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Waitotara. —A contract has been let for additions, alterations, and repairs. Wanganui. —The buildings have been painted externally, and renovated. Taihape. —A constable's residence, with cells, stable, &c, has been erected. Foxton. —Contracts for additions, alterations, and repairs have been carried out. Dannevirke. —The constable's residence has been altered and repaired. Waipawa. —The sergeant's residence has been painted and repaired, and a new stable has been built. Ormondville. —A constable's residence and cells have been built. Napier. —The police-station has been repaired and painted ; alterations and additions to the sergeant's residence are in progress. Spit. —An addition has been built to the police-station. Post and Telegraph Offices. Kaponga. —A contract for the erection of a new post-office has been completed. Opunake. —The drainage and fencing of the post-office grounds, Courthouse, and police-station have been completed. Hawera. —Drainage and water connections with the town services have been completed; a sound-proof telephone-box has been built; some decayed timber beams have been replaced by brick arches; the battery-room has been relined ; some internal alterations and renovations have been done ; and a contract for building a new partition, and plastering and distempering the whole building inside, has been completed. Eltham. —A contract for building a post-office will be advertised immediately. Urenui. —A contract has been let for the erection of a post-office, but work has not yet been started. Manaia. —Additions, &c, have been carried out. Wanganui. —This large brick building was finished early in the year. Hunterville. —A new brick building is in course of erection. Woodville. —A new building in brick is in course of erection. Waipukurau. —Additions have been made to this building. Norsewood. — A new post-office has been erected. Hastings. —Eepairs have been done and the building painted. Spit. —A post-office in brick has been built. The Customhouse at the Spit has been repaired and painted. Native Schools. Pariroa. —A contract for the removal of the school from Mawhitiwhiti and its re-erection at Pariroa has been completed. The roofs have since been repaired and painted. Puniho. —A school and teacher's residence have been built. Tangoio. —New buildings have been erected. A small-arms-ammunition magazine has been built at the back of the Napier Drill-shed. ■ The post-offices at New Plymouth, Stratford, Hawera, Wanganui, Feilding, Palmerston North, Masterton, Dannevirke, Hastings, and Napier were decorated and illuminated in honour of the coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII. Wellington Disteict. Levin. —A large building for an Industrial Home for Boys is now in course of erection. A new post-office has been built, also a new Courthouse. Carterton. —A new post-office in brick has been built. Martinborough. —Some additions have been made to the post-office, and the buildings have been repainted. Additions have also been made to the police-station. Porirua Asylum. —A new boiler with automatic stoker has been fixed in position. Improvements have been made in the laundry, and the dairy has been completed. Alterations to the hotwater services have been finished. A small courtyard has been concreted. A new electric-light engine and dynamo have been fixed in position, also a new switchboard. A boiler-feed pump has been fixed. The cast-iron cooking pans have been replaced with copper ones. Some fire-escape ladders have been fixed. The general maintenance of the building has been attended to. Some machine tools have been provided and fixed in the workshop. The outside painting of the Auxiliary Asylum has been finished. The farm buildings have been lighted by electricity, also the dairy and attendants' cottages. Two airing-courts are now being constructed. A head attendant's cottage has been built by contract. A contract has been let for the erection of No. 2 Auxiliary Asylum, and the work is now in progress. A clock with bell to strike the hours has been fixed in position. Mount View Asylum. — Extensive alterations and renovations have been made in the Medical Superintendent's residence. Alterations have been made in the drainage and water-supply, and electric light has been installed. The exterior of the main building has been painted, and electric light has been installed, as the gaspipes were giving great trouble through corosion. Some of the pipes 'for the hot-water service have been renewed in copper. The iron pipes have given great trouble, from the necessity of frequent cleaning. A new gas-stove has been fixed in the office. Improvements have been made in the cooking appliances, and a manhole built at the sewers' junction. Departmental Buildings. — Considerable settlements having taken place in various parts of the buildings through decay of piles, settlement of concrete blocks, sinking of piles, &c, the work Of 9—D. 1.

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