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PUBLIC WOBKS STATEMENT, 1898.

INDEX. TABLES, Page No. I.—Total Expenditure : —Summary showing the Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Works and other services out of the Public Works Eund to 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. 2 No. 2. —Yearly Expenditure out of the Public Woeks Fund, up to 1897-98 .. .. .. 3 No. 3. —Bailways :—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Bailways, including Valuation of Provincial Lines, to 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 No. 4.—Eoads :—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Eoads to 31st March, 1898 .. .. 5 Nos. 5 and sa.—Development of Goldfields : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Development of Goldfields to 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. .. .. .. 62 No. 6.—Telegraphs:—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Telegraphs to 31st March, 1898 64 No. 7.—Public Buildings : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Buildings to 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 65 No. 8. —Lighthouses and Habbour-wobks : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Lighthouses and Harbour-works and Harbour Defences to 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. 66

APPENDICES. Appendix A.—Expenditube for the Yeab : —Audited Statement of Expenditure out of the Public Works Fund for the Year 1897-98 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 67 , B.—Total Liabilities : —Statement of all Liabilities of the Public Works Department outstanding on 31st March, 1898 .. .. ~ .. .. .. .. 69 „ C. —Bailways and Public Buildings Contbacts : —Schedule of Contracts current on Ist April, 1897, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 70 , D. —-Sleeper Conteacts : —Schedule of Sleeper Contracts and Deliveries on Ist April, 1897, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1898 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74 „ E.—Annual Eeport on Public Works, by the Engineer-in-Chief .. .. .. .. 77 F.—Annual Eeport of the Chief Inspector of Machinery .. .. .. .. 91 Enclosures with Appendix E. 1. Table of Lengths of Government Bailways authorised, constructed, and surveyed up to 31st March, 1898. 2. Diagrams showing miles of Government Eailways opened in the North and Middle Islands, year by year since 1872. 3. Maps of the North and Middle Islands, showing Eailways opened and in progress.

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