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Development of Goldfields.—Table No. 5a. Statement showing Assistance towards Prospecting, and Miscellaneous Services, out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1908, and the Liabilities on that Date.

TABLE No. 6. Statement showing the Expenditure on Telegraphs out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1908, and the Liabilities on that Date.

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Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1907. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March. 1908. Total Net Expenditure to 31st March, 1908. Liabilities on 31st March, 1908. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. A ssistance towards prospecting* Purchase of diamond-drills Prospecting deep levels, Thames, — Queen of Beauty shaft subsidy .. Inspector's fee Cost and expenses, purchase, plant, &c. Lowering water, Queen of Beauty shaft Deepening and unwatering Queen of Beauty shaft Purchase of Cassrell's and Bennett's leaseholds, Paeroa Compensation Proclamation of Rivers Water Conservation — Reports on Coromandel Harbour and Kuaotunu Sludge-channel Engineer's salary and expenses .. Reports on Ross Flat Eweburn Reservoir Home Gully Dam Compensation, Owen Roberts Telephone-line, Bannockburn to Nevis Resumption of land Water-supplies for Mining Townships— Waitekauri Karangahake Mackeytown Clyde Alexandra Ophir Thames Drainage Board contribution Waimumu Main Tail-raoe Charlton Creek Main Tail-race £ s. d. 23,885 17 9 5,322 17 3 £ s. d. 1,739 13 0 1,974 0 7 £ s. d. 25,625 10 9 7,296 17 10 £ s. d. 2,620 5 7 £ s. d. 28,245 16 4 7,296 17 10 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 5,748 17 5 181 14 7 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 5,930 .12 0 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 5,930 12 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 400 0 0 1,973 2 0 1,973 2 0 1,973 2 0 2,250 0 0 2,250 0 0 2,250 0 0 40,223 0 7 101 6 8 40,324 7 3 40,324 7 3 80 12 6 80 12 6 80 12 6 3,219 0 2 284 10 8 16,459 15 10 1,028 0 6 75 0 0 50 0 0 3,219 0 2 284 10 8 16,459 15 10 1,028 0 6 75 0 0 50 0 0 3,219 0 2 284 10 8 16,459 15 10 1,028 0 6 75 0 0 50 0 0 862 7 0 862 7 0 862 7 0 445 2 5 607 6 5 351 0 0 1,121 13 2 600 0 0 445 2 5 607 6 5 351 0 0 1,121 13 2 600 0 0 445 2 5 607 6 5 351 0 0 1,121 13 2 600 0 0 150 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,450 6 3 408 7 1 150 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,339 13 0 408 7 1 UO 13 3 1,000 0 0 1,450 6 3 408 7 1 Totals 131,263 1 9 I 6,080 10 1 137,343 11 10 2,770 5 7 1140,113 17 5 xpenditure prior ti >31st March, 1894, £• 2,630 16s. 2d.

Line. Expenditure during Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1908. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. £ s. d. Telephone Exchanges,— Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch.. Dannevirke Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greymouth Hamilton Hawera Hokitika Invercargill Lawrence Levin Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Pahiatua 24 18 1 5,730 15 7 108 9 11 5,583 17 6 28 8 8 3,734 17 2 78 16 3 660 15 1 34 12 9 144 15 11 55 1 1 37 15 10 4,226 15 5 2 14 0 183 18 0 239 10 10 1,162 17 2 79 4 6 269 4 5 34 12 8 34 7 3 £ s. d. Carried forward 22,456 8 1