PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

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No. 8. IMMIGRATION. BETUEN showing Expenditure and Liabilities to 30th June, 1872.

Expej. hture. Liabilities Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Provinces. Total Expenditure. on Contracts, &c. # 1870-71. 1871-72. Auckland Hawke's Bay, including Refund ... Wellington Marlborough Canterbury, including Refund Otago, including Refund... General —Agent-General, &c. ,, Nominated and Assisted Passages £ s. d. 2,739 10 5 £ s. d. 415 6 9 1,693 1 9 4,906 0 10 4 11 8 17,257 17 6 14,217 9 7 5,363 4 7 £ s. d. 415 6 9 1,693 1 9 7,645 11 3 4 11 8 17,317 2 6 14,217 9 7 5,363 4 7 £ s. d. 805 0 0 4,067"lO 0 £ s. d. 1,220 6 9 1,693 1 9 11,713 1 3 4 11 8 21,643 5 5 23,355 4 8 6,085 14 7 59" 5 0 4,326 2 11 9,137 15 1 722 10 0 65,000 0 0 65,000 0 0 Totals 2,798 15 5 43,857 12 8 46,656 8 1 84,058 18 0 130,715 6 1 * The "Expenditure" includes amounts paid by Agent-General to date of his last Account (31st March, 1872), am Amounts paid in Colony to 30th June, 1872. The " Liabilities " include Contracts in the Colony and an estimated sun if £65,722 10s., to cover probable cost of Immigration during the year ending 31st December, 1872. No. 9. TELEGRAPH. EtETUEN showing the Amount Expended for Telegeaph Pueposes out of Public Works Loai up to 30th June, 1872. ;etu: No. OF Miles of Poles. No. OF Miles of Wire. Locality. Amount. 24 54 4 24 54 94 Riverton to Invercargill Palmerston to Naseby ... 3rd Wire, Dunedin to Oamaru, including 4 miles beach line to Kakanui Purchase Quecnstown Line Reconstruction Queenstown Line Akaroa Line ... Waiau Line ... Patea to Opunake New Plymouth to Stoney River ... Tauranga to G-rahamstown 2nd Wire, Napier to Tauranga ... 3rd Wire, Auckland to Mercer ... Nelson to Motueka Christchurch to Hokitika, Reconstruction... Coromandel Line Reefton Line Westport, Reconstruction Invercargill to Balclutha, Reconstruction (66 miles finished) ... 2nd and 3rd Line, Hokitika to Greymouth £ s. d. 906 6 4 1,437 16 9 1,522 4 8 4,432 1 4 2,247 3 10 2,409 16 7 2,475 18 11 140 50 37 50 22 73 140 50 43 50 22 146 210 40 32 146 27 26 50 66 40 7,383 19 4 32 146 27 26 50 66 9,887 14 0 4,313 16 11 617 19 2 1,580 0 0 3,202 2 9 3,054 12 9 3,318 2 7 1,577 2 7 1,246 17 5 694 9 5 801 1,260 New Stations ; also sundry material unexpended, lying in stock 52,308 5 4 5,989 3 5 801 1,260 58,297 8 9