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Table showing the Liabilities at the End of March, 1885, on each Class of Work, the Total Amount proposed to be voted, and the Balances left available for further Undertakings during 1885-86.

ttem No. Class of Work or Service. Liabilities at End of March, 1835. Amount proposed to be voted. Amount which would thus be available for further Undertakings this year. £ £ £ 1 Immigration 8,000 30,373 22,373 2 General Departmental Expenses, including Cost of defending Messrs. Brogden's Claims, and Expenses of Railway Commissions 779 28,931 28,152 Railways— 3 Railways in course of Construction 231,444 904,300 672,856 4 Additions to Open Railways 83,563 172,100 88,537 5 Permanent-way, Sleepers, and Rolling-stock 181,586 268,000 86,414 6 Surveys for New Lines of Railway 932 3,000 2,068 Total Railways 497,525 1,347,400 849,875 Roads— 7 Roads North of Auckland 66,301 69,229 2,928 8 Main Roads 15,209 45,100 29,891 9 Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges 29,420 83,974 54,554 10 Grants-in-aid under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act 166,329 268,329 102,000 11 Roads to open up Crown Lands 70,072 70,072* * 12 Roads on Goldfiolds 33,122 50,000f 16,878t Total Roads 380,453 586,704 200,251 13 Waterworks on Goldfields 7,309 30,200 22,831 14 Public Buildings 10,424 150,518 146,094 15 Lighthouses and Harbour Works, including Harbour Defences 119,220 266,010 140,790 16 Telegraph Extension 6,000 25,900 19,900 17 Purchase of Native Lands, North Island 173,200} 70,000 18 Charges and Expenses raising Loans 60,000 60,000 Grand Totals 1,202,970 2,602,030 1,502,206 * A further authority of £80,000 is asked for this service, but it has not been considered m ited, as it will not be spent. \ A further amount of £17,709 is asked for in this case also, but is not required to be votec [ Of this amount only about £70,000 will be required to meet payments falling due tl ,200 to be met in succeeding years. ;cessary to ask for it to 18 V( this year, is year, leaving about S103: