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PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Auckland District. ( The Government House was repainted internally and externally, some additional accommodation and furnishings provided, and all necessary work done to maintain the house and grounds. All the various departmental buildings in the district have been maintained in a state of repair. New Public Buildings are being erected by contract at Tauranga. Courthouses. —Accommodation lias been provided at the Supreme Court for the Arbitration Court; all necessary fittings have been provided, and the repairs and maintenance-work of the whole building attended to. A new Courthouse is being erected at Huntly. A number of minor repairs and improvement-works have been done at the various Courthouses, and all necessary maintenance-work done. Gaols.- -The building of the back wing of the central block, Mount Eden Gaol, is completed, and it is now occupied. Work is in progress on the central and front part of the same wing. A contract for the supply of the internal iron staircases and gallery-rails' has been completed. The quarters of the petty officers have been renovated. Some small buildings were erected at the prison camp, Whakarewarewa, and fittings at the Waiotapu prison camp. Mangakawa Sanatorium,, Cambridge. —Some bed-shelters have been built and other buildings completed. Some additional drainage-works have been carried out. Hospital for Mental Diseases, Auckland. —The old laundry has been converted into a dormitory, and all necessary furniture and fittings supplied. A contract for alterations to the diningroom and kitchen block is in progress; the alterations to the kitchen are finished. It will take two months or more to finish the contract. Police-stations. —Some minor alterations, additions, and improvements have been made in the Auckland Police-station. A contract for the conversion of the Brigade Office into an inspector's residence has been completed. Three sections have been leased from the City Council for a site for a police-station, and tenders for the erection of the building have been asked for. An office has been built at the Otorohanga Police-station ; police-cells were erected at Te Awamutu; the office at Newton Police-station has been altered and enlarged ; a lock-up and stable have been erected at Cambridge; cells have been provided at Karaka; the buildings at Hikurangi and Whakatane have been renovated; a contract for the erection of cells at Rotorua has been completed ; a contract has been let for the erection of a police-station at Waiuku; a lock-up and a constable's hut have been built at Taumarunui, and some fencing done there and at Ngaruawahia. Post and Telegraph Offices.---In the Auckland Post-office some additional private letter-boxes have been provided, and an extra clerk's room built. A large lantern light has been provided over the telegraph operating-room, and a number of other improvements made. The post-office fumigating-shed has been removed to Hobson Street wharf. A new post-office has been built at Mangonui, and provided with all fittings and furnishings. A building at Grey Lynn has been purchased and fitted up as a post-office. The Whakatane Post-office has been removed to a site nearer the wharf. Tenders have been received for the erection of a new brick post-office at Parnell. Some considerable repairs have been done at the Te Awamutu Post-office, also at Kihikihi. A tender has been accepted for the erection of a post-office at Waipiro. The contract for the erection of a post-office at Whakarewarewa is nearly completed. A number of minor repairs, alterations, additions, &c, have been carried out at other buildings. Native Schools. —A contract for the enlarging of the school at Oromahoe has been completed. A new school has been built at Kaingohoe. The Tapuaeharuru School has been moved to another site at Lake Rotoiti. A new school has been built at Oruanui, also one at Waitahanui. Additions have been made to the school at Ruatoki. New schools have been built at Waioeka and at Manguoronga. Additional rooms, have been provided at the buildings at Whakarewarewa. Electric fire-alarms have been provided at the industrial school, Mount Albert, and some iron fittings for fire-escapes and fire-extinguishers at the Takapuna Industrial School. Some fittings and furnishings have been supplied to the State Fire Insurance Department. Some new outbuildings have been erected at the Motuihi Quarantine Station, and repairs to dwelling carried out. The Stock Department's fumigating-shed was removed to the Hobson Street wharf. All necessary works for maintenance and repairs to buildings in the district have been carried out. New Plymouth, Wanganui, and Hawke's Bat Districts. Some small additions were made to the New Plymouth Departmental Buildings. Police-stations. —Some repairs and additions have been carried out at Hawera, and drainage and water-supply provided at Normanby and Hastings. At Opunake the buildings have been repaired, and painted and papered throughout. A lock-up has been built at Porangahau, also at Hunterville. Alterations and repairs have been carried out at Dannevirke, and extra cells have been built. Painting and repairs have been carried out at Palmerston North, and a few new cells are being built. The Waipukurau Station is being repaired and painted. Courthouses. —A contract has been let for enlarging the Court-room at Stratford and building additional rooms. Drainage and water-supply have been provided at Hastings Courthouse. The Mangaweka Courthouse has been repainted. The Foxton Courthouse has been reroofed. At Palmerston North some alterations have been made in the clerk's office, and the Woodville Courthouse is being painted and repaired. Gaols. —A new wall is being built at Napier Gaol; drainage-works have been carried out at Wanganui Gaol. Post-offices. —The erection of a post-office at Eltham was completed, and the necessary drainageconnections subsequently made to the new town system. Repairs to the Waverley Post-office have been completed and a telephone-room added. A post-office is being built by contract at Pungarehu.