B.—7A.

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Appropriations for Public Works Services.

LANDS IMPROVEMENT—continued.

— 1926-27. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS—continued. _ VOTE No. 63—continued. £ £ Lands, Miscellaneous—continued. 28 Lake-Rotongaro outlet drain (£1 for £1) ... 200 Mangawhara River improvements— 29 Littlewood's Landing upwards to Tauhei Junction *2,000 30 Tauhei Junction upwards (£1 for £3) .. ... 1,923 31 Mangawhero Drainage Board (subsidy, £1 for £2) ... 733 32 Matiere Township (drainage) ... ... 150 33 Motutangi Swamp, Houhora (drainage), (on ac- 500 count of £1,000) 34 No. 2 Road (Te Puke water-supply scheme), (subsidy, 2,600 £3 for £5) 35 Orahiri Drainage Board (straightening, widening, 250 and deepening stream), (£1 for £2) 36 Oraka Creek clearing (£1 for £1) ... ... 100 37 Pastoral Run 114, Mount Potts (river erosion) ... 75 38 Pastoral Run. No. 124, Christchurch (river erosion)... 1,650 39 Piako River Stop-bank (grant to Waitoa Drainage 154 Board, &c.) 40 Piako River stop-banks (near Ngatea), (£2 for £1) ... 1,493 41 Pukekohe Drainage District (subsidy, £1 for £1) ... 100 42 Raft Creek, Kokatahi, Westland (cleaning) ... 300 43 Raupo Drainage Board (flood-gate at Blong's corner) 100 44 Raupo Drainage Board (internal drainage), (£1 4,000 for £1) Reclamation of sand-dune and dune-areas and purchase of marram-grass— 45 Houhora-Waipapakauri ... ... ... 656 46 Kaipara Coast ... ... ... 100 47 Kaitaia ... ... ... 500 48 Muriwai South-Kaipara Head ... ... 250 49 Waipu ... ... ... 850 50 Stock-resting reserve, Run 121, Kekerangu (purchase 60 of ). 51 Taieri Plain flood protection (half recoverable), (on 50,000 account of £150,000. £1 for £1) 52 Te Mapara drainage area (subsidy, £1 for £2) ... 250 53 Te Matai Settlement water-supply (£1 for £1) ... 3,000 54 Te Rabu Stopbank, Rangitaiki district ... ... 400 55 Tokatoka No. 3 Block (Otamatea, County) ... 200 56 Tokatoka Nos. 1, 2, and 3 Blocks (Raupo Drainage 1,934 Board) 57 Tokatoka stop-bank and drainage ... ... 11,110 58 Tokatoka Stop-bank (foreshore protection), (£1 for 6,000 £1), (on account) 59 Tokatoka (external protection, improved outlet, and 2,000 further drainage), (£1 for £1), (on account) 60 Tua Tua Moana Drainage Board (subsidy, £1 for £2) 1,250 61 Tumu-Kaituna Drainage Board (improvement to 400 drains) 62 Waimakariri-Ashley Water-supply (on account of 200 £500, £1 for £2) 63 Waimakariri River Trust (protective works), (£1 for £4), (on account) ... ... ... 500 64 Waimana River (erosion) ... ... 1,000 65 Waimutuku River Board (drainage), (on account) ... 250 66 Waipa Drainage Board (subsidy, £1 for £2) ... 250 67 Wairaku drain (£1 for £1) ... ... ... 250 68 Wairau Native Reserve (£1 for £2) ... ... 1,000 Waitoa River dredging— 69 North Road to Paeroa-Tahuna Road ... 2,662 70 Paeroa-Tahuna Road to Ohine Stream (contribution) 1,500 * All recoverable.