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Expenditure out of Public Works Fund on Development of Goldfields — continued. Assistance towards Prospecting — continued. £ s. d. Prospecting Kumara Goldfield ... ... ... ... ... 42 5 6 Ross Borough Council (H. and B. Traversi) ... ... ... ... 28 4 0 Shotover Consolidated Mining Company ... ... ... ... 234 5 7 McNamara and party ... ... ... ... ... ... 46 11 6 Elliott, Todd, and Parker ... ... ... ... ... ... 148 4 9 Waipori Consolidated Company ... ... .... ... ... 100 0 0 Lake County, Lambie and party ... ... ... ... ... 34 9 7 T. Scott ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 0 0 ~ Anderson and party ... ... ... ... ... 75 0 0 Lake County Miners' Association, C. Haves ... ... ... ... 25 0 0 R. Balch ... ... ... ... 40 10 0 ~ ~ Soulter Bros. ... ... ... 8 5 0 Item No. 3. Oil-boring, Kotuku ... ... .... ... ... ... 207 10 0 4. Diamond and other drills and expenses ... ... ... 3,085 0 6 5. Prospecting deep-levels, Ross ... ... ... ... ... 8,503 0 5 6. Testing deep-levels, Thames ... ... ... ... .. 6,016 12 6 7. Compensation and expenses: Proclamation of rivers ... ... 50 0 0 8. Kelly's Terrace drainage-tunnel ... ... ... ... 193 6 6 9. Kumara Water-race extension ... ... ... ... 83 4 2 10. Repairs Argyle Water-race ... ... ... ... ... 150 0 0 11. Queen of Beauty pumping-plant maintenance ... ... ... 259 17 2 12. Advances to companies ... ... . ... .... ... 8,200 0 0 15. Alexandra Water-race ... ... ... ... ... 15150 16. Greenland Swamp Dam ... ... ... ... ... 39 12 0 18. Ohinemuri River silting ... ... ... ... ... 3 12 0 19. Protective works, Stafford ... ... ... ... ... 97 0 0 Expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1909 ... ... ... 32,859 3 7 Expenditure for previous years ... ... ... ... ... 786,657 1 7 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1909, on Development of Goldfields £819,516 5 2

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