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Oturoa Road (Rotorua County). —With a view to giving all-weather access to numerous settlers on this road metalling improvements were commenced during the period, and 1 m. 20 ch. of new work was completed. South Road (Rotorua County).—During the year 50 ch. of formation and 54 ch. of metalling was carried out on this road. Te Waerenga Road (Rotorua County). —As a result of representations made by numbers of settlers and an appropriate application by the Rotorua County Council, a grant was made for the purpose of assisting with the cost of metalling this settlement road. During the period under review new work of this description was carried out over a distance of 2 m. Vaughan's Road (Rotorua County). —A length of 1 m. 32 ch. of metalling was completed on this road during the period. Whirinaki Cross Road (Rotorua County). —This road is used greatly in connection with the settlement and development of a number of Crown sections in the vicinity, and in order to give all-weather access metalling improvements were commenced. A distance of 74 ch. was completed during the year. Atiamuri to Orakei-Korako Road (Taupo County).—This road has come into prominence as the access to the new thermal district now being developed at Orakei-Korako. Reconstruction work, with surfacing where necessary, was required to give vehicular access, and a length of 10 m. 50 ch. received attention of this description during the period. Ongaroto Road (Taupo County). —With a view to giving access to new country and to timbermills, formation and metalling has been carried out over a length of 4 m. on this road. Reporoa Roads (Taupo County). —The several roads in this block give access to pumice country which was brought in as Crown land settlement some few years ago. In view of the difficulties experienced by the new settlers in getting access during wet weather a start was made with metalling, and by the close of the period 1 m. of this work had been completed. Taupo Aerodrome Access Road (Taupo County). —With the construction of an aerodrome at Taupo it has been necessary to build a road access, and during the year 2 m. 40 ch. of clearing preparatory to formation work, together with 1 m. of formation, was completed. Bell's Road (Tauranga County).—This settlement road had been in indifferent condition for some seasons, and in order to improve the access as much as possible a length of 40 eh. was metalled during the period under review. Esdaile's Road (Tauranga County). —Work was carried out on this road during the year under the Government's programme of backblocks roads improvement. By the close of the period a length of 30 ch. had been metalled. No. 1 Road, Te Puke (Tauranga County). —This is one of three roads on which the Tauranga County Council is experimenting with a special form of surfacing, 1 m. of the work being completed during the period. Ohauiti to Waimapu Road (Tauranga County).—ln order to give all-weather access to a number of settlers metalling improvements were undertaken on this roacl, and by the close of the period a distance of 1 m. had been metalled. Rangiuru Road (Tauranga County). —The metalling of this road is one of the works commenced under the Government's programme of improvements on settlement roads, and during the year a distance of 1 m. was metalled. Te Tumu Road (Tauranga County).—Reformation, culverting, and metalling work was completed during the period over a length of 1 m. 40 ch. on this settlement road. Galatea Estate Access Roads (Whakatane County). —In order to give all-weather access to new areas which the Lands Department desired to offer for selection within the Galatea Estate, formation and metalling work has been carried out over a distance of 1 m. 50 ch. Luttrell's Bridge (Whakatane County). —One timber bridge of three 25 ft. spans was erected over Raroa Creek, approximately 2 m. from Waimana Village, and this will be a decided improvement over the previous means of crossing by a ford. Murupara Small Farms Access Road (Whakatane County).—As indicated, this is a road giving access to a number of small farms, the development of which has been undertaken by the Department of Lands and Survey. During the period Im. 54 ch. of formation and metalling was completed, together with two small bridge culverts. Murphy's Road (Whakatane County). —This is another road on which metalling has been commenced under the programme of settlement roads improvement. A distance of 60 ch. was completed. Omehu Outfall Bridge, Soldiers' Road (Whakatane County). —One bridge in steel joists of 40 ft. span was erected over the Omeheu Outfall Drain on this road. Rotorua to Waikaremoana Road (Whakatane County).—The major work of reconstructing and metalling this road has progressed steadily, and that completed during the period under review comprises 3 m. 70 ch. of heavy rock formation approximately 24 ft. wide, lighter formation over an additional 1 m. 20 ch. approximately 30 ft. wide, metalling 2 m. 33 ch., and culverting 2,000 lineal feet. During the year heavy rains in the mountain sections caused numerous heavy slips, and rock and rubble totalling over 52,000 cubic yards were removed as a result of these occurrences. An average complement of 150 men have been employed during the period. Sisley's Road (Whakatane County). —This is a settlement road on which metalling was commenced under the programme of backblocks-roads improvement. 60 ch. of this work was completed. Tarawera Small Farms Access Road (Whakatane County). —A road was required in this instance to give access to small farms being developed by the Department of Lands and Survey, 1 m. 20 ch. of new formation being completed and surfaced with pumice.

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