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Appropriations for Public, Works Services.

CLASS XVIII—PUBLIC BUILDINGS -continued.

Item. 1917-18. MINISTEE OF PUBLIC WORKS— continued. £ £ 93 94 95 ,96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 VOTE No. 97 -continued. Postal and Telegraph— continued, Wellington, Island Bay (site and building) Wellington, Karori (on account) Wellington, Kelburn (telephone exchange) Wellington (parcel post building), (on account) Wellington South (additions for telephone exchange) Wellington (store, buildings, and yards)... Wellington (telephone exchange) Wellington, Te Aro (additions for Departmental offices) Wellington, Wadestown (on account) Whakatane (additions) Buildings and sites not specified Post-office fittings Supervision and advertising 1,000 250 1,000 5,000 100 3,850 6,000 1,500 200 180 500 1,000 500 209,340 Total required for current year—Vote No. 97 50,190 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 VOTE No. 98. Agricultural— Arataki (additional buildings) Ashburton (additional buildings) Clyde (residence) Motuihi Island (cottage) Otautau (residence), (purchase of property) Quail Island (water-supply)... Eanfurly (Stock Inspector's residence, office, &c.) ... Euakura (additional buildings, &c.) Euakura (field-drainage) Somes Island (bull-shed and yards) Tapanui (Stock Inspector's residence, office, <tec.) Tauranga (additional buildings) Te Kauwhata (buildings, water-supply, &c.) Weraroa (additional buildings, water-supply, yards, &e.) Westland (experimental farm), (land, on account of £6,000) Buildings and sites not specified 750 300 900 130 500 400 900 700 500 550 400 2,000 750 6,500 l(i 1,000 200 Total required for current year —Vote No. 98 16,480 7,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 VOTE No. 99. Mental Hospitals— Auckland Nelson Nelson (Simson's annuity) ... Porirua Seacliif Sunnyside Tokanui (land and buildings) Waitati Examination-rooms at general hospitals 1,000 8,000 200 8,000 15,000 13,000 14,000 4,800 3,000 45,000 Total required for current year—Vote No. 99 ... 67,000