Public Works.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 254, 31 October 1904, Page 2

Public Works.

MINISTER'S ANNUAL STATE- - MENT. - ■ ALLOCATIONS FOR THE YEAR. > Tho Minister for Public Works brought down his annual statement in the House of Rcpeseatar Saturday morning. The following is a precis of the figures

tives at halt-past twelve o'clock on Ways and lleans.— I The expenditure for the year (including £150,001) paid to the Midland Railway deben-ture-holders) amounted to £1,770,378, leftviiigi. a,, credit balance at the end tof the'j-ear 1 of-' £89:1,802. For the current year it la proposed to provide additional funds as under

Balance of 1908 loan ... ... 416,050 fcew loan of IUO4 750,060 Consolidated Fund assistance 650,000

This will give a total available ways amd menus of £2,209,852. The estimate expenditure for public works for the currant year (oicludiJlg Separate accouhti Waging thoir own ways and moans) amounts to £1,403,100, thus leaving a balance of £806,752 to bo carried forward to noxt year. - , VOTES FOB RAILWAY 9,

The proposed votes for the current year are : '

Kawakawa-Grajiamsitown 10,000 Helens-ville Northwards ... 10,000' I'aeroarWai'hi,,... 40,000' Gisborne*-Rotoriiil ' " 10,000 Stratfoiil-Ongurtie : 7,000 Mount Egmont branch ... 5,000 N l or tl>. Island Main Trunk 150,000 Blenheim - Walpara 25,000 Mi-dlaafl 80,0001 Ngahere - Blackball ... 10,000 Coal Creek 10,(KI0 Groymou,th-H«iitikarßoss 15,000 Otago Central 50,000 Heriot Extension 80,000 Catlin's - Soaward Bush ... 8,000 ltiversdale - Switzors 2,000 The total proposed appropriations for railway construction purposes amount to £484,000.

ROADS AND BRIDGES. The total authorisations- outstanding at tho 31st March, 1903, out °/.. votes and accounts wus £337,089. During the year 1906-4 there was authorised the sum of £261,163, making a total issue of wllich «■ gross sum of ±-<145,777 was) expended" and £94,493 cancelled, leaving £158,582 of authorities outstanding at the Ist April 1904 which is £179,107 less tlum n „ beginning of tlie year. The amount expended last financial year on works for thedevelopment of tlie goldfields w-as £l6 - . ' H ' hll ° t'he liabilities at the close of the year amounted to the sum of £2039. It is proposed to ™ n t year. ' £U '°°° for thc OTHER VOTES, Tourist and Health Resorts Th« asked '° v i °- tal £26,648, on- account of which vote of £25,000 is proposed, PUBLIC BUILDINGS. „ m A v ™ te , ol £9OOO is asked for, to provide for the completion of the -and laboratory (or, the Mines Department, Wellington offlhe f0 A 'i the , at the Alexandra Depot, Wellington of v thu first Portion in,.»« v, < - W I'epartrnenta.l build'ngfc, Napier, ajid for n.akin," " m-iC W 'S'i ,lt With rfbu.Wings at Auckland, etc