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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE— continued

Estimated. Actual Receipts. 1948-49. 1947-48. 1947-48. £ £ £ Departmental receipts .. ..160,000 .. 167,482

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■ 1948-49. 1947-48. ! Voted. Expended. £ £ £ VOTE—HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE— continued •Charges eok and incidental to — continued Maintenance, Repair, die. —continued No. 4 Highway District (Gisborne) 140,000 92,400 113,256 No. 5 Highway District (Hawke's Bay) 150,000 117,700 144,778 No. 6 Highway District (King-country) 60,000 82,500 45,848 No. 7 Highway District (Taranaki) 135,000 103,400 140,958 No. 8 Highway District (Wanganui) 110,000 85,800 128,738 No. 9a Highway District (Wellington West) 60,000 132,000 166,740 No. 9b Highway District (Wellington West) 82,500 No. 10 Highway District (Wellington East) 90,000 75,900 64,821 No. 11 Highway District (Nelson) 120,000 91,300 108,541 No. 12 Highway District (West Coast) 125,000 99,000 103,947 No. 13 Highway District (Canterbury North) 55,000 45,100 54,630 No. 14 Highway District (Canterbury Central) 90,000 99,000 102,930 No. 15 Highway District (Canterbury South) 90,000 99,000 86,276 No. 16 Highway District (Otago Central) 125,000 105,600 118,216 No. 17 Highway District (Otago South) 90,000 100,100 85,321 No. 18 Highway District (Southland) 90,000 84,600 103,386 Flood damage and contingencies 80,000 120,000 86,865 2,552,500 2,255,000 2,538,479 •General — Administration and general expenses 330,000 228,700 231,923 Plant, purchase of .. 50,000 50,000 36,393 380,000 278,700 268,316 Abolition of toll-gates (Taranaki, Hawera, and Eltham County Councils), (Finance Act, 1925, section 20 (2) (a)) 1,520 1,510 1,518 Advances to local authorities (Main Highways Amendment Act, 1926, section 2) 15,000 15,000 6,117 Hutt Road annual charges (Wellington City Council), (Hutt Road Act, 1939 (section 6)) .. 12,569 12,579 12,569 Post and Telegraph Department: cost of collection of motor-registration fees and payment on account of transfers 34,000 30,000 37,724 Subsidies to local authorities (Finance Act, 1931 (No. 3); Appropriation Act, 1916, section 9; and Municipal Corporations Act, 1933, section 71) .. 225,000 225,000 208,800 Transfer to Public Works Account: contribution to capital works on highways .. 10,000 10,000 10,000 298,089 294,089 276,728 TOTAL 3,661,089 3,427,089 3,404,081