ENDING 31 MARCH, 1940.

Public Works Fund.

CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, ETC., OF SETTLEMENT ROADS, BRIDGES, ETC.—continued.

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1939-40. 1938-39. Eatimnteii Total Ex " Estimated of Penditure Amount Estimated Work when 31 £ rch 'compete' Amount Amount Ext)ended authorized. dl S rch ' °w or k required to voted. expended ia<sa work. be voted. Item. £ £ £ £ £ £ MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS —continued. VOTE No. —continued. Roads, etc. —-continued. Invercargill Road District —continued. Wallace County. Bell's Road (£1 for £1) .. .. .. .. 200 200 .. 400 .. 400 Carran Road (£1 for £1) .. .. .. .. 50 50 .. 100 .. 100 Cockburn Road (£2 for £1) .. .. .. .. 240 350 133 1,000 498 502 Conaghan Bridge (Conaghan Road), (£1 for £1) .. .. 500 .. .. 1,000 .. 1,000 Dryden Road (Colac), (£2 for £1) .. .. .. 100 300 94 291 141 150 Fryer's Road (£1 for £1) .. .. .. .. 75 75 .. 350 200 150 Gerrard Road (£1 for £1) .. .. .. 25 75 50 150 100 50 Grassy Creek Bridge and River Protection (£1 for £1) .. 150 150 .. 300 .. 300 Grassy Creek Bridges (Clifden to Manapouri Road), (£1 for £1) 600 .. .. 1,200 .. 1,200 Hamilton's (lower Waimatuku) Road (£1 for £1) ■. 200 .. .. 400 .. 400 Longwood Road (£1 for £1) .. .. .. •• 200 200 .. 400 .. 400 Mcintosh Road (£1 for £1) .. .. .. •• 250 150 .. 500 .. 500 McLees and Dickson's Road (Otahu), (£1 for £1) .. 50 225 .. 450 .. 450 Main Coast Road (Papatotara to Rowallan) .. .. 2,000 3,000 .. 4,149 149 4,000 Merrivale to Te Tua Road (£2 for £1) .. •• 130 500 369 1,050 853 197 Mount Nicholas Road (£35, £2 for £1) .. .. .. 85 235 150 689 588 101 Opio Bridge and Channelling (£1 for £1) . . .. 300 300 .. 600 .. 600 Orawia River Bridge (Fieldwick), (£1 for £1) .. .. 100 100 .. 200 .. 200 Owen Road (Otahu), (£1 for £1) .. •• 50 110 .. 220 .. 220 Pourakino River Bridge (Wild Bush Road), (£1 for £1) .. 1,250 1,250 .. 2,500 .. 2,500 Pourakino Road (£1 for £1) .. .. •• 150 145 .. 1,300 488 812 Rohan's Road (Merrivale), (£1 for £1) .. .. .. 105 150 46 302 92 210 School Road (Pourakino), (£1 for £1) .. .. .. 50 .. .. 100 .. 100 Waddell Road (£1 for £1) .. .. .. .. 100 100 200 .. 200 Wairio to Birchwood Road (£1 for £1) .. . • •• 165 165 .. 330 .. 330 Wakapatu Native Development Roading .. 950 .. 32 1,000 32 968 Blackmount to Manapouri Road .. .. .. •. 120 Edginton and Minty Road (£2 for £1) .. .. .. ■■ 215 175 Harrington's Mill Road (£1 for £1) . . .. • • ■ • 400 Mararoa River Bridge (Cockburn's), (£1 for £1) .. .. .. 625 529 Otahuti Road (£1 for £1) .. .. .. .. 70 59 Pahia to Round Hill Road (£2 for £1) .. .. . • ■ ■ 45 Scot's Gap to Fieldwick Road (£1 for £1) .. ■■ 100 37 Sharpridge Road (£1 for £1) .. .. ■■ •• •• 150 Skegg's Road (Pahia), (£1 for £1) .. .. •• 100 100 | Smith's Road (Terepa), (£1 for £1) .. .. ■ ■ 100 54 I Smith's to Tiromaunga Road (£2 for £1) .. •. • ■ 100 I Sutherland Road (£1 for £1) .. . . . • • ■ ■ ■ 200 200 Traill Road (£1 for £1) .. .. .. .. • • 50 50 Waimotu Road (£2 for £1) .. .. ■ • • • • • 100 Wakapatu to Pahia Road (£1 for £1) .. •• •• •• 50 36 Watson Road (Otahu), (£1 for £1) .. .. •. - • 100 Wild Bush Road (Ermidale), (£1 for £1) .. .. . . 150 96 Will's Road (£2 for £1) .. .. .. .. ■- 100 Yellow Bluff Road (Calcium), (£1 for £1) .. .. .. 300 100 General. Miscellaneous works and services, including assistance towards the cost of construction of roads, bridges, tracks, &c. .. .. ■■ •• 1,000 1,000 172 Total—Invercargill .. .. .. 26,365 43,630 16,343 61,497 17,292 44,205 GeneralAccess to outlying districts .. .. •• 20,000 25,000 2,935 | Advertising tenders, &c., and other initial expenses not fairly chargeable to a specific item .. .. .. 100 100 Compensation for injuries to employees while in discharge of their duties, and contingent expenses in connection with same .. .. .. •• •• 10,000 10,000 9,316 | Engineering surveys .. .. .. •• •• 4,000 5,000 3,510 | Flood-damage prevention and restoration generally .. 500 500 1,475 | j Roading, drainage, improvement, &e., of Crown land under Section 17 of the Land Laws Amendment Act, 1927 .. 5,000 8,500 1,771 :