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1920. NEW ZEALAND

PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. BY THE HON. J. G. COATES, MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Mr. Speaker,— Though nominally assuming office as Minister of Public Works on the Ist April, I did not actually take over the administrative control of the Department until some weeks later. I desire to express my gratitude to my predecessor in office, the Hon. Sir William Fraser, for his valuable assistance both at the period of my initiation and on many occasions since. Sir William Fraser held this portfolio for eight years, and no one realizes better than myself the splendid work he accomplished during one of the most difficult periods in the history of this country. I desire also to refer to the retirement of Mr. R. W. Holmes, Engineer-in-Chief and Under-Secretary to the Department. For many years Mr. Holmes took a leading part in the administration of the Department, and the Dominion has greatly benefited from his wide experience and his exceptional engineering qualifications. Mr. F. W. Furkert succeeds him. To meet the urgent demands upon the Department at this period, when so much leeway, due to the almost total cessation of operations during the war, has to be overtaken, further reorganization has been effected. Office administration has been separated from the engineering branches, and both have been further sectionalized. The number of Inspecting Engineers has been increased. The object aimed at is decentralization, and the placing of more direct responsibility on the officials. In order to ensure a contented and efficient body of employees every effortis now made to properly house and provide for the comfort of the men. Collapsible huts, amusement-halls, and V.M.C.A. canteens have been erected at some works, and others are being arranged. The men themselves are encouraged to take a practical interest in all matters pertaining to the work in hand. I intend to encourage the straight-out contract system, and to give every assistance to groups of men by providing machinery and material on charge. I feel confident that the course pursued will be to the country's advantage, ft will secure expedition and the full energy of the men in the carrying-out of our constructive works. The task of developing as rapidly as possible our latent hydro-electric energy is of urgent importance. The Government is of this fact, and every possible provision will be made accordingly. A separate Hydro-electric Branch has been formed, and Mr. L. Birks has been placed in charge, with a staff of Engineers and with the necessary clerical assistance. An Advisory Board will be set up to further advise the (Government, and, later, to control generally the business side.

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EAILWAYS. To detail future railway-construction would take up too much space. Generally speaking, the lines to be constructed have been classified in order of importance, consideration at the same time being given to the amount of money available. New and more economical methods of construction have been adopted by the greater employment of mechanical aids. With this object in view a sum of £200,000 has been agreed to by Cabinet for the purchase of necessary machinery. Details of the plant are given later. It is not intended to distribute this machinery all over the country on various small works, but to concentrate it on certain definite works. When these undertakings have been completed it will be removed with its personnel to other lines next in order of importance. Legislation will be introduced this session to enable light railways of a less gauge than 3 ft. 6 in. to be constructed. EXPENDITURE. The total expenditure on all works and services borne upon the public-works estimates amounted to the sum of £2,269,170 ; or, if the special accounts having their own ways and means are excluded, the actual charges against the Public Works Fund amounted to £2,020,714, as compared with the expenditure of £1,207,482 in the previous year. The following table shows briefly the particulars of expenditure during the financial year ended 31st March, 1920, also the total expenditure in respect to each class of work from the date of the inauguration of the Public Works policy to the 31st March last:—

Class of Work. Exper Expenditure for Year ended 31st March, 1920. iditure. Total Expenditure to 31st Maroh, 1920. Railways— New construction Additions to open lines ... Roads ... Public buildings ... Immigration Purchase of Native lands ... Lighthouses, harbour-works, and harbour-defences Tourist and health resorts... Telegraph-extension Development of mining Defence-works (general) ... Departmental Electric-power supply and development Irrigation and water-supply Payment to Midland Railway bondholders ... Lands-improvement Minor works and services ... Plant, material, and stores ... ... .,. Cost and discount, raising loans, &c. £ 588,325 160,324 388,562 469,195 Or. 62,561 3,498 6,194 249,379 1,173 10,187 121,677 £ 26,246,190 9,991,925 12,009,175 7,799,943 2,267,519 2,061,849 1,151,941 267,254 4,072,978 883,179 1,061,765 1,552,931 9,254 194,835 150,000 138,304 312,607 159,296 1,253,073 34,115 2,964 47,682 Wellington-Hutt Railway and Road Improvement ( Railway Account 1 Road ... Railways Improvement Account Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account Loans to Local Bodies Account—Roads to open up Crown lands Opening up Crown Lands for Settlement Account—Roads to open up Crown lands Land for Settlements Account—Roads to open up Crown lands National Endowment Account —Roads to open up endowment lands Aid to Water-power Works and Electric Supply Account Irrigation and Water-supply Account Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Account... 2,020,714 92,994 71,584,048 228,374 101,658 641,275 609,441 697,408 206,626 61,692 322,722 53,401 35,184 447,496 34,806 126,825 Totals 2,245,390 75,019,274

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WAYS AND MEANS. On the Ist April, 1919, the available ways and means for public- £ works purposes were .. .. .. .. .. 186,198 Additional funds were received as follows : — Under Finance Act, 1918 (No. 2), section 29. ' .. .. 1,940,000 Other receipts and recoveries .. .. .. .. 114,456 Making a gross total of .. .. .. £2,240,654 The net expenditure on all works and services chargeable against the Public Works Fund for the year 1919-20 amounted to ~ .. £2,021,152 This left a credit balance in the Ways and Means Account at 31st March, 1920, of .. .. .. .. .. .. 219,502 Authority exists for providing further funds : — In terms of the Finance Act, 1918 (No. 2), to the extent of .. 200,000 In terms of the Finance Act, 1919 .. .. .. 750,000 Making a total of .. .. .. .. £1,169,502 Authority has been asked to provide a further . . .. .. 2,500,000 Thus making available for expenditure during the current financial year ending 31st March, 1921, a sum of .. .. .. .. £3,669,502 The estimated expenditure on public works for the current year (exclusive of accounts which have their own ways and means) is £3,572,500, leaving an estimated credit balance of £97,002 to be carried forward to next year (1921-22). In addition to the amounts above described statutory authority exists for raising the balances under the following accounts, viz. : — £ £ Aid to Water-power Works Act, 1910 .. .. 51,000 Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers Improvement Act, 1910 20,000 In terms of the Finance Act, 1919 (additional for Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers improvement) .. 150,000 221,000 Statutory authority has been obtained for the hydroelectric development of Arapuni and Mangahao schemes, and further extensions of Lake Coleridge ; also for the purchase of Horahora, the extension thereof, and the erection of transmission-lines, amounting in all to .. .. .. .. .. 6,830,000 £7,051,000 RAIL WAY-CONSTRUCTION. Only one section (Culverden to Waiau, 13 miles in length) was actually handed over to the New Zealand Railway Department for ordinary traffic during the financial year (ended 31st March, 1920), although several sections were in a sufficiently advanced stage of construction to admit of both goods and passenger traffic being handled by my Department for the convenience of settlers and the public generally. Construction has proceeded, with all the labour available, on no less than thirty-nine sections. The total expenditure, including maintenance and improvement, for the year amounted to £841,643, the details being : — £ Construction of new lines .. .. .. .. 588,325 Additions to open lines .. .. .. .. 160,324 Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914, Account .. .. .. .. .. 92,994 Total .. .. .. .. £841,643

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Concentration. Supplies of rails, steel, and hardwoods for bridges have been difficult to obtain, and essential machinery, except to a very limited extent, has been and is still almost unprocurable. Labour has been difficult to obtain, and the ability to earn high wages has not attracted sufficient men of a satisfactory class. Carrying on a number of works with insufficient employees increases overhead expenses, and renders satisfactory progress impossible. It is far better to fully man and vigorously prosecute a smaller number of works. With the idea of concentrating available resources in men, plant, and money certain proposals for the temporary postponement of works which are now being carried on in a small way will be read below. Plant. To cope with the shortage of efficient labour increasing use is being made of machinery, and such improved results have already been demonstrated that, in spite of the exorbitant prices now demanded, arrangements are being made to greatly increase the mechanical plant. The Department now has eleven steamshovels, with ten locomotives attending on them, engaged on earthwork, and, if promised deliveries are fulfilled, will have thirty-four steam-shovels and thirty-four locomotives within the next few months. Increasing use is being made of mechanical traction not only for transport, but for operating grading machinery, &c. Stonecrushing and concrete-mixing machinery is being installed whenever work of any magnitude is in hand. The cement shortage has been also a continual source of anxiety. Many works cannot be commenced, and others cannot be carried out in proper sequence. Such important works as the Arthur's Pass and other tunnels have been held up owing to the impossibility of obtaining regular supplies. The progress at all works under the difficult circumstances, however, has been satisfactory, as will be seen from the following summary and appendices. Kaihu Railway Extension. (19 miles 17 chains to 23 miles 71 chains = 4 miles 54 chains.) The formation of the whole of this line has been completed, with the exception of five small cuttings totalling about 15,000 cubic yards. None of the bridges have been commenced, owing to shortage of material, but three temporary structures have been erected. Rails have been laid from 19 miles 40 chains to 21 miles, and all the permanent-way material is on the works. Formation as well as platelaying should be completed this spring. A stone-crushing plant has been installed, and ballasting operations are proceeding satisfactorily. The stone is of excellent quality ; it is suitable for road-metalling and also is the very best possible ballast for railway purposes. Sixty-six men are at present engaged on the work. It is hoped that, though there will still be some finishing-work to do, the line will be ready for traffic by the end of the present financial year. North Auckland Main Trunk. Ngapuhi Northwards. Okaihau Section (16 miles 25 chains to 24 miles 45 chains = 8 miles 20 chains). —The whole of the formation is practically completed. Little difficulty was experienced except in the large cutting at 19 miles 68 chains, the bank at 19 miles 53 chains, and the Okaihau station-yard at 24 miles 47 chains. A steam-navvy was utilized at the cutting, but the material removed was unsuitable for the filling at 19 miles 68 chains, and other and drier filling had to be procured. This bank still continues to slip, making it very difficult to keep the temporary line in good order. Some very bad slips have also occurred at the Okaihau station-yard, but these will be removed in the summer. With these exceptions the formation is in a fairly stable condition, and should be ready for the rails to Okaihau by the time the platelaying reaches that point early next year. Ballast will be obtained from a quarry about a mile from the main line, and a commencement has been made to lay the rails on this branch. A steam-driven crushing and screening plant of suitable capacity is being installed at the quarry. Investigations are being made to ascertain if this can later be driven by hydroelectric power.

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Permanent rail-laying has been done to 19 miles 50 chains. Additional rails and sleepers are now arriving, and it is anticipated the track will be laid to Okaihau early this summer. The service road between Kaikohe and Okaihau has been completely metalled. Okoro Section (24 miles 45 chains to 34 miles 18 chains = 9 miles 53 chains).— Owing to shortage of labour practically nothing has been done during the last four months between 24 miles 45 chains and 27 miles, and very little during the previous quarter. From 24 miles 45 chains to 24 miles 79 chains the formation is completed, and from there to 27 miles is about one-third completed. Twelve cuttings are ready between 25 and 27 miles, but only sufficient labour is available to man two of these. Two oil-driven crushing plants are in use for providing metal for roads and concrete culverts. Three and three-quarter miles of fencing has been done, and the Okaihau-Rangiahua road-deviation, 63 chains long, was formed and metalled. The very wet weather of the last three months has further delayed progress. The number of men employed on the whole line at present is 107. Waiotira Northwards. Kirikopuni Section (107 miles 28 chains to 121 miles 40 chains = 14 miles 12 chains).—The Tokatoka and Omana Tunnels, at 108 miles 29 chains and 115 miles 46 chains respectively, are the most important works on this section. A commencement was made in the bottom drive of the Tokatoka Tunnel, but he work had to be abandoned owing to want of good tunnel-men. The drive has been carried 3-| chains only. The ground appears to be better than in the tunnels farther south. Formation between Waiotira Station and Tokatoka Tunnel (about a mile) is one-third completed. A steam-shovel was brought into use on this section in February last, and it will be used for all the formation up to the tunnel. Beyond this (Tokatoka) tunnel a start was made with formation, but work had to be abandoned for want of men. A service road has been constructed from Waiotira Junction Station to 111 miles 40 chains. No work has been done at the Omana Tunnel, but a tramway, miles in length, is being constructed to transport materials from Pukehina Wharf (on the Wairoa River) to the works. Nineteen workmen's huts have been erected. Twenty-two men are at present employed. Should it be found that these men can be more profitably employed in order to hasten the closing of the gap between Waiotira and Ranganui, they will be transferred, but this should in no way lengthen the period required for the completion to Kirikopuni, as these concentrated forces will be replaced north of Waiotira as soon as the southward connection is completed. Waiotira Southwards. Waikiekie Section, (96 miles 45 chains to 107 miles 28 chains = 9 miles 55 chains). —Work has proceeded over this section, but the serious shortage of men has hampered progress. Formation between Mareretu and Waikiekie Tunnels is well in hand, being about half completed. From the north end of Waiotira Tunnel to Waiotira Junction Station the formation is completed, with the exception of two banks. A steam-shovel is employed on the section. As in the case of the Kirikopuni Section, the two tunnels on this section are by far the most important features of the construction, but work at both tunnels has been seriously hampered for lack of experienced workmen —in fact, operations at the Mareretu Tunnel had to be entirely suspended and all available men concentrated at Waikiekie. The nature of the ground at the latter place has proved to be very treacherous. 18 in. invert concrete lining had to be adopted, and indications point to 2 ft. lining being required in some of the remaining length. Only 8 chains remain to be completed, but, owing to the nature of the country and tlie scarcity of men, I do not anticipate its completion for at least another ten months. A gravitation water-supply has been provided for Waiotira Station, and four platelayers' cottages have been erected. A sawmill has been erected near Mareretu Tunnel to cut timber for construction-works and workmen's huts. Sixty single men's huts and sixteen married men's quarters have been erected, and at Waikiekie Tunnel a dining-room and bathhouses have been built for the additional comfort of the workmen. The employees at present engaged on this section number 145.

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Ranganui Northwards. Mareretu Section (92 miles 6 chains to 96 miles 45 chains = 4 miles 39 chains). — The treacherous nature of the country has been responsible for heavy slips on this section, retarding progress with formation; and, owing to the disagreeableness of the work, considerable difficulty has been experienced in retaining workmen. Fair progress, however, has been made with the cutting at 92 miles 48 chains and the adjacent embankment, but slips on other cuttings are causing much extra work. Paparoa Section (90 miles 30 chains to 92 miles 6 chains = 1 mile 56 chains).— The principal items uncompleted on this section are (a) the embankment at 91 miles 39 chains, (b) the Huarau Tunnel, and (c) further excavation at the Paparoa Station. The embankment still shows no signs of stability, its spreading and sinking rendering it unsafe to carry a locomotive ; and, moreover, little can be done to improve matters until the Huarau Tunnel is completed, of which less than 2 chains now remain to be driven. The three sections (Bickerstaffe, Maungaturoto, and Huarau) extending from 83 miles 75 chains to 90 miles 30 chains (6 miles 35 chains in length) have been thoroughly repaired, and (since the 31st March last) have been handed over to the New Zealand Railway Department for ordinary traffic. Exceptionally heavy floods occurred on the 27th March last in the Paparoa and Waipu districts, unfortunately resulting in loss of life. Considerable damage was also caused to the railway embankment at 92 miles 13 chains, and numerous slips were brought down at other points. There are now 179 men employed on this work. Whangarei Branch. Oakleigh Section (0 miles to 7 miles 60 chains = 7 miles 60 chains). —The first 5 miles 23 chains of this section have been completed, and, since the end of the financial year, handed over to the New Zealand Railway Department for ordinary traffic. Formation on the balance is more than two-thirds completed. A steamshovel is being utilized in the largest cutting. Large slips have occurred at 7 miles 15 chains, which may necessitate a slight deviation of the line. The Portland Cement Company's tram-line runs under this line at 7 miles 74 chains through a subway constructed by my Department at the expense of the company. Tauraroa Section (7 miles 60 chains to 15 miles = 7 miles 20 chains). —The formation and ballasting of this section is practically completed. It has been maintained throughout the year for the purpose of running goods and passenger traffic as well as for conveying railway material to Waiotira Junction. Only about 16,000 cubic yards of ballast could be crushed at the Tauraroa quarry, owing to the men being required to remove slips from the line before the stone could be conveyed to where it was required. What was not utilized on this and the North Auckland Main Trunk line was used for road-metalling. About forty workmen's huts have been erected. Waiotira Section (15 miles to 19 miles 75 chains = 4 miles 75 chains). — Formation, with the exception of one cutting at 16 miles 60 chains and a few culverts, is completed. Work on this and the Tauraroa Section has been most difficult and expensive owing to the treacherous nature of the country through which it passes. Some idea of this may be gathered from the fact that 36,000 cubic yards of slips have been removed from this section alone. This work was effected by means of a steamshovel. The track is now sufficiently opened to admit of traffic being run to Waiotira, but there is still a large quantity to be removed to render the cuttings absolutely safe. Ninety-one men are now employed on this line. The whole route of the North Auckland Main Trunk Railway and the Whangarei Branch lies in country of a most treacherous nature, which makes the construction of railways probably more difficult than in any other part of the Dominion. The cuttings, almost without exception, immediately after they have been excavated commence to slip, even though the batters have been taken out at a much flatter slope than is usual. The slopes of cuttings, as low as 6 ft. in depth, break away as soon as the cuttings are taken out, and, apparently without any reason, slip for distances of 200 ft. to 300 ft. back. The banks also cause endless trouble by sliding outwards as soon as they are made, resulting in subsidences

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which have to be continually raised in order to keep a track fit to run construction trains. It would be no exaggeration to say that the actual quantity of earthwork to be done on these railways is 50 per cent, in excess of the originally estimated quantity. The fact of its having to be removed after slipping, and its reduction to slurry by rain, also adds considerably to the cost of the work. Waipu Branch. Ruakaka Section (0 miles to 9 miles 20 chains = 9 miles 20 chains). —The greater part of this section will be easily constructed. The first two miles will consist of banks across mud-flats, which will be commenced when a steam-shovel and locomotive are available. Formation over the balance is proceeding, and with the exception of the culverts nearly 5 miles have been completed. About twentyfive men are employed. This cannot be considered a satisfactory state of affairs. and until cement for culverts is available, and sufficient men also, I propose to discontinue work on this line. North Island Main Trunk. Waiuku Branch. Patumahoe-Waiuku (4 miles 20 chains to 12 miles 15 chains = 7 miles 75 chains). —A goods service from Patumahoe to Mauku has been maintained. Platelaying beyond Mauku has reached the 7-miles peg, and beyond this point banks and culverts at various points have been completed. Contracts have been let for the erection of the Pukeowhare and Fernleigh station buildings, and orders have been placed for the timber for the Waiuku station buildings. Fifty-three men are engaged. The completion of the line will depend largely on the ability of the Railway Department to convey the ballast from near Auckland. At present the shortage of trucks is acute. Provided materials arrive, rails will be to Waiuku at the end of November, and fit for goods traffic at the end of March. Bluntly Branch. Bridge Section (7 miles 20 chains onwards). —Work on this section was closed during the war period, but was recommenced last December. Formation is proceeding; stream-diversion at 7 miles 50 chains has been completed; fencing is in progress, and culvert-sites are being excavated. Permanent pegging has been finished to 8 miles 70 chains and trial survey extended to 10 miles. Want of supplies (cement and timber) has somewhat delayed operations. About thirty employees are engaged. Waikokowai Branch. This line has been located to 8 miles 73 chains, and permanent pegging has been commenced. The Mines Department being extremely anxious that this line should be completed as early as possible a commencement has been made with the formation, although insufficient men are available to cany on the work satisfactorily. I may have to transfer the greater number of the men at the Huntly Bridge mentioned above to expedite the line. East Coast Main Trunk. Waihi Eastwards. Athenree Section (0 miles to 8 miles 68 chains = 8 miles 68 chains). —Formation has been continued, the Athenree station-yard formed, as well as the approach road to the passenger-platform, and a deviation of the main road completed. The concrete piers for Waimata Stream bridges have been erected. Katikati Section (8 miles 68 chains onwards).—A commencement with formation was made in September last, and three parties have since been continually employed. Sixty-three men are at present engaged on this work. Tauranga Westwards. Tauranga Section (36 miles to 41 miles 5 chains = 5 miles 5 chains). — Some formation is being proceeded with to the extent of the man-power available.

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Tauranga Eastwards. Goods and passenger traffic has been continued throughout the year between Mount Maunganui and Matata, a distance of approximately 40 miles, without interruption, and the whole line has been efficiently maintained and improved. Matapihi Section (41 miles 5 chains to 45 miles = 3 miles 75 chains). —Erection of the Tauranga Bridge is proceeding to the full capacity of the skilled and experienced labour available. Five cylinders have been finished, and six others are well forward. Rangitaiki Section (79 miles 16 chains to 87 miles 71 chains = 8 miles 55 chains). —Forming and trimming has proceeded uninterruptedly during the whole year and good progress has been made. Platelaying was commenced from the Matata end in June, and banks have been made up with spoil from the steam-shovel at Awaponga. Rails are now laid to 84 miles 41 chains, and a commencement is being made with the Rangitaiki River temporary bridge. Awakiri Section (87 miles 71 chains onwards). —Formation work is in hand, and several miles of service road have been constructed. Flying surveys have been made and 19 miles of trial lines run. General. —Tauranga Work-shops : A new workshop to replace that destroyed by fire in June, 1919, is almost completed. Some new machinery has been installed, and orders placed for the balance. Railway rolling-stock was efficiently repaired in this shop, and ironwork was manufactured for bridges in Gisborne, Auckland, and Taumarunui districts, as well as for several bridges in the Tauranga district. Including those on maintenance, traffic, construction, and location survey, 310 men are employed. It is anticipated that the rails will be laid into Awakeri Station by the end of 1920, and to Whakatane Junction within another six months. Owing to the character of the swamp country, the rails are being laid practically on the natural surface, and the banks built with materia) brought by train from pits where it is excavated by mechanical means. Gisbome-W airoa. Ngatapa Section (0 miles to 10 miles 29 chains ; actual length, 11 miles 18 chains). —This section is nearly completed and has been efficiently maintained. Passenger and, in addition, goods traffic has been worked twice weekly. The usual ballast and works trains, &c, have been run. The llepongaere quarry has been worked intermittently producing metal and pulverized agricultural lime as required. Waikura Section (10 miles 29 chains onwards). —Formation is proceeding with what labour is available. Seventy-four men are now employed. The railway between Gisborne and Napier will traverse extremely difficult and treacherous country, and, as throughout a great deal of its length it does not follow the present line of road, it will be many years, even with the most vigorous prosecution before it will be of material assistance to through passengers. It seems to me, therefore, that the proper policy will be to push on as energetically as possible with the construction of a metalled road between these two important centres. As soon as this is done there will be at least one sure avenue of communication, and the men engaged on this road-work can all be placed on the railway-works ; and, furthermore, by that time, with the completion of some of the other work in hand, more plant and men will be available. By their concentration then on the railway between Napier and Gisborne the connection will be made at as early a date as would result from an attempt at the present time to puui on with the very limited supply of labour and material at present available. Wairoa-Gisborne. Frasvtwvon Section (0 miles onwards). —Labour shortage prior to December last materially hampered work on this section, but men have been more plentiful since. Formation is proceeding, service roads are being formed, and fencing erected. Shortage of cement has delayed the construction of culverts, &c. A number of temporary buildings have been erected. Fifty-four men are now at work. Napier-W airoa. Eskdale Section (length, 11 miles 51 chains). —The formation of the whole length of this section is completed and ready for platelaying, with the exception of the first 30 chains, on which a steam-shovel is employed. There are also small gaps

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where the o'd channels of the Tutaekuri River are crossed, which cannot be closed until the river-diversion on the left of the line is completed. All fencing has been done except along the Inner Harbour embankment and along portions of Petane Beach. Fifty workmen's huts have been erected, and the concrete foundations laid for a platelayer's cottage at Eskdale Station. Tutira Section (11 miles 51 chains onwards). —-The formation works on the first two miles of this section are fully manned. The service road is being constructed, fencing erected, and culverts built. Permanent survey has been made from 10 miles 60 chains to 14 miles, and 3 miles 60 chains of trial survey made, which completes this latter class of work, as far as the Mohaka River. The number of men employed is 190. Waikokopu Branch. Nuhaka Section (0 miles to 17 miles 12 chains = 17 miles 12 chains). —Work was commenced in March last by the letting of a number of co-operative contracts to returned Maori soldiers. Approximately two hundred horses and fifty scoops are at present engaged on the works, the Natives providing the horses and the Department the scoops. 107 employees are at present engaged. About 6 miles of formation has been completed, and it is anticipated that the rails will be laid on 20 miles within the next twelve months. Stratford - Main Trunk. East End. Matiere Section (0 miles to 10 miles 21 chains = 10 miles 21 chains). —The formation work on this section is now practically complete, and the labour available is concentrated principally on the tunnels. Only 7 chains of the Okahu Tunnel (76 chains in length) remain to be done. Of the other three, one is finished throughout, and the excavation of the other two is completed, and a commencement has been made with the lining of one of these. The bricks used in the tunnel have been made on the works. A steam stone-crushing plant is operating at Manunui. Metal thus obtained is being sold to local bodies when not required for the railway-works. All materials for the steel bridge over the Ongarue River are on hand, and a contract has been let for the erection. As it is anticipated that this contract will take about twelve months to complete, and as there is a considerable length of formation ready for the rails, I propose to.erect a temporary bridge to enable the platelaying and ballasting to be carried on beyond the bridge, thus saving many months in the final completion of the line. Several bridges which occur on this length will consist of concrete piers with steel superstructure. The concrete piers will be erected this summer. The steel for the bridges has already been ordered. Immediately it arrives the contract will be entered into. In view of the difficulties in obtaining cement, &c, I do not think that even with the aid of the temporary bridge previously referred to the rails can reach Matiere under twelve months. Ohura Section (10 miles 21 chains to 19 miles 70 chains = 9 miles 49 chains). —Permanent survey plans have been completed, and the land-plan survey is in hand. About 1| miles of formation has been completed. Sixty-two men are at work. West End. Tahora Section (42 miles 26 chains to 47 miles 40 chains = 5 miles 14 chains). —Work during the year was confined principally to the completion of the formation of this section and service roads for the section immediately beyond. Platelaying has been extended into the Tahora yard, and ballasting has been continued. The cattle and sheep yards at Tahora were completed and are in use. A bi-weekly passenger and goods service connecting with the Railway Department's service at Kohuratahi has been maintained. A large number of huts and other buildings have been moved forward to the Raekohua Section. Beyond Tahora there is little settlement, and it can be served by a terminus at Tahora. The work beyond is heavy, and I propose to discontinue extensive operations, and to complete the line to Tahora and hand it over to the Railway Department. Later, when some of the other lines are completed, work can be recommenced beyond Tahora with greater vigour, and the time of ultimate connection will not thus be appreciably delayed. Raekohua Section (47 miles 40 chains to 50 miles 60 chains). —Formation has been commenced, service roads are under construction, fencing is in course of erection, and bridges are being built. I propose discontinuing on this section as indicated above, and transferring the men to the Ohura end.

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Heao Section (50 miles 60 chains onwards). — 5\ miles of trial survey has been made from near the Tangarakau River towards the Heao, leaving 1 mile of trial line to reach the Heao River. The permanent survey from 50 miles to 53 miles has also been completed and a service road laid off. Eighty men are engaged on this line. Opunake Branch. Kapuni Section (0 miles 6 chains to 7 miles = 6 miles 74 chains). —All earthwork formation is completed with the exception of a small gap at 1 mile 22 chains. The construction of the Waingongoro Bridge proceeds satisfactorily when cement is available, but work on the Kapuni Bridge had to be discontinued owing to shortage of skilled men and cement. Auroa Section (7 miles to 12 miles = 5 miles). —Formation is being pushed on to the full extent of the labour offering. Manaia Branch Section (0 miles to 5 miles 49 chains == 5 miles 49 chains).— Satisfactory progress has been made with formation works on this section. A special contract is in hand for the formation of the Manaia station-yard, which is more than half completed. About forty double huts were erected on this line during the year for the better housing of workmen, who number fifty at present. Completion of the line to Manaia is the goal at present aimed at. Mount Egmont Branch. Work on this line was discontinued during the war, but the increasing demand for road-metal in Taranaki suggests that the line should be brought to the producing-point. Before work is resumed, however, I propose to have agreements with all the local bodies interested for them to take crushed metal regularly in definite quantities. If this is not done, and the demand is spasmodic, the works cannot be made to pay. Wellington-Woodville Railway (Rimutaka Deviation). The Department has in hand the collection of information as to the relative merits of numerous routes which have been suggested in connection with the deviation for obviating the present incline crossing the Rimutaka divide. Some of these routes have already been surveyed, and as soon as suitable officers can be spared from other works a definite decision as to the route to be followed will be made. It must be realized that this is a very important matter which cannot be delegated to junior officers. Midland. Otira-Bealey (Arthur's Pass Tunnel). Otira End.—All work was carried out by day labour prior to last May, since when the co-operative system has been in operation. 19 chains of lining have been completed during the year. Bad ground was encountered at this end. Bealey End. —Work at this end continued on the co-operative principle during the whole year. Exactly the same number of chains of lining (19) was finished as at the Otira end, making 38 for the year. Only 54-51 chains now remain to complete the whole work. 183 men are employed. Arrangements for the electrification are well forward, and [for this work very substantial votes will be required this and next year. If the contracts now entered into and the further works complementary thereto are carried out within the contract time, it is expected that an expenditure of £500,000 will be incurred next year, and it may be necessary to curtail expenditure on some less important lines on account of this high figure. Kawatiri Section (59 miles 17 chains to 63 miles 8 chains = 3 miles 71 chains). —After having been closed for a lengthened period, operations have recently been resumed on this section, but only preparatory work has been done to date. It is proposed to continue construction with all the labour available in the~district. Only eleven men are at present employed. Greymouth - Point Elizabeth. Work on this line was commenced in April of last year with the letting of a co-operative contract for bushfelling. This has been completed, and further contracts have been let for clearing and formation. The work is proceeding satisfactorily. The employees number sixteen, but arrangements are being made to greatly increase this number.

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Culverden-Waiau. Final ballasting was completed during the early part of the year; and a passenger and goods service was maintained by the Public Works Department until December last, when the line was formally handed over to the Railway Department for permanent traffic. Waimate Branch. Serpentine Section. —Progress on this section has been generally slow, owing to the difficulty of procuring men. A commencement was made early in the year with preparatory work. Formation in the Serpentine station-yard has been completed, 8 chains of Serpentine Creek diversion finished, and general formation work proceeded with. The survey of a ballast-pit line at Waihao Forks River has been finished. The formation will shortly be in such a forward state that the erection of bridges will become necessary to enable the platelaying to be commenced. Twenty-three men are now at work. The number of men available for the three last-mentioned railways suggests that work on them should be stopped until labour conditions are more favourable. |In the case of the Greymouth - Point Elizabeth Railway the extension will [open up a new coal area, which it is desirable to tap before the existing State mines on the line are worked out. Otago Central. Cromwell Section (44 miles 52 chains to 57 miles 6 chains = 12 miles 34 chains). —This section is practically completed, and a regular passenger and goods railway service is being maintained, connecting with the Railway Department's trains at Clyde. Only one interruption of the service occurred. This was at the beginning of February, and it was caused by a severe thunderstorm, which brought down numerous slips. Ninety-five men are employed. Lawrence-Roxburgh. Work on this line extending the formation beyond Beaumont will be resumed as the men become available from the Otago Central Railway. Meanwhile the work is being pegged out. Orepuki-Waiau Extension. Oraivia Section (48 miles 23 chains onwards). —Construction, which was suspended in 1915 owing to war conditions, was resumed in October, 1919. Owing to the scarcity of labour, work was concentrated mostly on the completion of culverts to enable formation to be pushed on vigorously when additional labour becomes available. Fifteen men are engaged. Additions to Open Lines. The expenditure under this heading amounted to £160,324. Of this sum £80,662 was expended in the provision of additional rolling-stock, tarpaulins, Westinghouse brake, and workshop machinery. The balance covered expenditure on improvements to workshops and engine-depots, station facilities, water-services, additional dwellings, waterproofing the lining in the Spiral Tunnel, tablet-installa-tions, and purchase of land. Railways Improvement Authorization Act, 1914. Expenditure under this Act amounted to £92,994 for grade easements, duplications, new stations, station-yards, goods-sheds, and terminal facilities at Auckland ; additions to workshops ; signalling, interlocking, and safety appliances. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. General. Parliamentary Buildings. —During the year the contractor has pushed on with the Legislative Council chamber and the rooms and corridors of the principal and first floors of the Museum Street frontage. The Council Chamber requires only four columns in the gallery, and the balustrading of the gallery-front, to complete it. The chamber was used for the opening of the last session of Parliament. The panelling of the walls and ceilings of the Legislative Council chamber has been completed, and a considerable amount of carpenter's and joiner's work in connection with flooring, screen partition, mantelpieces, &c, has been carried out. About 500 yards of second-coat asphalting has been laid on roof around Legislative Council chamber.

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About 6,000 cubic feet of stone was worked and about the same quantity was set during the year. The short delivery of stone largely accounts for the delay in the completion of the building. Thirty-two column and nine cap stones are still required to complete the portico at the front entrance. The plaster-work of rooms and corridors on the principal and first floors has practically been finished, and other portions have been completed as far as practicable. The heating and ventilation contract has been completed as far as the progress of the building will allow. The installation of electric light and power mains in the newly finished portion of the building has been carried out by the Public Works workshops staff. Courthouses. The only new Courthouse erected during the year was at Raetihi. With this exception only necessary maintenance has been done. Prisons. Building operations have been somewhat hampered during the greater part of the year, owing to the difficulty in obtaining cement. Additional concrete-block and stone cottages for the occupation of officers have been commenced at Auckland. At Waikeria a reservoir of 35,000 gallons capacity has been finished ; one cottage and another building were erected, but two other cottages as well as the officers' quarters are now awaiting the necessary timber to admit of the roofs being completed. Building has been carried on as vigorously as circumstances permitted at Point llalswell, Wi Tako (Trentham), Templeton, and Invercargill. The Prisons Department has completed arrangements to supply the Housing Department with concrete blocks and roofing-tiles for use in the erection of workers' dwellings, but the shortage of cement has prevented even a commencement being made with the manufacture of this material. Concrete-block and tile making have been carried on at Paparua, and drainage, reclamation, and other work at Invercargill. Police-stations. On account of the scarcity of labour and the abnormal cost of building, very little was done in the erection of new police-stations during the year. Owing, however, to the Police Department's tenancy of rented premises being terminated, it has been necessary in several cases to purchase properties to enable policestations to be kept open, and to provide accommodation for members of the Police Force in charge of stations. New stations were erected at Raetihi and Lower Hurt, and the following properties were purchased : Houses and sections for use as police-stations at Freeman's Bay, Fendalton, Mornington, Duntroon, Greytown, Terrace End (Palmerston North), Lyall Bay (Wellington), and Waikiwi; site for sergeant's residence at Blenheim ; site for new police premises at Dannevirke ; Superintendent's residence at Dunedin ; Inspectors' residences at Wanganui and Palmerston North ; constable's residence at Picton ; site for new police-station at Upper Hurt ; and site for constables' cottages at Petone. Many of the older buildings occupied as police-stations are now beyond repair and are reaching the limit of their useful life. The erection of new buildings in these cases will be put in hand immediately tenders at a reasonable figure are obtained. Post and Telegraph Buildings. Expenditure on new buildings and additions during the year has been comparatively small. New post-offices have been erected at Henderson, Paekakariki, Reikorangi, Tiraumea, Toatoa, Walton, and Wharepoa, and new automatic-telephone-exchange buildings at Khandallah and Wanganui. Residences have been purchased for Postmasters at Cromwell, Mercer, and Picton, and for linemen at Darfield, tlavelock, Rakaia, and Te Awamutu; while a lineman's residence has been erected at Kahukura. There have been additions and alterations to office buildings at Eketahuna, Fairlie, Ngaruawahia, Palmerston North, and Rongotea. Many important works postponed during the war period are being put in hand where satisfactory tenders are obtainable.

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Agricultural. The work of erection by contract of an up-to-date rabbit-poison-mixing depot at Frankton Junction is well advanced. Repairs and improvements were effected to various residences throughout the Dominion. A poison-mixing depot is required at. Dunedin, and field drainage at Ruakura, and it is proposed to proceed with these works during the ensuing year. An adequate water-supply for Moumahaki Experimental Farm, a model milking-shed at Weraroa, and repairs to the fruitfumigating depot at Auckland will also be proceeded wi h. With a view to encouraging wheat-growing the Department has purchased and intends to install a small model flour-mill for the purpose of testing the flour-producing qualities of different varieties of locally grown wheat. Mental Hospitals. General repairs and renovations have been effected at Auckland, and a commencement made with a large addition to Park House. At Tokanui the fifth unit has been completed, and the admission blocks for both male and female patients are being proceeded with. A new drainage system has been installed at Porirua, which entailed a considerable amount of work, and included the construction of a tunnel 350 ft. long to carry the pipes. This tunnel had to be lined with bricks, and, owing to the flaky nature of the ground, work had to be proceeded with slowly and great care exercised in removing the tunnel-timbers. A contract was let for a new reception block at Nelson. At Sunnyside and Seacliff urgent repairs have been effected, and at the former institution the electric cooking facilities have been extended. A private residence at Hornby, situated on 50 acres of suitably planted land, has been purchased for selected patients who are able and willing to pay more than the usual maintenance charges. The construction of an additional unit to accommodate fifty patients at Waitati has been commenced. Hospital and Charitable Institutions. Extensive building operations have been carried out at Motuihi Island Quarantine Station, Auckland, including the erec ion of six large hutments, one bulk store, Nurses' Home, Convalescent Hospital, Observation Hospital, and cookhouse with accommodation for stores. In addition, alterations have been made to the main Hospital, as well as to the barracks and the caretaker's old cottage. A drainage system has been installed, and a new wharf is in course of construction. At Somes Island, A\ T ellington, a brick and concrete reservoir was constructed, a tram-line connecting the buildings with the wharf was laid, and alterations effected to the old buildings, besides the erection of additional huts. New buildings for St. Helens Hospitals at Auckland and Christchurch are urgently needed. For the former (estimated to cost £28,000) plans have been finally decided upon, and an endeavour will be made to put the work in hand at an. early date. The new building at Christchurch is estimated to cost £40,000, of which not more than an estimated amount of £10,000 will be expended during the present financial year. An expenditure of £2,700 is required to cover the cost of fitting up as a St. Helens Hospital, Wanganui, the property donated to the State for that purpose. About £22,500 is required to complete the new quarantine-station buildings and other improvements at Auckland and Wellington. This sum should provide accommodation to meet all emergencies. Education. The expenditure out of the Public Works Fund on education buildings during the financial year was £195,500, an increase of £79,844 over that for the previous year. The commitments for new buildings at the end of the year amounted to £560,051, but had increased to about £850,000 at the end of July. As explained last year, it is proposed to charge only £250,000 of the expenditure for the current year to the Public Works Fund, and to provide whatever further funds are required for education buildings in accordance with the Education Purposes Loans Act, 1919. This Act provides for loans aggregating £3,500,000 during the current and the next three years for education buildings and sites, a sum that should under ordinary conditions be ample for all reasonable requirements. The Education Boards, Secondary School Boards, and other controlling authorities are, however, finding it increasingly difficult to arrange by contract or otherwise for the erection of

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buildings. The Government's efforts to meet the insistent demand for better school accommodation are therefore limited not by its financial resources, but by the difficulties experienced in obtaining supplies of timber, cement, hardware, and other building-material, and in securing workmen to erect the buildings. Embarrassing delays are thus caused in the erection of many school buildings, the need for which is most urgent in the interests of all concerned. The Government is endeavouring to relieve the position as much as possible by giving preference to the most urgent works in the matter of supplies of material, and by postponing the making of grants for those buildings which, though necessary, are not absolutely essential. Workers' Dwellings. The expenditure under this heading from the Ist April, 1919, to the passing of the Housing Act in November was £26,673, made up as follows : Acquisition of land, £15,566 ; purchase of dwellings already erected, £7,304 ; erection of dwellings, £3,803. Since the Housing Act came into force all expenditure has been charged against the Housing Account. Lighthouses. The erection of the automatic fog-signal on Tiritiri Island, in the Hauraki Gulf, is now practically completed. The necessary apparatus for the lights on Ninepins Rocks, on Gable-end Foreland, and in Mercury Island passage have been ordered, and are expected to arrive in the Dominion shortly. Quotations are being obtained for a lighting outfit to be installed at Rarotonga, in the Cook Group. It is proposed to place this light about 100 ft. above sea-level, on a suitable platform to be attached to the wireless mast. It will be of 2,000 candle-power, and have a range, geographically, of sixteen miles. HARBOUR-WORKS. Improvement to the navigation of Taheke River, Hokianga ; erection of land-ing-stage at Waitakaruru ; the improvement of navigation between Awaroa Landing and Waikato River ; widening channel and blasting rocks at Tamahere Narrows, Waikato River ; and the erection of wharves at Raglan and Te Akau have been undertaken. Owing to the high cost of and difficulty of procuring material, very little has been done in the matter of harbour-works, but the activities of the Department will be resumed immediately it is obtainable. The buoys and beacons in the harbours under the control of the Department have been regularly overhauled, cleaned, and painted, and new moorings have been put down where necessary. TOURIST AND HttALTH RESORTS. Material is being assembled at Waikaremoana Hostel for alterations, renovations, and drainage. The fencing of the Te Puia Hot Springs Reserve is in hand. Copeland Track has been repaired, and a new hut at Clarke is in course of erection. Provision is made this year for a number of new works at the various resorts. IMMIGRATION. It has been decided to extend the " nominated passages " system to enable any permanent resident of the Dominion to nominate persons residing in the United Kingdom. This can be done irrespective of questions of relationship or occupation, provided that an undertaking is given that employment will be awaiting the nominees on arrival, and that adequate provision will be made for their maintenance after arrival. A considerable number of immigrants are awaiting opportunities to secure berthing-accommodation to enable them to proceed to the Dominion. In future suitable domestic servants will be granted free third-class passages, together with an allowance of £2 for expenses. It is hoped that this may be the means of securing a much larger number of suitable girls for the Dominion. The Imperial Government has commenced its free immigration scheme for ex-service men —viz., officers and men of the Royal Navy, the British Army, or the Royal Air Force (excluding Dominion and Colonial Forces) who have served in the present war and who wish to settle within the Empire overseas. These ex-service men, with their dependants, will receive free third-class passages, provided

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The policy of providing for telephone-exchange subscribers' circuits by means of underground cable is being continued. During the year 8,045 miles of underground cable wires were run out. The party-line system was extended by the addition of 577 lines and 1,906 subscribers. Toll lines throughout the Dominion are congested, and additional circuits are required in every district. The provision of additional lines will involve heavy expenditure for copper wire and other material. Extensions to the manual and automatic exchanges are required in the centres as well as in many smaller towns. The construction of underground cable systems at Christchurch and Dunedin in preparation for automatic exchanges will be proceeded with. Scarcity of material still hampers the constructional operations of the Department. CONTINGENT DEFENCE. The construction of the Invercargill rifle range necessitates the reclamation of about 270 acres. The material for filling is being obtained and conveyed to the site by tram, and latterly a dredge has also been employed to assist in this work. An additional 140 acres have been purchased as a danger-zone. It is anticipated that the whole undertaking will be completed during the present financial year, and a sum is being provided on the estimates for this purpose. Prison labour is being used on the work. Various rifle ranges throughout the Dominion were repaired and improved. A mobilization store is required at Auckland, garages at Wellington and Trentham for mechanical-transport vehicles, and a shed at Trentham for mobilization equipment. LANDS IMPROVEMENT. Improved Farm Settlements. —The roading of improved-farm settlements has now been completed. A small sum, however, is being provided on the estimates this year to meet special cases as they arise, such as formation of deviations, &c. Miscellaneous. —The only item calling for special mention under this head is that of £5,000 for the construction of roads in the Hauraki pastoral areas. This is a repetition of a similar item provided last year, against which £2,388 was spent in legalizing and forming road access to settlers. An engineering survey of roads which are required is being made. LAND FOR SETTLEMENTS ACCOUNT. Roads to open up Crown Lands. —A sum of £250,000 was appropriated last year for this purpose, but labour difficulties and shortage of material retarded progress. IRRIGATION AND WATER-SUPPLY. Ida Valley Scheme. —About half a mile of race-renovation and an extension of a length of 15 chains and a distributory have been completed and extended as a tail-race to Poolburn Creek. Extensive drainage-works were commenced. During the non-irrigation season the races were maintained and cleaned. This work was somewhat heavy, owing to a thunderstorm in January last. The drainagescheme survey was completed, and the resurvey of Moa Creek to German Hill race was commenced and is now well in hand. Galloway Flat Scheme. —Excavation for the diverting weir at Dip Creek is being carried out by means of a hydraulic elevator, and is in an advanced state of completion. 3 miles 16 chains of the Galloway main race was completed except for trimming and the necessary fluming. Two miles of drains to deal with surplus water were cut. The survey and plans of the amended main race were made during the year. Manuherikia Scheme. —Only 1-22 chains of the tunnel to divert the waters of the Manuherikia River into the main drain remain to be driven, 3-31 chains having been completed during the year. Only a limited, number of men were available for this class of work, and many of those employed (even though they earned over £l per day) left to engage in the more lucrative and less strenuous occupation of rabbiting. The main race was extended towards Clyde and was practically completed as far as 21 miles. Chatto Creek Siphon. —Cleaning and repairing the second-hand pipes purchased for the siphon across Chatto Creek is in hand.

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Surveys. —The survey and plans of the Manuherikia River from Chatto Creek to the mouth of the Manorburn River were completed, and the preliminary survey of the possible Lauder scheme reservoir was commenced. JIYDEO-ELECTEIC POWER. Lake Coleridge Electric-power Supply. The financial result of the operation of the Lake Coleridge system for the year ending 31st March, 1920, has been still more satisfactory than for the previous years. The power-house load has been increased during the year to such an extent that at the end of the year it was carrying an overload of 1,400 horse-power, or 17 per cent. The revenue for the year was £45,831, and the expenses were as follow : — £ Working-expenses . . .. .. . . ..17,759 Interest .. .. .. .. .. .. 16,863 Depreciation reserve .. .. .. .. 7,624 £42,246 The result of the year's operations is thus a net profit of £3,585 towards the reduction of the deficit on the four previous years of working. This result is very satisfactory. From other points of view the results have been even more satisfactory. The output for the year from the power-house was over 33,000,000 units. To have generated this in a large economical steam plant using the class of coal now available would have taken 45,000 tons of fuel, worth from £100,000 to £120,000. But the steam plants that have actually been replaced by Lake Coleridge power were by no means as efficient as is assumed above, and in practical running they actually consumed up to three or four times the above amount of coal, or its value in oil, kerosene, and petrol. Thus the saving in fuel to the public of Canterbury is probably in the neighbourhood of £300,000, for which they have paid to the Department £45,831 —or, allowing for the distributing-costs of the twelve retailing authorities, about £110,000. The shipping and handling alone of the above 45,000 tons of coal per year (150 tons per day) would have been a large item. And, apart from the saving, the comfort that has been given in ten thousand homes, the increasing efficiency in dozens of workshops and factories, and the security and reliability of the hydro-electric-power supply during the trying period of the railway restrictions and coal shortage, are advantages of even greater importance to the consumers than the cash saving of £200,000. As the result of this success the demand now in sight is far in excess of the supply, and even of the capacity of the scheme as now laid out —with a total of 16,000 horse-power. Plans are in hand for further extension to a capacity of an additional 26,000 horse-power (20,000 kilowatts), with, distribution-lines to Banks Peninsula, Kowai County, Oxford, Ellesmere County, Methven, Ashburton, and Timaru. It is anticipated that the fifth unit (4,000 h.p.), the pipe-line for which is now under construction, will be completed by the winter of 1921. This will only serve to relieve the overload on the present plant, to give a reasonably safe margin of standby capacity (2,000 h.p.), and to enable a few urgent consumers who have been waiting for some time to be connected up. Contracts were recently placed for the generating-plant for the final unit (4,000 h.p.), and it is anticipated that this will be ready for operation for the winter of 1922. One thousand horse-power of the capacity of this unit is to be reserved for the South Canterbury line. Horahora Power-station. During the year the Horahora power-station was purchased from the Waihi Gold-mining Company, and was operated on behalf of the Department for the last five months of the financial year. The maximum load reserved for the Waihi Mine is 3,300 h.p., out of a total plant capacity of 8,400 h.p. Allowing one unit of 1,400 h.p. as a standby and 1,300 h.p. to cover special industries and losses, this leaves 2,400 h.p. available for distribution by the local authorities. Four Electric-power Boards have been formed to undertake this distribution— viz., Thames Valley, Cambridge, Te Awamutu, and Central —together with the Hamilton and Waihi Boroughs, and as soon as the necessary plant is available for effecting the distribution the available power will be rapidly absorbed.

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The greater part of the material for the distribution-lines has already arrived, but owing to shipping difficulties the delivery of the poles has only recently commenced, and until more are available it will be impossible to commence the erection of the lines. An agreement has also been negotiated with the Waihi Grand Junction Gold Company under which their spare steam plant is to be at the disposal of the Government over periods of heavy load or of breakdown, thus enabling the spare unit of 1,400 h.p. at Horahora to be put into regular service, and rendering this additional output available for sale. Klkctric-power Boards. The function of the Government in connection with hydro-electric supply consists essentially in the construction of main generation stations and the main transmission-lines and substations from which the power will be sold in bulk to the local distributing authorities. The latter will be left the duty of reticulation and retail sale. The Government policy will be to throw upon local organizations practically the whole business side of the undertakings other than the primary generation, high-tension transmission, and sale in bulk. In the past the only local authorities available have been the Borough and County Councils, but in order to provide a stronger and a specialized organization the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, was passed. This Act provides that several adjacent local districts may unite and set up an elected Power Board, with rating-powers. The provisions of this Act have now been taken advantage of by ten electric-power districts. Although the Act provides for inner and outer areas, most of the Boards have taken in the whole of their district as an inner area irrespective of the density of settlement, thus expressing their confidence in the development of the back country and in its settlement by farmers who will be sufficiently progressive to make full use of the advantages of electric-power supply. With regard to the future the principles on which the boundaries of electricpower districts should be determined are not set out in the Act, but under clause 3 the responsibility of deciding whether proposed boundaries are desirable or otherwise is cast on the Governor-General in Council. Hitherto no amendment has been made in the districts as sought in the petitions submitted, but it is obvious that if the whole Dominion is to be dealt with in the best manner possible it is essential that a comprehensive scheme should be drawn up. This has been done, and in future it will be necessary for the petitions to be submitted to the Minister for approval before they are circulated, and any necessary alterations made in the boundaries. Difficulties will probably be encountered in the districts which include the larger of the power-supply undertakings, owing to the fact that country distribution, though the most important part of the Power Boards' activities, and the most profitable from the national point of view, cannot be as remunerative as the city supply because of the longer lines that are required. The cities and larger towns, however, must realize the extent to which they are dependent for their prosperity on the country business, and co-operate heartily in comprehensive systems even including in each case substantial portions of less remunerative country reticulations. Five of the Power Board districts already constituted have submitted their loan proposals to the ratepayers, amounting in all to £1,980,000. This amounts to over £20 per head of the populations of the districts concerned, and it gives some indication of the future extent and importance of the Electric-power Board activities. The almost unanimous votes by which these loan proposals have been carried indicate, however, the public opinion in the matter. Other Local Electric-power Supply Authorities. There are now seventy-one local electric-supply authorities operating in the Dominion, with a total capacity of 45,805 kilowatts, as compared with 43,899 kilowatts last year. The demand for additional power has been very urgent, but the extensions have in most cases been delayed owing to the difficulty in obtaining plant and materials. It is now expected that with the reversion to more normal conditions these difficulties will be overcome. Each of the main cities is proposing large extensions. The seven main local authorities have proposals in hand which will add 33,500 kilowatts to their installed capacity —at a proposed capital outlay of £1,582,000. In each case there is provision that the proposed plant shall work in with the Government hydro-electric supply when available.

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Government Hydro-electric Proposals. The main Government scheme proposed for each Island consists of a complete high-tension transmission-system connecting all the main points of supply of the Electric-power Board districts and of the local electric-power authorities. These transmission-systems will be fed from three or four large hydro-electric-power sources in each case, and will also be connected up with the chief existing local sources of supply, including both the hydro-electric and steam power plants already in operation. Hence the urgent necessity of standardizing the system of electrical distribution throughout the Dominion. In all recent installations the standard three-phase fifty-cycle system has been adopted, and several of the older plants are being changed over to this system in order to enable them to take advantage economically of the Government supply. Out of the fifty-five generating-stations now in operation, twenty-two are operating on the standard system, comprising 26,690 kilowatts, or 58 - 3 per cent, of the installed capacity of the Dominion. The main sources of supply selected for the North Island are Mangahao (24,000 h.p.), Arapuni (96,000 h.p., capable of extension to 162,000 h.p.), and Waikaremoana (40,000 h.p., capable of extension to 136,000 h.p.). In addition supplementary supplies will be obtained from Horahora power-house (8,400 h.p.), Wairua Falls (2,600 h.p.), New Plymouth Borough (ultimately 8,000 h.p.), and a standby service from the large steam plants at Auckland (ultimately 26,000 h.p.) and Wellington (12,000 h.p.). Regarding the North Island, the construction of Mangahao is now well in hand. The investigation of the Arapuni dam site is practically completed, and work will be commenced at Waikaremoana forthwith. For the main transmission-lines the specifications for the materials have been drawn up and the delivery of the poles has commenced. Provided that no undue delay occurs in the delivery of plant from abroad, and coal for driving the construction plant is obtainable, and cement, the supply from Mangahao can. be made available within three years. The construction plant at Waikaremoana (1,000 horse-power) has been designed to form part of tire permanent installation and to be large enough to give a local supply in the meanwhile to Wairoa County and Borough. This construction plant should be in operation within two years, and the main supply from Waikaremoana within two years thereafter. The reliability of the foundations of the Arapuni dam has now been fully investigated, and in view of the importance of the work it is proposed to refer the whole of the data collected to a committee of engineers for a final decision. In regard to the South Island the details of the transmission-system and supply points have not yet been laid out, but the system will incorporate the existing power plant at Lake Coleridge, the Dunedin City Council's plant at Waipori Falls, and the proposed Southland Electric-power Board's station at Lake Monowai, each of which should be developed as early as possible to its fullest extent. Proposals are now being investigated for the extension of the Lake Coleridge plant to the full capacity of the site (42,000 h.p.) and the survey and construction of the line to South Canterbury is in hand. Surveys of the Hawea-Wanaka and Teviot River schemes have been carried out to locate the most economical source of supply in Central Otago in order to complete the system in the southern end of the Island, and surveys will be put in hand as early as possible to locate the best sources of supply for the northern end (Marlborough, Nelson, and Buller districts), and the western districts (Grey and Westland), and for laying out transmission routes to complete the whole system on the same lines as in the North Island. The estimates of 1918 for the North Island system (160,000 h.p.) amounted to £7,303,402. At the present enhanced costs of labour and material this will considerably exceed £10,000,000, and the South Island system will probably cost almost as much. The prosecution of these works at a satisfactory rate of progress will call for more skilled and unskilled labour than is at present available; but it is hoped that the efforts of my colleague the Minister of Immigration will result in the early arrival in New Zealand of a sufficient number of suitable men. The success of the schemes already in operation, and the everincreasing difficulties in obtaining supplies of coal and fuel oil, have combined to create an insistent, widespread, and fully justified demand for the immediate development of New Zealand's water-power resources. Financial considerations require that schemes once launched should be brought to a paying stage as quickly as the available supply of labour and material will permit. Special officers, Engi-

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neers andfother experts, together with the necessary office assistance, have therefore been, as I have already stated, to deal specially with electric undertakings. The whole of the energies of these officers will be concentrated on the completion of the schemes, and on the supervision and the assisting of the Power Boards and other distributing authorities. As circumstances require, their numbers will be added to. Further legislation dealing with hydro-electric matters is under careful consideration. In the meantime it is proposed to set up an advisory Board consisting of business men of standing to advise the Government on various questions connected with the business management of its power undertakings, and on. questions of policy in connection with the development, distribution, and sale of hydro-electric power. WAIHOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT. The larger stop-banks have been built by dredge on the left bank of the Upper Waihou River to a length of 93 chains ; and the smaller preliminary stop-bank, by hand, on the right bank, to a length of 113 chains. In addition to these, the stop-bank on the right bank of the Ohinemuri River has been closed up so as to positively protect the town of Paeroa. Two concrete culverts of three and two barrels have been, completed. The dipper dredge has worked on the Rotoko.hu drain since last September and has done 103 chains of dredging, chiefly solid material. The Ngahina Wharf has been completed. Ringbarking and clearing has been in hand. Timber is on. hand for construction of Naghina Bridge extension, right bank, Waihou River. In October, 1919, the Rivers Commission sat at Paeroa and reported upon the works proposed along the Waihou River below Ngahina Bridge, and. its recommendations have been adopted. CONCLUSION. In putting forward the above statement it lias been my endeavour to so allocate the funds placed at my disposal as will best serve the interests of the Dominion as a whole. While it has been impossible to proceed this year with all the works for which requests have been made, I am of opinion that concentration on fewer works will result in all the necessary undertakings being carried out not only more cheaply, but also more expeditiously in the long-run than would result from an attempt to carry on simultaneously a greater number of works than can be adequately supplied with men and material. Though the sums placed on the estimates exceed the amounts appropriated during the last few years, it must be borne in mind that the cost of everything has so much increased that the larger sums on the estimates, when expended, will not produce as great a result as similar amounts have produced in pre-war times.

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PUBLIC WOKKS STATEMENT, 1920

TNDBX. TABLES. \>n U e No. I.—Total Expenditure : Summary showing Total Expenditure out of Public Works Fund to 31st March, 1920, and Liabilities at that Date .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 No. 2.—Yeably Expenditure out op Public Works Fund, 1897 to 1920 .. .. .. .. 3 No. 3.—Railways: Statement showing Expenditure on Construction of Railways to 31st March, 1920 .. 7 No. 4.—Expenditure out op Separate Accounts under this Control of the Public Works Department .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 No. s.—Development op Water-power: Statement of Accounts as at 31st March, 1920 .. .. 11 APPENDICES. Appendix A.—Expenditure poii the Year: Audited Statement of Expenditure out of the Public Works Fund for the Year 1919-1920 ... .. .. .. .. .. .. 19 B. — Annual Report on Public Works, by the Engineer-in-Chief .. .. .. 21 o.— Annual Report on Public Buildings, by the Government Architect .. .. .. 42 D.—Annual Report on Electrical Work and Water-power Schemes, by the Chief Electrioal Engineer .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 47

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TABLE No. 1. Summary showing the Total Expenditure on Public Works and other Services out of public Works Fund to 31st March, 1920, and the Liabilities on that Date.

Nu S ber Total Expenditure Be coveries T . , „ , p .. Total T/ble Worts. Net Expenditure Twe S nths on Account of T °" ™J%»°*>- ,«-«-«-, : Net Expenditure Works TSSSt , 31st March. -19. 31st .920. Year, 3Ut March, 19 -20. 31* March, «». Number of Table containing Details. Works I £ £ £ £ £ £ 3 Railways*.. .. .. .. 35,594,662 748,649 105,196 36,238.115 240,240 36,478,355 Railways. Roads" .. .. .. .. 11,621,216 388,562 603 12,009,175 304,313 12,313,488 Roads.' Development of mining .. .. 839,014 1,173 7,008 833,179 .. 833,179 Development of mining. Telegraphs .. .. .. 3,823.599 249,379 .. 4,072,978 266,273 4,339,251 Telegraphs. Public buildings .. .. .. j 7,330,748 469,195 .. 7,799,943 64,969 7,864,912 Public buildings. Lighthouses, harbour- works, and har- 1,148,443 3,498 .. 1,151,941 .. 1,151,941 Lighthouses, harbour- works, and harbour-bour-defences defences. Departmental .. .. .. 1,431,254 121.677J .. 1,552,931 869 1,553,800 Departmental. ! Electrio-power supply and development 9,254 .. .. 9,254 .. 9,254 Electric-power supply and development. 18 of 1878 1 Coal-exploration and mine-development 10,835 .. .. 10,835 .. 10,835 Coal-exploration and mine-development. 11 of 1877 1 Aiding works on Thames goldfields .. 50,000 .. .. 50,000 .. 50,000 Aiding works on Thames goldfields. i Immigration .. .. .. 2,330,110 0.62,561 .. 2,267,549 .. 2,267,549 Immigration. Purchase of Native lands .. '.. 2,061,906 .. 57 2,061,849 .. 2,061,849 : Purchase of Native lands. Defence .. .. .. .. 1,051,578 10,187 .. 1,061,765 .. 1,061,765 i Defence. Charges and expenses of raising loans .. 1,253,073 .. .. 1,253,073 .. 1,253,073 Charges and expenses of raising loans. Interest and sinking fund .. '.. 218,500 .. .. 218,500 .. 218,500 Interest and sinking fund. Rates on Native lands .. .. 68,672 .. .. 68,672 .. 68,672 Rates on Native lands. Thermal springs .. .. .. 14,600 .. .. 14,600 .. 14,600 Thermal springs. Tourist and health resorts .. .. 261,060 6,194 .. 267,254 187 267,441 Tourist and health resorts. Lands improvement .. .. 135,340 2,964 .. 133,304 .. 138,304 Lands improvement. Payment to Midland Railway bond- 150,000 .. .. 150,000 .. 150,000 Payment to Midland Railway bondholders holders. Irrigation and water-supplyf .. 160,720 34.115 .. 194,835 4,322 199,157 Irrigation and water-supply. Plant, material, and stores" .. .. 111,614 47,682 .. 159,296 72,898 232,194 Plant, material, and stores. Totals.. .. .. I 69,676, 193 2,020,714 112,864 71,584,048 954,071 72,538,119 Totals. 2,020,714 112,864 * Exclusive of expenditure on Hutt Railway and Road Improvement and Railways Improvement Accounts -f Includes £115,000 previously expended under Irrigation and Water-supply Account 1911-12 to 1915-16 and part 1917-18, now included in Public Works Fund. J Includes £242 expanded out of Public Works Fund " Unauthorized."

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TABLE No. 2. GENERAL SUMMARY. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1897-98 to 1919-20.

N.B. —The figures in italics, prefixed by " Gr." are either recoveries on account of services of previous years or receipts-in-aid applied in reduction of expenditure. Expenditure from 1892-93 to 1896-97, inclusive, includes expenditure under Native Lands Purchase Account; and from 1894-95 to 1896-97. inclusive, expenditure under Lands Improvement Account Total Net Expenditure. Description of Services. 1 '''' March. 1898. 1898-99. 1899-1900. 1900-1. 1901-2. MO-2-3. 1903-4. 1904-5. 1905-6. 1916-7. 1907-8. 1908-9. : . I Description of Services. I £ 9,132 £ 15,075 £ 2,147,015 £ 105 I £ 385 £ 214 • £ 139 . £ 142 £ Gr. 7 £ 6,481 £ 8,753 £ 14,353 Immigration .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,147,015 105 385 214 Public Works, Departmental .. .. .. .. 423,722 423,722 10,090 10,090 I 12,572 12,572 12.932 12,932 17,771 13.9411 16.088 : 12,814 13,517 16,710 18,219 24,512 Development of Water-power 468 2,901 4,664 315 Irrigation and Water-supply .. Railways .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,658,174 15,658,174 374,1!):.' 374,192 417,937 417,937 717,723 717,723 1,333,940 759,752 828,704 j 150,000 779,891 1,021,265 |l,227, 880 '1,093,535 1,116,184 Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders .. Roads :— Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges .. .. .. 4,006,170 Roads on Goldfields.. .. .. .. .. 344,873 Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery .. j 16,023 Lands Improvement Account* .. .. .. 300,930 248,934 Or. 365 46. 5 237,351 Gr. 347 48,o:w 267,374 48,417 354,687 47,57:; 230,34(1 51,690 316.248 45.594 ; 202,850 306,065 26,112 45,139 308,500 38,970 285,248 38,494 422,174 47,375 • • Total, Roads .. .. .. .. 4,667,996 Development of Mining .. .. .. .. 631,276 295,119 17,355 j 285,043 21,815 315,791 15,907 402,260 232,039 361,842 J 228,962 351,204 J i 347,470 323,742 469,549 17,355 j 21,815 15,907 15,320 24,213 16.278 ; 6,258 18,533 11,064 : • 8,633 32,859 Purchase of Native Lands .. .. .. .. 1,359,320 1,359,320 491,980 j 53,182 ! 53,182 I Gr. 225 32,025 32,025 28,688 28,688 18,201 15,782 5,352 J 6,281 13,777 2,099 9,135 2,190 Native Lands Purchase Account .. .. .. 491,980 \ (Jr. 225 I Total, Land Purchases .. .. .. 1,851,300 1,851,300 52,957 i 52,957 32,025 32,025 28,688 28,688 18,261 15,782 I 5,352 j 6,281 13,777 9,135 2,190 2,099 Telegraph Extension .. .. .. .. .. 800,735 : 800,735 : 28.551 I 28.551 26,771 26,771 50,101 50,101 77,186 : 114,068 ! 155,491 I 163,032 31.729 68,578 47.228 79,298 I ' Subsequent expenditure under separate class " Lands Improvement," see next page. Continued on page 4.

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TABLE No. 2—continued. GENERAL SUMMARY— continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1897-98 to 1919-20— continued.

Description of Services. Total Jfet Expenditure to 31st March, 1898. 1898-99. 1899-1900. 1900-1. 1901-2. 1902-3. Expenditure. 1903-4. 1904-5. 1905-6. 1908-9. 1906-7. 1907-8. Public Buildings :— General (including Miscellaneous) Parliamentary Judicial Post and Telegraph Customs Quarantine Stations Mental Hospitals Public Health Hospitals and Charitable Institutions School Buildings Agricultural Workers , Dwellings .. £ 225,608 21,468 349,706 177,720 6,920 3,834 404,601 48,444 923,021 4.271 £ £ £ £ ££ £££££ 8,764 I 3,957 5,594 12,513 9,031 10,964 9,021 2,231 14.210 16,260 , 39,635 20,636 ! 9,883 3,039 4,424 ! 1,503 602 697 71 1,047 4.11!' 5,172 11,109 ' 19,682 29,630 28,728 33,224 25,978 13,083 15.899 35.192 28,938 37,211 5,168 13,483 20,954 40,361 ' 74,686 53,918 16,008 j 38,410 43.918 43,724 62,262 107 875 2,066 ■ 6,630 8,719 ' 13,018 7,90:; 414 " 47 2,507 2,607 424 17,667 17,712 18,872 16,743 10,167 15,812 15,949 16,235 8,049 7,987 15,296 6,315 4,265 7,926 1,765 7,497 4,402 899 5,141 1,200 3,540 4,291 1,204 4,786 10,259 15.576 11,153 43,403 49,256 33,681 38,606 57,790 87,089 42,721 69,223 109.459 100,19. 102,340 520 447 971 535 883 2,504 1,362 2,618 2,707 1,690 5.543 - Total, Public Buildings .. 2,165,593 2,165,593 107,267 107,267 115,426 121,364 145,600 197,454 216,192 ' 117,328 j 165,311 227,026 226,035 285,521 115,426 121,364 145,600 197,454 216,192 117,328 165,311 227,026 226,035 285,521 Lighthouses, Harbour- works, and Harbour-defences :— Lighthouses Harbour- works .. Harbour-defences 137,301 316,052 481,055 3,727 3,333 1,017 2,060 6,082 6,206 2,167 962 .. 1,417 7,481 1,777 365 1,540 3,421 1,373 1,773 1,308 2,684 2,963 2,867 4,439 10,158 5,328 3,960 I 6,678 6,126 2,885 2,515 1,300 1,541 2,579 7.297 Total, Lighthouses, &c. 934,408 934,40s 15,662 : 9,026 6,517 12,159 j 13,581 10,864 j 5,990 4,946 4,504 ! 6.803 , 19,217 15,662 9,026 6,517 12,159 13,581 10,864 5,990 4,946 4,504 6.803 19,217 Rates on Native Lands 62,462 62,462 J 347 I 744 673 571 471 666 631 548 695 j 837 27 347 744 673 571 471 j 666 631 I 548 ! 695 837 27 ! Contingent Defence 455,633 13,867 42,810 37,650 140,875 37,005 38,723 46,588 35,569 14,874 18,574 10,766 13,867 42,810 37,650 140,875 37,005 38,723 46,588 35,569 i 14,874 18,574 10. 766 Tourist and Health Resorts 11,260 10,949 15,643 17,508 15,888 42,271 45,048 24.286 11,260 10,949 15,643 17,508 15,888 42,271 45,048 24.286 I 1 i Lands Improvement* .. 1,741 2,349 2,019 2,248 1,052 j 5,605 9.561 19,542 1,741 2,349 2,019 2,248 1,052 5,605 9.561 19,542 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans .. .. 1,027,765 224; 28,322 1,460 5,620 88,180 87,249 10,764 1 236 Cr. ,5,77.5 Cr. 8.487 575 n~ tic 224 J 28,322 1,460 5,620 Cr. 516 88,180 87,249 10,764 236 Cr. ,5,77.5 ! Cr. 8.487 575 , i ; I , 1 nterest and Sinking Funds 218,500 218,500 i . i Coal-exploration and Mine-development .. 10,835 !■ 10,835 Thermal Springs .. ; 14,600 I I i ; J , Total Ways and Means Credits Grand Total —Net Expenditure .. 31,070,014 590 347 '.. 516.. 7 .. .. 5,175 8.487 915,736 992,876 1,309,020 2,142,736 1,514,444 1,796,841 1,321,510 1,730,686 2,035,144 1,909,688 2,183,245 * For previous expenditure see Roads Class. [Continued on page 5.

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TABLE No. 1-continued. GENERAL SUMMARY— continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1897-98 to 1919-20— continued.

Expenditure Expenditure. e. 1919-20. Total Hat Expenditure to 31st March, 1920. Description of Services. - 1909-10. 1910-11. 1911-12. 1912-13. 1913-14. 1914-15. 1915-16. 1916-17. 1917-18. 1918-19. Immigration .. .. .. .. £££££££ £££ ££ 17,003 9,441 11,681 14,694 33,914 33,219 10,010 6,533 3,856 l Cr. 12,018 Or. 62,561 2,267,549 Cr. 10 Public Works, Departmental 41,176 42,733 49,864 57,426 66,650 100,719 111,489 131,701 127,962 115.419 {121,677 1,552,931 Hr O RR9 fir A 7 7Q 49,864 57,426 66,650 100,719 111,489 131,701 127,962 115,419 1121,677 Cr. 2,662 : Cr. 4,119 1,552,931 Ur. 2,662, : Cr. 4,119 Development of Water-power 1,021 9,082 .. .. .. .. .. Cr.18,451 9,254 .. 9,254 1,021 9,082 Cr.18,451 9,254 9,25. Irrigation and Water-supply* I , . 1,562 2,794 14,689 33,602 32,090 29,874 20,794 11,650; 13,665 34,115 194, S35 1,562 2,794 14,689 33,602 32,090 29,874 20,794 11,650 13,665 34,115 194, S35 Railways Payment to Midland Railway Bondholders .. 1,128,400 1,104,071 1,125,905 1,148,832 1,104,897 2,146, 753f1,065,171 : 620,947 495,771 387,923 748.649 :36,238,115 Cr.652 Cr. 6,987 Cr. 29,528 Cr. 5,485 Cr. 6,022 Cr. 4,633 , Cr. 4,845 Cr. 110 Cr. 4,924 'Cr.105,196 .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 150,000 : Roads :— Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges 297,932 229,537 383,511 337,584 353,836 484,365 400,062 203,746 128,730 221,887 ; 376,097 353,836 Cr. 515 24,143 I 484,365 30,065 400,062 203,746 24,432 17,099 128,730 Or. 600 6,912 221,887 : 376,097 Cr. 997 j Cr. 603 4.180 i 12,465 Roads on Goldfields Development of Thermal Springs and Natural Scenery Lands Improvement Account .. Cr. 515 Cr. 600 Cr. 997 ■ Cr. 603 40,830 25,626 41,067 36,761 24,143 30,065 24,432 17,099 6,912 4.180; 12,465 * ■ Total, Roads 338,762 255,163 424,578 374,345 377,464 514,430 424,494 220,845 135,042 225,076 | 387,959 12,009,175 338,762 255,163 424,578 374,345 377,464 514,430 424,494 220,845 i 135,042 225,076 387,959 12,009,175 Development of Mining 18,597 10,845 21,244 10,644 4,889 2,384 6,602 4,592 27 518 I 1,173 883,179 Cr. 1,000 Cr. 1,000 Cr. 30 Cr. 1,015 \ Cr. 255 Cr. 6,545 Cr. 1,000 j Cr. 7,008 4,889 2,384 Cr. 255 6,602 4,592 27 518 j 1,173 Or. 6,545 Cr. 1,000 \ Cr. 7,008 883,17' Purchase of Native Lands Native Lands Purchase Account 30,567 2,976 Cr. 2,466 Cr. 917 Cr. 857 Cr 1,060 Cr. 972 Cr. 868 Cr. 57 .. Cr. 57 Cr. 2,286 Cr. 972 Cr. 868 Cr. 57 Cr. 57 Total, Land Purchases 30,567 j 690 Cr. 2,466 Cr. 917 Cr. 857 j Cr. 1,060 Cr. 972 Cr. 868 ' Cr. 57 .. Cr. 57 2,061,849 30,567 690 Cr. 2,466 Cr. 917 Cr. 857 ; Cr. 1,060 Cr. 972 Cr. 868 Cr.57 Cr. 57 ' 2,061,84! Telegraph Extension . I I I ' .. j 123,423 111,867 147,692 251,375 392,648 288,395 249,554 203,311 213,955 198.611 ; 249,379 4,072,978 * Previously included under Lands Improvement, charged to Unauthorized. t Includes £1,000,000 expended 1908-9 and 1909-10 under Wellington-Manawatu Railway Purchase Account. { Includes i≤242 [Continued on page 6.

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TABLE No. 2—continued. GENERAL SUMMARY-continued. Showing Net Yearly Expenditure out of Public Works Fund, 1897-98 to 1919-20— continued.

i . Expenditure. Total Net Description of Services. : : EX to31rt" e 1909-10. 1910-11. 1911-1J. 1912-1:-;. 1913-14. 1914-lo. 1915-16. 1916-17. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20 March 1920 I I I I I : Expenditure. Description of Services. 1909-10. j 1910-11. 1911 -Vi. 1912-1 :s. 1913-14. 1914-1.). Public- Buildings :— ££££££ £'£££!££ General (including Miscellaneous) .. .. .. 41,964 44,044 34,721 44.71!) 43,199 52,239 22,050 12,648 11,646 43,168 64 207 Cr. 15,067 Parliamentary .. .. .. .. .. 3,157 237 2,004 18,800 23,612 31,478 17,133' 22,586 37,233 (Courthouses ...... ..j i 4,902 299 21 .. 868 Judicial Prisons .. .. .. .. .., 31,606 22,295 44,13;! 45,431 28,445 38.808 ■! 17,786 15,685 13,195 16,299 20,981 I Police-stations .. .. .. ..) ( 25,484 21,147 18,814 6,157 24,944 Post and Telegraph.. .. .. .. .. 68,574 117,815 130,815 122,99!) 78,815 60,838 35,258 22,744 33,525 26,072 66.543 Customs .. .. .. .. .. .. 233 Quarantine Stations Mental Hospitals .. .. .. .. .. 19,839 12,707 8,809 46.181 26,001 53,996 54,898 44,602 26,502 14,640 18,277 Or. 15 Public Health .. .. .. .. .. 319 .. .. 37i> Hospitals and Charitable Institutions .. .. .. 7,259 1,484 12,745 8,750 1,435 998 1.426 7.570 4.080 2,332 43 974 School Buildings .. .. .. .. .. 98.103 124,926 90,535 105,000 121,954 122,940 97,972 70,367 63,082 115,656 195,50 Agricultural .. .. .. .. .. 6.103 1,160 3,684 6,475 4,398 2,428 2,972 3,046 | 5,685 4,229 7,227 Or. 34 Workers' Dwellings.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22,644 46,455 41,741 68,275 55,893 35,437 15,505, 7,293 26,674 Total, Public Buildings .. .. .. 277,157 324,668 350,090 445,192 369,600 431,966 335,759 256,131 214,221 | 235,846 409,195 7,799,943 277,157 7,157 324,668 ■ 324,668 350,090 445,192 350,090 445,] 9:2 369,000 369,600 431,966 431,966 335,759 256,131 214,221 I 235,846 ; 469,195 7,799,943 i I _ ; I . Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour-defences :— " Lighthouses .. .. .. .. .. 6,762 1,470 5,428 j 9,03! 5,174 3,887 1,415 449 561 1,603 253 Harbour-works .. .. .. .. .. 4,548 4,092 6,004 7,415 3,346 12,563 9,355 2,280 2,359 I 3,729 3,245 6,762 4,548 5.372 1,470 4,092 2,865 5,428 j 6,004 1,144 ! 9,03! 5,174 7,415 3,346 Cr. 1,462 339 ' 539 Cr. 300 3,887 12,563 681 1,415 9,355 2,903 449 ! 561 i 1,603 2,280 2,359 I 3,729 1,038 56 253 3,245 \ Vr. I,4SZ Harbour-defences .. .. .. .. .. 5,372 2,865 1,144 339 ' 539 681 2,903 1,038 56 Cr. 300 Total, Lighthouses, &c. .. .. .. 16,682 8,427 12,576 16,785 7,297 17,131 ' 13,673 3,767 2,976 5,392 3,498 1,151,941 8,427 12,576 16,785 7,297 17,131 13,673 2,976 5,392 3,767 3,498 1,151,941 Rates on Xative Lands .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 68.672 68.672 : _ Contingent Defence .. .. .. .. .. I 4,977 6,071 10,437 23,790 30,180 15,221 37,619 9,742 6,714 8,809 10,187 1,061,765 Tourist and Health Resorts .. .. .. .. | 14,507 5.912 13,3bi 12.906 14,989 8,232 5,107 1,094 931 1,620 ! 6,194 167,254 Cr. 12 Cr. 500 Lands Improvement* .. .. .. .. .. 6,910 11,125 20,39-t 22,550 16,996 13,810 5,936 Cr.2,731 1,838 Cr. 4,268 2,B64 138,304 Or. 383 Cr. 432 Cr. 522 Charges and Expenses of raising Loans .. .. .. 17,715 66,367 67,470 72,950 105,449 35.495 5,037 35 1 .. .. 1 253 073 Cr. 12,000 Cr. 66,392 Cr. 66,954 Cr. 71,681 Cr. 1)6,741 Cr. 34,865 Cr L 5 J 030 Interest and Sinking Funds .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ., .. 218.500 Coal-exploration and Mine-development .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. ., .. 10 835 Thermal Springs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. ~ ., 14.600 Plant, Material, and Stores .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 74,418 9,778 ~~6,iu 20,638 47,682" 159,296 j i Cr. 31 Total Ways and Means Credit* .. .. .. 10,530: 103,524 105,792 43,400 11,160 5,713 43 492 11993 112 864 Gram! Total— Net Expenditure .. .. 2,022,876 il,891, 918 2,190,731 :2,362. 654 2,455, 066 2,597,109 2,363,658 1,502,588 1,237,422 1,207*482 71,584,048 • Includes expenditure on Irrigation and Water-supply —1905-6, £22; 1906-7. £750 ; 1907-8. £1.554 ; 1908-9, £1,966.

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TABLE No. 3. Expenditure on Railways to 31st March, 1920.

Um of Railway. Total Expenditure by General Government to 31st March, 1919. OB Account of Expenditure of Previous Years. Expenditure out of Public Works Fund during Year 1919-20. Amounts _ . Valuation of — ! Expenditure previously Esnenditure Works New Works ' under charged to bv General -onstructed by >eu "orks. Land Claims Special Acts " Surveys of New ri2™SS2i I Provinces . __ ono" and other during Year Lines" now t0 3, t ™'Tch l and Midland ~ 1 . Expenditure out of Public Works Fund during Year 1919-20. New Works. I ££££££££ £ £ Kaihu Valley .. .. .. .. 104,984 .. 15,893 926! 16,819 .. .. .. .. 121,803 Opua Wharf to Whangarei and Onerah; .. .322,735 .. .. .. .. 901 .. .. .. 523,636 Otiria to Ngapuhi .. .. .. 176,601 50,830t .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 125,771 Whangarei (Kioreroa) to Waiotira .. .. 242,150 .. 31,735 7,952 39,687 .. .. .. .. 281,837 Waipu Branch .. .. .. K>7 .. 9,371 .. 9,371 .. .. .. .. 0.778 Helensville Northwards — Xgapuhi Northwards .. .. .. 56,880 Dr.50,830t 33,351 j 5,271 38,622 .. .. .. .. 146.3:):? Helensville Northwards .. .. 945,588 62,635J 117,818 j 248 118,066 .. .. .. .. 1,001,019 Helensville to Te Awamutii .. . . 2,285,532-' z) '"- 62 »63o| ) _ 11,224 .. 52,663 .. -',411,935 Waiuku Branch (Paerata to Waitikti) .. 93,463 .. 22,601 525 23,126 .. .. .. .. 116,589 Huntly to Awaroa .. .. .. 107,302 Dr. 119§, 1,545 .. 1,545 4 .. .. .. 108.970 Waikokowai Branch .. .. .. .. .. 52 .. 52 j .. .. .. 52 Waipa Gravel Access Branch .. .. .. .. 90 .. 90 .. .. .. .. 90 Frankton to Thames .. .. .. 363,147 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,513 .. 364,660 Cambridge Branch (Ruakiira Junction to 51,500 .. .. .. .. 343 .. .. .. 51,843 Cambridge) Morrinsville to Rotorua.. .. .. 369,447 .. .. .. .. 3,609 1 .. .. 373,057 Marton to Te Awamutu .. .. . 2,740,378 .. .. .. .. 11,312 .. 2,721 .. 2,754,411 Ractihi Branch .. .. .. 84,081 .. 6 .. 0 64 .. .. 84,151 Paeroa to Waihi and Tauranga .. .. 197,598 .. 20,504 j .. 20,504 .. .. .. .. 218,102 Tauranga to Taneatna, including TeMaunga to 398,376 .. 68,523 11,824 80,347 .. .. .. .. 478,723 Maunganui Branch Gisborne to Motu .. .. .. l>23.100 .. 48 -■ 48 1S2 .. .. 623,330 Gisborne to Ormond Tramway .. .. 4,975 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,975 Napier to Gisborne — Gisbome Southwards .. .. .. 191,753 .. 11,671 398 12,069 .. .. .. .. 203,822' Wairoa Northwards .. .. .. 1,757 .. 5,597 .. 5,597 .. .. .. .. 7,354 Napier Northwards .. .. .. 47,612 1 25,598 .. 25,598 .. .. .. .. 73,209 Waikokopu Branch .. .. .. .. .. 1,775 .. 1,775 .. .. .. .. 1,775 Wellington to Napier — Napier to Woodville and Palmerston North 927,747 .. .. .. .. 846 .. 3,815 .. 932,408 Wellington to Woodville, including Te Aro 1,636,142 .. .. .. .. 6,591 .. 4,706 .. 1,647,439 Extension Featherston to Martinborough .. . . 399 .. .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 399 Wellington to Waitara — Wellington to Longburn .. .. 1,018,675 .. .. .. .. 1,497 .. 442 .. 1,020,614 Foxton to Waitara and Moturoa .. .. 1,563,582 5,000 .. .. .. 5,101 .. 8,037 .. 1,571,720 Mount Egraont Branch .. .. .. 72,080 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 72,080 Moturoa to Opunake .. .. . . .. .. 754 .. 754 I .. .. .. 754 Opunake Branch (Te Roti to Opunake) .. 57,253 .. 10,481 .. 10,481 .. .. .. .. 67,734 Manaia Branch (Kapuni to Manaia) .. 5,555 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,555 Rangitikei River Quarry Line .. .. i 206 .. .. .. .. .. .. I .. 206 * Railways Improvement Authorization Act HU4 Account. f Adjustment of expenditure between lines on account of construction beyond Kaikohe. t Adjustment of expenditure between lines (work on open line wrongly charged last year). § Old survey expenditure on Huntly Branch previously included in item for main line.

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TABLE No. 3—continued. Expenditure on Railways to 31st March, 1920— continued.

I i i i Expenditure out of Public w orks Fund during Year 1919-20. Amounts ,, . Valuation of j Expenditure ! previously I .. J,-i Works New Works. , . _. . . «?<!« I - charged to bvGenerii 3 constructed »y Wor' Lan 5 Cl ? lms Spe«al Acts " surveys of New : Provinces on Open and other during Year I Lines" now i ,„,,„", and Midland Construction Permanent- Total New Lines. . . °j?.. 1919-20.* charged to 1990 Railway and Surreys. wav. Works. Liabilities. | Individual Lines. | '" u Company. Expenditure out of Public Works Fund during Year 1919-20. Lines of Kaiiway. ;*„_„ i Recoveries Government to 31st March, »' 1919. , Years - New Works. £ ££££££ £ £ £ E Stratford to Okahukura (East End) .. 213,65/ .. 37,705 .. 37,705 .. .. .. 051 350 Stratford to Okahukura (West End) .. 710,863 .. 13,719 694 14,413 8 .. .. .. 72.i'284 Nelson to Greymouth — Nelson to Inangahua .. .. .. 461,561f 100,171 26 .. 26 .. .. 6 .. 361,422 78 307 Stillwater to Inangahua.. .. ... 203,976 .. .. .. .. 117 .. .. 204*093 °79'685 Ngahere to Blackball .. .. .. 147,532 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. " 147,'532 ..' Westport to Ngakawau .. .. .. 188,009 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 18s'oo9 Westport to Inangahua .. .. .. 152,818 .. 2 .. 2 .. .. .. 152*820 Greymouth to Rewanui .. .. .. 255,026 .. .. .. .. 50 .. .. 255*076 Point Elizabeth Branch .. .. .. .. .. 197 .. 197 .. .. .. \VH Greymouth to Ross and Mikonui .. .. 33S.911 .. .. .. .. 137 ._ . _ 339 048 Picton to Waipara — Picton Southwards .. .. .. 654,1:50 .. 133 .. 133 183 .. .. .. 654,372 Waipara Northwards .. .. .. 373,877 .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. 373'877 Chrisrchurch to Greymouth — Rolleston to Bealev .. .. .. 815,718± .. 4 .. 4 .. 815 -■><> ti --n Whitecliffs Branch" .. .. .. 25,021 .. .. .. .. .. " " 2s'o21 U >- J '» Greymouth to Bealey .. .. .. 1,006,611§ .. 63,571 .. 63,571 972 .. .. 1, 263 889 Hurunui to Waitaki — Main Line (Waiau to Waitaki) .. .. 1.948,077!|| .. 6,811 9,250 16,061 11,491 .. 738 .. 1,976,367 316 135 Oxford Branch (Rangiora to Oxford West) 52,782 .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. ' .30'739 Eyreton Branch (Kaiapoi to Bennett's) .. 44,277 .. .. .. .. .. .. 44 277 Lyttelton Branch .. .. .. 80,908 .. .. .. .. .. \\ 8o!908 340 500 Southbridge Branch (Hornby to Southbridge) 91,377 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 91.377 Little River Branch (Lincoln to Little River) 108,524 .. .. .. .. .. 108 524 Rakaia to Methven .. .. .. 74,640 .. .. .. .. .. .. 74' 040 Ashburton to Springburn .. .. 61,639 .. .. .. .. .. 61 639 Fairlie Branch (Washdvke Junction to t'6,801 .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. 66 801 75 1-M Fairlie) Waimate Branch .. .. .. 71,285 .. 1,835 .. 1,835 .. .. .. 73 120 Canterbury Interior Main Line — Oxford to Malvern .. .. .. 54,005 .. .. .. 235 .. .. 54 240 Whitecliffs to Rakaia .. .. .. 542 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. '542 Tenmka to Rangitata .. .. .. 5.152 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 152 Waitaki to BluffMain Line, including Port Chalmers Branch 3,307,008 .. .. .. .. 3,412 .. 4,177 3 314 597 g2 254 Duntroon Branch (Pukeuri to Kurow) .. j 97,099 .. .. .... .. .. .. ' 0,7'oya : 37500 Ngapara Branch (Waiareka Junction to 26.090 .. .. .. 26 090 58009 Ngapara) * Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account. t Includes the items previously shown as Nelson to Belgrove, £199,982, and Belgrove to Inangahua £261 579 % Includes the item previously shown as Springfield to Bealey, £744,879, and £70,839 of the item previously shown as Springfield and Whitecliffs branches. The reniaining£25 021 of this latter item is now shown separately as Whitecliffs Branch. § Includes the items previously shown as Greymouth to Brunnerton. £150,651, Brunnerton to Bealev £855 960 and £70,839. II The section Culverden to Waiau. £50, 226, previously shown separately, is now included.

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TABLE No. 3— continued. Expenditure on Railways to 31st March, 1920— continued.

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Lines of Railway. ™iure on H^SS? of - gj-gj 31st March. " Years 1919. iear». Construction and Surveys. Expenditure out of Public Works Fund during Year 1919-20. re out oi Public Works Fund during Year 1919-30. Jgmmto Valuation of Expenditure previously Fxnenditure Works „ ...... under charged to 5™ constructed by New V, orks. L(md Claims Specja] Aots , .. 8urveys oI New by Gener .1 P| . >viQce5 [ on Own ■ind "'her during Year Lines" now t o31st Marcr. and Midland , L , , ,. ?i„f Old 1919-20." charged to t0 J1 ?09n ' Railway Permanent- Total -New Line,. Liabilities . j Individ? U Line,. 192 ° Company. way. w orks. Waitaki to Bluff — continued. £ Livingstone Branch (Windsor to Tokarahi) 82,785 Waihemo Branch (Palmerston to Dunback) 33,191 Fernhill Railway .. .. .. 1,415 Brighton Road Branch .. .. .. 6,474 Outram Branch (Mosgiel to Outrarn) .. 11,951 Lawrence Branch .. .. .. 305, 334 Balolutha to Tuapeka Mouth .. .. 1,943 Catlin's River Branch (Balclutha to Taha- 462,691 kopa) Heriotburn Branch (Waipahi to Edievale) .. 123,788 Waikaka Branch (McNab to Waikaka) .. 67,821 Gore to Lumsden .. .. .. 111,966 Edendale to Glenham .. .. .. 53,328 Riversdale to Switzers .. .. .. 82,304 Kelso to Gore .. .. .. ' .. 602 Seaward Bush to Catlin's (Appleby to 184,881 Tokanui) Otago Central (Wingatui to Cromwell) .. 1,384,731 Invercargill to Kingston — Main Line .. .. .. .. 359,008 Mararoa Branch (Lumsden to Mossburn) .. 27,217 Winton to Heddon Bush .. .. 231 Makare wa to Orepuki and Waiau .. .. 250, 454 Thornbury to Wairio .. .. .. 85.885 Forest Hill (Winton to Hedgehope) .. .. 22,984 Expenses of Railway Commissions and other 10,337 Expenditure not chargeable to Individual Lines Surveys of New Lines — North Island .. .. .. .. 35,900 Middle Island .. .. .. .. 5,752 Rolling-stock .. .. .. .. 6,732,065 Stock of Permanent-way Materials, 31st March, 1919 .. ..£46,872 46,872 £ £ Dr. 602t "602t '.'. 18,931 £ 405 £ £ 19,336 i i £ £ £ 82,785 33,191 1,415 6,474 11.951 305,334 1,943 462,691 123,788 68,423 111,966 53.328 82,304 184,881 1,404,087 £ 12,829 29,691 I 1,445 1,445 359.008 27,217 231 251.899 85,885 22.984 10,337 91,937 37,097 23,200 23 102,044 14,176 35.900 5.752 0,848.285 37,020,757 Stock of Permanent-way increased by £29,039 29,039 Stock of Permanent-way Materials, 31st March, 1920 .. .. £75,888 75.888 : Total .. .. .. j 37,049,796 105,195 521,792 37,493 559,285 160,323 1 92,994 37,757,204 1,787,741 * Railways Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Account. t Old survey expenditure now transferred to Waikato Branch, holders under the Midland Railway Petitions Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1903. J Includes value for £150,000 paid to debenture-

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TABLE No. 4. Expenditure out of Separate Accounts on Works under the Control of the Public Works Department.

Year. •@ t#™ Land for Settlements Account. Opening up Crown Lundy for Settlement Account. Hoads to open up Crown Lands. ' Waihou anil National T i f Ohinemuri Endownie.it ': "'" '" v , Rivers Account. Accoi.it Improvement Roads to open ij',,1, .„',„ Account. up National- Ko "', F l tc ;'JT in Waihou and endowment ",',.,',", "''il Ohinemuri Lands. hettlements. Rivers Improvement, £ £ £ £ £ £ 1890-91 .. 1891-92 .. 1892-93 .. £ 25,000 64,000 800 89,800* 1891 92 .. 1892-93 .. 1893-94 .. 1894-95 .. 1.894-95 .. 1895-96 .. 1896-97 .. 1897-98 .. 1898-99 .. 1899-1900 1900-1 .. 1.901-2 .. 1902-3 .. 1903-4 1904-5 .. 1905-6 .. 1906-7 .. 1907-8 1908-9 .. 1909-10 .. H.OOOf 29,833f 30,000f 6,114t 42,971 J 30,057J 31,017 18,770 16,972 31,363 37,390 31,979 18,578 25,753 28,895 38,801 47,371 38,524 54,713 40,507 607,608§ 4,975 1910-11 .. 1911-12 .. 1912-13 .. 1913-14 .. 1914-15 .. 1915-16 .. 1916-17 .. 1917-18 .. 1918-19 .. 1919-20 .. 45,691 49,739 47,951 63,245 92,975 47,974 24,730 5,619 6,554 2,689 4,282 9,151 13,344 6,787 3,769 9,555 9,632 10,004 9,'225 10,407 12,025 27,402 34,806 43,996 51,355 61,692 697,408 206,626 206,626 165,679 53,401 157,043 126,825 i * Payment to the Public! Wi expenditure under Clans " Koac r Paid into the Public Work I Paid into the Lands Inipi expenditure on roads. § Expenditure under the G( :>rks Fund under section 31 of the Iβ." .s Fund, reducing the expenditure •ovement Account (now included Government L< oans to Local Bi iilicti Act, 1886, il i reduction of i under Class " I in Public Worl Soads." ks Fund under Class " Roads "), reducing the >vermnont Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendmer. it Act, 1891.

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TABLE No. 5. DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-POWER. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS AT 31st MARCH, 1920. General Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1920, compared with Position at 31st March, 1919.

I 1919-20. 1918-19. Liabilities. 1919-20. 1918-19. Assets. £ s. d. Consolidated Fund — Interest on Lake Coleridge expenditure to 31,145 7 8 31st March, 1920 Public Works Fund — 9,253 13 0 Electric suppiv Aid to Water-power Works and Electricsupply Accounts — 449,000 0 0 Debentures issued .. .. .. Lake Coleridge — 27,393 9 7 Depreciation Fund Account 3,832 4 10 Sundry creditors .. £ s. d. £ s. d. 27,147 0 7 9,25! 13 0 449,000 0 0 35,389 4 2 3,825 12 (i 39.214 16 8 £ s. d. Lake Coleridge — £ a. d. 431,424 19 1 Assets as per separate balance-sheet .. 445,025 17 5 37,706 14 1 Profit and Loss Appropriation Account .. 34,120 14 7 469,131 13 2 Horahora--Assets as per separate balance-sheet .. 220,974 1 7 Profit and Loss Appropriation Account .. 2,122 8 0 1,211 7 0 I ■* I i? , lTfcU 1- \J 223,096 9 7 .79 £ s. d. s 12 n 34 5 10 Arapuni 1,434 8 7 Mangahao River 5,984 15 10 22,748 10 9 I 31,225 14 5 Horahora — Purchase-price of plant taken over on 1st November, 1919 .. .. i Interest accrued to 31st March, 1920.. Payments by Waihi Gold-mining Company (Limited) on behalf of Department .. Depreciation Fund Account Sundry creditors .. 212,500 0 0 4,427 1 8 1,890 13 4 218,817 15 0 1,628 8 0 97 9 10 . 1 1,725 17 10 Other Schemes : Surveys and Investigation, — Xorth Island — 374 5 4 Aratiatia .. .. .. .. 376 13 11 393 it 6 Huka Falls .. .. .. .. 403 9 6 2,830 5 11 Hutt River (including purchase of dam-site): 2,802 19 3 38 9 0 Jlakuri River .. .. .. 38 9 0 1,108 4 7 Rotoiti-Kaituna .. .. .. 1,108 4 7 879 16 8 Tauherenikau .. .. .. 879 16 8 712 13 11 Waikaremoana .. .. .. 723 1 7 236 6 8 Wairua .. .. .. .. 236 6 8 South Island — —. 803 1 9 Clarence River .. .. .. 803 1 9 5 0 0 Kanieri Lake .. .. .. 5 0 0 Timaru to Oamaru line .. .. 92 18 0 519 12 7 Opihi River.. .. .. .. 519 12 7 17 7 0 Toaroha .. .. .. .. 17 7 0 76 16 6 Teviot .. .. .. .. 255 17 9 11 19 0 Upper Taieri .. .. .. 11 19 0 Hawea .. .. .. .. 286 7 11 General expenditure not chargeable to any 4,117 5 10 individual scheme Balance in the Electric Supply Account at 14,804 15 8 31st March. 1920— 36,658 12 9 Cash in Public Account .. .. 929 9 2 29 13 6 Imprests and advances outstanding .. 574 14 9 36,688 6 3 ;69 1 2 I 1,992 4 0 4,117 5 10 . _„ 1,504 3 11 I £520,624 15 1 £745,159 3 1 £745,159 3 1 £520,624 15 1 £745,159 3 1 The balance-sheet lias been duly audited with, the various supporting books, vouchers, and documents, and found to correspond therewith. P. S. WALDIE, Accountant, Public Works Department. Robert J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-C4eneral.

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LAKE COLERIDGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC-POW ER SUPPLY. Profit and Loss Account for Year ended 31st March, 1920, compared with Year ended 31st March, 1919. Gross Revenue Account.

1918-19. 1919-20. 1918-19. 1919-20. To Generating expenses, headworks, and power- £ s. d. house — 2,103 16 2 Salaries .. .. .. ..I 1,512 10 10 Wages 161 5 11 Supplies .. 372 0 4 Transport of stores, &c. Maintenance and repairs — 91 9 11 Headworks 5 4 1 Pipe-lines 82 5 5 Power-house building 214 0 8 Power-house machinery .. 136 15 10 Roads and fences 80 4 2 Staff residences, &c. 4,759 13 4 Transmission-line — 464 6 10 Salaries .. 118 7 7 Wages Transport, including upkeep of horses, 920 9 7 traps, cars, and cycles .. .. I 1,491 9 5 Repairs to power-lires .. ... Repairs and alterations to telephone- j 51 14 4 system .. 3,046 7 9 Substation, Addington — 1,307 19 10 Salaries .. 487 14 0 Wages 68 15 5 Supplies Maintenance and repairs — 211 0 10 Buildings and yards 97 15 6 Machinery £ s. d. 2,857 19 10 835 17 9 108 10 1 631 2 2 50 5 3 16 13 5 131 8 1 310 3 5 168 18 10 192 6 2 477 10 0 79 8 11 625 9 8 793 1 3 1,159 0 2 688 19 3 171 3 10 269 3 8 124 6 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. 34,531 5 2 1,515 12 1 36,046 17 3 4 14 6 8 2 0 589 6 3 126 18 6 5,303 5 0 21 0 0 737 4 9 6 0 0 116 10 10 122 10 10 1,975 9 10 16U 0 0 23 i> I) 34 1 9 187 7 9 By Sale of energy — £ s. d. Wholesale .. .. .. .. 42,424 4 5 Retail .. .. .. .. 1,952 7 10 Discounts forfeited Meter-rents Rents — Lauds and buildings.. .. .. 620 19 5 Electric lines .. .. .. 152 15 0 „ plant .. .. .. 20 14 9 Fees for retesting installations „ testing and repairing electrical appliances .. .. .. 183 13 0 Stand-by provision : Fees from wholesale consumers Supervision charges on works not connected with Lake Coleridge, carried out by staff Royalty on shingle sold Interest from local bodies in respect of reticulations sold on deferred payment Earnings motor-vehicles £ s. d. 44,376 12 3 11 6 9 794 9 2 183 13 0 160 0 0 30 0 0 29 17 6 104 15 7 140 17 10 2,173 5 7 Distribution — 186 7 11 Salaries .. 1 13 4 Wages Supplies Transport, including upkeep of motor 225 15 7 lorry and car Maintenance of feeder cables, trans1,234 4 0 former stations, and tools 472 8 2 Maintenance of secondary distribution 146 5 7 Maintenance of and testing mptera 209 10 3 4 11 7 138 14 6 1,559 14 7 662 16 4 313 16 8 2,412 13 4 I 2,266 14 7 2,889 3 11 I i 'I

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1,350 0 0 317 14 10 1,667 14 10 1,675 0 5 371 4 7 112 5 1 200 0 0 31 10 0 107 13 4 87 10 0 184 11 5 29 5 0 9 7 0 21 9 2 12 5 6 171 5 9 59 7 8 144 16 6 12 2 5 4 1 Stand-by provision — Payment to Christchurch Tramway Board .. .. .. .. 1,350 0 0 Payment to Christchurch Tramway Board, for energy supplied .. 438 10 11 — 1,788 10 11 Management and general expenses — Salaries .. .. .. .. 1,762 6 6 Sick and holiday pay to workmen .. 280 3 6 Travelling-expenses.. .. .. 73 7 4 Office-rent .. .. .. 200 0 0 Rent of other buildings .. .. 45 15 0 Postages and telegrams .. .. 97 11 9 Telephone subscriptions .. .. 86 17 1 Printing and stationery .. .. 161 5 4 Advertising .. .. .. 44 12 0 Accident insurance .. .. .. 9 6 8 Fire insurance .. .. .. 27 1 6 Legal expenses .. .. .. 2 8 0 Audit fees .. .. .. 89 6 8 Meter-reading and line inspection .. 260 18 6 Commission on collection of accounts.. 77 15 6 Electrical testing .. .. .. 161 8 8 Bad debts.. .. .. .. 2 3 4 Miscellaneous trade expenses .. 7 8 10 3,223 17 8 17,137 13 9 20,186 5 1 18 10 3OQQ ] ft i> a O0*7 1U — 17,758 19 2 Balance to Net Revenue Account .. .. 28,072 12 11 £45,831 12 1 i £37,323 : 18 10 I £37,323 18 10 i £45,831 12 1 Net Revenue Account. £ s. d. 7,329 9 2 15.692 6 10 To Depreciation at 2 per cent, per annum on completed work .. Interest for year ended 31st Match, 1920 Balance to Profit and Loss Appropriation Account £ s. d. 7,623 11 2 16,863 2 3 3,585 19 6 £ s. d. 20,186 5 1 2,835 10 11 By Balance from Gross Revenue Account Balance to Profit and Loss Appropriation Account.. £ s. d. 28,072 12 11 £23,021 16 0 £28,072 12 11 J! £23,021 16 0 £28,072 12 11

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LAKE COLERIDGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY— continued. Profit and Loss Appropriation Account.

1918-19. 1919-20. 1918-19. 1919-20. £ s. d. 34,871 3 2 To Balance from previous year's statement .. 2,835 10 11 Balance from Xet Revenue Account £ s. d. £ s. d. 37,706 14 1 37,706 14 1 By Balance from Xet Revenue Account Balance to balance-sheet ■ £ s. d. 3,585 19 6 34.120 14 7 ■ £37,706 14 1 J £37,706 14 1 £37,706 14 1 £37,706 14 1 1 £37,706 14 1 £37,706 14 1 Depreciation Fund Account. II ; £ s. d. 123 17 4 To Renewal of motor vehicles Renewal of sundry reticulations 27,393 9 7 Balance to balance-sheet .. £ s. d. £ s. d. 708 11 0 19,411 8 11 By Balance from previous year's statement .. 15 0 0 776 8 10 Interest at 4 per cent, per annum 35,389 4 2 7,329 9 2 Amount set aside as per Profit and Loss Account .. £ s. d. 27.393 9 7 1,095 14 5 ! 7.623 11 2 £27.517 6 11 £36,112 15 2 £27,517 6 11 £30,112 15 2

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LAKE COLERIDGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY— continued. Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1920.

iwi»-i». Liabilities. 1918-19. Liabilities. 1919-20. 1918-19. Assets. 1919-20. 1919-20. 1918-19. Assets. i " ' ~~ ; ~~ ■ — . — ~— £ s. d. 27,393 9 7 Depreciation Fund Account .. Sundry creditors — 1,612 16 3 On open accounts 1.242 0 5 On contracts 660 2 4 Wages accrued 31" 5 10 Payment for current in advance .. 3,832 4 10 Balance carried to general balance-sheet — +69,131 13 2 Total assets as per contra 31,225 14 5 Total liabilities as above 437,905 18 9 £ s. d. j £ s. d. £ s. d. Works at Lake Coleridge— £ s. d. £ s. d. 35,389 4 2 4,223 6 5 Land, including fencing and planting .. .. 4,229 16 4 5,317 4 6 Coalgate Gorge Road .. .. .. .. 5,317 4 6 7,566 3 8 Service roads .. .. .. .. .. 7,566 3 8 279 12 8 Service telephones .. .. .. .. 279 12 8 2,358 18 4 — 641 3 5 Headworks— 509 16 1 73,367 19 11 Tunnel, including inlet and outlet works 73.789 4 4 315 14 8 22,794 0 9 Pipe-lines.. .. .. .. 24,125 17 4 3,825 12 6 1,86116 6 Tram-line .. .. .. .. 1,974 12 10 396 16 4 Weir at lake-outlet, gauges, and fencing 410 17 7 Harper River Diversion Works .. 46 j 4 100.346 17 5 .. 479,146 12 0 98,420 13 6 39,214 16 8 — 439,931 15 4 Power-house— 22,223 1 4 Buildings, &c. .. .. .. 23,028 0 6 50,302 14 4 Machinery, &e. .. .. .. 50,872 16 0 333 19 3 Office furniture, fittings, &c... .. 333 19 3 74,234 15 9 72,859 14 11 11 [ ' Accommodation for staff and workmen — 12,214 12 7 Buildings, fencing, &c. .. .. .. 12,771 17 11 Transmission-line — 4,876 14 8 Land .. .. .. .. 4,904 4 8 38,653 11 2 Power-lines .. .. .. .. 39,043 5 1 2,342 0 11 Telephone-system .. .. .. 2,356 15 6 Linemen's cottages, depots, tools, and 469 9 10 equipment .. .. .. .. 486 15 7 6,540 12 3 Alterations to public telegraph-lines .. 6,587 8 11 — 53,378 9 9 52,882 8 10 , Addington Substation — 2,812 19 2 Land, including cottages .. .. 3,078 14 11 3,889 2 3 Substation buildings .. .. .. 3,889 2 3 13,488 111 Machinery, &c. .. .. .. 15,304 18 11 2,311 9 1 Store buildings and workshops .. .. 2,458 4 6 ■ — 24,731 0 7 22,501 12 5 2,812 19 2 3,889 2 3 13,488 1 11 2,311 9 1 22,501 12 5 469,131 13 2 Carried forward .. 479,146 12 0 276,265 9 6 Carried forward .. .. .. .. 282, S55 18 7 479,146 12 0 276,265 9 6

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The balance-sheet has been duly audited with the various supporting books, j j Q IBgON vouchers, and documents, and found to correspond therewith " ' Accountant, Electrical Branch, Robert J. CoLLiNS,Controller and Auditor-General. Public WoAg Depa rtment, Christchurch.

LAKE COLERIDGE HYDRO-ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY— continued. Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1920— continued.

1918-19. Liabilities. 1919-20. 1918-19. Assets 1919-20. £ s. d. 469,131 13 2 Brought forward .. £ s. d. £ s. d. 479,146 12 0 ■ i £ 479,146 s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 5 12 0 276.265 9 6 Brought forward .. .. .. .. .. 282,855 18 7 Primary distribution — 8,755 12 7 Supply cables —Christchurch City .. 6,882 12 7 2,961 3 4 Christchurch Tramways .. 4,846 4 2 6,121 11 8 Lyttelton .. .. 6,904 8 3 13,839 16 5 Northern .. .. 14,737 5 10 7,026 14 1 Southern .. .. 7,683 8 5 622 9 9 Lightning-arresters .. .. .. 622 9 9 1,143 13 4 Tools and equipment .. .. .. 1,142 5 4 1,342 1 11 Alterations to public telegraph-lines .. 1,516 12 8 "tjjTsmTT ' 44 ' 335 7 ° Secondary distribution — 16,847 17 11 Supply cables and reticulation .. .. 19,450 4 11 6,886 12 0 Local substations .. .. .. 7,779 2 11 27,229 7 10 11,847 12 11 Service transformers and meters .. .. .. 12,593 15 0 4,105 7 6 Motor cars, lorries, and cycles, &c. .. .. .. 5,429 12 6 71 3 8 Test-room equipment .. .. .. .. 74 16 10 289 15 11 Loose plant, tools, and equipment .. .. .. 799 19 5 1,654 6 2 Public telephones to the lake .. .. .. 1,654 6 2 Telephones to Christchurch City Council and 173 19 1 Tramway Board and local officers .. .. 173 19 1 105 0 2 Christchurch office —Furniture and fittings .. .. 202 9 9 Engineering, office, and general expenses on 17,003 6 7 preliminary surveys and during construction.. .. 17,788 19 3 Salaries of Engineers and others on preliminary 11,52S 6 8 surveys and during construction .. .. .. 13,641 15 1 Survey and investigation, Timaru line route .. .. 411 17 7 Interest during construction — 14,285 14 2 On completed works .. .. ... 14,291 13 7 278 14 0 On uncompleted works .. .. .. 591 17 9 85,077 16 9 < 14 .883 11 4 403,156 9 4 422,075 15 5 15,407 13 8 Stocks of material, &c., on hand at date .. .. 13,444 19 g Telephone subscriptions and fire insurance paid 71 3 11 in advance .. .. .. .. .. 116 14 11 In suspense —Payments (on Capital Account) 70 15 9 made in London.. Sundry debtors — 6,308 4 3 For current and rent .. .. .. 7,946 18 6 2,252 11 10 For work carried out, &c... .. .. 1,441 9 2 4,158 0 4 For reticulations sold on deferred payments.. 9,388 7 8 431,424 19 1 U45.025 17 5 Balance from Profit and Loss Appropriation 37,706 14 1 Account .. .. .. .. .. 34,120 14 7 I I 1 £169,131 13 2 • £479,146 £479,146 12 0 6 12 0 £469,131 13 2 I £479,146 12 0

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WAIKATO HYDRO-ELECTRIC-POWER SUPPLY HORAHORA SCHEME. Profit and Loss Account for Five Months, Ist November, 1919, to 31st March, 1920. Gross Revenue Account. ToGenerating-oxpenso.s: Head- I s. d. £ s. d. By Sales of electrical energy to wholesale t s. d. works and power-house- oonsumers .. .. .. 5,798 10 I) Salaries .. .. 821 2 2 Rents of houses . . . . .. 4 1(1 4 Wages .. . . 81 10 (i Supplies .. . . 22 14 3 Transport of stores, &c... 28 7 2 Maintenance and repairs— Headworks .. .. 32 2 5 Power-house nuicliiiiciv 35 7 li - 1,024 4 0 Transmission-line, Horahora to Waihi — Wages . . . . 197 4 4 Supplies .. .. 26 810 Transport .. . . 54 5 !) 277 18 11 Waikino Substation— Wages (half) .. .. 220 11 2 Supplies .. .. 4 3 5 — 224 14 7 Management and generalPayment to Waihi Company for supervision and management . . 270 16 8 Postages and telegrams .. 710 I I Fire insurance and rates.. 36 <i 10 Accident insurance . . 27 3 4 Miscellaneous expenses .. 110 2 343 7 II 1,870 5 5 Balanco to Net Revenue Account .. .. .. 3,933 I 8 £5,803 7 1 £5,803 7 1 Net Hcrenm Account. To Interest at 5 percent, on purchase-money £ s. d. £ 8. cl. for plant purchased from Waihi Gold- By Balance from Gross Revenue Account .. 3,933 1 8 milling Company.. .. .. 4,427 I 8 Balance to Profit and Loss Appropria--1 )eprociation on completed works (2 per tion Account .. .. .. 2,122 8 0 rent.) .. .. .. .. 1,628 8 0 £6,056 9 8 £6,055 9 8 Profit and Loss Appropriation Account. c s. d. £ s. d. To Balanoe from Net Revenue Account .. 2,122 8 0 By Balance to balance-sheet .. .. 2,122 so £2,122 8 0 . £2,122 8 0 Depreciation Fund Account. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balanoe to balance-sheet .. .. 1,628 8 0 By Amount sot asido as per Net Revenue Account .. . . . . .. 1,628 8 0 £1,628 8 0 £1,628 8 0

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Balance-sheet at 31st March, 1920. Liabilities. £ s. d. Assets. Depreciation Fund Account .. .. 1,628 8 0 Works, &0., at Horahora— £ s, d. £ s, d. Sundry creditors .. .. .. 97 910 Roads and bridges .. 2,052 12 11 Waihi Gold-mining Company (Limited)— Freehold land .. 762 5 8 Purchase price of plant Properties, dwellings, &c. 4,192 14 5 taken over at Ist No- £ s. d. Headworks .. .. 86,190 2 7 vember, 1919 ..212,500 0 0 Generating-station .. 25,874 8 I Accrued interest on same 4,427 I 8 Transformer building and Payments made by the machinery .. .. 14,914 1 8 company on behalf of 133,980 5 4 the Department .. 1,890 13 4 : Transmission - line, Hora- — 218,817 15 0 hora-Waihi .. .. 43,099 7 9 Development of Water-power Account .. 2,552 16 9 Lineman's cottage .. 804 2 3 44,503 10 0 Substation, Waikino— Substation and oil-boil-ing buildings . . 4,995 19 10 Transformers and machinery in same .. 12,728 9 2 17,724 9 0 Motor-cycle .. .. .. 100 0 0 Engineering, office, and general expenses on preliminary surveys and investigations .. .. .. .. 1,071 3 9 Interest during construction of works by Waihi Gold-mining Company .. 14,537 8 8 Stocks of material and stores on hand at date .. .. .. 2,541 5 6 Insurance premiums paid in advance . . 33 3 0 £ s. d. Debtors for current .. 5,798 10 9 Sundry debtors . . .. 78 5 1 5,876 15 10 220,974 1 7 Balance from Profit and Loss Appropriation Account .. .. .. 2,122 8 0 £223,096 9 7 j £223,096 9 7 J. J. Gtbson, Accountant, Electrical Branch, Hamilton, 24th June, 1920. .Public Works Department.

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APPENDICES TO THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. 1920. APPENDIX A. AUDITED STATEIVIENT OF EXPENDITURE ON PUBLIC WOEKS OUT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS FUND FOR THE YEAR 1919-20. Prepared in compliance with Section 8 of the Public Works Act, 1908. Sir, — Public Works Department, Wellington, 12th June, 1920. In compliance with the Bth section of the Public Works Act, 1908, I enclose a statement of the expenditure during the preceding financial year on all works and services chargeable to the Public Works Fund. I have, &c, J. G. Coatss, Minister of Public Works. The Controller and Auditor-General, Wellington.

Statement of Net Expenditure on all Works and Services chargeable to the Public Works Fund for the Year 1919-20.

P. S. Waldie, Accountant. E. W. Holmes, Examined and found correct. Under-Secretary. Robert J. Collins, Controller and Auditor-General. (Details on next page.)

Class. Vote. Summary. Appropriation. Expenditure. Credits. Net Expenditure Public Wokks Fund. I XIX XX XXI XXII 37 38, 39 40-49 50-52 Public Works, Departmental Railways Public Buildings Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour-defences Tourist and Health Resorts Immigration Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works Development of Mining .. Telegraph Extension Contingent Defence Lands Improvement Irrigation and Water-supply Plant, Material, and Stores Unauthorized £ 145,184 850,000 848,510 28,164 £ s. d. 144,842 15 0 781,108 5 3 473,834 4 4 3,810 5 7 £ s. d. £ s. el. 23,407 18 7 121,434 10 5 32,519 14 I 748,648 II 2 4,639 8 1 469,194 16 3 12 12 5 3,497 13 2 XXIII XXIV XXV 53 54 55,50 36,000 25,047 637,085 6,198 !) 4 79,052 8 5 415,299 18 I 4 10 0 0,193 19 4 142,212 19 50.62,860 13 0 26,737 14 11 388,562 0 2 XXVI XXVII i. xvm XXIX XXX XXXI 57 58 59 00, 61 02 63 2,000 300,000 15,000 8,497 25,000 120,000 1,615 8 0 319,528 13 I 10,439 16 I 3,106 19 0 35,655 10 0 101,513 2 3 15,720 2 0 442 8 2 1,172 19 10 70,149 16 10 249,378 10 3 252 19 4 10,180 17 0 142 10 5 2,964 8 7 I,541 0 8 34,114 15 10 53,831 1 2 47,082 1 1 15,477 12 6 242 9 6 Total, Public Works Fund 3,040,487 2,392,085 18 2 371,372 6 7 2,020,713 11 7

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APPENDIX A.—continued.

Name of Vote. Appropriation. Expenditure. ■ Credits. Net Expenditure. Public Woeks Fund. Public Works, Departmental Railways— Railway-construction— Kaihu Railway Extension North Auckland Main Trunk— Ngapuhi Northwards Ngapuhi Southwards Waiotira Southwards Waiotira Northwards Ranganui Northwards Whangarei Branch Waipu Branch North Island Main Trunk — Waiuku Branch Huntly Brunch .. VVaikokowai Braiioh Waipa Gravcl-acocss Branch Raetihi Branch .. Stone-quarry Line, Raugitikei River Faekakariki Deviation East Coast Main Trunk— Paeroa-Pokeno Waihi Eastwards Tauranga Westwards Tauranga Eastwards Mount Branch Gisborne-Motu Gisborne-Wairoa Wairoa-Gisborn(! Wairoa-Napier .. Napier-Wairoa Waikokopu Branch Mount Egmonl Branch Opunake Branch Stratford-Main Trunk — East End West End Featherston-Martinborough South Island Main Trunk Midland Railway— Nelson End Reefton End Otira-Bealey Broken River - Boaley Westport-Inangahua Greymouth - Point Elizabeth Culverden-Waiau .• Waimatc Branch Extension Otago Central Balclutha -Tiiapeka Mouth .. Winton - Heddon Bush Orepuki-Waiau Extension .. Lawrence-Roxburgh Land Claims, &c. Surveys, New Lines of Railway Permanent-way Materials £ 145,184 .£ s. d. £ s. d 144,842 15 0 23,407 18 7 £ s. d. 121,434 16 5 37 10,000 15,904 15 10, 71 14 7 33,408 13 7 58 0 1 15,893 1 3 25,000 5,000 50,000 20,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 51,753 5 I 65 10 2 8,814 7 5| 58,858 19 7 1,542 15 7 35,345 11 3 3,010 17 7 9,871 7 6 33,330 13 (i 5J,687 14 II 8,814 7 5 57,310 4 0 31,734 II! 8 9,371 7 0 20,000 5,000 5,000 1,000 100 100 1,000 22,813 3 4 212 1 7 1,540 9 7 1 17 10 51 11 6 90 0 7 0 0 (I 22,601 1 () 1,544 11 9 51 11 0 90 0 7 (i 0 0 5,000 25,000 20,000 60,000 1,000 1,000 20,000 20,000 5,000 30,000 20,000 1,000 20,000 13,820 5 6 4 18 II 0,091 7 0 2 0 3 70,887 4 5 13,008 2 4 4,704 3 0 47 J 5 5 .13,858 15 0, 2,188 0 9 5,052 14 3 55 10 0 13,815 6 7 0,089 0 !) 03,819 2 I 4,704 3 0 47 15 5 11,070 14 3 5,590 17 9 38 20,199 13 4 001 17 8 1,774 17 4 25,597 15 8 1,774 17 4 IO,S97 9 3 410 0 8 10,481 2 7 30,000 20,000 4,000 15,000 39,157 8 9 1,452 4 4 14,725 10 11 1,007 0 10 37,705 4 5 1.3,718 10 1 21 f> J 5 7 83 0 0 132 15 7 6,500 5,000 50,000 1 ,00(1 100 10,000 5,000 J 5,000 10,000 0,000 8,000 5,000 8,00( 1,200 5,000 100,000 27 19 5 1 10 0 20 9 5 65,727 11 6 2,150 5 4 4 16 9 10 7 7 7 7 197 5 0 7,958 14 0 1,147 15 9 1,843 15 5 8 8 9 23,007 J J II 4,130 19 I C)3,571 (> 2 4 I (i 2 3 0 197 5 0 0,810 18 3 1,835 0 8 18,930 12 10 1,406 19 9 2i'l2 10 1,445 0 11 110 i>01 13 10 211 5 4 00,075 10 2 143 8 9 1 4 0 753 8 0 00,532 1 5 • 725,000 Total Vote, Railway-construction 000,000 020,002 9 1 32,277 5 1 588,325 4 0 39 HI 41 11> 43 44 45 46 47 is 49 50 51 52 53 54 Additions to Open Lines Public Buildings— General Courthouses Prisons Police-stations Postal and Telegraph .. Agricultural.. .. .. Mental Hospitals Hospitals and Charitable Institutions School Buildings Workers' Dwellings Lighthouses, Harbour-works, and Harbour-defences — Lighthouses Harbour-works Harbour-defences Tourist and Health Resorts Immigration Construction and Maintenance of Roads, Bridges, and other Public Works — Roads, &c. Road and other Works on Goldfields and Mineral Lands Development of Mining Telegraph Extension Contingent Defence Lands Improvement— Improved-farm Settlements Lands, Miscellaneous Irrigation and Water-supply Plant, Material, and Stores Unauthorized —Services not provided for 250,000 100,505 10 2 70.000 04,234 .15 0 7,500 80S 0 0 25,000 21,029 7 4 25,550 24,945 12 I 194,910 00,717 13 2 10, KM, 10,906 J4 9 15.001 IS, 27!) 7 i) 64,450 44,032 2 5 250,000 196,138 0 2 L50,00< 26,682 II. 2 3,310 259 !) 5 16,854 3,25(1 10 2 8,000; 36,000 6,198 !l -4 25,047 79,052 0 B 242 9 0 27 13 S 47 17 0 I 4 9 174 II 0 3,079 10 S 2 12 9 58 3 7 688 8 2 9 0 0 (i 4 3 0 8 2 4 10 0 142,212 19 5 242 9 0 27 13 S 47 17 0 I 4 9 174 II 0 3,079 10 8 2 12 9 58 3 7 688 8 2 9 0 0 Kit), 323 7 2 04,207 I 1(1 808 0 0 20,981 10 4 24,944 7 4 (10,543 I 8 7,220 18 I IS,270 15 0 43,973 IS 1(1 195,499 12 0 20,073 I I 2 253 5 2 3,244 S (I 0,193 19 I Cr, 62,560 13 0 55 56 020,335 402,834 5 11 10,760 12,405 9 2 20,737 14 11 370,0<)0 I I (I 12,405 9 2 57 58 59 2,000 1.015 8 0 300,0(10 319,528 13 I 15,000 10,439 10 -I 442 8 2 70,149 10 in 252 1!) I 1,172 lit 10 249,378 Hi 3 10,180 17 0 0(1 01 82 03 450 142 0 o 8,047 2,964 19 0 25,000 35,055 10 0 120,00(1 101,513 2 3 15,720 2 0 14 2 10 5 I ,541 0 8 53,831 I :' L6, 177 12 o Gr. 0 10 5 2,904 19 0 34,114 15 10 47,082 1 1 242 !) 0 Total, Public Works Fund 3,040,487 2,392,085 18 2: 371,372 0 7 2,392,085 18 2 371,372 (i 7 2,020,713 11 7

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APPENDIX B. ANNUAL REPORT ON PUBLIC WORKS BY THE ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF. The Engtneer-in-Ohief to the Hon. Minister of Public Works. Sir, — I have the honour to submit the following report upon the various works under my control completed and in progress throughout the Dominion during the period from the Ist July, 1919, to the 30th June, 1920. Although it is now nearly two years since the war closed, matters throughout the world have not reverted to pre-war conditions a 1 anything like the speed it was anticipated before the close of hostilities. This, coupled with the heavy mortality amongst the able-bodied men of the Dominion, lots resulted in the Department still having great difficulty in carrying on works vigorously. The immense amount of development work and new construction being carried out by private enterprise still further limited the supply of labour. However, arrangements Lave been made to house the men and, in general, improve conditions in connection with public works, and it is hoped this will result in the Department being able to man its works more satisfactorily. The universal inflation of prices has been the cause of very much increased costs of all works. EAILWAYS. Abstract. The following table shows the expenditure on Government railways in New Zealand up to the 31st March, 1920 :—

Tot-H.l 'local Name of Railway. Itaii'wayor Soction. Total Length of Kailway or Soction. Open for Traffic. Expenditure to 31st March, 1920 iu «v, M. ch. 24 30 45 25 58 6 19 79 85 22 163 48 127 35 09 33 138 27 93 45 230 64 M.ch. 19 58 16 25 58 6 M. ch. Kaihu Valley .. .. .. .. '.. .. 24 30 Otiria-Ngapuhi .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 25 Opua Wharf-Onerahi .. .. .. .. .. 58 6 Whangarei-Waiotira .. .. .. .. .. 19 79 North Auckland Main Trunk Railway (from Helensville) .. 85 22 Helonsville - Te Awarautu, with Branches .. .. .. 163 48 Frankton Junction-Thames, with Branches .. .. .. 127 35 Thames Valley - Rotorua .. .. .. .. .. 09 33 Tauranga-Opotiki, with Branches .. .. .. .. 138 27 Gisbome-Opotiki .. .. .. .. .. .. 93 45 Napier-Gistiorne .. .. .. .. .. .. j '230 64 Wellington-Napier and Palmerston North (including To Aio Extension and Greytown and Martinb;.rough Branches) .. 249 44 Wellington-Waitara, with Brandies .. .. .. .. 350 11 Stratford-Okahukura .. .. .. .. .. 112 47 North Island Main Trunk (Marton-Te Awamutu), including Raetihi Branch and Waipa Gravel-acoess Branch .. .. 225 7'J Picton-Waipara (South Island Main Trunk Railway)— Picton southwards .. .. .. .. .. 92 38 Waipara northwards .. .. .. .. .. 90 45 Nelson-Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. 170 0 Greymouth-Arthur's Pa-s .. .. .. .. .. 49 78 Rolleston-Arthur's Pa-s (inoluding Whiteoliffs Branch) .. 92 59 Westport-Ngakawau .. .. .. .. .. 19 56 Westport-Ngakawau Extension to Mokihinui* . .. 7 12 Mokihinui Colliery Linef .. .. .. .. .. 3 69 Westport-Inangahua .. .. .. .. .. 26 0 Ngahere-Blackball .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 40 Greymouth- Uewanui and Branches .. .. .. .. 8 70 Greymouth-Waitaha .. .. .. .. .. 50 3'2 Hurimui-Waitaki, with Branches .. .. .. .. 459 34 Canterbury Interior Main Line—Oxford-Temuka .. .. 83 0 Waitaki-Bluff, with Branches .. .. .. .. 600 21 Otago Central .. .. .. .. .. .. 182 51 lnvercargill-Kingston, with Mararoa Branch .. .. .. 117 4 Forest Hill Railway—Winton-Hedgehopej .. .. .. 12 40 Western Railways .. .. .. .. .. .. 94 8 Preliminary surveys Miscellaneous Stock of permanent-way on hand Rolling-stock 47 77 150 39 87 20 69 33 £ 121,803 125,771 523,636 291,615 1,147,351 2,637,546 634,605 373,057 478,723 623,330 286,160 49 32 249 44 350 11 112 47 233 12 285 59 42 26 2,580,246 2,738,b63 976,641! 225 79 218 39 2,838,652 92 38 90 45 170 0 49 78 92 59 19 56 7 12 3 69 26 0 3 40 8 70 50 32 459 34 83 0 600 21 182 51 117 4 12 40 94 8 56 6 44 14 118 6 49 78 84 45 19 56 7 12 3 69 5 74 3 40 8 70 38 68 413 70 11 44 546 12 134 78 97 44 12 40 70 31 654,37a 373,877 565,515 1,071,154 840,743 188,009 152,820 147,532 255,273 339,048 2,630,435 59,934 4,968,260 1,404,067 386,456 22,984 337,784 41,652 10,337 75,888 6,848,285 Total .. .. .. .. .. 4,158 52 3,00G 3 §37,752,229 * The funds for this extension —namely, £35,501 Ms. lid. — were provided by the Westport I The funds for purchase of this line, £15,745, wore provided by the Wostport Harbour Be 1 The expenditure on this line as a tramway was made by the Lands Department. § Includes expenditure on railways under Hutt ftoad and Hailway Improvement, Kii,i and Kailway Improvement Authorization Act 1914 Accounts. Harbour Board, 3ard. ihvay Improvement Authorizatiou Act,

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Kaihu Valley Railway Extension. (19 in. 17 oh, to 23 in. 71 oh. ; length, 4 miles 54 chains.) Good progress Las been made on this railway, and the formation is complete with the exception ol a lew small cuttings which will shortly be finished. Flood damage which occurred during the winter months has been repaired. Three temporary bridges have been erected pending the building of permanent structures. Rails have been laid from 19 m. 40 eh. to 21 in., and all the permanent-way material is on the site ; ballast has been run out to 21 m., and the first lift of ballasting completed from 19 m. 17 eh. to 20 m. 70 eh. It is anticipated that with favourable weather the ballasting will be completed about April next. North Auckland Main Trunk Railway. Ngapuhi Northwards- Okaihau Section (16 m. 25 eh. to 24 m. 45 eh. ; length, 8 miles 20 chains).The formation of this section is practically complete. At 19 m. 68 oh. a large cutting was excavated : at 19 m. 53 eh. a difficult bank was completed ; and at 24 m. 27 eh. the Okaihau station-yard was formed, though bad slips which occurred on the upper side will mil be removed until the summer months. Although the prodigious slips experienced on other lines have not been met with on this section, those which have taken place have greatly increased the ratio of work done to that originally estimated. Rails have been laid to 19 m. 50 eh., and a 40 lb. track from 19 in. 50 eh. across a bad bank to 19 m. 60 eh. It is estimated that in three or four months the platelaying will be completed to Okaihau. A platelayer's cottage was erected at Kaikohe. In order to obtain broken stone ballast, which is necessary owing to the difficulty in running scoria ballast over the open railways, a quarry ol' good basalt rock was opened up on the Utakura Stream, necessitating the laying-down of a branch line, the formation of which has been completed. Tin; laying of a4O lb. track from the main line at 21 m. 35 eh. to the quarry has been commenced. Up-to-date plant— i.e., steam-driven stone crushing and screening plant, air-drills, steam-navvy, &c.—has been made use of on this line, and very satisfactory progress has been made. Okoro Section (24 m. 45 eh. to 34 m. 18 eh. ; length, 9 miles 53 chains)- Owing to the shortage of labour, progress on the formation work on this section has been delayed, and the rate of progress is not what was hoped earlier in the year. Formation has been completed from 24 m. 45 eh. to 24 m, 79 eh., and from 24 m. 79 eh. to 27 m. The earthworks arc about one-third completed. Twelve cuttings between 25 m. and 27 in. were in hand, but owing to insufficiency of labour only two could lie manned. Slips which occurred in the cuttings have all been removed. A deviation of the OkaihanRangiahua Road, 63 chains in length, had to be fenced, formed, metalled, and blinded with quarrychips, while 3 miles of fencing were erected along the railway reserves. Unfavourable weather conditions have retarded progress during the last three months, but in the circumstances the greatest possible amount of work has been carried out. Whanoarei Branch Railway. Oakleigh Section (0 m. to 7 in. 60 eh. ; length, 7 miles 60 chains).- A length of 5 miles 23 chains of this section was maintained and worked by the Public Works Department up till the end of the financial year, when it was handed over to the Railway Department. From sm. 23 eh. to 7m. 60 eh. earthworks have been in progress throughout the year, while formation to 5 in. 72 eh. has been completed, and thence to 7m. 60 eh. two-thirds completed. Up-to-date plant has been utilized and the cutting at 6 in. 20 eh. is well advanced, leaving one other cutting at 7m. 15 eh. It is hoped to complete formation of this sect inn in about four months' time if circumstances are favourable. At sm. 74 eh. a concrete subway was necessary to carry a private tramway under the rail. A platelayer's cottage (concrete) is being erected at Oakleigh station-yard. Tauraroa Section (7 m. 60 eh. to 15 m.; length, 7 miles 20 chains).—Earthwork on this section has been completed with the exception of clearing slips and lifting,subsiding banks. The approach roads to the station were metalled during the year, and ballasting is now practically complete. An ovcrbridge was erected at 11 m. 45 eh. This section was maintained during the year for goods and material to Waiotira Junction and the North Auckland Main Trunk- line The Tauraroa quarry has been worked during the year, but considerable delays have been occasioned owing to the necessity of utilizing the services of the quarrymen to clear slips occurring on the line before stone could be transported to the places required. About forty workmen's huts have been erected on this and the Waiotira Section, and a dining-room has been erected for the use of the men employed near the ballast-quarry.

Name of Railway. Length' of Open for Expenditure Sec W Unn Or ■ 3Iet March, 1920. PROVINCIAL GOVKBNMENT LlNKS, ETC. JJ c fo JJ c ), £ (Janterbury (lengths included above) .. .. .. .. .. .. 731,759 Otago and Southland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 372,522 Gisborne to Orrnond Tramway .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,975 Midland Kailway, valuation of works constructed by company .. .. .. *683,460 Grand total .. .. .. .. 4,158 52 3,006 3 39,544,945 I I • Includes value for £150,000 paid to debenture-holders under the Midland Kailway Petitions Settlement Act Amendment Act, 1903.

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Waiotira Section (15 m. to junction at Waiotira with the North Auckland Main Trunk Railway at 19 m. 75 eh. ; length, 4 miles 75 chains). —With the exception of one cutting at 16 m. 60 eh. and six culverts, the formation of this section has been completed. A temporary line has been laid around this cutting which will be taken out later with a steam-shovel. A huge number of slips occurred on this section, and 36,000 cubic yards were cleared up till February last. Traffic, can be maintained to Waiotira, but a large quantity of earth remains to be shifted in order to make the cuttings safe. The subsidence of the banks, particularly at; 17 m. 10 eh., caused a great deal of trouble. Temporary lines were laid round five bad slips in cuttings, but with the exception of one at 19 m. 75 eh. these lines are not now required. Rails arc laid to Waiotira Junction, but 50 eh. of this length is only 40-lb. track. The bottom lift of ballast has been laid except for 30 eh., while the second lift is complete to 16 m. 55 eh., and in bad places extra ballast has been laid. Goods traffic is being run to Waiotira Junction. The piers on the Waiotira Bridge at 17 m. 74 eh. have been completed and temporary stringers erected. There remains to be done 1| miles of fencing. Waipu Branch Railway. Ruakaka Section (0 m. to 9m. 20 eh. ; length, 9 miles 20 chains). —Formation on this section is well forward. On the first two miles, consisting of banks across mud-flats, practically no work was done, as it will be more economical to work this length from borrow-pits when a steam-navvy and locomotive are available. From 2m. 5 oh. to 8 in. 40 eh. formation is Hearing completion, and 4-f miles of this distance has, with the exception of culverting, been fully completed. Seventeen plough and scooping teams, supplied by local settlers, were working on this section during the summer, and good work was done. Thirty-one earthenware-pipe culverts were laid, as also one concrete-pipe culvert. A lj-mile deviation (from 3m. 20 eh. to 4m. 40 eh.) of the Main North Road was carried out. Waipu Section (9 m. 20 eh. to 16 m., approximately).—No work was done on this section during the financial year. North Auckland Main Trunk Railway. Maunnaturoto Section (83 in. 75 eh. to 88 m. 21 eh. : length, 4 miles 26 chains). —This section was completed and handed over to the Working Railways Department since the 31st March, 1920. The telephone-line was improved, general maintenance carried out, and a considerable amount of reballasting and cleaning-up work done preparatory to handing over to the Working Railways Department. Paparoa Section (88 m. 21 eh. to 92 m. 6 eh. ; length, 3 miles 65 chains). —A private overbridge at 89 m. 61 eh. was erected, and a considerable amount of cleaning-up of water-tables, culvert inlets and outlets, &c, was carried out, as also the usual ballasting for topping up. Constant repairs to the bank at 89 m. 72 eh. owing to slices sliding out from the upper side were required. The cattle-stops at Huarau station-yard (north end) were completed in addition to the stock-paddock and race leading thereto. Portion of this section to 90m. 30ch. was handed over to the Working Railways Department since the end of the financial year. The embankment at 91 m. 30 eh., which shows no sign of stability; the Huarau Tunnel, which still requires 1-9 chains concreting to link up the ends; and Paparoa station-yard, where considerable excavation will be necessary before the yard can be deemed ready for structures, are still incomplete. The spreading and sinking of the bank at 91 m. 30 eh. renders it unsafe to carry a locomotive, and little in the way of permanent improvement can be done until completion of the Huarau Tunnel. At the south end of the Huarau Tunnel fair progress was made between June and September, at which latter time the prevailing treacherous swelling material gave place to a belt of rock requiring blasting, thus enabling the invert to be dispensed with. At both ends, however, soft country generally prevailed, and the progress of finished work seldom exceeded 20 ft. per month at either end. At the north end progress rarely averaged more than 10 ft. per month, the ordinary difficulties due to bad ground being accentuated by coal and cement shortages, and also the strike of workmen, which continued for about one month. The incomplete portion between the two ends of complete work is 1-9 chains; Paparoa Station-yard. —Heavy excavation in this yard is complete save for further requirements for additional trucks, but a considerable amount of trimming, &c, remains to be done Three platelayers' cottages have been erected and are practically complete. Mareretu Section (92 in. 6 eh. to 96 m. 45 eh. ; length, 4 miles 39 chains). —Although considerable work has been done on this section, progress has been hampered by the heavy slips from 93 m. onwards. Owing to the somewhat disagreeable nature of the work great difficulty has been experienced in retaining workmen. The largest cutting completed is at 92m. 22ch., though at this point, as elsewhere, a very considerable amount of extra material had to be shifted. With the cutting at 92 m. 48 eh. and embankment at 92 m. 57 eh. fair progress is recorded, but much extra work is being caused at the 92 m. 32 eh. and 72 eh. cuttings. Between 93 m. and the end of the section three stream-diverts have been excavated. From 94 m. 36 eh. to 95 m. 30 eh. fencing on both sides of the line has been erected. Waikiekie Section (96 m. 45 eh. to 107 m. 28 eh. ; length, 9 miles 55 chains). —During this year work has extended from the south end of the Mareretu Tunnel, at 102 m. 25 eh., to Waiotira Junction Station, at 107 m. 28 eh., but owing to the serious shortage of labour the length has been only halfmanned. Formation between 102 m. 40 eh. and 105 m. 20 eh. is about half-completed. From 105 m. 30 eh. to 107 m. 20 eh. formation is practically completed except for two banks which have been trestled. A steam-shovel has been utilized on formation-work between tunnels and on cuttings. One large cutting at 103 m. will be taken out with the steam-shovel. The two tunnels are the most important works on the section, and both of them were in hand for about four months, but, as a result of insufficient skilled labour, work on the Mareretu Tunnel had to be discontinued. The ground in

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the Waikiekie Tunnel proved very heavy, but fair progress was being made when a slip took place and delayed the work a good deal. A further 8 chains remain incomplete, but owing In tin- heavy ground am! shortage of skilled labour this will take about fen months. The Waiotira Stream has been diverted for 27 chains, and the approach road to Waikiekie Station has been formed and is being metalled. The road culvert, &c, metal is being (-rushed by a. stone-cnishing plant which has been erected at 104 m. (ich.. and a tram-line has been laid from this quarry In Waikiekie Tunnel. The permanent-way has been laid from Waiotira Station for a distance of l| miles, though part of this is in 40 lb. track ; a siding has been laid, gravitation water-supply arranged, 85 chains of fencing erected, and four platelayers' cottages built. Near Mareretu Tunnel a sawmill has been erected to cut timber for construction-work, workmen's huts, and other temporary buildings. A dining-room, bathhouses, and about sixty single men's huts have been erected. Kirikopuni Section (107 m. 28 eh. to 121 m. 40 eh. ; length. II miles 12 chains). Owing to the shortage of suitable labour very little work has been carried out on this section during the year, that available being utilized on other lines. The absence of sufficient labour was the cause of abandonment of work in the Tokatoka Tunnel after the drive had been carried 3| chains despite bad slips at the tunnel-mouth. The formation of the line between Waiotira Station (107 m. 28 eh.) and the tunnel (108 m. 29 eh.) is about one-third completed. A steam-shove] was transferred to this section in February, and will do all the formation at the tunnel. At 108 m. 19 eh. a 3 ft. circular concrete, pipe was put in, 78 chains of fencing erected, and a service road made from Waiotira Junction Station to 111 in. 40 eh. For the transport to Omana Tunnel of the necessary materials and plant 2\ miles of tramway has been laid. Formation is well advanced, but the rails have not so far been delivered Nineteen workmen's huts were erected on this section. Waiuku Branch Railway. (4 m. 20 eh. to 12 m. 15 eh. ; length, 7 miles 75 chains). Glenbrook Section. —The completed line between Patumahoe and Mauku Stations has been maintained in good order and the weekly goods service sustained. The triple 12 ft. culvert at Mauku has been completed, as also the bank at 5 in. 49 eh. and the approach cutting. A contract has been entered into for the erection of station building at (ilenbrook. Platelaying from Mauku Station has been commenced, and rails have been laid to 7 in. 2 eh. As a locomotive is now available, ballasting will be at once put in hand. Waiuku Section.— -The double 10 ft. culvert at 8 m. 78 eh., the 4 ft. culvert at 10 m. 28 eh., and the 10 ft. culvert at 11 m. 39 eh., have all been completed. Hanks at Bm. 78 eh. and 10 m. 28 eh., together with cuttings at 10 in., 10 m. 38 eh., 11 m. 20 eh., and 11 m. 50 eh., have been completed, and Waiuku station-yard and approach roads arc now formed to full width. The bank at 11 m. 40 eh. is nearing completion, while the overbxidge and approaches at 10 m. 38-5 eh. and private crossing at 10 m. 21 eh. have been completed. Approaches to the overbridge at 10 m. 74 eh. have been formed as far as possible without unduly interfering with the traffic, and the road deviation and crossing at 11 m. 66 eh. are nearly completed, HuNTLY-AwAROA RAILWAY. (7 iii. 20 eh. to 10 in. ; length, 2 miles 60 chains.) Work on this line was recommenced in December last. Earthworks are in progress from between 7m. 20 oh. and 7m. 70 eh., and several culverts have been completed. A stream-diversion to the right of 7 in. 50 eh. has also been completed. The line has been permanently pegged to Bm. 70 eh. and a trial line completed to 10 m. This work has been delayed owing to the shortage of timber and cement, while the quality of labour offering has been a contributory factor. Waikokowai Branch Railway. Trial surveys have been made, and surveys are now in hand for location of mine-sidings. Permanent pegging is proceeding. East Coast Main Trunk Railway. Waihi Eastwards -Athenree Section (0 m. to Bm. 68 oh. ; length, 8 miles 68 chains).-- The bank from 7m. 25 eh. to 7m. 40 eh. has been widened. The Athenree station-yard was formed, and the main-road deviation and approach road to passenger-platform have been completed. The formation of the goods-shed road is in hand and well forward. A number of cuttings have been completed, and that at 9m. 44-6 eh. will be finished in a very short time. Five concrete culverts have been put in, the metal for concrete having been obtained from the quarry at Bm. 20 eh. The concrete piers of the Waimata Stream bridge have been erected. Katikati Section (8 m. 68 eh. onwards). —Work was commenced in September, 1919, and light formation and cuttings at 10 m. 18 eh. and 10 m. 77 eh. have been completed. A 2 ft. circular concrete pipe has been laid at 10 m. 44-12 eh. A land-plan survey from sm. 40 eh. to 12 m. was made. Tauranga Westwards — Tauranga Section (36 m. to 41 m. 5 eh. ; length, 5 miles 5 chains). —Workon this section was commenced in March, 1919, one cutting having been opened up in that month. Since then one cutting at 37 in. 13 eh. has been opened up and completed to 37 in. 11 eh., one at 37 m. 37 eh. completed to 37 m. 40 eh., one at 37 in. 43 oh. completed to 37 m. 40-8 eh. ; those at 44 eh. and 46-5 eh. have also been completed, as havejthose at 38 in. 4 1 eh. to 38 in. 34-30 eh. and 38 m. 61 eh. to 38 in. 58-40 eh. Seven side drains have been dug : fencing has been erected from 37 m. 5 eh. to 38 m. 70 eh, and from 37 m. 50 eh. to 38 m. 70 eh. Two temporary private crossings have been provided,

Slide in Bank at 7m. 0ch.

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WHANGAREI BRANCH RAILWAY.

Large Slip in Cutting at 7m. 15cn.

Very Large Slip at 7m. 15ch. Oakleigh Station in distance. Junction of Whangarei and Waipu Branch Railways.

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NORTH AUCKLAND MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.—NGAPUHI NORTHWARDS.

"Marion" Steam-shovel removing Slips in Cutting near 10m. 0ch. This shovel excavated 32,000 yards in six months in a cutting at 19m. 60ch.

Spreader-plough starting.

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EAST COAST MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.

Looking into Te Puke Quarry from Ridge above, showing Workings and Stripping. Air-pipe line on extreme left.

Shovel ready to shift forward.

Letting down Sides and Doors.

Unloader finished.

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EAST COAST MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY.

Spreader-plough finished.

Unloader-plough started.

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NAPIER WATROA RAILWAY

"Erie" Steam-shovel at Work, Hyderabad Quarry, Napier.

"Leyner" Drill-sharpener.

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Dipper Dredge (built in New Zealand) working at Rotokohu Swamp Drainage, near Paeroa.

Suction Dredge "Waihou."—Discharge from Pipes forming Stop-bank.

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Cutting Irrigation Races.—Central Otago.

Cutting Irrigation Races. —Central Otago.

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Tauranga Eastwards— Matapihi Section (41 in. 5 eh. to 45 m. ; length, 3 miles 75 chains).—Little work was done on this section until May, when sinking of cylinders at pier E of the Tauranga Bridge was completed. Later cylinders at pier F were commenced, and other cylinders up to and including X Were put in hand and are now well advanced. Work on cylinders at pier L has been started, and concreting and reinforcing commenced, but the shortage of suitable labour has caused difficulty in this direction. Mount Branch (0 m. to 4 ni. 7 eh. ; length, 4 miles 7 chains).—Ordinary maintenance has been carried out on this section and a very satisfactory goods and passenger service is in operation. The old workshops were destroyed by fire in June, 1919. but erection of the new shops was immediately put in hand and the work is now almost complete. A good proportion of the new machinery has been delivered and erected, and further plant is on order. Ironwork for nine different bridges has been manufactured, as also that for fourteen tip trucks and a travelling crane. Te Puke Section, (45 m. to 54m. ; length, 9 miles).—Ordinary maintenance has been carried out during the year. Paengaroa, Pongakawa, OtamaraJcau, and Matata Sections (54 m. to 79 m. 16 eh. ; length, 25 miles 16 chains). — On these sections the usual maintenance work incidental to traffic-working has been carried out, whilst the time-table now in force has met with great public approval. Between Otamarakau and Matata some of the bridges are of a temporary nature and ballasting is incomplete. Rangitaiki Section (79 m. 16 eh. to 87 m. 71 eh. ; length, 8 miles 55 chains). —Platelaying was commenced in June, but progress has been slow as formation had first to be completed. Rails are laid to 84 m. 4.7 eh. The bank on the Rangitaiki Swamp has been built to a low level, and is being raised to its correct level by material obtained from a borrow-pit at Awakaponga by means of a steam-shovel, the output of which has averaged so far 280 cubic yards per day. Awakiri Section (87 m. 71 eh. to 96 m. ; length, 8 miles 9 chains).- From 87 m. 71 eh. onwards earthworks and fencing are in progress. A length of sm. 40ch. of service road was completed to the foot of the saddle at 97 m. General: At the Te Puke Quarry the shortage of locomotives precluded more extensive work, but 12,200 yards of metal was distributed to local bodies. Gisborne-Napier (North End). Ngatapa Section (0 m. to 10 m. 29 eh. ; length, 11 miles 18 chains).—Ordinary maintenance has been carried out, and the, traffic over the section includes passenger and goods trains. A number of banks have been widened. Ballast-crushing has been intermittently carried on at the Repongaere quarry, from which 614 tons of pulverized agricultural lime has been supplied to farmers. Waikura Section (10 m. 29 eh. onwards). —The centre-line between II m. 64 eh. and 13 m. 64 eh. was repegged and levelled and cross-sectioned, access roads near 13 m. 30 eh. were re-formed, and earthworks at various points commenced. On this line, too, difficulty has been experienced owing to the inferior quality of the labour offering. Frasertown Section (0 m. onwards).- The work on this section was put in hand in September, 1919. The fencing of the first If miles, in addition to that for a length of Im. 15 eh. on the righthand side of the deviation, is practically completed. A number of temporary buildings have been erected. Progress had been hindered by the shortage of cement and, in the early part of the work, scarcity of labour. Waikokopu Branch — Nuhaka Section (0 m. to 17 m. 12 eh.; length, 17 miles 12 chains).—ln March last co-operative contracts were let for works from Bm. 30 eh. Between forty and fifty scoops have been employed, and formation is now being done between 0 m. and 9 m. and at 14 m. 55 eh. Gisborne-Napier (South End). Eskdale Section (0 m. to 10 m. 51 eh. ; length, 11 miles 51 chains).- The line has been cleared, fenced, and culverted for a considerable length. Fair progress has been made during the year, and between Im. 69 eh. and 6m. 20 eh. formation is almost ready for platelaying. From Bm. 69 eh. to 10 in. 38 eh. a new bank has been constructed and a considerable amount of widening done. Fifty workmen's huts and three cookhouses have been erected, and a platelayer's concrete cottage is under construction. Tulira Section (10 m. 51 eh. onwards). —The line has been cleared for its whole length, and 70 chains of fencing on both sides of the railway has been erected. Earthworks arc being vigorously proceeded with and the permanent survey is now up to 14 m. Stratford - Main Trunk Railway. West End. Tahora Section (42 m. 26 eh. to 47 m. 40 eh.; length, 5 miles 14 chains). —Good progress has been made during the year, and the track has been extended into the Tahora yard. A passengerand goods train service operated on this section, connecting with the Railway Department's service at Kohuratahi. The Tahora station-yard work received a great amount of attention and is very well advanced. Bridges at 47 m. 22-50 eh., 49 m. 1 eh., 47 m. 10 eh. have been completed, and a large amount of culvert, fencing, &c, work has been carried out. Raekohua Section (47 m. 40 eh. onwards). —Work on this section has been principally confined to service and main-road formation and railway formation to 47 m. 63 eh. 3m. 25 eh. of telephonewire was erected, fencing completed, and at 49 m. 16 eh. a bridge constructed. A deposit of gravel near Tangarakau River crossing has been prospected, and indications are very good. A trial survey was made of the Haeo length (50 m. 60 eh. to 57 m.).

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Matiere Section (0 m. to 10 m. 21 eh. ; length, 10 miles 21 chains).—Owing to the lack of suitable labour, work on this section was concentrated on the tunnels. Of the total length of this tunnel (76 chains) only 7' chains remain incomplete. Excaval ion of the tunnels at 4m. 68 eh. and 6 in. 10 eh. has been completed, and the brick lining has been commenced. The tunnel at 7m. 55 eh. is now complete and lined. Formation on this section is practically complete. Ohura Section (10 m. 21 oh. to 19 in. 70 eh.).—Permanent survey litis been completed and landplan survey is in hand. About 1\ miles of formation has been carried out. Oi'unake Branch Railway. Kapuni Section (0 m. 6 eh. to 7m. ; length, 6 miles 74 chains). Earthwork has been completed with the exception of a small block at I m. 22 eh., which' will form the approach to the road overbridge. Good progress has been made with the Waingongoro Bridge, but work on the Kapuni Bridge at 4 m. 69 eh. had to be discontinued owing to there being an insufficient amount of labour offering. Auroa Section (7 in. to 12 m.; length, 5 miles). Cuttings (less batters) and banks have been completed to Rowan Road, Bm. 29 eh. From 8 in. (il eh. to om. the formation has been almost completed. At 9m. 50 eh. the cutting has been completed and adjacent bank formed to 9m. 44 eh. 1,100 yards of formation at Mangawhero station-yard has been excavated. A number of culverts have been laid, but shortage of cement has hindered operations. Moturoa-Opunake : Two deviations from Moturoa-Opunake line to give direct access to New Plymouth Breakwater were surveyed and plans have been prepared. Manaia Branch (Kapuni to Manaia) (Om. to 5 m. 49ch.). One cottage has been and one is being removed. Shallow earthwork has been completed between 17 eh. and 64 eh. except batters in cuttings. Light formation was carried out between I in. 24 eh. and Im. 62 eh. Between 2m. 22 eh. and 2m. 67'5ch. formation is complete. From 3m. 64ch. to 4m. 24ch. and from 4m. 30ch. to 4m, 65 eh. formation is practically complete. Forty double huts have been erected and a number of old huts repaired. South Island Main Trunk Railway. Kekerangu Section (56 m. 6 eh. to 63 in. 6 eh. : length. 7 miles). No work has been done on this section during the past year. Midland Railway. Nelson-Westland (North End). Kawatiri Section (59 m. 17 eh. to 63 m. 8 eh. ; length, 3 miles 7 chains).- Work on this section was suspended during the war, but has been recommenced. To date preparatory work only has been carried out. Arthur's Pass Tunnel. Otira End. —The progress of the enlargement and lining has been impeded by the nature of the ground worked. During the year 783 shifts were worked, the average number of men per shift being 23-75, as compared with 670 shifts of an average of 18-4 men for the preceding year. Bealey End. —During the year 572 shifts were worked, the average number of men per shift being 13-3, as compared with 682 and 12-5 for the previous twelve months. The completed lining at each end is 19 chains, the total bottom hemline driven 5 miles 25-18 chains, total lining completed 4 miles 50-67 chains. Tenders for the electrification of the tunnel have been invited, and are due on the 7th August next. Greymouth - Point Elizabeth Railway Extension. Work was commenced in April last, a contract having been let for bushfelling. Further contracts for clearing and formation have since, been let, and the work is proceeding satisfactorily. Culverden-Waiau Railway. (Length, 13 miles.) This section of line was handed over to the Working Railways on 15th December, 1919, for traffic. Up till this date a daily goods service had been run between the two terminals. Waimate Branch Railway Extension. (0 m. to 4 m. 60 eh. ; length, 4 miles 60 chains). Construction on this line was recommenced early in the New Year after a lapse of four years. Good progress has been made with the preliminary work of clearing, and the stream-diversion of Serpentine Creek has been completed for a length of 8 chains, and the railway-bank has been finished between 2m. 27 eh. and 2m. 32 eh. Serpentine station-yard formation (2 m. 50 eh. to 2m. 64 eh.) is complete. Progress generally has been somewhat slow owing to the difficulty of procuring suitable labour. Otago Central Railway. Cromwell Section (44 m. 52 eh. to 57 m. 6 eh. ; length, 12 miles 34 chains).- The bridge at 46 m. 22 eh. was completed during the year, and those at 48 m. 38 eh. and 48 m. 52 eh. were practically completed. Owing to subsidence at 47 m. 19-4 eh. the piles of the railway-bridge had to be redriveii.

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The piers of the road-bridge are complete at 51 in. 32 eh. A 44-ft.-span bridge at 51 m. 23 eh. was completed except for end planking. A good deal of formation, road-deviation, and grading, &c, was done, and final lift of ballast in Cromwell station-yard was put down. A platelayer's cottage was erected and the station painted. The construction-works on this section were greatly delayed as the result of a thunderstorm in January last, but all slips have been removed, and a regular passengertrain service has been maintained to connect with the Railway Department's train at Clyde. ROADS, BRIDGES, ETC. Owing to the increased rates of wages now being paid and the high price of materials, roadworks carried out by the Department have absorbed a greater proportionate amount then previously, but the quality of work is of the usual high standard. Some of the principal works put in hand are :— Whangarei. Kaingaroa-Mangonui. —76 chains were cleared or repaired. The County Council are tar-sealing portions of this road. Awanui-Marujonui.-i.OS ft. of culverts were put into position and covered. 16 chains were widened to dray width. This through road from Awanui to Mangonui is considerably shorter than that via Peria. Awanui-Mangatili via Oturu Block.-—Si chains were widened to dray width, 70 chains cleared, and 254 lineal feet of culverts placed in position and covered. Oruru - Fern Flat - Mangamuka. —58 chains of bush were felled and cleared, 269 chains widened to dray width, and 69 chains new formation completed. This road affords access to a soldier's section. Paranui-Otukai. —120 chains of engineering survey was carried out, 111 chains bush felled and cleared, and 112 chains of new formation completed. Waitarare Stream Bridge. -—This bridge;, consisting of three 25 ft. spans, was completed during the year. Mangamuka - Victoria Valley. —270 chains were widened and J 5 chains of new formation completed. Filling, removal of slips, metalling, and culverting were also carried out. Awakino Valley - Dargaville. —6 miles 15 chains of engineering survey was completed, 70 chains of stumping and clearing carried out, and 470 ft. of culverts placed in position. This road provides access to a soldier's settlement. Auckland. Warkworth - Mahurangi Heads. —l 67 chains have been formed to dray width, widened and culverted. Mangatangi-Miranda. —6 miles 46 chains of dray-road formation was carried out by the Franklin County Council. Mangatangi-Kaiaua. —6 miles 63 chains of dray-road formation was carried out by the Franklin County Council. Pokeno-Waitakaruru Road, via Maramarua. —A commencement has been made with the re-formation and metalling of 4 miles 42 chains, the work being undertaken by the Whangamarino Road Board. Whangamarino River Bridge (Kopitku-Whangamarino Road).—Five 25ft. spans on driven piles have been erected, but approaches are not yet completed. Huntly-Pukemiro. —The Raglan County Council has completed the formation and culverting of I mile 31 chains and metalling of 1 mile 2 chains. fluntly - Rangiriri West. —4 miles of dray-road formation has been carried out. Port Waikato - Tuakau Bridge. - 7 miles of dray-road formation has been completed by the Raglan County Council. Waipa River Bridge, Ngaruawahia. —The materials for this bridge have been ordered, and 60,000 ft. of timber is on the site. Ohaupo -Te Awamutu. —2 miles 4-0 chains of this road has been metalled. Waikato River Bridge, Ngaruawahia. —This bridge, consisting of one 20 ft. and three 122 ft. spans on rein forced-concrete cylinder piers, was completed, and the formation of approaches is well in hand. Lichfield - Southern County Boundary. —6 miles 10 chains have been formed. Ngatira-Okohiriki. —The Matamata County Council has constructed three miles of 14 ft. dray-road. Turitea. —This road (4 miles 60 chains) has been widened and re-formed and handed over to the Waitomo County Council. Tauranga. Rotorua - Rotorua County Boundary, via Ngawaro. —39 chains of metal was laid and a length of I mile 20 chains was metalled in bad places. Widening and pumicing was also put in hand. Near Te I'u School a deviation was formed and metalled. Rotorua-Lake Rotoma. -If miles were re-formed and a small length was widened, the bad points being cut off. Rotorua-Paengaroa. -—4 miles were re-formed and widened. Rotorua - Taupo, via Waiotapu. —Five bridges on this road were repaired and one redecked ; I i miles were regraded and 70 chains of deviation formed. Minden Block— -5 miles 56 chains of dray-roads were formed. A number of smaller bridges were repaired and painted during the year 1919-20.

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Gisborne. Opotiki-Mutawai (Waioeka-Matawai). —Work done during the year includes 271- chains of formation, 13 chains widening, 2 miles of dray-road repairs, and 7 miles of 6-ft.-track repairs. Opotiki-Motu Track. —This track, which is 5 miles in length, has been repaired and handed to the County Council for maintenance. Opoliki-Motu Road. Maintenance has been carried out over a length of 24 miles, and I mile 72 chains of metal has been laid. Mangapoike Valley. —On this road 5J miles of dray-road formation has been completed. Waioeka River Suspension Bridge (near Oponae). —This bridge has now been erected. Pakarae River Bridge. —Material has been delivered, and a contract let for the erection, Wainpu River Bridge. —The material for this bridge is practically all on the ground, and a contract is in progress. Napier. Purahotangahia Block. —A further 12 miles 30 chains of dray-road has been formed. Awa-o-totara Block.- -7 miles of dray-road has been formed. Hrru-a-lureia Block. —A total length of 15 miles of engineering survey has been made, and 7 miles 60 chains of dray-road formed. Dartmoor Road.—s miles 31 chains of dray-road has been formed. Palangati Bridge (Tukituki River). —This bridge, consisting of twenty-five 52 ft. spans, is being carried out by the County Council under the control of the Department, and is well in hand. Maungaturanga Bridge (Putere Road). —Four 25 ft. spans on concrete piers have been completed. Napier-Wairoa. —33 miles of this road has been maintained, 8 miles 40 chains metalled, and a fur„her 2 miles 55 chains is in hand. Waivari-Mohaka Deviation. —-The engineering survey has now been completed for a length of 13 miles 63 chains. Napier-Taupn. —Maintenance of 26 miles has been carried out, 2 miles 15 chains has been formed, and 4 miles 36 chains metalled. Taumarunui. Wanganui River Bridge (Taumarunui). —This bridge, consisting of two 27 ft. and five 82 ft. truss spans, was erected. Ongarue River Bridge (Owepango Loan Block). —Work has now been completed. Ohura River Suspension Bridge (Turoto Road,). —This bridge has been rebuilt. Wanganui River Road (Right Bank).— About 1 mile of formation and 1 mile of metalling was carried out. Stratford. Whakahau. —A commencement has been made with the widening of 3 miles of this road. Makino Stream Bridge (Rerekino Road). —A 100-ft.-span suspension bridge has been erected. Mangaone Stream Bridge (Rerekino Road). —A 120-ft.-span suspension bridge has been erected. Mangaowata Stream Bridge (Rerekino Road). —A 120-ft.-span suspension bridge has been completed. Tongaporutu River Bridge. —-A multiple-cable suspension bridge of one 188 ft. span has been erected. Stratford Mountain House Road.—2 miles 69 chains was traversed and levelled. Wanganui. Karioi-Rangiwaea. -—5 miles 36 chains of metalling has been laid by the County Council. Mataroa-Ruanui. —The Rangitikei County Council has opened up a ballast-pit. Kokakoriki. —4 miles 40 chains was widened, and maintenance of 2 miles of horse-road has been carried on. Relaruke River Bridge (Lacey's).-A suspension bridge of one 120 ft. main and one 30 ft. and one 40 ft. end spans has been erected. Relaruke Valley.- -1 mile 68 chains of formation was practically completed, and miles of maintenance carried out. Wellington. Waingawa River Bridge, Kailuna. —This bridge is in course of erection. Gorge Road. —l 27 chains of engineering survey was carried out, 45 chains dray-road constructed, and 45 chains maintained, Waikanae - Upper Hutt. —l mile 42 chains of dray-road was constructed. Tiratu Block Roads. —195 chains of engineering survey was carried out; 1 mile 24 chains road line felled and cleared ; 4 miles 36 chains dray-road constructed ; 191 chains road widened. 7 miles 33 chains was metalled, while four bridges were erected. Manawalu Gorge Block. — chains of bridle-track was constructed, 89£ chains road widened, and 7 miles of bridle-track maintained for portion of the year. Paelcakariki Hill Road. —7o chains of road was widened and improved, and dangerous parts taken off ; the road was regraded and fenced. Orepuki-Waiau Railway. Orawia Section (18 m. 23 eh. onwards),—Work on this section was resumed in October last. The amount ol labour offering was small, and work was therefore concentrated on completion of culverts, which will enable earthwork to be vigorously proceeded with when more labour is available. A small amount of formation-work, was also completed.

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IRRIGATION. 11,,\ Valley Scheme. Extensive drainage-works were put in hand during the last year and ordinary maintenance has been carried out. In January last a thunderstorm occasioned damage, but this was quickly repaired. During the season water was supplied to fifteen settlers in Ida. Valley and sixteen on Calloway Flat. In connection with the Calloway Flat scheme a survey for the amended main race was completed. Manuherikia Scheme. The work of driving the tunnel was confined to the outlet end, and only 1-22 chains remain to be done. The main race was extended towards Clyde, and completed as far as 21 in., except for various flumes and a portion from Ml in. (il eh, to 20 in. 30 eh., which is in hand. WAIHOU AND OHINEMURI RIVERS IMPROVEMENT. This work has been carried on during the year, and the following shows the principal operations : Pnke-Ngahina Slop-hank. A three-barrelled concrete standard culvert, fitted with flood-gates and sluices, was built at Stock's drain, and the necessary filling done to formation level. The road on the top of the stop-bank was metalled. Ngahina Wharf and Goods-shed. The existing shed was extended, and the wharf lengthened by 65 ft. A 7 ton stiff-legged crane has been erected on the up-stream end. Kuaoitt Stream Flood-gale. The old timber flood-gate was shored up and repaired. Tirohia-Ngararahi Left Stop-hank. 93 chains of slop-bank were formed with materia] dredged from the river-bed. All necessary clearing to the point where the partly constructed stop-bank Commences has been completed. Tirohia-Ngararahi Right Stop-bank. 2 miles ol the site has been cleared with the help of steam log-hauler, 12 chains of the complete bank formed, and 1 mile 33 chains of modified section bank formed. Rotokohu Drainage. A dipper dredge has been employed on this work with good results. The dipper has done 103 chains of ditch. Cooper's Drain Flood-gate. The box culvert has been replaced by a standard two-barrel 115 ft. culvert. The outlet drain Io Mill Road was enlarged to final dimensions. Awaili Gap Slop-hank. 40 chains of stop-bank has been completed. Ohinemuri River. —Willows have been cleared of overhanging branches on both banks between the old junction and Criterion traffic-bridge. Groyne at Puke.—A 50ft. totara groyne was constructed, and has proved successful in diverting the current and preventing erosion. Paeroa Slop-bank.- Right bank has been completed so as to positively protect the Town of Paeroa. Ngahina Bridge Extension. Timber is on hand for construction of the extension of the bridge on the right bank of the Waihou River. The Rivers Commission sat at Paeroa in October, 19)9, and reported upon the Waihou River below Ngahina Bridge. Their recommendations have been adopted. TRAMWAYS. Auckland. —Inspection of several lengths of duplication, totalling '.111 chains; has been carried out and the work approved. Napier. —The usual inspection of tramways in this town was made. Wellington. —A small loop-line, has been approved, and minor inspections have been made. Christchurch. —Proposals for relaying portions of the line have been approved, as also the laying of new lengths. Designs for new cars and alterations to trailers and cars have also been approved. Dunedin. —A number of minor inspections were made. Plans of new bogie cars and trailers have been inspected, while proposals for a balloon loop have been approved. Plans of reinstatement of the Mary Hill cable-tramway line were also approved. MARINE. Numerous inspections and reports have been made on behalf of the Marine Department, mainly in connection with harbour-works, reclamations, wharves, foreshore leases. &c. Among the various works dealt with during the year the following are selected for brief mention :— Cape Maria van. Diemen. Joinery repairs have been carried out, and two new dwellings are shortly to be erected. Russell Harbour. A. plan has been prepared indicating improvements required. Helensville Rivers. -An order has been placed for an automatic light to replace that at the entrance to the river from Kaipara Harbour, which latter will be removed and re-erected on the South Head al I he entrance to Kaipara, Harbour. Mercury Island Passage. -A powerful automatic light is on order and will be placed on Ohcna island.

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Gable End Foreland. —An automatic, light, which is on order, will be placed on the nearest available site to the Gable End Foreland. Elmslie Bay Wharf. -A new section of wharf is being constructed, Taiaroa Head. A powerful oxy-acetylene light, which will be visible at about twice the distance as the present lamp, is being installed. Niuepin Beacon. Chetwode Islands. A contract has been let for the steel pedestal of an automatic light which is to be replaced at the inside of the Chetwode Islands on Niuepin Rock. Nelson. Glenhope-Westport-Reefton Road.—A large amount of general maintenance and improvement workwas carried out on I he various sections of the above road. Blenheim. Sounds County Trucks. These tracks have been maintained, and. those of importance are in good repair. Christchurch. ParnasSUS-Kaikowa. This road has been widened at the dangerous points and made safe for I raffic generally. Summit Eoad. A length of about 3 miles has been widened. Dunedin. Gore Protective Works. Extension of the traffic and reinforced-concrete bridges has been completed, and various earthworks carried out. Kaitangata Flood and Protection Works. The reinforced-concrete tidegate was completed, and gates are in position, also the reinforced-concrete bridge over the canal. Greymouth. Cobden Bridge. The work on this bridge is nearing completion. Little Wanganui U> Karamea. Considerable formation-work has been carried out, and a metalling contract for 3-g- miles is in progress. Blue Duck Creek Road. 2 miles 34 chains of formation and metalling have been completed, and a bridge ovei Webb Creek is in course of erection. Westporl-Glenhope Bullcr Road. A deviation has been formed, and various works, including bridges and culverts, carried out. MANGAHAO HYDRO-ELECTRIC WORKS. The construction-work in connection with the above power scheme is progressing as speedily as possible, and no effort is lacking to prevent any avoidable delay. A commencement was made in May, 1919, with the construction of the access road, which is now formed and metalled for a length of 3 miles 34 chains, to a point whence access will be given to Mangahao tunnel No. 1 and dam by means of an inclined tramway 726 ft. in length and reaching a height of 472 ft. 20 chains of tramway have been laid from Arapeti to the outlet of No. 1 tunnel. To enable the old road to serve the present works 4 miles 60 chains of metal was laid, and considerable improvements effected at corners and narrow parts. Tokomaru Dam : Tests for rock at the foundation have been made, and the results are now beinu investigated. At Mangahao Dam the testing of foundations is in hand. Excavation in connection with the erection of the pipe-line was commenced last month, and good progress is being made. It is anticipated the work will be in such a forward state as to enable tenders for erection of the pipe line to be called in about September next. To house the staff four cottages are under construction, and two are nearly completed. An access road to these cottages has been formed and partly metalled. The delay experienced in obtaining constructional plant has impeded t unnelling-work, and very little progress in this direction can be recorded. A sawmill was erected and commenced cutting in April last, but the difficulty of securing suitable labour prevents the full output being secured. The timber actually cut. however, resulted in a con siderable saving of expenditure. A telephone-line connecting Mangahao and Shannon ten miles in Length has been erected, and proved of considerable assistance. DEFENCE WORKS. Invercargill Rifle Range. The embankment is now nearing completion, and arrangements have been made to obtain si one. for the protection of the seaward slopes of the bank.

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Public Works Map SHOWING THE RAILWAYS NORTH ISLAND OF New Zealand 1920.

By Authority. StARCUS F Marks, Government Printer. WeHtn^ton

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Public Works Map SHOWING THE RAILWAYS SOUTH ISLAND OF New Zealand 1920.

Hy Authority: MARCUS F- MaKKS, Government Printer. Wellington

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Enclosure to Appendix B. Table of Lengths of Government Lines Authorized, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1920. NORTH ISLAND.

Note. —Column 11: For detail information as to dates of openings of such portions of lines as are not given in this table see tables of lengths of lines in Public Works Statements, 1904-17. State of Line tier?" 1 ' 1 " Division, t Section. * Ia j n 5 Total, i <6 I Opened. uon - a Laue - , 2 • Under Under S ~S- «' Forma- Plate- £ tion. laying. }. Date. — 1917-18. : 1918-19. 1919-20. ! — Total. State of Line 1 2 3 i 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 , 15 16 17 ! M. ch. M. eh M. ch. M. eh. M. ch. M. ch. M. cb. M. cli. M. eh. M. ch M. eh. • M. ch. If. ch. Kawakawa- Kawakawa .. 7 16 \ Opua Wharf - Kawa- 7 16 0 57 7 73 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 16 Graham- kawa town (Onerahi) Kawakawa-Kamo .. 41 48 Kawakawa-Towai .. 21 18 0 61 21 79 .. .. .. 12 April,1911 .. .. .. .. .. 21 18 Towai-Hukerenui .. 4 30 0 33 4 63 .. .. .. 2 Mav. 1910 .. .. .. .. .. ) Hukerenui-Kamo .. 16 0 3 39 19 89 .. .. .. 7. .. .. .. .. \ 27 2 Kamo-Grahamtovvn 9 22 Kamo-Kioreroa 6 52 2 27 8 79 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. j Kioreroa-Onerahi .. 2 50 116 3 66 .. .. .. 2 Oct., 1911 .. .. .... .. 2 50 Kawakawa-Hokianga 45 25 Otiria-Kaikohe ..16 25 1 45 17 70 .. .. .. 1 May, 1914 .. .. .. .. .. 16 25 Kaikohe-Hokianga.. 29 0 2 40 31 40 18 0 8 0 3 0 Kaihu Valley Kaihu Valley .. 24 30 Dargaville-Booms .. 17 21 0 75 18 16 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ■- liq-R Booms-Tarawhati .. 2 37 0 25 2 62 .. .. .. Uune. 1914 .. .. .. .. ..J Tarawhati-Dounelly's 4 52 0 38 5 10 .. 2 70 1 62 Crossing North Auck- Kaipara Northwards 84 24 Extension.. .. 23 57 3 7 26 64 14 0 9 57 land Main McCarrol's- Papatoa i 30 0 25 4 55 4 30 1 75 Trunk Rail Paparoa-Huarau 1 70 0 38 2 28 .. .. 1 70 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. way Huarau-Bickerstaffe 8 05 0 13 2 18 .. .. 2 05 Bickerstaffe-Ranganui 4 25 0 61 5 06 .. .. 4 25 RaDganui-Kaiwaka.. 2 35 0 62 3 17 .. .. ■ .. 1 Aug., 1914 .. .. .. .. .. 2 35 Kaiwaka-Te Hana.. 8 65 103 9 68 .. .. .. 18 Mar. 1913 .. .. .. .. .. Te Hatia-Wellsford.. 3 27 0 58 4 a' .. .. .. ! 16 Mav, 1910 .. .. .. .. •■ 1 Wellsford-Wayby .. 3 18 0 28 3 46 .. .. .. ' 1 April, 1909 Wayby-Hoteo .. 3 40 0 13 3 53 .. .. .. 13 May, 1908 Hoteo-Kaipara Flats 2 45 0 13 2 58 .. .. .. 11 June, 1907 .. .. .. .. .. 145 42 Kaipara Flats-Wood- 3 5 0 16 3 21 .. .. .. 17 Nov., 1905 cock's Woodeock's-Ahuroa 2 41 0 16 2 57 .. .. .. 18 May, 1905 .. .. .. .. Ahuroa-Helensville.. 18 41 1 75 20 36 .. .. .. .. .. .. .... /

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Table of Lengths of Government Lines Authorized, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1920— continued. NORTH ISLAND— continued.

Appropriation. Division. ! ! Section. liine. ■3 Total. > i I I Under ' Under Forma- Platej tion. laying. State of Line Opened. Date. j1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. j j Total. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 M. ch M ch. M. eh. M. eh. : M. ch. i M. ch. M. ch. Whangarei Whaugarei Branch.. 19 79 Kioreroa-Portland .. 5 23 i 0 37 5 60 | .. .. 5 23: Branch Portland- Waiotira .. 14 56 139 16 15: .. 2 40 12 16: 1 Whang arei Branch Railway 12 13 M. ch. M. ch. 14 15 16 M. oh. M. ch. : M. clj. 17 Railway ! W a i p u Waiapu Branch Rly. 16 45 i Oakleigh-Waipu .. 16 45 0 25 16 70 2 40 j 8 40 Branch Raipara- Kaipara-Newxnarket | 35 73 iHslensville-Newm'rk't 35 73 6 66 42 59 Waikato Onehunga Branch .. j 2 73 I Penrose - Onehunga 2 73 1 70 4 63 Wharf Auckland- Waikato .. jlOO 13 lAuckland-TeAwamutu 100 13 16 66 116 79 \ Auckland-Penrose — ' Deviation via Beach 6 50 Deviation via Beach 6 50 .. 6 50 | 6 50 Auckland City Branch 2 60 Auckland City Branch 2 60 .. 2 60 j 2 60 Prelim. —Kingsland Station to Auckland Station via Western Park and Freeman's Bay Waiuku Waiuku Branch) 1Q „„ I Paerata-Paiumahoe j 4 20 0 78 5 18 .. .. .. 10 Dec, 1917 Branch Railway f " ° 9 ! (Patumahoe- Waiuku J 8 49 1 3 9 52 j .. 7 23 1 26 Huntly- Huntly-Awaroa .. 9 0 Huntly-Awaroa ..'90 .. 90: .. 025 Awaroa Surveys, new Paeroa-Pokeno ..40 15 Paeroa Pokeno .. I 40 15 .. 40 15 40 15 lines Waikato- Waikato-Thanies .. j 62 58 Frankton Junction- j 62 58 10 17 72 75 Thames Thames Hamilton- Hamilton-Cambridge 12 2 Ruakura Junction- 12 2 3 14 15 16 Cambridge Cambridge Paeroa- Paeroa Waihi ..] 12 40 j Paeroa- Waihi .. 12 40 1 30 13 70 .. .. .. 9Nov., 1905 Waihi i<901 East Coast Waihi - Opotiki, or {138 27 Waihi-Tauranga .. 41 60 .. 41 60 j f I 17 60 Railway East Coast Railway I i Tauranga-Te Maunga 3 20 .. 3 20 .. .. 3 20 Junction Te Maunga Junction- 8 65 1 23 10 8 .. .. 8 65f Te Puke Te Puke-Paengaroa.. 5 65 1 16 7 01 .. .. 5 65 Paengaroa - Ponga- 4 30 ; 0 47 4 77 .. .. 4 30 kawa Pongakawa-Otamara- 6 72 I 0 26 7 18 .. .. 6 72} kau I Otatnarakau-Matata 9 8 i 0 43 9 51 .. 0 44 9 8§ W a i p u Branch KaiparaWaikato 4 20 35 73 2 78 loo ia 4 20 7 20 02 58 12 2 12 40 * Trial survey. + Te Maunga survey. I Otamarakau. § Matata yard.

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Appropriation. Division. s Sectioa. Main , Line. ! w •3 3B Total. CO Under Under Forma- Plate- I tion. laying. State of Li State of Line in Opened. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. — Total. 1 2 3 M. eh. East Coast Waihi-Opotiki— ctd. Railway — contd. 4 5 M. ch. Matata-Taneatua .. 20 0 Taneatua-Opotiki .. 30 0 6 7 S 9 10 11 M. eh. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. Prelim. 30 0 \ 14 0 Prelim. Survey 0 67 5 14 0 20 j 3 20 0 10 1 10 5 27 74 60 12 13 14 15 16 M. eh. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 17 M. ch. Branch Lines Mount Maunganui - 4 27 Te Maunga Junction Te Puke Quarry .. 3 0 Moturiki Quarry .. 10 Morrinsville-Rotorua j 69 33 Thames Val- | Thames Valley-Roto- 69 33 ley - Roto- | rua rua Gisborne- Gisborne-Opotiki .. 92 44 Rotorua 69* 38 Gisborne Wharf-Kai- 13 10 teratahi Kaiteratalii-Karaka 5 5 Karaka-Puha .. 1 75 Puha-Waikohu Bridge 3 29 Waikohu Bridge- Wai- 0 35 kohu Waikohu-Otoko .. 7 75 Otoko-Rakauroa .. 6 60 Rakauroa-Matawai.. 5 65 Matawai-Motuhora 4 78 Motuhora-Motu .. 2 10 Motu-Opotiki .. 41 2 Napier- West Shore.. 3 12 West Shore-Petane.. 3 63 Petane-Eskdale .. 4 65 2 45 15 55 „.!._! 0 71 i 5 76 13 April, 1905 0 24 ; 2 19 20 May, 1907 .. 1 3 29 .. .. .. 28 May, 1908 0 32 0 67 .. .. .. 1 April, 1909 0 32 8 27 .. .. .. 6 April, 1912 0 32 7 12 .. .. .. 2 Nov., 1914 0 50 6 35 2 Nov., 1914 0 61 5 59 : 26 Nov., 1917 2 10 2 10 41 2 41 2 Estim. 0 58 3 70 .. 3 12 3 63 .. 3 63 4 65 .. 4 65 (2 32 Permt. ) •• ! 17 47 {l5 15 Prelim, j " 28 54 18 65 Prelim. 72 0 44 0 12 67 2 17 3 5 0 40 5 26 .. .. 4 66 0 69 7 39 .. .. 6 50 12 0 i 8 13 ; 2 17 1 50 .. 4 78 .. '.'. .'. 49 3! New survey Napier-Gisborne .. 130 01 Eskdale-Tutira .. 17 47 Gisborne-Napier .. | 76 51 Tutira-Wairoa .. 28 54 Wairoa River-Gisborne 72 0 Gisborne Station- 3 5 Makaraka Makaraka-Patutahi 4 66 Patutahi-Ngatapa .. 6 50 Ngatapa-Waikura .. 12 0 * Permanent. Preliminary.

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Table of Lengths of Government Lines Authorized, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1920— continued. NORTH ISLAND— continued.

Appropriation. Division. a Section. Main liiue. •3 Total. i I Under : Under Forma- j Platetion. I laying. State of Line Opened. Date. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. i Total. ! ! I ■■ I 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 14 15 M. ch. M. ch. 16 17 New survey — contd. Napier-Gisborne — ctd Wairoa-Waikokopu.. M. eh. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. Waikura-Waterfall 5 0 [50 Waterfall-Hangaroa 4 0 ..[40 Hangaroa - Te Reinga 17 11 .. ! 17 11 Te Reinga-Marumaru 12 40 .. 12 40 Marumaru - Wairoa 7 0 .. 7 0 River Wairoa Wharf Siding 1 64 .. 1 64 Wairoa-Napier .. 2 55 .. 2 55 24 12 Wairoa-Nuhaka .. 17 12 .. 17 12 Nuhaka-Waikokopu i 7 0 .. 7 0 96 65 I Napier Spit -Woodville: 96 65 15 5 111 70 M. ch. 5 0 4 0 17 11 9 40 7 0 1 64 2 55 M. ch. Prelim. Prelim. M. ch. ;; M. ch. M. ch. •• M. ch. M. ch. NapierWoodville and Palmerston North Wellington - Woodville Napier-Woodville .. 96* 6J Woodville-Palmerston North Woodville-Wellington i 17 21 Woodville-Palmerston 17 21 I 0 51 17 72 North 115 79 Woodville-Wellington 115 79 '• 21 73 137 72 [Te Aro] 3 7 Woodside-Greytown 3 7 0 64 I 3 71 ! 11 50 Featberston - Martin- 11 50 .. 11 50 borough 4 62 Greytown-Martin- 4 62 .. 4 62 borough 9 0 Kaitoke-Peatherston 9 0 .. 9 0 21 30 Upper Hutt-Woodside 21 30 .. 21 30 31 40 Petone-Pigeon Bush 31 40 .. 31 40 52 0 Petone - Pigeon Bush 52 0 .. 52 0 70 0 Petone-Carterton, via 70 0 .. 70 0 Martinborough 83 37 Wellington-Longburn 83 37 15 76 ' 99 33 120 44 Foxton-Patea .. 1120 44 14 75 135 39 26 7 Turakina-Matarawa | 11 67 .. 11 67 Aramoho- Goat Valley i 7 40 .. 7 40 Tunnel Kai Iwi - Okehu .. 3 60 .. 3 60 Nukurnaru-Waitotara 3 0 .. ] 3 0 11 50 •• 17 2] 115 7£ .. Rimutaka Incline Deviation Surveys Greytown Branch .. Featherston - Martinborough Greytown -Mar tinbo rough Coach-road Route .. Tauberenikau Route Wainui-o -mata Route Coast Route Coast Route 4 62' 9 0 21 30 31 40 52 0 70 0 11 67 7 40 3 60 3. 0 Prelim. Prelim. "• 7Dec.,1908t .. 3 7 .. .. i Foxton-New Plymouth Wellington-Manawatu Foxton-Patea .. ; Route Improvement Surveys 83 37 120 44 .. ..I ..I I * Trial survey. t Date of purchase.

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6 a Section. Main •3 State of Line Appropriation. Division. Total. I Under Under Forma- Platetion. laying. Opened. Date. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. Total. 1 2 3 4 56789 M. ch. M. ch. M. eh. M. ch. M. ch. j M. ch. Foxton-New Patea - Waitara and 72 29 Patea-New Plymouth 72 29 11 52 84 1 Plymouth New Plymouth Breakwater —contd. Bull's Branch .. 3 79 Bull's Branch .. 3 79 .. 3 79 3 79 IPrelim. Wanganui Branch .. 3 29 Ararnoho-Wanganui 3 29 2 23 5 52 Stratford- Stratford-Main Trunk 112 47 Stratford-Toko .. 6 26 i 0 40 6 66 Main Trunk Toko-Oruru .. 4 72 , 0 36 5 28 Oruru-Huiroa .. 4 50 0 35 5 5 Huiroa-Te Wera .. 6 77 1 16 i 8 13 Te Wera-Pohokura .. 8 55 0 65 j 9 40 Pohokura - Whanga- 6 13 0 45 ! 6 58 momona Whangamomona-Ko- 4 53 0 29 5 02 hurutahi Kohurutahi-Tahora 5 14 i 0 37 5 51 .. 0 32 Tahora-Heao .. 9 40 .. 9 40 3 40 1 40 HeaoMatiere .. 35 57 .. 35 57 35 57 |Prelim. Okahukura-Matiere.. 10 23 ! 0 75 11 18 .. 10 23 Matiere-Ohura .. 9 47 | .. 9 47 7 47 2 0 Stratford - Ongarue— 33 40 Mangaroa-Puketutu 33 40 .. 33 40 33 40 Prelim. Deviations 14 0 Aramatai-Hangatiki 14 0 .. 14 0 14 0 j Prelim. 10 11 M. cb. 1 Mar., 1905 1 April, 1908 20 June, 1910 1 Aug., 1912 1 July, 1914 12 13 14 15 16 17 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 72 2M 3 2S V-42 26 4 53 .. 7 Jan., 1918 4 62 .. .. .. Stratford - Ongarue — Deviations .. Puketutu - Mangaroa 30 0 .. ] 30 0 j .. 30 0 30 0 ; Prelim. Deviation Puketutu - Mangaroa Deviation Opunake-Mountain Rd. • • Opunake-Mountain Rd. 23 10 i Opunake-Eltham .. 23 10 .. 23 10 23 10 j ! Tβ Roti-Moturoa .. 55 65 J Te Roti-Kapuni .. 7 0 1 19 8 19 ..70 I Kapuni-Auroa .. 50 0 33 5 33 5 0 ! 5 0 Auroa-Pihama .. 4 42 .. 4 42 4 42 i Pihama Opunake .. 5 68 I .. 5 68 5 68 ! Opunake-Stony River 18 70 .. 18 70 18 70 Stony River-Moturoa 14 45 .. 14 45 14 45 Manaia Branch .. 5 50 Manaia-Kapuni .. 5 50 0 78 | 6 48 .. 5 50 Mount Egmont 8 77 Manganui Section .. 5 74 2 3 7 77 Branch Quarry Section .. 3 3 0 60 3 63 .. I 1 58 Tβ Roti-Moturoa .. Manaia Branch .. .. .. Mount Egmon t Branch .. 6 C 1 April, 1908 1 25 ..I .. I .. ! .. ..|

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Division. I Section. Main ! m □ o5 State of Line Appropriation. Total. i a: \ Under Under Forma- Platetion. J laying. Opened. Date. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. Total. 3 4 9 10 11 12 13 M. ch. M. ch. I M. ch. M. ch. 14 15 16 1 2 5 6 7 8 17 North Island Main Trunk Railway Marton-Te Awamutu Waipa Gravel Access Branch Raetihi Branch Central Route Deviation Surveys M. eh. 209 69 Marton Junction - Mangaweka Mangaweka-Taihape [ Taihape Mataroa .. Mataroa- Waiouru .. Waiouru-Erua Erua-Taumarunui .. Taumarunui-Te Awamutu 7 40; Otorohanga 8 50 Raetihi Section 30 0 Ohakune to MokauBetaruke Divide 34 0 Makatote Gorge - Marae - Kowhai 20 0 Marae-Kowhai-Ohura Valley 103 58 Ngaire Section Tangarakau Section Heao Section Ohura Section 46 75 Waitara Section .. 12 0 Urenui to Tangitu River 170 0 Hastings-Te Awamutu 2746 70 M. ch. 31 67 13 1 5 70 18 10 30 63 35 65 74 33 7 40 8 50 30 0 M. ch. 4 61 1 61 0 61 112 50 6 20 1 7 M. ch. 36 48 . „ 14 62 6 51 97 28 80 53 7 40 9 57 30 0 M. ch. l - 36' 0 • .. i 10 Sep., 1904 .. J 1 June, 1907 .. i 30June, 1908 .. 13 Feb., 1909 9 Nov., 1908 18 Dec, 1917 .. 8 50 Prelim. Prelim. i Explor. .. .. M. ch. : M. ch. j M. ch. :* i '.'. .. .. M. ch. » Uo 58 84 51 74 31 8 51 34 0 34 0 34 0 Ngaire-Ongarue 20 0 20 0 20 0 Waitara-Tangarakau Urenui Route 38 73 26 0 10 70 27 75 46 75 12 0 38 73! 26 0 10 70i 27 75 i 46 75: 12 0 38 73j 26 0 10 70| 27 75 46 75 12 0 Prelim. Hastings-Te Awamutu 170 0 170 o| 170 0 Prelim. 110 02 |2956 72i 156 42 127 21 95 77 127 21 95 77 .. !l255 65 22 41 Totals .. !746 70! 1278 21 I Note. —Taonui and Lichfield Branches not mentioned above, as the rails have been taken up.

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Note. — i Statements,: Column 11: For detail information as to dates of openings of such portions of lines as are not given in this table see tables of lengths of lines in Public Works 904-17. Appropriation. Division. 3 Section. Main Laue. a Total. CD CO I Under Under Forma- Platetion. laying. State of Line Opened. Date. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. Total. I 1 2 3 M. ch. 22 73 4 5 6 7 M. ch. , M. ch. M. ch. Nelson-Belgrove .. 22 73 2 52 25 45 8 M. ch. 9 10 M. eh. M. ch. 11 12 M. eh. 13 M. ch. 14 M. ch. 15 M. ch. 16 17 M. ch. M. ch. 22 73 NelsonRoundell Mid land Railway Nelson-Belgrove •• •• Stillwater - Belgrove (via Tadmor) 147 7 ■ Stillwater-Beefton S. 37 30 4 79 42 29 ReeftonS.-ReeftonN. 130 10 2 30 I Eeefton N.-Cronadun 5 38 0 56 6 14 Cronadun-Landing.. 8 40 0 45 9 5 Landing-Inangahua 6 0 j 0 10 6 10 Inangahua-Kawatiri 46 43 .. 46 43 Glenhope-Kawatiri.. 4 5 0 15 4 20 Glenhope-Tui .. 9 42 i 0 55 10 17 Tui-Kiwi .. .. 3 17 ' 0 34 3 51 Kiwi-Tadmor .. 5 9 0 29 5 38 Tadmor-Kohatu .. 10 29 0 69 11 18 Kohatu-Belgrove .. 9 44 0 62 10 26 Brunner-Otira .. 42 27 2 68 45 15 Rolleston Section .. 12 .. 12 Tunnel Contract .. 8 0.. 80 Tunnel Contraet-Cass 13 79 0 20 I 14 19 Cass-Broken River.. 15 22 1 29 1 16 51 Broken River - Ota- 7 40 0 30 i 7 70 rama Otarama-Springfield 4 58 0 16 4 74 1 26 46 43 4 5 :: :;} :: ::} 7 : i2 'J 31 Mar!. 1907 7 Aug., 1908 June, 1914 2 Sep., 1912 18 Dec, 1908 7 Aug., 1906 1 July, 1914 1 July, 1914 I 10 Dec, 1910 29 Oct., 1906 I:: !:: ■• '.'. { 57 32 '.'. I 37 61 •■ Blackball Railway GreymouthNelson Creek WestportNgakawau WestportNgakawau Extension ! •• Brunner-Springfield 92 68 42 27 ■•■ I Ngahere-Blaokball .. I " •• , 142 27* •• i .. 29 Oct., 1906 3 40 Ngahere-Blackball .. j 3 40 1 20 ! 4 60 16 July, 1910 3 40 " Greymouth - Nelson Creek 7 51 Greymouth-Brunner- 7 51 6 18 13 69 ton-Stillwater 7 51 Westport-Ngakawau 19 56 Westport-Ngakawau 19 56 8 12 27 68 Ngakawau-Mokihi- 7 12 1 18 8 30 nui 19 56 .. •• Ngakawau - Mokihinui 7 12 •• ■ .. •■ 7 12 Mokihinui Colliery Line Westport - Inangahua Junction 3 69 Mokihinui-Seddonville! 3 69 0 25 ; 4 14 • 3 69 WestportInangahua " 26 0 Westport-TeKuha.. 5 74 0 10 6 4 Tβ Kuha - Inangahua 20 6 .. 20 6 Junction 13 6 4 0 ... 1 April, 1912 5 74 .. I I I * Including 68 chains of tunnel contract.

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Appropriation. Division. 9 I i Section. Main Line. a a Total. a X Under Under Forma- Platetion. laying. Date. State of Line Opened. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. Total. I I I 1 2 State Col- Greymouth - Point liery, or Elizabeth Collieries Coal Creek Eailway Extension Greymouth- Greymouth-Hokitika Hokitika K u m a r a Kumara Branch .. Branch Hokitika- Hokitika-Boss Ross New survey Boss-Waitaha P i c t o n - Picton - Kaikoura .. Waipara 3 4 5 6 7 8 II. ch. I 31. oh. 31. ch. H. ch. 31. ch. 5 1 Greymouth- Run anga 5 1 2 10 7 11 Colliery 3 69 RunangaColliery-Pointj 3 69 ■ 2 20 , 6 9 : Elizabeth Collieries 24 37 Greymouth-Hokitika | 24 37 2 10 26 47 .. 4 10 Kumara Branch .. , 4 10 .. | 4 10 4 10 15 75 Hokitika- Ruatapu .. j 7 10 0 61 7 71 Ruatapu-Rose ..'721 0 69 ■ 8 10 Survey to Ross Town- 1 44 .. 1 44 1 44 ship 10 0 Ross-Waitaha .. j 10 0 .. 10 0 2 54 92 38 Picton-Seddon .. 33 45 3 26 36 71 Seddon-Kaparu .. 6 30 0 76 7 26 I Kaparu-Ward .. 8 15 j 1 20 9 35 : ! Ward-Mirza .. 3 38 ; 0 30 3 68 Mirza-Wharanui .. 4 38 ! 0 34 4 72 . WharanuiKekerangu , 7 0 | .. 7 0 7 0 Kekerangu - Hapuka ! 29 32 J .. 29 32 29 32 River 40 50 Hapuka River-Lime- 23 0 : .. 23 0 23 0 stone Creek Limestone Creek-Con-I 7 0 j .. 7 0 | way River ; Conway River - Men- ! 10 50 .. 10 50 j dip Hills 5 61 Mendip Hills .. | 5 61 .. i 5 61 2 0 44 14 Parnassus-Mina .. | 8 43 | 1 14 9 57 Mina-Oomett .. 3 63 0 70 4 53 Domett-Tormore .. 3 10 j J n RR a q± I " Tormore-Ethelton .. i 5 28 | | U bt> y \ .. Ethelton-Scargill .. 8 51 0 51 9 22 Scargill-Waipara .. 14 59 1 2 15 61 206 7 Culverden-South Wai- 206 7 64 68 270 75 taki 13 0 Culverden-Aohray .. ', 5 23 0 10 5 33 Achray-Rotherham.. 175 0 43 2 38 Rotherham-Waiau .. 5 63 i 1 3 , 6 66 9 10 11 12 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 1 Dec, 1904 21 Jan., 1914 j .. 9 Nov., 1906 .. 1 April, 1909 J .. " "■ J 13 April, 1911 I ■■ :: ::( {III 1 18 3 20 .. .. 13 14 15 M. ch. If. ch. M. ch. i ' I 16 31. ch. 3 69 17 M. ch. 5 1 3 69 24 37 7 10 7 21 - I 56 6 H apuka RiverMendip Hills .. Prelim.j .. .. Mendip Hills ■ Parnassus Parnassus- Wa ipara 3 61 .. [- 44 14 ..I 1 Sept., 1912 .. I 1 Aug., 1910 14 Nov., 1906 i 21 Mar., 1907 3 Not., 1905 i Hurunui- Main Line.. : HurunuiWaitaki 206 7 I .. rj 15 Dec, 1919 .. 13 0 13 0

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State of Line Appropriation. Division. 6 .2 Section. Main Line. X Total. Under j Under Opened. 1 tion. ; laying. Date. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. Total. i I I 11 14 M. ch. 1 2 3 3 M. ch. i 5 6 7 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 8 M. ch. 9 . M. ch. 10 M. ch. 12 M. ch. 13 M. ch. m. ch.; 16 M. ch. 17 M. ch. M. ch. Hurunui- Hranches, — Waitaki Rangiora - Oxford 21 76 — contd. Eyreton (from 20 7 Main Line) Lyttelton .. 6 26 21 76 20 7 Kangiora-Oxford West Main Line - West j Eyreton-Bennett's Lyttelton - Christchurch Hornby-Southbridge Lincoln- Little River 21 76 j 2 36 24 32 20 7 1 61 21 68 : •• I •• ■• 21 76 20 7 1 I 6 26 6 26 .. 6 26 I 1 6 26 Southbridge .. | 25 31 Little R i v e r- : 42 10 Akaroa Springfield .. 30 60 25 31 42 10 25 31 3 17 28 48 22 46 2 5 24 51 25 31 22 46 Whitecliffs .. 11 38 30 60 11 38 Reconnaissance Rolles ton-Springfield Springfield-Coal-mine Darfield-Whitecliffs Whitecliffs to Bridge Rakaia-Methven 19 44 ! .. 19 44 %%]}* 7 33 67 'olii 153 13U 22 20 j 2 65 25 5 19 44 Prelim. 30 60 11 38 Bakaia- Ash- 22 20 burton Forks Ashburton .. 29 46 Opawa and Albury 55 8 to Fairlie Creek and Burke's Pass 22 20 22 20 29 46 Tinwald-Springburn Extension Washdyke-Eversley 27 29 i 1 52 29 1 2 17 .. 2 17 36 5 2 45 38 50 2 17 27 29 55 8 36 5 - Waimate .. i 17 43 Canterbury Oxford-Temuka .. 83 0 Inter i o r Main Line Waitaki - Main Line .. 246 69 Bluff and 'Branches, — Branches Duntroon - Haka- 37 33 ; teramea Ngapara .. 14 76 Livingstone .. 16 40 Palmerston - Wai- 8 55 ! hemo 0 65 17 43 Preliminary survey .. Studholme- Waimate Waimate- Waihao Downs Waihao Downs -Serpentine Sepentine-Kelcher's Oxford-Sheffield .. Surveyed Reconnaissance South Waitaki-Bluff i 19 3 ! .. 19 3 4 42 j 1 3 I 5 45 8 21 i 0 54 8 75 2 65 I .. 2 65 1 75 ! .. 1 75 11 44 0 27 11 71 21 7 .. 21 7 50 29 ! .. 50 29 19 3 Prelim. 2 65 J 1 75 I 12 63 11 44 21 7 50 29 Prelim. ! !46 69 59 13 306 2 21 75 1 35 23 30 15 38 1 5 16 43 246 69 Pukeuri-Duntroon .. Duntroon - Hakateramea Waiareka-Ngapara.. Windsor-Tokorahi .. Survey (trial) .. | Palmers ton-Dunback Surveyed i 1 1 I 21 75 15 38 14 76 1 31 16 27 12 0 0 50 12 50 4 40 .. 4 40 8 55 0 54 9 29 0 65 i .. 0 65 0 - 5 Prelim. •• 14 76 11 75 4'40 1 •■ 0 65 - ■• 8 55 ! .. .. I ..

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Appropriation. Division. Section. Main ! Liue. m a 3 State of Line Total. i i 00 Under Under Forma- Platetion. laying. Date. Opened. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. I Opened. Total. 1 Waitaki - Blufi and B ranches — contd. 2 3 M. ch. Branches —contd. Inch Valley Eailway 2 29 i 5 6 M. ch. j M. ch. 7 8 M. ch. ] M. ch. 9 10 M. ch. H. ch. 11 12 M. ch. 13 14 15 M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 16 17 M. ch. M. ch. I . . Port Chalmers .. 19 Inch Valley-Lime Kiln 2 29 ! 0 23 Glendermid - Port 1 9 3 40 Chalmers Burnside-Saddle Hill 2 44 0 52 Surveyed .. .. 4 65 I .. 2 52 4 49 j 2 29 19 Green Island .. 2 44 Green Island to 4 65 Brighton Fern hill Colliery 1 60 Line Kaikorai Valley 2 60 Eailway Outram .. 8 78 Lawrence .. ] 21 76 Lawrence - Rox- ; 37 10 burgh 3 16 : 4 65 ; 4 65 2 44 .. I Abbotsford to Pern- 1 60 j 0 24 hill Colliery Surveyed .. .. 2 60 .. 2 4 1 60 2 60 I 2 60 Mosgiel-Outram .. 8 78 I 0 68 Clarksville-Lawrence 21 76 2 2 Lawrence-Big Hill .. 7 33 ' 0 44 Big Hill-Beaumont.. 5 0 45 Beaumont-Roxburgh 24 21 i Surveyed .. .. 23 20 I 9 66 23 78 7 77 6 1 24 21 24 21 23 20 23 20 1 Aug., 1910 15 Dec, 1914 ■■ - ; •. 8 78 [ 34 65 Lovell's Plat - Tua- 23 20 peka Mouth Balclutha - Tua- 22 0 peka Mouth Criehton-Tuapeka 11 60 Mouth Balclutha - Appleby 105 49 Junction or Catlin'a - Seaward Bush Surveyed .. .. 7 0 1.. Trial Survey .. 15 0 ! Surveyed .. .. 11 60 i .. Balclutha-Owaka .. 19 20 1 63 Owaka-Catlin's .. 3 38 0 30 Catlin's-Houipapa .. 2 30 0 9 Houipapa-Puketiro.. 7 11 0 43 Puketiro-McLennan 5 29 0 59 McLennan-Tahakopa 5 19 0 38 Tabakopa-Marinni .. 23 63 Marinui-Tokanui .. 6 0 Tokanui-Waimahaka 8 27 0 64 Waimahaka-Appleby 24 52 1 50 Waipahi-Heriot .. 20 3 2 3 7 0 15 0 11 60 I 11 60 21 3 3 68 2 39 7 54 6 8 5 57 23 63 ! 23 63 6 0 i 6 0 9 11 ! 26 22 22 6 Prelim. 1 Aug., 1904 17 Dec, 1909 1 Feb., 1915 1 Feb., 1915 1 Feb., 1915 20 Sept. 1911 f I .. .. ..I " '' ' V 42 67 :: J Waipahi - He riot! 26 23 Burn • • j I 32 79 1 26 23 •• J 26 23 I Extension to Rox- I 28 10 burgh, via Rae's j Junction and Ettrick Via Spylaw .. I 25 70 28 10 ! Heriot-Edievale .. 6 20 0 45 Surveyed .. 28 10 6 65 28 10 28 10 Prelim. Prelim.! 15 Feb., 1905 .. .. .. 25 70 i 25 70 25 70 : Surveyed .. I 25 70 25 70

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State of Line Appropriation. Division. i Beotion. Main Line. ■a Total. Opened. Under Under > tion. laying. Date. 1917-18. 1918-19. 1919-20. ! Total. 1 2 3 M. ch. W a i t a k i - Branches —oontd. Blufi and Waimea Plains 36 39 Branches District Ry. — contd. Kelso-Gore .. 24 0 4 5 M. ch. Gore-Lumsden .. 36 39j 6 7 8 9 10 11 M. ch. J M. ch. M. ch. j M. ch. M. ch. 12 M. ch. 13 M. ch. 14 15 M. ch. M. ch. 16 ; 17 M. ch. M. ch. Gore Waikaka .. 12 65 Riversdale-Switzers 13 70 Edendale-Toitois .. \ 19 30 Ofcago Cen- Waitaki Bluff Main 182 51 tral Line to Lake Hawea Surveyed .. 9 58 Preliminary survey.. 14 22 Waikaka Section .. 12 65 Riversdale-Waikaia 13 70 Edendale-Glenham 9 36 Surveyed .. 9 74 Wingatui-Ida Valley 98 18 Ida Valley-Omakau 13 20 Omakau-Chatto Creek 7 36 Chatto Ok.-Alexandra 10 39 Alexandra-Clyde .. 5 45' Clyde-Cromwell .. 12 35 Surveyed .. 35 18 Invercargill-Kingston 87 4 Wharf Lumsden- Mossburn 10 40; i 1 34 37 73 : .. 9 58, 9 58 i .. ; 14 22; 14 22 Prelim. 1 51 14 36 .. .. .. 26 Nov., 1908 i 1 40 15 30 .. .. .. 1 Oct., 1909 i 0 72 10 28 9 74 9 74 5 62 104 0 116 14 36 .. .. .. 1 Sept., 1904 0 34 7 70j .. .. .. 14 July, 1906 1 .6 11 45 .. .. .. 15 Dec, 1906 ! 0 77 6 42! .. .. .. 27 Mar., 1907 0 63 ' 13 18 .. .. 12 35 35 18: 5 15 92 19 1 0 11 40 36 39 12 65 13 70 9 36 134 78 87 4 10 40 Invercar- Invercai-gill-Kingston 87 4 gill - Kingston and Lumsden-Mararoa .. I 30 0 B ran ch, L u msdenMararoa Surveyed .. .. 8 20 Reconnaissance .. 11 20 Surveyed .. .. 11 0 8 20 8 20 11 20 11 20 Prelim. 11 0 11 0 0 65 i 13 25j 6 37 41 78 0 58 5 26 1 10 9 17 .. .. .. lOct., 1909 8 Hi 3 40 4 57 4 40 i 40 22 15 11 0 11 0 .. 257 50 2594 61489 28 28 64 16 57 .. : I , 1714 57 * 13 0 12 40 •• '-48 16 22 15 1727 57 Win ton - Heddon i 11 o! Bush Forest Hill Winton to Hedge- 12 40 Railway hope Western Orepuki-Waiau .. 60 73 Railways, OrepukiW a i a u River Otautau Branch .. 22 15 Orawia Branch .. 11 0 Totals .. 2337 11 Wintou - Hedgehope 12 40 Makarewa-Orepuki .. 35 411 Orepuki-Waihoaka .. 4 48j Waihoaka-Tuatapere 8 7 Tuatapere-Ora,wia .. 8 17 Orawia-Clifden .. 4 40 Thornbury-Wairio .. 22 15 Surveyed .. .. 11 0 2337 11 1714 57 13 0 1727 57 [ I

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APPENDIX C. ANNUAL REPORT ON BUILDINGS BY THE GOVERNMENT ARCHITECT. The Government Architect to the. Hon. Minister of Public Works. Sir,— Public Workn Department, Wellington, Ist April, 1920. I have the honour to submit the following report on the various building operations of the Department for the year ended 31st March, 1920. New Parliamentary Buildings. The work done during the year was mainly in the completion of the rooms facing Museum Street and the plastering of the corridors and rooms beneath the Lounge Lobby on the ground floor. The external marble work has made only slow progress, but the columns of the front loggia have been completed, and the siiperstructure carried up sufficiently to permit the flat concrete roof over same to be laid. The stonework on this portion and on the north end feature in Museum Street'front will soon be completed up to the top, as most of the stones required are worked read)* for setting. The plasterers are now engaged executing the preliminary coating of the rooms along the main front, and in three or four months it is believed the Speaker's, the Cabinet, and the Ministers' rooms will lie completed. There will then only remain the front centre entrance lobby and staircase to complete ; but aa much mason-work remains to be done at this portion it is uncertain when final completion will be reached. It is hoped, however, that after the session this part of the structure will receive special attention, and, as work will then be. concentrated on it, that steady progress will be made. Vice-Regal Residences. At both the Auckland and Wellington residences additional accommodation was provided preparatory to the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. The dismantling and repaperiug of nine rooms at Wellington is in hand. Departmental Buildings. Auckland. —General repairs and renovations have been effected. A new strong-room and office furniture have been supplied for the Native Department, and a strong-room, fitted with numerous drawers, tables, &c, provided for the Lands and Survey Department. Napier.--A motor-garage has been built, renovations effected, and various offices fitted and furnished. New Plymouth. —Renovations were carried out and office fittings supplied. Brick partitions were erected in the benzine-store, to isolate each Department's supply. Wanganui. —Fittings and furniture were provided for Repatriation Office, Boarding-out Office, and office of Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. Sundry additions, repairs, and general maintenance were carried out at other offices. Wellington. —Asphalt paths around Government Buildings were repaired. The hydraulic lift was overhauled and repaired. The electric lift in the Customs Buildings was overhauled, the hot water heating-apparatus attended to, and the drainage improved. Ministerial residences were renovated, At Old Parliament Buildings the "Vigilant" automatic fire-alarm system was installed by the Department, alterations effected to the electric-light-supply main in the library and the top floor rewired. A number of the cellars beneath the New Parliament Buildings were lifted up for storage of records for the convenience of various Government Departments. Minor alterations and repairs were effected to many other offices, and a considerable quantity of furniture and fittings supplied. Nelson. —Two strong-rooms have been renovated, the existing fittings in several offices altered, floor-coverings supplied, and the general maintenance of buildings and fittings attended to. Christchurch. —Furniture and fittings have been supplied to all Departments as required. Removal of offices has been attended to, general renovations have been effected, as well as the thorough maintenance of all buildings and offices throughout the year. Dunedin and Invercargill. -General maintenance was effected and renovations carried out as required, as well as office furniture and fittings supplied to the various Government offices. The Government Buildings at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch. and Dunedin were tastefully decorated on the occasion of the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Courthouses. Dargaville.- Thin office was painted, a new fence erected, and drainage repaired. Whangarei. —Several small repairs were effected as were found necessary. Auckland Magistrate's Court.— All exterior wood and iron work- has been cleaned and painted, and. the. yard and paths tarred and sanded. Te Aroha.—A strong-room and outbuildings have been erected, drain hi id. and buildings generally renovated. Rotorua. — Small repairs were effected. Waipiro Bay.—A contract has been accepted for painting, renovations, and repairs. Gisborne. —Heating-apparatus has been installed, and painting is in hand. Napier and Hastings. —Electricllight has been installed in both buildings, and repairs effeoted. to the latter. Hawera.— Exterior painting has been completed.

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New Plymouth. —Extensive alterations have been carried out, including erection of separate waiting-room and lavatory for female witnesses. Raetihi. —Anew wooden building, with the necessary outbuildings, has been erected. Wellington Supreme Court.- Additions to the custodian's quarters were erected and electric light installed therein ; also, several rooms were renovated. Wellington Magistrate's Court.- -Telephone system has been altered, electric bells and lights maintained, and several rooms renovated. Petone. —The floors of three rooms were covered with felt and linoleum. Featherston. —A new drainage system in eomformity with the. borough by-laws was installed. Christchurch Magistrate's Court. —The roof has been repainted and fittings supplied. Christchurch Supreme Court. -The exterior of the old wooden portion of the custodian's quarters was repainted. Timaru. —A destructor was built and general renovations carried out ; alterations were made, and an electric-lighting system installed ; extensive repairs were effected to the roof. Dunedin Law Courts. —Additions and renovations were made, a hot-water service installed, and repairs carried out. Hampden. —The renovation of wood and including fencing, is now in hand. Kaitangala. —Repainted, and fencing erected Mos^ieZ.—Exterior repainted, and minor repairs effected. Tapanui. —A new picket fence has been erected, and water accommodation improved. Gore. —Sanitary connection with sewer system has been made, besides general maintenance. Police-stations. Dargaville. —The buildings were painted outside and renovated inside. Hikurangi. —The living-quarters were renovated and repaired. Russell. —Several small repairs were effected. Whangarei. —Several small repairs were effected, but extensive additions are now in hand. Auckland Central. Alterations have been made to stables to provide for the housing of two motor-cars, and a destructor and benzine-store have been built. A room for the accommodation of plain-clothes constables has been renovated, alterations made, and a sink and gas grill provided. Hamilton. —The whole of the interior of the sergeant's residence has been renovated, repaired, and painted, a new porcelain bath and lavatory basin provided, also a new range fixed and hot-water service provided. Carlyle, Byron Street, Taradale, and Porangahau Stations have been renovated. Eltham. —A hot-water service has been installed, also a porcelain bath, and the interior has been repainted. Fitzroy. —Exterior painting has been completed. Manaia. — Outside has been repainted, and inside painted and repapered. New Plymouth. —Exterior has been repainted, and electric light installed. Patea. —The drainage has been connected with the borough system. Waitara. -Rcpapering has been completed. Opunake, Hawera, Lnglewood, and Normanby Stations have, been renovated and minor repairs elfected. Raelihi. —The erection of a new station with cells and stables has been completed, and electric light has been installed throughout. Ohakune. —New additions consisting of kitchen, scullery, bathroom, waslihouse, pantry, and wood-shed were completed, and electric light installed. Palmerston North (Sergeant's residence, and Terrace. End Police-station). —Alterations and general repairs were effected. Otaki. premises have been enclosed with fence, and the building painted. Kimbolton. —Several rooms were repapered, general repairs carried out, and a new tank supplied and fixed. Greytown. —The buildings were renovated, papered, and painted. Lower Hutt. —A new building was erected by contract. Wellington (Johnston Street). —A heating-apparatus was installed in the cells. A brick motorgarage was erected. Alterations were effected to the electric lights in the gymnasium, and several cubicles were repaired. Wellington (Mount Cook).-—Extensive renovations were carried out to the main building. A new sink and gas cooker were installed, alterations made to the hot-water service, and the roof and drains repaired. Kilbirnie. —Drains and lavatories have been repaired. Johnsonville. —A drainage system has been installed, and gas and water laid on. Nelson ami Port Nelson.— General maintenance. Wakefield.— Both station quarters and outbuildings were externally painted and generally maintained. Hokitika. —A contract has been let for the erection of a police-station and sergeant's residence, but owing to the difficulty of procuring seasoned timber the contractor has been unable, so far, to make a commencement. Christchurch.— Electric light was installed in the Sub-Inspector's residence. Staff houses were repainted and repapered, and the old morgue and van-shed were altered to provide a motor-garage. Little River. —-Renovations and repairs were effected. Papanui. —The hot-water system was overhauled, and the buildings repainted and repapered. Phillipstown. —Extensive renovations and repairs were carried out. Timaru. —Alterations were made to the main buildings, including the erection of a new chimney. Additional furniture was supplied. The Senior Sergeant's residence was renovated, and the interior repapered and painted. The Chief Detective's residence was also thoroughly renovated, and the whole of the exterior painted.

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Dunedin. —A residence was purchased for the accommodation of the Superintendent. Dunedin South. —Paths were asphalted, electric light installed. Hampden. —Hot- and cold-water system was provided, and buildings repainted both inside and out. Lawrence. —Small additions were made to the constable's residence, and a hot- and cold-water system installed. Mornington. —A residence was purchased and renovated. Oamaru. —The new station was completed. Palmerston. —New kitchen-range was installed, and three bedrooms, kitchen, and scullery renovated. Otautau, Gore, Invercargill, and Bluff Stations were repaired and renovated, and a number of others were maintained. Post-offices. Aratapu. —General repairs to doors, windows, grates, chimneys, fences, &»., were effected. Awanui. —Repairs were completed ; one new bedroom erected ; the building painted outside. Broadwood. —The building purchased was converted info a post-office, and two new bedrooms were added. A road was formed to the office. Dargaville. —Several repairs were effected at this office, and the Postmaster's residence was painted and renovated. Hikurangi. —Small repairs were carried out and three rooms were papered. Kawakawa. —General repairs and renovations. The whole of the, living-quarters were painted and papered. Kawakawa. —Old post-office repaired and renovated. Kawakawa. -Lineman's residence painted and papered inside and out. Kaikohe. —General repairs to drainage and sanitary arrangements. A new water service was also installed. Mangonui. —Small repairs were effected. Three rooms were painted and papered. Onerahi. —General repairs. Ohaeawai. —Renovations and repairs to the office were effected during the year. The renovating of the living-quarters is now in hand. The whole of the buildings were painted. Russell. —Several small repairs were carried out. Two rooms in the living-quarters were papered and painted. Rawene. —A new residence was erected during the year. Small repairs were also carried out al the office. Whangarei. —Several small repairs were carried out during the year. Extensive additions are now in hand. Waipu. —Small repairs were effected during the year, and two rooms were painted and papered. Whakapara. —Small repairs were carried out, and two rooms were papered and painted. Auckland Chief Post-ojfice. —Alterations have been carried out to the Money-order and Savingsbank Department, to provide additional accommodation for the public. This entailed moving back and alterations to screens, counter, &c. Extensive alterations have also been carried out to the stamprotunda in the main office. The work of recovering the main roof with Neuchatel asphalt is well in hand. Parcels Office, Auckland. -New accommodation has been provided for in Albert Street. The new building acquired for this purpose has been fitted up, including the erection of partitions ; building-strong-room in basement, 40 ft. by 16 ft. ; flooring over cart-docks ; forming platform and concrete roadway at the back of building; erecting tables, racks, &c.; also providing sanitary accommodation. Wellesley Street Post-office ami Telephone Exchange, Auckland.—This building, with a frontage of 50 ft. to Wellesley Street, 50 ft. to Coburg Place, and 114 ft. fO in. to Lome Street, containing three stories and basement, is built of brick, with reinforced-concrete floors carried on concrete encased steel columns and steel beams, and is of fireproof construction throughout. The Wellesley Street front and also a return feature to Lome Street is finished in white cement. The building is heated by hotwater radiators, and is lit throughout with electric lights. The basement, reached by five steps down from Lome Street, accommodates the battery and power rooms, heating-chamber, and storage. The ground floor, reached by nine steps up through mam entrance doors from Wellesley Street, contains the public vestibule, finished with tiled floor and tiled dado, where posting facilities are available. Swing doors lead from here into the public space, which is fitted up with sixteen desks and counter, executed in polished Tasmanian blaokwood, and also with two slot-telephone cabinets. Three steps up from Lome Street lead to the parcels counter and also to the private-letter-box lobby on the ground floor, where fO5 private letter-boxes are placed. The roof is covered with Neuchatel asphalt, 1 in. thick, while the underside of roof and also walls of the second floor are finished in hydrated lime plaster. The concrete foundations were built by the Department by day labour, and the erection of the building was let by contract on the 23rd February, 1918, and completed on the 4th March, .1920, at a total cost of £20,589. Ngaruawahia. —Additional accommodation in brick has been provided for the mail-room. New furniture and fittings have also been provided, and the whole of the office renovated. Walton.—A new post-office in wood has been erected, consisting of mail-room, public office, and telephone exchange for official purposes. A residence has also been erected. Furniture and fittings of the usual description have been provided and fixed. Cambridge Post-office. —A contract has been let and work is now in progress, comprising the removal of some of the internal walls, in order to give greater mail-room and counter accommodation. A new room has been built for the Postmaster. Henderson. —A wooden building has been erected for temporary use. General maintenance and minor renovations have been effected at the following offices : Manukau, Katikati, Matata, Taneatua, Tauranga, Mokai, Taupo, Te Puke, Waimana, and Rotorua. Tolaga Bay. —The contractor for this work lias been delayed owing to scarcity of timber. Wairoa. —Additions are in course of construction under contract. Te Araroa. —Additions are now in hand under contract.

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Maintenance, general repairs, or repainting, &c, have been effected at the following : Napier, Hastings, Havelock, Ongaonga, Hunterville, Takapau, Port Ahuriri, and Ormondville. Eltharn. -Alterations to provide additional exchange accommodation were made. Inglewood. —The interior has been repapered and painted. New Plymouth. The interior of telephone exchange has been repainted and additional garage accommodation provided. Minor repairs and renovations have been carried out at Marakopa, Okato, Patea, Stratford, Urenui, Whangamomona, Waitara, I law era, Kaponga, Manaia, and Rahotu. Wanganui. —The erection of the new automatic telephone exchange has been completed. Additions to the money-order office arc in hand, and extra lavatory accommodation has been provided. Several, other offices in this district have been repaired and efficiently maintained. Tiraumea Post-office. —A new office lias been erected by day labour. Alterations, additions, and efficient maintenance were curried out at the Eketahuna, Foxton, Te ll.oro, Tinui. and Feilding offices. Khandallah Automatic Telephone Exchange. The contract for the erection of this building was completed early in the year. General Post Office. -A number of rooms and corridors, including the Postmaster-General's room, tea-room, kitchen, and social hall were renovated and painted. The roofs were repaired and painted. The heating-apparatus was overhauled and an additional radiator was installed. The electric-light system was overhauled, and additions were made thereto. Other minor repairs, renovations, and installations were carried out. Paekakariki. This new post-office building was erected during the year by contract, and a water-supply was laid on. Pongaroa. —Additions and renovations were effected to this building. Lower Hutt. —The electric-light system was installed, and general repairs were effected to the building. A fence was shifted, and alterations were effected to the telephone exchange. Rongolea. —Additions were erected by contract, and electric light was installed. Levin Post-office. -Alterations were effected to the gas fittings, and a new gas-stove and screen was installed. The office was painted and repaired, and several >f the rooms were papered. Kelburn Automatic Telephone Exchange. The contract for the erection of this building was commenced early in the year, and the contractor completed the work in connection with the necessary excavation, laying concrete foundations, &c, and laid about three courses of brickwork around the building. The work on the contract was then discontinued, and nothing has been done since for want of material. Post and Telegraph Stores. —Several small repairs and installations were rallied out' during the >''' iU '- Palmerston North Post-office. Repairs were effected to the skylights, and additional private letter boxes were supplied and fitted. Additions were erected to the despatch clerks' social hall. Featherston Post-office. -New drainage system was installed to connect with the borough system. At several other offices both in and out of Wellington minor repairs, alterations, renovations, and installations; as well as general maintenance, were attended to. Nelson. —A sanitary drain has been laid to connect the building with the new sewer. Coliingwood- Lavatory accommodation has been provided, comprising septic tank, sanitan drainage, windmill, and tank-stand; alterations to'existing outbuildings, and the existing drain converted into a storm-water drain. Takaka Post-office. —A glass partition has been erected to separate the mail-room from the telegraph-room. Motueka.- The wall between the public space and mail-room has been partly removed, and a new counter inserted in the opening; new private letter-boxes and posting-slots built in ; collapsible iron gate fixed to main-entrance porch ; mail-room, Postmaster's office, public space, and main-entrance porch renovated. General maintenance has been effected at Motueka, Wakefield, Murchison. and Port Nelson offices. Westport. The contract for connecting with the town sanitary system was completed, and general maintenance of all offices in the Westland District was attended to. Christchurch. —This building was effectively maintained, and numerous minor alterations for the. convenience of the officers were made. A contract has been let for extensive additions, but not yet commenced. St. Albans.- --The interior of the residential quarters was papered and repainted. Riccarlon (Upper). -A contract for the erection of a new post-office has been let. The work has not yet been commenced. Waiau. —A hot-water system has been installed. Rakaia. —Renovations, including painting the interior, were carried out, and a building for housing the newly installed gas plant was erected. Timaru. —The work in connection with the additions and alterations to Timaru Post-office was commenced on the sth May. The. various outbuildings were removed from the site of the additions, and excavations for the foundations dug. The concrete foundations were commenced on the 4th June. The old stone sewer was removed, and a new 4 ft. circular sewer laid the full width of the building. The brickwork was carried out to the first-floor level. All necessary window and door frames have been fixed in position. All floor-joists were fixed and braced. A contract was let for the supply and delivery of doors, windows, and frames, and is well under way. A contract for the manufacture of cast-iron columns was also let. Rangiora. —A contract for additions has been let but not yet commenced, The following additional offices were effectively maintained, renovated, and repaired during the year: Akaroa, Ashburton, Culverden, Fairlie, Kaiapoi, Lyttelton, Mayheld. Pleasant Point. Puaha, and VVoodend. Cromwell. —New strong-room door, partition, and shelving erected, and Postmaster's residence improved.

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Tapanui. -Postmaster's residence, outbuildings, and fences were repainted, and the interior of the residence repainted and repapered. Wedderburn. —Repainted inside and out, and general repairs effected. The following additional offices were repaired and renovated : Alexandra. Caversham, Dunedin, Dunedin North, Port Chalmers. VVaipiata. Bluff, Portrose, Core, Invercargill, Mataura, Otautau, b'iverton, and Waikaka. Agriculture. Ruakura. ■ A new build ing to house an engine in connection with the electric-lighting system is ill course of erection. The accommodation lor returned soldiers has been completed. Somes Island. Watering facilities for stock have been provided in the paddocks. Water was laid on to the caretaker's cottage, and renovations were effected to the interior, and the exterior painted. FairUe.—A hot-water service was installed in the Stock inspector's residence, and renovations effected. Balolutha and, Oivuku.- -Both residences were renovated and repainted, and those at Middleniarch and Naseby repaired. Invercargill. —Sanitary connection with the city sewerage system was made at the poison-mixing depot. OiautOU. -Inspectors residence was renovated and office furniture provided. Mental Hospitals. Auckland Menial Hospital. -Main chimney-stack of boiler erected, house repaired, also a. fiieplace in No. 2 auxiliary, and general repairs, etc., have been effeoted. Tokanui Mental Hospital. I'nil So. ■'>. This work was started in January, 1918, and was completed and handed over in November. 1919. Camp Buildings Work' was commenced in April, 1919. and completed in November, 1919. Male and Female Admission Block. Work was commenced in October. 1919. All screeds lor damp-course level have been fixed to their respective levels, and the greater portion of damp-course laid. The chimney-foundations have been fixed and filled with concrete. All brickwork has been carried up to damp-course level, and day-room portion up to sleeper height. Female Block. In this block the concrete foundations are now complete and the drains are being put in. A start has been made with the painting of unit No. I and roofs of No. I dormitory. Porirua. —The principal work' done during the year was the completion of the new drainage system. Nelson. — Work is proceeding under contract at the new reception block (in brick), let at a cost of t(i,647 4s. The concrete foundations Were commenced on the 31st March. 192(1, and at the present lime the brickwork is laid up to the damp-course all round the building and 3ft. high on the back wall. Sunnyside. —The only work carried out at this institution consisted of testing and maintenance of the automatic fire-alarm system. Education (Native Schools). Pupuke and Tauloro. General repairs and painting have been carried out. A new bathroom was erected and alterations made to the kitchen at the former, and a range installed at the latter. Plans and specifications have been prepared for Native-school buildings at Waiohau and Matata, and for a teacher's residence at Waiiuahana. Manutahi. —Completed except fencing. Ti/iiomanono. -Difficulty is being experienced in obtaining material, which prevented a commencement being made. Wharekahika. The contract for additions has been delayed for want of timber. Rangitukia. -Tenders have been invited for the erection of a new class room and shelter shed. General. In addition to the foregoing, a considerable volume of work, has been carried out in the maintenance of drill-halls ; the Observatory and Dominion Laboratory, both, in Wellington; Public Trust Offices throughout the Dominion; St. Helens Hospitals ; Customs buildings: Ministerial residences, Wellington ; tourist resorts, repatriation offices, receiving-homes, &c. .John Campbell, Government Architect.

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APPENDIX D. ANNUAL REPORT OI CHIEF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, The Chief Blectrtcal Engineer to the, Hon. the Minister of Public Works. Str,I have the honour to submit herewith the annual report on the development of electric power within the Dominion for the year ending 31st March, 1920. Lake Coleridge Hydro-electric Supply. The year under review is the fifth year of operation, and marks a stage when the earnings of the plant have met all expenses, leaving a credit balance on the year's operation. Though no emergencies comparable with the previous year's snowstorm and the influenza epidemic have been experienced during the past year, all branches of electrical work are still suffering from the effects of the war, both as regards difficulty in obtaining material and the high prices. A severe winter was again experienced, with considerable transmission-line trouble as the result of snow, but the operation of the plant was carried on satisfactorily, and an urgent demand was experienced in many directions for the supply of power. The revenue for the year was £45,831, being an amount of £3,585 in excess of all charges, thus allowing the first contribution to be made towards the accumulated loss of the past four years. Capital Outlay. The capital outlay at the end of the year was £422,076, as compared with £403,156 at the end of the previous year. This outlay is analysed in Table R herewith. Financial Results of Operation. General and detailed results of financial operation and load records arc given in Table A, showing an increase of 20 per cent, in power-house maximum load during the year, and of 20 per cent, in the units output. The total generating-cost per kilowatt sold and per unit sold show a. further reduction on those, of previous years. The increase in working-costs for the year under various heads, as compared with those for the previous year, is shown in Table C. This table covers only the. figures relative to the Department's operations, but in order fully to appraise the operations of the whole of the Lake Coleridge supply it is necessary to include the activities of the local bodies who purchase in bulk from the Department and carry out independent supply systems. These figures have been tabulated in Table D. Extensions. Some progress has been made with the long-overdue, extensions at the power-house. No. 5 unit was ordered in May, 1916. The turbine was received and has been erected during the year. The generator has recently been delivered, but cannot be put into operation until the third pipeline is installed. The material for this pipe-line was also ordered in May, 1916, but owing to the action of the Imperial authorities during the war the work has been repeatedly delayed, and the prospects are that it is unlikely that it will be installed before, the winter of 1921. Work has been in progress on the, whole, of the concrete piers and anchor blocks for both third and fourth pipe-lines, and these are now nearing completion. Additional switch-gear for the power-house and substation has been purchased for extensions, but at prices ranging from four to six times the, cost of similar material in the original contracts. Extensions to Addington Substation are required before further installations can be completed, but the lack of material has hampered all work of this kind. Owing to the inability to supply power no vigorous policy of extensions to the distribution system could be carried out during the year. The 11,000-volt lines have been increased from 65i to 72§ miles, the 3,000-volt lines from 10|- to 11 miles. In spite of the shortage of power several consumers were connected for temporary supply or supply under special conditions, and the low-tension reticulation has been extended in several districts to meet such cases. Connected Load,. Every effort has been made during the year to discourage additional consumers owing to the shortage of power, but in spite of these endeavours the total connected load (Table E) has increased 32 per cent. —from 23,192 kw. to 30,581 kw. This connected load has been supplied by a total demand at the substation of 6,260 kw., giving a diversity factor of 4-86, slightly higher than that of last year's figures of 435, due to the steel furnace, coming on during the year and restricted to night supply. This satisfactory diversity factor is due largely to the restrictions imposed with a view to giving a, greater supply without increasing the maximum demand on the power-house. Operation. Owing to the overloaded condition of the plant its operation during the past year has been a matter of great anxiety. The maximum load recorded at the power-house was 7,066 kw., representing an overload of 18 per cent, on each of the four generators. With a view to obtaining the maximum output from the plant, instructions have been issued for the generators to be worked up to a definite limiting temperature, before load is cut off at the substation. It is usual that heavy peak loads occur on cold days, and this fortunately ensures the generators being overloaded when best able to carry the higher loads without overheating.

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Though the generators have operated without mishap, the turbines have now begun to give a considerable amount of trouble, and frequent replacements of certain spare parts have had to be made within the last few months. It is hoped, however, that the trouble is a passing one, and indications are that the matter has been remedied for the present. The transmission-line insulators have given further indications of an increasing deterioration in quality. At one period the replacements became so frequent that the stock of spare insulators was seriously reduced, and very considerable delay and difficulty has occurred in obtaining delivery of spares on order. No serious trouble occurred during the year on any of the distribution-lines, and all the switchgear and transformers have operated satisfactorily. Interruptions to Service. — Transmission-line. During the past twelve months only three breakdowns occurred which involved interruptions to the service of over fifteen minutes' duration, and of these two were due to abnormal snow conditions, causing both lines to be affected simultaneously. The first interruption was on the evening of the Ist September, the fall of snow being of unusual severity both in the city and towards the power-house. The north line failed at 6.28 p.m., but service on the south line was maintained during the night. At 10.45 a.m. on the following day the south line also failed. Despite all efforts to locate the faults, it was not until 1.30 p.m. that the service could be restored, causing a total interruption of two hours forty-five minutes. The second interrupt ion occurred on the 21st September. After a severe gale heavy snow fell in the area beyond Snowdon, and the south line failed at 9.45 p.m. Before it could be restored the north line also failed, at I I p.m. The seven 1 weather conditions caused considerable trouble and delay in restoring the service, which was not resumed until 6.50 a.in., thus involving a total interruption of seven hours fifty minutes, fortunately during an off-load period. The third interruption occurred on the 6th March, 1920, when very foggy conditions existed on the plains. Unfortunately both lines broke down simultaneously, at .1.14 a.m., and owing to the great number of insulators on both lines requiring replacing it was 5.30 a.m. before the service could be resumed. The period of interruption in this case, four hours sixteen minutes, occurred during night hours, and therefore with a minimum of inconvenience. Apart from these serious cases due to special circumstances, the total period of interruptions for the year does not exceed fifty minutes. Serious as the interruptions have been, the circumstances were in each case abnormal, and. though snow in such quantities may not be expected frequently, it is obvious that the line-construction will require to be of such a nature as not to be affected when such snowfalls do occur. The present insulators do not give a standard of construction providing this degree of reliability, but, from the indications already obtained as to the improvement in the manufacture of pin type porcelain insulators, there is every reason to believe that when the present insulators have been entirely replaced by a later type a much greater degree of reliability will result. While the bulk of the interruptions have been due to faulty insulators, a certain number have occurred as the result of breaks in the aluminium wire on windy sections of the line, and arrangements have already been made to replace the aluminium with copper. Water-storage. Though snowstorms were experienced during last year, the winter was not consistently wet, and the frequent rains resulted in there being no sustained accumulation of snow, and the consequent absence of any pronounced thaw in the spring. As a result the lake-level did not recover as has been the case in previous years. The chart giving a record of lake-levels shows a recovery of only 18 in. above last year's lowest level— i.e., a rise from 1,664-|-ft. in September to 1,666 ft. in November—the maximum level recorded during the year being 18 in. below overflow level. Since then the fall has been at practically the same rate as in previous years. Though the tunnel enters the lake at about 20 ft. below its surface, the lip of rock between the tunnel-mouth and the intake gates is the limitinglevel controlling the flow of water. It has therefore been necessary to reduce the level of the lip as the lake-level fell. The diversion of the Harper River has always been included as part of the hydraulic development required with the installation of the fifth generator, and is now in hand, but work on the intake lip must be completed before the diversion of the Harper River is carried out. The deepening of the lip is therefore a recognized part of the work, and is being carried out under those conditions which were known to be necessary for its completion. Selling-rates. The Department is still giving supply on rates published in June, 1918, and in the case of the majority of wholesale consumers supply is being continued upon contracts negotiated four or five years ago, at prices which then compared favourably with any alternative source of power, and which at the present time provide supply at a rate recognized to be exceedingly favourable. New Industrial Developments. Owing to the restrictions placed upon supply as the result of the shortage of power, it has not been possible to give any encouragement to the development of new industries or special applications of electric power. The Canterbury Frozen Meat Company at Belfast has installed electric plant for operating the freezing-works, but at present is limited to night supply only. Messrs. Kempthorne Prosser are erecting chemical-works at Hornby, but cannot be given supply for the present. A new woollen-mill has been erected by the Kaiapoi Woollen Company in Woolston, but power cannot for the present be supplied for its operation. Messrs. Waddell's 1,200 kw. steel furnace at Sockburn has been operated to the extent of burning in the refractory lining of the furnace, and the observations made during this operation indicate that the furnace load should be carried without any serious disturbance to the supply voltage. It is also restricted to night supply only in the meantime,

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Electric Vehicles. The sale and use of electric vehicles has been hampered by the difficulty of obtaining delivery and by the high cost of new vehicles. This form of transport continues to play an important part in the industrial life in the city, and will doubtless increase rapidly when deliveries at reasonable prices can be obtained. The Department now has three, battery trucks in use on the Lake Coleridge system, and there are forty-two other vehicles in operation in the district, ranging from \ ton to 3£ tons capacity. The uses include five runabouts, one taxi, twenty delivery-vans, and fourteen heavy lorries. Waikato Electric-power Supply. On the Ist November lust, in terms of the agreement entered into between the Department and the Waihi Gold-mining Company (Limited), the company's electric-power plant was acquired by the Department for £212,500. The main features of the plant acquired are the headworks and generating-station on the Waikato River at Horahora, seventeen miles from Cambridge, with a plant capacity of six generators, each capable of generating 1,050 kw., or a total of 6,300 kw. ; the transmission-line of three No. 0 S.W.G. copper conductors on steel towers, from Horahora to Waikino (fifty miles) ; and the transformer station at Waikino for transforming the energy supplied to the Waihi Company's mine. Results of Operation. During the five months from the Ist November until the end of the financial year the Waihi Company operated the plant on behalf of the Department. Practically the only consumer supplied during that period was the Waihi Company itself, for whom the Department is committed to reserve 2,500 kw. As shown in the accounts, the operations for the five months mentioned resulted in a gross revenue of £5,803, or £3,933 in excess of working-expenses. Interest on the purchase-money amounted to £4,427, and depreciation at 2 per cent, per annum, as required by law, to £1,628, leaving a deficiency, after paying all working and capital charges, of £2,122. The total number of units generated over the five months was 6,415,150, and the number delivered to consumers was 5,630,200, so that 781,950 units, or 12-3 per cent, of the, amount generated, were lost in transmission. The maximum demand on the power-house was 2,700 kw. The following shows the average cost of production : —

Arrangements for Distribution. A District Office, has been opened at Hamilton to deal with the administration of the Depart ment's electrical undertakings in the Waikato district. The area which it is proposed to serve from Horahora comprises the counties of Matamata, Piako, Ohinemuri, Waikato ; parts of Waipa, West TaupOj and Waitomo Counties ; together with the towns situated within that area, ft measures approximately 3,000 square miles, and consists mostly of rich dairying-country. The power-station at Horahora is situated near the south of this area, and the maximum distance of transmission in a straight, line is about sixty-five miles in the direction of Thames and about the same distance in the direction of Taupiri. Electric-power Boards have been'formed under the Electric-power Boards Act, 1918, covering practically the whole of the area mentioned except Hamilton and Waihi Boroughs, which will be dealt with through the Borough Councils in each case. The Boards are : — (I.) Thames Valley Power Board, with an area of approximately 2,300 square miles, embracing the counties of Matamata, Hauraki Plains, Thames, Piako, and Ohinemuri, and the towns of Putaruru, Tirau, Matamata, Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Waihou, Paeroa, and Thames. (2.) Te Awamutu Power Board, with an area of about 300 square miles, consisting of parts of the counties of Waipa, West Taupo, Waikato, and Waitomo, the chief centres being Kihikihi, Te Awamutu, Pirongia, Te Rofe, and Ohaupo, with the Otorohanga district as " outer area." (3.) Cambridge Power Board : This district is about 100 square miles in extent, and consists of the country adjoining Cambridge Borough, which it includes. (4.) Central Power Board : This contains part of Waipa County and part of Waikato County, and includes the towns of Ngaruawahia and Taupiri, with an area of about 300 square miles.

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Cost. Per Kilowatt, Per Unit Per Unit Powcr-houae generated. sold. Maximum per Year. £ Generating .. .. .. .. .. 1,024 Transmission .. .. .. .. .. 278 Distribution .. .. .. .. .. 225 Management .. . . .. . . ,. 343 (I. d. £ 0-040 0-043 0-91 0-010 0-012 0-23 0-008 0-010 0-20 0-013 0-015 0-30 Total working-costs .. .. .. 1,870 Interest .. .. .. .. .. 4,427 Depreciation .. .. .. .. .. 1,628 0-071 0-080 1-64 0-165 0-189 3-93 0-061 0-069 1-45 Total costs .. .. .. .. 7,925 0-297 0-338 7-02 The revenue represented a return of 0-217d. per unit genera per annum per kilowatt of power-house maximum. ;ed, O-247d. per unit s> ild, and £516

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Power available. The areas mentioned include several large consumers, particularly factories dealing in milk products, and as in some cases it will be found desirable for the Department to supply direct to these concerns it is proposed to reserve 500 h.p. of the available supply to meet demands from these consumers. The total power installed at Horahora is 6,300 kw., or 8,400 h.p., which will be dealt with as follows :— Horse-power. Spare standby unit .. .. .. . . .. .. 1,400 For Waihi Gold-mining Company .. .. .. .. .. 3, 300 For Arapuni construction-works . . .. .. . . .. 200 For special industries .. .. .. . . .. . . 500 For losses in transmission .. .. .. .. .. .. 600 Available for local authorities .. .. . . .. 2, 400 8,400 Allocation of Power available. In allocating the power the population and other considerations such as existing installations have been taken into account, and the following allocation is the result of a careful investigation into the whole of the factors :— Horse-power, Thames Valley Power Board .. .. .. .. .. .. 900 Te Awamutu Power Board .. . . .. . . .. .. 600 Cambridge Power Board .. .. . . .. .. .. 200 Central Power Board.. .. .. .. .. .. ' .. 350 Hamilton Borough Council .. .. .. .. .. .. 300 Waihi Borough Council .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 2,400 The capacity of the existing steam plants in the district is also being carefully investigated, as it is probable that arrangements will be made whereby a supplementary supply of power will be obtained during peak-load or low-water periods, thus enabling the water-power to be utilized to its fullest extent. Distribution. Contracts for supply of material for erection of lines and substations to a value of approximately £50,000 have been entered into. Some of this is now coming to hand, but delay owing to the shipping difficulty has arisen regarding the delivery of the main contracts, particularly those for poles. In the meantime line routes and points of supply are being determined, and negotiations completed with the various consumers, and the staffs and plant are being assembled in readiness to proceed vigorously with the distribution-lines as soon as the material comes to hand. North Island Scheme. The general scheme of the North Island distribution provides for supply from three main powerstations —viz., Mangahao, Waikaremoana, and Arapuni -together with a complete reticulation joining up these three sources of power. Mangaliao. Substantial progress has been made with the works at Mangahao during the year. The roadformation is practically complete, and the testing of the foundations for the dams is under way. Great delay has been experienced in the delivery of the construction steam-power plant, the boilers for which have been erected. The sawmill has been erected, and has started cutting timber for the housing of the staff, and four of the permanent staff cottages have been erected. Arapuni. Extensive exploration work was required at the site of the proposed dam, and is now nearing completion. In testing the character of the rock and its suitability for foundations, and the distance to which the concrete-work should extend, a total of 3,474 ft. of shafts, stopes, drives, and adits has been put in at the site of the dam, gate-wall, and spillway weir. One of these drives runs right under the river, and will be used eventually to form a cut-off wall at the base of the dam. Another drive runs the greater part of the length of the diversion tunnel which will be required to carry the river during the period of construction of the dam. Important tests are nearing completion to determine the waterproofness and the strength of the rock which forms the sides and bottom of the gorge, and other tests arc in hand to determine the suitability for use in concrete of the stone and sand available in the district. A geological report has been made by the Geological Survey Department, and chemical tests are being carried out at the Dominion Laboratory. Owing to shortage of staff nothing has been done during the year in connection with the Waikaremoana and transmission-line surveys. South Island Main Schemes. During the year a detail survey has been completed of the proposed Central Otago schemes, the results of which are now being prepared. Owing to shortage of staff it has not been possible to carry the general South Island scheme any further during the year. Electric-power Boards. The policy of the Department generally is to supply power in bulk, leaving the, reticulation and retail supply in the hands of the local authorities. In the past the only local authorities available have been the cities, boroughs, counties, and Town Boards ; but with the extension of electric supply into the country areas a stronger organization became necessary, and this has beec provided under

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the Electric-power Boards Act of 1918. This Act provides for several local districts to combine for the purpose of electric-power distribution, and to set up a special Electric-power Board to carry out the work, with rating-powers over the, district concerned. The provisions of this Act, have now been taken advantage of by ten districts, details of which are set out in the attached table. The total area covered by these ten districts is 17,179 square miles, being 16-6 per cent, of the, total area of the Dominion, and the total population included is 137,960, being 12-5 per cent, of the population of the Dominion. Five of the Boards have laid out their reticulation systems and submitted the. necessary loans to the ratepayers for approval. Of these one (Southland) includes a generating-sfation at Lake Monowai, and the, other four provide for taking power in bulk from the Public Works Department. The total amount of the loans authorized by the ratepayers of these five districts amounts to C 1,980,000. This is ££0 6 per head of population concerned, and 7-25 per cent, of the unimproved rateable value. It is anticipated that the revenue from the distribution of electric power will cover the whole of the interest charges, but the above figures indicate that the average rate necessary to pay 5 per cent, interest on the whole of the loans would not amount to |d. in the pound on the unimproved value. The security for the loans is therefore ample, apart from the actual assets and revenues of the Boards. The unanimity in support of the five loans already carried was remarkable, the total number of votes cast being 8,907 for and 469 against the loans, showing a majority of nearly twenty to one. In one case, Te Awamutu district, there was not a single vote against the loan.

New Zealand Electric-power Districts.

Future Developments. With regard to the future developments under the Electric-power Boards Act, the principles on which the boundaries of new districts should be determined are not set out in the Act, but the responsibility of deciding whether proposed boundaries are advisable or otherwise is cast on the Governor-General in Council, and it is obvious that if the whole Dominion is to be dealt with in the best way possible it is essential that a comprehensive scheme should be drawn up, and in future newdistricts should be arranged as far as possible to comply with this scheme. In order to decide the correct areas into which the Dominion should be divided for the purposes of the Act the following considerations must be taken into account: — (a.) The district must be large enough to have financial strength. For this purpose the demand .should be at least 800 h.p. to 1,000 h.p., yielding a revenue to the Board of £12,000 to £15,000 per year, and involving a population of at least four thousand to five thousand persons. This is the minimum size in cases in which geographical and other considerations do not permit of a larger district. In the general ease the district should be three to five times this size, and in special cases in which a supply will not be available for some years, and the Board has to establish its own powerstation, the district should be as large as can be economically supplied from the available power source at the ratio of five head of population per horse-power. (b.) The district should include both town and country areas, but should have a distinct community of commercial and industrial interests. The country districts should be, included with the low us through which their produce is sold and their necessities purchased, and the whole of the back country trading through any one centre should be included with that centre. The boundaries must be designed to foster and encourage this natural community of trading interests. (c.) The district must be designed to give convenient road access for the distribution-lines to ensure both economical construction and effective patrol and maintenance. From this point of view the boundaries will consist, whenever possible, of mountain-ranges or large impassable rivers, such as the Waimakariri and Rakaia. (d.) The district must be. designed to utilize as far as possible the points of distribution selected s most suitable for the purposes of the main Government transmission-system, and as far as possible the whole output of each of ihe main Government substations should be taken over by a single Power Board. This will not always be possible owing to the geographical configuration of the district, but should generally be complied with. (c.) For rating and statistical purposes it will be advisable as far as possible to utilize existing county boundaries whenever they conform approximately to the above considerations. Taking these considerations into account, a suggested scheme of subdivision of the whole Dominion into electric-power districts is appended herewith, and should be made the basis of future

<4H C! il'roolamation ° ° . ApproxiName of Electric-power (constituting J> § "fi mate District. "District g -g o Area of gazetted. 5 S Distrioi Value of Voting for Loan Popula- Rateable Amount of tion. Property Loan. (unimproved). For. Against ' ] ~ i-'q. miles. Southland .. 19/11/19 12 9,986 Thames Valley .. 8/1/20 12 2,304 TeAwamutu .. I 8/1/20 10 309 Cambridge .. .. 8/1/20 8 104 Banks Peninsula . . 8/1/20 7 372 Wairarapa .. .. 25/3/20 9 2,073 Central .. .. 8/7/20 7 300 Teviot .. .. 22/7/20 7 120 Wairoa .. .. 29/7/20 10 1,369 Springs-Ellesmere .. 8/7/20 7 242 .. £ £ 65,450 13,600,471 1.500,000 6,516 415 16.000 6,814,993 200,000 1.503 28 6,000 ; 1,759,558 120,000 359 : .. •5.000 i 1,683,632 60,000 198 '■ 3 3,500 3,430,817 100,000 331 ' 23 21,800 3,114,718 Poll not yet taken. 9,110 3,667,904 1,800 169,137 3,900 2,417,251 5,400 2,627,468 Totals .. .'. .. .. I 17,179 137,960 39,285,949 ! 1,980,000 8,907 469

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applications for the formation of Electric - power Boards. This scheme leaves the following districts practically unaltered--Southland, Thames Valley, Hanks Peninsula, Ellesmere, Wairoa, Wairarapa ; but it is not proposed to insist on any immediate alterations in the other districts already formed. LIST OF SUGGESTED EIECTBIC-POWEE DISTRICTS. This allocation of suggested power districts represents what is considered to be the minimum areas for the most economical distribution, but in some instances, where community of interest is proved, the merging of adjacent areas to form a larger district will be. approved. The subdivision of these proposed areas should be avoided wherever possible unless substantial reasons are advanced

North Island.

No. Name. Population. _ ; Estimated Horse-power. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I'd n 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2L 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Whangaroa .. .. .. .. .. 10,917 Hobson .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,504 Whangarei .. .. .. .. .. .. 13,045 Rodney .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,314 I Waitemata.. .. .. .. .. .. 24,327 Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 103,268 Manukau .. .. .. .. .. .. 22,403 Franklin .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,908 Hamilton .. .. .. .. .. .. 24,199 Thames Valley .. .. .. .. .. 32,837 Tβ Awamutu ..' .. .. .. .. 8,587 Te Kuiti .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,684 Taumarunui .. .. .. .. .. 9,667 Waimarino.. .. .. .. .. .. 5,791 Taihape .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,330 New Plymouth .. .. .. .. .. 20,582 Hawera .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,479 Stratford .. .. .. .. .. .. i 14,356 Patea .. .. .. ... .. .. 8,234 Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. .. 22,970 Rangitikoi .. .. . . .. .. . . 9,688 Manawatu .. .. .. .. .. .. 32,382 Horowhenua .. .. . . .. .. 11,534 Wellington.. .. .. .. .. .. 84,049 Hutt Valley .. .. .. .. .. 20,359 Wairarapa .. .. .. . . .. .. 21,028 Pahiatua .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,284 Danncvirke .. .. .. .. .. 12,271 Waipawa .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,018 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. .. .. 33,971 Wairoa .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,862 Poverty Bay .. .. .. .. .. 23,547 Whakatane .. .. .. .. .. 5,908 Rotorua .. .. .. .. .. ... 7,090 Tauranga .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,197 East Taupo .. .. .. .. .. 515 667,805 2,200 1,300 2,600 1,700 5,000 21,000 4,500 3,200 4,800 6,500 I , 800 1,200 2,000 I , 200 I ,300 4,100 3,000 3,000 1,600 4,600 2,000 6,400 2,300 17,000 4,000 4,200 2,000 2,500 1,400 6,800 800 4,700 1,200 1,400 1,200 100 134,700 South Island. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 No. Name. Population. . J Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 23,566 Buller .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,221 Greymouth. . .. .. .. .. .. 12,382 Westland .. .. .. .. .. .. 7,292 Merlborough .. .. .. .. .. 16,507 Waipara .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,118 Rangiora .. .. .. .. .. . . 12,.'ill) Christchureh .. .. .. .. .. 96,927 Banks Peninsula .. .. .. .. .. 3,963 Selwyn .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,027 Ellesmere .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,226 Ashburton .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,598 Timaru .. .. .. .. .. .. 37,235 Waitaki .. .. .. .. .. .. 14,834 Otago .. .. .. .. .. .. 91,051 South Otago .. .. .. .. .. 22,480 Southland .. .. .. .. .. .. 58,892 Queenstown .. .. .. .. .. 2,713 Estimated Horse-power. 4,700 3,000 2,500 1,500 3,300 I .000 2,500 20,000 800 1,000 1,000 3,700 7,400 3,000 18,000 4,500 11,800 500 _ j 449,351 90,200 Note.—Details of the constitution of the above districts follows Table (.'., page 62.

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Ij( k ai. Electric-power-supply Systems. Outside the Power Boards the existing local supply authorities are showing great activity, but owing to the war disturbances they have not yet been able to make up the arrears in the normal expansion of their installations. In the seven principal cities and boroughs proposals are under consideration involving the installation of new plant to a capacity of 33,500 kilowatts at an estimated cost of £1,582,000, as follows :-

In each case provision is being made that the proposed plant shall work in with the main Government hydro-electric-power-supply system. During the year one additional steam-power plant has been put into service. (Waiuku Town Board), and four additional local authorities have undertaken the reticulation of energy purchased in bulk from the Government viz.. Eyre County Council, Halswell County Council, Rangiora County Council, and Rangiora Borough Council. The total number of local supply authorities in the Dominion is now seventy-one, details of which are. given in the tables herewith. The demand for increased power-supply has been very insistent owing to the increasing cost of fuel and labour, but the difficulty in obtaining plant has delayed the extensions required. The only station that has succeeded in increasing its capacity substantially during the year is the Auckland City Council, for which orders were placed in 1914. At the end of the financial year the capacities of the supply stations, analysed according to the sources of power, wore as follow : — Nun.tier. £apaoity. Proportion Kilowatts. per Cent. Water-power .. .. .. ..26 23.998 52-4 Steam .. .. .. .. ..9 16,122 35-2 Gas-engines .. .. .. ..17 3,209 7-0 Oil-engines .. .. .. ..3 2,476 5-4 Bulk supply .. .. .. .. 16 (No generating plant.) Totals .. .. ..71 45,805 100-0 The sum of the maxima outputs of the whole fifty-five power plants for the year was only 30,736 kw. out of the total capacity of 45,805 kw., leaving a margin of 15,069 kw., or 33 per cent., as standby plant—a margin which can be very much reduced when the whole of the stations are interconnected, so that each will serve as standby for its neighbours. With regard to the authorities operating the various installations, they are as follows :— Number Capacity. Proport Kilowatts. per Cent. Government Departments .. .. ..3 15,000 32-7 City Councils .. .. .. ..1 18,300 40-0 Borough Councils .. .. .. ..39 7,905 ]7-2 Town Boards .. .. .. ..10 529 1-2 County Councils . . .. .. . . 5 (Bulk) Electric-supply companies .. .. ..9 2,071 4-5 Industrial companies . . .. .. ..1 2,000 4-4 Totals .. .. .. ..71 45,805 100-0 The increase during the year in the proportion operated by the Government from 19-8 to 32-7 per cent, is due to the purchase of the Horahora power plant. The total number of consumers at the end of the year was 58,449, as compared, with 54,926 last year, an increase of 3,523 consumers, or 6-4 per cent. These are distributed as follows :— Number of ~ Consumers. Proportion. 3 Government Departments .. .. .. .. 1,228 2-1 4 City Councils .. .. .. .. ..30,452 52-3 39 Borough Councils .. .. .. ..19,511 33-4 10 Town Boards .. .. .. .. ..1,412 2-4 5 County Councils .. .. .. .. .. ],990 3-3 10 Electric-supply companies .. .. .. .. 3,856 6-5 71 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 58,449 100-0

Authority. Power. Present Power. Proposed Addition. Estimated Cost. Auckland City Wellington City Dunedin City Wangaimi Borough Palmerstoa North Borough New Plymouth Borough Invercargill Borough .. Steam Water Steam Gas .. Water Steam Kw. .13,000 7,500 6,000 375 Nil 850 975 Kw. 13,000 6,000 6,000 1,500 1.000 5,000 1,000 £ 500,000 386,000 200,000 84,000 J 27,000 235.000 50,000 Total I , 582, (J00

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As compared with last year these figures show a larger proportion of country supply, there being 1,990 county consumers as against 1,250 last year. With the development of the Electric-power Board districts it is anticipated that in the, early future the number of country consumers will increase very rapidly, thus fulfilling the main object of hydro-electric supply in stimulating the output of primary products, and attracting the population to the country districts. With regard to the systems of supply, the fifty-five stations of the Dominion (Table P) are operating on the following systems :— Number. Kilowatts. Proportion. Three-phase, 50 cycles. . .. .. ..18 26,690 58-3 Three-phase, 60 cycles. . .. .. .. I 550 1-2 Single-phase, 40 cycles .. .. .. I 235 0-5 Single-phase, 50 cycles .. .. ..4 1,335 2-9 Single-phase, 60 cycles .. .. .. I 75 0-2 Single-phase, 80 cycles .. .. .. I 4,500 9-8 D.C., 3-wire, 460 volts. . .. .. ..21 11,251 24-6 D.C., 2-wire, 230 volts.. .. .. ..7 794 1-7 D.C., 2-wire, 550 volts.. .. .. ..I 375 0-8 55 45,805 100-0 The three-phase 50-oyclc system, has been adopted as the standard for the. Dominion. To enable supply to be taken economically from the Government hydro-eleotric-supply systems it is necessary that all the distribution-systems as far as possible should be changed over to this standard system. Already 58-3 per cent, of the plant capacity installed, is on the standard system, and several other plants are making arrangements to change over in the near future. It is thus anticipated that within a. couple of years over 75 per cent, of the installed capacity of the Dominion will be on the standard system, with consequent economy in interchange of power ami convenience in keeping spares and stocks. With regard to the cost of operation (Table G), twenty-seven out of fifty-five systems are operating at a profit after paying capital charges, and the balance at a loss. This is due mainly to the rapidly increasing costs. These should be met as early as possible, either by increased economy in operation, increased output, or, where these are not available, by increased charges. The comparison between the gross operating results of the North Island and the South Island systems (Table G) is valuable in view of the larger proportion of hydro-electric power in operation in the South Island. The figures for last year are as follows : North South ~, , . Island. Island. Population supplied .. ~ .. .. 307,489 229,354 536,843 Number of consumers .. .. .. .. 34,f07 24,342 58,449 Power installed, (kilowatts) .. .. .. 27,099 18,706 45,805 Maximum load (kilowatts) .. .. .. 16,717 13,999 30,716 Capital outlay .. .. .. .. £1,642,269 11, 6J J, 601 13,253,870 Units generated .. .. .. .. 42,233,651 57,661,879 99,895,530 Units sold .. .. .. .. .. 33,619,138 45,809,980 79,429,118 Units non-productive .. .. .. .. 8,614,513 11,851,899 20,466,412 Percentage, units non-productive .. .. 20-4 20-5 20-4 Total load factor .. . . . . , . 28-7 47-0 37-0 Total revenue .. .. .. .. .. 1372,940 1280,709 £653,649 Revenue per unit sold .. .. .. .. 2-66 d. l-46d. l-98d. Revenue per kilowatt I.II. maximum .. .. £22-3 £20-0 £21-1 Total working-expenses.. .. .. .. £233.158 £141,703 £374,861 Working-expenses per unit sold .. .. .. l-(i(id. 0-74 d. lT3d. Working-expenses per kilowatt: I.II. maximum .. £13-9 £10-1 £12-2 Total capital charges .. .. .. .. £102,417 £109,741 £212,158 Capital charges per unit sold .. .. .. 0-74 d. 0-57 d. 0-64 d. Capital charges per kilowatt I.II. maximum .. £6-1 £7-8 £6-9 Total annual costs .. .. .. .. £330,048 £249,085 £579,133 Total annual cost per unit sold .. .. .. 2-'lod. l-31d. l-75d Total annual cost per kilowatt P.H. maximum .. £20-0 £17-9 1:19-1 The present total capital outlay on electric-power supply in each of the two Islands is approximately the same (£1,600,000), but owing to the higher capital cost of hydro-electric planl the installed hydro-capacity in the North Island is less than in the South Island, where the majority of the plant is operated by water-power. On (he other hand, the load factor and the output in units arc higher in the South' Island (45,800,000 units sold) than in the North (33.(100.000 units sold) owing to the cheaper cost of production, and the total cost per unit sold is I -3d. in the South Island as compared with 2-4 d. in the North. Lawrence Bibks, B.Sc, M.lnst.C.E., M.1.E.E., Chief Electrical Engineer.

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TABLES. Table A. —Operating Results.

Results of Operation. First Year, Second fear, ending ending March, I9J6. , March, 11)17. Third Year, ending Maroh, 1918. Fourth Year, Fifth Year, ending ending Maroh, 1919. March, 1920. I Capital outlay Costs — Working-costs Interest, 4 per cent. Depreciation, 2 per cent. Total costs £320,330 £366,984 £9,383 £12,889 CM. 398 £13,743 £5,386 £6,078 £26,167 £32,710 i i £389,754 £14,449 £14,871 £7,013 £36,333 £403,156 £422,076 £17,138 £17,759 £15,692 £16,863 £7,329 £7,624 £40,159 £42,246 Revenue— City Council Tramways Wholesale consumers Retail consumers Miscellaneous Total revenue Accumulated depreciation fund Net debit balance- profit and loss account Maximum load (kilowatts) — Power-house Substation City Council Tramways Output (units) — Power-house Substation Sold (units) — City Council Tramways Wholesale consumers Retail consumers Total units sold £6,200 £8.500 £3,962 £1.523 £6.559 £537 £983 £258 £750 £8,518 £20,754 £5,853 £12.116 £18,572 £30,528 1,372 4,366 1,220 3,900 1,020 1,600 1,700 i i i i I I I ; I £11,338 £7,024 £10,804 £1,912 £1,014 £32,092 £19,666 £34,871 5,438 4,800 2,260 1,660 £13,556 ! £16,029 £6,885 £7,660 £14,090 £18,735 £1,529 £1,952 £1,264 £1,455 £37,324 £45,831 £27,393 £35,389 £37,707 , £34,121 5,900 7,066 5,340 6,260 2,625 2,966 1,580 1,760 t, 860,260 14,774,960 4,128,232 12,934,230 I I 22,403,660 20,539,430 27,495,720 33,010,130 24,548,554 29,572,160 3,417,040 6,137,110 3,162,583 5(X),801 2,175,268 76,926 190,000 3,994,767 11,664,961 I I 9,183,700 5,634,403 4,719,283 307,290 19,844,676 10,886,290 12,936,340 5,485,370 ; 6,417,900 6,770,488 8,348,174 245,398 315,562 23,387,546 28,017,976 Losses— Transmission losses Percentage Distribution losses Percentage Average weekly load factor (percentage) — Power-house Substation City Working-costs — Per kilowatt (power - house max.) Per kilowatt (substation max.) Per unit generated Per unit sold Capital charges — Per kilowatt (power - house max.) Per kilowatt (substation max.) Per unit generated Per unit sold Total cost— Per kilowatt (power-house max.) Per kilowatt (substation max.) Per unit generated Per unit sold 752,028 1,840,730 15-0 12-5 133,465 1,269,269 3-2 9-8 44-3 52-9 43-3 53-1 390 492 £6-80 £2-95 £7-70 £3-32 0-46d. 0-21d. 0-56d. 0-26d. I I I I, 864 ,230 8-3 694.751 3-1 58-0 58-4 54-8 £2-66 £3-01 0-15d. 0-17ri 2,947,166 3.437,960 10-7 10-1 1,161,008 1.472,414 4/7 |,| 591 59-9 58-4 58-6 526 53-1 £290 £2-51 £321 £2-83 0-15d. 0-13d. 0-17d. (H5d. £12-20 £4-55 i £4 -04 £3-90 £3-46 £13-70 £5-08 0-83d. J 0-32d. l-01d. : 0-41d. £4-56 0-23d. O-26d. £431 £3-91 0-20d 0-18d. 0-24d. ()-2ld. £19-00 £7-50 I £6-70 £6-80 £5-98 £21-40 £8-40 l-29d. 0-53d. l-57d. 0-68d. i £7-57 0-39d. 0-44d. £7-52 £6-75 0-35d. ()-31 d. 0-41d. o-36d. I evenue — Per kilowatt (power - house max.) Per kilowatt (substation max.) Per unit generated Per unit sold Per unit sold to City Council Per unit sold to Tramways .. Per unit sold to wholesale con-£6-20 £4-75 £7-00 £5-30 0-42d. O-34d. ()-51d. O-45d. 043d. I 033d. 031d. 073d. O-72d. i £5-90 £6-69 0-34d. 0-39d, 0-30d. 0-30d. 0-55(1. £6-32 £6-48 £700 £7-32 033d. 0-33d. 0-38d. ()-39d. 0-30d. ()-30d. 0-30d. ()-29d. 0-50d. 0-54d. sumers lVr unit sold to retail con-|-67d. , 1-2I<I. L-50d. 1.50(1. 1-50,1. sumers

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Table B. —Details of Capital Outlay.

Table C.—Operating or Working Costs for the Year, compared with previous Year.

Table D. —Gross Financial Results of Distribution of Energy for Year ended 31st March, 1920.

('amtai Outlay. Capital Outlay. I Inn. 31st March, 191!). 81st March, 1920. i i Increase. Land, roading, and fencing Tunnel and headworks Power-house and machinery Staff village Transmission-lines Addington Substation Primary distribution Secondary distribution Service transformers and meters Vehicles and loose equipment . . Telephone-lines Office furniture Surveys, preliminary expenses, &c, Interest during construction £ £ 17,386 17,393 98,421 100,347 72,860 74,235 12,215 12,772 52,882 53,378 22,502 24,731 41,813 ll,33"i 23,734 27,229 11,848 12,594 .. , 4,460 6,304 .. i 1,828 1,828 105 202 28,532 31,843 14,564 1.4,885 £ 7 1,926 1,375 557 496 2.229 2,522 3,495 746 1,838 97 3,311 321 Totals 403,156 422,076 18,920

1919. 1920. Expenditure Cost. Per Unit sold. Cost. Per Unit sold. Generation Transmission Main distributing-station H.T. distribution L.T. distribution Stand-by plant Management and general expenses Totals £ 4,760 3,046 2,173 1,648 619 1,668 3,224 17,138 d. 0-049 0-031 0-023 0-017 0-00G 0-017 0-033 £ 5,303 1.975 2,413 1,912 977 1,789 3,390 d, 0-046 0-017 0-020 0-016 0-008 0-015 0-029 I 0-176 17,759 0-151 i

Distributing Authority. 8I Capital g g Outlay. iJ Sf 111 1 ■"• ill 111 [,it,mst -11 I I Public Works Department Christchurch City Council I-lalswell County Council Heathoote County Council .. I Kaiapoi Borough Council .. j Lyttelton Borough Council .. I Riecarton Borough Council . . liangiora Borough Council .. Rangiora. County Council Spreydon Borough Council . . Suinner Borough Council Tai Tapu Dairy Company Waimairi County Council £ 359 422,076 6,632 302,185 78 5,000 432 9,700 326 4,320 108 5,000 325 4,998 171 5,500 121 6,659 303 6,162 292 6,465 | 109 5,344 1,28!) 37,650 £ £££■'££££ 24,780* .. 17,759 16,863 .. 7,624 8,080-1 .. 86,662* P.W. 16,029 19,342 H,(ilO .. 15,028 5,933 .. 264 „ 105 50 I I'd 50 .. .. j 61 2,310 „ 1029 671 40L 77 .. 131 .. 1,792 „ 722 445 Kil .. .. 464 .. 1,560 „ 677 390 214 100 .. 179 .. 1,521 ,. 217 :!54 21)7 .. 240 164 C.C. 309 708 P.W. 279 .174 289 55 .. .. 89 639 „ 189 54 151 I 50 .. 195 .. 1,230 C.C. 370 277 300 60 125 98 1,565 P.W. 495 435 315 i 60 129 131 .. 1,606 „ 720 423 318 194 .. .. 49 5,659 „ 83 1,785 1,938 .. .. 651 C.C. 1,201 1,319 P.W. 506 395 343 70 .. 5 .. 111,615 22,931 42,554 33,260 11,536 199 Woolston Borough Council . . 286 7,515 Totals 10,831 828,574 i * After deducting amount C.C. Paid to Christchurch City (.' of sales to other ,'ouneil. • distributing bodies. P.W. Paid to Public Works Department, Net profit ( of the whole system, £1.1,337,

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Table E. —Total connected Load in Kilowatts.

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Light. I Heat. Heat. Power. Total. ;__ Direct Public Works Department wholesale con-85-0 74-7 3-8 4-0 1-0 29-7 3-6 0-3 25-0 37-0 127-2 i 3-1 6-0 1-2 2-0 1-0 7-0 1-0 229-2 sumers— Tramways Freezing-works Flour-mills . . .. .. : . Dairy factories Quarries Tanneries, fellmongeries, &c. Seed-cleaning Brick-yards Railway workshops Harbour Board Institutions Soapworks Sawmills Bacon-factory Steelworks Lyttelton Pumping-station Waikuku Twine-mills Aviation company 4,110-0 1,869-1 275-9 92-2 123-5 767-6 108-5 93-5 207-8 99-0 1365 21-7 22-5 15-0 20-8 115'9 372 6-0 4,195-0 1,949-8 280-9 98-2 125-5 804-3 113 I 93-8 232-8 1360 492-9 24-8 22-5 15-7 1,223-4 116-2 37-2 210 0-7 2-6 0-3 1,200-0 5-4 9-6 Total Public Works .Department consumers 403-4 1,457-0 8,122-7 9,983-1 Local authority reticulations— Christchurch City Council Waimairi County Council Riccarton Borough Council Lyttelton Borough Council Woolston Borough Council Sumner Borough Council Kaiapoi Borough Council Rangiora Borough Council Heathcote County Council Paparua County Council Halswell County Council Eyre County Council Rangiora County Council Tai Tapu District Lake Coleridge Power-house and substation 5.367-8 23-9 392 92-8 88-6 92-8 79-6 73-6 142-4 106-8 28-4 15-1 27-8 55-0 17-3 20-2 954-4 18-0 62 0 44-0 129-4 153-2 142-0 52-4 223-9 139-1 44-6 32-4 56-8 87-4 155-4 362 11,093-8 4-0 50-4 192-4 29-5 53-8 36-2 100-5 301 1034 23-4 20-5 84-4 63-1 01 113-9 17,415-6 45-9 1516 3292 247-5 299-8 257-8 220-5 396-4 34:9-3 96-4 68-0 169-0 205-5 172-8 170-3 Totals 6,674-7 3,787-8 20,122-2 30,584-7 I Maximum load, distributing-station, 6,260 kilo itatio:i, 29,572,160; annual load factor, 54 per cent. ,tts; diveri lity, 4-86; init output, distributing-

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Table F.—Electric-supply Stations of New Zealand at 31st March, 1920. North Island.

Authority. Population. Population. 1 Consumers. Consumers. Power. St j Power. Static Head in Feet. atic Hea Lα Feet. ad _ Capacity in Kilowatts. Installed. Max. Loa Lapacity in Jviu Installed. [ M; 10 wait s. lax. Load. System of Supply. Supply Voltage. ; Lighting. Power. Retail Selling-prices. Locality. Authority. Installed. Max. Load. j-usiaueu. jus. j^ua 1 s. d. 8. d. Auckland Bulls .. Devonport Eketahuna Feilding Gisborne Hamilton Hastings Havelock North Hawera Huntly Inglewood Kaponga .. ., llangaweka ilartinborough Napier .. Ngaruawahia New Plymouth Ohakune Opotiki Pahiatua City Private .. .. Company Borough Borough Borough Borough .. .. Borough Town Board Company Town Board Borough Town Board Town Board Town Board Borough Town Board Borough Borough Private Borough Borough Borough Town Board Government Borough Borough Borough Borough Borough Borough Public Works Department .. Borough Company Borough Borough Town Board Borough Town Board City 95,917 483 7,613 754 3,438 14,366 7,538 8,500 870 3,375 1,535 1.199 397 390 725 12,704 900 8,704 1,371 1,073 1,300 1,600 1,533 508 2,845 2,713 1,927 1,685 1,802 2,300 5,298 1,530 3,294 1,422 850 14,380 650 90,000 4,156 130 700 225 752 1,513 561 1,552 218 1,410 237 338 113 70 178 1.191 202 2.621 173 225 117 210 180 201 868 878 290 566 416 375 674 256 27 630 275 67 20 140 11,351 Steam Gas Gas Gas f Gas 1 Oil . . 1 Oil .. \ Steam i Steam I Oil .. ; Bulk supply .. ! I Water I Oil .. I Steam Water Water Water Gas I I Gas t Oil . . Gas Water Water J Gas ; Gas I Water 1 Gas I Gas j Water i Water I I Water lOil .. Water JGas Water .. . i I Water ! 1 Oil . . Gas ! (Water I Oil Water ' Gas Water Bulk supply . . I Water : 1 Gas Steam 1 Gas ; Water j Steam .. ' 55 40 30 35 120 44 70 360 14 36 28 108 560 130 27 130 200 60 7,000* 27 200 70 180 1 ' 130 J 300 I 350 1 170 360 445 I 154 j" 225 120 45 30 27 940 » 110 1 70 850 90 86 35 50 I 45 f 85 48 200 90 I 145 f 100 t 7o ) 160 135 I 187 1 175 105 1 105 6,300 56 2,000 '23 1 62 ] 24 375 40 4,500t 4,200 18 175 i 30 J 147 362 185 360 29 362 ' 70 60 42 23 31 900 33 750 45 58 30 50 70 45 184 187 128 150 100 75 105 2,700 57 1.460 (150) 63 17 286 30 3,200 ( D.C. t A.C, D.C. D.C. D.C. A.C. D.C. D.C. D.C. A.C. A.C. D.C. A.C. D.C. A.C. D.C. D.C. D.C. A.C. A.C. D.C. D.C. A.C. D.C. A.C. A.C. A.C. D.C. A.C. A.C. D.C. D.C. A.C. D.C. A.C. A.C. D.C. D.C. D.C. A.C. A.C. 460/230 1 0 6 o 21 400/230 I U ° 4 230 10 0 6 460/230 0 6 0 3 230 0 8 0 4 230 S.P. 10 0 4 440/220 0 8 0 3 460/230 0 7 0 3 460/230 0 6' 03 400/230 0 7 0 4 400/230 0 7 0 3| 460/230 0 9 0 5 400/230 0 7 0 2 230 0 9 0 4 400/230 0 9 0 4 230 0 10 0 5 460/230 0 6J 0 3 460/230 0 9 0 5 440/220 0 6 0 1£ 400/230 0 9 0 4 460/230 0 9 0 4 460/230 0 10 0 5 100 S.P. 0 7| 460/230 0 8 0 4 400/230 0 10 0 3 200/115 0 6 0 2 100 S.P. 0 8 0 4 460/230 0 8 0 2 400/230 0 8 0 2 400/230 0 6 0 2 460/230 0 10 0 4 460/230 0 10 0 4 11,000 460/230 0 9 0 6 400/230 400/230 0 5| 0 2 4411/220 0 9 460/230 Fixed rate. 550 .. 0 4J 400/230 0 10 105 S.P. 0 6 0 3 Patea Pukekohe Raetihi Rotorua Stratford Taihape Tauranga Te Aroha Te Kuiti Thames Waikato (Horahora) Wairoa Wairua Falls Whangarei Waitara Waiuku Wanganui Waverley Wellington Totals for North Island .. 34.107 27.099 16.717 -i ■ J 34,107 27,099 16,717 I v>*, H'/ Z/.UMH * Does not include 6,000 kilowatts installed for tramway. t Does not include 3,000 kilowatts installed for tramway. S.P.: Single phase-. Note. — All A.C. systems are standard frequency, 50 cycles, except Wellington (80 cycles) and Stratford (40 cycles).

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Table F.—Electric-supply Stations of New Zealand— continued. South Island.

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Locality. Authority. Population. Consumers. Power. Capacity in Kilowatts. Retail Selling-price •SftS , *- - lu^y 0 ' Supply Yo.tag,Installed. Max. Load. Lighting. Power. Akaroa .. .. .. .. Borough Ashburton .. .. .. Company Bluff .. .. .. .. Borough Brightwater .. .. .. Company .. Lake Coleridge .. .. .. Public Works Department .. Christchurch .. .. .. City Eyre .. .. .. .. County Halswell .. .. .. County Heathcote .. .. .. Count}Kaiapoi .. .. .. Borough Lvttelton .. .. .. Borough Riccarton .. .. .. Borough Rangiora .. .. .. Borough Rangiora .. .. .. County Spreydon .. .. .. Borough Sumner .. .. .. Borough Tai Tapu .. .. .. Company Waimairi .. .. .. County Woolston .. .. .. Borough Dunedin .. .. .. City Gore .. .. .. .. Borough Havelock .. .. .. Town Board Invercargill .. .. .. Borough Kaitangata .. .. .. Borough .. Mokitika .. .. .. Company Mataura .. .. .. Borough Oamaru .. .. .. Borough Picton .. .. .. .. Borough .. Reefton .. .. .. Company Timaru .. .. .. Borough AVinton .. .. .. Borough .. 540 5,452 1,823 872 55,860 1,806 1,628 3,277 1,560 3,766 2,890 1,808 2,747 4,289 2,287 814 11,914 3,990 68,716 3,551 290 22,000 1,681 2,091 1,239 5,140 1,121 1,900 13,716 586 155 675 258 330 359 6.632 60 78 432 326 108 325 171 121 303 292 109 1,289 286 8,313 360* 44 1,528 4 Nil 162 265 225 202 800 130 I Water I Gas I Oil .. I Gas Steam Water I Gas I Water I Steam Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. Bulk supply .. I Watei I Oil .. Water Water Steam Steam Water Water Water Water 1 Gas I Water i Steam j Gas i Steam Gas 310 10 490 665 20 270 250 20 244 266 30 1 66 j 165 1 186 J 50 40 I ■to i 6,000 I 2,500 \ 6,000 1 800 J 150 20 975 50 550 75 250 15 I 85 f 75 1 103 J 250 [ 175 \ 56 30 D.C. 2M I A.C. 30* n.c. 42 A.C. 7,066 A.C. (2,966) A.C. (41) A.C. (28) A.C. (127) A.C. (91) A.C. (64) A.C. (55) A.C. (50) A.C. (40) A.C. A.C. (50) A.C. 150* A.C. (210) A.C. (52) A.C. 5,420 A.C. 100 A.C. 11 D.C. 580 A.C. 5 A.C. Ml A.C, 30 A.C. 75 A.C. 73 D.C. 80 D.C. 198 D.C. 35 A.C. 230/115 400/230 i 230 f MO/230 230 S.P. -I I (( I 230 400/230 400/230 400/230 400/230 400 230 400/230 400 230 400 230 400/230 400 230 400/230 400/230 400 '230 400/230 400/230 400/230 460 '230 400/230 400/230 400/230 440'220 S. P. 400/230 460/230 230 460/230 400/230 a. d. a. d. 0 6 0 3 0 8 0 4 0 7J 0 4 0 9 0 4 0 5 0 l{ Fixed rate. Fixed rate. Fixed rate. Fixed rate. Fixed rate. Fixed rate. Fixed rate. Fixed rate. Fixed 1 rate. Fixedl rate. Fixed I rate. Fixed! rate. Fixed 1 rate. 0 6 0 2 0 7 0 3 10 0 6 0 7J 0 3£ 0 6 0 2J 0 6J 0 3 Fixed rate. Fixed rate. 0 11 0 4 0 9 Totals for South Island 24,342 24,342 18,706 13,999 Totals for New Zealand 58,449 45,805 58,449 30,716 • Assessed. Returns not to hand. S.P.: Single phase. Note. —All A.C. systems are standard frequency, 50 cycles, except Hokitika (60 cycles) and llataura (60 cycles).

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Table G.—Summary of Returns of Operating Results for Year ending 31st March, 1920. North Island.

Station. Capital Outlay at 31st March, 1920. Generated or purchased. Units. Sold. Non-productive Units. ] I , Number. Per Cent. Working- Capital .evenue. expenses. Charges. <«) (ft) Average Revenue. Total Annual Costs. Per Unit Per KW sold. P.H. Ma Working Costs. Per Unit Per KW. '. Per Unit sold. P.H. Max. sold. Capital Costs. Total Costs. Per KW. Per Unit Per KW. P.H. Max. sold. P.H. Max. Per KW. P.H. Max. £ £ £ 49,826 24,459 74,285 684 ' 3,620 1,492 5,112 1,094 I 218 1,312 4,408 j 1,385 5,793 13,719 I 2,310 16,029 7,604 933 8,537 12,121 ! 3,912 16,033 1,106 I 210 1,316 3,232 I 4,301 7,533 el,870 I 6,055 7,925 1,323 530 1,853 2,308 510 2,818 304 343 647 448 d200 648 1,050 i 498 1,548 11,898 i 7,573 19,471 985 i 391 1,376 7,618 7,647 15,265 740 273 : 1,013 1,662 310 1,972 1,028 662 1,690 1,572 430 2,002 926 126 1,052 1,169 3,674 4,098 1,723 5.821 2,331 730 3,061 3,878 1,787 5,665 2,921 710 3,631 2,221 857 3,078 2,460 1,268 3,728 2,223 1,468 3,691 3,150 9,210 12,360 1,797 1,335 3,132 1,973 585 2,558 M.092 690 1,782 Tramwayj Account 394 J 291 I 685 68,631 16,995 I 85,626 d. 2-3 11 5 4-8 136 6-4 50 6-4 4-2 6-2 0-25 7-4 5-9 7-5 8-5 3-8 90 2-7 6-8 I 8-2 6-8 I 3 3 7-9 5 3 3-9 6-2 40 2-4 91 75 5-2 80 0-6 4-6 10- 1 11-6 2.9 7-8 i 4-2 j I £ 21-2 ! 57-6 25-7 49-5 32-6 440 ; 49-4 I 46-5 45 5 354 5-2 193 521 20-0 ! 185 S3- 2 18-4 38-6 25-7 364 341 ! 24 2 29-8 19-6 31-3 ! 31-3 I 29-2 I 31-5 j 26-1 27-5 i 50-7 450 48-7 6 9 315 330 26 1 260 32-5 I d. 1-3 7-6 3-8 100 5-9 43 53 30 5-2 0 1 72 43 2-7 8-9 2 7 70 11 31 6-9 9-6 35 5-4 4-4 25 4-6 23 2-3 9-7 4-4 2-7 64 0-2 1-7 9-6 28-5 39 2-8 £ 11 8 379 20-7 365 300 37-9 41-1 336 38- 1 8-9 16 18 9 385 7-2 19-4 339 132 29-7 10 1 16-4 28-7 342 31 5 132 26-0 19-9 21-8 18-2 25-8 29-2 29 7 234 390 2-2 120 31 3 640 13 1 21 4 d. 0-6 1-6 20 1-8 0-7 0-7 1-0 10 0-3 2-9 10 31 40 1-7 2-8 11 11 13 6-2 10 0-7 2-0 0-7 11 24 1-7 14 43 05 1-3 2-9 17 9 2-9 0-7 £ 5-8 8-6 7-2 9-4 6-4 50 10-8 7-2 11-9 5-4 7-6 8-5 S-2 8-7 160 8-4 11 8 10-2 60 5-4 22 1 8-6 1-8 9-2 5-7 11-9 71 11-4 121 25-8 6-3 8-9 9-3 40-5 9-7 5-3 d. 19 54 120 7-7 50 60 40 6-2 04 101 5-3 5-8 129 4-4 9-8 2-2 4-2 8-2 15-8 4-5 61 6-6 30 3-4 12- 1 6-1 41 10-7 0-7 30 12-5 46-4A 6-8 35 £ 176 293 43-7 394 44-3 46- 1 44-4 45 3 20-8 70 26-5 470 154 28- 1 J9-9 21-6 41-5 20-3 22-4 341 563 40-1 15 0 31-0 239 37-7 363 41-1 35 5 64-8 8-5 20-9 40-6 104-57i 22-8 26-7 £ 1. Auckland(c) .. 457,080 2. Bull's .. .. 5,100 3. Devonport .. 32,937 4. Eketahuna .. 7,000 5. Feilding .. 20,292 6. Gisbome .. 43,306 7. Hamilton .. 15,923 S. Hastings .. 46,992 9. .;i,Havelock North 3,620 10. Hawera .. 38,525 11. Horahora .. 212,523 12. Huntly .. 8,600 13. Ingle wood .. 8,500 14. Kaponga .. 6,058 15. Jlangaweka .. 44,000 16. Jlartinborough .. 6,641 17. Napier.. .. 62,700 18. Ngaruawahia .. 8,848 19. New Plymouth .. 114,355 20. Ohakune .. 9,100 21. Opotiki .. 6,172 22. Pahiatua .. 10,175 23. Patea .. .. 3,698 24. Pukekohe .. 6,000 25. Raetihi .. 13,864 26. Rotorua .. 32,985 27. Stratford .. 17,100 28. Taihape .. 13,047 29. Tauranga .. 21,405 30. Te Aroha .. 15,400 31. Te Kuiti .. 14,692 32. Thames .. 18,032 33. Wairoa .. 11,600 34. Wairua Falls .. 86,870 35. Whangarei .. 19,202 36. Waitara .. 8,300 37. Waraku(A) .. 2,348 38. Wanganui 11,165.554 </(27,OOO) 350,770 33,490 202,980 942,547 522,515 1,045.567 58,213 1,048,112 6,415,150 53,078 144,535 d< 33,400) 20,000 tf(67,900) /I,182,980 57,856 /2.519, 000 d<72.000) 60,000 d<32.400) 119.225 d<51, 700) d<93.100) 515,229 d<263.000) 278,864 486,000 d< 90,500). 146,207 224,765 84,544 5,240,250 275,000 52,560 d<11.500) /969,273 9,209,063 1,956,491 21,520 228,004 122,766 26,184 7,316 180,755 22,225 | 763,120 179,427 341,412 181,103 951,263 94,304 51,427 6,786 I d<733.678) 5,630,200 784,950 44,060 9,018 128,000 16,535 26,622 12,000 8,000 d(54,300) 1,050,890 132,090 33,589 24,267 1,717,500 801,500 57,655 57,800 2,200 25,838 107,060 12,165 41,440 64,252 352,701 152,528 210,592 242,492 36,372 398.800 87,200 72,260 121,755 24,452 218,655 6,110 82,844 1,700 4,237,208 1,003,042 248,878 26,122 49,000 3,560 9,211 124,797 Not separa tramw 17-6 350 21-9 110 191 34-8 905 11-65 122 169 1145 400 11 5 420 31-8 (73-68 10 1 29-6 1305 17-90 16-7 S 2-68 19 1 955 06-79 ted from £ 89,051 1,036 4,505 1,481 4,801 15,874 9,184 16,755 1,319 12,789 e5,803 1,351 3,131 838 427 1,962 16,596 1,271 19,305 1,635 1,972 730 1,488 1,368 1,408 5,775 5,469 4,026 3,936 2,750 3,796 4,743 2,761 10,071 4,741 2,067 444 1,507 39. Waverley .. 4,861 40. Wellington(c) .. 224,417 ay. d<29.950) 7,580,150 : 23,962 5,968,616 1,542,509 20-4 781 103,993 £ Totals .. 1,642,269 42,233.651 33,619,138 8,614,513 £ 20-4 372,940 4" £ 233,158 J 102,417 £ d. £ 330,048 2-66 j 22-3 (average)(average) d. £ d. £ d. £ 1 66 139 0-74 615 I 2-4 200 (average)(average) (average)(average) (average) (average (a) Includes wages, fuel, and maintenance of aenerating and distributing system, (e) From November. 1919, to March, 1920. (/) Including tramways. (g) (ft) Includes interest, depreciation, and sinking fund. From assessment by local authority. (h) First year of o] (c) Not including tramways. >eration. (i) Includes assessed units (d) Assessed from incomplete returns, ihown in brackets.

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Table G.—Summary of Returns of Operating Results for Year ending 31st March, 1920— continued. South Island.

Station. Capital Outlav at 31st March, 1920. Units. Non-productive Units. re Units. Per Cent.: Working He venue. Expenses. (a) Capital Charges. ib) Total Annua] Cost. : Average Revenue. Working Costs. Capital Charges. Total Cost. Per Unit Per KW. Per Unit Per KW. Per Unit Per KW. Per Unit I Per KW sold. P.KMax. sold. P.H.Max. sold. P.H.Max. sold. P.H.Max. Generated or Purchased. Sold. dumber. 1. Akaroa 2. Ashburton 3. Bluff .. 4. Brightwater 5. Lake Coleridge .. 6. Christchurch City Council^) 7. Eyre County 8. Halswell County 9. Heathcote County 10. Kaiapoi 11. Lyttelton 12. Riccarton 13. Rangiora 14. Rangiora County 15. Spreydon 16. Sumner 17. Tai Tapu 18. Waimairi County 19. Woolston 20. Dunedin(e) 21. Gore .. 22. Havelock 23. Invercargill(e) .. 24. Kaitangata 25. Hokitika 26. Mataura 27. Oamaru 28. Picton 29. Reefton 30. Timaru 31. Winton £ 7,760 30,679 4,000 6,500 422,076 302,185 c(59,100) 47,326 403.637 387,239 16,398 c(70,000) 55,793 c(92,100) c(73,400) 33,010.130 e28,017,976 4,992,154 12,936,340 10,185.815 2,750.525 £ 1,733 rf406 7,664 727 2,454 /151 45,831 21-2 68,542 £ £ 901 I 463 5,308 1,514 705 193 1,508 465 17,759 24.487 35,371 27.23S £ 1,364 6,822 898 1,973 42,246 62,609 d. £ 8-8 57-8 ! 4-8 34-2 3-1 24-1 58-5 0-4 6-5 1-6 23-1 d. 4-6 3-3 3-0 0-2 0-8 £ 30-0 23-7 23-4 35 9 2-5 11-9 d. 2-3 0-9 0-8 0 2 06 £ 15-4 6-8 6-4 110 3-5 9-2 d 6-9 4-2 3-8 0-4 1-4 £ 45-4 30-5 29-8 46-9 60 21-1 1,608 5,000 9,700 4,320 5,000 4,998 5,500 6,659 6,162 6,465 5,344 37,650 7,515 526,181 11,000 2,057 77,139 194 25,000 2,528 25,554 8,970 3,000 46,778 4,079 67,366 34,441 491,368 346,880 131,475 147,381 77,283 157,218 81,580 247,680 324,028 781,350 r93,530 19,983.790 14,202,787 5,781,003 c(365,000) 256,421 c(24,100) c(19,270) 2,142,180 1,757,518 384,662 Included 264 2,310 1,792 1,560 1,521 708 639 1,230 1,565 1,606 5,659 1,319 28-9 84,720 5,742 279 17-9 17,800 in P.W.DJ figures for 155 ! 170 1.700 ' 478 1,167 161 1,067 313 880 477 453 344 243 201 647 485 930 504 1,143 512 3,069 1,938 901 413 34,132 40,760 3.608 567 355 , 39 10,844 ! 2,636 i Lake Cole i 325 2,178 I 1,328 1.380 1,357 797 444 1,132 1,434 1,655 5,007 1,314 74,892 4,175 394 13,480 ridge till 1/7/20. '2-3 9-4 1-1 18-2 I 1-6 19-7 3-6 24-4 2-5 27-7 2-8 14-3 1-0 11-9 4-5 1-9 31-3 1-5 10-7 2-2 26-9 2-1 25-4 14 156 5-4 57-4 25-4 2-4 i 30-7 1-3 0-8 1-0 2-4 1-4 1-8 0-5 2-4 1-1 1-1 1-2 1-4 06 3-4 1-5 5-5 13-4 12-8 16-7 16-0 9-1 6-1 18-5 7-6 14-6 17-3 6-3 361 32-2 18-7 1-5 0-2 0-2 0-7 0-8 1-3 0-4 1-8 0-6 0-5 0-5 0-6 0-7 05 0-4 6-1 3-8 1-8 4-9 8-7 6-8 5-0 10-1 3-4 9-2 7-9 7-5 5-7 3-5 4-5 2-8 1-0 1-2 3-1 2-2 3-1 0-9 4-2 1-7 1-6 1-7 2-0 1-3 39 1-9 11-6 17-2 14-6 21-6 24-7 15-9 11-1 28-6 11-0 23-8 25-2 13-8 41-8 35-7 23-2 36,138 26,299 9,839 210,934 164,994 45,940 C(159,000) c( 128.000) c( 174,200) c(139,500) 915,970 520,867 395,103 c(15,600) 12,500 271 625 21-8 2,321 1,656 2,472 43-2 17,362 608 442 120 { 1,546 1.315 1,947 421 | 2 359 1L959 3,322 604 205 562 2,861 2,368 15,281 809 ' 5-7 20-7 3-4 310 22-7 30-9 80 880 11-6 : 173 40 2-2 11-6 14-7 20-6 26-7 29-6 60-5 17-2 11 1-9 1-5 3-9 4-0 17-5 5-8 16-8 5-8 51 41 7-0 15-5 18-7 38- 1 325 77-3 23-0 Totals £ 1,611,601 57,661,879 j 45,809,980 11,851,899 (*) (*) £ 20-5 280,709 £ 141,703 £ £ d. £ d. 109,741 249,085 1-46 20-0 0-74 (average) (average) (average) i £ 101 (average) d. 0-57 (average) £ d. £ 7-8 1-31 17-9 (average) (average) (average; (a) Includes wages, fuel, and maintenance of generating and distributing system. \e) Including tramways. (/) Does not include any distribution losses. (b) Includes interest, depreciation, and sinking fund. (c) Assessed from incomplete returns. ) Not including tramways. {h) Includes assessed units shown in brackets. ((0 From assessment by local authority.

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SUGGESTED ELECTRIC-POWER DISTRICTS. North Island. 1. Whangaroa:— Population. 7. Manukau : — Population. Whangaroa County .. .. 797 Onehunga Borough .. .. 5,913 Mongonui County .. .. 3,739 Otahuhu Borough .. .. 2,328 Hokianga County .. .. 2,792 Ellerslie Town District .. 1,363 Bay of Islands County .. 3,589 Eden County (part) .. .. 9,000 Manukau County .. .. 6,799 10,917 Horse-power—2,2oo. 22,403 -kt i , Morse-power—d,soo JNo electric supply at present. l 2. Hobson : - Dargaville Borougli .. .. 1,776 Hobson County .. .. 4,728 ». Franklin :— ' __!_ Pukekohe Borough .. .. 1,533 (j QQ4 Waiuku Town District .. 641 Horse-power—l,3oo. Tuakau Town District.. .. 390 I'apakura Town District .. 821 No electric supply at present. Franklin County .. .. 9,397 Waikato County (part) .. 2,099 M. Whangarei:— Raglan County (part) .. .. 1,027 Whangarei Borough .. .. 3,294 Hikurangi Town District .. 775 15,908 Whangarei County .. .. 8,976 Eorse-power—3,2oo. Small electric-power plants now in ser--13 > 045 vice in Pukekohe (110 h.p.) and Waiuku Horse-power —2,600. iyj, j x p \ This district includes the Wairua Falls Power Plant (2,500 h.p.) belonging to Wilson's (N.Z.) Portland Cement Company, who hold a license to distribute over a 9. Hamilton :— large portion of the area. Hamilton Borough .. .. 7,538 Cambridge Borough .. .. 1,507 . -p , Huntly Town District .. .. 1,535 ■ht i j-i m ■-»• j. • A ~o, Ngaruawahia Town District .. 755 Warkworth town District .. 624 o i n , ,x omm .. , n . -.„ Raglan County (part) .. .. 3,000 Rodney County .. 4,043 Waikato County (part) .. 6,000 Otamatea County .. 3,647 Waipa County (part) .. .. 3,864 II i 7n,i B'3U8 ' 3U 24 > 199 Horse-power-1,700. Horse-power-4,800. No electric supply at present. TJus U(|( , s Uu , existmg Cambridge iUnl Central Electric-power Boards' districts as 5. Waitemata : — well as Hamilton Borough, with the folBirkenhead Borougli .. .. 2,11(i lowing electric-power plants: Hamilton Northcote Borough .. .. 1,651 (240 h.p.), Huntly (300 h.p.), and NgaruaTakapuna Borough .. .. 2,756 wahia (100 h.p.). Devonport Borough .. .. 7,613 Helensville Town District .. 837 Waitemata County .. .. 9,354 10 Thames Valley :— 24,327 Thames Borough .. .. 5,298 Horse-power—s,ooo Waihi Borough .. .. 4,774 Existing gas-power plant at Devonport, Te Aroha Borough .. .. 1,802 2150 „ Paeroa Borough .. .. 1,376 Morrinsville Town District .. 934 Matamata Town District .. 505 6. Auckland : — Thames County .. .. 2,665 Population— Ohinemuri County .. .. 4,661 Auckland City .. .. 68,888 Piako County .. .. 4,663 Newmarket Borough .. .. 2,863 Matamata County .. .. 3,903 Mount Eden Borough .. .. 12,555 Coromandel County .. .. 2,256 Mount Albert Borough .. 9,654 New Lynn Town District .. 1,041 32,837 Eden County (part) .. .. 8,267 Horse-power—6,soo. 103 268 '^ s c °i n °i ( ies with the Thames Valley Horse-power 21 000 Electric-power District with the addition of Coromandel County, which should be Existing steam-power plant in Auckland taken in as an outer area. It includes City (two stations) (17,000 h.p.), to be con- existing power plants in Thames (280 h.p.) solidated and extended to 26,000 h.p. and Te Aroha (400 h.p.).

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SUGGESTED ELECTRIC-POWER DlSTRlCTS— continued. North Island —continued. 11. Te Awamutu : — Population. 17. Hawera : — Population. Te Awamutu Borough.. .. 1,064 HaWera Borough .. .. 3,375 Waipa County (part) .. .. 3,000 Manaia, Town District . . .. 606 West Taupo County (part) .. 1,351 ILawera County .. .. 4,599 Waitomo County (part) .. 2,181 Bgmont County .. .. 3,264 Kawhia County .. .. 991 Waimate West County.. .. 2,635 8,587 14,479 Horse-power—l, Boo. Morse-power—3,ooo. This includes the existing Te Awamutu Existing water-power plant at Hawera Electric-power District as well as Kawhia (600 h.p.). County, which should be taken in as an outer area. No electric supply at present. is. Stratford :— Stratford Borough .. .. 2,713 12. TeKuiti:— Eltham Borough .. .. 1,711 Te Kuiti Borough .. .. 1,982 Stratford County .. .. 5,152 Waitomo County (part) .. 3,000 Eltham County .. .. 3,393 Awakino County .. .. 702 Whangamomona County .. 1,387 5,684 14,356 Horse-power—l,2oo. Horse-power—3,ooo. Existing 150 h.p. gas-engine plant at Te Existing plant : Stratford Borough (300 Kuiti Borough, and proposal to develop h.p.). 1,000 h.p. water-power. 19. Patea : — 13. Taumarunui:— Patea Borough ' 1,010 Taumarunui Borough .. .. 1,875 Waverlcv Town District .. 623 Manunui Town District .. 813 Patea County .. .. 3,759 Ohura County .. 2,382 Waitotara County (part) .. 2,842 Kaitieke County .. ..3,597 ' v ' West Taupo County (part) . . 1,000 y 234 Horse-power—l,6oo. 9,667 L Horse-power—2,ooo. Existing water-power plants : Patea Borough (100 h.p.) and Waverley Town No existing electno-power supply. Board ( 15(J 14. Wainiarino :— .... ... m i I) i i ohm 20. Wanganui : — Onakune Borough .. .. 1,371 ~f . ~ , .. yo ., T , ,-i- m tv , ■ , Kr iQ Wanganui Borough .. .. 14,380 Raetihi town District .. 508 ~ Q r|l ..C. . „ '~„„ o i 1.. iv j, • i i ln Gonville Lown District .. 2,693 Kangataua town District .. 410 ~ ~ ~„. m .... _~„ ,i r .° ■ n „ mo Castleeliil .1 own District .. 760 Wainiarino County .. .. 3,502 „, . r . , ~ n oc „ J Wanganui County (part) .. 1,337 . -„, Waitotara County (part) .. 3,000 Horse-power —1,200. „„ „_„ Existing water-power plants at Ohakune Horse-power —4,600. (120 h.p.) and Raetihi (60 h.p.). ~ . . w v x ' ' Existing tramway gas plant at Wanganui \r T 'v. . .__ (500 h.p.), and steam plant (2,000 h.p.) on Taihape Borough .. .. 1,927 order ' Mangaweka Town District .. 390 Wanganui County (part) .. 1,000 21. RangitikeiiRangitikei County (part) .. 3,013 Marton Borougli .. 1,650 n J U ' Hunterville Town District .. 555 q 33q Bull's Town District .. .. 483 Horse-power—l,3oo. Rangitikei County (part) .. 7,000 Existing electric plants at Taihape (240 9,688 h.p.) and Mangaweka (40 h.p.). Horse-power —2,000. 16. New Plymouth :— Existing gas plant at Bull's (40 h.p.). New Plymouth Borough .. 8,704 Waitara Borough .. .. 1,422 22. Manawatu:— Inglewood Borough .. .. 1,200 Palmerston Borough, .. 12,829 Taranaki County .. .. 7,100 Feilding Borough .. .. 3,438 Clifton County ' .. .. 2,156 Manawatu County .. .. 4,521 Kiwitea County .. .. 2,585 20,582 Oroua County .. .. 3,304 Pohangina County .. .. 1,581 Horse-power —4,100. Kaii-anga County .. .. 4,124 Existing water-power plant at New Ply- on 000 mouth (1,000 hp) License issued for Horse-power-6,400. extensions to 5,000 h.p. Small plants at Inglewood (160 h.p., water) and Waitara Existing electric plant at Feilding (400 (100 h.p., gas). h.p.).

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SUGGESTED ELECTRIC-POWER DISTRICTS- continued. North Island —continued. 23. Horowhenua :— Population. [ 28. Dannevirke :— Population. Levin Borougli .. .. 1,630 Dannevirke Borougli .. .. 3,336 Otaki Town District .. .. 806 Woodville Borough .. .. 1,078 Shannon Borougli .. .. 1,031 Dannevirke County .. .. 4,538 Foxton Borough .. .. 1,772 Woodville County .. .. 1,819 Horowhenua County .. .. 5,895 Weber County .. .. 420 Hutt County (part) .. .. 400 Patangata County (part) .. 1,080 11,534 12,271 Horse-power—2,3oo. Horse-power—2,soo. „. ~, „. No existing supply plants. Proposal on 24. Wellington :- foot to form district Wellington City .. .. 75,496 Miramar Borough .. .. 2,158 Karori Borough .. .. 1,647 Johnsonville Town District .. 886 oc , w , ■ Makara County .. .. 3,862 ' J?. " v> i , „„« J Waipawa Borough .. .. 1,000 84 049 Waipukurau Borougli .. ~ 1,167 Horse-power-17,000. Waipawa County .. .. 3,084 1 Waipukurau County .. .. 667 Existing steam plant in Wellington City Patangata County (part) .. 1,000 (two stations) (10,000 h.p.), to be consolidated and extended to 13,000 h.p. 7,018 Horse-power—l,4oo. 25. Hutt Valley :— Petone Borough .. .. 7,115 Lower Hutt Borough .. .. 4,893 30. Hawke's Bay :— Eastbourne Borough .. .. 952 Napier Borough .. .. 12,704 Upper Hutt Town District .. 1,399 Hastings Borough .. .. 7,918 Hutt County (part) .. .. 6,000 Taradale Town District .. 1,012 Haveloek Town District .. 870 20,359 Hawke's Bay County .. .. 11,467 Horse-power—4,ooo. 33,971 No existing supply plant. Horse-power—6, Boo. Existing plants : Napier (gas, 1,400 h.p.) 26. Wairarapa : — and Hastings (oil, 500 h.p.). Masterton Borougli .. .. 5,894 Carterton Borough .. .. 1,614 Greytown Borough .. . . 1,186 Featherston Borough .. .. 1,159 „ 1 w . Maryborough Town District .. 715 Wairoa :— Masterton County .. .. 3,746 Wairoa Borough .. 1,530 Wairarapa County .. 2,744 Wairoa County .. .. 2^332 Featherston County .. .. 3,960 J _J 3,862 oi (wo Horse-power—Boo. Horse-power —4,200. _, . . Existing gas plant : Wairoa (80 h.p.). Includes the existing Wairarapa Power Electric-power district constituted. District with small extensions. Existing gas plant in Martinborough (40 h.p.). 32. Poverty Bay :— 27. Pahiatua :— Gisborne Borough .. .. 9,654 Pahiatua Borough .. .. 1,300 Mangapapa Town District .. 1, 140 Eketahuna Borougli .. .. 754 Cook County .. .. .. 6,846 Pahiatua County .. .. 3,210 Waikohu County .. .. 3,035 Eketahuna County ... .. 2,312 Waiapu County .. .. 2,055 Mauriceville County .. .. 771 Uawa County .. 819 Castlepoint County .. .. 621 Akitio County .. .. 1,416 23,547 Horse-power, 4,700. 10,284 Horse-power —2,000. Existing plant : Gisborne (oil and steam, 1,000 h.p.). License issued for whole area Existing borough gas-engine plants in except Waiapu County to hydro-electric Pahiatua (50 h.p.) and Eketahuna (90 h.p.). company.

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SUGGESTED ELECTRIC-POWER DlSTRlCTS— continued. North Island —continued. 33. Whakatane : — Population. 35. Tauranga : — Population Whakatane Borough .. .. 900 Tauranga Borough .. .. 1,685 Opotiki Borough .. .. 1,073 Te Puke Town District .. 565 Whakatane County .. .. 1,054 Tauranga County .. .. 3,947 Opotiki County .. .. 1,881 6,1.97 5,908 Horse-power—l,2oo. Horse-power—l,2oo. Existing plant: Opotiki (120 h.p.). Pro- . E f**jfB Tauranga Borough water-power posal to develop 300 h.p. of water-power P lant , (260 h.p.). Large extensions prefer Whakatane Borough. I>os('d--34. Rotorua :— Rotorua Borougli .. .. 2,845 0/1 -n, ,m tj,, „„ n ,° , „, r 36. East laupo : — Rotorua County .. .. 4,245 „ „, J „ _,_ J East 1 aupo County .. .. 515 7,090 TT lnn Horse-power-1,400. Horse-power-] 00. Existing plant at Okere Falls (300 h.p.). Does not justify any general developProposal to extend it to ultimate capacity ment at present. of 10,000 h.p. South Island. 1. Nelson :— Population. 5. Marlborough : — Population. Nelson City .. .. ..8,774 Blenheim Borough .. .. 3,822 Richmond Borough .. .. 922 Picton Borough .. .. 1,121 Motueka Borough .. .. 1,475 Marlborough County .. .. 6,915 Waimea County .. .. 9,284 Sounds County .. .. 1,201 Takaka County .. .. 1,858 Awate re County .. .. 1,542 Collingwood County .. .. 1,253 Kaikoura County .. . . 1,906 23,566 16,507 Horse-power—4,7oo. Horse-power—3,3oo. Power Board petition being prepared. Existing gas plant : Picton Borough Existing supply : Private company, water- ("0 h.p.), power (60 h.p.). 6. Waipara : — Cheviot County .. .. 1,224 Amuri County .. .. 1,836 „ t, ~ Waipara County .. .. 2,058 Westport Borough .. .. 4,067 5 118 Buller County .. 5,773 Horse-power-1,000. Murchison County .. .. 1,251 Inangahua County .. .. 4,130 No existing plants. 15 221 7 - Ra ngiora:— Horse-power—3,ooo. Rangiora Borough .. .. 1,808 Kaiapoi Borougli .. .. 1,560 .. Existing public supply : Reefton private Rangiora County .. .. 2,747 company (150 h.p.). Alternatively the Eyre County .. .. 1,806 counties of Murchison and Inangahua Oxford. County .. .. 1,756 might form separate districts. Kowhai County .. .. 1,914 Ashley County .. .. 728 12,319 3. Greymouth:— Horse-power—2,soo. Greymouth Borough .. .. 4,863 Partly supplied from Lake Coleridge. Runanga Borough .. .. 1,411 Brunner Borough .. .. 598 8. Christchurch : — Grey County.. .. .. 5,510 Christchurch City .. .. 55,860 Lyttelton Borough .. .. 3,766 12,382 Sumner Borough .. .. 2,287 Horse-power—2,soo. New Brighton Borough. .. 2,310 Spreydon Borough .. .. 4,289 No existing supply. Ricearton Borough .. .. 2,890 Woolston Borough .. .. 3,990 Waimairi County .. .. 11,914 Paparua County .. .. 4,716 4. Westland :— Heathcote County .. .. 3,277 Hokitika Borough .. .. 2,091 Halswell County .. .. 1,628 Kumara Borough .. .. 623 Ross Borough .. .. 491 96,927 Westland County .. .. 4,087 Horse-power—2o,ooo. Already supplied from Lake Coleridge 7,292 with 8,000 h.p. distributed by each local Horse-power—l,soo. I authority.

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SUGGESTED ELECTRIC-POWER DlSTRlCTS— continued. South Island —continued. 9. Banks Peninsula : — Population. 15. Otago:— Population. Akaroa Borough .. .. 540 Dunedin City.. .. .. 55,256 Akaroa County .. .. 1,982 Green Island Borough .. 1,904 Wairewa County .. .. 1,036 Waikouaiti Borough .. .. 611 Mount Herbert County .. 405 Palmerston Borough .. 752 Mosgiel Borough .. .. 1,719 3,963 St. Kilda Borough .. .. 5,520 Horse-power 800. West Harbour Borough .. 1,631 Port Chalmers Borough .. 2,615 Power Board formed. Alexandra Borough .. .. 679 Cromwell Borougli .. .. 549 Naseby Borough .. .. 276 10. Selwyn:— Peninsula County .. .. 1,793 Selwyn County .. .. 1,423 Taieri County .. .. 5,599 Malvern County .. .. 2,757 Waikouaiti County .. .. 4,094 Tawera County .. .. 847 Maniototo County .. .. 2,527 Vincent County ' .. .. 3,930 5,027 Waihemo County .. .. 1,446 Morse-power—l,ooo. 91,051 No existing supply. Horse-power—lB,ooo. Existing : Dunedin City water-power 11 Ellesmere-— P lant at Wai P ori ( 8 . 000 h -P-. capable of Ellesmere County .. .. 3,441 extension to 16,000 or 20,000 h.p.). Springs County .. .. 1,785 , „ ~ , ~ 1 ° J __; 16, South Otago :— r. 226 Balolutha Borough .. .. 1, 409 Horse-power-1,000. Kaitangata Borough .. .. 1,681 Lawrence Borough .. . . 837 Power Board formed. Might be included Milton Borough .. .. 1,317 in a larger district if formed. Roxburgh Borough .. .. 449 Clutha County .. .. 6,901 Bruce County .. .. 4,763 1.2. Ashburton :— Tuapeka County .. .. 5,123 Ashburton Borough .. .. 3,109 Hampstead Town District ..1,278 22,480 Tin wald Town District .. 1,075 Horse-power—4,soo. Ashburton County .. .. 13,136 Might be included in Otago District No existing power plant. Dunedin City 18,598 mains to be extended to Milton. Rox-Horse-power —3,700. borough district has formed small Power Board to develop 500 h.p. from Teviot Existing: Ashburton Borough gas plant River. (500 h.p.). 17. Southland :— Invercargill Borough .. 15,866 13, Timaru:— Bluff Borough .. .. 1,823 Timaru Borough .. .. 12,238 Gore Borough .. .. 3,551 Temuka Borough .. .. 1,633 Mataura Borough .. .. 1,129 Geraldine Borough .. .. 869 Riverton Borough .. .. 837 Pleasant Point Town District .. 482 Winton Borough .. .. 586 Waimate. Borough .. .. 1,867 Southland County .. .. 25,661 Levels County .. .. 5,100 Wallace County ' .. .. F9,432 Geraldine County .. .. 5,194 Fiord County .. .. 17 Waimate County .. .. 6,984 Mackenzie County .. .. 2,868 58,892 Horse-power —11,800. 37 235 TT _ '... Power Board formed to develop Lake Horse-power-7,400. Monowai (12,000 h.p.) to 20,000 h.p.; tt. •,■ m- r>r i j. portions of Clutha and Taieri Counties Existing: limaru Borough gas plant .' , . , , .. _ , ~ , . .. ,„-„ , ,° ' have been included in Board, which should y ' ■' ■'■ g 0 with South Otago. . . TTT ... , 18. Queenstown :— 14. Waitaki : — B „ T . . „ r _ Oamaru Borough 5 140 Queenstown. Borough .. 657 V /<H 11< % 1 II I Hf I. IM \il 11. (■ , . <_/ , I I.W . . ■,-, -, rtz-ir? -„t •, 1■ n i n cnA Arrowtown Borough .. .. 307 Waitak, County .. JU394 Lake County .. .. 1,749 14,834 ~ 2 ~ Horse-power—3,ooo. TT .„„ 1 Horse-power —500. Existing: Oamaru Borougli water-power Queenstown Borough proposes to develop (100 h.p.). 100 h.p. locally.

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