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Development of Goldfields.—Table No. 5a. Statement showing Assistance towards Prospecting, and Miscellaneous Services, out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1900, and the Liabilities on that Date.

TABLE No. 6. Statement showing the Expenditure on Telegraphs out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1900, and the Liabilities on that Date.

» Total Expenditure to 31st March, 1899. Net Expenditure during 12 Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure to Blst March, 1900. Liabilities on 31st March, 1900. Total Net Expenditure and Liabilities. Assistance towards prospecting* Purchase of diamond-drill Prospecting deep levels, Thames, — Queen of Beauty Claim Inspector's fee, deep-level shaft, Thames Compensation Proclamation of Rivers Water Conservation— Reports on Coromandel Harbour and Kuaotunu Sludge Channel Engineer's salary and expenses .. Eweburn Reservoir Telephone line, Bannockburn to Nevis Reports on Ross Flat Resumption of land Purchase of Cassrell's and Bennett's leaseholds, Paeroa £ s. d. 10,139 12 8 722 1 5 £ s. d. 1,400 9 6 £ s. d. 11,540 2 2 722 1 5 £ s. d. 1,784 3 0 £ s. d. 13,324 5 2 722 1 5 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 25,000 0 0 500 0 0 5,872 14 6 511 0 0 6,383 14 6 6,383 14 6 80 12 6 80 12 6 80 12 6 660 11 4 7,410 6 3 50 0 0 407 18 0 6,482 15 1 1,068 9 4 13,893 1 4 50 0 0 1,068 9 4 13,893 1 4 50 0 0 249 13 0 34 17 8 862 7 0 2,250 0 0 284 10 8 862 7 0 2,250 0 0 284 10 8 862 7 0 2,250 0 0* Totals 50,685 11 8 11,949 7 3 62,634 18 11 1,784 3 0 64,419 1 11 I ields, Table No. 4 (£2,630 16s. 2d.). * For ex; lenditure irio; to 31st March, 1894, see Eoads on Gold)

Line. Expenditure during Twelve Months ended 31st March, 1900. Total Expenditure and Liabilities. Telephone exchanges,— Ashburton Auckland Blenheim Christchurch Dunedin Feilding Gisborne Greymouth Hawera Invercargill Masterton Napier Nelson New Plymouth Oamaru Palmerston North Thames Timaru Wanganui Wellington New wires, — Auckland-New Plymouth Waipapa Te Kao Opinoni-Hokianga Heads Tokatea-Cabbage Bay-Coromandel Whakatane-Taneatua Paeroa-Paeroa Railway Mangonui-Peria-Oruru Waitara-Awakino-New Plymouth Stratford-New Plymouth Sentry Hill Eltham-Stratford Eltham-Ngaire Otakeho-Pihama .. Pipiriki-Te Horo Makirikiri Ohingaiti-Mangaweka Waitara-Tikorangi Mangaweka-Moawhango Nuhaka-Morere Ngapaeruru .. Waerengaokuri-Hangaroa Matamau Napier-Pakipaki £ s. d. £ s. d. 22 2 2 692 5 8 14 9 0 228 12 1 575 17 6 372 14 9 78 9 6 7 3 4 463 1 0 162 2 8 16 18 9 24 13 2 35 13 9 331 12 2 52 8 3 48 12 5 15 0 39 15 5 91 15 8 466 11 5 245 13 7 11 6 0 5 10 24 0 8 362 9 5 136 16 4 38 0 2 125 5 3 4 11 8 29 12 5 4 15 7 0 0 4 16 0 13 9 0 1,687 17 8 70 13 6 29 7 8 9 10 10 568 10 11 103 11 9 0 10 0 143 17 0 9 10 1 52 3 7 Carried forward 7,413 19 7