Public Works Expenditure




A STATEMENT of the Expenditure for Roads and Bridges, from June 30th, 1861, to June 30th, 1862:-

£ s. d.
Picton to Wairau Ferry .......................... 132 13 0
Wairau Ferry to Blenheim ....................... 893 19 9
Branch to Steam Wharf .......................... 922 10 0
Blenheim to Awatere ............................ 266 9 6
Awatere to Shearing Reserve .................... 230 15 1
Flaxbourne Road to Clarence .................... 859 9 0
Clarence to Kai Koura .......................... 165 0 0
Dodson’s Brewery to Waihopai ................... 456 6 0
Waihopai to Wairau Valley ...................... 501 6 7
Avon and Waihopai Valley ....................... 52 2 0
Kaituna Dray Road .............................. 36 10 0
Kaituna Bridle Road ............................ 40 8 1
Pelorus Bridle Road ............................ 411 0 0
Auckland to Mahakipawa ......................... 178 1 10
Picton to Havelock ............................. 195 0 0
Other Roads .................................... 195 0 0
Compensation for Lines of Road ................. 195 0 0

£9791 16 8

EXPENDITURE of Roads from 1st July, 1862, to 31st March, 1863 (approximate):-

£ s. d.
Picton and Tua Marina Districts, as far as the Ferry 1,200 16 8
Tua Marina to the Lower Wairau ........................ 114 0 0
Lower Wairau ........................................ 187 6 6
Upper Wairau ........................................ 127 17 0
Wairau Valley ....................................... 100 0 0
Clarence ............................................ 150 5 0
Awatere ............................................. 374 1 0
Pelorus ............................................. 152 0 0

£2,560 11 2

SUMS expended on Public Works, other than Roads, from the 1st July, 1861, to 30th June, 1862, and thence to 30th March, 1863:-

£ s. d.
Pelorus Bridge .................................... 1,070 0 0
Tinmine Bridge ...................................... 315 0 0
Omaka Bridge ........................................ 897 0 0
Opawa Bridge ........................................ 939 14 6
Lock-up Creek Bridge ................................ 213 16 0
Picton Foot Bridge .................................. 110 0 0
Omaka Foot Bridge ................................... 16 10 0
Picton Wharf ........................................ 1,598 4 0
Accommodation Houses ................................ 232 7 6
Immigration Barracks, Picton ........................ 526 0 0
Improvement to Public Offices, Blenheim ............. 250 15 4
Blenheim Wharf ...................................... 7,500 0 0
Repairs, Opawa Breach ............................... 195 16 0
Building at Goulard’s Ferry ......................... 118 10 0
Picton Pound ........................................ 386 0 0
Fencing Cemetery .................................... 40 0 0
Small Bridges ....................................... 138 10 0
Erection of Weather Gauge ........................... 33 5 0

£14,863 19 1



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Marlborough Provincial Gazette 1863, No 58





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🏗️ Expenditure on Roads and Bridges in Marlborough

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Expenditure, Roads, Bridges, Marlborough

🏗️ Expenditure on Roads from 1st July, 1862, to 31st March, 1863

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Expenditure, Roads, Marlborough

🏗️ Expenditure on Public Works other than Roads from 1st July, 1861, to 30th March, 1863

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Expenditure, Public Works, Bridges, Wharves, Accommodation, Marlborough