5—H. 35.

H.—35.

Table VII.—Work done through Public Works Department and Rural Local Bodies by Relief Labour with Assistance from the Unemployment Fund between 1st January, 1932, and 30th June, 1934.

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Carried out by I - Total Amount Class of Work. j puWic Worka Rural Local of Work. I Department. Bodies. I Backblock roads (dray width) — Mil ™- Miles " Formation .. •• 218 iôô bOi Widening 266 099 1,365 Metalling 884 1,462 Totals .. ■ • •• i' 368 2 > 110 3 ' 478 Bridle tracks (formed, repaired, and metalled) .. • • • • 60 50 Land-drainage : Excavation of drains .. .. ■ • 272 1,706 1 ,978 River-control works — Willow clearing 98 U ° 238 Stop-banking .. • ■ • ■ • • • • Totals I! 3 " 217 Fencing 99 518 617 Hawthorn-hedge cutting (fireblight protection) .. .. 103 13 116 Track construction and repair preparatory to gold mining . - 172 172 and prospecting Irrigation works: Race construction and widening .. 30 222 252 General land improvement — Acres ' Scrub-cutting 30,895 122,550 15, ,445 Clearing noxious weeds .. •• t'coo 7'q7q Stumping and logging (heavy) 3 >351 4,628 7,979 Stumping and logging (light) 2,219 5,82 Bushfelling 532 4,177 4,709 Clearing boulders 2 'J 33 ' Land levelling .. .. 167 4aU Totals 47,943 172,902 220,845 Sand-dune reclamation: Marram-grass planting .. .. 13,659 325 13,984 Tree-planting 250 ~ 1,373 1,623 Cubic Yards. Cubic Yards. Cubic Yards. River-control: Channel-excavation .. •• •• 320,547 359,451 679,998 Irrigation works : Dams for reservoirs— Rock excavated .. •• •• 7,70J 'V 00 'coo Rock quarried 200 f 33 633 Concrete placed 510 186 696^ Totals M10 2,652 11,062 Chains. Chains. Chains. Gold-prospecting : Construction of water-races, fluming, &c. 331 7,969 8,000 Number. I Number. Cutting and splitting posts and battens .. •• •• 12,592 J 12,592 Construction of concrete pipes .. • • • • • • 3 > 3,575 Miscellaneous works — Lm ! ar o ™ 0t ' Sewerage pipes laid «■««» «•««» •• ■ :: :: :: :: t:SS f:SS Bridges X " " 257 _ Totals 8 . 949 8 . M9