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

For the purpose of computing the average costs per mile in the above tables the expenditure on the restoration of earthquake damage in the Nos. 5, 11, and 12 Highway Districts has been excluded. The Board expended from the Revenue Fund for this purpose the sum of £59,017, which, when added to the total of £790,716 shown above, enables a reconciliation to be made with the total in the last column of Table 4.

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Expenditure. Number and Name of Length Highway District. Maintained. Loral Average per Mile per Annum. Board - Authorities. , T - 1931-32. | 1930-31. J 1929-30. j 1928-29. Secondary System. M. oh, £ £ £ £ £ £ £ 1. Auckland North .. .. 301 46 13,316 3,852 17,168 56-93 65-57 98-84 68-85 2. Auckland South .. .. 463 2 28,590 8,735 37,325 80-61 126-36 207-63 109-12 3. Tauranga .. .. .. 234 63 6,804 1,149 7,953 33-87 49-27 38-87 32-23 4. Gisborne .. .. .. 114 8 4,800 1,461 6,261 54-87 108-85 109-45 67-79 5. Napier .. .. .. 232 7 7,280 2,470 9,750 42-01 69-31 68-65 45-97 6. King-country .. .. 306 60 8,249 2,171 10,420 33-97 53-84 54-09 29-17 7. Taranaki .. .. .. 129 12 10,488 3,230 13,718 106-22 142-38 129-53 87-91 8. Wanganui .. .. .. 154 0 9,686 3,082 12,768 82-91 93-55 136-68 71-64 9. Wellington West .. .. 143 48 8,268 3,097 11,365 79-14 86-97 105-12 74-18 10. Wellington East .. .. 126 2 6,331 2,432 8,763 69-54 90-50 104-00 80-04 Totals, North Island .. 2,205 8 103,812 31,679 135,491 61-44 84-66 107-70 66-20 11. Nelson .. .. .. 206 50 7,500 1,997 9,497 45-96 43-96 49-08 37-14 12. WestCoast .. .. .. 163 48 17,807 4,075 21,882 133-75 152-81 196-99 111-98 13. Canterbury North .. .. 103 26 2,754 788 3,542 34-28 48-69 58-54 36-31 14. Canterbury Central .. .. 253 17 9,689 2,993 12,682 50-08 50-40 76-58 54-05 15. Canterbury South .. .. 353 5 11,234 3,377 14,611 41-38 66-71 49-78 36-23 16. Otago Central .. .. 363 29 9,655 3,261 12,916 35-55 33-99 61-19 31-95 17. Otago South .. .. 154 48 6,727 2,339 9,066 58-64 58-58 75-09 52-62 18. Southland .. .. .. 358 30 8,056 2,573 10,629 29-66 36-78 40-30 26-07 Totals, South Island .. 1,956 13 73,422 21,403 94,825 48-48 55-93 67-42 43-79 Totals, Dominion .. 4,161 21 177,234 j 53,082 230,316 55-35 71-00 88-51 55-51 Complete Highway System. 1. Auckland North .. .. 809 72 53,055 11,087 64,142 79-20 83-37 115-66 90-26 2. Auckland South .. .. 1,020 6 120.005 28,192 148,197 145-28 175-83 214-30 182-99 3. Tauranga .. .. .. 671 32 40,404 7,076 47,480 70-72 80-38 90-73 74-50 4. Gisborne .. .. .. 363 64 33,485 9,186 42,671 117-29 163-47 189-52 124-91 5. Napier .. ... .. 688 15 40,017 12,193 52,210 75-87 121-18 146-72 120-35 6. King-country .. .. 657 0 37,127 8,892 46,019 70-04 85-82 115-75 61-44 7. Taranaki .. .. .. 437 35 42,582 12,202 54,784 125-24 136-04 172-85 155-92 8. Wanganui .. .. .. 478 58 35,840 12,493 48,333 100-96 126-70 176-13 88-53 9. Wellington West .. .. 458 22 52,058 16,556 68,614 149-72 179-00 224-31 185-63 10. Wellington East .. .. 465 5 43,999 15,816 59,815 128-62 141-56 158-96 138-38 Totals, North Island .. 6,049 69 498,572 133,693 632,265 104-51 124-76 155-78 119-87 11. Nelson .. .. .. 534 3 45,193 10,127 55,320 103-59 82-05 112-83 88-69 12. WestCoast .. .. .. 510 58 58,792 11,011 69,803 136-68 122-37 166-76 144-87 13. Canterbury North .. .. 415 46 18,327 4,699 23,026 55-41 72-65 99-69 81-07 14. Canterbury Central .. .. 658 77 39,141 11,295 50,436 76-54 75-16 77-29 68-85 15. Canterbury South .. .. 701 48 43,247 11,967 55,214 78-70 87-96 89-58 66-32 16. Otago Central .. .. 703 47 28,354 8,766 37,120 52-76 36-45 73-89 47-67 17. Otago South .. .. 449 69 32,968 11,775 44,743 99-46 90-82 108-15 77-06 18. Southland .. .. .. 822 2 26,122 9,409 35,531 43-22 58-66 57-90 49-90 Totals, South Island .. 4,796 30 292,144 79,049 371,193 77-39 75-77 94-12 75-04 Totals, Dominion .. 10,846 19 790,716 212,742 1,003,458 92-52 103-14 128-57 100-06