EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The following are the details of the report laid on the table of the House, on the motion of Mr. Shrimski, showing the amount of money expended by the General Government upon the erection of public buildings in the towns named since tho abolition of provinces :
T1MARU. New Courthouse ... ... £4,042 10 1 Gaol additions 499 0 0 Fencing Courthouse... 163 0 0 New Post and Telegraph Office (payments to date)... 5,456 0 0 Total £10,160 10 1 NEW PLYMOUTH. New Government Buildings £5,146 10 3 Courthouse, fittings and alterations 217 1 0 Converting Old Post Office into Police Station 145 0 0 Total ... £5,508 11 2 INVEKCAKGILL. Strong-room in Government Buildings ... £285 0 0 Courthouse (payments to date) 3,200 0 0 Total £3,485 0 0 WAIMATE. New Courthouse (payments to date) . ... £3,509 0 0 OAMA.RU, Additions to Post Office £210 0 0 Alterations, &c 107 13 0 Total £317 13 0 It will be seen that in the cases of Timaru, Invercargill, and Waimate the expenditure of public money is still going on, some of the sums given above being only "payments to date" 'or unfinished works.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 3 July 1880, Page 2
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191EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 3 July 1880, Page 2
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