B.—7A [PT. I].

ENDING 31 MARCH, 1942

Main Highways Account.

CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, MAINTENANCE, RENEWAL, AND REPAIR, ETC., OF MAIN HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING HIRE AND PURCHASE OF MACHINERY AND PLANT OR OTHER EQUIPMENT, AND ALL OTHER EXPENSES, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION, SUPERVISION, TRAVELLING-EXPENSES, COMPENSATION OR DAMAGES IN RESPECT OF ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES TO WORKMEN, EXCHANGE ON REMITTANCES ABROAD, AND CONTINGENCIES.

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I"— - , , 1941-42. 1940-41. Total Expenditure Estimated „, *° Amount Amount |, XDended required to voted. I'-xpendea. 1941. be voted. Vote No. .—Main Highways— £ £ £ £ Gross Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,892,200 4,016,105 3,860,245 15,089,432 Amount required for Current Year .. .. .. .. .. 2,892,200 ,'{,888,000 Credits-in-aid .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 150,000 104,800 344,963 NET TOTAL .. .. .. .. .. .. ..2,742,200 3,783,200 3,521,282 15,689,432 ! I Item. £ £ £ £ MINISTER OP PUBLIC WORKS. VOTE No. . MAIN HIGHWAYS— Charges for and incidental to — 1 construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, rei'air, etc., of main highways— Construction, Reconstruction, and Improvement, &c. — No. 1 Highways District (Auckland North) .. .. .. .. 29,523 110,300 91,225 1,204,665 No. 2 Highways District (Auckland South) .. .. .. .. 106,400 241,700 233,242 2,412,920 No. 3 Highways District (Tauranga) .. .. .. .. .. 34,000 81,000 93,281 812,200 No. 4 Highways District (Gisborne) .. .. .. .. .. 11,787 48,400 32,932 592,912 No. 5 Highways District (Hawke's Bay) .. .. .. .. 29,400 89,000 80,287 702,806 No. 6 Highways District (King-country) .. .. .. .. 28,700 102,400 75,990 043,086 No. 7 Highways District (Taranaki) .. .. .. .. .. 20,700 120,400 64,750 843,388 No. 8 Highways District (Wanganui) .. .. .. .. .. : 102,000 130,000 120,703 757,168 No. 9 Highways District (Wellington West) .. .. .. .. | 49,700 90,700 97,023 1,167,968 No. 10 Highways District (Wellington East) .. .. .. .. 7,400 41,300 16,792 349,044 No. 11 Highways District (Nelson) .. .. .. .. ..I 30,504 123,600 116,818 908,041 No. 12 Highways District (West Coast) .. .. .. .. | 29,750 134,000 106,313 923,993 No. 13 Highways District (Canterbury North) .. .. .. .. j 10,350 44,000 50,324 287,502 No. 14 Highways District (Canterbury Central) .. .. .. .. 33,650 77,000 80,256 681,941 No. 15 Highways District (Canterbury South) .. .. .. .. 17,800 41,600 36,108 478,587 No. 16 Highways District (Otago Central) .. .. .. .. 32,700 77,000 102,225 766,925 No. 17 Highways District (Otago South) .. .. .. .. j 35,500 75,600 80,012 648,079 No. 18 Highways District (Southland) .. .. .. .. .. j 104,200 167,000 124,506 962,909 Elimination of level railway-crossings .. .. .. .. .. 23,900 50,000 57,483 484,638 738,024 1,845,000 1,668,346 15,689,432 Renewal — No. 1 Highway District (Auckland North) .. .. .. .. 64,077 30,000 20,950 No. 2 Highway District (Auckland South) .. .. .. .. 31,200 25,000 23,725 No. 3 Highway District (Tauranga) .. .. .. .. .. 16,000 24,000' 11,413 No. 4 Highway District (Gisborne) .. .. .. .. .. 11,463 11,000 | 7,198 No. 5 Highway District (Hawke's Bay) .. .. .. .. 24,800 16,000 28,178 No. 6 Highway District (King-country) .. .. .. .. 13,000 3,000 j 629 No. 7 Highway District (Taranaki) .. .. .. .. .. 0,300 5,000 7,123 No. 8 Highway District (Wanganui) .. .. .. .. .. 20,000 5,000 7,067 No. 9 Highway District (Wellington West) .. .. .. .. 32,800 14,000 9,492 No. 10 Highway District (Wellington East) .. .. .. .. 9,400 14,000 14,628 No. 11 Highway District (Nelson) .. .. .. .. .. 8,936 3,000 0,177 No. 12 Highway District (West Coast) .. .. .. .. .. 33,850 6,000 9,831 No. 13 Highway District (Canterbury North) .. .. .. .. 11,050 2,000 No. 14 Highway District (Canterbury Central) .. .. .. .. 3,750 1,000 j 2,134 No. 15 Highway District (Canterbury South) .. .. .. .. 11,800 4,000 i 3,081 No. 10 Highway District (Otago Central) .. .. .. .. 850 3,000 2,803 No 17 Highway District (Otago South) .. .. .. ... 6,000 3,000 3,456 No. 18 Highway District (Southland) .. .. .. - .. .. 15,000 3,000 5,541 326,876 172,000 J 164,086