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Grant £200, Manaia Upper. This is a grant to the Stratford County Council. A contract for complet ng the metalling to the radius-line has been let, and 10 chains of metalling and 40 lineal feet of culverts completed. Expenditure, £50, out of £200. Grant £305, Dawson's Falls. At the end of season 1905, 93 chains of bush-work and dray-road formation was done, thus making the house accessible for wheel traffic. This season only 300 chains of drav-road maintenance-work has been attended to. Expenditure, £297 18s. lid., out of £305. Grant £200, Dawson's Falls House to Stratford House. On line located last season, 27 chains have been widened and maintained for horse traffic. Expenditure, £74 19s. Bd., out of £200. | , Works not specifically provided for. Assisted by funds from the Park Board, four miles and a half of walking-track have been cleared and benched from Humphries' Castle towards Bell's Falls. The work is now being completed. Expenditure, £12 7s. sd. Apportionment of the Board's Funds. From rents, tourist grant, and a balance from last year, the Board had a credit of £336 2s. The expenditure was as follows : Track-work, £56 10s. ; house furniture and insurance, £157 7s. 2d.; sundries, £20 14s. ; salaries and travelling-expenses, £24 15s. 4d. ; compensation for accident, £15 : leaving a credit of £61 15s. 6d.

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