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TABLES. Page No. 1. —Total Expenditure:—Summary showing the Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Works and other services out of the Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1899 .. .. .. 2 No. 2.—Yearly Expenditure out of the Pcjbwc Works Fdnd, 1880-81 to 1898-99 .. .. .. 8 No. 3.— Railways : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Railways, including Valuation of Provincial Lines, to 31st March, 1899 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 No. 4. —Roads:—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Roads to 31st March, 1899 .. .. 5 Nos. 5 and sa. of Goldfields : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Development of Goldfields to 31st March, 1899 .. .. .. .. .. ... 76 No. 6.—Telbgbaphs:—Statement showing Expenditure on Telegraphs to 31st March, 1899 .. .. 78 No. 7. —Public Buildings : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Buildings to 31st March, 1899 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 79 No. 8.— Lighthouses and Harboub-works : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Lighthouses and Harbour-works and Harbour Defences to 31st March, 1899 .. .. ... * 80

APPENDICES. Appendix A.—Expenditure for the Year :—Audited Statement of Expenditure out of the Public Works Fund for the Year 1898-99 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . 81 B.—Total Liabilities : —Statement of all Liabilities of the Public Works Department outstanding on 31st March, 1899 .. .. ~ .. .. .. ~ 83 0. —Railways and Public Bcjildings Contracts:—Schedule of Contracts current on Ist April, 1898, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department duringthe Year ended 31st March, 1899 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 84 „ D.—Sleepeb Contracts: —Schedule of Sleeper Contracts and Deliveries on Ist April, 1898, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year* ended 31st March, 1899 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 88 E.—Annual Report on Public Works, by the Engineer-in-Chief .. .. .. .. 92 Enclosures with Appendix E. 1. Table of Lengths of Government Railways authorised, constructed, and surveyed up to 31st March, 1899. 2. Diagrams showing miles of Government Railways opened in the North and Middle Islands, year by year since 1872. 3. Maps of the North and Middle Islands, showing Railways opened and in progress. F. —North Island Main Trunk Railway :—Report on the proposed Ngaire, Waitara, and Awakino Routes, by Mr. R. W. Holmes, M.lnst.C.E. .. •.. .. .. ~. 105 Enclosures with Appendix F. 1. Remarks on Central Route. 2. Report by Mr. A. C. Koch on part of Awakino Route—Mahoenui to Mokau Railway-station. 3. Map of Taranaki Province, shoeing proposed Routes. 4. Longitudinal Sections of proposed R uces. 5. Plan and Sections, part of A>vakino R U'e, by Mr. A. 0. Koch. , G.—North Island Main Trunk Railway:— the Character of the Lands affected vii Central Route, by Mr. H. J. Lowe .. .. .. .. .. .. .. us Enclosure with Appendix O. 1. Map showing Land-tenure. ■ H.—North Island Main Trunk Railway :—Report on the Charaoter of the Lands afleoted via Ngaire, Waiiara, and Awakino Routes, by Mr. H. M. Skeet .. .. .. .. 120 Enclosure with Appendix H. i ■ 1. Map showing Land-tenures. , - , I, —GiSBORNE-RoTORUA and (ilsborne-Opotiki Railways : —Report on Reoonnaisance Surveys, by Mr. James Stewart, M.ltist C.E., and C ■rre-iponrience relative thereto .. .. 124 Enclosures with Appendix I. "; 1. Map showing proposed Routes. .' ■ 2. Longitudinal Sections. i h : j.—Wellington-Napier Railway :—Report on Alternative Routes for Rimutaka Deviation, by Mr. P. S. Hay, M.A., M.fn-t.C.K. .. .. .. .. .. .. 131 ■ "-.". Enclosures with Appendix J. ! 1. Summary of Lfarling Featur s of Alternative Routes between Upper Hutt and Woodside Stations. 2. Correspondence : Mr. P. S. H-iy with the Working Railways Department. 3. Map sho-vii g Surveys and Ex lorations for Rimutaka Deviation. 4. Longi udinai S ctions. K. Wellington-Napier Railway:—R port on Proposed Route for Rimutaka Deviation vid Wainui-o-niHtii, by Mr. R. W. Holmes, M.lnst.U.E. .. .. .. .. .. 137 I—D. 1.

PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, 1899.