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Native Schools. Tuhara, Wairoa South. —Schoolhouse and residence were erected by a party of men employed by Public Works Department. Hawke's Bay District. Courthouse. Napier. —Renovated, and strong-room erected. Police-station. Hastings. —Additions have been made. Miscellaneous. Agricultural Department, Waipukurau. —Stock Inspector's house built._ Government Life Insurance, Napier. —A new brick and stone building is just commenced. Taranaki District. Departmental Buildings. New Plymouth. — Public Trust: Offices altered. Deeds Department: Offices renovated; general repairs and maintenance done. Courthouses. New Plymouth. —Accommodation too limited; extension proposed. Waitara. —New Courthouse being erected. _ Eltham. —New Courthouse completed; outhouses being erected. Wanganui. —Contract for repairs and painting just let. Gaols. Wanganui. —Prisons Department are erecting warder's house. New Plymouth. —Drainage is nearly completed; fittings still to fix. Police-stations. New Plymouth. —Site obtained to erect new buildings on. Normanby. —Renovations and repairs done. Waitotara. —Repairs done; drains laid. Wanganui. —Painting and renovations have been carried out. Post-offices. Hawera. —Postmaster's residence repaired and renovated. Patea. —Repairs and renovations reported on. Waverley. —Additions and repairs contract will be advertised shortly. Wellington District. Departmental Buildings. Wellington. —Additions to north-east wing completed, with fittings. Guards' mess-room and dormitory erected. Courthouse. Wellington, Supreme Court. —Additions are being erected. Gaols. Mount Cook Prison. —Hill-top, Ranfurly Terrace, lowered; promenade made; kiln repaired: warders' cottages renovated; road metalled through back yard; additional tanks provided. Terrace Gaol, Wellington. —New cookhouse completed, old building removed and s ; x bathrooms erected in its place; repairs and alterations to closets and soil-drains done; roads metalled ; warders' cottages renovated; buildings painted; bootmaker's shop erected; new gates and fencing put up; general repairs attended to; new cottage for Head Warder built by contract and fenced ; six warders' cottages painted. Police-stations. Petone and Wellington South. —Buildings are being erected at both places. Carterton. —New building erected. Mount Cook. —Repairs and renovations were carried out to cottages, &c. Wellington. — Manners Street Station. —Alterations to cells arranged; yard asphalted. Wellington. — Rintoul Street Station. —Yard drained. Wellington. — Lambton Quay Station. —Yard regraded and asphalted; ambulance-shed built. Wellington. — Buckle Street Station. — Police Headquarters. —Repairs done. Post-Offices. Wellington Telephone Exchange. —Additions have been built. Masterton. —The building has been renovated.

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