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SCHEDULE OP CORRESPONDENCE.

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KAI IWI TO PATEA.

PLANS.

; — com '.intie< ro. Date. From. To. Subject. 1870. Dec. 2 Mr. Eliott Mr. Parris £700 sent. Anxious for road -works to be pushed on, with a view to Cobb's Coach running. Report on works in Taranaki District. G 7 Dec. 15 Dec. 28 » Mr. Blackett Mr. Parris Hon. Minister for Public Works Hon. Native and Defence Minister Has visited the South for the purpose of examining the roads, aud estimating the improvements necessary. Suggests road across Turangi Block. 1871. June 20 Mr. Carrington tinder Secretary for Public Works" General report on road works, Patea to Taranaki.

1870. Dec. 3 Mr. Blackett Mr. Blackett Hon. Minister for Public Works Hon. Minister for Public Works Has inspected lino from Wunganui to Waitotara ; it is unfit for tramway. The works required are, removing scrub from formation and clearing out water tables. £1,600 is estimated cost. Works authorized. Work required on inland road ; Kai Iwi to Waitotara, has been advertised. Bridges are required over the Manutabi, Tangahoe, and Waingongoro Rivere, plans for which are in preparation. Dec. 15 1871. Jan. 24 Mr. Carrington Hon. Minister for Public Works Mr. Cooper a is 16 16 Jan. 30 Jan. 16 Feb. 4 Feb. 13 March 1 Mr. Hales Mr. Blackett Mr. Carrington Mr. Blackett Mr Hales Mr. Hales Hon. Mr. GHsborno Mr. Carrington Mr. Cooper Reports examination of line of road between Patea and Hawera. Forwards statement of contracts entered into on Wanganui and Patea line of road. Specifications have been prepared for sundry other works as mentioned. To call for tenders for gravelling road. Has inspected approaches to Wkenuakura River. Instructions with reference to the various works. Forwarding schedule of tenders for metalling portion of Wanganui-Patea line of road, and for Kai Iwi and Okehu Bridges. Specifications prepared for metalling eight miles fortythree chains between Pa Karaka and Turangaika, and for other works. Works authorised. Expedition in completing them to be used. General report on works under his charge in this district. April 25 Mr. Hales Mr. Knowles April 28 Mr. Knowles Mr. Hales June 20 Mr. Carrington Under-Secretary for Public Works

iVaikato roads, illustrative of Lieut.-Colonel St. John's report of 3rd March, 1871 ... ... No. 2. lough diagram, illustrative of Mr. Turner's report of 24th January, 1871 ... ... ... No. 8. Cauranga to Taupo, illustrative of Mr. Heale's report of 23rd December, 1870 ... ... No. 11. tlain line of road, Tauranga to Taupo, illustrative of Mr. Heale's report of 23rd December, 1870 ... No. 11. Papuaeharuru to Rotorua, illustrative of Mr. Bold's report of 21st January, 1871 ... ... No. 22. Sketch, illustrative of Mr. Blackett's instructions to Mr. Weber ... ... ... No. 52. jines explored by Mr. Weber, through Seventy Mile Bush ... ... ... ... No. 55. ioad in course of formation from Foxton to the Mauawatu Gorge, showing line of eornniunication between Wellington and Napier ... ... ... ... ... ... ... No. C2. iketch map of the Province of Taranaki and Coast Line to Wanganui, Nos. 1 and 2, illustrative of Mr. O. Carrington's report of 20th June ... ... ... ... ... ... No. 78.