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ROADS CONSTRUCTED BY DIRECT GRANTS. The following statement will show the expenditure and liabilities on authorities issued on roads from direct grants to the several local bodies during the year ending the 31st March, 1898: —

PROSPECTING FOR GOLD. The following statement will show the expenditure and liabilities on authorities issued in subsidies to prospecting associations and parties of miners recommended by the local bodies in the different counties for the year ending the 31st March last: —

SCHOOLS OE MINES. The average attendance of students at the Thames School, although there is a slight decrease compared with last year, shows that the interest evinced is still well maintained, and that the

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Name of Local Body. Expenditure for the Year ending 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities on 31st March, 1898. £ s. d. 250 0 0 £ s. d. Te Puke Eoad Board Matamata Eoad Board Bay of Islands County Whangarei County Tauranga County ... Coromandel County Thames County ... Ohinemuri County Piako County Pelorus Eoad Board Collingwood County . ... Wairau Eoad Board Waimea County ... Buller County Inangahua County Grey County Westland County ... Eoss Borough Council Wallace County Taieri County Lake County Southland County Tuapeka County ... Vincent County ... Land and Survey Department Public Works Department ... 500 0 0 350 0 0 680 0 0 100 0 0 3,503 14 2 1,621 11 11 1,764 16 10 786 5 3 1,040 0 0 360 1 0 2,495 0 0 2,434 6 5 2,395 6 11 4,792 18 2 100 0 0 250 0 0 100 0 0 200 0 0 730 0 0 150 0 0 3,360 5 3 2,649 13 7 402 14 9 1,975 0 0 673 3 8 250 0 0 4,700 0 0 2,459 16 0 3,580 0 0 2,285 5 3 150 0 0 250 0 0 500 0 0 400 0 0 550 0 0 200 0 0 1,659 2 1 950 0 0 9,241 0 8 1,386 10 10 1,922 19 3 800 0 0 6,368 19 7 Totals ... 37,410 14 3 33,907 17 4

Name of County. Expenditure for Year ending 31st March, 1898. Liabilities on Authorities on 31st March, 1898. Piako County Bay of Islands County Manukau County Coromandel County ... Tauranga County Marlborough County Grey County Inangahua County ... Westland County Selwyn County Tuapeka County Lake County Southland County ... Vincent County Maniototo County ... Wallace County £ s. d. 5 12 6 212 7 0 55 2 3 515 6 11 10 0 0 34 6 6 7 10 0 11 11 0 1,240 3 2 2 5 0 118 14 0 10 0 0 13 3 0 42 9 9 £ s. d. 12 2 6 110 3 0 14 2 3 255 15 11 6 0 0 80 0 0 153 4 9 754 16 4 17 15 0 104 16 0 13 0 0 17 7 0 15 0 3 20 0 0 7 10 0 79 "I 0 Totals 2,357 15 1 1,581 13 0