PUBLIC WORKS IN NELSON.
The following is the schedule of the proposed public works :— '> ;' JfTRoad— Wai-iti to Buller,vi'a Hope f - Valley .-•■.•-,,.,■; >.'... £8000 Road— Buller Valley, Grip to NineMile ... ... ...;,,... 50,000 Road— Reefton to head of Murray .Creek .... ... -. ... ..-2500 Roads— Mokihinm and Lyell ...' " £ 5000 Road— Cobdeti.to Coal Creek "'..: r ~ 1500 Roads— Hanmer Plain, via Tarndale, Waiau to Conway, via ;• v Sherwood Forest, and other > works, Amuri... ;'... ;.-. : . 15,000 Road to Rai Valley 3000 Roads -Golden Bay 6000 Road-^-Westport, via Addison's, Charleston, and Brighton, to Razorback ..•., .... , 5000 Road— Grey .Valley to; SquareTown".., .... v 8000 Branch roads— Grey Valley ... 10,000 Branch roads-rßuller and Inanga- : x hua Valleys .."'-. fS,OOO Roads — Pigeon Valley, Stanley. Brook, Dovedale, and Moutere ' 3500 Roads— Wangapeka and Baton... 2000 Bridge ever Maitai river... .. 2000 Bridge over Motueka river, and. '■• Tvhaif... ... ... ■.;..:' '' ;8000 ' Bridge over Waiau river, Amuri/ / ; 6000 Bridge • over Wairoa river ".'..' ..'•" J SOOO Bridge over Buller river,,at Lyell • ! 3000 Bridge over Ahaura river . .... 2000 Bridge <over>Hurahui:river, Gfeta! ; !..-' v Crossing, to meet equal sum ? v * f rom Canterbury, and remain- • . der from private subscriptions .■■ < 2000 Bridge over Grey at Cobden ', half with Province of WestlandJ. .',,5000 Wharf and Reclamation of Land, Nelson Harbor ; .'.; ... 15,000 Wharf at Cobden ;.'..' ..'.'■- 2500 Harbor Improvements ; .:.'.-... -. ■': 5000 Public Buildings ; ; 10,000 School Buildings ... _..... 5000 Surveys , 10,000 Water Works for Gold*fields ... 25,000 Contingencies ....'•• 12,000 Total ... ... ' £2|0,000 Lands Proposed to be Given as Security for • Public Works Loan. DisißiCT. ' Acreage. ' . Matakitaki ... .... 25,000 " Matiri ... ... ..; 25,000 Tnangahua ... ... 60,000 Lower Buller ..'.'_ ... 50,000 Maruia ... ... ~' ... 50,000 Amuri-;;.. ...J ... 75.C00 Grey Valley' ... * ... 115,000 Total Acres... : i ..; 1 !400,050 Also Rents of Wharf and Reclaimed Land as security for L 15.000 for, Wharf and Reclamation, Nelson Harbor. ' '■ "'
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Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1713, 30 January 1874, Page 2
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268PUBLIC WORKS IN NELSON. Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1713, 30 January 1874, Page 2
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