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Statement showing the Length and Character of the Roads Constructed, Improved, and Maintained, and the Amount expended thereon, from 1st July, 1891, to 31st March, 1892; and the Areas of Crown Lands made more accessible by reason of such Expenditure during the said Period, in the different Land Districts.

E Engineerii Survey. Boads constructed. Bridges constructed. Dray-road. Bridle-track. Koads improved. Boads maintained. Area of Crown Lands rendered more accessible. Expenditure on Boads to open up Crown Lands. Total Expenditure. District. Dray-road. Bridle-track. Dray-road. Bridle-track. Auckland M. ch. 53 60 M. ch. 35 40 M. oh. 7 0 No. 7 M. ch. 15 40 M. ch. 11 60 M. ch. 462 24 M. ch. 54 0 A. R. P. 198,000 0 0 £ s. d. 2,430 0 0 £ s. d. 14,323 0 0 Taranaki 7 62 19 70 7 50 5 0 6 0 65,000 0 0 2,397 0 0 7,328 0 0 Hawke's Bay .. 54 0 2 70 0 60,000 0 0 1,278 0 0 2,577 0 0 ■Wellington* .. 46 3 43 3J 6 37 8 0 60 4 0 51 51 69 0 279,500 0 0 5,471 0 0 25,045 0 0 Marlborough .. 1 49 14,000 0 0 20 0 0 64 0 0 Nelson 11 0 8 11 12 70 178 0 17,000 0 0 879 0 0 4,287 0 0 Wcstland 21 25 4 27 101 40 48 0 9,100 0 0 527 0 0 4,201 0 0 Canterbury 8 19 2 57 1 52 0 194 0 0 419 0 0 Otago 26 54 15 17 68 32,600 0 0 11,833 0 0 14,505 0 0 Southlandt 15 33 1 6 0 87,550 0 0 3,156 0 0 4,421 0 0 77,170 0 0 Totals 202 9 151 28J 27 3 34 52 78 20 60 851 35 241 0 762,750 0 0 28,185 0 0 * Wanganui Biver improvements (snagging, &c), forty miles. 1 Jetty 225ft. long and goods-shed constructed at "Waikawa.