PAYMENTS TO PEOVINCES ACT, 1871.

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No. 13. His Honor W. Fitzherbert to the Hon. W. Gisborne. Sir, — Superintendent's Office, Wellington, 4th January, 1872. Herewith I forward you the classification of road districts in this Province, as required by 13th section of "Payments to Provinces Act, 1871." I trust that the General Government will authorize me to pay over to each Board the moiety of the amount allotted under such classification, as was done last year to the satisfaction of all the Boards. "The District Highways Act, 1871," comes into operation on the Ist July next, which will very much simplify the distribution in this Province of any moneys voted by the Assembly for Road Boards in future years. This arrangement is, in my opinion, the nearest compliance with the Act that it is in my power to propose. I have, &c., William Fitzherbert, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. Superintendent.

VI.-NELSON. No. 14. His Honor 0. Curtis to the Hon. W. Gisboene. Sir, — Superintendent's Office, Nelson, 20th January, 1872. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 4th December last, forwarding a copy of " The Payments to Provinces Act, 1871," and informing me that the Government had decided to pay, for the two quarters ending 30th September and 31st December, 1871, at the rate of one-half the amount allotted to each Province out of the total sum of £100,000, reserving the other half until the Minister for Public Works and myself should have decided, in conformity with the provisions of the 28th section of the Act, what portion of the reserved half is to be devoted to permanent public works within the Province, authorized by an Act of the Superintendent and Provincial Council. You proceed to direct my special attention to the 19th section of the Act, which renders it imperative that I should hold in reserve one-tenth of the sum allotted to the Province for Road Boards not yet in existence, but which may be established before the Ist July next, as well as to the reservation of three-elevenths, directed by section 29, to be made for Road Boards to be hereafter established in the Nelson South-west Gold Fields. 3

Amounts allotted to Road Boards for Year i Provinces snding 30th June, 1872, under "Payments to Act, 1871. Foxton Lower Eangitikei Upper Rangitikei Kakauraponga North Makirikiri South Makirikiri Turakina Valley Matarawa Kaitoke Tunahaere Matuongaonga Brunswick Masterton Taratahi Carterton .. Greytown Featherston Lower Valley Moroa Whareama.. £ s. d. 47 15 3 88 19 6 340 17 6 73 19 9 37 9 4 35 11 11 44 19 3 249 2 0 11 4 10 82 8 4 25 5 10 40 5 7 111 8 0 481 7 5 108 12 9 515 1 0 134 17 2 79 16 0 79 16 2 117 1 2 Brought forward Mungaroa Stokes Valley Upper Waiwetu Middle Waiwetu Lower Waiwetu Belmont Western Hutt Upper Wainuiomata. . Lower Wainuiomata.. East Harbour Takapu Kaiwarra Rhodes Highway Karori Makara Ohario Pahautauui Horokiwi Hutt District No. 6 .. £ s. d. .. 2,705 18 9 294 1 0 68 7 5 8 8 6 13 2 4 31 17 0 118 0 0 146 1 10 206 19 0 86 4 0 39 6 10 45 17 8 42 3 0 164 16 6 274 8 0 166 II 0 107 14 0 152 13 0 10 6 0 Carried forward .. .£2,705 18 9 Total .. £4,682 18 10