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tion to this sum, it is proposed to ask the House to authorize the incurring of further liabilities during current year to the extent of, say, £80,000. EOADS UNDEE THE EOADS AND BEIDGES CONSTEUCTION ACT. Main Roads: One-fourth of Cost of Work to be provided, or repaid in Ten Years, by the Local Body, and the Balance to be found by the Government. Under this heading the total amount of the applications received on the 30th June, 1884, when reduced in accordance with the Act of 1883, came to £250,484. Of these applications, those which were for bridges were granted in full, while as regards those which were for road-works, exclusive of bridges, the available fund only admitted of their being granted to the extent of 30 per cent, of the amounts applied for. The total amount thus distributed for bridges and road-works together amounted to £103,294. In addition to these ordinary applications, there were also applications for repairs of extraordinary damages by floods amounting to £13,577, and grants were made on these to the extent of £9,005. The total applied for altogether on account of main roads was, therefore, £264,061, and the total granted £112,299, of which £60,975 was for bridges and £51,324 for other works. The amounts granted within each of the several provincial districts will be found in the following table : —

District Roads and River Works: Total Amount granted to be repaid in Fiiteen Years. On account of this class of works the total amount applied for during the year ended March last has been .£34,593 (including applications amounting to £1,186 for flood damages); and, in pursuance of these applications, loans have been granted to the extent of £26,002. Of this sum, £25,402 was for roads and £600 for river works. The several amounts granted within the various provincial districts are shown in the table below:—

Grants. Provincial Districts. Applications. Bridges. Roads. Total. L uckland £ s. a. 69,201 0 0 & s. a. 11,333 0 0 £ s. a. 15,133 0 0 £ s. a. 26,466 0 0 lawko's Bay 14,921 0 0 7,144 0 0 1,294 0 0 8,438 0 0 'aranaki 10,000 0 0 2,077 0 0 2,039 0 0 4,116 0 0 Vellington 36,934 0 0 5,663 '0 0 9,909 0 0 15,572 0 0 felson .. 31,839 0 0 21,931 0 0 1,311 0 0 23,242 0 0 larlborough 5,125 0 0 267 0 0 1,448 0 0 1,715 0 0 Vestland 9,940 0 0 3,840 0 0 1,125 0 0 4,965 0 0 lanterbury 19,715 0 0 446 0 0 5,067 0 0 5,513 0 0 )tago 66,386 0 0 8,274 0 0 13,998 0 0 22,272 0 0 Totals 264,001 0 0 60,975 0 0 51,324 0 0 112,299 0 0