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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1878-79.

STATEMENT in detail of the NET EXPENDITURE under VOTE No. 59, PROVINCIAL LlABlLlTlES— continued.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 2,230 12 10 Brought forward Wellington : — Public WorksReclamation of Land, Wellington Harbour Opaki Road Forty-Mile Bush and Mauriceville Road Deviation, West Coast Road Roads North of Feilding Roads and Works on Manchester Block ... Rangitumau Road Roads, Paraekaretu Block Tauherinikau Bridge Rangitikei Bridge Rangitikei Bridge, Balance of Contract ... Wanganui River Punts and Ferryhousc, Wangaehu, Rangitikei, &c. ... Salaries of late Provincial Engineer and other officers temporarily retained Repayment of Loan on Mortgage of the Reclaimed Land, Wellington Harbour Wellington Patent Slip Company, Guarantee of Interest Trustees of Wellington Hospital, Balance of voto of last year 14,406 15 8 74 7 0 947 6 0 338 3 0 100 12 6 3,186 0 11 200 0 0 1,000 0 0 192 10 0 1,628 0 0 474 0 0 3,000 0 0 250 0 0 98 14 2 70,416 1 10 2,450 0 0 5,000 0 0 103,762 11 7 i Nelson : — Public Works, — Road, Nelson to Westport and Greymouth Road, Pigeon Valley to Stanley Brook ... Motueka Bridge... Harbour Works ... Takaka Tramway Purchase of Land for Roads Reward to Antonio Zala and George Zanetti, for discovery of Lyell's Reefs, Nelson South-West Gold Fields ... Compensation to late Provincial Officers 116 15 0 400 0 0 4,860 0 11 2,804 18 3 1.387 17 6 10 0 0 250 0 0 24 7 11 Marlborough :— Purchase of Land for Roads Outstanding Liabilities for Contracts under the 18th section of "The Marlborough Waste Lands Act, 1874" ... Compensation to late Provincial Officers for loss of office... Refund of Deposits ... 9,853 19 7 22 0 0 317 13 5 84 3 5 58 3 0 481 19 10 Canterbury : — Public Works,— Rakaia Gorge Bridge Waimakariri Gorgo Bridge ... Road Diversions Extra Compensation to Mr. Thornton, late Provincial Engineer Rails for Ashburton County Malvern Waterworks Arbitration Compensation for piece of land taken for a Cemetery Reserve Compensation to late Provincial Officers for loss of office... 1,466 5 3 1,937 8 0 18 11 0 491 7 6 477 0 0 1,792 4 6 10 0 0 458 6 8 Westland : — Gas supplied, Police Quarters, Hokitika, December, 1876 Gas for Government House and Public Offices, Hokitika, December, 1876... 6,651 2 11 14 0 7 17 6 9 1 6 Otago : — Public Works, — Havelock to Waipori Road ... Road, Lawrence to Dalhousie vid Clarke's Flat Footbridge, Nevis Road through Kaitangata Redemption of Otago Dock Bonds Interest on £2,000, part purchase-money of Stewart Island unpaid 30th June, 1878 (part of £288) Subsidy to Cromwell Hospital, September quarter, 1876 Compensation to A. Moir, for loss of luggage on Dunedin-Port Chalmers Railway, 1875 ... ... ... . Assessment on Runs set apart as an endowment for tho Clutha River Conservators Land purchased from A. McNaughton and others in 1876, forroadnay, Jacob's River Gratuity to late Matron of Dunedin Hospital Proceeds of sale of Impounded Stock refunded Refunds on account of short acreage of land Refunds of Deposits ... Compensation to late Provincial Officers for loss of office 600 0 0 512 18 8 300 0 0 200 0 0 23,800 0 0 128 0 0 59 0 6 40 0 0 328 5 5 293 13 2 80 0 0 13 9 0 3 19 6 201 6 0 220 13 8 26,790 5 11 Total Net Expenditure, Vote No. 59, Provincial Liabilities £149,779 14 2