Warkworth-Awanui Boad. —This is now a good summer road from Warkworth to Ohaeawai, in the Bay of Islands County —the road being metalled in places throughout. From Ohaeawai to Mongonui it is only a bridle-track; several of the streams are not bridged, nor is the road formed in places. From Mongonui to Aawnui there is a good road, and by the expenditure of this year's grant a considerable portion will have been metalled. The grant for the various counties was expended as follows : Eodney County : One mile of dray-road was formed, and five miles of drayroad improved, at a cost of £350. Otamatea County : 1 mile 51 chains of dray-road were constructed, and about seven miles and a half repaired, at a cost of £100. Whangarei County : Four miles and three quarters of metalling, averaging 10ft. wide and 9in. deep; ten miles of ditching and pipe-claying, and seven miles repaired—the total cost of which was £1,725. Bay of Islands County : Metalling, 10ft. wide and 9in. deep, of one mile in length, and about three miles of drayroad improved, at a cost of £274. Whangaroa County: 31|- chains of bridle-track have been formed 6ft. wide, one bridge of 32ft. span constructed, and 54 chains of bridle-track have been improved, at a cost of £100. Mongonui County: 2 miles 35 chains of metalling 9ft. and 10ft. wide and 9in. deep, and 2 miles 20 chains dray-road improved, one bridge of 14ft. erected, and thirty-two culverts 2ft. 6in. in size built, and twenty repaired, at a cost of £1,350. Hokianga Heads-Ohaeawai, Baivene. —The vote for this road is being expended by the Hokianga and the Bay of Islands Counties. A new line will have to be laid out between Hokianga Heads and Omania as there are two steep gradients on the present line, which unfortunately cannot be improved. The portion of the road between Omania and Eawene, and Omania and Ohaeawai, are now being improved; both these roads have been laid out with good grades, but in former times have been allowed to get into very bad repair. Out of this year's vote the Hokianga County Council have expended £100 in metalling 8 chains of road 10ft, wide by 9in. deep, repaired three bridges, and made 1-J chains of fascining, and done general repairs to twenty-one miles of road. Further works are now in progress. The Bay of Islands County Council have expended out of their portion of the grant £73 17s in metalling 13 chains of road 10ft. wide by 9in. deep, and other works are now being carried out. Opua-Waimate. —This road opens up 4,000 acres of Crown land, and is the only road from the Opua wharf, from which township it runs in a westerly direction. During the year about two miles and three quarters of road have been constructed at the Waimate end, near the Taratara Eiver, and thirteen bridges and culverts. I propose making a deviation from the original surveyed road, commencing at the end of present formation, and keeping the south side of the Taratara Eiver till I run into the Paikaraka-Waitangi Eoad, so as to avoid building a bridge across the Taratara Stream, which is already bridged on the Paikaraka-Waitangi Eoad. Works will be proceeded with as soon as a title to the deviation is secured. Aratapu-Tatarariki. —The Hobson County Council are to expend this vote, and are now preparing for 74 chains of drain, averaging 6ft. wide and 4ft. deep. These drains are alongside of road, the outfall drains having already been constructed. North Biver-Waipu. —The works done on this road during the past year consist of 300 chains of road-formation, 10ft. wide, and have been carried out under the supervision of the Waipu North Eoad Board. [To face page 39.