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Southland. — Road, Waikaka to Leitkam. —The construction of tins rond has been completed at a cost of .£l5O. Taieei.— Road, Mullooky Gully to Silver Peak. —This road is now in course of construction, and when completed will be of great service to the settlers ; and may bo the means of opening up fresh auriferous ground—£3oo have been expended on this work, and it is estimated to cost £600 when completed. Westland.— Road, Duffer's Greek to Ohristchurch lload. —This road is for the purpose of giving facilities to the miners that are employed in the different creeks and gullies to obtain supplies, and it likewise affords greater facilities for effecting repairs to the Waimea Water-race. The cost of this work has been £720. Track, Back Creek to Eel Greek. —This track will enable the miners to work the ten-aces running parallel with the Hokitika Elver, and likewise afford them better facilities for working the creeks and gullies higher up the river. The cost of this track has been £250. Track, Boucher's Greek to Gentle Annie Terrace. —This track, when completed, will enable supplies to be taken up to the miners who are working on the top of a high terrace, at a cheaper rate. The old track was very steep and almost impassable. This work has cost £120 ; an additional subsidy has been authorised for its extension. Distance, one mile. Track, Ross Borough Boundary to Mount Greenland. —This track is for the purpose of enabling the miners who are working on Mount Greenland about 2000 feet above the level of Ross Hat to get supplies brought on to their claims which cannot be done at the present time by horses. This work is estimated to cost, when completed, about £1,400. Distance about five miles. Maniototo. — -Road, Ida Valley to Serpentine Diggings. —This work consisted in improving the road from Ida Valley to Serpentine Diggings. A number of miners have been at work in this locality for a number of years, and recently some rich quartz reefs have been opened. The cost of these improvements has been £136. Grey.— Track, Langdon's to Moonlight. —This is a continuation of the road up the north side of the Grey Eiver from opposite Langdon's Ferry to Moonlight Creek. There are a number of miners employed in the ranges and in the gullies and creeks on the north side of the Grey Iliver, who formerly had no passable track to get their supplies brought to their claims ; and even now some of them have to carry their provisions for a considerable distance on their backs. This track can be extended at a future time up the Grey River to join the road coming from the LittteGrey Valley to Mirfin's station on the Otututu Eiver ; and thus make the line communication up this side of the river complete. The cost of this work has been £1,600. Distance, about nine miles. Track, Cameron's to Gape Terrace.- —This will be a very servicable track, as it is the most direct line from Greymouth to Westbrook, and it goes through auriferous ground for the whole of the distance; £342 have been expended on its construction, and, when completed, it will cost about £700. Distance, three miles fifty-eight chains. Track, Mackley's Station, WaApuna, to Clarke's River. —This track is in course of construction, and when completed will give far greater facilities to the miners to prospect further inland, and likewise enable those who are working on the Clarke and Grey Eivers a better means of getting up their supplies. This work is estimated to cost about £1,200. Distance, five miles sixty chains. Track, Barrytown to Brighton. —This is the continuation of the road from Greymouth to Barrytown, and forms portion of the main coast line of road from Greymouth to Westport. There are a number of miners working on the terraces, gullies, and creeks between Barrytown and Deadman's Creek. The present extension will afford them a more convenient means of obtaining their supplies, and will tend in a great measure to open up this portion of the district. This road, when completed, is estimated to cost about £2,240. Distance, seven miles. Inangahua.— Track, Reefton to Big River. —This is a continuation of the road from Merrijigs to join the portion of the road that was constructed in 1883 from Big Eiver towards Reefton. There are a number of quartz reefs in this locality, some of which has been proved to be payable, if machinery could be brought on the ground ; the completion of this road will enable this to be done, and may be the means of opening up a large quartz-reefing district. This track is estimated to cost £1,792. Distance, five miles. Buller. — Track, Seatonville to Larrikins. —This is a foot-track that was constructed through the gorge of the Mokihinui Eiver, between Seatonville and Specimen Creek, to avoid going over a very steep range about 2,200 feet high. The cost of the work has been £438. Distance, three miles. Track, Waimangaroa to Denniston. —This is a track from the foot of the hill near the Waimangaroa School to the Westport Coal Company's works at Denniston. Previous to this track being constructed, the only way of getting to Denniston was by travelling on the Westport Coal Company's inclined tramway, which resulted in several fatal accidents taking place. This track has cost £787. Distance, three miles forty-one chains. Track, North Terrace to Oparara. —This is a track from the North Terrace, Karamea, to the Oparara Diggings, and it will be of great service to the miners and many of the settlers in this district, who, after finishing the work for the season on their farms, go to these diggings. The present track in wet weather is almost impassable for foot traffic ; but, when the one that is now in course of construction is completed, the miners will be able to get their supplies brought by horses. This track is estimated to cost £500. Distance, two-and-a-half miles. Road to connect Alluvial Diggings with Charleston Road. —This is a road to give the miners that are working on the Pakiki, between Westport and Addison Flat, a means of getting their supplies brought from the Charleston-V/estport Road to their claims. The cost of this work, when completed, will be about £400. Distance, one mile. Track, Four-Miles to Grey River. —This is merely an extension of the four-mile track, Charleston, towards the Grey Valley. This extension is estimated to cost £300. Road to connect Alluvial Diggings north of Deadman's. —The construction of this road was necessitated by the sea making inroads on the beach, and breaking into a swamp, which stops all traffic at high water. The cost of this work, when completed, will be about £278. Distance, about one mile.