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The principal works carried out on the Hauraki Plains during the year are summarized in the following schedule:— Length. Excavation. Miles. Ch. Cubic Yd. Drains cleaned by manual labour . . . . 121 51 Drains and canals cleaned by weed-cutting launch .. . . .. .. 7 31 Drains widened and deepened by manual labour . . . . .. .. 6 70 10,154 Drains and canals improved by machines .. 1 57 41,510 Stop-banks reconstructed by machines .. 5 16 126,050 Area of swamp harrowed or rolled with Acres. harrows . . .. . . .. .. 970 Expenditure and Rates Maintenance expenditure for the year amounted to £3,330. Rates struck amounted to £3,393, and the collections, including arrears, totalled £3,675. Expenditure on other works amounted (to £7,066. I have, &c., R. L. Innis, Chief Drainage Engineer. The Under-Secretary for Lands, Wellington. STATEMENT OP ACCOUNTS A statement of accounts is published in parliamentary paper 8.-l [Pt. IV].

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