MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN,—We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the House of Representatives of New Zealand, in Parliament assembled, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty, towards making good the Supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this session of Parliament, the sums hereinafter mentioned, and do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of, the same, as follows:—

1 Short Title.

The Short Title of this Act is “The Public Works Appropriation Act, 1896.”

2 Grants.

The Colonial Treasurer may issue and apply—

Of £449,984.

(1.)

Out of the moneys from time to time in Part I. of the Public Works Fund, any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of four hundred and forty-nine thousand nine hundred and eighty-four pounds towards defraying the expenses of the several works and services mentioned in the Second Schedule, such last-mentioned sum being in addition to the sum amounting in the whole to two hundred and forty-seven thousand six hundred and seventeen pounds authorised to be issued by the several Acts mentioned in the first part of the First Schedule hereto:

Of £11,343.

(2.)

And, out of the moneys from time to time in Part II. of the Public Works Fund, any sum or sums of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of eleven thousand three hundred and forty-three pounds towards defraying the expenses of the several works and services mentioned in the Third Schedule, such last-mentioned sum being in addition to the sums amounting in the whole to the sum of two thousand five hundred and eighty pounds authorised to be issued by the Acts mentioned in the second part of the First Schedule hereto.

3 Lands Improvement Account: grant of £220,216.

And whereas by Part I. of “The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894,” it is enacted that the payment of the sums for which money is appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of that Part of that Act is to be made out of moneys credited to a separate account called “The Lands Improvement Account”: Be it enacted that out of such moneys any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of two hundred and twenty thousand two hundred and sixteen pounds shall be used towards defraying the expenses of the several works and services mentioned in the Fourth Schedule.

4 Government Loans to Local Bodies Account, £50,000.

And whereas by section two of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891,” amended by section eleven of “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1896,” it is enacted that the Colonial Treasurer is empowered to issue and apply towards opening up blocks of land for settlement such sums as are appropriated by Parliament for that purpose, not exceeding in the whole fifty thousand pounds in any one year: Be it enacted that the sum of fifty thousand pounds shall be granted and applied towards defraying the expenses of the several works and services mentioned in the Fifth Schedule.

5 Native Lands Purchase Account: grant of £163,976.

And whereas by Part II. of “The Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894,” it is enacted that the payment of the sums for which money is appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of that Act is to be made out of moneys credited to a separate account called “The Native Lands Purchase Account”: Be it enacted that out of such moneys any sum or sums not exceeding in the whole the sum of one hundred and sixty-three thousand nine hundred and seventy-six pounds shall be used towards defraying the expenses of the several works and services mentioned in the Sixth Schedule.

6 Appropriation of grants.

All sums so issued shall be applied for the purposes and services expressed in the several votes set forth in the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Schedules annexed hereto as shall come in. the course of payment during the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and to no other purposes whatsoever.

7 Amount of liabilities which may be incurred.

It shall be lawful for the Governor, in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen, to enter into any contract or contracts, or to incur any liabilities, for carrying on the works and services for which money is appropriated by this Act: Provided that the amount of liability so incurred in respect of such vote shall not, together with the sum appropriated by such vote, exceed the sum set down in the ninth column in the Eighth Schedule opposite to each railway or other work for which money is appropriated by this Act.

8 Indemnity.

And whereas the Colonial Treasurer has, under the authority of the forty-eighth section of “The Public Revenues Act, 1891,” issued from the Public Account, during the twelve months ended the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, moneys in excess of or without the appropriation of Parliament, amounting in the whole to thirty-three thousand two hundred and forty-five pounds two shillings and fourpence, from the Public Works Fund, and a further sum of fifteen thousand nine hundred and eighty-five pounds four shillings and fourpence from the Native Lands Purchase Account, and has caused the said sums to be applied to the several purposes and services mentioned in the Seventh Schedule hereto annexed: Be it enacted that the application of the said sums is hereby sanctioned.

9 Moneys may be paid over to local bodies for expenditure.

The moneys appropriated by this Act for the construction of public roads and such other public works as are usually constructed by or are under the control of local governing bodies may be paid over to such local governing body or bodies as the Minister for Public Works or other Minister acting on his behalf may determine, upon such terms and conditions as shall be agreed upon between the said Minister and any such local governing body, to be expended by such body upon any of the works or services for which the same are appropriated by this Act; and the Colonial Treasurer shall make all such payments in accordance with any such agreement.

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE Grants out of the Public Works Fund

Out of Part I.
	£	£
Under “The Public Revenues Act, 1891”	40,617
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1896”	50,000
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1896 (No. 2)”	50,000
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1896 (No. 3)”	7,000
Under “The Imprest Supply Act, 1896 (No. 5)”	100,000
Under this Act	449,984
		697,601
Out of Part II.
Under “The Public Revenues Act, 1891”	2,580
Under this Act	11,343
		13,923
Total Grants		£711,524

SECOND SCHEDULE

A Schedule of Sums appropriated out of PART I. of the Public Works Fund to defray the charges of Public Works and other services herein particularly mentioned which will come in the course of payment during the Year ending the 31st March, 1897.

—	Amount appropriated for Expenditure.
Abstract of Schedule.	£
Class I.—Immigration	350
” II.—Public Works, Departmental	14,275
” III.—Railways	250,500.
” IV.—Roads	168,291
” V.—Development of Goldfields	98,950
” VI.—Purchase of Native Lands	500
” VII.—Telegraph Extension	36,500
” VIII.—Public Buildings	90,855
” IX.—Lighthouses, Harbour Works, and Harbour Defences	13,780
” X.—Rates on Native Lands	600
” XI.—Contingent Defence	23,000
Total	697,601

Vote.			£	£
	CLASS I.—IMMIGRATION.
76	Immigration		350
				350
	CLASS II.—PUBLIC WORKS, DEPARTMENTAL.
77	Public Works, Departmental		14,275
				14,275
	CLASS III.—RAILWAYS.
78	Whangarei-Kamo Extension		7,000
79	Kaihu Valley Railway Extension		3,000
80	Helensville Northwards		8,000
81	Grahamstown-Te Aroha		10,000
82	Marton-Te Awamutu (north end)		7,000
83	Marton-Te Awamutu (south end)		11,000
84	Eketahuna-Woodville		32,000
85	Blenheim-Awatere		2,500
86	Midland Railway	25,000
	Less estimated receipts	15,000
			10,000
87	Heriot-Roxburgh Survey		1,000
88	Otago Central		30,000
89	Catlin’s River		7,000
90	Seaward Bush		12,000
91	Forest Hill Tramway		3,000
92	Land Claims, &c.		4,500
93	Surveys, New Lines of Railway		2,500
94	Permanent-way, Sleepers, and Rolling-stock Additions to Open Lines		40,000
95			60,000
				250,500
	CLASS IV.—ROADS.
96	Main Roads		12,700
97	Miscellaneous Roads and Bridges		23,004
98	Local Bodies		465
99	Development of Thermal Springs		42,765
100	Roads on Goldfields		89,357
				168,291
	CLASS V.—DEVELOPMENT OF GOLDFIELDS.
101	Development of Goldfields		98,950
				98,950
	CLASS VI.—PURCHASE OF NATIVE LANDS.
102	Purchase of Native Lands		500
				500
	CLASS VII.—TELEGRAPH EXTENSION.
103	Telegraph Extension		36,500
				36,500
	CLASS VIII.—PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
104	General		10,300
105	Judicial		23,935
106	Postal and Telegraph		9,950
107	Customs		400
108	Lunatic Asylums		21,100
109	School Buildings		22,780
110	Agricultural		1,550
111	Hospitals and Charitable Institutions		840
				90,855
	CLASS IX.—LIGHTHOUSES, HARBOUR WORKS, AND HARBOUR DEFENCES.
112	Lighthouses		7,550
113	Harbour Works		1,230
114	Harbour Defences		5,000
				13,780
	CLASS X.—RATES ON NATIVE LANDS.
115	Rates on Native Lands		600
				600
	CLASS XI.—CONTINGENT DEFENCE.
116	Contingent Defence		23,000
				23,000

THIRD SCHEDULE

A Schedule of Sums appropriated out of PART II. of the Public Works Fund to defray the charges herein particularly mentioned which will come in the course of payment during the Year ending the 31st March. 1897.

Vote.		£	£
	CLASS I.—RAILWAYS.
117	Marton-Te Awamutu Railway Construction Works	13,923
			13,923

FOURTH SCHEDULE

A Schedule of Sums appropriated out of the Lands Improvement Account to defray the charges herein particularly mentioned which will come in the course of payment during the Year ending the 31st March, 1897.

Vote.		£	£
118	Roads and Bridges	220,216
	/		220,216

FIFTH SCHEDULE

A Schedule of Sums appropriated out of the Government Loans to Local Bodies Account to defray the charges herein particularly mentioned which will come in the course of payment during the Year ending the 31st March, 1897.

Vote.		£	£
119	Roads, &c., to open up Crown Lands	50,000
			50,000

SIXTH SCHEDULE

A Schedule of Sums appropriated out of the Native Lands Purchase Account to defray the charges herein particularly mentioned which will come in the course of payment during the Year ending the 31st March, 1897.

Vote.		£	£
120	Native Land Purchases, &c.	163,976
			163,976

SEVENTH SCHEDULE

Unauthorised Expenditure for the Year 1895–96.

Public Works. Fund.
FOR SERVICES NOT PROVIDED FOR.
Part I.:—
Public Buildings
Cost of repairs to engine-room in Sydney Street, Wellington										288	19	7
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES.
	Final Charges.			Advances.			Totals.
Part I.:—
Class II. Public Works, Departmental,—
Vote 76—Public Works, Departmental	£2,499	10	0	£13	2	1	£2,512	12	1
Class III. Railways,—
Vote 80—Grahamstown–Te Aroha	384	1	10				384	1	10
" 86—Otago Central	4,176	6	1				4,176	6	1
" 87—Catlin’s River	1,663	8	9				1,663	8	9
" 88—Seaward Bush	1,164	8	8				1,164	8	8
" 89—Land-claims	1,649	18	7				1,649	18	7
" 91—Permanent-way Material	5,569	12	11	5,919	16	4	11,489	9	3
Class IV. Roads,—
Vote 93—Main Roads	2,829	2	9	486	10	7	3,315	13	4
Class VI. Purchase of Native Lands,—
Vote 98—Purchase of Native Lands				980	4	2	980	4	2
Class VII. Telegraph Extension,—
Vote 99—Telegraph Extension	5,537	15	2				5,537	15	2
Class VIII. Public Buildings, &c.,—
Vote 100—General.	35	7	10				35	7	10
" 103—Customs.	46	17	0				46	17	0
	£25,556	9	7	7,399	13	2				32,956	2	9
Total Public Works Fund										£33,245	2	4
Native Lands Purchase Account.
FOR SERVICES IN EXCESS OF VOTES.
Vote 117—Native Land Purchases				£14,420	5	5	£1,564	18	11	£15,985	4	4

EIGHTH SCHEDULE

Schedule showing the Railways (and some of the other Works) on which Expenditure is authorised by this Act; the Sections thereof on which the Expenditure is to be incurred; the Definition and Length of such Sections; the Estimated Expenditure required to render the same available for Use; the Amounts appropriated for the Year ending 31st March, 1897; the Balances for Future Appropriation; and the Amount to which Liabilities are authorised to be incurred by Section 6 of this Act.

Railway or other Work.			The Railway or Sections thereof for which Appropriation is made in this Act.				6.	7.	8.	9.
1.	2.		3.	4.	5.		Estimated Expenditure required on the Length stated in Column 5.	Amount appropriated for Expenditure during the Year ending 31 March, 1897.	Balance for Future Appropriation.	Amount to which Liabilities may be incurred.
Name.	Estimated Length of the Whole Line.		From	To	Estimated Length of Section.				Balance for Future Appropriation.	Amount to which Liabilities may be incurred.
	M.	ch.			M.	ch.	£	£	£	£
Whangarei-Kamo Ext. Railway	15	0	Hikurangi	Hukerenui	7	0	19,000	7,000	12,000	12,000
Kaihu Valley „	19	0	Opanake	Waima	3	0	17,000	3,000	14,000	6,000
Helensville Northwards „	110	0	Kanohi	Tahekeroa	7	0	23,000	8,000	15,000	12,000
Waikato-Thames „	63	0	Grahamstown	Te Aroha	32	0	37,000	10,000	27,000	15,000
Marton-Te Awamutu „	216	0	Mokau.	Ohinemoa	26	0	75,000	12,000	63,000	15,000
Marton-Te Awamutu „	216	0	Mangaonoho	Paengaroa	18	0	160,000	19,923	140,077	30,000
Wellington-Woodville „	116	0	Eketahuna	Woodville	27	0	42,000	32,000	10,000	35,000
Blenheim-Awatere „	12	0	Blenheim	Awatere	12	0	45,000	2,500	42,500	25,000
Midland „	0	0	Jackson’s	Otira	11	0	86,000	25,000	83,000	30,000
Midland „	0	0	Belgrove	Motueka	8	0	22,000	25,000	83,000	30,000
Otago Central „	183	0	Hyde	Eweburn	22	0	72,000	30,000	42,000	35,000
Catlin’s River Branch „	20	0	Glenomaru	Owaka	4	0	7,000	7,000		7,000
Seaward Bush „	23	0	Gorge Road	Waimahaka	5	0	26,000	12,000	14,000	17,000
Forest Hill Tramway	14	0	Winton.	Macdonald’s Corner	13	0	5,000	3,000	2,000	5,000
Permanent-way materials and rolling stock required for sections of railway referred to in columns 3, 4, and 5	932	0			110	0	100,000	40,000	60,000	60,000
Public Buildings—
Government Printing Office							12,000	8,000	4,000	12,000
Dunedin Prison							12,000	6,500	5,500	12,000
Auckland Lunatic Asylum.							15,000	11,000	4,000	15,000
Porirua Lunatic Asylum							10,000	4,000	6,000	10,000
¹

¹Note.—In addition to the appropriations shown above, provision is also made for the following services under the heading of Railways: viz., Heriot-Roxburgh Survey, £1,000; Land-claims, &c., £4,500; Surveys of new lines, £2,500; and Additions to open lines, £60,000.

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