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Waimea County. Baton to Karamea. —This is for repairs to the track between the Baton River and Karamea, which are* estimated to cost £100. Of this amount a subsidy has been authorised to the extent of £50. Punt over'Motueha Biver. —This punt was constructed last year, at a cost of £100, out of which a subsidy of £50 was paid. Baton to Table-land. —This is for repairing a track from the Baton to the Table-land Diggings. The cost of the work was £40, out of which a subsidy was paid of £20. Bullee County. Waimangaroa to Sea-beach. —This is a road leading from the Township of Waimangaroa to the sea-beach to open up a means of communication, and afford the miners who are working on the ocean-beach access to the township to get their supplies. The estimated cost of the work is £240, and out of this a subsidy has been authorised to the extent of £120. Addison's to Wilson's Lead —This is for the construction of a dray-road from the WestportCharleston Boad to Wilson's Lead, where there are several claims being worked, and it is to afford a means of getting sawn timber and other materials brought to those claims. The estimated cost of the work is £400, and out of this amount a subsidy has been authorised to the extent of £200. Cedar Creek to Coalbrookdale. —This is a track from the coal-workings at Coalbrookdale to join the track coming from Denniston to Cedar Creek. The estimated cost of the work is £100, and of this amount a subsidy has been authorised to the extent of £50. Addison's Flat to Caroline Terrace. —Some time ago ground was taken up at Caroline Terrace, and a crushing-plant was proposed to be erected to crush the cement that is found here. The estimated cost of the proposed road is £200. Of this amount a subsidy to the extent of £100 was authorised. Oparara to Fenian Greek. —This is for extending the horse-track that was constructed to Oparara some years ago to give better access to the diggings at Fenian Creek. The cost of the work was £100. Of this amount £50 was paid as subsidy. Conn's Greek to Beaconsfield Mine. —This is for constructing a narrow road from, the end of the railway at Conn's Creek to the Beaconsfield Company's mine, in order to enable this company to get machinery on the ground. The cost of the work was £80; of this amount a subsidy of £40 was paid. Inangahua County. Globe Hill to Merrijigs. —This is a horse-track along the line of reefs from the range in which the Globe Company's mine is situated to join the Eeefton-Big Biver Eoad at Merrijigs. This track is one of the most useful in the district, as it opens up miles of country where auriferous lodes exist, some of which are now being worked. The estimated cost when completed is £1,560, and of this amount a subsidy of £780 was authorised, of which £464 has been paid. Mangles Valley to McGregor's. —This is a road up the valley of the Mangles Biver, and gives access to the diggings in this locality, and it will give access to the Matakitaki when once the road is completed on the other side of the range. The estimated cost of the work is £1,200, and a subsidy has been authorised to the extent of half this amount. Horse Terrace to Hunter's Station. —A dray-road has been constructed for about five miles up the valley of the Matakitaki Biver, and above this there is a horse-track for about eleven miles to Horse Terrace, and it is proposed to extend this track up the valley to join the one coming up the Mangles Biver, and thus open up a large extent of auriferous country. The estimated cost of the work is £1,280, and a subsidy has been authorised to the extent of half this amount. Larry's Creek to Lyell. —This is the continuation of the horse-track from Capleston to Larry's, and it is now extended as far as Coal Creek. It is proposed to extend it further, so that a connection can be made to the main Westport-Beefton Eoad near the punt on the Inangahua River. The estimated cost of the work was £1,080 : of this amount a subsidy of £430 10s. has been paid, and a further subsidy of £116 10s. authorised. Devil's Creek to Globe Hill. —This is a dray-road from the Eeefton-Big Biver Boad at Devil's Creek to the Globe Mine, for the purpose of enabling machinery to be conveyed to the mine. The cost of the work has been £917 6s. 2d., out of which a subsidy of £458 13s. Id. has been paid. Westland County. Hokitika to New Bush. —Some time ago gold was discovered on the south side of the Hokitika Biver, and this road is being constructed to give access to the mines working in this locality. The estimated cost of the work is £100, of which amount a subsidy was authorised to the extent of £50, and £18 19s. 3d. has been paid of this subsidy. Tucker's Flat to New Bush. —This is the extension of the road up Commissioner's Flat, Kanieri, to a place where gold has recently been discovered. The estimated cost of the work is £500 : of this amount a subsidy was authorised to the extent of £250, of which £85 9s. 9d. has been paid. Ghristchurch Boad to Bald Hill Bange. —This is a road to connect the Hokitika-Christchureh Boad with the quartz reefs on the Bald Hill Bange. The cost of the work has been £500, and a subsidy of half this amount has been paid. Grey County. Deep' Greek to Bell Hill. —This is the continuation of the horse-track from Notown which was constructed some years ago to Deep Creek. This is now being extended to Bell Hill. The estimated cost of the work is £1,400, and of this amount a subsidy was authorised to the extent of £700, of which £401 has been paid.