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Fort Galatea and Taupo Road. —Formation, 8 chains ; embankment, 2 chains. Te Teho and Richmond Road.— lt was found necessary to dig a drain from the Okauneke Swamp intothe Tarawera Eiver, in order to take the water off the road, which was perfectly inundated, there being no outlet. A ditch, 21 chains long and 5 feet X 4 feet, has been made, and 10 chains of fascines laid on the road, and 917 cubic yards filled in on the fascines ; the earth had to be conveyed by canoe for a considerable distance. Embankment, 7 chains 462 cubic yards ; one box culvert, 18 feet X by 18 feet, has also been made ; one bridge culvert, 16 feet long x 15 feet wide ; four stringers, 12 feet x 4 feet ; two cills, 9 feet X 4 feet; and four piles, 9 feet x 9 feet; hand-rails and braces. The cills and stringers are fastened to the piles with iron bolts. The culverts and bridges have been repaired on the Titiwaroa Swamp ; the totara 2-inch planking being found to be too light for a heavy dray to pass over, it has been replaced with 3-inch plank. A portion of the timber for the bridges on Te Teko and Whakatane Eoad has been cut. These bridges will be built as soon as all the material is ready. I attach a Schedule with full details of the work performed; it will appear small when contrasted with my return of last year, but this will be accounted for by the fact that no men have been employed on the works since January, in consequence of the detachment being in Wellington. I have, &c, Geobge Peeece, Captain, The Under Secretary, Defence Department, Commanding Native Contingent. . "Wellington.

RETURN showing Amount of ROAD Work by CAPTAIN PREECE'S NATIVE CONTINGENT from the 1st of June, 1873, to the 31st of May, 1874.

Name of Road. Locality. Nature of Country. Description of Work. tn Q O 6 i IS -si ! o 6 ft Id Amount. Q Te Teko and Fort Galatea Fort Galatea „ „ Pokairoa ... „ „ Ohui >> » » >» » iy Pumice jj ... Red clay soil ... it Formation... 11 ... 20 Side cutting 5 330 20 2 244 „ 6 396 20 6 880 „ 3 198 20 5 366 „ 3 198 20 3 220 Formation... 4 ... 20 Side cutting 10 660 20 4 977 Formation... 14 ... 20 Side cutting 2 132 20 4 195 Formation... 2 ... 20 Side cutting 4 264 20 10 977 b'elling timber 4 ... 66 11 5 6 3 3 4 10 It 2 2 4 4 330 396 198 198 660 30 £ s. d. 5 10 0 5 18 18 6 8 7 12 6 4 11 8 2 0 0 20 7 1 7 0 0 4 13 10 0 20 7 1 4 0 0 t> » » ft » » » ■■■ t> Heavy timber... 132 53 12 3* t) )» J» J» )l • •• 1> » I) ii ... 264 j, » >> )) Heavy timber, red clay Pumice »» )> )) Side cutting ... 43 35 15 418 Formation... 8 ... 20 Embankment 2 132 20 2 195 Side cutting ... 92 21 18 644 ... 60 20 15 333 Felling ... 5 ... 66 Side cutting ... 51 25 6 141 „ 1 66 26 6 190 ... 30 26 9 148 Stumping and clearing ... 8 Side cutting ... 46 28 13 310 „ ... 56 28 10 290 2 132 28 10 684 Draining ... 15 Ditching ... 6 Fascining ... 6 Filling in on fascines ... 6.«ft440 15 1 244 Fascining ... 4 Embankment 7 462 20 1 342 Filling in 143 14 6 37 , 115 14 6 30 219 14 6 57 ance of 7 men employed, five days ... 43 8 14 2 4 0 0 7 6 3 13 8 4 6 18 9 5 0 0 2 18 9 3 19 2 3 18 Taupo Eoad ... ... Fort G-alatea 132 92 60 Te Teko and Fort Galatea Ohui tt 8 6 Clay 139 11 )> jt t> Heavy timber ... Heavy clay » » „ ... » )> j» 51 66 30 » » » j, )» 3> »» u j-146 13 » )J „ *» ••• 8 0 0 6 9 2 6 0 10 14 5 0 3 15 0 1 10 0 6 0 0 » » 1) ... » >» J) h ft \oi 39 86i 10 8 9 9 G h it n ••• Bicbmond and Te Teko Okauneke ... Swamp » » » >* •■• ] 98 S153 6 )» t> t> ti j> >> j> ••• it ... 8 12 4 0 4 0 0 17 2 0 1 17 0 1 10 0 2 17 0 8 15 0 20 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 0 10 0 j) » j> it ■•• „ „ Titiwaroa ... >j ••' 101i 7 ti I 52 5 >> »> ij it » >> » „ „ Okauneke and Repairing Te Teko and Otekiri Swamp B 1 Wooden box culvert at Fort Alfred, 1 „ „ Waikowhei 1 „ „ Ngatauawa 1 18-ineh culvert 1 Bridge culvert,* 16 feet long, 15 fe handrails, 4 I 3 jj ... i Otekiri, maintem 12 x 12, 27 feet lc tfhe, 12 x 9, 27 fee hine, 18 x 9, 27 fe< ong :t long :et long ... 12 9 set wide, 4 string) ;ers 12 x 4, 2 cills 9 x 4, 4 piles 9x9, 10 0 0 •Timber carted for bridge, 12 miles. G-eobgk Peeece, Captain, Commanding Native Contingent. Trice 3d.} By Authority; Gbobge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—1874.