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PUBLIC WOEKS STATEMENT.

INDEX TO TABLES, APPENDICES, AND EEPOETS ALEEADY PEESENTED TO PARLIAMENT DUEING SESSION 1., 1887.

CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT. TABLES. Page No. I.—Total Expenditure:—Summary showing the Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Works out of Immigration and Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1887 .. .. .. .. 4 No. 2. —Eailways :—Statement showing Total Expenditure and Liabilities on Eailways, including Valuation of Provincial Lines, to 31st March, 1887 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 No. 3. —Eoads generally : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Eoads to 31st March, 1887 7 No. 4.—Eoads to open up lands :—Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Eoads under the control of the Hon. the Minister of Lands to 31st March, 1887 .. .. .. .. 10 No. 5. —Goldfields Eoads : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Goldfields Eoads to 31st March, 1887 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 No. 6. —Public Buildings : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Public Buildings to 31st March, 1887 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 No. 7. —Watee-baces: —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Water-races on Goldfields to 31st March, 1887 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 No. 8.— Telegraphs : —Statement showing Expenditure on Telegraphs out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1887 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 No. 9.— Lighthouses and Habboub Woeks : —Statement showing Expenditure and Liabilities on Lighthouses and Harbour Works out of Immigration and Public Works Loan to 31st March, 1887 .. 17

APPENDICES. Appendix A. —Expenditure fob the Yeab : —Audited Statement of Expenditure on Public Works out of the Immigration and Public Works Loan for the Year 1886-87 .. .. .. .. 21 ~ B. —Total Liabilities :—Statement of all Liabilities of the Public Works Department outstanding on 31st March, 1887 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 „ C —Eailway Conteacts : —Schedule of Eaihvay-construction Contracts current on Ist April, 1886, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1887 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 ~ D. —Sleepee Contracts: —Schedule of Sleeper Contracts current on Ist April, 1886, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1887 .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. 27 E.—Eoad Contbacts, etc.: —Schedule of Contracts for Eoads and Miscellaneous Works current on Ist April, 1886, and further Contracts entered into by the Public Works Department during the Year ended 31st March, 1887 „ E. —Eoads to open up Lands : —Schedule of Contracts for Eoads and Miscellaneous Works under the control of the Hon. the Minister of Lands, current on Ist April, 1886, and further Contracts entered into during the Year ended 31st March, 1887 .. .. .. 29 „ G. —Goldfields Eoads : —Schedule of Contracts for Eoads on Goldfields current on Ist April, 1886, and further Contracts entered into during the Year ended 31st March, 1887 .. 30 „ H. —Watee-eaces : —Schedule of Contracts for Water-races current on Ist April, 1886 .. .. 30 „ I. —Annual Eepoet on Eailways, by the Engineer-in-Chief .. .. .. .. 31 J.—Annual Eeport on Eoads, Miscellaneous Works, Buildings, and Defence Works, by the Engineer-in-Chief .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 Enclosure with Appendix J. Eeport of Mr. H. M. Skeet on the two most feasible lines of Eoad to connect the District of Taranaki with the North Island Main Trunk Eailway .. .. .. .. 46 Map accompanying same .. .. (following page 48). X,—Annual Eeport on Lighthouse Wobks, etc., by the Marine Engineer.. .. .. 49 Enclosures with Appendix I. 1. Maps of North and Middle Islands, showing Eailways opened, in progress, and proposed. 2. Diagrams showing Miles of Government Eailway opened in the North and Middle Islands separately, and in the Colony as a whole, year by year since 1872. 3. Table of Lengths of Government Eailways authorised, constructed, and surveyed up to 31st , March, 1887.