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Appropriations for Main Highways Account.— Construction Fund.

CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, ETC., OF MAIN HIGHWAYS, INCLUDING SALARIES OR WAGES, ALSO COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE (WHICH IS SUBJECT TO REVISION AS COST OF LIVING RISES OR FALLS), HOLIDAY PAY, COMPENSATION AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES FOR ACCIDENTS TO EMPLOYEES, CHARGES FOR PLANT, ETC.

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— 1925-26. Vote No. 72. —Main Highways— £ *GBOSS Total ... ... ... ... 440,000 CRBDITS-in-AID ... ... ... ... 5,000 NET TOTAL ... ... ... ... 435,000 Item. £ £ MAIN HIGHWAYS ACCOUNT. VOTE No. 72. Main Highways— No. 1 Highway District (Auckland North) — 1 Auckland-Wainui (via Birkenhead), (£1 for £1, 4,463 £4,263 ; free, £200) 2 Auckland-Helensville (£1 for £1) ... ... 11,000 ; 3 Kumeu Railway-station to Albany Eoad (£1 for £1) 1,443 4 Helensville-Waiwera (£2 for £1, £161; £1 for £1, 1,133 £972) 5 Port Albert-Wellsford (£1 for £1) ... ... 750 6 Waiwera-Mangawai (free, £3,000 ; £2 for £1, £1,000, 5,180 on account; £1 for £1, £1,180) 7 Warkworth-Kaipara Flats Eailway-station (£3 for £1) 1,988 8 Wayby-Maungaturoto (£3 for £1, £2,850; £1 for £1, 3,067 £217) 9 Kaiwaka-Mangawai (£1 for £1) ... ... 353 10 Whangarei-JDargaville (£1 for £1, £401; free, £1,975) 2,376 11 Whangarei-Kawakawa (£4 for £1, £2,000; £2 for 4,784 £1, £900 ; £1 for £1, £1,884) 12 Maungatapere-Kaikohe (free, £5,001; £5 for £1, 8,684 £2,218; £3 for £1, £900; £1 for £1, £565) 13 Kawakawa-Mangamuka (free, £5,000; £1 for £1, 5,375 £375) 14 Waimamaku - Ohaeawai (free, £200; £4 for £1, 8,368 £1,860; £1 for £1, £6,308) 15 Eawene-Kaikohe (£1 for £1) ... ... 346 16 Kohukohu-Te Karae (£1 for £1) ... . . 2,000 17 Broadwood-Kaitaia (free, £135 ; £1 for £1, £1,613)... 1,748 18 Waipapakauri-Victoria Valley (£1 for £1) ... 2,106 19 Victoria Valley-Mangonui (£1 for £1) ... ... 200 20 Mangamuka-Te Karae (free) ... ... 3,000 21 Whangaroa-Okaihau (free) ... ... ... 3,500 22 Dargaville-Maungaturoto (free, £1,922; £4 for £1, 8,372 £400 ; £3 for £1, £5,400; £1 for £1, £650) 23 Northern Wairoa Bridge at Dargaville (£1 for £1) 8,000 24 Maungaturoto Bailway-station-Waipu (£1 for £1) ... 500 25 Dargaville-Te Kopuru (£1 for £1) ... ... 300 26 Engineering surveys (free) ... ... ... 350 89,386 *£200,000 to be transferred from "Public Works Fund" in terms of Section 16 (b) of the Main Highways Act, 1922.