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further extension is required to make the work clone useful as a means of communication between the range and the valley below, the point at which the work stops being inaccessible from the country above it at present. Mr. A. B. Wright has been in charge. Te Afolia Drains. —Work done during the season has been 62 chains of new drains 4ft. deep, and of old drains 37 chains deepened 3ft. and 115 chains deepened 2ft. respectively. Mr. A. B. Wright has been in charge. Botorua to Oxford. —Since this road has been under the charge of the Survey Department the work has consisted in maintenance. Mr. J. C. Blythe, Eoad Surveyor, who has charge, reports the roadway is in fair order, and that a small quantity of grass seed has been sown. Botorua to Waiotapu .- -Mr. .1. C. Blythe, who has charge also of this road, reports that the \Vork done on it since beginning of April has been the making of tracks in the Waiotapn Valley, and putting up a rough foot-bridge across the Waiotapu Stream. Tauranga to Tempo. —This section of a hundred miles was taken over from the Public Works Department in the beginning of June, and is now in the charge of Mr. ,T. 0. Blythe. The work consists of general maintenance. Two bridges over the Mangarewa and Otaupua Streams on the Tauranga-Eotorua portion are now under contract; the latter is almost completed. Tempo to Waimarino. —At the beginning of the season a little further work in addition to that of last season was done on this road, under the supervision of Mr. J. Howard Jackson, consisting of 52 chains of dray-road constructed and 27ft. of bridging. Village-settlement lioacls. —lncluded under this heading are two roads not strictly villagesettlement roads, but mentioned here because they have been constructed by the labour of village settlers:— Ahipara to Herekino. —The work done during the season has been 110 chains of formation 16ft. wide, 78-J chains of re-forming and metalling, 37ft. (united span) of bridging, 31 chains of ditching, and 44-J chains of embankments. The road has also been improved in many places by rounding off several sharp points, hollow bends filled over, and culverts lengthened for the purpose of receiving such filling; what has been done will no doubt render the road fairly passable during the present winter : during last winter and even up to December following it was practically impassable. The work has been done chiefly by the Herekino village settlers. Hereldno Village Settlement Roads. —The work done is as follows : 102 chains formation, 6ft. wide, 12 chains widened from 6ft. to 12ft. ; 65ft. span of bridging, 6-J chains of embankment, 3 chains of double-ditching with 3 chains of fascining, and 53 chains of forest cleared one chain wide. Takaliue Village Settlement Boads. —There have been constructed this season 49 chains of road Bft. to 12ft. wide, 22ft. of bridging, and 16-J- chains of embankment. Authority was also granted for the work of metalling portion of the main road between Takahue and Kaitaia; but nothing has been done, for the reason that when it was received the season was too far advanced to a-llow of beginning operations with prudence, especially as, before metalling, the road would have required a light re-formation, which kind of work should be entered upon not much after the beginning of the dry season. Mr. DA. Grut is in charge of this road, as well as of the preceding two last-mentioned ones, under Mr. E. Fairburn's occasional supervision. Fern-flat Village Settlement Boads. —Road-formation, 12ft. wide, 3 chains ; 131-J chains widened 4ft. in the solid, 11 chains fascining, 20 chains of double-ditching, 2ft. of culverts, and 15 chains of track made. Mr. G. G. Menzies has had charge. Motukaraka Village Settlement Boads. —Work done : 56 chains formation 6ft. wide, 171 chains formation widened from 6ft. to 14ft., 45 chains of track opened, lift, of bridging, 33ft. of temporary bridging, 33 chains of embankments, and 2 chains of fascining. A contract has been let for a horsebridge over the Wairupe River of 240 ft. span, with long approaches. Herd's Point, Takahue. —There have been done 10 chains of formation widened from 6ft. to 14ft., one mile of road repaired, and five miles and a quarter of overgrowth and fallen timber cleared away from road. The above-named work includss repairs done on the Rakautapu-Kohukohu branchroad. The work has been done by village settlers. Punakitere Village Settlement Boads. —Works constructed are—l4sJ chains formation, 6ft. to 14ft. wide, 81 chains of road widened, 376 chains of track opened, 18 chains of fascining, 39ft. of bridging, 69ft. of temporary bridging, one suspension foot-bridge of 100 ft. span, and 23-J- chains of embankments. Waimamaku Village Settlement Boads. —Completed up to date : 112 chains road 6ft. wide, 67 chains of road widened, 123 chains of tracks opened., 28fft. of bridging, 179 ft. temporary bridging, one suspension foot-bridge of 100 ft. span, besides 50ft. span of timber-approaches thereto, 24 chains of fascines, and 4 chains of embankment. Waimamaku to Pakanae. —Works completed are—62 chains 6ft. wide, 11-J-chains road widened, and 12ft. bridging. The work has been done by village settlers. This, together with the four lastmentioned roads (preceding), is under the charge of Mr. G. G. Menzies, with occasional supervision by Mr. E. Fairburn. Hukerenui Village Settlement Boads. —Road-formation, 181 chains, 6ft. to 12ft. wide ; 193 ft. of bridging, 21 chains of embankment, and 50 chains of forest cleared one chain wide. Whananahi Village Settlement Boads. —Works completed are—3B3 chains of road formed sft. to 9ft. wide, 312 ft. of bridging, and 27 chains of embankment. Parua Village Settlement Boads. —The works completed are—Eoad-formation, 235 chains, 6ft. to 9ft. wide, and 123 ft. of bridging. Mr. A. M. Sheppard, under Mr. E. Fairburn's occasional supervision, is in charge of this together with the two next preceding-mentioned roads. Omaha Village Settlement J'ioads. —During the season the work done has been 93 chains road formed 14ft. wide, 20 chains 6ft. wide, and 23ft. of bridging. Mr. A. H. Vickerman has had charge.