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constructed sft. wide with easy grades, and trollies are now used upon it for conveying machinery from Reefton to the quartz mines in the Big River District. The estimated cost of the portion lately under construction was £1,792; of this amount £1,194 13s. 4d. was authorized as subsidy, of which £1,084 6s. Bd. have been paid. Road, Owen Reefs to Uno Battery. —A subsidy of £200 was authorized to the county, on the principle of £2 for £1, to construct a road from the Westport-Nelson Road to the Owen Reefs, where recently auriferous quartz lodes of a payable character have been discovered; but, the county declining to proceed with the work, a survey of the road has been authorized, and plans will shortly be submitted, with estimate of the cost of construction. Grey County, Westland and Nelson. Track from Waipuna to Clarke's River. —This is a horse-track, metalled 3ft. wide, following up the Grey Valley from Mackay's station to the Clarke River, a distance of 5 miles 75 chains. By a continuation of this track at a future time it will open up the whole valley of the Grey River to the saddle of the Maruia. The cost of the work has been £1,200; of this amount £800 have been paid as subsidy. Track, Cameron's to Cape Terrace. —This is a horse-track, metalled 3ft. wide, from the Cameron's track to Cape Terrace, a distance of 3 miles 58 chains, and now affords a direct line of communication between Cameron's and the Greenstone Road. The cost of this work was £700 ; of this amount £466 13s. 4d. have been paid as subsidy. Track, Red Jack's to Nelson Creek. —This work is in course of construction, two miles of it being completed. It commences at Blackwater, and terminates at the Kangaroo Road, a short distance from Hatters' Terrace. The total distance is 5 miles 8 chains. The estimated cost of the work is £750; of this amount £500 was authorized as subsidy, of which £150 have been paid. Road, Barrytown to Deadman's. —This is a road to give access to the terraces where miners are at work running parallel with the ocean beach, from about a mile to a mile and a half inland. The total distance of road to construct to Deadman's, which is the boundary between the Grey and Buller Counties, is seven miles. Of this distance, four miles have been completed. The total cost of work is estimated to be £2,240; of this amount £1,493 6s. Bd. was authorized as subsidy, of which £912 have been paid. Track, Irishman's to Lake Brunner. —This is the continuation of the track from Marsden to Irishman's, to open up the country between Irishman's and Lake Brunner. Five miles of track are in course of construction, which is estimated to cost £900; of this amount £600 was authorized as subsidy, of which £150 have been paid. Track, Limestone to Maori Creek. —This is the continuation of a track that was constructed several years ago by the county from the Greymouth-Marsden Road to the Limestone diggings. It is now proposed to continue this track on to Maori Creek, a distance of upwards of four miles. The estimated cost of work is £800; of this amount £533 6s. Bd. have been authorized as subsidy. Westland County, Westland. Track, Ross Borough Boundary to Mount Greenland. —This is a horse-track from the Ross Borough Boundary to the Cedar Creek Reefs, on the south-east side of Mount Greenland, a distance of about eight miles. This track is well laid out and constructed, costing when completed £1,280 155., of which £853 16s. Bd. was paid as subsidy. Track, Kanieri Lake to Humphrey's Gully. —A dray-road has recently been made by the county between Kanieri and the lake. A horse-track has also been constructed from the lake to the upper works of the Humphrey's Gully Gold-mining Company, at a cost of £279 25., of which £186 Is. 4d. was paid as subsidy. Track, Larrikins' to Loopline Dam. —This is a horse-track from Larrikins', up the Kapitea Valley, to the Loopline Road, near the Kapitea Dam No. 2. This road was urgently required in connection with the water supply, and will be of service in enabling miners to prospect this portion of the country. The total cost of works was £499 lis., of which £299 14s. was paid as subsidy. Track, Okarito Forks to Teal Creek. —This is a proposed track from Okarito Forks to Teal Creek, to give the miners an opportunity of prospecting the various terraces which are believed to contain gold of a payable character. A survey has been made, and plans are in course of preparation. The estimated cost of the work is £600; of this amount £400 has been authorized as subsidy. Lake County, Otago. Road to Invincible Mine, Rees River. —This is a dray-road from the end of the road constructed by the Lands Department up the Rees Valley, to give access to the quartz workings up the Rees River. The total cost of the work is estimated to be £450 ; of this amount £200 was authorized as subsidy by the Mines Department, and £100 by the Lands Department. Connection of Road, Arrowtoivn to Macetown. —This is for an approach from the Arrow River into Arrowtown. The road from Macetown comes down the bed of the Arrow River for about a mile above Arrowtown ; after coming out of the gorge it crosses a wide shingle-bed of a creek, and rises very abruptly into the town. It is proposed to make a new approach, which is estimated to cost £225 ; of this amount £150 has been authorized as subsidy. Track, Mount Criffel Diggings. —This is for improvements made in the original track, which