 100 ment), (£1 for £1) 748 Awahou Cross Road (£2 for £1) ... Rotorua 400 749 Brice's Road (access), (£100, £1 for £1) ,, 800 750 Clayton Road (£250, £1 for £1) ... ,, 750 751 Cross Road (Kaharoa to Te Waerenga) ,,. 100 752 Dalbeth Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 753 Hamurana (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 75 754 Kaharoa (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 150 755 Kaharoa Road Extension ... ,, 50 756 Kaikokopu to Taheke (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 757 Kawaha Point Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 758 Malfroy's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 759 Mamaku Village streets (£170, £1 for ,, 390 £1) 760 Mangarewa Gorge (deviation), (on ac- ,, 500 count) 761 Maniatutu (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 250 762 Mangapouri Bridge and deviation ,, 240 (Ngongotaha-Tauranga Road) 763 Maraeroa (£240, £1 for £1) ... ,, 740 764 Matai (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 500 765 Mount Ngongotaha Road ... ,, 73 766 Ngawaro to County boundary ... ,, 600 767 Ngongataha to Ngawaro (£10, £1 ,, 1,410 for £1; £800, £2 for £1) 768 Ngongotaha Valley (£100, £1 for £1) ,, 300 769 Ngongotaha Township roads (£37, £1 ,, 137 for £1) 770 Okere to Hamurana (£200, £1 for £1) „ 3,200 771 Old Taupo Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 772 Old Tauranga Road (on account) ... ,, 400 773 Oturoa (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 450 774 Pikowai South ... ... ,, 400 775 Pongakawa ... ... ,, 150 776 Pukehangi Road .. ... ,, 350 777 Pungarehu-Otamarakau (on account) ,, 200 778 Rotowhero to Galatea (£1 for £1) ,, 100 779 Rotorua to Atiamuri ... ... ,, 576 780 Sunset Road (£8, £1 for £1) ... ,, 150 781 Tapuaekura Native Village Access ,, 250 Road (£5 for £3), (on account)

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59 —contimied. Roads, etc. —continued. Tauranga Road District—continued. 782 Te Waerenga Road (£1 for £1) ... Rotorua 150 783 Utuhina streets (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 784 Waimangu and Loop Road ... ,, 200 785 Whakarewarewa (access to vacant ,, 200 sections) 786 Apata Settlement Sections 38 and 37 Tauranga 100 (access) 787 Borrell's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 788 Kaikokopu to Taheke (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 789 Kaituria Road ... ... ,, 250 790 Maketu Township to beach ... „ 50 791 Omokoroa Station approach road (on ,, 300 account) 792 Otaimatua Station to "Williams ... ,, 170 793 Otumoetai Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 152 794 Papamoa Road to Beach ... „ 50 795 Pongakawa School Road (£1 for £2) ,, 250 796 Pungarehu to Otamarakau ... „ 500 797 Pye's Pa Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 1,600 798 Schrieber's Road ... ... ,, 60 799 Steele's Road ... ... „ 371 800 Tauranga-Cambridge Road to Section ,, 150 196 Tauranga to Oropi— 801 Pye's Pa Road to Waiorohi Bridge „ 450 "No. 1 (£1 for £1) 802 Waiorohi Bridge No. 1 to County ,, 250 Boundary (£1 for £1) 803 Tauranga to Rotorua (direct route)... ,, 1,500 804 Taylor's Road . ... ,, 50 805 Te Matai Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 806 Tuapiro Station access road (£1 for ,, 150 £1) 807 Wharawhara Stream Bridge (Old Mill ,, 550 Road), (£2 for £1) 808 Williams' to Mount (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 809 Awaiti Road (£1 for £1) ... ... Whakatane 1,325 810 Awakaponga Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 811 Awakaponga Station Road (£1 for £1) ,, 125 812 Boundary Bridge (Whakatane-Tanea- ,, 200 tua Road), (£1 for £1) 813 Checkley's deviation (£1 for £1) ... ,, 600 814 East Bank Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 203 815 East Bank (south), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 816 Ferguson's Road ... ... ,, 100 817 Gow's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 818 Greig's Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 730 819 Grieve's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 450 820 Hallett's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 821 Huna Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 160 822 Kirkbride's Road (£1 for £1), (on ac- ,, 225 count) 823 Kopuriki Bridge (Rangitaiki), (£2 for ,, 1,666 824 Lowe's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 825 Maungaroa to Taneatua (£1 for £1)... , 1,000 826 McDonald's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 827 McLean's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 1,050 828 Powell's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 130 829 Rahui Road ... ... ,, 150 830 Railway Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 923 831 Railway Road deviation (£1 for £1), ,, 250 (on account)

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1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59 —continued. Roads, eto. —continued. Tauranga Boad District—continued. 832 Rewatu Road (£1 for £1) ... Whakatane 100 833 Riverslea to Otakiri (£1 for £1) ... ,, 450 834 Ross Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 350 835 Ruatahuna to Waikaremoana ... ,, 2,000 836 Soldiers' Road (Edgecombe), (£1 for ,, 100 £1), (on account) 837 Taneatua to Rewatu (£1 for £1) ... „ 150 838 Te Teko to Waiohau (£172, £1 for £1) ,, 2,000 839 Titoki Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 50 840 Urewera Block Road ... ... Whakatane 5,000 and Opotiki 841 Waimana Road deviation (access Whakatane 200 Lines), (£1 for £1) 842 Wainui Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 412 843 Waioho Valley (£195, £1 for £1) ... ,, 1,000 844 West Bank Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 257 845 Western Drain Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 1,500 846 Whakatane Traffic Bridge (Maungaroa ,, 4,013 to Taneatua Road) 847 Survey, acquisition and legalization ... 400 of roads, drains, protective works, gravel-pits, tramways, horse-pad-docks, &c. 848 Supervision ... ... ... 2,000 849 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 150 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total—Tauranga ... .. 89,528 Gisbome Boad District— 850 Gisborne to Hangaroa (£1 for £1) ... Cook 400 851 Glencoe Soldiers' Settlement (Pipiwha- ,, 100 kau), (£1 for £1) 852 Glenroy Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 853 Gordon's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 854 Hangaroa to Tahora (£2 for £1) ... ,, 6,700 855 Hangaroa to Waikaremoana ... ,, 1,500 856 Harrington's Road (Te Arai Settle- ,, 100 ment), (£1 for £1) 857 Jobson's Road (Te Arai), (£1 for £1) ,, 100 858 Mangapoike Valley Road (£1 for £1) ,, 3,000 859 Manutuke to Waingake (on account ,, 250 of £1,250, £1 for £3) 860 Marshall's Road ... ... ,, *410 861 Ngakoroa (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 425 862 Ngatapa to Wharekopae (£1 for £1) ,, 1,500 863 Ormond Road via Waiohika (on ac- ,, 1,500 count of £2,300, £1 for £2) ' 864 Pah Road, Whangara Village ... ,, 200 865 Panikau Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 866 Parakanapa Road (deviation), (£1 for ,, 750 £1) 867 Patutahi Junction to Ngatapa (on ,, 250 account of £1,250, £1 for £3) 868 Repongaere Settlement Road (£1 for ,, 150 £1) 869 S.G.R. 59 (access) Hamilton's (£1 for £1) ,, 100 * Includes £100 contributed by local body.

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS-—continued. VOTE No. 59—continued. £ £ Roads, etc. —continued. Gisbome Road District—continued. 870 Spence's Road (£2 for £1) ... Cook 2,700 871 Stevens Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 150 872 Totangi (Ngatapa Settlement), (£1 for £1) ,, 150 873 Waimata to Arakihi (£1 for£l) ... ,, 800 874 Waimata Riverside Road (Donners), ,, 123 (£1 for £1) 875 Waimata Valley (on account of 1,728 £3,028, £1 for £2) 876 Waiomoku Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 400 877 Waiomoku Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 260 878 Wharerata to Opoutama (Wharerata ,, 100 to County Boundary), (£1 for £1) 879 Willows Settlement (Awapuni Road), ,, 100 (£1 for £11 880 Hicks Bay Post Office to Freezing- Matakaoa 450 works and Wharf (£250, £1 for £1) 881 Karakatuwhero Valley ... ... ,, 500 882 Kopuapounamu ... ... ,, 650 883 Main East Coast Road— Hicks Bay to Whangaparaoa ,, 1,000 bridges (between Potaka and Cape Runaway 884 O'Regan's Road (access to S.G.R. 70) ,, 260 885 Oweka Stream Road ... ... ,, 200 886 Taurangakautuku Valley Road (de- ,, 650 viation), (£341, £1 for £1) 887 Te Araroa to East Cape ... ,, 500 888 Whangaparaoa to County Boundary ,, 161 889 Kaiaua to Tolaga Bay (£17, £1 for £1) Uawa 184 890 Mangatokerau (£1 for £1) ... ,, 750 891 Paremata Soldiers Settlement Road ,, 535 892 Tolaga to Arakihi (£1 for £1) ... ,, 537 893 Tolaga to Tauwhareparae (£1,098, £1 ,, 2,048 for £1) 894 Tolaga to Wigan Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 1,000 895 Tutamoe ... ... ,, 633 Waiapu Inland Road— 896 Paraheka section ... ... ,, 250 897 Tirohanga section ... ... ,, 500 898 Wharekaka Soldiers Settlement Road ,, 375 899 Wigan Bridge (Mangaheia Stream), ,, 600 (£1 for £2) 900 East Cape Road (£2 for £1) ... Waiapu 200 901 Hukanui (£2 for £1) ... ... ,, 200 902 Ihungia River Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 812 903 Keeling's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 904 Makarika (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 175 905 Makarika Road and Suspension Bridge ,, 500 (on account) 906 Makarika to Horehore ... ... ,, 1,000 907 Maraehara ... ... ,, 504 908 Mata River to Waitahaia ... ,, 1,586 909 Poroporo Road ... ... ,, 500 910 Rangitukia (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 200 911 Reporua to Mahora (£1 for £1) ... ,, 274 912 Rotokautuku Bridge to Ruatorea (£1 ,, 250 for £1) 913 Ruatorea School Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 128 914 Takapau to Ihungia ... ... ,, 500 915 Tapuwaeroa Road (£250, £1 for £1)... ,, 750 916 Tapuwaeroa Road (protective works) ,, 675

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. v £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Gisbome Road District—continued. 917 Te Horo to Tikapa (£1 for £1) ... Waiapu 77 918 Tokomaru to Mata (£828, £1 for £1) ,, 2,828 919 Waitakeho Stream Bridge (Tokomaru- ,, 100 Waimai Road) 920 Armstrong Road (£1 for £1) ... Waikohu 250 921 Armstrong - Makari Road ... ,, 830 922 Boundary Creek Bridge (Ngatapa- ,, 500 Wharekopae Road), (£1 for £1) 923 Brace's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 924 Kanakanaia Road Bridge (£1 for £1) ,, 150 925 Kanakanaia Settlement Road (£1 for £1) ,, 1,000 926 Koranga Road (Motu River Bridge) ,, 1,000 927 Mangakamaia Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 928 Moanui (£750, £1 for £1) ... ,, 1,110 929 Motu Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 3,533 930 Palls' Creek Bridge ... ... ,, 700 931 Ngatapa to Wharekopae (£1 for £1)... ,, 2,800 932 Ngatapa Block access (Smart's Road) ,, 500 933 Otipi S.D., Section 1, Block V (access) ,, 1,000 934 Rakauroa to Tahora (£150, £1 for £1) ,, 650 935 Foster's Creek Bridge (£1 for £1)... ,, 100 936 Taumata (Daisy Flat to Hukanui ,, 2,260 Crossing), (£150, £1 for £1) 937 Waiapu Inland Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 938 Waikohu to Motu via Whakarua (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 939 Poututu deviation), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 920 940 Waioeka Road (Motu River Bridge) ,, 1,700 941 Waipaoa Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 300 942 Survey, acquisition, and legalization ... 200 of roads, drains, protective works, gravel-pits, tramways, horse-pad-docks, &c. 943 Supervision ... ... ... 1,000 944 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 250 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total —Gisborne ... ... 68,941 Taumarunui Road District — 945 Poutu Stream Bridge (Waimarino- East Taupo 550 Tokaanu Road), (on account) Tokaanu-Taupo Road— 946 Hatipu Hill deviation... ... ,, 1,200 947 Kahukiu Hill ... ... ,, 500 948 Waimarino-Waiotaka deviation ... ,, 700 949 Waimarino Stream Bridge ... ,, 52 ' 950 Tongariro River straightening ... ,, 300 951 Waimarino to Tokaanu (culverting)... ,, 200 952 Erua (on account of £2,000, £1 for £1) Kaitieke 1,200 953 Kakahi Stream Bridge ... ... ,, 400 954 Kawautahi Valley (£50, £1 for £1) ... ,, 922 955 Mangatepopo Road ... ... ,, 1,000 956 Oio No. 1 Road (£17, £1 for £1) ... ,, 150 957 Owhango to Hikimutu (£64, £1 10s, ., 1,231 for £1; £467, £2 for £1) 958 i Raetihi to Ohura— Te Mata to County boundary .... „ 63

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Item. ! 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59 —continued. Roads, etc. —continued Taumarunui Road District—continued. 959 Tongariro National Park (Bruce Road), Kaitieke 1,500 (£1 for £1) 960 Wanganui River Bridge (Te Maire), ,, *5,394 (£1 for £1) Wan gat) ui River Road (left bank) — 961 Te Maire to Kokakonui ... ,, 1,000 962 Te Maire Stream Bridge ... ,, 500 963 Mangaohutu to Retaruke ... ,, 69 964 Waimarino Station Road ... ,, 400 965 Waitea Branch Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 100 966 Mahoenui to Kawhia (Te Anga to Kawhia 125 Mangaohae Section), (£35, £1 for £1) 967 Tawarau River Bridge (Muggeridge's), ,, 400 (£4 for £1) 968 Waipawa (£100, £1 for £1), (on ac- ,, 150 count), (£50 free) 969 Haparua (£500, £1 10s. for £1), (on Oliura 1,548 account) 970 Haparua bridges (2) ... ... ,, 616 9711 Huhatahi ... ... ,, 100 972 Huia ... ... ,, 500 973 Huia Road (Ohura River Bridge), ,, 100 (on account) 974 Kaikara (access to Grant's), (£1 for £1) ,, 300 975 Kakahi Road ... ... ,, \ 350 976 Kopuha (north) ... ... ,, 500 977 Kopuha (south), (£2 for £1) ... ,, 100 978 Koromiko (£2 for £1) ... ... ,, 235 979 Mangakara (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 60 980 Mangapapa (£1 10s. for £1), (on ac- ,, 100 count) 981 Miroahuiao to Matiere (£1 10s. for £1) ,, 2 ,340 Ohura (north of Paparata) — 982 Matiere-Toi Toi Section (on account ,, 800 of £1,100, £2 for £1) 983 Mahirakau-Ongarue Section (£2 ,, 120 for £1), (on account) 984 Ohura S.D., Block X, Section 8 i, 54 (access to Jarvis) 985 Opatu ... ... ,, 100 986 Peak Trig Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 139 987 Prentice Road ... ... ,, 300 988 Ohura River Bridge (Waipiu), (£2 ,, 600 for £1) 989 Tapuiwahine (£750, £1 for £1) ... ,, 1,083 990 Te Kuiti-Tauinarunui— Ongarue to Waimiha ... ... ,, j 5,000 ! 991 Tokirima South Road (Opatu Stream ,, 138 Bridge) 992 Tongaporutu to Mangaroa (£110, ,, 1,073 £1 for £1; £750, £1 10s. for £1) 993 Waitaangaiti Stream Bridge ... ,, 250 994 Turoto ... ... ,, 150 995 Waikaka Road (bridges) ... ,, 708 996 Aramahoe (£1 for £1) ... ... Taumarunui 200 997 Burnand's Road (£1 for £1) .. ,, 150 998 Carter's Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 100 999 Echoland's Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 600 1000 Kelland's Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 200 1001 Kirtons Road, Punga Punga Bridge ,, 500 (£3 for £1), (on account) * Includes local borly contribution.

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. ~ £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Koads. etc. —continued. Taumarunui Road District—continued. 1002 Koiro Block (Otuiti Road), (£420, £1 Taumarunui 520 for £1; £100, £2 for £1) 1003 Komokoriki Loan Block, Wanganui ,, 250 River Bridge (Manunui), (£1 for £1) 1004 Kururau (£2 for £1) ... ... ,, 167 1005 Kururau (west of Otunui) ... ,, 600 1006 Lairdvale Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 200 1007 Mangakahu Valley Road (£2 for £1) ,, 1,000 1008 Lower Crossing Bridge (£2 for £1) ,, 1,000 1009 Okaihae ... ... ,, 250 Ongarue River Road (right bank) — 1010 Okaihae Stream Bridge ... ,, 550 1011 Taumarunui-Taringamutu section ,, 1,950 (£200, £2 for £1) 10.12 Taringamutu to Okahukura Section ,, 350 (£1 for £1) 1013 Waimiha to Kokomiko (£1 for £1) ,, 1,000 1014 Otuiti ... ... „ 1,000 1015 Otunui (north), (£200, £2 for £1) ... ,, 300 1016 Otunui (south), (£2 for £1) ... ,, 400 1017 Piawa Road (£2 for £1) ... „ 100 1018 Punga Punga Road (£250, £1 for ,, 500 £1 ; £250, £2 for £1) 1019 Taringamutu Valley (upper), (on ac- ,, 300 count of £851, £2 for £1) 1020 Taumarunui to Taupo (on account of ,, 400 £1,500, £2 for £1) 1021 Taringamutu River Bridge (£2 for ,, . 250 £1), (on account) 1022 Te Peka (£2 for £1) ... ... „ 50 1023 Waihi to Hurori ... ... ,, 250 1024 Whakamaro ... ... „ 100 1025 Whangapuroto Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 100 1026 Ahoroa (£1 10s. for £1) ... ... Waitomo 300 1027 Boddie's Road ... ... ,, 200 1028 Ellis Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 300 1029 Harrison's Road ... ... ,, 100 1030 Hunt's Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 400 1031 Kahuwera to Te Mapara (£3 for £1), ,, 1,000 (on account) 1032 Kariri Loan Block— Mapara (on account) ... ,, 700 1033 Kohua (on account of £2,700, £2 for ,, 100 £1) 1034 Mangaiti (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 1,472 1035 Mangaokewa (£1 10s. for £1) ... ,, 1,000 1036 Mangatea (on account of £750, £1 ,, 250 for £1) 1037 Mangateka (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 913 1038 Maraetaua (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 256 1039 Marakopa River to Mahoenui—Mangaorongo Section (£200, £1 ,, 450 for £1) 1040 Mathers' Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 1041! Miroahuiao to Matiere (Pukia to Pirere) ,, 84 1042,' Mpkauiti (on account of £9,600, £110s. ,, 100 for £1) 1043[ Mokau River Bridge (Totoro Road), ,, 400 (on account) 1044 Ohirea (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 160 \ 10451 Owen Road ... ... ,, 200 ! 1046 Paekaka (£1 for £1) ... ,, 565

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item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. F~ £ I £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Taumarunui Road District—continued. 1047 Papakauri ... ... Waitomo 723 1048 Pukenui (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 483 1049 Pukerimu (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 136 1050 Pungarehu Road (Waitoru Stream ,, 550 Bridge) 1051 Ramaroa Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1052 Rangitoto (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 309 1053 School Road, Hangatiki... ... ,, 450 1054 Taiparu (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 150 1055 Takiri (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 167 1056 Takiri to Mokauiti (£1 for £1) ... ,, 2,097 1057 Taumatamaire (£50, £1 for £1) ... ,, 383 Te Kuiti to Taumarunui— 1058 Kopaki to Mangapeehi (2 bridges) ,, 318 1059 Kopaki Overbridge ... ... ,, 1,000 1060 Mangapeehi to Poro-o-tarao ... ,, 500 1061 Waimiha to Ongarue (£2 for £1) .. ,, 200 1062 Te Mapara (£2 for £1), (on account) ,, 100 1063 Tiki Tiki Road (£2 for £1), (on account) ,, 100 1064 Trooper's Road (on account of £1,750, ,, 1,500 £1 for £1) 1065 Waikawau (lower), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 184 1066 Waikawau (lower), (access to Ordish), ,, 240 (£2 for £1) Waipa River Road— 1067 Ranganui Section (£4 for £1), (on ,, 600 account) 1068 Waipa Stream bridges (2) ... ,, 950 1069 Wairoroma Stream Bridge (West's)... ,, 160 1070 Waitataura Road (Waitataura Stream ,, 250 Bridge) 1071 Waitomo Valley Road ... ... ,, 500 1072 Survey, acquisition, and legalization of ... 250 roads, drains, gravel-pits, protective works, tramways, horse-paddocks, &c. 1073 Supervision ... ... ... 3,000 1074 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 250 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total—Taumarunui ... ... 73,707 Stratford Road District— 1075 Hutiwai Road ... .. Clifton 308 1076 Kaipikari (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 250 1077 Kaka (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 775 1078 Mangaongaonga ... ... ,, 200 1079 Matau North Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 57 1080 Mohakatino Valley ... ... ,, 262 1081 Mohakatino Valley Road (Mangakiri- ,, 160 kiri Bridge) 1082 North Beach Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 1083 Okau (£L for £1) ... ... ,, 200 1084 Okoke (£800, £1 10s. for £1) ... ,, 1,003 1085 Piko (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 266 1086 Tupoki Road (Mimi Stream Bridge), ,, 350 (£50, £1 for £1) 1087 Turangi Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1088 Uruti (£2 for £1) ... ... ,, 561

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Item; 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 59 —continued. £ 1 £ Roads, etc. —continued. Stratford Iioad District—continued. 1089 Waiau (£1 for £1) ... ... Clifton 250 1090 Waiiti Road (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 350 1091 Waitara River erosion (£1 for £3) ... ,, 1,000 1092 Whakaramarama Road ... ... ,, 250 1093 Arawhata (upper) ... ... Egmont 450 1094 Kekeua ... ... ,, 60 1095 Mataikahawai Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1096 Ngariki Road ... ... ,, 250 | Okahu Road—1097 Kapoaiaia Stream Bridge ... ,, 66 ; 1098 Newall Road to Arawhata Road ,, 4,000 (£1,000, £1 for £1) 1099 Okahu Road bridges (2), (on account) ,, 500 ; 1100 Opunake- Stratford Road-Punehu ,, 581 1 Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) 1101 Rahotu Road (Pungaereere Bridge), ,, 413 (£1 for £1) 1102 Upper Ihaia Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 Wiremu Road— 1103 Ihaia Road to Waiaua Road (£1 for ,, 125 £1) 1104 Oaoiti Bridge (on account of £600) ,, 300 1105 Waiaua Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) ,, 175 1106 Mataiwhetu (£2 for £1) ... ... Eltham 191 j 1107 Rawhitiroa Road (Omona Hill, (£1,000, ,, 1,250 j £2 for £1) 1108 Tawhiti Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 1109 Te Roti Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 1110 Austin Road (£1 for £1) ... ... Hawera 500 1111 Kiley's Road (£1 for £2)... ... ,, 50 1112 Lysaght Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1113 Maben Road ... ... ,, 200 1114 Makino (£2 for £1) ... ... ,, 300 1115 Matangara (£2 for £1) ... ... ,, 250 1116 Morea Road (£2 for £1) ... ... ,, 1 200 1117 Ohawe Beach Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 1118 Bedford Road (£1 for £1) ... Inglewood 550 1119 Everett Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 : 1120 King Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, , 66 1121 Otaraoa (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 135 1122 Surrey Road (£450, £1 for £1) ... ,, j 677 1123 York Road (£750, £1 for £1) ... „ 850 1124 Ahuroa Hill Road (£1 for £1) ... Patea 100 1125 Ball Road (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 100 1126 Hukatere and Otauto Roads (£1 for ,, 200 £1) 1127 Karahaki (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 220 1128 Kohi (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 200 1129 Makakaho Road - Paipaieka Bridge, ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 1130 Mangawhio (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 600 1131 Motorua Road (Moumahaki Stream ,, 100 Bridge), (£1 for £1) 1132 Okotuku and Herengawe Roads (£1 ,, 200 for £1) 113-3 Paru and Henson Road (£1 for £1) ,, 350 1134 Rawhitiroa Road ... ... ,, 150 1135 Ridge Road ... ... ,, 200 1136 Waitotara Valley Road (metalling), ,, 150 (£1 for £1)

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Stratford Road District—continued. 1137 Waitotara Valley (lower), (£500, £1 Patea 1,800 for £1) 1138 Waitotara River Bridge (£2 for £1) ,, 600 1139 Makohine Valley Road (south), (£1 ,, 100 for £2) 1140 Mangahoe Road (£1 for £2) ... Rangitikei 500 1141 Mangaohane to Napier (£1 for £1) ... ,, 930 1142 Rangitikei River Bridge (Vinegar ,, 1,000 Hill), (on account), (£1 for £2) 1143 Ruatangata Road ... ... ,, 250 Taihape to Napier— 1144 Erewhon to Rangitikei River ,, 350 (£1 for £1) 1145 Mangaohane to Napier (£1 for £1) ,, 930 1146 Matawbero to Mangaohane (on ,, 250 account of £500, £1 for £1) 1147 Rangitikei River to Otupai Junction ,, 400 (£1 for £1) 1148 Otupai-Ngaruroro (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1149 Pukeokahu to Rangitikei River (£1 ,, 490 for £1) 1150 Toetoe Road (£1 for £1), (on account) ,, 250 1151 Whaka Road (on account of £1,500), ,, 100 (£1 for £2) 1152 Kauangaroa Road (Wangaehu Rangitikei and 1,191 River Bridge), (£1 for £2) Wanganui 1153 Akama (£1 for £1) ... ... Stratford 650 1154 Derby Road (Waipuku Stream Bridge), ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 1155 Douglas North Road (on account of ,, 250 £1,500, £1 for £1) 1156 Douglas Road (south), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 1157 Heao ... ... ,, 366 1158 Mangaehu South Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 2,000 1159 Mohakau (£1 for £1) . . ... ,, 68 1160 Whaka Road ... ... ,, 195 1161 Ackworth Road (£1 for £1) ... Taranaki 550 1162 Carrington Road ... ... ,, 330 1163 Egmont National Park (Northern ,, 1,500 Road), (on account of £3,500, £1 for £1) 1164 Frankley Road (on account of £480, ,, 200 £1 for £1 1165 Kelly Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 396 1166 Korito (on account of £410, £1 for £1) ,, 200 1167 Richmond Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 80 1168 Te Arei Road (£1 for £1), (on account) ,, 250 1169 Timaru Road (on account of £800, ,, 250 £2 for £1) 1170 Weld Road (£2 for £1) ... ... „ 250 1171 Arawata Road ... ... Waimarino 150 1172 Omarae Stream Bridge (Karioi), (£2 ,, *300 for £1) 1173 Dreadnought Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 228 1174 Makakahi Road (Manganui-o-te-ao ,, 432 Bridge (on account of £1,500) 1175 Mangateitei Road (Mangateitei Stream ,, 500 Bridge) 1176 Mangaturuturu ... ... ,, 285 1177 Owairua Road ... ... ,, 300 1178 Raetihi to Ohura (Manganui-o-te-ao ,, 2,000 to Retaruke) * Includes £100 received from local body.

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it*™- 1927-28. MINISTER Ol' 1 PUBLIC WORKS—continued. _ I VOTE No. 59 —continued. £ ! £ Roads, etc. —continued. Stratford Road District—continued. 1179 Raetihi to Ohura (metalling Harris's Waimarino 1,800 Hill deviation), (on account of £2,000, £2 for £1) 1180 Rangataua Road (Makaranui Loan ,, ; 55Q Block) 1181 Waimarino to Raetihi ... ... ,, 281 1182 Waipapa Valley ... ... ,, 511 1183 Waipapa Valley Road (Waipapa „ 425 Stream Bridge) 1184 Wanganui River Road (left bank) — Pipiriki to Jerusalem (Oao Stream Waimarino 400 Bridge), (on account) and Wanganui 1185 Mokau School Road (£1 for £1) ... Waitomo 75 1186 Mokau Valley ... ... ,, 1,139 1187 Ahuahu (£2 for £1) ... ... Waitotara 300 1188 Bruce Road (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 150 1189 Junction Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1190 Kauarapaoa (£2 for £1) ... ,, 600 1191 Pakaraka (upper), (£1 for £1) ... 500 1192 Smith's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1193 Taumatamahoe 2b 2b No. 14 Block ,, 250 (access) 1194 Waitotara Valley (lower), (£2 for £1) ,, 600 1195 Wanganui River Road (right bank) ,, 200 (metalling), (£2 for £1) 1196 Watershed Road ... ... ,, 2,000 1197 Field's Track to Rangiwaea ... Wanganui 1,400 1198 Te Komai ... ... ,, 81 1199 Mangahowhi Stream Bridge ... ,, 541 1200 WangaehuValleyRoad(water-tunnel), „ 400 (£1 for £1) j 1201 Wangaehu Valley (lower), (£1 for £1) ,, 500 1202 Wangaehu Valley (upper) ... ,, 3,500 1203 Wangaehu Valley (upper), (metal- „ 1,750 ling), (£1 for £1) 1204 Wangaehu Valley (Koukoupo Stream ,, 500 ; Bridge), (on account) Wanganui River Road (left bank) — 1205 Dpokongaro to Jerusalem ... ,, 2,655 1206 Pitangi Stream Bridge ... ,, 1,442 1207i Pohue Stream Bridge (on account) ,, 311 1208 Kohuratahi (£2 for £1), (on ac- Whangamomona 500 count) 1209 Mangare Road ... ... ,, 100 1210 Marangae Road ... ... ,, 330 1211 Marco Road ... ... ,, 600 1212 Mauku Road (Whitianga Stream „ 168 Bridge) 1213 Putikituna (£800, £2 for £1) ... „ 850 1214 Poarangi (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 100 1215 Rimuputa ... ... ,, 123 1216 Tangarakau Gorge Road ... ,, 100 1217 Tapuni Road (Mangaehu Stream ,, 650 Bridge) 1218 Whangamomona Vallev Road (£4,080, ,, 4,314 £2 for £1) 1219 Survey, acquisition, and legalization ... 400 of roads, drains, protective works, gravel-pits, tramways, horse-pad-docks, &c. 1220 Supervision ... ... ... 3,000 1221 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 300 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, • Total—Stratford ... ... 78,818

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59 —continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Napier Road District — 1222 Mangahe (lower), (£1 for £1) ... Dannevirke 250 1223 Mangahe Road Bridges (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 1224 Mangangarara Block access (fencing) ,, 315 1225 Mangarangiora Stream Bridge (Buck- ,, 103 land's Road), (£1 for £1) 1226 Mangatera Scream Bridge (Wright's ,, 500 Road), (£1 for £3) 1227 Arapawanui Settlement Road (£2 for Hawke's Bay 300 £i) 1228 Crownthorpe Settlement roads (£1 for ,, 250 £1) 1229 Dartmoor Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 1230 Hawea Road (£1 for £1)... ... ,, * 200 1231 Maraetotara Road (Maraetotara ,. 300 Bridge), (£1 for £1) 1232 Napier to Taihape (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1233 Ohiwia Stream Bridge (Broughton's), ,, 250 (on account of £750, £1 for £2) 1234 Old Kereru Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 88 1235 Poporangi Stream Bridge (Kereru to ,, i 167 Big Hill Road), (£1 for £2) 1236 Purahotangahia Settlement) Road ,, 1,043 (£43. £1 for £1; £1,000, £2 for £1) 1237 Salisbury Creek Bridge (Old Kereru ,, 300 Road), (£1 for £1) 1238 Tongoio Settlement Road (£1 for £1) ,, 57 1239 Tutira to Pohokura Road (£667, £2 ,, 5,095 for £1) 1240 Waihau (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 375 1241 Waikonini Stream Bridge (£1 for £2) ,, 180 1242 Wharerangi (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 300 1243 Cook's Tooth Road (£1 for £1) ... Patangata 500 j 1244 Lake Road (Wanstead to Hatuma), ,, 100 £1 for £1) 1245 Long Range Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1246 Mangangarara (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1247 Old Hill Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1248 Schaeffer's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 1249 Siteman's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1250 Stoddart's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 1251 Te Tohi (£100, £2 for £1) ... „ 150 1252 Te Qri Road (£2 for £1), (on account) ,, 187 1253 Bergensen's Road Bridge (£3 for £1) Waipawa 600 1254 Jensen's Road ... ... ,, 400 1255 Maharakeke Stream Bridge (Mahara- ,, 300 keke Settlement Road), (£1 for £2) 1256 Masters' Bridge, Valley Road (£1 for ,, 400 for £1) 1257 Porangahau Stream Ford (£1 for £1) ,, 150 1258 Upokororo Stream Bridge and ap- ,, 100 proaches (Gwavas Settlement Road), (£1 10s. for £1) 1259 Walsh's Stream Bridge (Kereru-Wai- ,, 317 pawa Road), (£1 for £2) 1260 Tourere to Whetukura (£1 for £1) ... Waipukurau 103 1261 Awamate Road (£1 for £1), (on Wairoa 100 account) 1262 Boyd's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 170 1263 Clydebank Settlement Road (£1 for £1) ,, 150 1264 Dahm's Road (£1 for £2j ... ,, 63 1265 Brepeti (Waipaoa Block) ... ,, 700

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Item. 1927—28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Napier Road District—continued. 1266 Glenbrook Road (on account of Wairoa 100 £2,500, £1 for £1) 1267 Hukanui Block Road (Terepatiki to „ 400 Waihi) 1268 Kahotea Block Road ... ... ,, 930 1269 Mangapoike Valley Road— Tukemokibi to Frasertown ... ,, 242 1270 McPhail and Hinckeman Road (£1 for ,, 200 £2) 1271 Rotokakaranga (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1272 Ruakituri River Bridge (Ngapakira) ,, 1,823 1273 Ruakituri to Waimana ... ... ,, 2,386 1274 Ruataniwha Road (£1 for £1) .., „ 100 1275 Tahaenui (on account of £1,150, £1 ,, 100 for £2) 1276 Waiau Stream Bridge No. 2 ... ,, 2,844 1277 Waihi to Waireka Road ... ,, 500 1278 Waibi Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1279 Waikatea ... ... ,, 500 1280 Waingoro Road (£1 for £1), (on ac- ,, 100 count) 1281 Birch Road (east), (£1 for £1) ... Weber 95 1282 Birch Road (north), (£2 for £1) ... ,, 90 1283 Oporae to Waihi (£1 for £1) ... „ 80 1284 Ti-tree Point to Akitio (Esdaile Sec- ,, 500 tion). (£100, £2 for £1) 1285 Pahaheke Bridge No. 2 (£1 for £1) ... Woodville 100 1286 Raparapawai Stream Bridge (on ac- ,, 50 count of £400, £1 for £1) 1287 Saddle Road No. 3 (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 1288 Stratton's Bridge (Jackson's Road), ,, 180 (£1 for £1) 1289 Whariti Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1290 Survey, acquisition, and legalization of ... 250 roads, drains, protective works, gravel-pits, tramways, horse-pad-docks, &c. 1291 Supervision ... ... ... 1,500 1292 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 250 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total—Napier ... ... ... 31,183 Wellington Road District — 1293 Akitio River Bridge (New River Road), Akitio 500 (on account) 1294 Akitio River Road (Waione to Akitio), ,, 1,000 (£1 for £1) 1295 Cross Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 100 1296 Kaituna (£1 for £1) ... . .■ ,, 329 1297 North Range Road (£1 for £1), (on ,, 100 account) 1298 Pongaroa to Akitio (£1 for £1) ... ,, 800 1299 Waiotiake deviation (£1 for £1) ... ,, 1,657 1300 Spur and Sugar-loaf Road (£85, £1 ,, 335 for £1) 1301 Titaramanga (£1 for £1) ... ,, 80

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Item. 1927-28, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 59 —continued. £ £ Roads, etc. —continued. Wellington Road District —continued. Ti-tree Point to Akitio— 1302 Akitio River (protection), (£ 1 for £1) Akitio 100 1303 Glenora Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1304 Waihi to Akitio (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1305 Waikereru Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 100 1306 Alfredton to Tinui Road (Manawa- Castlepoiut 75 Alfredton), (£1 for £1) 1307 Otahome Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1308 Tinui to Pakowai (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 1309 Whakataki to Mataikona ... ,, 5,000 1310 Access to Section 13, Block XIII, Eketahuna 50 Mangahao Survey District 1311 Benton's Road (£140, £1 for £1 ; „ 770 £630, £2 for £1) 1312 Hecklers Loan Block Road ... ,, 100 1313 Hutewai (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 510 1314 Mangaraupi (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 100 1315 Pah Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 952 1316 Puketoi (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 146 1317 Te Hoe Stream bridges (£1 for £1) ... ,, 313 1318 Awhea Road bridges (Tuturumuri Featherston 100 Settlement), (£1 for £1) 1319 Cape River Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 350 1320 Haurangi (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 200 1321 Lagoon Bridge (Martinborougli-Para- ,, 150 tahi Road), (£.1 for £2) 1322 Pahoa-Glendhu Mail Track (£654, ,, 754 £1 for £1) 1323 Turanganui River Bridge (Te Rata), ,, 57 (£1 for £2) 1324 White Rock Road (£L for £3) ... ,, 250 1325 Ohau West Road extension (£1 for £1) Horowhenua 250 1326 Otaki Gorge (north bank), (£1 for £1) ,, 300 1327 Waikawa Beach Road extension (£1 ,, 200 for £1) 1328 Hutt to Waikanae (£1 for £1) ... Hutfc 200 1329 Maungakatukutuku Road (£1 for £L) ,, 100 1330 Paremata to Pukerua Bay (£1 for £2), ., 500 (on account) 1331 Wainui Hill (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 500 1332 Hutt River Bridge (new), (contri- Hutt Borough 5,000 bution) 1333 Bryant's Bridge (£1 for £1) .. Kairanga 750 1334 Mangakukeke Road (culverts), (£1 for Kiwitea 50 £1) 1335 Mangoira Stream Bridge (Umutoi ,, 350 North Road), (£1 for £1) 1336 Titirangi Block (access) ... ... ,, 113 1337 Fairfield Road (£1 for £1), (on account) Manawatu 300 1338 Leen's Line (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 400 1339 Tangimoana Township streets ... ,, 420 1340 Black Greek Bridge (£1 for £1) ... Masterton .300 1341 Glenlean to Waikaraka (£1 for £1) ... ,, 1,000 1342 Holmwood Road (£1 for £1) .. ,, 100 1-343 Motuikai Settlement Road ... ,, 236 1344 Ngahape Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 1345 Ngamu Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 1346 Wairere Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 800 1347 Benton's Road (£400, £1 for £1 ; Mauriceville 930 £530, £2 for £1) 1348 Gleland Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 250 1349| Dagg's Road (£1 for £1) ,, 500

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1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. VOTE No. 59 —continued. £ £ Roads, etc. —continued. Wellington Road District—continued. 1350 Reu Reu Road (£1 for £1) ... Oroua 600 1361 Weallean's Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 350 1352 Manawatu Gorge (£1 for £2) ... Pahiatua 741 1353 Pahiatua to Palmerston ... ,, 2,000 1354 Tiraumea Valley (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1355 Towai Road (on account of £250, £1 „ 50 for £1) 1356 Woodville-Aohanga Road (Northern ,, 300 end), (£1 for £1) 1357 Cave Creek Road ... ... Pohangina 125 1358 Pollock's Road (concrete culvert), ,, 75 (£1 for £1) 1359 South Creek (concrete culvert), (£1 ,, 300 for £1) 1360 Craigie Lea Road (£1 for £1) ... Wairarapa S. 200 1361 Driscoll's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1362 Mangaterere River Suspension Bridge „ 100 (Tea Creek Road), (£1 for £1) 1363 Tea Creek Road ... ... ,, 300 1364 Waiohine Bluffs Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1365 Survey, acquisition, and legaliza- ... 200 tion of roads, drains, gravel-pits, protective works, tramways, horsepaddocks, &c. 1366 Supervision ... ... ... 1,500 1367 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 300 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total—Wellington ... ... 37,768 Nelson Road District— 1368 Awatere River Bridge (Limestone Awatere 153 Ford), (£1 for £1) 1369 Awatere River Bridge approaches ,, 450 (Limestone Ford), (£1 for £1) 1370 Awatere River Bridge (access to Med- ., 200 way) 1371 Hawai Railway-station to Cape Road .. 200 (£1 for £1) 1372 Isis Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 350 1373 Merrifield's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1374 Sea View Road (£1 for £1) ... 100 1375 Starborough Creek (motor-bridge at ,, 175 Marathon), (£1 for £1) 1376 Collingwood to Bainham (Fisher'n Collingwood 150 Creek Bridge), (£1 for £1) 1377 James' By-road (Bainham) .. ,. 50 1378 Mangarakau Bridge ... ... ,, 2,219 Pakawau to Puponga— 1379 Fletcher's Creek Bridge ... ,, 150 1380 Onefcawa Creek culvert (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1381! Peck's Point Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 200 1382' Yellow Pine Creek Bridge (£5 for £2) ,, 163 Blenheim to Stronvar— 1383 Cannister Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) Marlborough 500 1384 Waihopai River Bridge, (Stronvar) ,, *175 1385 Blenheim to Hope Junction via Top- ,, 2 600 house (Marlborough County Section), (on account) * Recoverable from Lands Department,

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roids, etc. —continued. Nelson Road District—continued. Blenheim to Hope Junction 1386 Boundary Gate Stream Bridge ... Marlborough 900 1387 Branch River to The Wash ... ,, 2,000 .1388 Branch River Bridge and approaches ,, 682 1389 Wairau River Bridge (upper) ... ,, 8,000 1390 Traverse to Branch River (£1 for £1) ,, 213 1391 Traverse to Branch River (devia- ,, 90 tion) JBavelock to Grove— 1392 Cullen's Creek Bridge (£L for £1)... ,, 900 1393 Mahakipawa to Grove (£1 for £1) ,, 250 1394 Opouri Valley Road (Tunakino June- ,, 700 tion to Second Ford), (£200, £1 for £1) 1395 Opouri River Bridge (above Murray's), ,, 2,000 (on account) 1396 Opouri River Bridge (below Murray's), ,, 2,210 (on account) 1397 Picton to Waikawa Native Settlement ,, 100 Road 1398 Ronga Valley to Croixelles— Rai River Bridge to Robertson's ,, 100 Mill (£1 for £1) 1399 Sharland's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 1400 Tinline Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1401 Top Valley Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 620 1402 Blackwater Road ... ... Murchison 135 1403 Blenheim to Hope Junction, via Top- ,, 8,000 house (Tophouse to Hope .Junction Section), (on account) Braeburn Settlement — 1404 Grassy Road (£3 for £1) ... ,, 50 1405 Tutaki Road ... ... ,, 130 1406 Gilroy's Road (deviation), (£1 for £1) ,, 50 1407 Glenroy Road ... ... ,, 57 1408 Longford to Raits Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 Matiri River Road (east bank) — 1409 Main road to Valley Creek ... ,, 100 1410 Valley Creek to Sandstone Creek... ,, 305 1411 Matiri River Road (west bank) ... ,, 276 1412 Nuggety Creek Road ... ... ,, 400 1413 Owen River Footbridge (Thomas') ... ,, 175 Owen River Road— 1414 Main Road to Maggie's Creek (£2 ,, 112 for £1) 1415 Maggie's Creek to Brewery Creek ,, 400 (£2 for £1) 1416 Shenandoah Road ... ... ,, 61 1417 Shenandoah to Gibson's ... ,, 71 1418 Te Towaka to Waitata Bay ... Sounds 300 1419 Awaroa to Camp Creek ... ... Takaka *339 1420 Awaroa to Totaranui ... ... ,, 50 1421 Dry River Track ... ... ,, 50 1422 Bast Takaka Cross Road ... ,, 50 1423 East Takaka Main Road (£1 for £1) ,, 194 1424 Edmondson Road ... ... ,, 100 1425 Flora Survey District, access Section ,, 100 2, Block III 1426 One Speck Creek Bridge (£1 for £1)... ,, 175 1427 One Speck Road (deviation), (£1 for £1) ,, 75 1428 Takaka Hill to Canaan (on account) ,, 200 1429 Terakohe to Wainui ... ... ,, 400 * £] 00 recoverable from State Forest Department.

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued Roads, etc. —continued. Nelson Road District—continued. 1430 Terakohe Wharf (approaches). (£2 Takaka 1,000 for £1) 1431 Baton Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... Waimea 125 1432 Best's Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 50 1433 Blenheim to Hope Junction via Top- ,, 3,245 house (Waimea County Section), (on account) 1434 Canaan Road (£1 for £2) ... ,, 300 H35 Gardiner's Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1436 Gordon Creek Road (near Golden ,, 370 Downs) 1437 Gordon S.D., Block VIII (access to ,, 123 sections) 1438 Harvey's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1439 Kereru Tophouse Road (£2 for £1) .„ 100 1440 Little Pokororo Valley ... ... ,, 245 1441 Maitai Valley (£2 for £1) ... ,, 100 1442 Moutere River Bridge (Lyons), (Kel- ,, 450 ling Road), (£1 for £1) 1443 Old Motueka Road (£50, £1 for £1) ... „ 200 1444 Pearse River Bridge (£1 for £1) ... „ 425 1445 Pearse to Baton Road ... ... ,, 400 1446 Pearse Valley Road ... ... ,, 125 1447 Roding River Bridge (Johnston's) ... ., 1,088 1448 Rocky River to Shaggery Creek (£1 for ., 250 £1) 1449 Sherry Valley to Tui Railway-station ,, 66 1450 Wairoa Gorge Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 100 1451 Wangapeka to Baton (£1 for £1) ... 250 1452 Wangapeka River Bridge (Faulkner's), ,, 1,000 (£1 for £1) 1453 Survey, acquisition, and legalization ... 150 of roads, drains, protective works, gravel-pits, tramways, horse-pad-docks, &c. 1454 Supervision ... ... ... 2,000 1455 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 250 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total—Nelson ... ... 52,117 Oreymouth Road District— Greymouth to Reefton Main Road— 1456 Griffith's Creek culvert Bruuner Borough 160 1457 White's Creek culvert... ... ,, 185 1458 Sulky Creek Bridge ... ... ,, 75 1459 Blackwater Bridge (Kongahu), (£2 for Buller 100 £1) 1460 Colligan's Road ... ,, 143 1461 Corrie's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 1462 Ferris Bridge (Umere Road) ... ,, 75 1463 Giles Creek Bridge ... ... ,, -50 1464 Herrings to Totara ... ... ,, 150 1465 Karamea to Arapito ... . . ,, 290 1466 Karamea to Collingwood ... ,, 50 1467 Little Wanganui to Kongahu (on account) ,. 1,000 1468 Little Wanganui to Wangapeka ... ,, 2,200 1469 Mokihinui Bridge to Llewellyn's ... 75 1470 New Creek Road to Section 17, Block ,, 100 XVI, Orikaka

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item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc.. —continued. Greymouth Road District —continued. 1471 Nile Valley Road ... ... Buller 150 1472 Oparara Bridge (access to Lowe's) .. ,, 300 1473 Oparara River to Simpson's ... .. 750 1474 Quinlan's Bridge (on account) ... ,, 500 1475 Richardson Road (£3 for £1) ... ., 75 1476 Tauranga Bay to Okari ... ... ,, 512 1477 Tauranga Bav to Roadway ... ,, 100 1478 Waikori " ... ... ,, 275 1479 Wangapeka Track ... ... ,, 100 1480 Warne's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 125 1481 Welch's Road ... ... ,, 150 Westport to Greymouth (Coast Road) — 1482 Charleston to County Boundary ... 12,000 1483 Fox's River (Groyne erection) ... ,, 56 1484 Pororari Stream Bridge (on account) ,, 250 1485 Punakaiki Stream Bridge (on ac- ,, 250 count) 1486 Ahaura River Footbridge (Haupiri) ... Grey 500 1487 Black Creek Bridge (£2 for £1) ... ,, 200 1488 Brown River Overflow Bridge (Ko- ,, 150 kiri-Moana Road), (£1 for £1) 1489 Brunner to Blackball ... ... ,, 1,325 1490 Brunner to Kokiri Road... ... ,, 500 1491 Cameron's Terrace Road... ... ,, 287 1492 Craig Creek Bridge (Matai Road), ,, 60 (£1 for £1) 1493 Greenstone to Lake Brunner ... ,, 500 Grey Valley to Taramakau— 1494 Crooked River Bridge (on account) ,, 750 J495 Lady Lake to Bell Hill ... ,, 1,000 1496 Haupiri Junction to Bell Hill ... ,, 64 1497 Haupiri Junction to Haupiri ... ,, 1,000 1498 Houlahan Creek Bridge (£1 for £1)... ,, 65 1499 Kararoa Creek Bridge ... ... ,, 300 1500 Kotuku to Bell Hill ... ... ,, 2,000 1501 Moonlight Creek Bridge (£2 for £1), ,, 750 (on account) 1502 Oparara River Erosion (£1 for £1) ... ,, 130 1503 Upper Grey Track (Newcombe's) ... ,, 300 1504 Warren Road ... ... ,, 100 1505 Absalom Road (Larry's Creek) ... Inangahua 100 1506 Coal Creek Bridge ... ... ,, 200 1507 Coal Creek Road ... ... ,, 212 1508 Creighton's Bridge (Maruia) ... ,, 400 1509 Inangahua River Suspension Bridge ,, 650 (Beyer's) 1510 Maimai ... ... ,, 112 1511 Mairs' Bridge (Maruia), (£2 for £1)... ,, 500 1512 Mawhera-iti to Burton's Creek Road ,, 462 (£62, £1 for £1) 1513 Mawhera-iti to Stoney Creek (access ,, 300 to Byrne Bros, and Somerville) 1514 Mirfin's Bridge (Little Grey River) ... ,, 1,200 1515 Mirfin's Overflow Bridge (Little Grey ,, 180 River) Murchison-Maruia Hot Springs— 1516 Matakitaki to Springlands Junction ,, 1,100 1517 Station Creek Bridge ... ... ,, 200 Reefton to Maruia— 1518 Blue Speck Creek Bridge ... ,, 54 1519 Cliff Creek Bridge ... ... „ 250 1520 Garvey's Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) ,, 75

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Item - 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued,. Jg £ VOTE No. 59—continued. itoADS, etc. —continued. Greymouth Road District—continued. 1521 Reefton-Maruia Road to Grey County Inangahua 500 boundary 1522 Warring's Road ... ... ,, 150 1523 Adamson Road ... ... Westland 300 1524 Bruce Bay Inland Road... ... ,, 134 1525 Busch Road ... ... ,, 150 1526 Copeland Track ... ... ,, 75 1527 Docherty Creek Road ... ... ,, 100 1528 Dorothy Palls Track (£75, £1 for £1) ,, 475 1529 Duck Creek Bridge (Kokatahi Road), ,, 125 (£1 for £1) 1530 Haast Pass Track ... ... ,, 400 1531 Haddock Robertson Road ... ,, 150 1532 Jackson's Bay Port Road ... ,, 52 1533 Kokatahi Road (upper), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1534 Kumara Junction to Kapitea (£200, ,, 400 £1 for £1) 1535 Lake Kanieri Road (widening), (£1 ,, 150 for £1) 1536 Mahinapua Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) ,, 275 Main South Road— 1537 Haast to Okuru ... ... ,, 100 1538 Paringa to Haast ... ... ,, 300 1539 Waiho to Cook's River ... ,, 500 1540 Waiho River Bridge ... ... ,, 77O 1541 Malfroy's Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, I57 1542 McArthur Road ... ... ,, 800 1543 Milltown Track (extension) ... ,, 200 1544 Municipal Road Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 175 1545 Okarito Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1546 Petersen Road (on account) ... ,, 300 1547 Ruatapu to Mahinapua ... ... ,, 400 1548 Station Road ... ... ,, 800 1549 Upper Okuru Road (£1 for £1) ... „ *250 1550 Waiho Gorge Road (north side), (track ,, 121 from Bath-house to " Balcony ") 1551 Waitaha River Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 400 1552 Waitangi River Erosion (£1 for £3) ... ,, 100 1553 Waitangi (south bank) ... ... ,, 500 1554 Walsh Road ... ... ,, 100 1555 Wataroa North Bank to Wallace Road ,, 250 1556 Wataroa stock track (north bank) ... ,, 150 1557 Survey, acquisition, and legalization of ... 150 roads, drains, protective works, . gravel-pits, tramways, horse-pad-docks, &c. 1558 Supervision ... ... ... 1,500 1559 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 200 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total—Greymouth ... ... 48,356 Christchurch Road District — 1560 Cotton's Line Road (£1 for £1) ... Akaroa 125 1561 Herriot's Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 100 1562 Menzies Bay to Little Akaloa ... ,, 600 1563 Stoney Bay Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 230 1564 Glynn Wye Road (£1 for £1) ... Amuri 750 1565 Mason River Bridge (McDonald's), ,, 800 (£2 for £1) * Includes £100 provided by local bod v.

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS— continued. VOTE No. 59—continued. £ £ Roads, etc. —continued. Christchurch Road District—continued. 1566 Mason River Bridge (Waiau), (£1 for Amuri 4,200 ■ £i) 1567 Rogerson Road protection ... „ 100 1568 St. James' Pastoral Run (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1569 Waiau Overflow protection (£1 for £1) ,, 200 1570 Alford Forest Road (£1 for £1) ... Ashburton 450 1571 Ashburton Gorge Bridge (south branch), ,, 500 (£2 for £1) 1572 Braemar Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 215 1573 Brothers-Peters Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1574 Buckley's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 240 1575 Coskeries Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 355 1576 Fairfield Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 240 1577 Fraser's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 136 1578 Green Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 95 1579 Hakataramea to Mesopotamia Road ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 1580 Jackson's Road (£1 for £1) ... ., 100 1581 Maronan to Ealing (£1 for £1) ... ,, 375 1582 Middle Park Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 1583 Staveley Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 375 1584 Todhunter's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1585 Tramway Road Bridge (£1 for £1), ,, 250 (on account) 1586 Trevor's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 600 1587 Yaletta to Cavendish (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1588 Windermere Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1589 Croft's Bridge (Glentui), (£1 for £1)... Ashley 50 1590 Karecu River Bridge (Taafe Road), ,, 490 (£1 for £1) 1591 Makerikeri Bridge (Carr's Road) ... ,, 60 1592 Mill Bridge (Glentui), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1593 Chatham Island roads (£1 for £1) ... Chatham 250 Islands 1594 Caroline Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) ... Cheviot 360 1595 Darrach Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 330 1596 Leamington to Spotswood (£1 for £1) ,, 50 1597 McFarlane's access road (£1 for £1), ,, 1,000 (on account) 1598 McMillan's Road Bridge (£1 for £1)... ,, 175 1599 Parnassus to Waiau ... ... ,, 500 1600 Woolshed Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) ,, 170 1601 Oakleigh Road (£1 for £1) ... Ellesmere 100 1602 Selwyn Lake Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1603 Eyre River Bridge (£1 for £2), (on Eyre GOO account) 1604 Byre River Bridge (Burgess Ford), (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 1605 Beautiful Valley Creek Bridge (£1 for Geraldine 150 £1) 1606 Kakahu Valley Road (deviation), (£1 ,, 500 for £1) .1607 Ohape Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 125 1608 Orari River Protective Works (£1 for £1) ,, 50 1609 Walshe Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1610 Burke's Bush Road (£1 for £1) ... Halswell 150 1611, Sparks' Road (£1 for £2) ... ,, 100 16121 Tai Tapu Park (access bridge), (£1 ,, 500 for £1) 1613 New Brighton (protective works), (£1 Fleathcote 350 for £1) 1614 Redcliffs (protective works), (£1 for £1) ,, | 350

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Item. 1927—28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. __ VOTE No. 59—continued. £ £ Roads, eto. —continued. Ghristchurch Road District —continued. 1615 Blue Duck Road (£133, £2 for £1 ; Kaikoura 433 £300, £1 for £1) 1616 Conway River Bridge to Ciaverley ... ,, 200 1617 Hapuka River erosion (Maekle's), (£2 ,, 200 for £1) 1618 Kowai River (protective works), (right ,, 250 bank), (£150, £1 for £1) 1619 Puhipuhi East Road ... ... ,, *1,143 1620 Puhipuhi Valley extension ... ,, 225 1621 Puhipuhi Valley (widening), (£1 for ,, 50 £1) 1622 Small Grazing-run 124 (Clarence), ,, 184 (access) 1623 Spey Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 75 1624 Waipapa ... ... 200 1625 Evans Pass to Godley Head Road ... Lvttelton 157 1626 Claremont Settlement roads (£1 for £1) Levels 150 1627 Gardiner's Hill Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 350 1628 Main Totara Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1629 Mount Gay Road (deviation), (£1 for ,, 100 £1 1630 Opihi and Opuha rivers (protective ,, 150 works at junction), (£1 for £1) 1631 Opihi River Bridge (Raincliff), (£1 for ,, 125 £1) 1632 Paddy's Field Hill Road (£1 for £1) ,, 175 1633 Pareora Road (upper) ,, 100 1634 Puhuha (Puke) Settlement Road- ,, 150 Washdyke 1635 Sutton Road ... ... ,, 636 1636 Tengawai River Bridge (£1 for £2) ,, 1,500 (on account) 1637 Tengawai River Bridge (Cave), (con- ,, 350 tribution) 1638 Tengawai Stock Bridge (Chisholm's ,, 400 Crossing), (£1 for £1) 1639 Waipopo Block Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1640 Wiseley's Bridge (Cave-Pareora), (£1 ,, 75 for £1) 1641 Ball Hut Road ... ... Mackenzie 876 1642 Braemar to Mount Cook Station Road ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 1643 Camp Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1644 Clayton Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 1645 Godley Peaks Road (£1 for £1) . . ,, 50 1646 Lake Tekapo to Braemar Road (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 1647 Lake Tekapo to Simon's Pass Road ,, 200 (£1 for £1) 1648 Mackenzie Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) ,, 200 1649 Meikleburn Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1650 Middle Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1651 Mount Gerald to Lilybank Road (£2 „ 100 for £1) 1652 Raincliff Bridge (near church), (£1 ,, 300 for £1) 1653 Ribbonwood Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) ,, 600 1654 Twizel River to Ohau River (£2 for £1) ,, 200 1655 Hawkin's River Bridge (on account of Malvern 100 £400, £1 for £1) 1656 Port Levy Native Settlement Road ... Mt. Herbert 100 * £500 recoverable.

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Item. 1927—28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59 —continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Ghristchurch Road District—continued. 1657 Tull's Road (£1 for £1) ... ... Rangiora 100 1658 Hawkin's River Bridge (£1 for £1) ... Tawera 250 1659 Pastoral Run 173, Broken River (ac- ,, 100 cess), (bridge) 1660 Rubicon Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1661 Hudson's Road (£1 for £1) ... Springs 225 1662 Ridge Road (£1 for £1)*... ... ,, 70 1663 Craigmore Settlement Road (£1 for Waimate 115 £1) 1664 Fraser's Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 100 1665 Gorman's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 1666 Grampian Creek Bridge (protective ,, 400 works), (£2 for £1) 1667 Gum Tree Flat Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 1668 Hook Swamp Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 150 1-669 Kaiwarua Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1670 Little Pareora Bridge (River Road), ,, 125 (£1 for £1) 1671 Otaio River Footbridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 230 1672 Redclift' Stormwater Channel (£1 for ,, 105 £1) 1673 Slip Road ... ... ,, 150 1674 Stanley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1675 Studholme Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 100 1676 Swamp Creek Bridge (Limestone ,, 195 Road), (£1 for £1) 1677 Takitu Settlement Road (£1 for £1)... ,, 100 1678 Te Akatarewa Road (£2 for £1) ... „ 140 1679 Waihao River (protective works), (£1 ,, 150 for £1) 1680 Beach Road (£1 for £1) ... ... Waipara 500 1681 Home Creek bridges (Glenmark Road), ,, 385 (£1 for £1) 1682 Lake Sumner Pastoral Runs (access) ,, *14,000 1683 Lankey's Cutting (Waitohi Valley), ,, 200 (£2 for £1) 1684 Waikari River Bridge(Foxdown Road), ,, 335 (£1 for £1) 1685 Waitohi River Bridge (Lankey's Cut- ,, 1,400 ting), (£2 for £1) 1686 Waitohi River Bridge (lower), (£1 for ,, 200 £1 ) . 1687 Karetai Native Settlement Road (£1 Wairewa 50 for £1) 1688 Kinloch Settlement roads (£2 for £1), ,, 1,400 (on account) 1689 Survey, acquisition, and legalization ... 300 of roads, drains, protective works, gravel-pits, tramways, horse-pad-docks, &c. 1690 Supervision ... ... ... 800 1691 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 300 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total—Christchurch ... ... 53,950 * £7,000 recoverable.

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Item - 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 59—continued. £ £ Roads, etc. —continued. Dunedin Road District — 1692 Adams' Flat to Glenore (£1 for £1") ... Bruce 50 1693 Allison's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 169! Blackburn to Hillend (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1695 Blackburn to Mount Stuart (£1 for £1) „ 100 1696 Cairn Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 326 1697 Clarendon to Berwick (£125, £1 for £1) ,, 225 1698 Clarendon to Circle Hill (£1 for £1)... ,, 50 Coast Road to Akatore Creek— 1699 Akatore Hill ... ... ,, 200 1700 Joe's Hill ... ... 100 1701 Coast Road to Taieri Mouth (£1 for £1) ,, 60 1702 Crichton to Lawrence Main Road (£1 ,, 50 for £1) 1703 Hadfield Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 50 1704 Hillend to Mount Stuart (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1705 Hillend to Waitahuna Bridge (on ac- ,, 400 count of £900, £1 for £1) 1706 Kaitangata to Wangaloa, via Sum- ,, 50 merhill (£1 for £1) 1707 Lovell's Flat to Kaitangata (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1708 Milburn to Circle Hill (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1709 Milburn to Fort Hill (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1710 Milton to Flett's Bridge (£1 for £1) ,, 50 1711 Mount Stuart to Milton (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1712 Randall's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1713 Sally's Gully Road ... ... ,, 150 1714 Salmond's Creek Bridge (£1 for £1)... ,, 400 1715 School Road (Wangaloa), (£1 for £1) 50 1716 Smith's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1717 Stirling to Telegraph Road (£23, £1 ,, 50 for £1; £27, £1 for £2) 1718 Sunflower Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 1719 Tuapeka Mouth to Greenfield (£1 for £1) ,, 50 1720 Waihola to Taieri Mouth (£1 for £1) ,, 50 1721 Waronui to Coombe Hay ... ,, 150 1722 Wood's Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 71 1723 Adams' Road (Catlins) ... ... Clutha 350 1724 Balclutha protective works ... ,, 2,400 1725 Ballantyne's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 1726 Bryant's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1727 Bunn's and Hall's Road (£1 for £1)... ,, 95 1728 Catlin's River Bridge (Houipapa), (£2 ,, ; 350 for £1) 1729 Catlin's Valley to Table Hill Road ... ,, 700 1730 Centre Road— MacLennan's to Stuart's ... ,, 250 1731 Stuart's to Joe's Saddle ... ,, 950 1732 Chloris Pass Road (£36, £1 for £1; ,, 350 £314, £2 for £1) 1733 Clapperton Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1734 Clinton to Wyndham (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 1735 Clydevale to Rongahere (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1736 Cooper's Creek Road (£3 for £1) ... ,, 106 1737 Diver's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1738 Dutton's Bridge to Pounawea ... ,, 150 1739 Farquhar's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1740 Hanning's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1741 Hawke's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1742 Hukihuki Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) „ 100 1743 Hunt's Road ... ... >> 200 1744 Jackman's Creek Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50

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1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 59—continued. £ £ Roads, etc. —continued. Dunedin Boad District—continued. 1745 Kahuika to Houipapa ... ... Clutha 500 1746 Karoro Creek Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1747 Karoro Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) ... „ 500 1748 Katea Speoial Rating Area roads (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 1749 Kelso to Maitland (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1750 Koi to Kelso (£1 for £1) ... „ 391 1751 Lakeside Road (£100, £1 for £1; £200, „ 300 £2 for £1) 1752 Little Puerua Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 1753 Longpoint Road .. ... ,, 800 1754 Lucas Road (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 50 1755 McLennan's to Tahakopa Bridge Road ,, 53 (£1 for £1) 1756 Merino Downs Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1757 Morris Saddle Road ... ... ,, 1,500 1758 Paisley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 98 1759 Pomahaka River Bridge, Kelso (£1 for ,, 600 £2) 1760 Puaho Road (on account) ... ,, 400 1761 Puketiro Railway-station Road ... ,, 306 1762 Purakauiti ... ... ,, 706 1763 Purakanui Stream Road... ... ,, 189 1764 Ratanui to Tahakopa Beach ... ,, 209 1765 Regan Road ... ... ,, 102 1766 Reid's Hill Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 1767 Rewcastle Road ... ... ,, 175 1768 Rimu S.D., Section 23, Block XIV ... „ 300 1769 Sandy Bay Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 200 1770 Sandy Knowes to Lawlor's (£1 for £1) ,, 150 1771 Shaw's Road ... ... ,, 100 1772 Upper Bridge Road to Wharetoa (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 1773 Waikoikoi Stream Bridge (Mclntyre ,, 175 Road), (£1 for £1) 1774 Waipahi to Pomahaka Downs (£1 for ,, 164 £i) 1775 Waipahi Station Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1776 Waipahi to Tapanui (£500, on account „ 950 of £1,112, £1 for £1) 1777 Waitepeka Bridge (on account of ,, 350 £933, £2 for £1) 1778 Warnock Road ... ... ,, 200 1779 Washpool Creek Bridge (Clinton- ,, 300 Clydevale Road), (£1 for £1) 1780 Washpool Creek Bridge (Benny's ,, 300 Road), (£1 for £1) 1781 Watt's Road (£1 for (£1) ... „ 50 1782 Wattie's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1783 Williamson and Clearwater Road ... ,, 50 1784 Woollam's Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 50 1785 Wyber's Road ... ... ,, 120 1786 Young's Road, Arthurton (£1 for £1) ,, 50 1787 Beach Bay to Mt. Nicholas (£1 for £1) Lake 75 1788 Cardrona to Pembroke ... ... ,, 500 1789 Glenorchy to Routeburn (£50, £1 for ,, 116 £1) 1790 Kawarau Falls Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 1791 Kawarau: Woolshed Wharf at Falls ,, 205 1792 Kingston to Black Bridge (Kingston to ,, 100 Fairlight Section), (£1 for £1)

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Item. I MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. 1927-28. VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc.— continued. £ £ Dunedin Boad District—continued. 1793 Kingston to Queenstown ... Lake 1,500 1794 Kinloch to Routeburn ... ... ,, 100 1795 Lake Wakatipu (Elfin Bay) to Lake ,, 856 Te Anau (Glade House) via Dore Pass 1796 Paradise to Routeburn ... ... ,, 66 1797 Pembroke to Glendhu Peninsula ... ,, 100 1798 Pembroke to Mt. Aspiring ... ,, 375 1799 Pembroke to Mt. Iron ... ... ,, 75 1800 Queenstown Breastwork (protective ,, 50 wall), (on account of £500, £1 for £i) 1801 Routeburn to Lake Howden ... „ 600 1802j Queenstown to Pembroke ... ,, 200 1803 Barney's Lane— Eweburn Bridge (£1 for £1) ... Maniototo 250 1804 Capburn Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 325 1805 Dunstan Creek Bridge Extension ,, 250 (Lauder St. Batban's Road), (£1 for £1) 1806 Hyde to Kokonga (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1807 Idaburn Bridge (Ida Valley Main ,, 250 Road), (£1 for £1) 1808 Loganburn Ford Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1809 Patearoa to Styx (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1810 Taieri River protection (Kokonga), (on ,, 50 account of £150, £1 for £1) 1811 Upper Taieri to Paerau (£1 for £1) ... ,, 188 1812 Beaconsfield Road (Broad Bay section), Peninsula 75 (£2 for £1) 1813 Beaconsfield Road (Seatoun) ... ,, 100 1814 Dick's Road ... ... ,, 75 1815 Dick's Road (Gill's corner to Graves- ,, 75 end), (£1 for £1) 1816 Fleming's Road ... ... ,, 100 1817 Hooper's Inlet Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1818 Hooper's Inlet to Portobello (£1 for ,, 50 £1) 1819 Pipikaretu ... ... ... ,, 200 1820 Wickcliffe Bay to Cape Saunders ... ,, 194 1821 Wickliffe Bay Road ... ... ,, 250 1822 Access to S.G. Run 260a, Lee Stream Taieri 400 District 1823 Brighton to Allanton via Scrogg's Hill ,, 250 1824 Gladbrook and Poplar Grove Settle- ,, 300 ment Roads (£2 for £1) 1825 Green Island to Taieri Mouth ... ,, 945 1826 Kay's Bridge (Halfway Bush to ,, 600 Whare Flat), (£1 for £1) 1827 Mcintosh Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 153 1828 Beaumont Station Road (£1 for £1)... Tuapeka 200 1829 Blue Spur Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1830 Bowler's Railway - station Road (£1 ,, 50 for £1) 1831 Carney's Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1832 Clarke's Flat Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1833 Dalmuir Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1834 Edievale to Moa Flat School (£1 for £1) ,, 200 1835 Four-mile Creek Bridge (Corkscrew ,, 150 Road), (£1 for £1) 1836 Heriot to Park Hill Settlement (£1 ,, 200 for £1)

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— 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. £ £ Dunedin Bead District—continued. 1837 Heriot to Roxburgh— Chalmer's Hill to Paul's (Moa Flat), Tuapeka 500 (£300, £1 for £1 ; £200, £1 for £2) 1838 Heriot to Roxburgh, via Moa Flat „ 100 (£1 for £1) 1839 Kelso Soldiers Settlement Road (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 1840 Keppock Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 1841 Knobby's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1842 Lawrence to Tuapeka Mouth (Falconer's ,, 150 Valley Road), (£1 for £1) 1843 Lawrence - Tuapeka West Road (Bui- ,, 63 fin's Comer), (£1 for £1) 1844 Lawrence to Waipori (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1845 Lawrence to Waipori (Bulger's Flat), ,, 121 (£1 for £1) 1846 Lee Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1847 Mill Road (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 300 1848 Mill Road to Black Gully (£1 for £1) ,, 75 • 1849 Mount Stuart School to Johnstone ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 1850 Old Switzer's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 1851 Oven Hill Creek Bridge (Walker's ,, 150 Road), (£1 for £1) 1852 Pomahaka Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1853 Pomahaka to Rankleburn (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1854 Shank's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1855 Tapanui to Dalvey Bush (£1 for £1) ,, 51 1856 Teviot Estate roads ... ... ,, 300 1857 Teviot Homestead to Back Settle- ,, 63 ment Road (£1 for £1) 1858 Tuapeka Mouth to Waitahuna West ,, 150 Road (£1 for £1) 1859 Waitahuna River Bridge (Waitahuna- 75 Waipori Road), (£1 for £1) 1860 Weatherall's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1861 Albertown to Maungawera (£1 for £1) Vincent 150 1862 Alexandra to Galloway (on account of ,, 50 £200, £3 for £2) 1863 Alexandra to Galloway (protective ,, 500 works) 1864 Bannockburn to Hawksburn (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1865 Bannockburn to Nevis ... ... ,, 200 1866 Boundary Creek Bridge (Hawea- ,, 100 Makaroro Track), (on account) 1867 Burn Cottage Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 1868 Clutha River Bridge (Albertown), (£2 ,, 300 for £1), (on account) 1869 Clutha River Bridge (Lowburn), (on ,, 50 account of £1,833, £2 for £1) Cromwell to Hawea— 1870 Rocky Point (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1871 Tarras to Sandy Point (£1 for £1) ,, 124 1872 Disputed Spur Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1873 Galloway to Moa Creek, via Lowe's ,, 3,200 Saddle 1874 Grandview Creek protection ... ,, 250 1875 Haast Pass Track ... ... ,, 150 1876 Hawea Post-office to Timaru (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1877 Hawea River Bridge (Hawea-Mau- ,, 1,000 ngawera Road), (on account of £3,333, £2 for £1)

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— 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 59 —continued. £ £ Roads, etc. —continued. Dunedin Road District—continued. 1878 Lauder to Matakanui (£1 for £l) ... Vincent 200 1879 Lett's Road ... ... ,, 100 1880 Lindis River Bridge (Ardgour), (£2 ,, 867 for £1) 1881 Little Valley Road ... ... ,, 1,200 1882 Lower Lindis Bridge (£2 for £1) ... ,, 2,477 1883 Makaroro to Sawmill (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1884 Manuherikia River Bridge (Omakau), ,, 50 (on account of £1,533, £2 for £1) 1885 Manuherikia River Bridge (Spring- ,, 1,200 vale), (£2 for £1) 1886 Manuherikia River Bridge (Spring- ,, 50 vale), (protective works), (£1 for £1) 1887 Matakanui to Omakau, via White's ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 1888 Moa Creek to Ida Valley (£1 for £1)... „ 150 1889 Moa Creek to Pool burn (back road), „ 150 (£1 for £1) 1890 Moa Creek School to Hotel, via ,, 200 Aston's (£1 for £1) 1891 Murray's Road ... ... ,, 100 1892 Omakau to Tinkers, via Harvey's (£1 ,, 150 for £1) 1893 Ophir to Moa Creek (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1894 Ophir to Moa Creek (Black's Hill), ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 1895 Poolburn Post-office to Auripo (£1 „ 100 for £1) 1896 Poolburn Traffic Bridge (£2 for £1)... ,, 933 1897 Queenstown to Pukaki (£200, £5 for Vincent and 600 £3 ; £400, £4 for £1) Waitaki 1898 Swann's Road (£1 for £1) ... Vincent 50 1899 Tarras to Hawea (Back Road), (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 1900 Tarras to Pembroke (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1901 Dunback to Macraes (£1 for £1) ... Waihemo 195 1902 Macraes to Hyde (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1903 McDonald's Crossing Bridge (£1 for £1) ,, 200 1904 Moonlight to Middlemarch (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1905 Nonthorn Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1906 Palmerston Borough, Ronaldsay Street ,, 175 (£1 for £1) 1907 Pleasant River Bridge (Brooklands ,, 125 ! Road), (£1 for £1) 1908 Shag River Bridge (Switchback Road), ,, 567 (£1 for £2) 1909 Stoneburn Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1910 Apes Road (£1 for £1) ... Waikouaiti 200 1911 Corner Bush Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1912; Dunedin to Port Chalmers ... ,, 3,500 1913 Bvansdale to Karitane ... ... ,, 4,800 1914 Hosie's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1915 Kenyon Road (£1 for £1) ,, 50 1916 Lloyd's Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 50 1917 Lower Harbour Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 236 1918 Mount Watkins Road (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1919 Pigeon Plat Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1920 Purakanui Road (Mihiwaka to Pura- ,, 100 kanui), (£1 for £1) 1921 Toomey's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1922 Waitati to Waikare (£1 for £1) ... ,, 249 1923 Dunedin to Port Chalmers (West Har- West Harbour 200 hour Borough section), (£1 for £1) Borough

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— 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No, 59 —continued. £ £ Roads, etc. —continued. Dunedin Boad District—continued. 1924 Earthquake Road (£1 for £1) ... Waitaki 250 1925 French's Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 100 1926 Goulding's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1927 Grant's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1928 Mount Misery Run 464 (access), (£1 ,, 50 for £1) 1929 Paulin's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 1930 St. Helens Settlement Road (£1 for £1) „ 100 1931 Tussocky Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 350 1932 Survey, acquisition, and legalization of ... 300 roads, drains, gravel-pits, protective works, tramways, horse-pad-docks, &c. 1933 Supervision ... ... ... 750 1934 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 250 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total —Dunedin ... ... 67,215 Invercargill Boad District— 1935 Ardlussa Settlement (£250, £2 for £1) Southland 650 1936 Asher Road (£1 for £1) ... ... „ 55 1937 Barron Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1938 Bell's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1939 Benio School Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 127 1940 Benmore to Otapiri (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 1941 Black Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 225 1942 Blackhills Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1943 Block Road (Tussock Creek), (£1 for ,, 50 £1) 1944 Block VIII Road (Winton), (£1 for £1) ,,' 100 1945 Blondell Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1946 Blue Road (Sandstone), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 1947 Braid Road (Fortification-Hill Settle- ,, 260 ment), (£100, £2 for £1) 1948 Brantra Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1949 Brookdale Road (£1 for £1) ... 50 1950 Brown's to Boggie Burn (£1 for £1) ,. 150 1951 Brown's to Settlers Reserve (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1952 Byar's Road (£1 for £1)... ... ,, 100 1953 Calder Road (north end), (£1 for £1) 100 1954 Campbell Road (G-reenhills) ... ,, 50 1955 Caroline Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1956 Carswell Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 50 1957 Casey Road (Otara), (£2 for £1) ... ,, 100 1958 Clark Road (Roslyn), (£1 for £1) ... „ 150 1959 Clearwater Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1960 Collis Road (Te Peka), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1961 Cooper Road (Lochiel), (£1 for £1) ... ,, ! 59 1962 Cox Road (Tussock Creek), (£225, £1 ,, I 332 for £1; £107, £2 for £1) 1963 Craig Road (Mokoreta), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 270 1964 Crawford Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 200 1965 Crawford Road (Waikana-Knowsley ,, 200 Park), (£1 for £1) 1966 Crawford and Clements Road (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1967 Crighton Road (Waimahaka), (£1 for ,, 100 £1) 19681 Cross Road (Titipua), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 19691 Dawson's Corner to Mimihau Bridge ,, 100

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Item " 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 59 —-continued. Roads, etc. —continued Invercargill Road District—continued. 1970 Dean Road (£1 for £1) ... Southland 50 1971 Devereux Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1972 Diack Road (Wyndham), (£1 for £1)... ,, 50 1973 Downs' Road (Brydone), (£1 for £1) „ 100 1974 Downs' Road, Bdendale (£1 for £1)... ,, 155 1975 Drain Road (Spar Bush), (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1976 Dry Ridge Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 1977 English Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 1,00 1978 Eyre Creek Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 1979 Flagstaff Road (Bluff), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1980 Fleming Road (Titiroa), (£1 for £1), ,, 3.75 (on account) 1981 Fleming Road (Woodlands), (£1 for £1) ,, 250 1982 Fortifications to Quarry Hills (£1 for „ 200 £1) 1983 Fortrose to Otara (£1 for £1) ... ,, 205 1984 Froggatt Road (Longbush), (£1 for £1) ,, 250 Glencoe to Brydone— 1985 Cross Road to McDavitt's Road (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 1986 Capil's to Parker's (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 1987 Glenham School Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 1988 Glenure to Caroline Road (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1989 Glenure to Josephville Road (£1 for £1) ,, 200 1990 Gorge to Waituna Road... ... ,, 400 199] Gray Road (Titiroa), (£1 for £1) ... „ 75 1992 Gregory Road (east end), (£1 for £1) ,, 100 1993 Hagen Road, Sections 44-46 (access) ,, 1,019 1994 Haldane Village Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 100 1995 Haldane, Waikawa Road ... „ 150 1996 Hands Road ... ... ,, 484 1997 Hayward Road (Otapiri), (£1 for £1) ,, 50 1998 Helena Road (Makarewa), (£1 for £1) „ 175 1999 Hillend Bush Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 300 2000 Hokonui School Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2001 Holtz Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 51 2002 Horton Road (Tussock Creek), (£1 ,, 50 for £1) 2003 Howell Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2004 Jenkins' Road (Titipua), (£1 for £1) ,, 150 2005 Kelleher Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2006 Kidd Road (£183, £1 for £1) ... „ 483 2007 Klondyke Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2008 Landslip Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 101 2009 Lawson Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 150 2010 Lawson Road (north), (£250, £2 for ,, 500 £1) 2011 Leggett Road (Tussock Creek), (£1 ,, 200 for £1) 2012 Leithen Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2013 Lind's Bridge to Underwood (£1 for ,, 100 £1) 2014 Longbush South Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 300 2015 Longridge Village Road (£1 for £1) ,, 125 2016 llora Gorge Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 125 2017 Lumsden to Kingston— Stewart's deviation (£1 for £1) ... ,, 500 2018 Makarewa River Bridge... ... 50 2019 Mandeville to Kingston Crossing (£1 ,, 50 for £1) 2020 Manse Road (Niagara) ... ... ,, 150 2021 Marshall Road (Spar Bush), (£1 for £1) ,, 200

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WOKKS—continued. VOTE No. 59 —continued. £ £ Roads, etc. —continued. Invercargill Road District—continued. 2022 Mason Road (Seaward Bush), (£35, Southland 685 £1 for £1 ; £650, £2 for £1) 2023 Massev's Tramway Road (£2 for £1) ,, 200 2024 Mataura to Clinton (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2025 McAlister Road (south end), (£1 for £1) ,, 200 2026 McCartney Road (Longridge), (£1 for ,, 125 £1) 2027 McEwing and Rouse Road (£1 for £1) ,, 100 2028 McGregor Road (Brown's), (£1 for £1) ,, 60 2029 McKay's Half-chain Road (£1 for £1) ,, 100 2030 McKercher Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 50 2031 McManus Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2032 Metaal, Crooked, and McAlister Roads ,, 275 (£1 for £1) 2033 Metaal Deviation Road (new), (£1 for ,, 179 £1) 2034 Mill Road (south), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2035 Mitchell Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2036 Mokomoko Road (Greenhills), (£2 for ,, 140 £1) 2037 Mokoreta School to Church (£1 for £1) ,, 200 2038 Morrabool Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 2039 Morrison Road (Tokanui), (£2 for £1) ,, 150 2040 Mossburn to Five Rivers (£1 for £1) ,, 500 2041 Neil Road (Tokanui), (£2 for £1) ... ,, 50 2042 Newton Road ... ... ,, 150 2043 O'Brien Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 150 2044 Oreti River Bridge (Mossburn), (£1 ,, 500 for £1) 2045 Oreti River Bridge (Beach Road), (on ,, 100 account of £400, £1 for £1) 2046 Oreti River protective works (above „ 137 Lumsden), (on account of £437, £1 for £1) 2047 Oreti Road (Otatara), (£1 for £7) ... ,, 75 2048 Orion Road (Makarewa), (£1 for £1) ,, 150 2049 Otahuti to Spar Bush (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 2050 Otama Valley to White's Road (£1 ,, 26 > for £1) 2051i Otara to Haldane Road (£150, £1 for ,, 1 750 £1; £100, £2 for £1) 2052j Parawa to Nokomai Road (£1 for £1) ,, 125 2053 Parson Road (Niagara), (£50, £1 for £1) „ 150 2054i Pascoe Road (£1 for £1)... ... ,, 100 2055| Paterson Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 250 2056J Pinnacle Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 | 2057] Plains Station Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2058i Potter Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 50 2059! Progress Valley Road (£200, £2 for £1) ,, 300 2060' Pullar Road (Grove Bush Settlement), ,, 59 (£5, £1 for £1) 20611 Puni Creek Bridge (Wilcox Road), (£1 ,, 75 for £1) 2062 Rimu Factory Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2063 Rogers' Road (£1 for £2) ... ,, 50 2064 Ryal Bush to Grove Bush (£270, £2 ,, 670 for £1) 2065, Shanks' Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 200

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Item. 1927—28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59 —continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Invercargill Roaci District—continued. 2066 Shaw Road (Springhills), (£1 for £1) Southland 50 2067 Spar Bush School Road (£1 for £1) ,, 50 2068 Springhills Grove Bush Road (£1 for ,, 203 £1) 2069 Stout Road (Glenham), (£2 for £1) ... ,, 200 2070 St. Rowans to Morton Mains (£L for ,, 150 £1) 2071 Swain Road (Kamahi), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2072 Taylor Gorge Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 190 2073 Te Peka to Fortifications (£1 for £1) „ 319 2074 Thompson Road (Tokanui) ... ,, 201 2075 Thompson and Wilkes Road (£2 for ,, 255 £1) ' 2076 Titipua School Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 226 2077 Tokanui to Haldane (£404, £2 for ,, 714 £1; £310, £1 for £2) 2078 Tramway (Hobbs) Road (Edendale), ,, 60 (£1 for £1) 2079 Turnbull Road (£1 for £1) ,, 125 2080 Waiarikiki Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 200 2081 Waiarikiki Settlement Road (£2 for £1) ,, 200 2082 Waikaia to Waikaka, via Winding Creek ,, 341 2083 W T aikawa River Bridge (Biggar Road), ,, 300 (£1 for £1) 2084 Waikawa River Bridge (east branch) ,, 300 2085 Waikawa Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 197 2086 Waikawa to Chaslands ... ... 1,000 2087 Waikiwi Railway-station Road (£1 ,, 150 for £1) 2088 Waimahaka Green Road (£1 for £1) ,, 50 2089 Waimea Valley (south), (£1 for £1)... ,, 200 2090 Waimea Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2091 Waituna Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 150 2092 Wallace Rock Road ... ... ,, 130 2093 Ward Parade (Bluff), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2094 Welch and Mitchell's Road (£1 for £1) ,, 100 2095 Wick's Road (£1 for £1)... ... ,, 130 2096 Wilcox Road (£1 for £1) ... Southland 85 2097 Wilson and Speden Road (Pukerau), ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 2098 Winsloe Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 130 2099 Wixon Road (Tisbury), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 77 2100 Woodslea Downs Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 175 2101 Wyndham Valley Main Road ... ,, 72 2102 Wvndham-Clinton Main Road (£100, ,, 491 £1 for £1 ; £391, £1 for £2) 2103 Stirrat Road (£1 for £1)... ... S. Invercargill 125 Borough 2104 Brooklands to Braggs ... ... Stewart Island 100 2105 Dundee Street to Excelsior Road ... ,, 66 2106 Kaipipi Road ... ... ,, 50 2107 Kamahi Road ... ... ,, 100 2108 Snagging Scott Burn ... ... ,, 50 2109 Alton No. 3 Loan Block (access to Wallace 86 Sections 1, 3, and 5, Block VI, and , 7 to 10, Block V, Alton S.D.) 2110 Alton Settlement (drainage), (Kowhai ,, 100 Road), (£2 for £1) 2111 Aparima River Bridge (Riverton), (on ,, 1,000 account of £10,000, £1 for £1) 2112 Barker and Bradley Road (£1 for £1) ,, 50

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued. Invercargill Road District—continued. 2113 Barry Road (£2 for £1) ... ... Wallace 133 2114 Beaumont Homestead Road (£1 for £1) ,, 50 2115 Beer and McAuley Road (£1 for £1) ,, 50 2116 Bloomfield's Road (£2 for £1) ... ,, 80 2117 Brighton Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2118 Broomhall's Road ... ... ,, 102 2119 Brownridge Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 54 2120 Centre Road (access to Section 25) ... ,, 800 2121 Clark Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 100 2122 Cockburn Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2123 Cosgriff Road (£1 for £1) ... „ 50 2124 Cournane and Strudwick Road (£1 ,, 50 for £2) 2125 Coutt and Waterhouse Road (£100, ,, 200 £1 for £1; £100, £2 for £1) 2126 Cunningham Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2127 Dahlenburgh Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2128 Dodd's and Hawthorne's Road (£11, ,, 86 (£1 for £1; £75, £1 for £2) 2129 Eastern Bush to Blackmount (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 2130 Palls Creek Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2131 Fortune Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2132 Friar's Road (£1 for £1)... ... ,, 50 2133 Gavigan and Sinclair Road (£1 for£l) ,, 75 2134 Gerrard Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2135 Glenbum (£75, £1 for £1; £150, £3 ,, 225 for £2) 2136 Gorge Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 75 2137 Gully Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 50 2138 Gummie Bush to Ermedale (£300, £2 ,, 450 for £1) 2139 Hanley Road (£50, £1 for £1; £100, ,, 150 £2 for £1) 2140 Happy Valley Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 350 2141 Harrington Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 2142 Harrison and Mclnerney Road ... ,, 94 2143 Hay ward and McLean Road (£1 for ,, 100 £1) 2144 Hillpoint Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2145 Hodgett Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 75 2146 Hodgett and Laurie Road (£1 for £1) ,, 100 2147 Jones Road (Aparima), (£97, £1 for ,, 197 £1; £100, £2 for £1) 2148 Kaka (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 70 2149 Keenan's Creek Road (Block XVIII, ,, 100 Longwood S.D.) 2150 King's Road (Orepuki), (£1 for £1) ,, 50 2151 Knobby's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 275 2152 Lake George Outfall ... ... ,, 100 2153 Lapham Road ... ... ,, 200 2154 Lees and Pollard Road (Colac Bay), ,, 59 (£1 for £1) 2155 Lillburn Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 170 Lumsden to Te Anau, via Manapouri — 2156 Hillside to Manapouri ... ,, 2,717 2157 Key to Te Anau ... ... ,, 350 2158 Manapouri to Te Anau ... ,, 1,500 2159 Manson's Road (Wairaki), (£1 for £1) ,, 150 2160 Markey and Chamberlain Road (£1 ,, 75 for £2) 2161 McBride's Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2162 Mclnerney to Waihoaka (£1 for £1)... „ " 50

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Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59—continued. Roads, etc. —continued.. Invercargill Road District—continued. 2163 McLees and Glendinning Road (£1 Wallace 50 for £1) 2164 McNeil Road (£100, £1 for £1; £75, „ 175 £1 for £2) 2165 Merrivale to Te Tua (£50, £1 for £1) ,, 350 2166 Mitchell Road (Ermedale), (£1 for £1) ,, 50 2167 Moff'ett and Forbes Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2168 Omutu Bridge (Ermedale), (£1 for £1) ,, 100 2169 Orawia Stream Bridge (Feldwick), (£2 ,, 100 for £1, on account of £400) 2170 Orepuki Recreation Reserve Road (£1 ,, 50 for £2) 2171 Pahia Village to Round Hill (£1 for ,, 50 £1) 2172 Peak Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 50 2173 Pear's Boundary to Jacob's River (£1 ,, 200 for £1) 2174 Pourakino Bridge to Hayes Road (£1 ,, 100 for £1) 2175 Printz Road (Ruahine), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2176 Reid's Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 75 2177 Reilly Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2178 Riverton Harbour Endowment Road ,, 50 (£1 for £1) 2179 Riverton to Orepuki, via Roundhill ,, 384 (£1 for £1) 2180 Scott's Gap to Feldwick (£173, £1 for ,, 573 £1; £400, £2 for £1) 2181 Skegg's Road (Pahia), (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2182 Smith's to Tiroinaunga (£1 for £1) ... ,, 100 2183 Stephen and Robinson Road (£1 for £1) ,, 75 2184 Struan Flat Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2185 Stuart, Gibson, and McCully Road ,, 275 (£1 for £1) 2186: Stuck Road (£1 for £1) ... ... ,, 58 2178 Sunnyside Homestead Road (£2 for £1) ,, 200 2188 Sutherland Road (-£1 for £1) ... ,, 200 2189 Tecopsky Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2190 Terrace Road (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2191 Thornbury Bridge (on account of ,, 750 £2,000), (£1 for £2) 2192 Upper Scott's Gap Road (£1 for £1)... ,, 225 2193! Wairaki Settlement Road (£1 for £1) ,, 150 2194 Waimotu ... ... ,, 181 2195 Wairio to Birch wood (£1 for £1) ... „ 150 2196 Wakapatu to Round Hill (£100, £1 ,, 120 for £1) 2197 Walker Road (£1 for £1) .. ,, 50 2198 Ward Road, Fairfax (£1 for £1) ... ,, 50 2199 Wild Bush to Ermedale (£1 for £1)... ,, 400 2200 Survey, acquisition, and legalization of ... 250 roads, drains, gravel-pits, protective works, tramways, horse-paddocks, &c. 2201 Supervision ... ... ... 750 2202 Miscellaneous works and services, in- ... 300 eluding assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. Total—Invercargill ... ... 49,843 i

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ROADS, ETC.—continued.

77

Item 1927—28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 59 —continued. Roads, etc. —continued. General— 2203 Advertising tenders, and other initial ... 250 expenses not fairly chargeable to a specific item 2204 Compensation for injuries to employees ... 2,500 while in discharge of their duties, and contingent expenses in connection with same 2205 Engineering surveys ... ... ... 750 2206 Rail freight on metal (difference ... ; ' : 3,000 between full and concession rates on carriage of metal for local bodies) 2207 Roadmen's huts, storerooms, &c. ... ... 500 2208 Towards the prevention and restoration ... 9,000 of flood damages generally Total—General ... ... ... 16,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £152,000 GKOSS Total ... ... ... 1,150,260 Amount required for Current Year ... ... 945,500 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... f152,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 59 ... 793,500 * The sum of £3,000 is also provided on Consolidated Fund vote " Maintenance and Repairs to Roads." f Includes £114,000 recoverable from "Orakei Waterfront Road," Auckland District.

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ROADS, ETC.—continued.

78

ROADS TO GIVE ACCESS TO OUTLYING DISTRICTS. — 1927-28. Vote No. 60,—Roads to Give Access to Outlying Districts — £ GROSS Total. ... ... ... ... 55,000 Ckedits-IN-AID ... ... ... ... 5,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 50,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. VOTE No. 60.—ROADS TO GIVE ACCESS TO OUTLYING DISTRICTS. 1 Roads to give access to outlying districts ... 55,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £5,000 Gross Total ... ... ... 55,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 5,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 60 ... ... 50,000 I TOTAL .... .... .... £50,000

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ROADS, ETC. —continued.

Item. 1927-28. i MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. I VOTE No. 61. £ £ Roads and other Wokks on Goldfields and Mineral Lands— 1 Assistance towards the construction of roads, tramways, and tracks in mining and mineral districts, prospecting and works for the development and protection of the mineral resources, and for the extraction of metals from the ores ... ... 250 250 Auckland District— 2 Hauraki Mines Road (£100, £1 for £1) Coromandel 300 3 Matawai Mines Track ... ... „ 100 4 Tokatea-Kennedy Bay to Four-in- ,, 200 hand Mine Road 5 Mangakara and Colleto's tracks ... Ohinemuri 100 6 Maoriland Road ... ... ,, 50 7 Maratoto Road ... ... ,, 250 8 Tui to Pick and Dish ... ... ,, 50 9 Luck at Last Road ... ... Thames 100 10 Te Pohue Creek Road ... ... ,, 212 11 Tararu Creek Road ... ... ,, 100 12 J Waiomo ... ... ,, 100 1,562 Nelson District — 13 Pakawau to Puponga Road (£2 for £1) Collingwood 500 14 ; Access to Buller Gold Mining Co's Murchison i 74 Claim at Glenroy Road 15 Access to coal-seam, Katanga ... ,, 100 16 Anatoki Bridge approaches ... Takaka 50 17 West Road to Marble Quarries (New- ,, 72 ports) 896 West Coast District— 18 Anaconda to Mount Radiant ... Buller 100 19 Burnett's Face to Cascade Mine ... ,, 250 20 Burnetts Face Road (widening), (£2 ,, 50 for £1) 21 Chasm Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) ... ,, 425 22 Chasm Creek Bridge Track ... ,, 120 23 Granity Creek outlet ... ... ,, 240 24 Millerton streets ... ' ... ,, 90 25 Millerton streets extension ... ,, 300 26 Millerton to Westport (Main Mine) ... ,, 400 27 Stockton Streets (£1 for £1) ... „ 50 28 Seddonville Co-operative Mines Track ,, 120 29 Waimangaroa-Burnetts Face Road ,, 100 (£1 for £1) 30 Waimangaroa-Denniston Road bridges ,, 300 31 Brown Creek to Alexander Mines via Inangahua 1,000 Snowy River (£2 for £1) 32 Devils Creek Bridge at Progress June- ,, 250 tion (Reefton - Big River Road) 33 Road to Blackwater South Company's ,, 200 shaft-site 3,995

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80

Item. 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. £ £ VOTE No. 61'—continued. Roads on Goldfields, etc. —continued. Otago District — 34 Skippers Main Road ... ... Lake 50 35 Hogburn Channel extension and pro- Maniototo 50 tection 36 Home Gully Tailings (Geddia Road) ,, 75 (£1 for £1) 175 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £300 Gross Total ... ... ... 6,878 Amount required fob Current Year ... ... 5,050 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 300 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 61 ... 4,750 TOTAL .... .... .... £848,250

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TELEGRAPH EXTENSION.

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81

— j 1927-28. Vote No. 62.—Telegraph Extension— £ Gboss Total ... ... ... ... 870,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 120,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 62 ... ... 750,000 Item. £ £ POSTMASTER-GENERAL AND MINISTER OF TELEGRAPHS. VOTE No. 62, Telegbaph Extension— New telegraph and telephone lines, submarine cables, telephone connections and installations, automatic equipment, and material— 1 Equipment and material ... ... ... 444,000 2 Labour ... ... ... 415,000 3 Purchase of material for Rarotonga ... ... *500 4 Purchase of material for Samoa ... ... *500 5 Travelling-expenses of telegraph engineers and linesmen, and camp allowances of linesmen ... 10,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £120,000 i GBOSS Total ... ... ... 870,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 120,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 62 ... — 750,000 TOTAL .... .... .... £750,000 * Recoverable.

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CONTINGENT DEFENCE.

82

1927-28. Vote No. 63.—Contingent Defence— £ GROSS Total ... ... ... ... 50,000 Credits-in-aid NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 63 ... ... 50,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OP DEFENCE. VOTE No. 63. Contingent Defence — Drill-sheds, garages, mobilization stores, gun-sheds, barrack-rooms, magazines, office buildings and stables, erections and additions, also sites— 1 Ngaruawahia ... ... ... 30,000 2 Burnham ... ... ... 10,000 3 Trentham ... ... ... 8,000 i General ... ... ... 40,000 5 Rifle ranges (including purchases of land) ... 8,000 6 Harbour Defences ... ... .... 10,000 Gross Total ... ... ... 106,000 Amount required for Current Year ... ... 50,000 Credits-in-aid NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 63 ... •— 50,000 TOTAL .... .... ... £50,000

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LANDS IMPROVEMENT.

83

1927-28. Vote No. 64. —Lands, Miscellaneous— £ GROSS TOTAL ... ... ... ... 124,100 Cbedits-IN-AID ... ... ... ... 5,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 64 ... ... 119,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. 64. Lands, Miscellaneous — 1 Akaaka Drainage Board (subsidy, £1 for £2, on ac- 500 count of £1,631) 2 Ashley River Trust (protective works), (£250, £1 for 100 £1) 3 Awaiti District (drainage) ... ... ... 3,560 4 Clarence Valley roads ... ... ... 96 5 Clearing vsillows, Mangapu-Mangaokewa Streams 250 (subsidy, £1 for £2) 6 Elstow Drainage Board (on account of £17,422, £1 2,500 for £1) 7 Elstow drainage works (£1 for £2) ... ... 300 8 Hauraki Drainage Board (£1 for £2) ... ... 1,275 9 Hauraki Drainage Board (clearing drains), (subsidy, 500 £1 for £1) 10 Hauraki Pastoral Areas— Thames, Ohinemuri, and Coromandel, formation, 3,851 construction, and compensation 11 Hauraki Plains (water-supply), (on account of £12,000, 3,000 £1 for £4) 12 Horahia Drainage Board ... ... ... 367 13 Horahia Drainage Board (£1 for £3) ... ... 3,000 14 Horahia Drainage Board, Te Kauri outlet ... 250 15 Hungahunga Drainage Board— Matamata North Block (drainage) ... ... 300 16 Hunua Parish (access to Lot 228), (fencing) ... 150 17 Jed Drainage Board (on account of £1,000), (10s. for £1) ... ... .. 250 18 Judea Drainage Board (subsidy, on account of £2,000, 1,500 £1 for £2) . 19 Kaihu River drainage (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 10,000 20 Kaihu S.D., Block IV, Section 11 (improvement of 140 drainage), (£1 for £2) 21 Kaihu Valley drainage (protection of land in Kaihu 250 Valley) 22 Kaituna River improvements (on account), (subsidy, 2,130 £2 for £1) 23 Kaituna River improvements (£1 for £1) ... 500 24 Kongahu Swamp drainage (£1 for £1) ... ... -250 25 Lake Rotongaro outlet drain (£1 for £1) ... 200 26 Mangapu Drainage Board (10s. for £1), (on account of £4,000) ... ... ... 400 27 Mangatainoka Block (erection groynes) ... ... 750

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LANDS IMPROVEMENT —continued.

84

Item ' 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 64 —continued. £ £ Lands, Miscellaneous—continued. Mangawhara River improvements— 28 Little wood's Landing upwards to Tauhei Junction *1,232 29 Lower Ten-foot Drain and Henry Settlement (£1 900 for £1) 30 Tauhei Junction upwards (£1 for £2) ... 5,576 31 Mangawhero Drainage Board (subsidy, £1 for £2) ... 733 32 Matiere Township (drainage) ... ... 150 33 Motutangi Swamp, Houhora (drainage), (on ac- 500 count of £1,000) 34 No. 2 Road (Te Puke water-supply scheme), (subsidy, 526 £3 for £5) 35 Okiokinga (drainage) ... ... ... 200 36 Orahiri Drainage Board (straightening, widening, 250 and deepening stream), (£1 for £2) 37 Oraka Creek clearing (£1 for £1) ... ... 100 38 Otautau River Board (improvement of Otautau and 1,000 Opio streams), (£1 for £2) 39 Otawhao Block (water-supply) ... ... 500 40 Pastoral Run 114, Mount Potts (river erosion) ... 75 41 Pastoral Run, No. 124, Christchurch (river erosion)... 1,850 42 Piako River Stop-bank (grant to Waitoa Drainage 154 Board, &c.) 43 Piako River stop-banks (near Ngatea), (£2 for £1) ... 1,493 44 Piako River (west bank), (flood-gates) ... ... 1,450 45 Pukekohe Drainage District (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 100 46 Rangitata River (protective works), (£1 for £2) ... 250 47 Raupo Drainage Board (internal drainage), (£1 4,000 for £1) 48. Raupo Drainage Board (improvements to " G" canal), 500 (£1 for £1) Reclamation of sand-dune and dune-areas and purchase of marram-grass— 49 Houhora-Waipapakauri ... ... ... 650 50 Iiaipara Coast ... ... ... 140 51 Kaitaia ... ... ... 500 52 Muriwai South-Kaipara Head ... ... 250 53 Waipu ... ... ... 850 54 Spottis Creek (erosion) ... ... ... 54 55 Stock-resting reserve, Run 121, Kekerangu (purchase 60 of) 56 Tahuna Drainage (grant to Tahuna Drainage Board) 250 57 Taieri Plain flood protection (half recoverable), (on 40,000 account of £150,000, £1 for £1) 58 Tauhei Drainage Board (Mangahoumia Stream im- 400 provements), (£1 for £1) 59 Te Kao (drainage), (£1 for £2) ... ... 250 60 Te Kura Settlement (water-supply) ... ... 344 61 Te Matai Settlement (water-supply), (£1 for £1) ... 3,000 62 Te Rahu Stopbank, Rangitaiki district ... ... 400 63 Thorburn's Road Bridge (Kumeti Block) ... 170 64 Tokatoka No. 3 Block (Otamatea County) ... 200 65 Tokatoka Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Blocks (Raupo Drainage 2,934 Board) 66 Tokatoka stop-bank and drainage ... ... 3,000 67 Tokatoka Stop-bank (foreshore protection), (£1 for 15,000 £1), (on account) 68 Waikato River (flooding), (£1 for £2) ... ... 100 69 Waimakariri-Ashley (water-supply), (£1 for £2) ... 500 70 Waimakariri River Trust (protective works), (£1 for 10,000 £4), (on account) * AU recoverable.

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LANDS IMPROVEMENT—continued.

85

Item - 1927-28. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. VOTE No. 64—continued. £ £ Lands, Miscellaneous —continued. 71 Waimana River (erosion) ... ... 268 72 Waimatuku River Board (drainage) ... ... 1,000 73 Wainui Tidal Creek (£1 for £1) ... ... 50 74 Waipa Drainage Board (subsidy, £1 for £2) ... 250 75 Wairaku drain (£1 for £1) ... ... ... 173 76 Wairau Native Reserve (£1 for £2) ... 890 77 Waitoa River stop-banks (left bank) ... ... 90 78 Waitoa S.D. : Access to Sections 4 and 5, Block X 100 79 Waitomo Valley (drainage) ... ... ... 90 80 Whakahoro Relief Outlet (£1 for £1) ... ... 3,500 81 Whakaki Swamp (drainage), (£1 for £4), (on account) 1,000 82 Whangape Stream (improvements), (subsidy, £1 for 750 £1) 83 Works not specified ... ... ... 500 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £5,000 GROSS Total ... ... ... —— 145,621 Amount required for Current Year ... ... 124,100 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 5,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 64 ... 119,100 TOTAL .... .... £119,100

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IRRIGATION, WATER-SUPPLY, AND DRAINAGE.

86

— | 1927-28. Vote No. 65.—Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage— £ Gross Total ... ... ... ... 87,320 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 4,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 65 ... ... 83,320 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. 65. Irrigation, Water-supply, and Drainage— 1 Irrigation, water-supply, and drainage (agricultural and mining districts), also cost of surveys and preliminary investigations (including Salaries or Wages, also cost-of-living increase, which is subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls) ... 87,000 2 Ex gratia payment to Messrs. Manson and Robertson and Messrs. Rivers and Company arising from entrance of water to coal-mine ... ... 320 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £4,000 Gross Total ... ... ... 87,320 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 4,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 65 ... 83,320 TOTAL .... .... .... £83,320

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PLANT, MATERIAL, AND STORES.

87

Purchase of Plant, Material, and Stores (including adjustment of Plant, Materials and Stores at present in hand or in use). — 1927-28. Vote ISIo. 66.—Plant, Material, and Stores— £ GROSS Total ... ... ... ... 140,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 100,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 66 ... ... 40,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. 66. Plant, Material, and Stores (including Salaries or Wages, also cost-of-living increase, which is subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls) — 1 Plant ... ... ... 60,000 2 Material and.stores ... ... ... 80,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £100,000 GROSS Total ... ... ... — 140,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 100,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 66 ... 40,000 TOTAL .... .... .... £40,000

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Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction Fund.

TRANSFER TO MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT, CONSTRUCTION FUND.

88

— 1926-27. £ Vote No. 67.—Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction Fund. Gboss Total ... ... ... 200,000 Ckedits-in-aid NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 67 ... ... 200,000 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. 67. Transfer to Main Highways Account, Construction Fund— 1 Transfer from Public Works Fund (General Purposes Account) to Main Highways Account, Construction Fund, as provided by Section 16, sub-section (6), Main Highways Act, 1922 ... ... 200,000 GROSS Total ... ... ... 200,000 Cbedits-in-aid NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 67 ... 200,000 TOTAL .... .... .... .... £200,000

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Appropriations for Electric Supply Account.

ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT.

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89

— 1927-28. Vote No. 68.—Development of Water-power— & GROSS Total ... ... ... ... 1,373,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 33,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 68 ... ... 1,340,000 Item. £ £ ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT. |VOTE No. 68. Development of Water-power (including Salaries, Travelling Expenses, Audit Fees, Cost-of-living j increase, which is subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls, and all other Expenses)— 1 | Arapuni scheme ... ... ... | 645,000 2 [ Auckland District : Steam plants ... ... 58,000 Mangahao scheme —, 3 New works and purchase of material for stock ... 168,000 4 Working-expenses, maintenance, &c. ... 30,000 Horahora scheme extension — 5 New works and purchase of material for stock ... ■ 2,000 6 Working-expenses, maintenance, &c. ... 38,000 Lake Coleridge scheme— 7 New works and purchase of material for stock ... 93,000 8 Working-expenses, maintenance, &c. ... 32,000 Waikaremoana scheme— 9 New works and purchase of material for stock ... 282,000 10 Working expenses ... ... ... 2,000 11 Waitaki River scheme ... ... ... 19,500 12 Surveys and investigation of other schemes ... 3,400 13 General expenses not chargeable to any particular work ... ... ... 100 Estimated credits-in-aid on capital £ account ... ... 33,000 GROSS Total ... ... ... 1,373,000 CREDITS-IN aid ... ... ... ... 33,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 68 ... jl,340,000 ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT .... £1,340,000

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Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Account.

WAIHOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT.

90

— 1927-28. £ Waihou and Ohinemuri Eivers Improvement — Gross Total ... ... ... ... 67,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 3,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 64,000 £ £ WAIHOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT. Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement (including Salaries or Wages, also cost-of-living increase, which is subject to revision as the cost of living rises or falls) — Expenditure under section 17 of the Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910 ... ... ... 67,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £3,000 GROSS Total * ... ... ... 67,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 3,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... 64,000 WAIIIOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS j , nnn IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT j "" ±04 > uuu

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91

Appropriations for Land for Settlements Account.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT.

(Opening up Crown Lands fok Settlement Account). OPENING UP LAND FOE SETTLEMENTS (Including Salaries or Wages, also Cost-of-living Increase, which is subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls). — 1927-28. Vote No. 72. —Opening up Land for Settlements— & GKOSS TOTAL ... ... ... ... 22,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 500 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 21,500 Item. £ £ MINISTER OF LANDS. VOTE No 72. Opening up Land fok Settlements. Whangarei Road District — 1 Kaiikanui Block ... ... Whangarei 1,700 2 Opuawhanga ... ... ,, 250 3 Otaika Block ... ... ,, 1,000 4 Te Wairahi Block ... ... ,, 250 5 Whangaiti ... ... ,, 44 6 Kai Iwi ... ... Hobson 1,000 7 Kairara ... ... ,, 750 8 Parahirahi ... ... Bay of Islands 1,000 9 Akatere ... ... Whangaroa 500 10 Omaunu Block ... ... ,, 1,160 11 Kereuonia ... ... Mangonui 500 12 Otaia ... ... ,, 500 13 Pukepoto ... ... ,, 32 14 Blocks not specifically provided for ... ... 100 Total—Whangarei ... ... 8,786 Auckland Road District — 15 Pakiri ... ... Rodney 500 16 Pakiri Extension ... ... ,, 500 17 Haydn ... ... Auckland 156 Suburbs 18 Haydn Extension (No. 1) ... Ditto 1,300 19 Waikomiti ... ... ,, 1,225 20 Waikomiti Extension (No. 1) ... ,, 1,000 21 Orewa ... ... Waitemata 100 22 Orewa Extension ... ... ,, 250 23 Paremoremo Block ... ... ,, 2,362 24 Swanson (additional No. 3) ... ,, 43 25 Swanson (additional No. 5) ... ,, 1,097 26 Pakington Block ... ... Manukau 85 27 Waitakaruru Block ... Thames & Ohinemuri 126 28 Romunga ... ... Ohinemuri 1,523 29 Te Aroha Block ... Te Aroha Borough 1,519 30 Kaniwhaniwha Block ... ... Raglan 500 31 Rangihau ... Coromandel & Thames 3,207

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Appropriations for Land for Settlements Account.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT—continued.

92

Item ' 1927-28. MINISTER OF LANDS -continued. £ £ VOTE No. 72—continued. Opening up Land for Settlements — continued. Auckland Road District—continued. 32 Taparahi ... .. Thames 250 33 Pepe ... Coromandel & Thames 512 34 Tikitiki ... ... Matamata 2,000 35 Owaenga Block ... ... Otorohanga 1,500 36 Pamotumutu Block ... ... ,, 2,666 37 Eanginui Block ... ... ,, 500 38 Wharepuhunga Extension No. 4 ,, 8,293 39 Wharepuhunga Extension No. 5 ,, 5,000 40 Okupai Block ... ... Kawhia 250 41 Blocks not specifically provided for ... ... 100 Total—Auckland ... ... 36,569 Tauranga Road District — 42 Rotoma (additional) ... Rotorua & Whakatane 550 43 Ahi Inanga Block ... ... Whakatane 500 44 Tirohanga ... East & West Taupo 195 45 Tuararangaia Block ... ... ,, 78 46 Blocks not specifically provided for ... ... 100 Total—Tauranga ... ... 1,423 Gisbome Road District — 47 Motu ... ... Opotiki 148 48 Oamaru No. 5 Block ... ... „ 434 49 Tahora 2a ... ... ,, 9,000 50 Takaputahi ... ... ,, 1,131 51 Hangaroa ... ... Cook 51 52 Patutahi ... ... ,, 281 53 Tahora ... ... „ 11,578 54 Waipiro Block ... ... ,, 63 55 | Hurakia Block ... ... Waiapu 674 56 Manutahi ... ... ... ,, 300 57 Matahiia ... ... ... ,, 700 58 Ngamoe Block ... ... ,, 2,000 59 Poroporo ... ... ,, 6,000 60 Tapatu Waitangirua ... ... ,, 449 | 61 Blocks not specifically provided for ... ... 100 j Total—Gisborne ... ... 32,909 Taumarunui Road District — 62 Kopaki Block ... ... Waitomo 348 63 Puna Block (Rangitoto-Tuhua 46 and 47) ,, 720 64 Matiere No. 4 ... ... Ohura 250 65 Ohura ... ... Ohura 400 66 Ongaruhe Block ... ... West Taupo 355 67 Blocks not specifically provided for ... ... 100 Total Taumarunui .. ... 2,173 Stratford Road District— 68 Aneti ... ... Egmont 754 69 Parihaka Block ... ... ,, 227 70 Papakauri Extension Block ... Waitomo 29 71 Maraekowhai- Block (Marae- Whangamomona 89 kowhai No. 2 Block) 72 Katere ... ... Taranaki 765 73 Omona Block ... ... Stratford 464

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Appropriations for Land for Settlements Account.

LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT—continued.

93

— 1927-28. MINISTER OF LANDS—continued. VOTE No. 72 —continued. £ £ Opening up Land for Settlements—continued. Stratjord Road District—continued. 74 Taumatamahoe ... ... Patea 1,000 75 Makaranui No. 2 ... ... Waimarino 250 76 Blocks not specifically provided for... ... 100 Total—Stratford ... ... 3,678 Napier Road District— 77 Kahotea ... ... Wairoa 1,168 78 Ngapakira ... ... ,, 518 79 Putere Block ... ... ,, 53 80 S.G. Runs 37 and 38 ... ... ,, 4,500 81 Te Reinga .. ... ,, 361 82 Education Reserve, suburban section Borough of 65 No. 2 Napier 83 Heru-a-Tureia ... ... Hawke's Bay 600 84 Pukekura ... ... „ 2,000 85 Town of Westshore ... ... ,, 350 86 Tiratu (additional No. 2) ... ,, 1 2,000 87 Mangangarara (additional) .. Patangata 10 88 Te Tohe ... ... ,, 250 89 Blocks not specifically provided for ... ... 100 Total—-Napier ... ... ... 11,975 Wellington Road District— 90 Pouwhakarua Block ... ... Rangitikei 70 91 Piripiri Block ... ... Pohangina 520 92 Hikurangi ... ... Kiwitea 700 93 Tangimoana ... ... Manawatu 657 94 Tangimoana No. 2 ... ... ,, 600 95 Tangimoana No. 3 ... ... ,, 1,000 96 Blocks not specifically provided for ... ... 100 Total—Wellington ... .. 3,647 Nelson Road District— 97 St. Anaud ... ... Waimea 110 98 Lamb Valley Block ... ... ,, 104 99 Blackwater South Block ... Murchison 92 100 Horse Terrace ... ... ,, 124 101 Howard Block ... ... „ 398 102 Owen North Block ... ... ,, 106 103 Upper Opouri No. 2 Loan Block ... Marlborough 991 104 Wakamarina North ... ... ,, 85 105 Ruakaka ... ... Sounds 150 106 Blocks not specifically provided for ... ... 50 Total —Nelson ... ... ... 2,210 Greymouth Road District— 107 Brighton . . ... Buller 500 108 Oinetamatea Block ... ... Westland 772 109 Town of Waiho Gorge ... ... ,, 453 110 Kotuku ... ... Grey 325 111 Blocks not specifically provided for ... .. 100 Total —Greymouth ... ... 2,150

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LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT—continued.

94

Item - 1927-28. MINISTER OF LANDS —continued. VOTE No. 72 —continued. £ Opening up Land fob Settlements —continued. Christchurch lioad District— 112 Blocks not specifically provided for ... .. 100 Total—ChrisCchurch ... ... 100 Dunedin Road District— 113 Earnscleugh ... ... Vincent 270 114 Manuherikia Irrigation Settlement ... ,, 400 115 Mount Pisa ... Vincent & Lake 1,027 116 Commissioner's Flat, Block I, Teviot Tuapeka 210 117 Teviot ... ... „ 169 118 Wilden ... ... „ 4,000 119 Blocks not specifically provided for ... ... 100 Total —Dunedin .. .. 6,176 Invercargilt Road District— 120 Aparima No. 4 Block ... ... Wallace 153 121 Aparima No. 2 Extension No. 1 ... ,, 515 122 Jacob's River No. 2 Block ... ,, 309 123 Lillburn No. 1 Block ... ... „ 227 124 Lillburn No. 2 Block ... ... ,, 7,000 125 Round Hill Extension Block ... ,, 1,699 126 Terepa Block ... ... ,, ; 121 127 Pahia ... ... Wallace 1,438 128 Grove Bush ... ... Southland 478 129 Oteramika No. 3 Block ... ... ,, 700 130 Blocks not specifically provided for .. ... 100 Total—lnvercargill ... ... 12,740 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926— £ Miscellaneous ... ... 500 i Gross Total ... ... ... — 124,536 Amount required for Current Year ... ... 22,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 500 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 72 ... 21,500 LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT .... £21,500

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Appropriations for Main Highways Account.—- Construction Fund.

CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, ETC., OF MAIN HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING SALARIES OR WAGES, ALSO COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE (WHICH IS SUBJECT TO REVISION AS COST OF LIVING RISES OR FALLS), HOLIDAY PAY, COMPENSATION AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES FOR ACCIDENTS TO EMPLOYEES, CHARGES FOR PLANT, ETC.

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— 1927-28. Vote No. 74.—Main Highways— £ *GROSS Total ... ... ... ... 715,000 CREDITS-in-AID ... ... ... ... 40,000 I NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 675,000 Item. £ £ MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT. VOTE No. 74. Main Highways— No. 1 Highivay District ( Auckland North) —- 1 Auckland-Wainui (via Birkenhead), (free, £150 ; £3 5,500 for £1, £2,350 ; £1 for £1, £3,000) 2 Auckland-Helensville (£3 for £1, £1,471; £1 for £1, 8,196 £6,725) 3 Kumeu Railway-station to Albauy Eoad (£1 for £1) 120 4 Helensville-Waiwera (£1 for £1) ... ... 123 5 Waiwera-Mangawai (free, £61; £1 for £1, £559) ... 620 6 Warkworth-Kaipara Elats Railway-station (£3 for £1) 690 7 Wavbv-Maungaturoto (£3 for £1, £1,023 ; £1 for £1, 1,467 £444) 8 Kaiwaka-Mangawai (£1 for £1) ... ... 727 9 Whangarei-Dargaville (free) .. ... ... 41 10 Whangai'ei - Kawakawa (free, £1,554; £4 for £1, 6,616 £2,587 ; £3 for £1, £1,875 ; £1 for £1, £600) 11 Mauugatapere-Kaikohe (free, £5,616; £5 for £1, 9,143 £3,527) | 12 Kawakawa-Mangamuka (free) ... .. : 8,498 13 Wairnamaku - Ohaeawai (free, £2,770; £1 for £1, 5,233 £2,463) 14 Kohukohn-Te Karae (£1 for £1) ... 2,141 15 Ivaikohe-Omapere (free) ... ... ... 500 16 Broadwood-Kaitaia (free, £135 ; £1 for £1, £1,391)... 1,526 17 Mangamuka-Te Karae (free) ... ... | 3,500 18 Whangaroa-Okaihau (free, £1,140; £4 for £1, £650; i 2,094 £1 for £1, £304) 19 Dargaville-Maungaturoto (free, £289; £3 for £1, 2,461 £2,122 ; £1 for £1, £50) 20 Dargaville-Te Kopuru (£1 for £1) ... ... 33 ! 59,229 No. 3 Highway District (Auckland South) — 21 Auckland-Helensville (£1 for £1) ... ... 190 22 ! Great South Road (free, £8,044 ; £1 for £1, 44,525 £36,481) 23 Pokeno-Waihi (free, £4,641; £1 for £1, £76) 4,717 24 Pokeno-Tauranga to Corouiandel (free, £22,074 ; £1 27,281 for £1, £5,207) *£2J0,00U to be transfer.od from "Public Works Fund" in terms of Section 10 (6) of the Main Highways Act, 1922.

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Appropriations for Main Highways Account. —-Construction Fund.

CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, ETC., OF MAIN HIGHWAYS —continued.

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Item ' 1927-28. MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT—continued. VOTE No. 74—continued. £ £ Main Highways—continued. No. 3 Highway District (Auckland South) —continued. 25 Paeroa-Kopu (£1 for £1) ... ... 781 26 Hamilton-Raglan (£1 for £1) ... ... 299 27 Mamilton-Paeroa (£1 for £1) ... ... 1,542 28 Hamilton-Eotorua (free, £5,700; £1 for £1, £1,350) 7,050 29 Waitoa-Taupo (£1 for £1) ... ... 7,565 30 Matamata-Tauranga (free, £4 ,000 ; £1 for £1, £1,000) 5,000 31 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... ... 100 99,050 No 3 Highway District (Tauranga)— 32 Tauranga-Matamata (£4 for £1) ... ... 4,250 33 Gisborne-Whakatane (via Motu), (free, £800; £2 15,090 for £1, £8,667 ; £1 10s. for £1, £4,573 ; £1 for £1, £1,050) 34 Whakatane-Rotorua (free, £8,559 ; £1 for £1, 477) 9,036 35 Whakatane-Tauranga (£1 for £1) ... ... 744 36 Te Ngae-Paengaroa (free) ... ... ... 11 37 Cambridge-Rotorua (free, £6,597, £3 for £1, £2,593; 10,215 £1 for £1, £1,025) 38 Rotorua-Napier (free) ... ... ... 707 39 Cambridge-Taupo (via Atiamuri), (free) ... ... 1,420 40 Tauranga-Waihi (£2 for £1, £488 ; £1 for £1, £1,033) 1,521 41 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... ... 100 43,094 No. 4 Highway District (Gisbome) — 42 Gisborne-Wairoa. (via Morere), (free, £364; £1 for 4,531 £1, £4,167) 43 Gisborne-Opotiki (via the Coast), (free, £1,759; £3 18,177 for £1, £3,546; £2 for £1, £7,568; £1 for £1, £5,304) 44 Gisborne-Opotiki (via Motu), (free. £170; £3 for £1, 7,090 £5,953 ; £2 for £1, £467 ; £1 for £1, £500) 45 Gisborne-Wairoa (via Hangaroa), (£2 for £1) ... 12,660 46 Tolaga Bay Wharf Highway (£1 for £1) ... 365 47 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... ... 250 43,073 No. 5 Highivay District (Haivke s Day) — 48 Napier-Gisborne (via Wairoa), (free, £1,000; £1 for 2,568 £1, £1,568) 49 Woodville-Palmerston North (free) ... ... 275 50 Dannevirke-Waipukurau (via Porangahau), (£1 for 3,599 £1) 51 Farndon-Hastings (£1 for £1) ... ... 1,644 52 Napier-Wellington (via Wairarapa), (free, £11,025; 18,912 £1 for £1, £7,887) 53 Otane-Elsthorpe (£1 for £1) ... ... 427 54 Wairoa-Gisborne (via Hangaroa), (£1 for £1) ... 2,521 55 Petane-Taupo (£1 for £1) ... ... ... 250 56 Napier-Tuki Tuki River (via Omahu), (£1 for £1) ... 425 57 Taradale-Rissington (£1 for £1) ... ... 500 58 Waipawa-Tikokino (£1 for £1) ... ... 355 59 Waipawa-Ongaonga (£1 for £1) ... ... 90 60 Norsewood-Whetukuru (£1 for £1) ... ... 167 61 Hastings-Maraekakaho (£1 for £1), (on account) ... 200 31,933 I "

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Appropriations for Main Highways Account.— Construction Fund.

CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, ETC., OF MAIN HIGHWAYS —continued.

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MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT—continued. 1927-28. VOTE No. 74 —continued. £ £ Main Highways—continued. No. 6 Highway District (King Country)— 62 Te Kuiti-Bull's (via Taumarunui), (free, £17,627* ; 18,020 £4 for £1, £100; £1 for £1, £293) 63 Auckland-Wellington (via Taranaki), (£3 for £1) ... 3,000 64 Kawhia to Auckland-Wellington Highway (via 3,670 Kawa), (free, £250; £4 for £1, £2,600 ; £2 for £1, £820) 65 Caves to Lemon Point (£2 for £1) ... ... 1,138 66 Eaurimu-Wade's Landing (£3 for £1, £2,476; £1 for 2,976 £1, £500) 67 Piopio to Tatu (via Aria), (£1 10s. for £1) ... ... 1,101 68 | Stratford - Taumarunui (free, £5,109+ ; £2 for £1, 9,321 £3,873 ; £1 10s. for £1, £339) 69 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... ... 150 39,376 No. 7 Highway District (Taranaki) — — 70 Auckland-Wellington (via Taranaki), (free, £13,691 {; 20,197 £1 for £1, £6,506) 71 Lepperton Junction-Hawera (via Opunake), (£1 for 11,323 £1) 72 New Plymouth-Kaimata (via Inglewood), (£1 for £1) 983 73 Ohura Eoad (free) ... .. ... 3,500 74 Eltham-Opunake (£1 for £1) ... ... 6,275 75 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... ... 50 42,328 No. 8 Highway District (Wanganui)— — 76 Auckland - Wellington (via Taranaki), (£2 for £1, 9,059 £2,233 ; £1 for £1, £6,826) 77 Bull's-Taumarunui (free, £400 ; £3 for £1, £1,466; 3,475 £1 for £1, £1,609) 78 Raetihi-Ohakune (£1 for £1) ... ... 361 79 Ball Eoad (£1 for £1) ... ... ... 794 80 Rangitatau East and Watershed Eoads (£1 for £1) 725 81 Wanganui-Horopito (free, £4,049; £1 for £1, £1,277) 5,326 82 Eordell-Mangamahu (£1 for £1) ... ... 90 83 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... ... 50 19,880 No. 9 Highway District (Wellington West) — 84 Wellington-Auckland (via Taranaki), (free, £24,929§ ; 50,776 £1 for £1, £25,847) 85 Wellington-Napier (via Wairarapa), (free, £11,700; 27,755 £1 for £1, £16,055) 86 Himitangi-Ashhurst (via Palmerston North), (£1 for 1,220 £1) 87 Levin-Palmerston North (via Shannon), (£1 for £1) 8,000 88 Greatford-Woodville (via Feilding and Ashhurst), 3,953 (£1 for £1) 89 Foxton-Shannon (free) ... ... ... ||23,822 90 Mangaweka-Awahuri (via Kimbolton), (£1 for £1) ... 24 91 Ashhurst-Pohangina (£1 for £1) ... ... 30 92 : Kimbolton-Apiti (£1 for £1) ... ... 16 93 Peilding-Stanway (£1 for £1) ... ... 47 94 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... ... 300 113,943 *£1,000 to be provided by Ohura County Council. t£2,100 h as been paid to Public Account by the local authorities. { Local authorities and Railway Department contributing. § £6,000 has been paid to Public Account by Makara County Council. || £10,274 recoverable from local authorities.

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Appropriations for Main Highways Account. — Construction Fund

CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, ETC., OF MAIN HIGHWAYS —continued.

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Item. 1927-28. MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT —continued, I VOTE No. 74 —continued. ! £ 1 £ j Main Highways—continued. No. 10 Highway District (Wellington East) — 95 Wellington-Napier (via Wairarapa), (free, £6,516 : 16,020 £1 for £1, £9,504) 96 ! Featherston-Martinborough (£1 for £1)... ... 6,530 ! 97 Carterton-Longbush (£1 for £1) ... ... 500 98 ! Masterton-Weber Junction to Tinui (£1 for £1) ... j 2,888 99 > Carterton-Longbush Junction to Gladstone (£1 for £1) 1,068 100 | Masterton-Weber (via Alfredton), (free, £700; £1 j 1,072 for £1, £372) 101 Pahiatua-Pahiatua Railway-station (£1 for £1) ... 245 102 Pahiatua-Pongaroa (£1 for £1) ... ... 5,533 103 Masterton-Martinborough (via Gladstone), (£1 for £1) 865 104 | Marfcinborough-Otaria (£1 for £1) ... .... 585 105 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... ... 300 35,606 No. 11 Highway District (Nelson) — 106 j Nelson-Westport (free, £4,031; £1 for £1, £1,500)... 5,531 107 Richmond-Collingwood (£3 for £1, £5,000; £1 for 6,818 £1, £1,818) 108 Collingwood-Pakawau (£1 for £1) ... ... 90 109 Nelson-Blenheim (free, £500: £3 for £1, £1,500; £2 3,150 for £1, £400 ; £1 for £1, £750) 110 Blenheim-Picton (£1 for £1) ... ... 250 111 Blenheim-Christchurch (free) ... ... I 250 16,089 No. 12 Highway District (West Coast)— 112 Westport-Karamea (free) ... ... ... 430 113 Westport-Nelson (free) ... ... ... 4,263 114 Inangahua Junction-Waiho (free) ... ... 9,074 115 Kumara-Arthur's Pass (free) ... ... 503 14,270 No. IS Highway District ( Canterbury North) — 116 Christchurch - Blenheim (via Parnassus), (free, ! 9,248 £3,096; £1 for £1, £6,152) 117 Waipara-Kaikoura (via Culverden), (free, £3,713*; £1 5,418 for £1, £1,705) 118 Red Post Junction-Hanmer (£1 for £1)... ... i 355 119 Waikari-Motunau (£1 for £1) ... ... 625 120 Engineering surveys (free) ... .. ... 180 15,826 No. 14 Highway District ( Canterbury Central) —■ 121 Christchurch-Blenheim (via Parnassus), (£1 for £1) 7,050 122 Christchurch-Dunedin (£4 for £1, £15,000; £3 for 26,412 £1, £10,652 ; £1 for £1, £760) 123 Sockburn-Southbridge (£1 for £1) ... ... 260 124 Christchurch-Akaroa (£1 for £1) ... ... 1,977 125 Christchurch-Lyttelton (via Sumner), (£1 for £1) 1 410 126 Rangiora-Oxford (via Loburn), (£1 for £1) ... 600 * £700 paid to Public Account by the Waipara County Council, and £1,000 recoverable from the Railway Department.

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Appropriations for Main Highways Account. —-Construction Fund.

CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, ETC., OF MAIN HIGHWAYS —continued.

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Item. i 1927-28. MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT—continued. VOTE No-. 74 —continued. i £ £ Main Highways—continued. No. 14 Highway District (Canterbury Central) —contd. 127 Christchurch-Blenheim to Bennett's (via Swannanoa 1 ), 900 \ (£1 for £1) 128 Darfield-Rakaia (via Glentunnel), (£1 for £1) ... 500 129 Upper Riccarton-Arthur's Pass (free, £481; £1 for 1,081 £1, £600) 130 Motukarara-Teddington, via Lyttelton (£1 for £1) ... , 50 131 Christehurch-Governor's Bay (via Dyer's Pass), (£1 | 250 for £1) 39,490 No. 15 Highivay District ( Canterbury South) — 132 Christchurch-Dutiedin (free, £750; £2 for £1, £500; i 6,761 £1 for £1, £5,511) 133 Ashburton-Methven (£1 for £1) ... ... 205 134 Sheffield-Arundel (via Upper Rakaia Gorge Bridge), 785 (£1 for £1) 135 Geraldine-Fairlie (via Cattle Valley), (£1 for £1) ... 50 136 Timaru-Hermitage (via Washdyke), (£1 for £1) ... 1,090 137 Pukeuri-Kurow (£1 for £1) ... ... ... 2,375 138 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... 50 j 11,316 No. 16 Highivay District ( Otago Central) — 139 Dunedin-Christchurch (free) ... ... *6,928 140 Cromwell-Hawea Plat (£2 for £], £1,500 ; £1 for £1, 1,676 £176) 141 Palmerston-Queenstown (via Beck's), (free, £200; 1,190 £1 for £1, £990) 142 Clarksville-Springvale (£1 for £1) ... ... 90 143 Alexandra-Clyde (£2 for £1) ... ... 334 144 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... ... 300 10,518 No. 17 Highway District (Otago South) — 145 Clarkesville-Clyde (free, £13 ; £1 for £1, £916) ... 929 146 Dunedin-Invercargill (free, £503; £1 for £1, £4,250) 4,753 147 Dunedin-Portobello (upper), (free) ... ... 4,000 148 Balclutha-Tuapeka Mouth (free) ... ... 26,000 149 Mosgiel Junction-Middlemarch (£1 for £1) ... 600 150 Rae's Junction-Edievale (£1 for £1) ... ... 300 151 McNab-Edievale (£1 for £1) ... ... 1,186 152 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... ... 500 38,268 No. 18 Highway District (Southland) — 153 Invercargill-Bluff'(£1 for £1) ... ... 162 154 Invercargill-Dunedin (£1 for £1) ... ... 3,553 155 Invercargill-Riverton (£1 for £1) ... ... 6,468 156 Winton-Ohai (£1 for £1) ... ... ... 4,582 157 Winton-Gore (£1 for £1) ... ... ... 433 158 Gore-Te Anau (free, £1,550 ; £1 for £1, £936) ... 2,486 * Waikouaiti County Council and Railway Department to contribute.

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Appropriations for Main Highways Account. —Construction Fund.

CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, ETC., OF MAIN HIGHWAYS —continued.

100

Item - 1927-28. MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT—continued. VOTE No. 74 —continued. £ £ Main Highways—continued. No. 18 Highbury District (Southland) —continued. 159 Riversdale-Waikaia (£1 for £1) ... ... 226 160 McNab-Edievale (£1 for £1) ... ... 50 161 Kennington-Waikawa (£3 for £1, £6,370; £1 for £1, 6,420 £50) 162 Lorne-Castlerook (£1 for £1) ... ... 650 163 Argyle-Tuatapere (£1 for £1) ... ... 175 164 Inveroargill-Fortrose (£1 for £1) ... ... 3,710 28,915 General — 165 Administration charges on construction account ... 30,000 166 Compensation for accidents to workmen ... 1,500 31,500 Gross Total ... ... ... 733,704 Amount required for Current Year ... ... 715,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 1 40,000 NET TOTAL—VOTE No. 74 ... j 675,000 TOTAL .... ... .... £675,000

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Appropriations for Railways Improvement Authorization Account.

RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENT AUTHORIZATION ACT 1914 ACCOUNT. RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENT.

101

1 1927-28. Railways Improvement — £ Gross Total ... ... ... ... 2,150,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 100,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 2,050,000 £ £ RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENT AUTHORIZATION ACT 1914 ACCOUNT. Railways Improvement— Improvements as authorized in Schedule to Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914, and as authorized in Finance Act, 1924 (on account) ... 2,150,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 ... £100,000 GROSS Total * ... ... ... 2,150,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 100.000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... 2,050,000 RAILWAYS IMPROVEMENT AUTHORIZATION] Oo n __ Ann ACT 1914 ACCOUNT j

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Appropriations for the Education Loans Account.

THE EDUCATION LOANS ACCOUNT.

Approximate Cost of Paper.—-Preparation, not given; printing (620 copies), £165.

By Authority : W. A. G. Skinner, Government Printer, Wellington.—l 927.

Price 2s.~\

102

1927-28. Buildings for Educational Purposes— £ Gboss Total ... ... ... ... 361,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... 6,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 355,000 Item. £ £ THE EDUCATION LOANS ACCOUNT. Buildings fob Educational Purposes— 1 Public Schools ... ... ... 180,900 2 Training Colleges ... ... ... 10,000 3 Technical Schools ... ... ... 50,000 4 Secondary Schools ... ... ... 80,000 5 Universities ... ... ... 10,000 6 Native Schools ... ... ... 8,000 7 Schools for Feeble-minded ... ... ... 10,000 8 Institutions under the Child Welfare Act ... 1,000 9 Kindergarten Schools ... ... ... 100 10 North Island Agricultural College ... ... 35,000 11 Stock, &c., for North Island Agricultural College ... 5,000 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Eevenues Act, 1926 ... £6,000 GBOSS Total ... ... ... 390,000 Amount required for Cubeent Year ... 361,000 Credits-in-aid ... ... ... ... 6,000 NET TOTAL ... ... 355,000 THE EDUCATION LOANS ACCOUNT .... £355,000