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Payments made to Local Bodies in the Hawke's Bay Land District on account of Deferred-payment, Perpetual-lease, and Small Grazing-runs during the Twelve Months ending 30th June, 1891; and Works executed during same Period.

TAEANAKI. Junction Road from Ingleicood Eastivard to Ngatimaru. —-There was a balance of £132 left unexpended out of authority for £500 for metalling part of the Junction Eoad—lnglewood to Tarata. No work has been done during the year, and the authority has been rescinded. Opunakc Wharf. —This work is being carried out by the Opunake Wharf Company. The plans of the wharf were approved by the Public Works Department, and the work is to be subsidised to the extent of £1 for £1. Pukearuhe to Mokau. —The work on this road has consisted of the maintenance of the track between Pukearuhe and Mokau, about 16f miles, the removal of heavy slips, and the re-formation of part of the road, consequent on the floods of the 13th February last. The surfaceman was paid off on the 9th May, the road having been handed over to the charge of the Clifton County Council. Roads East of Waitara-Ngatimaru. — The Junction Eoad from Matero Eoad to Purangi, 6 miles 58 chains, has been pegged and levelled, and the plans prepared for the formation of either a bridle- or cart-road, as funds will permit. About 1 mile 45 chains of the road, commencing at Matero Eoad and onwards towards Purangi, has been improved by being culverted and partly formed. As this road passes through lands recently sold, and now being improved, and leads to a large area of unsurveyed Crown lands lying between the Waitara Eiver and the StratfordMangaroa line, its construction is of great importance to the settlement of the Crown lands in that part of the district. Huiora District. —The expenditure under this item is for felling the bush on roads fronting sections in the Huiroa district, viz., on the Mana, Durham, and Croydon Eoads, over 4 miles having been felled at a cost of £1 15s. per acre. The burning, clearing, and cart-road formation has to be done by the local bodies out of deferred-payment and perpetual-lease thirds. Roads East of Waipuku. —Felling 1 mile 60 chains of Waiwiri Eoad 1 chain wide, and stumping cart-track in centre 12ft. wide. A further contract for similar work on li miles of the road is now in hand, which, with that previously completed, will open 4 miles 10 chains of this road. The bridges, culverts, and formation still require making, and the authorities to hand are insufficient for the purpose. Eltham and Branch Roads. —A bridge over the Maugawheroiti Stream, Bltham Eoad, 3 miles to the westward of Kaponga, has been constructed of totara and maire timber, the foundations being concrete piers, and the necessary earthwork approaches have been made. The materials were all of the best description, and the work executed by one of the best bridge builders on the coast. The bridge should, therefore, last, with but few repairs, for over thirty years. Alfred Road. —The expenditure was for felling the bush on parts of the Gordon and Douglas Eoads fronting occupied sections, and for assisting the settlers in making a bridle-track along about 3 miles of Gordon Eoad, commencing at the East Eoad. Mokau Punt. —The expenditure under this item was in connection with securing the Mokau punt, which broke from its moorings during the flood on the 13th of February. Pukearuhe-Mangaroa, Mimi Road. —The formation of nearly 6 miles of this road was commenced prior to the Ist July, 1890, but nearly the whole of the work has been done since that date. The road has been formed loft, wide, graded and culverted, and three bridges have been constructed (one being under 30ft. in length). As papa rock crops out frequently on the road, the cost of maintenance will be heavy for the next two years in clearing away slips. A further length of 4 miles is now being laid off for contract. This road gives access to about 12,000 acres, lately subdivided.

Names of Local Bodies. Amounts handed over to Local Bodies. Koads Dray-roads Bridlemetalled. formed. formed Forestjlearing. to CX « Culverts. Drains. £ s. d. 319 15 5 95 9 10 203 16 10 948 7 4 189 18 0 469 18 10 ! 15 15 2 226 6 7 1 143 5 6 I M. ch. M. ch. 11 20 0 10 0 29 1 40 0 59J 1 40 0 30 2 60 0 60 M. ch. 4 56 0 78 2 22 0 30 M. ch. 5 70 0 45 0 70 1 10 0 75 6 49J Ft. 67 Ft. 203 350 2 220 72 39 44 96 75 Ch. 42 19 Cook County Council .. Waipawa County Council Wairoa County Council Weber Road Board Danevirke Road Board .. Kumeroa Road Board .. Ormond Road Board Waimata Road Board .. Puketapu Road Board .. Petane Road Board Maharahara Road Board Norsewood Road Board Danevirke Town Board.. Woodville Maungaatua Ormondville Ruataniwha .. Patutahi Ormondville Town Board 252 6 9 144 9 9 11 16 10 128 18 4\ 3 15 11 20 6 0 I 115 5 1 f 167 2 2 j 8 14 0 )\ 0 34 0 71J 1 20 1 0 0 75 0 20J 2" 0 1 364 0 45 0 25 2 20 0 63 1 30 0 '74 1 15 32 ii 24 22 200 125 76 28$ 24 No returns. Total 3,465 8 4 4 60| 22 64| 12 19 19 38c} 186 1,426 189J