119

B.—2a,

FOR EIGHT MONTHS, FROM 1 NOVEMBER 1875, TO 30 JUNE 1876.

— d inite< Item. Brought forward EXPENDITURE CHARGEABLE ON LAND FUND— continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. 94,981 15 0 300 0 0 £ s. d. Rates on Crown Lands Educational— Grant in Aid, Board of Education, Wellington ... Wellington College, Head Master, &c. School-houses, &c. Grant in Aid of Masters' Salaries, Wellington College Grant in Aid of Country Libraries 3 000 1000 6 000 0 0 0 0 0 0 i,931 15 0 500 150 0 0 0 0 10,650 0 0 Estimated provision required for 8 months, from 1st November, 1875, to 30th June, 1876 70,621 3 4 CONTINGENT EXPENDITURE FOR LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS. Roads— Construction 43,078 0 0 Repairs ... Grants in Aid — Local Boards ... ... £2,000 0 0 Featherston Board ... 224 0 0 .Emigrants and Colonists Aid Society ... ... 3,296 18 0 Pollhill's Gully ... ... 300 0 0 Highway Boards ... ... 5,000 0 0 Waikupa Reserve... ... 500 0 0 10,000 0 0 Repayment to General Government ... 11,320 18 6 ... 6,722 0 0 Bridges and Ferries— 71,120 18 G Erection and Maintenance of Bridges •■• 14,800 0 0 Repayment to Colonial Government Advances Establishment and Maintenance of Ferries ... ... £400 0 0 Punt, Wairarapa ... ... 200 0 0 ;es I 3,910 0 0 ol 0 I — 600 0 0 Departmental Expenditure— Engineer's Department — Provincial Engineer 13 Assistant Engineers 1 Cadet ... 1 Draftsman Labour ... Contingencies, &c. 654 15 2,939 5 50 0 225 0 2,000 0 390 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 19,310 0 0 Explorations— 6,259 0 0 1,000 0 0 Miscellaneous Public Works 6,500 0 0 Ports, Harbours, Docks, &c. — Cost of Buoys 20 0 0 Rivers— Improving Navigation of Wanganui River Refund of Advances to Colonial Government... 3,295 205 0 0 0 o 3,500 0 0 Patent Slip— Guarantee to Company 2,450 0 0 Public Buildings— House for Pilot, Rangitikei Government Buildings Lunatic Asylum ... Lock-ups 250 700 1,000 850 0 0 0 0 0 0 I) 0 Carried forward 2,800 0 0 110,159 18 6 21