Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1859 – No. 8A

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✨ Provincial Expenditure Statement

Department or Service	Amount Expended	Amount Voted	Unexpended	Excess of Expenditure over Vote
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Brought forward	49,521 14 10	64,928 18 6	26,411 16 11	11,004 13 3

Forming Colombo street, north of

| Avon | 403 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Iron gratings for drains | 15 14 6 | ... | ... | 626 14 6 |

East Christchurch road and continuation, viz.:

| Draining | 118 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Forming | 569 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Bridges and culverts | 648 13 0 | 800 0 0 | ... | 769 13 0 |
| Metalling | 234 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Cart Bridge, Madras street | 189 12 10 | 350 0 0 | 160 7 2 | ... |
| Foot Bridge, Antigua street | 60 0 0 | 60 0 0 | ... | ... |

Kaiapoi—Piraki street and road works on south side of river, viz.:

| Bridge at Blind Creek | £266 13 4 | ... | ... | 1455 15 1 |
| Culverts | 197 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Forming roads and streets | 616 13 9 | ... | ... | ... |
| Metalling | 875 8 0 | 500 0 0 | ... | 255 15 0 |

Forming Charles street and Cookson street and levelling road to Church

| | 656 7 6 | 125 0 0 | ... | 531 7 6 |

Draining swamp, Government contribution

| | 175 0 0 | 175 0 0 | ... | ... |

Akaroa:

| Jetty | 426 12 0 | 800 0 0 | 373 8 0 | ... |
| Beach Road and Cemetery | 120 12 9 | 300 0 0 | 179 7 3 | ... |
| Culverts, Balguerie street | 225 0 0 | 200 0 0 | ... | 25 0 0 |
| Public Pound | 30 0 0 | 30 0 0 | ... | ... |
| Enclosing Court House and Lock-up | 27 12 0 | 40 0 0 | 12 8 0 | ... |
| Road up Aylmer's Valley | 88 15 9 | 100 0 0 | 11 4 3 | ... |
| Bridge near Bruce's Creek | 110 0 0 | 140 0 0 | 30 0 0 | ... |

Banks Peninsula, viz.:

| Charteris Bay, road forming | £6 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Little River Road survey | 145 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Pigeon Bay Road culverts | 60 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Port Levy Road, earthwork | 4 12 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Okain's Bay Road, bridges, &c. | 80 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Road, Head of Akaroa Harbour | 213 17 6 | ... | ... | ... |
| Clearing streets, Akaroa Town | 155 11 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Deepening Weston's Creek | 50 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |

Tools and plant

| | 79 4 11 | ... | ... | 794 5 5 |
| Akaroa Direct Road | 504 0 0 | 500 0 0 | ... | 196 0 0 |
| Timaru Moorings | 270 9 5 | 200 0 0 | ... | 70 9 5 |

Ditto streets (included in South Road Expenditure)

| North Road: Metalling, &c., Christchurch to the 7th mile | 4,256 5 3 | 4,000 0 0 | ... | 256 5 3 |
| Punt, &c., at Felton's Ferry | 600 0 0 | 600 0 0 | ... | ... |
| Bridge across Waimakariri | 6,000 0 0 | 6,000 0 0 | ... | ... |
| Road across the Island to Kaiapoi | 1,500 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |

Kaipoi to the Ashley, viz:

| Forming | £755 19 6 | ... | ... | ... |
| Culverts | 25 0 0 | ... | ... | ... |
| Metalling | 1618 14 4 | 3,000 0 0 | 600 6 2 | ... |

Road from Ferry to Ferry, Culvert at £40 Swamp (j.)

| | 65 0 0 | 100 0 0 | 35 0 0 | ... |

Rangiora Direct Road, viz.:

| Forming | £669 10 0 | ... | 209 0 8 | ... |
| Bridge and Culverts | 532 10 8 | 1,500 0 0 | ... | ... |
| Metalling | 507 0 0 | ... | ... | 13 3 9 |

Rangiora Old Road: Forming and Metalling

| | 2,368 3 9 | 2,355 0 0 | ... | 13 3 9 |
| Culvert at Papanui Bridge | 420 0 0 | 420 0 0 | ... | ... |

South Road: Metalling from Hagley Park to 4th mile

| | 890 3 6 | 823 0 0 | ... | 67 3 6 |

Road to the Waitangi and dray track to the Mackenzie plains, viz.:

| Earthworks and Culverts, River Ashburton | £4108 0 0 |
| Survey and setting out work, Washdyke Creek to Waimate (37 miles) | 286 8 0 |
| Bush clearing and earthwork, Washdyke Creek to Waimate Point (34 miles) | 1545 8 2 |
| Bridges and Culverts between Washdyke Creek and Pareora Valley (12 miles) | 1879 18 3 |
| Timber, Freight, &c. | 29 3 4 | ... | ... | 2,248 17 9 |

Dist. Overseer: Forage allowance

| | 29 3 4 | ... | ... | 3,848 17 9 |

Carried forward | 73,769 9 10 | 93,146 18 0 | 6,836 55 12 | 4,172 78 3 8 |

VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1859, No 8A

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