PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

COMPARATIVE STATEMENT, showing the Sums voted for the Public Works Service of the Provincial Government, for the Twelve Months ending 31st June, 1864; the Expenditure for the Nine Months ending 31st March, 1864; the Balance in hand on each Vote; and the Sums paid on Accounts not specially provided for, or in excess of specific Vote.

Land and Works.

Public Works—Staff:—

• Provincial Engineer | £ 850 0 0 | £ ... | £ 3,365 8 4 | £ 1,804 11 8 |
• Forage and Expenses | 150 0 0 | | |
• Assistant Provincial Engineer | 400 0 0 | | |
• Forage and Expenses | 150 0 0 | | |
• Three District Engineers at £300 each | 900 0 0 | | |
• Forage and Expenses | 250 0 0 | | |
• Surveyor | 300 0 0 | | |
• One Draughtsman @ £220 | | | |
• Two at £200 | 620 0 0 | | |
• Clerk of Works for Public Buildings: Salary to be paid at £220 per annum from the votes for the Buildings upon which he may be employed | ... | 5,170 0 0 |
• Three Clerks of Works @ £200 each | 600 0 0 | | |
• Forage Allowances | 160 0 0 | | |
• Two Pay Clerks—One @ £200 and One @ £150 | 350 0 0 | | |
• Forage Allowances | 150 0 0 | | |
• Accountant | 150 0 0 | | |
• Storekeeper | 150 0 0 |

Outstanding Liabilities:

• Surveying Instruments from England | 150 0 0 | 38 10 0 | 111 10 0 |
• Stores—Plant | 250 0 0 | 1,849 18 11 | 1,599 18 11 |
• Lyttelton Powder Magazine | 200 0 0 | 375 8 4 | 175 8 4 |
• Lunatic Asylum | 2,087 0 0 | 3,549 0 10 | 1,462 0 10 |
• Immigration Barracks | 1,295 19 1 | 6,086 19 2 | 4,791 0 1 |
• North Road—Forming and Metalling | 865 18 6 | 2,580 6 3 | 1,714 7 9 |
• Kaiapoi Bridge | 1,780 0 0 | 2,255 6 1 | 475 6 1 |
• Weka Pass Road—Forming and Building Bridges | 2,800 0 0 | 2,038 2 6 | 761 17 1 |
• Rangiora Road—Forming and Metalling | 1,107 10 0| 1,398 19 0| 291 9 0 |
• Oxford Road—Forming and Metalling | 1,254 0 0 | 1,485 10 0| 231 10 0 |
• Rangiora Fords Road and Bridges—Forming and Metalling | 673 0 0 | 664 0 0 | 9 0 0 |
• South Road—Metalling | 1,400 0 0 | 1,824 10 0| 424 10 0 |
• Colombo Street South | 250 0 0 | 276 3 0 | 26 3 0 |
• Hoonhay Road—Forming and Metalling | 600 0 0 | 459 3 4 | 600 0 0 |
• Springs' Road—Metalling | 459 3 4 | 1,592 5 0| 292 5 0 |
• Lincoln Road—Metalling | 1,300 0 0 |
• Ellesmere Junction Road—Metalling | 960 0 0 |