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Track, Oparara through Gorge. —This is a track to connect the Karamea with the gold workings through the gorge of the Oparara Eiver. The estimated cost of the work is £150, of which £75 has been paid. • Bridge, Okira Creek.— This is a new bridge over what is locally known as Dirty Mary s Greek, on the road from Westport to Charleston. The estimated cost of the work is £100, of which amount £50 has been paid. Horse-track to Diggings, Gape Foulwind,— This is a road from the railway-line going from the harbour-works to Cape Foulwind, to connect with the diggings which have recently been discovered on the first terrace back from the sea-beach. The estimated cost of a road to connect with all the workings is £400. Of this amount £150 has been paid. A grant of £100 has also been authorised for the construction of a bridge over the lagoon. Bridge, Nile River, at Charleston.— -This is for building new piers and renewing the superstructure of the bridge on the Westport-Charleston road. The estimated cost of the work is £800, of which amount £701 12s. has been paid, leaving a balance of £98 Bs. Track, Mokihinui to Little Wangatmi.—This is for repairing damage done by floods, the cost of which was £200, and the whole of the money has been paid. Track, Burnett's Face, Coalbrookdale. —This is a horse-track to connect the coal workings with the one constructed from Denniston towards Cedar Creek. The cost of the work was £200, which has been paid. Boad, Devil's Creek to Big River.— This is partially for widening the horse-track which has been constructed for several years, and partially for making a deviation so as to give communication to all the claims on the line of reef leading from the Globe to the Big Eiver. The road has been partially constructed on the subsidy principle, and partially by direct grant. The latter amount authorised is £1,750, of which £1,617 19s. has been paid. Road to Painkiller.— -This is a road from the Waitahu Eiver, near the crossing on the short road to Boatman's from Eeefton, to the Charles Eussell Mine, to enable machinery to be placed on the ground. The cost of the work is at £100, and this amount has been authorised. Road, Hampden to Horse Terrace.—A. horse-track has been constructed between these points for many years, and the Survey Department some five years ago altered it into a dray-road for the first five miles out from Hampden. The rest of the distance to the crossing of the Matakitaki Eiver has been partially completed, and is in progress. The cost of the work, including the contracts in progress, has been £2,850, of which amount £1,965 15s. has been paid. Road, Cobden to Seventeen-mile Beach.— This road has been constructed for some time, with the exception of one portion which was done last year. The cost of this was £400, and the whole of the money has been paid and work completed. Horse Track, Hatter's Terrace to Haupiri. —This is the continuation of the track from Hatter s Terrace to Bell Hill, going onwards towards the Kapara Eiver in order to give communication and open up the country. A grant amounting to £800 has been authorised for this work, which is in progress, and £600 of this amount has been paid. Track, Grey River to Moonlight.— This is a track from the road leading up the north side of the Grey Eiver to the Moonlight Diggings, where considerable mining operations are being carried on. A grant of £300 has been authorised for this work, but no payments have yet been made. ° Track, Black Ball.— This is to improve the horse-track to the diggings up the Black Ball Creek; the" present track is very steep, arid in bad order. The estimated cost of improvements is £250, which has been authorised for this work. Great South Road. —This is widening the horse-track from the Waitaha Eiver in the Westland County towards the Wanganui Eiver, so as to give facilities for the southern portion of Westland to be opened up. The distance now widened is fourteen and a half miles, and the expenditure on the work up to the end of March last amounted to £2,702 16s. 3d. Horse-track, Cascade to Barn Bay.— This is a track from the Cascade Eiver, where the road crosses it, to the sea-beach at Barn Bay. When this track is completed it will give facilities for men to prospect the sea-beaches and terraces between this and the Gorge Eiver. A grant of £443 was authorised for this work, and of this amount £411 7s. has been paid. Road, Tucker's Flat. —This is the continuation of a road from Kanieri into the bush, for the purpose of getting out mining - timber and firewood. The estimated cost of extension is £264, of which £104 has been paid. Road, Dillman's to Larrikin's. —This is a road through the worked-out ground from Dillman s to foot of the Kapitea Hill, to give facilities to bring goods and mining-timber to the claims in Larrikin's Mat. The estimated cost of the road is £130, which has been authorised for its construction. Horse-track, Gillam's Gully.— This is a track to open up the country and allow the miners an opportunity to prospect. The cost of the work is estimated at £150, which has been authorised. Bridge over Mahinapua Creek.—A bridge has been constructed across the Mahinapua Creek, to allow wheeled traffic to pass between the different places and gold-workings on the sea-beach and terraces. The cost of this work has been £503 16s. 10d., which has been paid. Sundry Tracks, Westland.— Several tracks to different parts of the country have been authorised, but no money has yet been paid on the works. __ Bridge, Kawarau River.— -This is a renewal of the piers of the Victoria Bridge, on the Kawarau Eiver. The present piers are greatly decayed and might collapse at any time. The work of renewing them is in progress, which is estimated to cost £725 ; of this amount a subsidy to the extent of £362 10s has been authorised, but none of it has been paid. Road Miller's Flat to Skippers.— -This is a road up the side of the range, from Millar's Flat, to join the Shotover-Skipper's Eoad near the Saddle. When completed, it will afford a ready communication between the Upper Shotover, Skippers, and Arrowtown. The estimated cost of the work is £400, which has been authorised, but none of the money has been paid.