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Track, Alabama Creek. —This is a prospecting-traek to open up the country. It is estimated to cost £60, and a subsidy on this amount has been authorised to the extent of £30. Ohinemuei County. Road from Battery Tramway to Waihi Gold- and Silver-mines. —This is a dray-road to enable machinery to be brought on the ground to work the mining-claims which have recently been floated into a large company with English capital. The estimated cost of the work is £300, of which amount a subsidy of £150 has been authorised. Track to Marototo Mines. —This is a proposed prospecting-track from the gold-workings at Waitekauri along the range to Marototo. It is estimated to cost £100; and a subsidy has been authorised on this amount to the extent of £50. Tramway, RarangahaJce to Bailey's Reduction-works. —This tramway was advocated for several years, long before Bailey's plant was erected, as the best means of getting the quartz taken from the claims on the Karangahake Eange to the place where a crushing-battery could be erected. But since this tramway has been completed it has never been used, owing to the crushing company being put into liquidation. The cost of the work has been £400. Of this amount a subsidy was paid to the extent of £200. Strengthening Bridge on Road, Paeroa to Waihi. —A large amount of machinery for the new English company at Waihi has recently arrived from England and America, and it was found necessary to strengthen some of the bridges on the road before the machinery could be taken to the company's machine-site. The estimated cost of the work is £200. Of this amount a subsidy has been authorised to the extent of £133 6s. Bd. Piako County. Track up Stoney Creek. —This is a prospecting-track for the purpose of opening up the country. When it was first proposed to be constructed it was estimated to cost £162 16s. 9d. Of this amount a subsidy was authorised to the extent of £108 12s. 2d., but the track was so badly laid out and constructed that only £36 of the subsidy was paid, and the balance of authority cancelled. COLLINGWOOD COUNTY. Bridge over the Aorere River. —This is a horse-bridge over the gorge of the Aorere Eiver at Salisbury's Crossing, to enable supplies to be conveyed to the miners who are working in the Quartz Eanges. The cost of this bridge has been £173 14s. Of this amount £115 16s. has been given as subsidy. Waimba County. Track to Table-land Diggings. —This is a horse-track from Anatoki to Table-land Diggings. The track has been surveyed and graded for several miles, and a section of it is now in course of construction, which is estimated to cost, when completed, £260. Of this amount a subsidy was authorised to the extent of £130, of which £115 has been paid. Bullee County. Extension of Road, Croninville.- —This is an extension of the road leading from the WestportCharleston Eoad towards Croninville, to enable timber and materials to be supplied to the miningclaims in this district. The estimated cost of this extension is £100, of which amount a subsidy has been authorised to the extent of £50. Track, Waimangaroa to Sea-beach. —This is a horse-track from Waimangaroa Township to the sea-beach, to give facilities to the miners who are living at Waimangaroa to get to and from their claims, and to get supplies. The track is estimated to cost £80, and a subsidy has been authorised on this amount to the extent of £40. Road, Ngakaiohau Railway-station to Mokihinui. —The portion of the road constructed here is over one of the small rocky bluffs between Ngakawhau and Mokihinui. The cost of the construction was £50, on which a subsidy was paid of pound for pound. Track, Addison's Flat towards Ranges. —This is a prospecting-track into the ranges above Addison's Flat, for the purpose of giving facility to miners to prospect the back country. £20 has been spent on this work, out of which £10 was paid as subsidy. Track, North Terrace, to Oparara Diggings. —A dray-road was constructed several years ago from the wharf, near the mouth of the Karamea Eiver, for the use of the settlers at North Terrace. A horse-track has been constructed from this road towards the Oparara Diggings. This goldfields gives remunerative employment to settlers in the district when they have not work on their farms. The cost of this track has been £500, and a subsidy on this amount paid to the extent of £333 6s. Bd. Inangahua County. Track, Larry's Creek to Lyell. —A horse-track was constructed from Capleston to Larry's Creek about four years ago ; and it is now proposed to continue this track across the country to join the Westport-Lyell Eoad, near Dee Eiver, which is a distance of about fifteen miles. A subsidy was authorised for this work up to the extent of £750, on condition of the county spending a similar amount. A portion of this track is now in course of construction. Track, Crushington to Globe Company's Workings. —This is a horse-track from the Inangahua Eiver, near Crushington, over the range to join the horse-track, which is constructed up Oriental Creek to the Globe Company's Mine. The cost of the track has been £403, and a subsidy has been given towards its construction to the extent of £201 10s. Track, Snowy Creek. —This is a prospecting-track to open up the country, and enable packhorses to bring in supplies. The cost of the work has been £85 155., of which amount a subsidy of £42 17s. has been paid.