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£583 6s. Bd. was paid as subsidy. There are several portions of the track between Tiki and the sea-beach at Wilson's that require to be constructed yet to make it a good track for horse-traffic. These are estimated to cost £300, and a subsidy on this amount has been authorised to the extent of £150. Track, Golden Belt. —This is a sledge-track between Matawai Creek and Tiki. It was formerly constructed as a horse-track, but had to be widened to allow a small dray to be used to convey the auriferous quartz from the claims in this locality to the crushing-battery. The cost of widening was £100, of which amount £50 has been paid as subsidy. Road, Goromandel to Tokatea. —A portion of this road was repaired, namely, between the bottom of the Tokatea Eange and the Saddle, which was greatly damaged by large slips, blocking the road completely up. The cost of repairs was £300, of which amount £150 was given as subsidy. Road, Old Saw-mill towards Matawai. —This is a narrow dray-road from the crossing of the Waiau Creek to the crushing-battery at Matawai Creek to allow auriferous quartz to be conveyed to Coromandel, and also to got machinery up to the Matawai Battery. The work is in course of construction, and when completed it is estimated to cost £300. A subsidy has been authorised to the extent of £166 13s. 4d., of which amount £100 has been paid. Extension, Harbour View Road. —This is a narrow dray-road leading from the CoromandelTokatea Boad to the mining-claims on the northern side of the Tokatea Eo/nge, to the point called Harbour View. This road requires to be extended about one mile to a point where there are a number of tributers at work in the Tokatea Company's ground. These tributers have no other means of getting the quartz taken to the crushing-battery at the present time than by carrying the stone in bags on thsir backs, over the top of tho range to the road on the southern side. The extension is estimated to cost £150. Of this amount a subsidy has been authorised to the extent of £75. Thames County. Road, Sea-beach to Waiomo. —This is a dray-road from the sea-beach up the Waiomo Creek to its junction with the Paroquet Creek; thence up the Paroquet Creek to the mines. The whole of the work is completed at a cost of £750. Of this amount a subsidy has been paid to the extent of £375. ' Road, Te Papa Gully. —This is for metalling a dray-road from Te Papa Gully to the Flat at Shortland to allow drays to convey the quartz from the mining-claims in the locality to the crushingbatteries. The cost of the work was £75. Of this amount £37 10s. was paid as subsidy. Repairing Flood Damages. —This is for repairs to the Waiotahi, Moanataiari, Karaka, and Collarbone Boads, which had to be undertaken at once to make the roads passable, owing to the heavy floods in May, 1887, having damaged them to such an extent that all traffic was stopped. The cost of these repairs was £350, out of which a subsidy was paid to the extent of £175. Road, Waiomo to Tapu. —This is for widening the bridle-track that went along the edge of the sea-beach into a dray-road for the purpose of facilitating the conveying of auriferous quartz to the crushing-batteries at either Tapu or Grahamstown. This work is in course of construction, and when completed is estimated to cost £1,500. Of this amount a subsidy has been authorised to tho extent of £750, of which £524 12s. 10a. has been paid. Road, Karaka Greek to Lucky Hit. —This is the extension of the Karaka Creek road to the mining-claim known as the Lucky Hit, which is required to enable the auriferous quartz from the mining-claims in this locality to be conveyed to the crushing-batteries at Grahamstown. The extension is estimated to cost £600, and a subsidy was authorised on this amount to the extent of £300, of which £167 ss. 3d. has been paid. Track, Waiotahi towards Mercury Bay. —There is a bridle-track constructed for about six miles from the head of the Waiotahi Creek to Punga Plat, where some settlers are located. The track is now being extended towards Gum Town, which is a little above the head of Mercury Bay. The work is in course of construction, and when completed will tend to open up what is believed to be a payable auriferous country. The estimated cost of the tract is £616 3s. A subsidy has been authorised on this amount to the extent of £360 15s. 4d., of which £261 ss. 6d. has been paid. Road, Hikutaia Goldfield. —A dray-road is being constructed up the side of the Hikutaia Eiver towards Marototo. The portion under construction is through swampy ground, which had to be drained before a road could be of any practical utility. About a mile of the road is in course of construction, which is estimated to cost £400. Of this amount a subsidy has been authorized to the extent of £200, on which £73 17s. 7d. has been paid. Road, Puriri to New Discoveries. —Several auriferous-quartz claims have been taken up on the side of the range, some of which show fair prospects. This road is to enable the claim-holders to get up machinery and to convey the quartz to the Thames Valley Eoad, in order to take it to the crushing-batteries at Grahamstown. The estimated cost of the work is £200, of which amount a subsidy has been authorised to the extent of £100. Track up Te Mata Greek. —Gold was found in Te Mata Creek some fifteen years ago, and the bed of the creek has been worked in many places by sluicing for alluvial gold. Recently, gold has been discovered in quartz reefs and a commencement made to work them ; but there is no road either to get machinery up or to convey the quartz to the batteries at Tapu or Grahamstown. The construction of this track will give better facilities for opening up this part of the country. It is estimated to cost, when completed, £200. Of this amount a subsidy of £100 has been authorised. Track, Neiv Find to Waiomo Battery. —This is a sledge-track from the Golden Drop Claim to the Waiomo Crushing Battery. Gold has recently been discovered on the south side of the Waiomo Creek, and a track will have to be constructed before any quartz can be conveyed from the claim to the battery. The cost of this work is estimated to be £110. Of this amount a subsidy has been authorised to the extent of £55, of which the sum of £30 has been paid.