THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2050, 27 August 1885, Page 2

THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

Tup following is a digest of the Statement delivered to the Hohso of Representatives Uv the Hon. the Minister for Public Woiks, Mr E. Richardson, on Tuesday. After piemising th«it ho had nut been .able to inspect the whole of the railways, the Minister «aid : — " Jt will be remembered that on March 31, 18S4 the colony had 1-104 miles of rail way ojien for traffic, which had cost t11,2"i1,733 ; and on March 31, 18S5, we had 1170 mill's open fortiaffic, beinjj within three miles of the length which I eitunated l.e-t year ; and these 1477 miles have cost i' 11,810,184. There was aUo on the 31st of March last a length of 1"> miles of lailway m course, of construction."' Refeienee was then made to the negotiations for the purchose of ceitain district lailways, including the Rotorua line, as also for tho construction of the East and West Coast and Nelson lino was. Speaking of lines 111 comae of construction ard proposed, the necessity for railway extension noith of Auckland was admitted, and it is pin pinetJ to pioceed with it slowly, section by section. Kefening to the W.uLato lines tho Minister said :—: — UVII VVU-i IN \\ Wlv \PO. "On the poition between Auckland and Te Awamutu several niipiovemonts h.ive h_en tamed out at the wayside stations. In connection with the pioposed Huntly bianch line foi the puiposc of dcvolopmg coalfieldi .it Tanpni, suiveys and plans aie now in h tnd with the \ lew of calling for tendeis foi a budge o\er Waikato as .soon as .1 ontiacl is 111 ide with the Waikato Coal compam , us dnected by the Railway AuHmii- ition .Vet of last session. W;ukjto Thames • Vt tho tune my Public Woiks Statement was mad- last ye.vi, this lailway was compVted and 'ij)ened for tiaffic between Hamilton and Momnsville (KS miles), and the foim.ition of the section from Morrinsville to Te Aroha (12 milos), and also the construction of the budge over the Tlnmes Rivei was 111 hand. Since that date these woiks have been completed, and platelaying on the line is now 111 piogiess, and it is anticipated the i.ulway will be opened t<> Te Viohi about February on Maich ne\t. At the Thames 01 (iiahamstow n end of the line the rails have been laid on the foui and a-h.df miles pievionsly foimed, and the foi motion of the Hikut.ua section, b°inir a fuither length of eight miles tow itds Te Aiohi, is now ii'idei contiaut. The budge on the length will shoith be euvyd, and pi ins -mli bj jnepiud toi tlu ieiu.lllllll4 poition of the line to Te Aioha. In addition to these vvoiks it is al-,o pn - l>ostid, iluimi; the coming veil, to complete the stiti in acooniodation between MOlllll\ille .uiil Te A 101..1, and to g-nmallv equip tli.it poition of tho lailuay foi ti.ilfic H.uiitltoii-Camhiidgu • This laihv.iy, 12 mile-, in length, was opened for tiaHiicoii the Bth October last. Noith Island Tinnk Railway, Maiton-Te Awninutu : liniiudi.itely aftei the loiite of this l.ulwav was det"i mined upon by Pailiament, 1 gave 111stiucfcions to l.a\e the contiact .siu\ey a put in hand, and the Enqineei -in-Chief em ployed a Luge '■t.ff of siuveyois to peiinaneiitly locate the line, with the lesiilt th it the Depiitment weie able to call for t< ndeis in February last for abiut l"i miles at iioithcrn end and about 13 at the southern end. These contiatts hcio let 111 April la-t, and woiks have been commenced at both eiid^. About six miles of tho foimation woiks of the noithem section were then to be peifoiined by the M wi 1 population iesidt nt in the dist.uct, and it must be s.xtisfao toiy to lion, ui'inibeis to hc.u that the whole of this woik has been taken in small contiacts by these men, and tint the woiks aie well 111 hand; and not only this, but the natnes aie piessing the Dopaitment to let them have contiacts for fuithei woiks. On the extension of this line it will be my eiKi".noiir to comply with then wishes. Tiie heaviest win k on the line is the I'oio toi.iu Tunnel, between the wateisheds of the Mokan and Wanganui Kiveis, about 48 miles south of Te A.wamutu, and it was consulted desirable that this work should be undei taken at an early stage ol the proceedings, in older that there 111:1 y be no delay in continuing the lino when the othei lighter woiks aie completed up to the tunnel. Ttmdeis weio theicfore called for this work some mouths ago, and .a eontiact for its completion w.is recently let at sjitis factoiy pi ices. Tenders have also been recently called for two fuither sections of this line, that sit tho Not them end being about twelve miles in length, and that at tho Southern end about eight miles ; and of theso the tenders for the Southern sec tion have been icceived, and are now being dealt with. On the road from Kihikihi a contiact lias 1 0^11 let for a btidge to cross the Pimiii Finer, and beyond this a load is now being constmcted to pivc appiouch to v.mous wmks along the Noitheiu end ofjthu lailway. Some 50 Maoiis aie at w olk on this r»nd by contiact. A siuvey has b^en made foi a road about T>o miles long, to connect the Poiotorau tunnel with the head <>i the navig ition of th<» Te Ngaiuo and Wanganui Kiwis, ,uid this woik is b ing earned out by small contiacts. It will be veiy beneficial in allowing the contiactois access to the i.ulway woiks, and will aNu be \alu.ible after the him is complete as .1 means of opening up connti y. Another load is being laid out fiom Han.'ii.i, on the Wanganui River, to the railway line whcie it traverses the Muinuotu Plain." The operations lequiied on the W.ingamu side were then d( tailed, and the Minister pi oc ceded to deal with the case of lailway.s 111 the South Island. j mi- i:\sr \m> «is['co\Hnuinvu. Mr Hiehaidson said "I have now to deal with the constitution of a lailway tli.it has hitheito led to considerable discussion 111 the House. 1 allude to the Hist and We~t Coast (Middle lsl.uid) and \elson Railway. 1 need baldly ])oint 0111 that they iveie a substantial paitof the 01 iginal scheme of lailwajs in lri7o, foi it was then contemplated that theie should be a main tiunk line in both islands. Pailiament has on \aiious occasions sanctioned tho constiuction of both lines. P.nt of the line was commenced, and 31 milts have been completed under vauous Public Woiks Acts. In 1878 piovision wisnnde for connecting C'hiistchurch with Cook Stiaits, and with the West Coast 111 the schedule of the Railways Construction Act of that year the lilies Ambeili'v to Uiuiineitoii, (Jievmouth to Hokitika, and, Ambeiley to Cook Sti.uts weie piovided foi. In 1881, Pailiament made a fnither piovision for the constuiction of these lines, foi h\ the Railways Construction and Laud Ait of that ye.ii, the i.iihva>s E.ist and West Coast of the Middle Island, by Waiau and Reefton, as well nH Ijel^jrove to NeNon Creek, weie scheduled. The Act of last you. the Kast and West Coast (Middle Island) and Nolson Railways Act, am«nded the Railways Coiisti notion and Ij.ind Act of 1881, and as hon. membeis aie aw aie a c>ntiact has been entered into by tho Coveinment with some gentlemen in Chiistchuich and Nelson, 111 puisuance of the authority thus given. There is now some difficulty 111 obtaining the constiuction of the lines undei the Act of last yeai, and it temaiiis for the House to consider whit should be done. The (Juveinnient aie of opinion that the lines .tie of immense lnipoitanee. It i«, I think, to be regietted that the con stiuction of these linen had not buen consideied by a committee of tho Houho ; but as that has not been done, the Government, believing that it will benefit the colony as woll us tho districts concerned to have these lines, intend to ask for a inodeiato vote tins yeir for the commencing their constiuction. A Hinn of £150,000 has been placed on the estimates for this piuposp,' 1 Vaiious woiks in connection with the Hurunui-Blutf line weie then lefoned to. The depaitment had pioeuied a cieosoting apparatus so that it would now be possible to use white pine, not only for budge work and sleepers but foi all pm poses required by local bodies. WOl'.KlN'fi itur.WUS. Undoi this hoad the Miniutor made, inter alii, the following lem.ukh:— "J have aheady stated that on the 31st M.uch last there were 1477 miles of railways open for ti attic, and that the total cost of these lines wart i!n,B]o,]i)4. The leceipts for the past yoar from all souices amounted to t'1,0|.).712, and tho expenditure was ±.'(ill0,02(l, loav nijf a nut profit of $35."»,<]8<j, which is equal to 43 0s 3d per oent, on the outlay. I think lion, members wi]] agioe me that this result is veiy favourable. It is lOd moie than that earned dm ing the previous year. The tates of pmnt weio highest on the Hi miner and the Napier HiibM, nmoiinting 111 thosu cases to £1 10s nndi'J ()s ,V1 \mv oent le.spectively, while on tlie Jfmuiuu UtufF lino, with all its branches, tho profit was £3 V,h Id ; on the Auckland linen, £3 12s; on the Wellington Masterton lino, t'2 Us ; and on tho Fo\ton-Nevv Plymouth line, 18s (id. Tho mtcs for tho other railways vaiy considerably, and descend in ope case to 3s fid per cMit. on the Picton line, which was the lowest fm the year, the avoiago lesult bui||g, as I have before stated, JL'3 0s 3d per oent, \ veiy large number of alterations have boon macta ji{ the t.mff of charges, .is also jij the ohissp^gation, the

object kept in new ikiuug been to.id-nt 100 l production, by lowering the charge* on till goods which it lias been found would help the settlement of the countiy. A leturti is attached to this statement, showing the changes made during the year. Many more would have been made, which would h»vc had the effect of bunging a laige amount of ti.iffic to the iailw.iys f had it not boon found that tho moment any change was made in one direction uheio if could bedone advantageously, both to the l.ulu.iy .md to the ovvnei-, "of the goods, claims weie made for similir changes on other lines, Mhero such would h.wo lesulted in heavy los-, to the railway*. It must be \eiy s-atUfactoiy to him. members to he,u that we aie electing two large locomotives in tlie (Government workshops, being aided in tins by u-iiug, so fai .is piactical, duplicate paits of otlier locomotives tli.it have been fur a long time in stock, lining been loceived heie with engines previously imported. Tendeis weio called m the colony foi a laigo numbei of a\.le», to supply tne place nf tlm^o condemned, but with little response. It, therefore, became absolutely necessaiy for the Depaitment to c immence uiikmg tliem, .md the lestilt has been that we aio now miking not only a \les, but wheels also, and at a price not cNceoding th.it of thoM» which woio being impoited. These wheels and a\les on being tested aie also found superior to m.uiy and equal to the best sent from England, thus pioving that we need nnpnt no moie of this clas-.." The steps taken t» obtain locomotives for immediate »ei vice weie then detuled, and the etci munition of tho (4o\ eminent to institute a better system of inspection of niateualat Home. <- The total passenger traffic on tlie railway>, as shown by the punted return*, was: For the yeir ISS3S\, 3,272,(i1i1; for the year IKS 4 S ">, 3,232,88(1. From this it would appeal that theie has been a decrease in the actual number of people travelling, but such is not the ci-e. An alteiation was made towaids the end of 188.1, for the convenience both of the public and the railways, by which all passengers who got into the tiains at fl ig stations were booked to their destination, each one only counting theiefme as one passeriLfei. wheic.is duiing the greatei i>nt of 1883. and in all foimci year.s, each one was booked twice and counted as two. This ipp.uent lediiction in number h.is gi\«m lise to.i stateni"iit which has been widel\ cue ila ted to the effect th.tt owing to out utes being higli tiafhe w,,s falling oil, hut it will be seen fiom w!nt I . h.uc p.i-<t stated that this con^huttion i-, not justifiable. Tlie tot il tiathc im goods an I lup stock f oi the last two years has been as follows- —

1 Finm these tiguies it will be seen that with the exception of timber and gt.iin thete is a v»iy considerable, increase on all heads The deciciso 111 timber and giain cunage is easily accounted for, the foim»i by h'imiii of ,i \ civ nut keddeci ease in building in the S .nth 1-sl.md, and the Uttei fiomthe fact tli.it little grain of thi-- season's harvest w is cariicd pi»vioualy to the end of Maich " The lates foi giain carnage in ceit.nn paits of tliu S uitli had been reduced, owing to the competitiiin of the road-*. Owing to numeious complaints the reductions weie made geneial except for distances of eight miles and undei. The second reduction in volved a loss <,f fioni tIi.OOO to £20,000. The i ites foi coal had also been reduced. Kefeience was made to the question of fencing the lines, the co«»t of which the Mmistei thought should not fall wholly upon the (ioveiuinent. Seveial othci mat tri- if (!i tiil \\Lie also dealt with. It was anticipated th it the levenup returns would shou a deficiency, but, consideiing the dcpitsviou, the lestilts would not bo uns.xtisfactoiy. Dining the jear 4G,."i31i persons hart tiavelled by exclusion tiains, and it was expected that fully this number : would travel this year. It was hoped, mi n cover, that these excursions would accu-toni the people ti travelling, and so : ni.tke it possible to reduce the passengei I fires. Ai l Kirh.nd-on continued . "Jiefoie leaving the subject of the i.ulwnv, T have to stite t lt.it 1 h.no seen no icasoti to alter my opinion that the best method of managing them isbyaßnaid of Commissioner. I ha\e taken a coiisidoiable amount of puns m piepuing a bill providing foi the a]ipoiutineut of the-e ho.uds, and the ineasuio of .success or otheiwi-o which will attend then lab >urs, alwaj's providing that due caie is exeicised in select ing good inpii, will much depend upon the amount ot power I'.ul lament will give them. Aftei veiy cueftil consideration of tins tpiettion, howevei, (iov eminent has come to the conclusion that it it. not desiiable to a-k the House to pass such an linI'oit mt niiMsiiie as the X lilways Coiunus•<ioiieih Bill until lion, member's have had .mi oppoituuity of fully studying it, and it his ihe«efi»ie been decided that the House, "halt nnl\ be asked to c my the Bill through itspimi.ii> stiges this session. When that is done it is pioposed that the Bill shall be heh l\ eiienlated, m oidei th it the subject in iy be fully studied and discussed by all who aic interested in it b 'foie it is again intiodnced next session. The present staff is good, many of the officers having had much moie e\peiienco that weie lecening much highei pay in the adjoining colonies, and oui sj stem of ucconiitn is f.u Mipenorto that m foice in some of the. colonies, and enables us to complete our accounts much tunic l.ipully and accurately than they can do -indued, in oncn instance lately we have lost i valuable officer thiough his b>ing otteied hifher pay in an adj nning colony, :iiid tins same (lovortiment which took him fiom us is adopting many of out methods of keeping statistical account*. Kefeience w,is then made to loads ninth of Auckland, to muds and tracks for the development of goldfields, and water works on goldholda. I'LUC'HASH OK N\II\K LVXDs, NOHTH |s.l.\X|). Tlliough the ojiei atmii of the N itiv c L md I'tuch.ise Depattintiiit dining the |>.isL yeai sixteen negotiation^, some of which vvoie open for the last thn teen ye\is have been h ought to a close, thus mci easing th<» public estate of the colony by an aiea of o\er 70,000 act es This includes the bulk of the M.uigitainoko block in the Kmty •Mile Humli, which will form a very valuable addition to the lands ay tillable for settle incut between Wellington and Hawke'n Biy. Seveial other open negotiat'ons have been considerably advanc.-d, and aio now in the final stages ot completion. Under these circumstances it is only considered necessary to a-k foi the appropiiation of £70,000 for the cm lent financial year as against ±''10,000 for List yeai. A leturn snnilai to the PailianiPiitaiy paper lettered C '2 of INN 4 on this subject will shortly be laid befoie the House. This will show the whole of the land purchase tiansactions, complete and incomplete, the lesnlts being in round numbers : Completed transactions, },010,000 acres; incomplete, 1,100,000 acreH ; total oxpond'.tnre, fcl f o!ir>,ooo. niMic,R\rios\ The number of immigiantb intioduced for | the year ending 30th .June, ISS.">, was 1272. The»e consisted principally of peismis whose passages had been hold over dining the tempoiary suspension of immigration, and to whom I refeire] \n my statement of la.styeai. So far as the (ioveinmcnt has been able to asceitun, the-e engagements have now been fulfilled with all persons who w ished to tako advantage of nominations in their favour. Theic aio, thoiefore, now no outstanding obligations «n the part of tho depaitinont with respect to these, pannage*. Since tho IJlth November, I.SB-I, oven nominated immigration has been restucted to special cases of separated families. This is done under a system desired to meet cases wheie husbands have co no out to the colony on tliu under standing that they would be permitted to nominate theii wivos and families when they had succeeded in pioviding homes for thorn, Nominations m favour of :410 persons have, been icceived sinco tho issuo ot thene mstiuctioiis. I'uyment of half pass.igc money is requited to the extent of £\S 10s foi cadi adult, and |L'"> for each cliild, including co.st of outfit. The total number of linnngiantsnf all classes introduced into the uolouy sjnue tho inaugiation of tho lmnngiation xchouie by thu Ooloni'd (iovomment is 11 |,!)IS, A return which has already beon laid before tho House, fives the details of the cl:is«cn and nationalities of these inimierants. Iff ht.HVI'H K\('l N-%IO\. Referiing to tulegi.i]>h extension, it was stated that the woik of connecting Taupo with Cambiidge by a now line, o"> miles in length, has been completed. Tins was imdettukni) u.ith tho view of jirovidinr an

alternate unite to the North, and has had the effect of Hhoitening the distance to Auckland by 90 mile-., besides- cutting off ■i considei.Uile length of co.i-tt line. The expenditaue on public buildings and h.irl)Din woiks duimg tin 1 year was next lefened to, and the woiks'undei taken foi the defence of the colony wine then detailed. PUBLIC flOllhi I I M). On tho Ist of Apnl, 188-1, thorp w.ts £18«,nii2 to the credit of the Public Wo-ks Fund, tn which had to be added £380,000, the 1 i-t instilment of the lo.m of a million negotiated in Januaiy, 18K4. Together the^o amount 1 ? mike £877.1)12. To this must bo added icteipfcs during tho year of €100,000, tho pioceeds of duhcienc'y bill*, £100,000 tenipoi.u v advances, and £S 15,800, tho instilment at the o>id of tho financial year. Theie was brides £4113 received under Section f) of the Ratings Construction Act, 1870. Tlie leceipts, theiefore, amounted altogether to £2,327,702; us against this the e\penditiue was £1,22j,727, lea\ ing a balance of £000,208 on the 21st Mai eh, 18S3. Of tins, howevet, about £250,000 was outstanding as advances in the hands of officei.s, and then- was £000,000 besides i equhed to can y off tho deficiency bilk and the tempoiaiy advance--. Tho expense of negotiating tho hst million of the three million loan had not been bi ought to account, but on the other hand an instalment of fil.Vi.OOOof this lo.m leniauied to be paid. It will be soon, theiefme, that of that famous tluee millions, together with it-> little sister the £2~>0,000 colonial pistubed loan, all had passed away on the 21 st M.uch last, excepting about a (juaiter of a million, and about a like amount in tho h mils of officers to bo accounted foi. In theso figuios the million, a, authorised for tboXoith Island Ti link Jfailuay, has not bivn included, that loan, as hon. mombeis are ,i« iro, not ha\ ing as yet been i used, funds for the woiks .so far undei taken on that iailway having been lempoianly piovided by advances from loans authoiiscd for othor purposes. These advances will, of couiie, have to be recouptd when the loan for the North Island Line is floated. The ci edit balance, theiefoiv, at the commencement of the tininui.il yeai was, jm I have alieady .stited, £!)!)0,203. To this has to be added £13">,000, tho last instalment to which I havoaNo alluded of the thiee million loan, and £1, 100,000 for the loan of tli.it amount Hotted in Miy, m.ikui"- tog.'thei £2,l)4"),208. On the other hand, thoie miht bo deducted fioin tin- sum the £'1,00,000 toipiiied to piy off deficiency bills, md to repay the teinpoiarv advances obt lined last yeai. There will then iemam a little ovot two millions avmlablo for evpondituie on Apnl 1 last, subject, howevoi, to a quaiter of million in the hands of officers to be accounted for, and subject to tho cost of negotiating the n ilhon loin in J.iutt.iiy and the million and a Inlf m May last. Tlie details of tho liabilities wcie tli>Mi gone into. The Minister slid tho amounts which tli.- <io\ eminent pioposed to .>sk the Housq to authorise for the cm l out season weio —Foi i. ii. inflation, with liabilities at the end of M uch amounting to £8000, we asl v fni ,i voto of £30,373, tlius piouding fm new undei takings to tho o\tontof £22,373. b"m dopaitmentil expendituio, with liabilities of £77!', wi>ask foi a vote of £25,!).31, F«,i iailway woiks of all clashes, with hibditfes of tM!)7,y>, we ask foi a voto of £1,347, 100, the details for sovoial clas.se-> of woiks b"ing as follows, v\a , now woiks under Construction Act with liabilities of £231,444, tho amount asked for will be £904,300; additions to opened lines, with liabilities of £iS3,"i!j3, amount asked for, £172,100 ; permanent w.iy, sloeppis, and tolling s-tock, with liabilities of Liol,.">S(>, amount asked fm , 4'2i>N,Goo ; siu \o>, of now lines of r.iilway, with liabilities of £!132, amount asked foi, £3000 ; the giand total, ns before stated, boing £1,347,100. Including liabilities ousting at the end of M.uch last amounting to £1'17.V2">, this will give £SJ!),B7."> for now undoit ikmgs. ]i'oi ionds of all classes, with h ibihtios ol £.?50,4.")3, we ask for a vote of £"i8(i,701. This includes vaiions dassos of loads, ns follows; Roads Noith of Auckland with liabilities of £'>i\3oo, ,im unit asked foi, £d!t,22!) ; mam loads with Inbilities of tr>,2o!), .uii'iunt asked foi, t'{."),100; miscllnneous loads au<\ biidges with liabilities of £211,210, am unit asked for, £53,971 ; giants in .md uikl.m t'n IlouU and Dndges Constitution Act, an,! subsidies to local bodii s with habililu-s of £K)(>,327, amount a-kod f.-^, £2<i8,32 ( > , io uK to open up Ciown lauds-, with liabilities of £70,072, amount as'ced for oxpon (iitnie this j'oar £70,072 ; road, ( „i p,ld fields with liabilities, of £.LM22, amount asked tot exponditme this year, £">0,000 ; total for loads of all classes .is bjfoio stated, £">8(>,701, with liabilities of £380, H3, being addition of £20(i,2")l. Voi watei woiks on goldfields, with liabilities of tT-Vi'), we ask tor A vote <if £'^0,200. For public buildings, with liibilities of L'lo, fcM, we ask foi a \oto of £!">(», ".18. This includes sehnnl buildi>ig-> £'{8,232, a* agmist liabilities at the ond of Mmch list, £2,230. Tlio voto p.opovd for buildings as a whole this you i-> considerably less than last yu.it, although the gross am Mint for school building-., exclusive of liabilities, of some £(iOOO mole than last yen. The lighthouses and hai bour vvoi ks (nicludiui, hat limn defences), with liabilities <>f £110,220, wo ask for a vote of £2IH»,0l0, thus pio\iding £14l!,7!K) for new undertakings. The amount included in this for h u-b utr defences i.s £2.~>0,000, as against li ibdities at 3lst March of £114,700, but the liabilities since that date have been laigely iiicroased, and now amount up to close upon the amount of the voto proposed. I'm telegiaph extension, with liabilities of £K>,ooo, wo ask a voto of £2."),i)00. For pin chase of native lands, with estimated liabilities in all of £173,000, wo ask for a Mite of £70,000, that bjing sufficient to meet the pi acticable payments which will heroine duo dm ing the curt out year. For chaigos and expenses of raising loans wo ask foi .i \oti) of 050,003. The total imiMint piopoM\l to bo voted is thu*: — £2,(iU2,O>i, w Inch inoludus liabilities amounting to 1i, 202,970. Deducting fiom tl^se lnbihti"i the sum of £10.5,200, pi os-P-'ttive liabih'ies on mtivo land pinch isfs winch .no not at |>ie«eiit rermiied to bo pio'idorf tui, tho amount at ulililo foi new uiKteitiknu's will this veil bo in all ti.^O,' iii'i- but, as ahoady sf.itod. it is o ily coil inflated to s|, i,,| this yi\u Li 2")0,00J, whn It is \eiy slightly in excess •>ft 1"f t 1 " haluliti s aheidy eu-Mng The Minisiei (included with ■■\ptussing a hope that the X M'K itid Hnd o ' - Cou-tinction \ot would be lepeded, a« under its pioMslnos the am Hint 1 1* ,'lil • foi ' >C.i] Wril'cs vv is giowing out of all propoition to the ab'l.tv of the c»lon/ to i>,y Attt't a shoit disous,i >n ,t A.i- agreed to adjoin n tho debate on the Statement, and the House went tut > ei<inin.ttee on the Land Tiatisfet Udl

1883 4. 1884- ">. Wool (>2,0(i7 tons, . (>fy"i2.'s tiniß Tmilior ISS, Hi) „ 178,!'2!) „ Knew nod 81.2.M „ 8(>,(i70 „ fJi.iin 43J.2J4 „ 414..V10 „ MiiicnK ."574,313 „ GLS.oll „ M.<icl)iiirli,c 3'i0,2(i2 „ .. 31M,(523 „ Ch.ill.^c 1C,470 „ 17,0:?0 „ 1,700,040 . l,71fl,.S")(; „ 1883-4 1884-"). I Tdhcs and cattle 3!1,230 .. 43,0' M „ Sheep and piffs fi.">(i,(>l2 ()i)l),7')0 „ Tot.illi\o stock Gin.Bl2 73!),57<;