RETURN OF ROAD DISTRICTS IN NEW ZEALAND ON 31st DECEMBER, 1868— continued. PROVINCE OF NELSON.

D.—No. 19.

Name op District. Act or Ordinance under which Constituted. Approximate Area in Acres liable por Bates. Annual Value op Bateable Property in District. Amount op Bate per Pound op Annual Value or Bate pee Ache levied dueing Yeae 186S. BETENU] Total Amount Total Receipts received from from Government. other Sources. dueing Year 1868. Upon Upon Main Roads. District Roads. EXPENDIT' rRE during 'ear 1868. Total Amount of Rates Levied. Total Amount of Tolls Collected. Total Revenue from all Sources. Upon Bridges and other Works. Upon Salaries and other Expenses of Management. Total Expenditure. 2ity of Nelson ... Nelson Improvement Act, 1856, and Nelson Improvement Amendment Acts, 1857 and 1862 An Act to provide for the making and maintaining of Boads and other Public Works in the Province of Nelson Country Boads Act, 1856, and Country Boads Amendment Act, 1858 Ditto Country Boads Amendment Act, 1856 Country Eoads Act, 1856, and Country Boads Amendment Act, 1858 Ditto Country Eoads Amendment Act, 1858 Country Boads Act, 1853 1,600 £ s. d. 636,725 0 0 £ s. d. 0 0 1 £ s. a. 2,653 0 5 £ s. a. 2,471 14 9 £ s. a. 1,047 18 0 £ s. d. 310 16 8 £ s. d. 3,830 9 5 £ s. d. 848 8 0 £ s. d. 1,982 1 5 £ s. d 600 0 0 £ s. d. 400 0 0 £ s. d. 3,830 9 5 Suburban North 8,500 39,385 0 0 0 0 1 164 2 1 nil. 153 9 10 317 11 11 317 11 11 317 11 11 Vaimea 84,136 179,156 0 0 0 0 Of «663 13 6 562 13 4 600 0 0 160 10 3 1,986 17 1 1,763 2 3 70 3 11 183 13 2 352 1 11 2,369 1 3 \i outere ilotueka (c) 21,500 (J) 25,073 0 0 39,000 0 0 *0 0 1 ! 0 0 1 tl04 9 5 175 13 10 130 0 0 350 0 0 200 0 0 16 4 11 430 10 0 446 4 11 250 11 3 55 14 li 53 6 11 81 2 9 + 35 3 0 6 8 10 23 9 6 310 7 0 195 9 4JJiwaka ,,, 8,079 34,745 12 6 0 0 0| 72 14 2 100 0 0 28 15 0 201 9 2 101 6 6 3 10 0 56 1 0 7 10 0 168 7 6 Panga Totara (d) Cakaka (e) *26,989 0 0 to 0 li 0 0 1 168 13 8 none 140 0 0 *823 16 6 308 13 8 1,034 14 li 242 6 1 20 0 0 242 6 1 901 16 11 Jpper Motucka Valley (/) 39,000 43,040 0 0 0 0 Of 134 10 0 (a.) The rates receiv< (6.) It is impossible penny in the pound of th of last year and leaves ag£ (c.) Contracts to the id include some rates specially levied for by-roads. to give the annual value : the sum set down gives the value to » e value to sell, t The amount of rate actually received is £80 10s tin arrears for next year. J The bridges are included in the main : amount of £100 are now on hand, besides other liabilities. (d.) 1 ell. '" The rate is levied at one the half-ye i., which includes partly arrears (e). I roads. expended 1 (/■) t vote could rhe year begins 1st July. Th ■ar to 31st December. * This ?hese returns are for the Boad by Board on bridle tracks and £200 were voted for the distrii be paid over to the Board. le assessment for the year is f is is the estimated value to se 1 Board year ending 6th Ji 1 new roads, £598 16s. 6d. ict by the Provincial Council p-iven, as also the amount rec< ;11. t This is the rate per po uly, 1868. * Vote for Board eived from Government for mnd on the first column. I, £225 ; Government votes , but no rate having been li evied in 1S68, none of said COUNTY op westla: ND. Arahura (a) ' ... Okarita Grey Boad District, now Parou (S) Kanieri District Totara Boad Board (c) ... County of Westland Act, 1867 County of Westland Act, 1868 ... County of Westland Act, 1867 ... * unknown unknown £ s. d. 6,719 15 0 not rated £ s. d. nii. nil. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. 2,258 13 7 690 2 2 2,236 11 4 £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,258 13 7 690 2 2 2,495 16 6 £ s. d. 156 0 0 £ s. d. 1,225 14 6 £ s. d. 479 10 6 245 17 8i 2,674 14 3 £ s. d. 245 5 3 59 2 9 528 3 3 £ s. d. 1,950 10 3 461 0 Oi 4,316 1 6 259 5 2 1,113 4 0 County of Westland Act, 1863 ... 1,666 9 10 1,546 4 5 137 15 0 1,666 9 10 1,683 19 5 551 3 0 667 3 4 10 0 305 18 9 105 15 10 148 1 11 657 18 10 1,131 4 0* (a.) A rate of twelvi about two hundred acres pence in the pound has been struck, lave been sold but not yet improved. but is not yet collected. * No land has as yet been rated : I (i.) («.) rreymouth Pri o assessment jtective Works, has been made , including Election expenses, or rate struck in this district t. s Balance in Bank, £55 15s. 5d.