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Table 4.—Appropriations and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st March, 1931.

Table 5. —Maintenance of Main Highways (including Bridges).

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Construction. Maintenance. Number and Name of Highway 1 £ £ , £ £ 1. Auckland North... .. 76,545 62,957 65,643 47,567 2. Auckland South .. .. 133,862 108,803 132,052 99,987 3. Tauranga .. .. 23,128 8,355 48,173 38,254 4. Gisborne .. .. 63,523 19,743 59,708 39,610 5. Napier.. .. .. 47,877 39,799 50,042 65,586 6. King-country .. .. 41,050 33,328 54,243 42,568 7. Taranaki .. .. 30,721 21,575 52,427 45,304 8. Wanganui .. .. 40,841 6,939 50,714 37,809 9. Wellington West .. 72,410 67,857 63,340 I 55,655 10. Wellington Bast .. 45,468 38,428 49,692 j 44,500 11. Nelson.. .. .. 62,859 52,705 54,139 51,174 12. West Coast .. .. 30,317 25,525 152,451 137,303 13. Canterbury North .. 25,586 18,486 26,663 20,696 14. Canterbury Central .. 68,302 52,318 45,583 32,239 15. Canterbury South .. 61,268 52,466 42,206 39,767 16. Otago Central .. .. 55,131 55,820 35,525 15,826 17. Otago South .. .. 37,628 29,647 35,692 26,781 18. Southland .. .. 28,702 16,499 35,617 31,951 Totals for Dominion .. 945,218 711,250 1,053,910 J 872,577 Totals for North Island 575,425 407,784 626,034 516,840 Totals for South Island 369,793 303,466 427,876 355,737

Expenditure. Average per Mile per Annum. Number and Name oi Length Tncni \ i i Highway District. Maintained. Board TotaL rj o » g *: o 4 ties. O O5 CO l> CO IO M C<] <N ©J <M (M <N OS OS OS OS OS OS OS rH r-H i-f iH iH rH W Primary System. M. oh. £ £ £ i £ i £ £ £ £ £ I £ 1. Auckland North .. 595 1 34,259 21,248 55,507 93-29125 -34102-28 103-6 65-6 56-l! 77-0 2. Auckland South .. 483 73 71,623 30,049 101,672210-10,218-87 233-82 203-3 181-0 85-1 53-5 3. Tauranga .. .. 409 9 31,210 7,126 38,336 90-59 80-3 69-1 48-6' 28-1 4. Gisbome .. .. 249 56 32,761 13,027 45,788183-37 218-70146-40 104-3 152-7 93-9 ! 59-5 5. Napier .. .. 456 8 46,361 20,947 67,308147-57187-03158-72 170-0 169-4 104-5; 73-4 6. King-country .. 350 20 30,920 8,949 39,869113-83170-63 90-18 56-2 69-8 55-4! 58-5 7. Taranaki .. .. 313 72 33.542 8,379 41,921133-55189-83182-93] 195-7 198-8 105-0: 67-1 8. Wanganui .. .. 326 48 28,535 17,723 46,258141-63193-86 96-12 145-3 167-6 88-9 54-4 9. Wellington West .. 314 54 48,233 19,643 67,876215-70270-58228-91 228-9 166-3 120-2 91-7 10. Wellington East .. 338 72 37,437 16,363 53,800158-75177-48158-02 138-8 138-0 104-7 77-7 Totals, North Island 3,838 13 394,881 163,454 558,335145-47180-38147-29 141-2 131-6 82-9 62-9 11. Nelson .. .. 305 3 22,250 10,138 32,388106-17 153-18121-31 102-1 119-9 63-9 48-1 12. WestCoast .. .. 348 69 34,316 3,954 38,270109-70154-06158-56 118-3 114-2 94-6 61-6 13. Canterbury North .. 312 20 17,244 7,579 24,823 79-49111-63 94-06 90-1 79-5 47-7 37-7 14. Canterbury Central .. 406 9 24,336 12,207 36,543 89-98 77-74 77-85 87-3 81-4 46-1 52-2 15. Canterbury South .. 347 63 24,397 12,989 37,386107-50128-43 95-69 105-0 79-5 73-9 39-7 16. Otago Central .. 324 16 8,563 4,055 12,618 38-92 84-86 61-25 77-2 49-3 26-1 12-6 17. Otago South .. 295 21 21,152 10,321 . 31,473106-59124-24 88-96 90-5 81-7 54-2 22-5 18. Southland .. .. 463 52 23,540 10,991 34,531 74-46 70-62 67-13 63-4 76-0 56-6 24-6 Totals, South Island 2,803 13 175,798 72,234 248,032 88-48111-19 94-96 9,1-4 85-4 59-6 38-5 Totals, Dominion .. 6,641 26 570,679 235,688 806,367 121-42151-20125-19 119-9 111-9 73-2 51-7