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Table 4. —Appropriations and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st March, 1932.

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

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Construction. Maintenance. Number and Name of Highway —j District. Available for ! „ Available for ... Authorization. Expenditure. Authorization. Expenditure. : I £ £ £ £ 1. Auckland North.. .. 49,756 34,071 55,779 53,055 2. Auckland South .. .. 100,687 59,360 146,046 120,005 3. Tauranga .. 15,136 14,497 44,854 40,404 4. Gisborne .. .. 58,205 42,219 56,152 33,485 5. Napier.. .. .. 25,509 23,703 85,319 70,839 6. King-country .. .. 17,414 15,851 53,643 37,127 7. Taranaki .. .. 12,864 10,729 51,932 42,583 8. Wanganui .. .. 29,097 14,599 49,785 35,840 9. Wellington West .. 49,923 45,218 64,030 52,057 10. Wellington East .. 14,963 11,282 48,950 44,000 11. Nelson.. .. .. 21,607 17,178 48,243 45,343 12. West Coast .. .. 6,028 3,757 97,221 86,837 13. Canterbury North .. 8,588 8,158 20,378 18,326 14. Canterbury Central .. 32,030 11,071 43,155 39,141 15. Canterbury South .. 39,682 28,104 41,405 43,247 16. Otago Central .. .. 19,842 12,365 32,427 28,354 17. Otago South .. .. 34,663 28,295 35,751 32,969 18. Southland .. .. 12,001 3,688 35,589 j 26,121 Totals lor Dominion .. 547,995 384,145 1,010,659 849,733 Totals for North Island 373,554 271,529 656,490 529,395 Totals for South Island 174,441 112,616 354,169 320,338

Expenditure. „ , _ „ „ _. Average per Mile per Annum. Number and Name of Length T , — Highway District. Maintained. Board « i g - g j gj go gj g «5 ties. T-J O C5 00 1> CO Js 4* S S S S S 05 03 05 Primary System. c h. £ £ £ £ £ I £ £ £ , £ £ £ 1. Auckland North .. .. 508 26 39,739 7,235 46,974 92-41 93-29;125-34 102-28 103-6 65-6 56-1 77-0 2. Auckland South .. .. 557 4 91,415 19,457 110,872 199-03210-10218-87233-82 203-3 181-0 85-1 53-5 3. Tauranga .. .. .. 436 49 33,600 5,927 39,527 90-53 93-70110-47 90-59 80-3 69-1 48-6 28-1 4. Gisborne .. .. .. 249 56 28,686 7,724 36,410145-81 183-37i218-70146-40 104-3 152-7 93-9 59-5 5. Napier .. .. .. 456 8 32,737 9,723 42,460 93-09147-57187-03158-72 170-0 169-4 104-5 73-4 6. King-country .. .. 350 20 28,878 6,721 35,599 101 -64113-83170-63 90-18 56-2 69-8 55-4 58-5 7. Taranaki .. .. .. 308 23 32,094 8,972 41,066 133-20133-55189-83182-93 195-7 198-8 105-0 67-1 8. Wanganui .. .. .. 324 58 26,154 9,411 35,565 109-52 141-63193-86 96-12 145-3 167-6 88-9 54-4 9. Wellington West .. .. 314 54 43,789 13,460 57,249 181-93 215-70 270-58 228-91 228-9 166-3 120-2 91-7 10. Wellington East .. .. 339 3 37,669 13,383 51,052150-58158-75177-48158-02 138-8 138-0 104-7 77-7 Totals, North Island . . 3,844 61 394,761 102,013 496,774129-21 145-47180-38147-29 141-2 131-6 82-9 62-9 11. Nelson .. .. .. 327 33 37,693 8,131 45,824139-95 106-17153-18121-31 102-1 119-9 63-9 48-1 12. WestCoast .. .. .. 347 10 40,985 6,936 47,921 138-05109-70154-06158-56 U8'3 114-2 94-6 61-6 13. Canterbury North .. .. 312 20 15,573 3,911 19,484 62-40 79-49111-63 94-06 90-1 79-5 47-7 37-7 14. Canterbury Central .. .. 405 60 29,451 8,302 37,753 93-04 89-98 77-74 77-85 87-3 81-4 46-1 52-2 15. Canterbury South .. .. 348 43 32,013 8,590 40,603116-49107-50128-43 95-69 105-0 79-5 73-9 39-7 16. Otago Central .. .. 340 18 18,699 5,505 24,204 71-14 38-92 84-86 61-25 77-2 49-3 26-1 12-6 17. Otago South .. .. .. 295 21 26,242 9,436 35,678120-83106-59124-24 88-96 90-5 81-7 54-2 22-5 18. Southland .. .. .. 463 52 18,065 6,836 24,901 53-70 74-46 70-62 67-13 63-4 76-0 56-6 24-6 Totals, South Island .. 2,840 17 218,721 57,647 276,368 97-31 88-48111-19 94-96 91-4 85-4 59-6 38-5 Totals, Dominion .. 6,684 78 613,482 159,660 773,142 115-65 121-42151-20125-19 119-9 111-9 73-2 51-7