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RETURN SHOWING THE EXPENDITURE, UP TO 30TH JUNE, 1872, OUT OF THE £400,000 TO BE EXPENDED ON ROADS IN THE NORTH ISLAND.

£ s. d. a. d. & s. d. 1870-71— Manawatu 5,875 2 2 Wanganui 558 9 3 Patea 4,724 9 10 Taranaki 2,213 12 4 Napier 9,405 9 3 Opotiki 1,052 7 3 Tauranga 2,220 1 5 Poverty Bay ... 5 0 0 Taupo 1,167 11 5 Waikato ... 331 6 0 Borty-Mile Busli 28 12 1 Raglan 9 11 0 27,591 12 0 Eepayment to Consolidated Fund of amount expended therefrom 24,754 4 2 1871-72— 52,345 16 2 Kaipara and North of Auckland... 765 7 3 Waikato 2,780 8 10 Taupo 9,100 10 7 Bay of Plenty 10,887 9 3 Poverty Bay ... ... 1,993 8 6 Seventy-Mile Bush 7,463 5 3 Manawatu „ Tramways ... Kaihiki to Patea XJrenui to Muni '< ..'. Patea to Wanganui 11,916 15 8 8,374 14 8 7,816 13 5 82 14 0 8,213 5 3 121,868 2 9 Wanganui to Taupo 127 13 11 69,522 6 7 Total Roads in North Island ...