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List of Works on Goldfields undertaken wholly by the Mines Department, or by Subsidies to County Councils, Local Bodies, and Prospecting Associations, in Progress on the 31st March, 1888.

Locality and Nature of Works. Total Cost, or Amount authorised. Amount of Contribution paid by Mines Department. Amount due by Mines Department oil Works still in Progress. NORTH ISLAND. Roads (subsidised). Coromandel County. Old saw-mill towards Matawai Extension of Paul's Creek track Tiki bridge to old saw-mill Old saw-mill to Eccleston's Harbour View track extension Mercury Bay Road Tiki to sea-beach at Wilson's £ s. d. 300 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 150 0 0 400 0 0 300 0 0 £ s. d. 100 0 0 £ s. d. 66 13 4 150 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 75 0 0 200 0 0 150 0 0 Thames County. Karaka Creek to Lucky Hit Waiotahi towards Mercury Bay Waiomo Creek to Tapu Puriri to New Discovery To Mata Road Track to Hikutaia Goldfield Hikutaia towards Marototo New Find to Waiomo Battery Alabama Creek track .. 2,150 0 0 100 0_0_ 991 13 4 600 0 0 616 3 0 1,500 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 110 0 0 60 0 0 167 5 3 261 5 6 524 12 10 73 17 7 132 14 9 99 9 10 225 7 2 100 0 0 100 0 0 26 2 5 100 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 3,686 3 0 1,057 1 2 838 14 2 Ohinamuri County. Strengthening four bridges on Waihi Road Road from battery tramway to Waihi gold- and silver-mines Marototo track 200 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 133 6 8 150 0 0 50 0 0 SOUTH ISLAND. Roads (subsidised). Waimea County. Road to open up Tableland Diggings 600 0 0 333 6 8 260 0 0 115 0 0 15 0 0 Butter County. Extension of road at Croninville Waimangaroa to sea-beach 100 0 0 80 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 180 0 0 90 0 0 Inangahua County. Larry's Creek to Lyell 1,500 0 0 750 0 0 Grey County. Irishman's to Lake Brunner Deep Creek to Boll Hill Hatter's Terrace Road 2,400 0 0 800 0 0 800 0 0 900 0 0 176 10 0 300 0 0 223 10 0 400 0 0 Roads constructed wholly by Mines Depabtment. Whangamata Road Aorere Valley to Karamca and Mokihinui Cobden to Seventeen-mile Beach Owen Valley Road Bridle-track to Upper Anatoki Improving tracks, Collingwood to Takaka, Motueka, &c. Jackson's Bay to Cascade and Gorge Rivers Districts Arthur's Point to Skipper's Contingencies .. 4,000 0 0 1,076 10 0 923 10 0 150 0 0 22,375 10 5 2,886 1 4 2,195 3 8 850 0 0 9,270 4 5 4,420 15 9 8,570 4 1 10 3 0 18,459 1 5 2,652 1 4 2,045 3 8 833 8 0 8,949 14 5 2,850 G 9 7,570 4 1 10 3 0 150 0 0 3,916 9 0 234 0 0 150 0 0 16 12 0 326 10 0 1,576 9 0 1,000 0 0 Watee-eaoes. 50,740 2 8 43,370 2 8 7,370 0 0 Argyle Water-race Nelson Creek Water-race Waimea-Kumara Water-race Mikonui Water-race Mount Ida Water-race Contingencies 7,653 15 1 957 16 7 10,765 10 3 13,997 1 4 3,100 0 0 639 12 8 7,653 15 1 957 16 7 10,765 10 3 13,997 1 4 3,100 0 0 039 12 8 37,113 15 11 37,113 15 11