THE ESTIMATES.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19138, 22 October 1927, Page 17

THE ESTIMATES.

The following are the more important and the more interesting votes which the House will be asked to pass for expenditure by the Public Works j Department, with the amounts expended during last financial year:— Summary.

1927-23. 1926-27. Vote. Expended. £ £ Public "Works Departmental 135,000 115,444 IJpilv.-ays— ■ Bailway constrisUw • • 1,000,000 1,096,368 Additions to open lines 500,003 384,439 Public buildings 333,100 826,039 Timber-supply and sawmills for Public Works Department 13,u00 8,513 Acquisition end operatio n of quarries 25,000 6,302 Lighthouses and harbourworks 24,550 19,020 Development of tourist resorts 50,000 31,931 Immigration 125,000 184,918 Construction, maintenance, and supervision of roads, bridges, and other public works . . 84-2,000 577,361 Telegraph extension 750,000 558,041 Contingent defence 50,000 at ,014 Lands improvement 117,000 06,267 Irrigation, water-supply, and drainage 83,000 56,937 Piant, materia], and stores 40,000 Or. 24,1-18 Transfer' to Main Highways account conatruction fund in terms of section 16 (b) Slain Highways Act, 1322 200.000 400,000 Electric supply ' ■• 1,340,000 1,130,013 Waihou and Ohinemuri rivcw 64,000 Co,S56 Total—Public Works riind. 5,691,750 5,027,364 Separate Accounts. Land for Settlements account ■21,500 • 12,714 Main highways: Construction fund 000,000 5-19,648 Railways Improvement Authorisation Act, 1914 account V,1 i; i l2,050,000 S70.393

-education loans account 350,000 530,941 DEPARTMENTAL. 1027-28. 1926-27. Vote. Expended. Net- total 13S.O0O 115,444 Books, fees, etc., ior students ' . attending Canterbury College .. 150 105 Equipment and other allowances, including lodging and any special allowances .. 2, '250 2,208 Expenses of Commissions generally200 Cr. 32 Extra engineering, clerical, draughting, and office assistance (including uniform cost-of-living increase, subject to revision as cost of living rises or falls) 27,000 25,490 Grants oquiTa-lent to leave duo to widows or dependents of deceased officers 2-20 _ Grant to A. N. Anderson for furniture lost in Buller flood 115 Meal allowances 300 320 Payment of accident expenses, etc., not provided for under the "Workers' Compensation Act 200 253 Postage and telegrams, telephone connexions. and rent, of private letter-boxes and bags 7,500 7,401 Printing and stationery, lithographio _ work, plans, periodicals, etc. 12,000 11,487 Purchase of, and repairs to, office requisites, etc. Travelling expenses and 1,250 1,633 transfer expenses of officers 20,000 19,622 RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. 1927-28. .1926-27. Vote. Expended. Gioss total • ... .. 1,120,000 • 1,181,919 Railway Construction— Korth Auckland Main Trunk— Huarau, northwards 110,000 161,704 Okaihau, northwards 130,000 89,553 Dargavillo branch 85,000 9S2 East Coast Main .. Trunk— Paeroa-Pokeno •3,000 14,746 Waihi-Taneatua (including Mount branch)" 170,000 268,089 Gisborne-Napier 260,000 210,114 Waikokopii branch .. 5,000 15,658 Opuhake branch — 18,264 Stratford-Main Trunk 130,000 130,081 Midland— Glenhope-Murchison 20,000 22,989 Otira-Bealey — Cr. 907 . Westport-Inangahua .. 30,000 10,275 Lawrence-Roxburgh 33,000 64,917 Land claims (including land taken for ballast pits and quarries, damages or losses on goods in transit, and other liabilities . 2,000 i;i80 Surveys (new lines of railway) 2,000 ' 3,441 PeTmaneht-way materials 19,000 63,451

RAILWAYS—ADDITIONS TO OPEN LINES. 1937-2S. 1926-27. Vote. Expended. £ p Gross total 505,000 386,9« Way and Works branch — North Island Main lines and branches 50,000 35,310 South Island main lines and branches 30,000 18,599 Signals branoh 33,000 — Architectural houses .. 135,000 ■ 150,884 Land for housing 12,000 15,797 Locomotive Branch — Soiling-stock: Locomotives, carriages and waggons 385,000 116,466 Locomotives constructed in United Kingdom 38,000 — Locomotives constructed in' N.Z. 22,000 49.S65 Rolling stock, machinery. ptent, buildings, 1 bfidees, rind other assets written off ..Cr.100.COO

PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Summary. Genera) Courthouses Vote. 61,870 : 12,600 Expended. 120,420 1,261 Prison Buildings and Works 26,000 23,974 7,411 87,148 Police Stations 10,500 Postal arid Telegraph 101,000 Agricultural 4,769 4,166 Mental Hospital Buildings . f 91,000 68,661 Health and Hospital Institutions General— 40,000 29,091 Parliament Buildings 1,300 201 Christchurch (Departmental Buildings), (erection of shed and subdividing strongroom) . SO 290 Departmental Buildings, Wellington 5,923 577 Government Printing Office, (adt ditions) (on account) ■:, ooo -_ Museum Building (new), towards cost-.- of erecting (£1 for ' £1, up to £100,000), (on account) 500 -— ICew Fireproof Departmental Buildings (on account) 600 — . Public Works Store, Wellington 20,000 — Prison Buildings and Works — Addington Gaol • (new laundry and machinery) ,'. ' ' 700; — Paparua . Prison, Templeton (main buildings) 1,512 4.345 Paparua (quarry plant and'equip: ment) l.iOO * —- Paparua (garago and workshop) 300 — Paparua (farm sliel- . ter. belts) ... 100 — Police-Stations — Christchurch, Phillipstown S65 785 Culverden 1,800 —?■ Greymdulh • . . 1,800 — Karamea 1,000 — Oamaru (constable's residence) ' 1,250 — Reefton (police-sta-tion and sergeant's'residence) l ' 1,800 — Timaru (Inspector's residence) . . 1,500 — Postal and Telegraph— Cheviot (additions) 350 — Christchurch, Addington (rail-, . way siding) '. .. ' 1.8S9 315 Christchurch, Central (automatic telephone exchange) 2,375 "—- Christchurch, High street > .'■ ; 5.000 — Christchurch, St.. Albans (automatic telephone • exi ■ ' change), (floor covering, etc.) ■^50 — Oust (on account) ■ 500 154 Fairlie (additional land) 87 — Greymouth (additions) 6,700 i 17 ° Little River (on a.cpoiyit) •-'50 — Jfqw Brighton go 2-1 Sumner (automatic telephone exchange),' on ac- ' Count) . 500 ~ Timaru (garage and ' workshops) . . 1,750 5 Timaru •' ' (storage site) 376 11 Mental Hospital Buildings— Hokifcika1,000 1,745 Nelson and Stoke 10,000 • 594 Seacliff (land and • buildings) . . 30,000 17,888 Sunnyside 15,000 • 7,229 Waita'ti 4,000 627 Health and Hospital In- / stitutions — Christchurch, St. - Helens (site and new build- , ings), (on.account) .• 10,000 — Erection of baild- . ings, etc., for Hospital. Boards throughout New Zenland (all recoverable from Boards) .. •5,250 18 Hanmer, • Queen . Mary Hospital 22,000 8,382

LIGHTHOUSES AND HARBOUR WORKS. Lighthouses— Dog Island (dwellings) 2,500 2' French Pass Bea- .. con (conversion to .automatic light) • 150 61 Godley HeaoXfogsignal) ; 600 1,735 Kaikoura Peninsula (a u t o m atic light) M00' . - 3 Lyttelton (radio-di-rection-finding beacon) 1,500 — Sloeraki (conversion to automatic light) soo — Pencarrow Head (fog-signal) '■■ 365 1,724 Tory "Channel (lights) .. 700 — ■Wellington . directionrfind*ing beacon) .. 1,500 — Harbour Works — Buller River (survey of area affected by flood) 107 ■'. —" Olutha River (dredg- . ing), (£1 for , £1), (on' account) i i,opo 64 Kaikoura -(wharf) 450. ■ — Kararaea (tramway c on ne'e ting ' wharf and . skid-ways) .. 90 Hi) Karajnea (harbour improvements) 8,000 2,363 Kararaea (wharf), (extension of sheds) 150 — Okarito (survey of harbour and roadstead) .. 250 — Takaka Harbour (improvements) (on account) 1,000 . ■ —

, TOURIST RESORTS. Total .. ' .. 50,000 31,9el Resorts— Glade House: Additions to hos- • tel (on. account) 1,000 ■ — Glade- House:; In- . ' stallation ■ of ■wireless telephone- ■ . : . 1-.00.0 — Glade House and Milford Track: ■ Erection of jetty, additions ■ to huts, bridges', etc .. 500 ;s Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers: Erection of huts and bath-house 350 70 Milford Sound: commodationhouse (onac•count) 10,000 — Mt. Arthur: Huts 100 ' — Mt.Cook Hermitage, alterations and additions to 700 316 lit. Cook Hermitage: Electric lighting 200 855 Mt. Cook Hermitage: Water supply ■ 7U0 ' 51! To Anau: Additions, to buildings 50 1,196 Te Anau: Slipway 1,315 — Te Anau: Steamer 5.000.

IMMIGRATION. Total '_ ..''..■ 125,000 184,918 Administration and general expenses (Eng- ■ land and N.Z.) 11,700 11,759 Amount to cover grant-3 to and accommodation and other expenses for immigrants arriving in New Zealand 2,000' 3,972 Amount required to cover coat of cashing British Treasury Notes for immigrants arriving in the Dominion 10,OiX) Grant towards the ado ministrative expenses —Public School Boys' Employment Bureau, United Kingdom :oo Grant towards administrative expenses • Taranaki Chamber of , Commerce Public School Boys' Schema MO Passage money for immigrants 102,675 aeioso Passages and other es- ' penses for immigrants returned as undesirable, and contingencies ' • 300 735 Portion ' of. salaries in . High Commissioner's Office, i London , _ 7,500 7,500 Befunds of passage' money 4,200 7,354 Subsidy to _ British Isles Association for earvices rendered in connexion " with the arrival of immigrants ... , 250 ■ 450

Subsidy to Salvation Army for services" rendered in connexion with tie arrival of immigrants K'J £"5 Subsidy to Young Women's Christian Association for services rendered in connexion ■with domeetic servants WO 500

ROADS AND BRIDGES, Nelson Boad District. Total .. ' .. 642,000 61 r7,361 Awatere • Hirer Bridpe (Limestone Ford), (£1 for £1) 153 3,103 A-watere River Bridge approaches (Limestone Ford), (£1 for £1). ihO 721 Awatere River Bridge (access to. Medway) ■200 9.S39 Starborough Creek (motor . bridge at Marathon), (£1 for £1) 17o ~~ Blenheim to Stronvar— Cannister Creek Bridge (£1 for £ 1) 500 — Musgrove Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) 320 Waihopai River Bridge . (Stronvar) J 75 103 Blenheim to Hope Junction, via, Tophouse (Marlborough County Section), (on aocount) 2.600 •1,032 Blenheim to Hope Junction— Boundary Gate Stream bridge 300 Branch river to The Wash 2,000 362 Branch River Bridge and approaches 6Si 323 "Wairau River Bridge (upper) 8.000 5,0S9 Traverse to Branch River (£lfor£l) .. ■21," 13" Traverse to _ Branch ' River (deviation) .. 30 310 Havelock to Grove— Cullen'8 Creek Bridge (£1 for £1) 000 Blenheim to Hope Junc- ' tion, via Tophouse (Tophouse to Hope Junction Section), (on account) S.J0U 332 Blenheim • to Hope Junction via Tophoueo (Waimea County Seotion), (on account) 3,245 219

Greymouttx Road District. Oreymoutk to Eeefton Main .• road— Griffith's Creek culvert ■ • • 560 .... White's Creek culvert 1SS ) Sulkv Creek Bridge .. 75 ~ 1 Blackwator bridge j (Kongahu) (£2 for £1) 100 , Colligan's road . . 143 279 Corrie's road (£1 for £1) 75 Ferris bridge (Umere road) 7 5 Giles Creek bridge SO Herrings to Totara 150 ' Karamea to Arapitb UOO' 604 Karamea to Collingwood 50 Little Wanganui to • I . Kongahu (on account) 1,000 ~ Little Wanganui to ■ Wangapeka 2,200 2 11 Mbkihinui . bridge to Llewellyn's 75 Kew Croek road to Section 17 Block XVI., Orikaka 100 200 Jfile Valley road . . 150 — Oparara bridge (access to Lowe's) 300 Oparara river to Simpson's 750 ~~ Quinlan's. bridge ,.(on account) 500 — Richardson road : '(£3 for £1) ' .- ' 75 J i Cauranga Bay to Qkari 512 88 Tauranga Bay to Roadway 100 — Waikori 275 — Wangapeka track 100 — Warno's road (£1 for £1) 125 Welch's road 150 Westport to Greymouth (Coast road) — Charleston. to county boundary 12,000 4,234 Fox's river (groyne erection) 56 49 Ahaura river footbridge (Haupiri) 500 Black Creek bridge ■ (£2 for £1) — 200 "**" Brown river overflow bridge (Ko-. kiri-Moana road) (£1 for £1) .. 150 "~~ Brunner to Blackball 1,325 , l,7o2 Brunner to Kokm road 500 —~ Cameron's- Terrace rt road 387 21o Craig creek bridge (Matai road) (£1 for £1) 60 Greenstone to Lake Brunner 500 Grey Valley to ■ -Taramakau — Crooked river bridge- (on account) ' 750 Lady ' Lake to Bell Hill. 1,000 1,464 Haupiri Junction to 686 Bell Hill 64 Haupiri Junction to -Haupiri — ■ 1,000 Houlahan creek bridge (£1- for £1) 65 Kararoa creek bridge 300 1,437 Kotuku toBell' Hill 2,000 Moonlight- .creek bridge (£3 for ' '(£1) (on account) 750 Upper Grey track ' (Newcombe's) 300 Warren road .. 100 Absalom ro a d (Larry's creek) 100 Coal Creek bridge 200 13 Coal Creek road 212 Creighton's bridge (Maruia) 400 Inangahua river suspension bridga 176 (Beyer's) GaO 268 Mnimai 112 Hairs' bridge (Maruia) (£2 for £1) 500 Mawhera-iti to Buron ton's Creek road 400 Mawheja-iti to Stoney Creek (uccess to Byrne Bros, and Somerville) 300 62 Mirfin's bridge (Lit860 tle Grey river) 1,200 Mirfin's overflow bridge (Little Grey river) 130 Murchieon --Maruia Hot Springs— Matakitaki to , - SpringUnds Junction 1,100 1,062 - Station Creek bridge 200 Reefton to Maruia — Blue Speck Creek bridge ' • • .Cliff Creek bridge St — 250 — Garvey's Creek •> bridge (£1 for *' £1) i J Reefton • Maruia road to Grey County boundary ■ 500 213 Warring's road 150 222 Adamson road .. u00 Btuce Bay Inland road 134 Busch road 150 Copelsnd track Docherty. Creek road 100 - Dorothy Falls track (£75, £1 for £1) 475 Duck Creek bridge (Kokatahi road) , (£1 for £1) • • 12o 400 376 Haast Pas*' Track Haddock Robertson 200 road / ■ • 150 Jackson's Bay Port road Kokatahi road (upper), (£1 for £1K.. . •• 200 """ Kumara Junction to Kapitea (£200, 300 £1 for £1) . • 400 Lake Kanieri road . (widening), (£1 198 for £1) 150 Mahinapua Creek bridge (£1 for £1) 275 Main South Road — Haast to Okuru ioo •Paring to Haast 300 ' "Waiho to Cook's river 500 126 Waiho .. . river 5,331 "bridge 770 Malfroy's bridge (£1 96 for £1) 157 McArthur's road .. 800 Milltown track (estension) • 200 Municipal road • bridge (£1 for £1) • 175 Okarito road . (£1 for £1) 200 Petersen • road (on ■ 150 account) • .. 300 Buatapu to llahina- . pua _ 400 Station, road 800 Upper Okuru road (£1 for £1) ... 250 Waiho -Gorge -road ., (north ' side). (track from Bath-home to "Balcony") ... 121 " "*""

Waitangi (south bank) 500 2S0 Walsh Toad 100 — Wataroa north bank to Wallace road 250 — "Wataroa stock track (north bank) 150 — Survey acquisition, and legalisation of roads, drains.protect iva ■works, gravelpits, tramways, horse-paddocks, 150 Supervision 1,500 1,399

Cbnstchurch Road District — Cotton's Line road (£1 for £1) .. 125 — Herriot's road (£1 for £1) 100 — Menzies Bay to Little Akalos 600 2,902 Stonev Bay road (£1 for £1) .. 530 135 Glynn Wye road (£1 for £1) 750 100 Mason river bridge (McDonald's), (£2 for £1) 800 — Mason river Bridge (Waiau), (£1 for £1) 4,200 ~ Rogerson road protection 100 — St. James's pastoral mn (£1 for £1) 100 — Waiau overflow protection (£1 for £1) 300 — AHord Forest road (£1 for £1) .. 450 — Ashburton Gorge bridge (south branch), (£2 for £1) 500 — Braemar road (£1 for £1) 215 —~ Brothers-Peters road (£1 for £1) 100 — Buckley's road (£1 for £1) 240 — Coskeries road (£1 for £1) 355 120 Fairfield road (£1 for £1) 240 — Fraser's road (£1 for £1) 136 - Green road (£1 for £1) 95 — Hakataramea _ to Mesopotamia road (£1 for £1) 100 • — Jackson's road (£1 for £1) too — Maronan to Ealing (£1 for £1) . . 375 — Middle Park road (£1 for £1) .. 250 — Staveley bridge (£1 for £1) 375 — Todhunter's road (£1 for £1) .- 100 — Tramway road bridge (£1 for £1) (on account) 250 — Trevor's road (£1 for £1) 600 — Valetta to Cavendish (£1 for £1) 150 — ■Windermere road f (£1 for £1) .. 200 ~ Croft' b bridge (Glentui), (£1 for £1) 50 — Karetu river bridge (Taafe road), (£lfor£l) .. 400 Makerikori bridge (Carr's road) 60 496 Mill bridge (Glentui), (£1 for £1) 50 — Chatham Is. roads (£1 for £1) . . 250 — Caroline Stream B'ge (£lfor£l) 360 — Darrach Creek Br'ge (£1 for £1) .. 330 — Leamington to Spotswood (£1 for £1) \ .- 50 ~- McFarlane's access road (£1 for £1), (on acc't) 1.000 — McMillan's road Bridge (£1 for £1) .175 Parnassus to Waiau 500 Woolshed Stream Bridge (£1 for £1) 170 — Oakleigh Toad (£1 for £1) 100 100 Selwyn Lake road (£1 for £1) 150 150 Eyre River Bridge i (£1 for £2), (on account) 600 Eyre River Bridgo (Burgess ford), (£1 for £1) .- 100 , — Beautiful Valley Creek bridge (£1 for £1) .. 150 — Kakahu Valley road (deviation), (£1 for £1) 500 — Ohape Creek bridgo (£1 for £1) .. 125 "~" Walshe Creek bridge , (£1 for £1) .- 100 . — Burke's Bush road (£1 for £1) 1 150 — Spark's road (£1 ' for £2) 100 — Tai Tapu Pork (access bridge), (£lfor£l) .- 500 — New Brighton (protective works), (£1 for £1) .- " 350 550 RedcliCfs (protective works). (£1 for £1) . - 350 — Blue Duck road . (£133. £2 for £1; £300, £1 for £1) 433 — Conway river bridge to Claverley . - 200 — Hapuku river erosion (Mackle's), (£2 for £1) •■ 200 -!- Kowai river (protective works), (right bank), (£150, £1 for £1) •• Puhipihi East road 250 24 1,143 2,971 Puhipuhi Valley ex''•'S 175 tension Puhipuhi Valley (Widening), (£1 fox £1) 50 — Small grazing-run 124 (Clarence), 1S4 256 (access)' Spey road (£1 for £1.) ' ;) Waipapa 200 — Evan's Pass to God- . 157 2,338 ley Head road Claremont Settlement roads (£1 for £1) 150 — Gardiner's Hill Toad (£1 for £1) . ■ 350 — Main Totara road (£1 for £1) . - 200 — Mt. Gray rd. (deviation), (£1 for £1) 100 — Opihi and Opuha rivers (protective works at junction), (£1 for £1) 150 — Opihi river, bridge (Raincliff). (^1 for £1) 125 — Paddy's Field Hill road (£1 for £1) Pareora road (upper 175 — 100 — . Puhuha (Pake). Settlement roadWashdyke 150 . — Sutton road 636 — Tengawai river br'ge (£1 for £2) (on accouat) 1,500 ~ Tengawai river br'ge (Cave), (con- ■" tribution) 350 — Tengawai stock bridge (Chi s holm's crossing), (£1 for £1) 400 — Wiseley's bridge (Cave-Pareora), (£1 for £1) . . 75 — Ball Hut road .. S76 110 Braemar to Mount Cook Station road (£1 for £1) 100 — Camp Valley road (£1 for £1) .. 200 — Clayton road (£1 for £1) 250 — Godley Peaks Toad (£1 for £1) .. 50 — Lake Takapo to Braemar road (£1 for £1) .. 100 ~ Lake Tekapo to Simon's Pass rd. (£1 for £1) . . 200 — Mackenzie Stream bridgo (£1 for £1) 200 — Meiklebnrn road (£1 for £1) 150 — Middle Valley road (£1 • for £1) .., 200 — Mt. Gerald to Lilybank road (£2 for £1) 100 — Raincliff bridge nr. church), (£1 for £1) 300 — Ribbonwood Creek bridge (£1 for £1) 600 — Twizel river to Ohau river (£2 for £1) • 200 - Hawkin's river bridge (on ace. of £400, £1 for £1) 100 - Fort Levy Native Settlement road 100 Tull's road (£1 for £1) 100 — Hawkin's river bridge (£1- for £1) 250 — Pastoral Run 173, Broken river (access) (bridge) 100 - Rubicon road (£1 for 41) 200 — Hudson's road (£1 . for £1) 225 — Ridgs road (£1 for » £1> . -•• __. TO.

Craigmora Settlement road (£1 for £1) 115 _ Fraser'a road (£1 for £1) 100 100 Gorman's road (£1 for £1) T5 _ Grampian creek bridge (protective works), (£2 for £1) .. 400 Gum Tree Flat road (£1 for £1) .. 500 Hook Swamp road (£1 for £1) .. 150 Kaiwarua road (£1 for £1) 100 Little Pareora bridge (River road), (£1 for £1) . 12S . Otaio river footbridge (£1 for £1) 230 Bedcliff stonnwater channel (£1 for £1) 10.S Slip road 150 — Stanley road (£1 for £1) 100 so Studholme road (£1 for £1) 100 Swamp Creek bridge l> (Limestone rd), (£1 for £1) . . ; n ••, Takitu Settlement road (£1 for £1) 100 Te Akatarawa road (£2 for £1) .. HO . Waihao river (protective works 1, (£1 for £1) .. 160 — Beach road (£1 for £1) 500 Home Creek bridges (Glenmarkrd.) s (£1 for £1) .. 335 359 Lake Sumner Pastoral 'Buns (access) 14,000 — Lankey's Cutting (Waitohi Valley), (£2 for £1) 200 — Waikari river bridge (Foxdown rd.), (£1 for £1) . . 335 — Waitohi river bridge (Lankey's Cut.), (£2 for £1) .. 1,400 — Waitohi river bridge (lower), (£1 for £1) 200 830 Ksretai Native Settlement road (£1 for £1) .. 50 — Kinloch Settlement roads (£2 for £1), (on ace.) 1.400 — Survey, acquisition, and legalisation of roads, drains, protective works, graveltramways, horse-paddocks. etc. 300 — Supervision 800 575

BACK-BLOCKS ROADS. r cst Coast District— Anaconda to Mt. Radiant 100 — Burnetts Face road (widening) (£2 for £1) 50 — Chasm Creek bridge (£1 for £1) .. 425 — Chasm Creek bridge track ... 120 Granity Creek outlet 240 — Millerton Btreets .. 90 — Millerton Btreets extension 300 — Millerton to "Westport (main line) 400 — Stockton streets (£1 for £1) 50 — Seddonville Co-op. mines track .. 120 Waimangaroa - Burnetts Face road (£1 for £1) .. 100 — Tfaimangaroa • Denniston road bridges 300 — Brown Creek to Alexander Mines via Snowy river (£3 for £1) .1,000 ~- Devils Creek bridge at Progress June. (Reef-ton-Big River road) 250 — Road to Blackwater South Co.'s shaftsite 1300 459

LANDS IMPROVEMENT. Total • £ 117,000 £ 55,267 Ashley Eiver Trust (proteotive works), (£350, £1 for £1) .. . 100 401 Clarence Valley roads 96 1,018 Waimakariri - Ashley (wator-6upply), (£1 for £2) _ .. SCO — Waimakiriri • River Trust ' (protective works (£1 for £4), on account • .. 10,000 — ELECTRIC SUPPLY ACCOUNT. Total 1,S40,000 £ 1,130,013 Arapuni scheme 645,000 647,456 Auckland District Steam, plants £3,000 — Mangahao scheme— Now works and purchase of material for stook 168,000 176,036 Working expenses, maintenance, etc. . .. 30,000 .21,702 Horahora scheme extension— New woiiks and pur- » chase of material for stock 2,000 9,310 Working expenses, maintenance, etc. 38,000 , 30,341 Lake Coleridge scheme— Now woiiks and purchase of material-for stook . 93,000 147,474 Working expenses, maintenance, etc. 32,000 23,023 Waibaremoana scheme— > New woiiks and purchase of material for stock 282,000 91,422 Working expenses 2,000 Waitaki river scheme •. 19,500 __ Surreys and investigation of other schemes 3,400 6,935 General expenses not chargeable to a.ny particular work ' .. 100 19

SETTLEMENT : ROADS. £ £. Greymoufch Eoad DistrictBrighton 500 500 Oinetamatea block .. <72 772 Town of Waiho Gorge 453 453 Kotuku325 Elocks not specifically provided for 100 100 Chri«tchurch Eoad DistrictBlocks not specifically provided for 100 100 MAIN HIGHWAYS CONSTRUCTION FUND. Xo. 12 Highway District t ' t (West Coast)— "Westport-Karamea (free) 430 502 Westport-Nelson (free) 4,263 14,179 Inangahua-Junction-Waiho (free) .. 9,074 5,807 Kumara-Arthur's Pass (free) 503 No. 13 Highway District (Canterbury North)— Christchurch-Blenheim (via Parnussu6) (free, £3906; £1 for £1, £6152) 9,248 10,516 Waipara-Kaikoura (via Onlverden), (froe, £3713*. £1 for £1, £1705) 5.41S , 4,419 Bed Post Junction - Hanmer (£1 for £1) 355 — Wailtari-Motunau (£1 for £1) .. 625 — Engineering surveys (free) ISO 30 Xo. 14 Highway District (Canterbury Central)- — Christchnreh-Blenbeim (via Parnassu6), (£1 for £1) 7,050 Cr. 23 Christchnrch-Dunedin (£4 for £1, £15,000; £3 for £1, £10,652; £1 for £1, £760) 26,412 14,362 Sockburn-Southbridge (£1 for £1) .. 260 — Christchurch-Akaroa (£1 for £1) .. 1,977 — Christchnrcb-LytteHon (via Sumner), (£1 for £1) 410 539 Bangiora-Oxford (via Lobnro), (£1 for £1) 600 17 Christchnrch-Blenheim to Bennett's (via Swannanoa), (£1 for £1) 900 196 Darfield-Bakaia (via Glentnnnel), (£1 for £1) • 500 — Upper Bicearton-Ar- '■ thur's Pass (free, £481: £1 for £1, £600) 1,051 2,362 Motokarara-Teddmg-toa, via Lyttelton (£1 for £1) • • 250 ~~ Christchurch-Govemor c * Bay (via Dyer's ."_-. Pas,), (£1 for £1) ■•• J .'253 . "7"

Xo. 15 Highway District (Canterbury South) — Christchureh-Dunedin (free, £750; £3 for £1, 1500; £1 for £1, £5511) 6,781 569 Rakais-Methven (£1 tor £1) — 819 Ashburton-Hetfcven (£1 for £1) 205 —— Skeffield-Arondel (via Upper Eakaia Gorge Bridge), (£1 for #1). ___.. jm . - 7.85. ,1,601

Geraldine-Fairlie (vis . Cattle Valley), (£1 for £1) so — Timarn-Hermitage (via Washdyke), £1 for , £1) 1,090 .170 Pukeuri-KuNW (£1 > for£l) 2,375 — Engineering surveys (free) ■■ 50 oj