RETURN OF ROAD DISTRICTS IN NEW ZEALAND, ON 31ST DECEMBER, 1867.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1868 Session I, D-05

D.—No. 5.

RETURN OF ROAD DISTRICTS IN NEW ZEALAND, ON 31ST DECEMBER, 1867.

PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OP THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BY COMMAND OP HIS EXCELLENCY.

WELLINGTON.

1868.

RETURN OF ROAD DISTRICTS IN NEW ZEALAND ON 31st DECEMBER, 1867.

D.—No 5.

PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.

PROVINCE OF TARANAKI.

PROVINCE OF NELSON.

PROVINCE OF MARLBOROUGH.

PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

PROVINCE OF SOUTHLAND.

Approximate Aeea in Acees liable poe Rates. Amount op Rate pee Pound op Annual Value Levied during Year 1887. Revenue during Ye. 1867. Exfendit FEE DUEINGr 'ear 1868. Name op District. Act ok Oedinance unties which Constituted. Annual Value op Rateable Pbopeety in District. Total Amount of Rates Levied. Total Amount of Tolls Collected. Total Amount received from Government. Total Receipts from other Sources. Total Revenue from all Sources. Upon Main Roads. Upon District Roads. Upon Bridges and other Works. Upon Salaries and other Expenses of Management, Total Expenditure. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s, d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ e. a. Ruatangata Pukekohe Upper Mahurangi East Tainaki Whau Whau ... Mount Wellington Mangarei Whareora Waipu Waingaroa Maungakaramea Xaurihohore Waitakerei, East Wairoa Highways Act, 1882, and Highways Act, 1867 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 24,900 13,500 15,000 12,000 1,294 3,400 5,500 11,000 55,000 53,000 16,000 3,700 23,000 13,800 24,200 700 15,000 11,000 Id. per acre... 2d. „ ... 3d. „ ... 9d. „ ... 6d. „ ... 2d. „ ... 3d. „ ... Pd. 3d. „ ... 3d. „ ... 190 2 0 166 10 11 341 2 0 114 9 0 14 8 1 133 5 8 355 6 0 122 7 1 161 1 9 337 15 0 314 0 0 52 3 11 77 13 Of 182 12 7 319 2 0 102 15 1 3011 7* 190 2 0 166 10 11 256 13 5 301 1 7 14 8 1 133 5 8 355 10 0 122 7 1 161 1 9 180 9 0 168 14 4} 69 11 11 158 3 11| 180 0 4 102 5 6J 96 0 0 11 19 0 175 8 1 76 6 124 12 5 46"'l 8 11 11 10 72 0 0 158 2 4| 355 10 0 110 3 2 98 3 1 13 15 0 84 1 6 65 1 9 132 17 10 163 0 10 75 0 0 187 4 11 98 0 0 7 17 11 17 0 99 6 0 19 10 11 26 19 11 28 3 9| 8 13 3 7 6 0 5 0 0 53 5 0 63 8 9 3 9 0 5 18 6 21 0 0 32 0 0 15 0 0 5 11 8 16 13 8 166 10 11 214 4 10 284 6 2 14 8 1 133 5 8 355 10 0 117 9 2 161 1 9 177 17 10 147 10 3 65 5 6 153 16 4 184 0 10 140 3 0 96 0 O 10 11 8 168 2 8 64 0 0 17 8 0 16 10 111 5 15 0 15 0 0 Hunua Flagstaff Paparoa Waitakerei, South 3d. „ ... 108 3 0 75 0 0 108 3 0 6 0 0 2d. „ ... 6d. „ ... 5 0 0 147 18 1 27 10 0 151 9 0 312,994 3,132 12 2 64 0 0 368 5 71 2,843 12 8i 524 4 5 1,257 15 6| 607 12 6 312 0 5| 2,590 4 8 * Bein; ; rates levi( ;d in 1866 and a balance of £54 16s. 7d. fron 1 1865. f Rates col lected. J Up to 20th April, 1868. Note.—The number of Road Districts enumerated in the abovi of these had the settlers taken any action in the matter ( required for this Return. ', Return CO] if their roac nprises only tho: Is ; and of these <e Highway Districts whose trust thirty-seven, as many as ninefcei ;ees have furnished the neeei sn Districts appear to have e ssary information. There are several other legally constituted Road Districts. In thirty-seven only tither neglected to carry out the provisions of the Highways Act or failed to supply the information.

S To. lor Bell Road So. 2 or Henui STo. 3 or Lower Mangarei... So. 4 or Carrington 5 or Erankley So. 6 or Barrett SJo. 7 or Upper Harford ... .STo. 8 or Tataraimaka 9 or Omata STo. 10 or Upper Mangapei ... So. 11 or Huirangi 12 or Wairoakaihe So. 13 or Tourutongi NTo. 14 or Tikorangi 15 or Oakura STo. 16 or Okato Sfo. 17 or Elliott So. 18 or Clifton 19 or Urunui No. 20orHua S"o. 21 or Maitaitawa Roads and Bridges Act, 1858 ... Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Eitto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 3,228i 922i 2,460i 3,637 3,772f 2,542 2,049 5,624i 2,989 1 3,322 5,418 9.239 2,312 4,946 7,370 6,848 1,073 3.558 4,233 5,089 6,204. £ s. d. Not estimated 3d. per acre... 3d. „ ... 6d. „ ... 6d. „ ... 9d. „ ... 4d. 3d. „ ... 6d. 4d. „ ... 3d. „ ... 6d. „ ... 6d. „ ... 3d. „ ... 6d. „ ... 6d. „ ... 6d. „ ... 6d. „ ... 3d. 6d. „ ... 6d. „ ... 3d. „ ... £ s. d. 40 7 H 11 10 7il 61 10 3 90 18 6 141 9 6f 42 7 4 25 12 3 140 12 1| 49 16 6 41 10 6 135 9 0 230 19 6 28 18 0 123 13 0 184 5 0 171 4 0 26 16 6 44 9 6 105 16 6 127 4 6 77 11 0 £ s. d. No Toll Gates in the Province £ s. d. 25 0 0 £ s. d. 12 0 0 20 5 2-i & s. d. 77 7 li 31 15 10 91 10 3 90 18 6 141 9 61 42 7 4 55 12 3 140 12 li 49 16 6 51 10 6 160 9 0 260 19 6 48 18 0 153 13 0 214 5 0 171 4 0 26 16 6 69 9 6 135 16 6 147 4 6 97 11 0 £ s. d. 18 4 0 18 0 £ s. d. 59 7 li 28 7 1 90 7 8 70 0 0 120 0 0 39 2 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 44 0 0 40 0 0 145 0 0 211 0 0 40 0 0 136 0 0 65 0 0 50 0 0 26 16 6 28 15 6 40 0 0 110 0 0 60 0 0 £ : s. d. £ s. d. 1 16 0 2 0 9 12 7 £ s. d. 77 7 li31 15 10 91 10 3 70 0 0 120 0 0 39 2 0 50 0 O 100 n 0 48 0 0 48 0 0 145 0 0 218 0 0 43 6 6 136 0 0 135 0 0 130 0 0 26 16 6 69 9 6 90 0 0 120 0 0 60 0 0 3o"o 0 30 0 0 70 0 O 4 0 0 10 O O 25 0 O 30 0 0 20 0 0 30 O 0 30 0 0 7 0 0 2 6 6 70 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 O 30 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 40 O 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 0 14 0 80,838 1,897 1 3i 325 0 0 32 5 2i 2,259 6 5f 343 12 0 1,481 15 10| 14 19 10 1,840 7 8i Down of IVew Plymouth '.Town of New Plymouth Public Works Ordinance, 1864 600 85,000 O 0 2d. „ ... 700 o o TownSi Interest Salaries treets on Loan and Sinking Fund 150 0 O 450 0 O 100 0 O Total 700 0 0 The financial year oi not in all oases yet expe 5 per cent, on the total if the several Road Boards terminal ended, and, as regards the expense c revenue ; most of the Boards do n< tes in August, the account : >f management, they are res' ot take this allowance. for tie whole oi trieted by the 0 f the money h'dmance to Le Provincial n the pound In a' on the i followin months, tddition to the main line of ro ag works, the e: ;, viz : — ! sums shown ui oad from the TJ: sxpenditure of i Waiwaikail 9 other Bri 20,000 cubi nder heads of ' runui District which is now i: :' Main Roads " and " District Roads " as having been ex to the Okato the Provincial G-overnment has undertat a pi'ogress and the whole of which will be completed ii upended ken the n three The Town Board o-w Treasurer for interest a] on the value of the lane ives the Provincial Government £3,2 md sinking fund annually, the intej d exclusive of any improvements. 190, and two-thirds of the"rat .•est charged is 6 per cent. T bes are paid to th ?he rate is 2d. i: ho Bridge idges (Lattice > ie yards Earth1 £2,000 lirder)... ... ... 3,000 .vork Culverts, &c. ... 700 £5,700

i h £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Suburban Worth 37,935 0 0 0 0 1 ( old rate 1 } new „ Of (, special „ 0^ 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1| 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 » 11 0 0 1 158 1 3 275 0 0 433 1 3 420 1 3 13 0 0 433 1 3 iVaimea a 177,354 0 0 828 7 5 G25 0 0 569 12 0 66 4 11 2,089 4 4 1,386 16 0 372 3 9 237 4 4 285 9 3 2,284 13 4 iloutere ilotueka 3anga Totara ... iiwaka raiaka )ollingwood Lnmri [own of Nelson b 25,371 0 0 c 39,741 5 0 d 25,550 0 0 e 34,326 0 6 / 30,285 15 0 15,120 0 0 g 498,726 5 0 629,345 0 0 * 112 14 11 119 12 5 159 12 9 143 0 6 |244 19 10 370 0 0 175 0 0 210 0 0 704 1 0 285 0 0 1,200 0 0 472 1 0 J26 15 0 6 18 6 384 9 9 496 1011 334 12 9 354 5 6 853 17 6J464 7 0 2,001 17 Hi 5,311 1 2 276 8 3 224 19 0 279 8 6 53 12 0 53 10 0 21 2 0 § 95 3 0 8 0 6 39 10 1 2 0 0 338 4 3 380 14 O 281 8 6 235 3 6 748 12 O 468 7 6 1,260 7 1 5,311 1 2 15 0 149 16 6i 179 7 0 95 10 0 86 1 6 143 16 7 1,039 0 3 2,213 1 3 331 8 5 739 13 6 2,197 0 0 79 0 0 393 0 0 494 11 6 27 3 6 2 10 0 1,599 15 9 20 5 0 30 15 7 125 3 7 1,019 13 11 2,625 18 11 1,513,754 5 6 4,917 17 4 625 0 0 4,505 13 10 3,056 5 10i 12,723 8 2 5,909 6 11 1,508 17 3 2,047 18 1 1,543 17 11 11,741 12 7 (a.) These amounts revenue was met by a b (h.) f This sum incl included in the " Mail previous year, and ther< (o.) Contracts are n (d.) All that has bei be stated until the close they are required. The are for the Board's financial year ending 1st July, 1867. Tho excess of expenditure over jalauee in hand from the previous year. ludes £14 19s. lOd. dog tax. J Extra rate for district roads. § Bridges and other works are n Road." # This is not the exact amount received, as there were arrears of rates of the o remained rates due on 31st December, 1867. low out for nearly the balance. en expended has been upon the proclaimed trunk and main lines. The exact amount cannot 3 of the official year. Bridges are usually included in the pontraets with the roads where 3 amounts shown are exclusive of sums voted to be expended under Government supervision, (for particulars see Grc (e.) This is to 1st (/.) The expenditi and other works have (g.) Total Kevenui ■B'as outstanding rates, consequently this retu (h.) These rates ai (i.) This is the ass Dvernmenfc aoco April, 1868. ure for main ro been tendered e from all soun . The finaneia irn shows the t t'e on the value sessed value to rants.) All mi >ads, bridges, & for by the lot. ces only shows il year of the . ;otal amount of to sell, sell. oney will be ex <ce., is included . To 1st July, i the amount ae Amuri Road I £' revenue from :pended and m in the total c 1867. itually collectei 3oard commen all sources, bt lay be inserted accordingly. expenditure, as some of the bridges d in 1867 ; the sum of £238 2s. 3Jd. ices on the 1st July, in each, year, it not the total expenditure.

laikoura Opper Clarence ?laxbourne Jpper Awatere Uower Awatere kVaihopai vVairau Valley Jpper Wairau Lower Wairau Fox's Island Bush District Dpawa East Wairau Eua Marina Kaituna Pelorus Sound Pelorus Valley Dinkwater Ail Act to provide for the Making and Maintaining of Roads in the Province of Marlborough, 1867, validated by Provincial Acts Validation Act, 1867 360,000 310,000 220,000 335,000 240,000 260,000 370,000 165,000 40,000 15,000 5,000 25,000 14,000 55,000 85,000 90,000 180,000 25,000 110,000 60,000 15,000 Kenepuru Sound Charlotte's Sound ... Kaikoura Town 2,979,000 Commissioners have been for come time appointed by His Honor the Superintendent, under the provii His Honor, ai dons of the foi id the Act is tl [rth clause of t lerefore virtual ihe Act, to elas lly not in open sfy all the lands in the Province, but no report signed by them has as yet been received by ition.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ s. d. Waipara Kowai Oxford Cust Mandeville and Eangiora ... Roads Ordinance, 1864 Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 570,000 295,000 498,799 95,000 101,600 25,000 11,000 22,000 22,000 22,152 7 6 7,248 16 8 6,387 2 10 27,200 0 0 26,000 0 0 19,680 0 0 6,563 0 0 33,114 15 0 0 "6 6 0 0 9 0 10 0 0 9 0 0 6 0 0 6 144,"'l 8 595 13 4 1,000 0 0 580 3 7 162 15 6 231 12 0 2,025 0 0 587 10 0 312 10 0 3,046 5 0 858 15 0 932 10 0 . 893 15 0 1,556 10 0 6 7 9 18 11 0 40 10 6 1,527 19 8 2,031 7 9 731 11 8 331 1 0 3,682 8 10 3,386 14 8 1,512 13 7 1,056 10 6 2,321 1 11 551 8 6 536 18 7 205 1 10 1,157 18 5 631 10 7 341 11 3 360 16 6 583 6 3 *l,108 5 3 *119 2 0 *143 10 0 *1,487 4 6 *1,423 11 9 *813 15 6 *388 10 3 *1,447 7 5 13s. 3d. *200 0 0 *652 10 7 *996 5 0 *100 0 0 *11 19 0 261 15 4 75 11 1 17 11 0 308 19 8 275 5 10 300 18 0 191 17 0 300 0 0 1,921 9 1 731 11 8 II 366 2 10 2,954 2 7 2,330 8 2 1,456 4 9 939 3 9 2,330 13 8 Avon Riccarton Templeton Heatlicote Spreydon Halswell Lincoln Springs Port Victoria ... Port Levy Pigeon Bay O'Kain's Bay ... Akaroa Wainui... Little River Courtenay Ellesrnere Malvern Rakaia Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 11,000 15,000 24,000 63,000 20,000 28,000 23,000 36,000 61,000 106,000 152,499 120,000 288,499 573,000 19,253 17 6 4,120 15 0 10,500 0 0 10,100 0 0 3,306 0 0 1,645 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 6 355 18 1 235 17 7 656 5 0 525 0 0 2,287 10 0 3,200 0 0 1,130 15 0 100 0 0 204 3 0 612 0 0 16 9 1,216 6 1 1,137 0 0 2,523 7 7 3,201 6 9 1,205 12 6 100 0 0 a £764 : 300 0 0 808 9 0 1,500 0 0 833 8 4 45 8 0 250 0 0 25 0 0 150 0 0 193 16 2 1,014 13 3 525 0 O 1,610 19 7 2,690 1 2 933 8 4 57 7 0 0 0 6 74 17 6 1,574 14 0 10,161 19 2 3,296 10 0 10,652 0 0 16,563 2 10 7,549 14 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 6 66 11 0 229 1 7 126 0 0 2,212 10 0 1,088 18 G 206 5 0 3,989 13 7 168 15 0 192 11 0 2,441 11 7 1,086 18 6 206 5 0 3,989 13 7 168 15 0 109 18 9 1,820 18 5 881 7 3 *67 10 0 *202 14 2 *45 0 0 *73 6 3 *476 9 6 *97 18 10 8 10 0 434 16 0 15 10 0 55 10 2 250 0 0 185 18 9 2,458 8 7 941 17 3 128 16 5 2,624 1 7 97 18 10 1,897 12 1 Ashburton Greraldine Levels Waimate Mount Cook Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto 1,420,000 812,000 177,000 565,000 2,556,470 31,169 8 0 29,586 0 0 22,432 2 9 22,850 8 9 18,688 2 0 187 10 0 3,165 0 0 2,133 15 0 2,965 0 0 620 0 0 1,180 18 3 187 10 0 4,345 18 3 2,133 15 0 3,116 5 4] 620 0 0 b £440 359 6 3 787 13 0 2,352 4 0 488 0 0 15s. 4d. *1,764 IS 6 *1,363 12 9 *25O 0 0 *75 4 0 325 14 8 175 0 0 f438 9 10 40 0 0 440 15 4 2,449 16 5 2,326 5 9 3,040 13 10 603 4 O 151 5 4 8,691,857 371,795 16 0 3,676 11 10 34,973 12 1 3,743 2 3 42,926 6 1 10,552 17 0 13,306 12 3 4,194 4 9 35,159 2 7 * These sums + This Arnoui provide for Expenditure on bye rot it includes £105 due in previous yei Is and othei ■works. The Amounts cc and b, not being classified, arc not included in the totals in and " District Roads." ider the lieadii igs " Main Koads "

•turcn-a Southland Eoad Ordinance, 1862. Gazetted 9th March, 1864 *10,900 ! * Trustees elected 21st March, 1864. Note. Letters to the Superintendents of Wellington and Otago, dated 20th March and 22nd May last, asking for similar Returns with regard to those Provinces, have not been replied to. There were no Eoad Districts in the Province of Ilawke's Bay, or County of Westland on 31st December, 1867.