Public Works Expenditure




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AMOUNT EXPENDED ON PUBLIC WORKS AND EDUCATION IN EACH

Picton District. Lower Wairau. PUBLIC WORKS Blenheim.
Public Offices. £ s. d. Roads. £ s. d. Roads. £ s. d.
1058 6 6 3233 6 10 132 5 6
Gaol . 1065 16 0 Bridges, &c. 704 6 10 Bridges 91 1 9
Post Office, &c. 147 0 0 Ferry, Wairau 527 3 6
Picton Road . 1286 1 6
£ s. d. Nil. £ s. d.
25 0 0 431 11 0

EDUCA

A STATEMENT OF THE EXPENDITURE OF THE SUMS OF £4,000 FOR ROADS AND £3,000

ROADS.

Surveying Line of Proposed Railway .......................... £ s. d.
288 1 3

Forming and making Road from Blenheim to the proposed Ferry at the Wairau ................................................... 334 2 9

Road, Bush to Steam Wharf ................................... 61 1 1

Making Road, Blenheim, over Taylor Pass to Awatere and Shearing Ground, Awatere ........................................... 713 18 10

Dodson’s Brewery to the Waihopai ............................ 389 2 11

Waihopai District ........................................... 219 11 0

Tua Marina to Kaituna ....................................... 232 0 0

Making Road, East Coast ..................................... 215 8 2

Repairs, &c., on different other Roads ...................... 266 7 11

Compensation for Altering Roads ............................. 40 0 0

£ 2759 18 11

In addition to the above, there were various Works performed before the 30th of June, but not being paid for until after that date, they do not appear in the above (including £408 15s. 1d. on the East Coast Road), amounting to ................................................... 409 12 1



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1861, No 26





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🏗️ Expenditure on Public Works and Education in Picton District

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Expenditure, Public Works, Education, Picton District, Lower Wairau, Blenheim

🏗️ Statement of Expenditure on Roads

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Expenditure, Roads, Railway, Blenheim, Wairau, Taylor Pass, Awatere, Waihopai, Tua Marina, Kaituna, East Coast