RETURN OF APPLICATIONS MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR LOANS UNDER "THE GOVERNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACT, 1886," Showing the Names of the Local Authorities, the Applications granted or refused, the Amounts granted or advanced, and the Purposes of the Loans, &c.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1887 Session I, B-12

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RETURN OF APPLICATIONS MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR LOANS UNDER "THE GOVERNMENT LOANS TO LOCAL BODIES ACT, 1886," Showing the Names of the Local Authorities, the Applications granted or refused, the Amounts granted or advanced, and the Purposes of the Loans, &c.

Presented to both Houses of tho General Assembly in pursuance of Section 50 of " The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886."

WELLINGTON : BY AUTHOEITY:« GEORGE DIDSBUBY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER.

1887.

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COUNTY COUNCILS.

Local Authority. Amount afiked for. Provisionally granted or refused. Kesult of Poll or Consent. Grant paid in lull. Amount of Advances made. Purposes of Loan. Beraarks. Thames Rodney Mongonui £ 12,000* 3, GOO 6,000 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried Rejected .. £ £ Roads and waterraces Roads and metalling Forming and metalling roads To pay overdraft .. Uncompleted. Poll taken for £4,000 and lost. £2,000 withdrawn. No power to grant under Government Loans to Local Bodies Act. £150 additional to complete the work has been appl ied for and allowed, subject to additional special rate being struck. Schedule of works not yet received. Uncompleted. Tauranga 4,000 R. .. Piako 1,500 and 150 P.G. .. Carried 1,500 Road Ohinemuri 6,000 Not stated P.G. .. Hawera Liranaki 2,500 2,300 P.G. .. Rejected .. Bridge; roads and metalling. Bridge, and metalling roads Asked for under subsection 4, section 1G, Local Bodies' Loans Act, where poll is not necessarj'. Uncompleted. Wairoa Rejected .. Forming and metalling roads; culverts and bridge. Bridgo over Tukituki River. Bridges; forming and metalling roads. Bridgo over Tukituki River Main road Main roads 12,000* P.G. .. Patangata 5,000 P.G. .. Carried 5,000 Uncompleted. Waipawa 12,000* P.G. .. 3,500 Uawke's Bay .. 6,000 P.G. .. FTorowlionua .. Wairarapa North 12,000* 4,255 P.G. .. P.G. .. £4,170 carried 4,170 £85 was accidentally omitted from consent obtained in a portion of the district. Uncompleted. Wairarapa South 1,250 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried Roads, culverts, and bridge Bridges and roads .. Roads vVanganui llangitikei Manawatu 3,000 5,'JGO 9,114* £2,COO refused 2,000 Roads £600 disallowed, being for purposes not authorized by the Act. Uncompleted. £6,864 for road-works under subsection 4 of section 16, Local Bodies' Loans Act, and £2,750 for overdraft. £2,750 refused. No power to grant under Government Loans to Local Bodies Act. Uncompleted. Uncompleted. Roads and bridges.. ■trey [nangahua 0,000 i 6,000 5,890 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Rejected .. Fresh application. Uncompleted. Waimea Buller 1,300 6,000 P.G. .. P.G. .. Rejected .. Bridges. Bridges, roads, and water-works. Irrigation works, Waiau Plains Not yet stated Irrigation works in two districts Amuri 2,300 P.G. .. Carried Uncompleted. Kaikoura Cicraldine 3,000 0,000 P.G. .. P.G. .. Poll taken for 5,000 ; £2,500 rcj ec t e d, £2,500 carried Carried .. Fresh application made for £2,500," Soadoun Watersupply District. Uncompleted. 2,500 P.G. .. Selwyn Ashburton Clutha 6,500* 3,500 6,000 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. £5,575 rejected 4,500 Water-races. Tramway.. Water-race, bridges, and roads To pay overdraft .. Uncompleted. No report yet as to balance of loan. No power to grant under Government Loans to Local Bodies Act. Uncompleted. Wallace 2,000 R. .. Southland Waihemo 6,000 2,700 1,500 P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried Water-race, bridges, and roads Bridge over Oreti River Traffic - bridge over Shag River Bridge at Cromwell Roads and drains .. To pay overdraft .. Uncompleted. Application reduced to £2,380. Uncompleted. P.G. .. Vincent 3,000 3,050 0,000 P.G. .. P.G. .. R. .. Carried .. No power to grant under Government Loans to Local Bodies Act. Bruce Tuapeka * Tw. ■ears' ;rant. Notk.—P.G., provisionally granted ; B., refused.

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ROAD BOARDS.

Local Authority. Amount asked for. Provisionally granted or refused. Result of Poll or Consent. Grant paid in full. Amount ol \dvances made. Purposes of Loan. Remarks. £ 1,000 £ £ Victoria Valley Eden Terrace .. 2,500 P.G. .. P.G. .. Rejected .. Metalling and forming roads. Waterworks unt Eden .. Mount Albert .. Epsom 6,000* 6,000* 3,000 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried Water-supply Roads Roads, drainage, and water-supply. Roads. Application granted for a fresh poll. Uncompleted. Rejected .. Mount Roskill..'. Howick Township 2,000 500 P.G. .. P.G. .. £452 withdrawn by Board. £48 applied for under subsection 4, section 16, of " The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886." Uncompleted. Uncompleted. Uncompleted. Application reduced from £1,000 to £500. Uncompleted. Pown of Raglan Whaingaroa 350 1,000 P.G. .. P.G. .. Wharf at Raglan .. Wharf at Raglan and bridge Ka,rioi Whakatane Waiuku 350 2,000 150 P.G. .. P.G. .. Wharf at Raglan .. Roads and bridges Metalling road Rejected .. Fresh application made for £300. Waipipi Waretahi 300 350 1,500 P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried 300 350 Metalling roads. Roads llunua Waiwakaiho 1,000 800 P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried .. Metalling road Bridge and gravelling roads Application received too late to be considered on 1st December, and was afterwards withdrawn. No steps taken, as absentees will prevent poll being carried. Uncompleted. £100 disallowed, as rating power has been exceeded in making special rate. Application withdrawn. Uncompleted. arrington oa airoa anganui 200 6,000* 1,000 1,500 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried Rejected .. £300 carried Not stated Roads Not stated. Roads Ngaire Mangoroi 1,400 600 P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried Forming, culverting, and metalling Mangorei Road Roads Uncompleted. Consent obtained for one of the works only at present. Application withdrawn. Uncompleted. Egniont 2,400 Rejected .. Received too late to be considered on 1st December. Uncompleted. Waimato Mangawhero .. Woodville Mangaatua Puketapu Kumeroa Maharahara Olive Whareama B^eatherston 740 3, COO 1,700 3,000 2,000 1,500 1,000 1,000 3,000 2,000 2,500 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried Carried Rejected .. Carried Rejected .. 500 Roads and bridges.. Roads. Carried £2,000 carried, £500 rejected £250 carried Road and metalling Bridge and road .. Money not yet required. Masterton 1,160 P.G. .. Roads Consents for balance not yet received. Uncompleted. Upper Taueru .. Manawatu 970 5,990* P.G. .. P.G. .. £4,740 rejected, £1,250 carried Dray-road Roads and bridgo .. Upper Wangachu 2,000 P.G. .. Dray - road and bridges Roads Kiwitea 4,968* P.G. .. £3,000 rejected, £1,968 carried n Manchester 6,000* P.G. .. Roads and bridge .. £3,558 0s. lOd. withdrawn; £441 19s. 3d. applied for under subsection 4, section 10, of "The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886." Uncompleted. Paid in full. Faratahi-Carter-ton 3,100* P.G. .. £1,850 lost, £600 carried, £650 withdrawn 000 Roads and metalling * Two ears' ;rant.

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Jjocal Authority. Amount asked lor. Provisionally granted or refused. Result of Poll or Consent. Grant Amount Vt%™ Advances tul1- made. Purposes of Ijoau. Itclnarks. Alfredton Wirokino Pahiatua Pelorufi Pigeon Bay 340 3,000 300 3,000 1,000 P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. P.G. .. BOA Carried Rejected .. o boar: I •S—coni )S— com itinued. Roads and metalling £1,300 originally applied for, and afterwards reduced to £340. Uncompleted. Bridge .. .. Uncompleted. Road and metalling „ Roads and metalling. Repairs to roads and bridges damaged by floods. Repairs owing to Rejected before 1st Dec. floods and for roads date on which applications were considered. Wharf .. .. Uncompleted. Repairs to roads „ damaged by floods Drainage .. Town of Akaroa and Wainui 3,000 Rejected .. Le Bon's Bay .. Okain's Bay .. 1,500 550 P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried i Mount Hutt 3,000 P.G. .. Opotiki 300 TOWN ©ARDS, OARDS 5. Wharf accommoda- Uncompleted. Application, grain-store, received after 1st Decomtuid weighbridge ber, 1886. Portion of the works not approved of. Road and bridge .. Late application. Subsequently withdrawn. Roads and drainage First year's grant paid. Bush - felling for roads ; forming and metalling roads. Forming and metal- First year's grant paid. ling roads; culverts and drainage Forming and metalling roads ; drainage. Not stated .. Withdrawn. Stumping and clear- Uncompleted, ing streets, fixing permanent levels, and surface-drain-age Kihikihi 300 Waipawa Danevirke 600' 600* P.G. .. P.G. .. Carried Rejected .. 300 Inglcwood GOO* P.G. .. Carried 800 Clyde 300 P.O. .. Rejected .. Halcombe Pahiatua 200 300 P.G. .. P.G. .. Tauranga Foilding BORO JGHS. 1A1T1 T\f GHS. Wharf extension .. Uncompleted. Bridge over Oroua River. Making a railwo.y- Refused. Work not one fo bridge (to be built which loan could be by another local granted. body) available for dray-traffic New wharf .. Money not yet required. To pay off bank over- Refused. Not being for draft and make purposes for which the street improve- Colonial Treasurer could ments grant a loan to boroughs. 800 1,000* P.G. .. P.G. .. 1 .VJ. . . P.G. .. Rejected .. Wostport 1,200* R. .. B. .. Akaroa Winton P.O... Carried 1,600* 700 P.G... R- .. R- .. Lower Wairau.. B. .. ilVEB 1 SOARDE iOARD! S. To pay off overdraft No power to lend for this purpose under Government Loans to Local Bodies Act. River-protecting Uncompleted. A late apworka plication, received after 1st December, 1886. Repairing damages Uncompleted. done by floods Drainage, protective „ works River-protec t i „ works 1,000 Waipawa 1,000 P.G. .. Henley 1,000 P.G. .. Winton 1,500* P.G. .. Otautau 1,000 P.G. .. 'Thames 5,000 d: iainag: <; boat RD. Improving pumping No power to lend for this of mines purpose under Government Loans to Local Bodies Act. R. .. * Two yei irs' grant.