PUBLIC WORK'S STATEMENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1746, 29 June 1886, Page 2

PUBLIC WORK'S STATEMENT.

\ w^ ;■ [Continued.] - '"'f-k *fSLXO |*rOBHS FUH£. Ai|fimii^|thafcfteioan of will^fe aura|rißea' for h&w.' railways, the total randswiich we will have available for voting dtrang next two years will therefore be as follows :— l. For therailwayg included m proposed Loan Schedule, after deducting say, £213,000, to be recouped to the General Loan Fund available for construction works' and" further permanent-way and rolling-stock . (including the expanses of floating the r £1,287,000. : 2. For the North IslanTTrurik Railway; after»de«* ducting pmUarly the gum of for material* (which; art V{ihm n <|)Maiid £60,780 for Mpendituj*alreaayirfcurWd to be recouped to the Qeneral Loan i'urid We will have avai&jblfe .f c§* construction Worksifftd land our^Haab, out of an allocation of 'years,* 40* •' sum of j6362,220. 3. For general purposes (including railwj&s other than the North Island Trunk anlpLoan Schedule Railways), o-we Jiaye £1.119,560. Ttiw is exclusiyd of |>ermane£t wfc&ut; hand, for the railways {included m thuf item, to value* oor£ r £10,24fci The total, amount which ,wfll thus be available for voting, dufißg 'the* hek't'two .years, out of the three finds m questit>n ( would fc«8 '£2,708,780, ihd/ theUresult? arrived at in' this way if course agrees; with the' gross total of tlio funds themselves ; ' namely* mew, fean £1 -50^000, plus. iNorth Island Trunk! Railway C^o* cation; for two years) { £500,00*0, pliu balance of General Fund i £768,780. 'A« against these funds we jprorwse tetak* votes for expenditure, lndluding existing liabilities, during ihe preiant yeaf , to the e^tehfrbf 4^»? 88^ D ' o^ we wili'fno* experid>qufte> fo much' ai this, and the actwal expenditure ynR Inot probably exceed, say £1,400,(K)6. The amounts proppsed^o •■ be voted f or\ expenditure this year^i- account of the beyeral fund* are "aji iq^.&irß:-^A.) For railways included -'in ! proposed Loin Schedule, £604,000*^ TMs'f includes expenses :vt 1 raisi hg loan £30,000, , . and supervision £11,000, (b.) For North Island Trunk ; fiaUway, £213,000. This includes land , JBftO.OOOj ' and' surpervision £30d(). 4 (6.) ;i " For general purposef, j872i,700: 1 This includes k16,400y for, railways other than , the ' Njorth Island , Trunk and Loan Schedule RiiU ways, and £14,000 for supervision. (Aajsuming that w!e willfßpend r m all ; duriiig this year' £1,400.000, and that :our^ assets' are, is bfef orei statfed, ; We; w^^ r suft > have available for expenditure next year on all accounts the sum of '£1,368,780 j and beanng m niind that on t| expenditure will n«ver practically reaofh up to the amount of our yofes^n all 1 the items, wje wiUJ%u^% r^it^W~'pßsltioß to bring'^Jdown^estimates ifor expendg* tiire uexfy ear to the Btirae amoifnl a^ this year, gamely *to extent' of, say, £^1 ,400,000. /9^r;ways and { means .for v the uext yeat^SLvotes will therefore -be ample^in'facF,^for and lalfd^ purctiases^albriig^the North IsXand Trunk Line, they will be. more tbjan-aoipie ; and as 'Ireg&rds^ujjder.takingi} ■ other than railwaysand^iand^imro^Ves along the North Island Trunk Railway iTwill be iPeen that the amount propbsdd to be .vdted for expenditui'e th'ra year il £721,700 out of available fudds amount* Jriglo £131t9i5G0, ao|th>t wo* -will have ! £3OTiß6olEoi<expendituW bbfCthis&aMt of items during next financial year. In cqnsidr-iing whether or not tliis will be sufficient fof that purpose^ it < has to be borne m mind that mauy oi: the votes appearing m the Estimated this year will, we hope, either disappear or be greatly reduced next year. , Tbusj for • instance,, we have this year to spend for f difence ,i 120,000, while nej:t year thfi amount will.be only ahout £40,0001 Iv co^inectipjn with ,the. Roads ajndßridgeii Construction Act we have to] spend Mh year £39,740, while next yejar there will be no further expenditure asked for. For the roads north of Auckland £34,600 is 'required' tfifs^ -yeM and 1 ]thatr pracfci- , cally 'fulfill all<our f.engageqienti ! übd«r ] thjrt heading, and if our proposals for > chjarging school buildings local loao» ar« approved of, -the £515,000 or t» which we have been accustomed to vote yearly for school buildings, will also disappear from the Public j Works Esti- | mates.' We'are also m hoiiesj that with ' the liberal, provision'' whii;h has 'been made for loans to local bofl.ies, the claim Upon Colbniai" -fu'ncls fdfr roads and bridges. will not be so Oiumerous. It Seems probable, tberefoj.-o, that the 1*397,860 above referred to willbe quite ample, fprall.that is required for general purppses (outside of railways and land purchases along No^rth Trunk line) during nexfcfihancial year. ./-. .. >.... PBOPOSED EXPEITDITURB. The amounts which wje propose to ask the' House to vote for ekponditure during the current year ai-e as follows : — For immigrationiSWith pliabilities at the end of March last amounting to £7000, wej ask fora y^Jp^ig^QO. ' \For departmental expenditure, with: liabilities of j£7l9, we aik/'for ft ybte;of I^ooo. For railway work-of all Classes, with liabilities of £387,592, we ask for a vote of »£709,40$ ;the f . 7 detaM 'for the- seye;ral' blasses of work^ being, v follows v :— New works, construction »nd v landt with liabilities of £224,113^; amount asked, for £463,400." ■Additions w opened lines, with habihtieß of ,\£50,160; amount askjed for, Permanerit-wav, sleepers, jyaA rowing-stock, with* liabilities of £ld2;()TO}; 'amount asked for,> il40?000t Suryeys oinew lmes of railF way, with Uabilities of £1247;-; amount asked for, £3000. For roads of all classes,j»rithliabihtiea; of £254^350, we Aaakj for a yjDtai^^n^^opX.Tfeu' < ' ! ia^. eludes various classes oj" roads, as follows irTrßoads north of iLUckland, witb liabilities ol £32,147 ; amount 4sked fforr r ?£34,600. Main roads, with lia^Uities of £14,277 ; amount asked -for, £24,900. : Miscellaneous roads and briijg^, ,witb - liabilities of £34,881 ; amount %sltedl fbr v £52,600/ Grants inlaid under tie Ktoadß« and! Bridges Construction Act, ' mi sub>sidies to local bodies, with liabilities o£ £66;884*; * amount asked for,' £9t,Ooflt Rouaß to open up Crown lands, with liabilities of £61,372 ; amount asked for, £61^500. . Improvements villaee' settlement»,r.withno Uabilitiegas yet ; impunt : a&ked for, £500]0. ißoadi' oiT goUfields; J with liabilitie^df'£44,7B9;;amoant asked fpr, £52,000 N For waterworks on. gol(f---fields.^with liabilities of i' 14,963, we ask fora vote of £15,100. For the purchase ' of Native lands," with presently acoraing liabilities amounting to £36,455^ we' ask %%& vote 4 of£lob 1 000/thatbemg: iufficiont to meet the probable payment* which will become due during the'current year, the furiherprospective liaoilfties'on this iteui (auvountingtrf £2o3,l4s) being left out iof ■ -^nsideration, aB riot appltinc to the prel^nt year.' - For *te|sgraph extenison.'f^with liabilities of £3700, we ask '■ for a vote of 421,709. : For public buildings, with liabilities of £23,265, we ask 1 for v « yjyia oi^ £112,090. This 'includes sdhool buildings, as againßtjiabilities at the end of March last of . £1400. For litjhthouses and harbor w^kl .(a»plittdiai3iat^r;defenoes) t jfith lubames of £164,411, tor a vbte of £127,800.^;;The i»moqnt. included m, this for. harbor defences is £120,000, M -against vliibUUiefeUt' 31«t Marohof £m f UX ;bi»t »i aU the li»bmtiesWiU not mature thiiyear.a vote for £J20,00a. will probably be saffid«nt._Por obargt* »od oxpeqsei of railing loam we ask for aAr'ote W'*Bo{ooof-''Foriveontiß|jtßfe : 4il- v ', Thii .li for the purpow of lopolennentiDf the amount JJMVtdod m Consolidattd Fttttd Eut»m»ti^ for the Xrniid Conitabmm, VjM -tOMi i HI conieqmnoe M & thilr!b«iQf tmployid on oomtructlon of tette%,^ Ws.ajio MklbTa vote ol £85,400 to f9V«^»yttjenti m MBotpl of »tel WJibli to -Total bo4iM on Crown »nd !and«> l Thi total nmouni