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Appropriations for Public Works Services.

ROADS, ETC.— continued.

item. MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS— continued: 1922-23. VOTE No. 57— continued. Roads, etc. — continued. Invercargill Boad District —continued. Wrey's Bush to Mossburn (£1 for £1) Wallace Survey, acquisition, and legalization of roads, drains, gravel-pits, protective works, tramways, horse-paddocks, &c. Supervision Miscellaneous works and services, including assistance towards the construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. . ! £ 1499 1500 J 00 250 1501 1502 1,200 300 Total—Invercargill 44,055 2503 2504 General — Advertising tenders, and other initial expenses not fairly chargeable to a specific item Compensation for injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, and contingent expenses in connection with same Engineering surveys Roadmen's huts, store-rooms, &c. ... Subsidy towards the construction of roads and bridges, under section 276 of the Native Land Act, 1909 1 Towards the prevention and restoration of flood damages generally i Work for unemployed (general) 200 2,000 500 500 -300 2505 2506 2507 2508 20,000 2509 500 Total—General ... 24,000 Total required for current year Less estimated credits under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 1,403,062 905,672 30,000 Total—Vote No. 57 ... '... ! 875 875,67 VOTE No. 58. boads and other wokks on goldfields and mineral Lands— Assistance towards the construction of roads, tramways, and tracks in mining and mineral districts, prospecting and works for the development and protection of the mineral resources, and for the extraction of metals from the ores Prospecting tracks, Hauraki Peninsula ... 2 1,500 500 3 Auckland District — Puhipuhi to Whakapara (£150, £1 Whangarei for £1) Cabbage Bay to Kennedy Bay (pro- Coromandel specting track) 2,000 250 4 100 * Recoverable from Maori land Boards.