B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAE ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SERVICES—continued

{a) Work held up for reinforced pipes. These have now come to hand and the work is proceeding, (I) The additional expenditure incurred was due to storm damage.

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1947-48. VOTE—MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC 1948-49. WORKS AND SERVICES —continued Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. Ill —Roads —continued i £ £ £ Charges for and incidental to —continued Maintenance of Wanganui River services (contribution) 250 250 358 Restoration of roadworks, bridges, &c., damaged by floods 50,000 60,000 45,323 Surveys in connection with rehabilitation .. 1,000 3,000 937 Extraordinary damage to roads and highways due to military traffic 3,000 40,000 42,084 Total—Subdivision No. Ill 131,250 154,250 124,174 i Subdivision No. IV —Irrigation, Drainage, and 1 | River-protection and Improvement Works j Charges for and incidental to — Irrigation works: maintenance of dams, headworks, races, weirs, &c. — j Canterbury Schemes : maintenance 30,500 17,000 8,561 Central Otago 18,000 18,000 34,261 South Canterbury (Redcliffs, Levels, and other schemes) 4,300 17,800 26,295 General investigations and surveys, &c. .. 100 100 Land clearing by heavy machinery (part recoverable) 14,000 25,000 26,758 Paekakariki Drainage (part recoverable) .. 7,350 7,500 (a) 11 Provision on farms of accommodation for workers (maintenance) 1,000. 1,000 | 313 River-protection and improvement worksNew Plymouth Borough Council: subsidy on sea-wall protection 3,830 3,830 Removal of Tokaanu Township 5,000 5,000 77 Sand-dune reclamation 46,000 40,000 | 44,100 Waihou and Ohinemuri river-improvement (maintenance) 10,000 10,000 8,893 Transfer to Public Works Account, vote " Soil Conservation and Rivers Control " 75,000 50,000 50,000 Ngahina wharf repairs 112 112 | Subsidies— Centennial memorial, Maketu Beach: grant towards cost of protecting wall 785 1,017 232 Kaipara Harbour reclamation 4,200 800 (b) 3,544