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ROADS CONSTRUCTED BY DIRECT GRANTS. The following statement will show the expenditure and liabilities on authorities issued on roads from direct grants to the several local bodies during the year ending the 31st March, 1899: —

PROSPECTING FOR GOLD. The following statement will show the expenditure and liabilities on authorities issued in subsidies to prospecting associations and parties of miners recommended by the local bodies in the different counties for the year ending the 31st March last: —

Name of Local Body. expenditure for thi Year ending 31st March, 1899. le Liabilities on Authorities on 31st Maroh, 1899. £ s. d. 200 0 0 £ s. d. Te Aroha Borough Te Puke Boad Board Matamata Boad Board Bay of Islands County Whangarei County Tauranga County ... Coromandel County Thames County ... Ohinemuri County Piako County Pelorus Boad Board Collingwood County Wairau Boad Board Waimea County ... Buller County Inangahua County Grey County Westland County ... Boss Borough Council Wallace County Taieri County Lake County Southland County Tuapeka County ... Vincent County ... Land and Survey Department Public Works Department ... 180 0 0 696 17 5 2,650 0 0 3,410 12 9 3,374 18 2 97 3 6 1,273 6 0 149 4 7 250 0 0 4,300 0 0 2,490 17 6 5,139 15 6 1,388 7 8 160 1 3 250 0 0 500 0 0 750 0 0 120 0 0 1,050 0 0 4,300 0 0 2,695 15 3 2,341 4 0 450 0 0 461 11 3 2,371 14 0 1,100 0 0 600 0 0 3,650 0 0 2,060 16 6 2,742 4 6 1,417 2 4 100 0 0 250 0 0 2,595 12 0 350 0 0 8,610 10 10 3,566 1 10 3,344 0 0 200 0 0 1,275 0 0 1,050 0 0 9,476 10 11 963 10 3 Totals ... 42,383 9 0 42,019 9 0

Name of County. Expenditure for Year ending 31st March, 1899. Liabilities on Authoritiei on 31st March, 1899. Bay of Islands County Manukau County Coromandel County ... Tauranga County Buller County Grey County Inangahua County ... Westland County Selwyn County Tuapeka County Southland County ... £ s. 83 7 10 10 101 10 6 0 d. 3 0 0 0 £ s. 48 10 100 0 90 0 200 2 d. 0 0 0 0 120 5 114 9 1,550 15 13 10 106 19 36 7 6 9 7 0 0 0 578 14 1 86 "7 0 Totals 2,143 14 1 1,103 13 1