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69. Beaumont to Miller's Flat. —Eollowing the east bank of the Clutha River, and opening Run No. 170, the lease of which falls in in 1883. The run could be divided into eight or ten small holdings, which in this country would certainly be taken up if the proposed road is constructed. 70. Boad through Gorge in Mount Benger Survey District. —This road would open Blocks VIII. and X. and the back part of Run No. 200, which admits of advantageous division. 71. Boad. —To open Run No. 106, the lease of which expires in 1882. 5,000 acres of it is good though broken land, and can be surveyed into sections for small settlers. 72. Kelso to Block XIII, Greenvale. —4,000 acres of Crown land have been sold on deferred payment recently. It is situated at a distance of four miles from Kelso Railway-station. Other 10,000 acres behind the block will come into the market in 1883, on the expiration of the present lease. 73. Tapanui Bailway-station to South Part of Bun No. 140.—The lease of Run No. 140 expires in March, 1883. Of this land, 8,000 acres have been set aside for settlement, and will be surveyed in sections from 300 to 1,500 acres. The soil is good, but the gullies intersecting it require its division into large sections. 74. Boads to open out Crown Lands in Otago and Southland Buns. —These runs have to be dealt with before March, 1883, and, to facilitate subdivision, formation of roads and tracks is required. SOUTHLAND. 75. Boads. —To open Seaward Eorest and coast line. They will bring into the market 40,000 acres of level land —dry, mossy, swampy, or bush. A vote of £3,000 has been employed in opening five miles of these roads and cutting outfall drains, and the extension of works is still going on. During the works 1,200 acres have been surveyed, sold, and occupied. The Land Board asks for the survey of 1,000 acres more. The vote asked, will extend the road to the beach, making a continuous road from Toitois to Invercargill. A block of 10,000 acres formerly surveyed, at Waituna, requires roads and drains before it can be advantageously disposed of. It is proposed to open a road-line from Bay Bush to Waituna. 76. Forest Hill Tramway. —To open 7,000 acres of Crown lands. The tramway leaves Winton and runs eastward six miles; it will possibly at some future time form a portion of a railway connecting the Invercargill-Kingston line at Winton with the main trunk line at Mataura.