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Maling's Buildings, Christchurch. —New offices have been provided for the Eegistrar of Births, &c, and fitted up and furnished. Also, new offices for the Inspector of Machinery have been fitted up and furnished. Some improvements and painting have been done, and a flag-pole erected. Christchurch Government Life Insurance Buildings. —A flag-pole has been erected. Christchurch Defence Offices. —Outhouses have been erected, and some fencing. Christchurch Post- and Telegraph-office, Cathedral Square. —Two brick walls have been taken down, a partition shifted, the roof strengthened to give room for a new Telephone Exchange, and a new floor laid in the new room. The ladies' retiring-room has been renovated and furnished, and a lavatory built. A brick shed for a dynamo has been built. A building in the yard has been altered to provide a fumigating-chamber. The cottage has been repaired and renovated. Numerous small repairs and improvements have been made, and all gas, water, and drainage fittings attended to. Ashburton Post- and Telegraph-office. —Six skylights have been fixed in the verandah, and the Postmaster's quarters painted and repaired. Geraldine Post-office. —The building has been painted. Timaru Post-office. —Various repairs have been done to the building. The grounds have been partially filled in and planted. Lyttelton Post-office. —The roof has been thoroughly overhauled, repaired, and painted, gasfittings kept in order, and the upper and lower floor connected by telephone. Waimate Post-office. —Additions have been made to the old post-office building. Kaikoura Post-office. —This office has been repaired and painted. New Brighton Post-office. —A building has been purchased, a wash-house and porch added to it, and other improvements made to enable it to be used as a post-office. Papanui. —A section of land with a house on it has been bought, the house to be used as a post-office. Sumner. —A section of land has been bought for a site for a post-office. Addington. —A recommendation has been made in favour of setting aside a portion of the grounds of the old Addington Gaol as a post-office site. Christchurch Police-station. —Four new cells, a boiler-house, and outhouse have been built; all the cells have been heated, and part of the stable has been converted into four auxiliary cells. A new residence has been built for the sub-Inspector and the outbuildings put in a state of repair. A bathroom has been built, some renovations done, and gas and water laid on to the various rooms in the Inspector's residence. The whole of the police-buildings have been painted. Hot-water apparatus has been provided for the bath- and drying-rooms, and a new floor laid in the kitchen. A lavatory has been fitted for the Inspector of Weights and Measures. The old Weights and Measures Office has been fitted up as an office for the Inspector of Police. Many minor repairs have been done, and, gas, water, and drainage fittings attended to. Kaiapoi Police-station. —An office, bedroom, and scullery have been built and, the whole building renovated. Kaikoura Police-station. —Four new rooms have been built. The old cottage has been repaired and painted. A bathroom and wash-house have been provided, new water-tanks erected, and the grounds improved. Fairlie. —Additional rooms have been erected, the stable re-roofed, some fencing'done, and the whole building renovated and painted. Lincoln Police-station. —A new office has been erected, and the whole buildings repaired and painted. Culverden Police-station.—A new office has been built and furnished, and some fencing and gates put up. Timaru Police-station. —New quarters for the detectives have been erected. Seats and ranges have been provided, and sanitary fittings attended to. The buildings have been repaired, and the grounds cleaned up. Bangiora Police-station. —New stables have been built. The station-buildings and fencing have been repaired and painted. Leeston Police-station. —The stable has been reroofed, a wash-house and fence erected, and the station put in a state of repair. Glenavy Police-station. —The constable's house has been repaired. Addington Police-station. —The roof, bathroom, and kitchen have been repaired, and water and drainage appliances attended to. Some small repairs have been done to the police-stations at Phillipson and Linwood. Burnham Industrial School. —A new brick office has been built and furnished. The whole of the main buildings, residences, and outbuildings have been repaired and renovated, and some additions made. New tanks have been erected. Some concrete channelling has been done, and an underground concrete sewerage tank constructed. Many small repairs and improvements have been done. Windsor Girls' Beformatory.■ —A building has been leased for a reformatory, and a washhouse, drying-closet, and outbuildings erected. A well has been sunk, and a good water-supply obtained ; tanks have been erected, and water laid on throughout the buildings. The whole of the main building has been repaired, improved, and ventilated. Sunnyside Lunatic Asylum. —The old electric wires have been removed, and a new alarm system has been put in. A new steel superheater and water-heater for boiler have been provided, and the baker's oven thoroughly repaired. Dunedin and Southland Districts. Palmerston South Post-office. —This building has been renovated. Dunedin Chief Post-office. —Over four hundred and fifty private letter-boxes have been provided.