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(3.) Subsidized Roads on Goldfields. The following schedule shows the amounts expended by subsidies and direct grants out of the Public Works Fund, vote " Roads on Goldfields," in the different counties, &c, during the year ended 31st March, 1917 :— Direct Grants. Subsidies. £ s. d. £ s. d. Coi'omandel County .. .. .. .. 350 10 0 61 17 6 Thames County.. " .. . . .. .. 25 0 0 1.76 810 Ohinemuri County .. .. .. .. 1.,365 5 3 Pelorus Road Board .. . . . . .. 339 10 0. Collingwood County .. .. .. .. 14.7 18 10 Takaka County,. .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Waimea County .. .. .. .. 13 10 7 Buller County .. .. .. .. .. 4,311 4 11. 133 0 8 Inangahua County .. .. .. ..3,730 10 11 79 1.7 1 Murchison County .. .. .. . 274 13 1. Westland County .. .. .. 1,064 16 0 Grey County '.. .. .. .. .. 2,716 0 8 50 0 0 Arrowtown Borough . . . . . . . . 49 19 6 Bruce County . . .. .. .. 300 0 0 Vincent County.. .. .. .. .. 192 0 0 Tuapeka County .. .. .. .. 50 0 0 Lake Countv '.. .. . . 379 .1.9 1 Wallace County . . . . . 300 0 0 Southland County . .... 579 11 6 265 0 4 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. ... 41 5 6 Totals .. .. .. .. £16,031. 15 1.0 £1,066 10 5 During the year ended 31st March, 1916, the expenditure by way of direct grants wa* £23,662 Is. 5d., and by way of subsidies £769 19s. 2d. (1.) Government Water-races. The Waimea Kumara and Mount Ida water-races, which render possible hydraulic mining in the Kumara district, Westland, and the Naseby district, Central Otago, have during 1916 supplied seventy miners with water for sluicing, by which gold to the value of £14,683 was obtained. The cash received for water sold amounted to £2,609, and the expenditure on upkeep of the'races was £3,462. After deducting the price paid for Government water, the average earnings during the year by each person using such water was only £1.70, and from this must be subtracted the cost of plant and material, rent, and other incidental expenses.

VITI. SCHOOLS OF MINES. The following table shows the expenditure by the Government on schools of mines since their inception, exclusive of subsidies paid to the University of Otago towards the School of Minos in connection with that institution :—

Financial Years. Chemicals Subsidies towards and Apparatus, : Salftrieg of Teache the Erection of also Mmoralogical ocnoiar- rji r „ ve ij; nH . Schools of Mines, and Specimens ships. ' exDenses &c° Maintenance. supplied to Schools of Mines. Total Sum paid by the Department towards the Schools of Mines. j totals prior to 1916 .916-17 £ s. d. 33,965 13 3 1,133 14 11 I £ 3,103 6 s. d. 0 3 5 0 £ 2,429 £ s. 27,100 2 d. 1 £ s. d. 66,597 15 7 133 2,519 13 7 3,792 13 6 Totals 35,099 8 2 3,109 5 3 2,562 29,619 15 8 70,390 9 1 I