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Mangaroa Boad South. —The 33 chains mentioned in my last annual report as under construction have since been completed. The work consists of bushfelling and clearing, formation for draytraffic, and 50 lineal feet culverting, 12in. by 12in. This road commences from its junction with the Mangaraupi Boad, and runs in a south-westerly direction. Newman-Stirling Boad. —£300 have been granted the Eketahuna Eoad Board for metalling this road. 102 chains have been metalled 9ft. wide by 9in. deep, starting at the Mangatainoka Biver and running through the Totara Eeserve. Eketahuna-Parkville Boad. —£soo have been granted the Eketahuna Boad Board for maintenance and repairs to this road. Specifications and conditions of first contract for 100 chains metalling, Bft. wide and Sin. deep, commencing from end of present metalling and extending westward, have been submitted and approved. Mount Baker (Pioneer). —In addition to the 130 chains of the Maungatakato Boad formed by the Eketahuna Eoad Board, under the grant of £245 as mentioned in my last annual report, a further 16 chains for horse-track have been made fronting the education reserve, where the bush has been felled 1 chain wide and cleared 20ft. On the Maungatakato Boad a further 52 chains of bushfelling and clearing have been done, making a total length of 2 miles 12 chains completed, the length of the engineering survey as made. Of this distance a mile has already been formed, and a contract has been let for extending it a further 51 chains, the work being now in progress. Barton's Boad. —The length of this road —for which engineering survey plans have been provided—is 2 miles 36 chains, and on which, as stated in my last annual report, the bush had been felled and cleared, and two miles formed. A contract has been let for forming the remaining 36 chains to complete the road, and this is now in progress. Mangamahoe Boad. —£500 have been granted the Mauriceviile Eoad Board for this road, the work being in progress. The length of road to be made is 5 miles 31 chains for dray-traffic, extending from the end of the ahead) -formed portion to its junction with the Ihuraua Valley Eoad and Barton's line. Dagg's Boad. —£2oo were granted the Mauriceviile Boad Board, and has been expended in the formation of 3 miles 24J chains of dray-road 13ft. wide, commencing at its junction with the Ihuraua Valley Boad and extending in an easterly direction. A bridge of 28ft. span has been built; also forty culverts, from 12in. by lOin. to 4ft. by 4ft. openings, of a total length of 887 ft. Ihuraua Valley Boad. —£300 were granted the Mauriceviile Boad Board, and expended in forming a dray-road 14ft. wide, 218 chains in length, extending in a northerly direction to the iunction of the Mangamahoe Boad. The work includes the building of two plain bridges of 28ft. span each, and thirty-two culverts, of a total length of 709 ft., varying in size from 12in. by lOin. to sft. by sft. The road passes through what was originally bush country, but is now mostly cleared. Mount Holdsworth Boad. —£300 have been granted the Taratahi-Carterton Boad Board to be utilised in forming about 202 chains of road for dray-traffic, situated at the entrance of the Mangatere Valley, and extending in a south-westerly direction up the valley parallel with the river. Plans and specifications of the work have been submitted and approved. Wainuioru-East Coast Boad. —£3oo have been granted the Taratahi-Carterton Boad Board for maintenance and repairs to this road, the work being now in progress. The work is situated between Wharau and the termination of road near the Huatokitoki Stream, on the coast, a distance of about ten miles, and consists of clearing slips, restoring road and culverts partly washed away, metalling and generally repairing road. Kaiwhata Valley. —A contract has been let and is in progress for about four miles and a half of fencing, enclosing a road through Mr. F. B. Chalmers's property, leading to the Kaiwhata runs. The work is about three-fourths completed. The amount of contract is £431 13s. 4d. Waikanae-Hutt Boad. —On this road, at the Waikanae end, starting from where the road crosses the Waikanae Eiver, and passing through the Wellington Fruit-growers' Association Block, 64 chains of bushfelling and clearing, and 59 chains of formation, 18ft. wide, have been done, including the erection of a 17ft.-span bridge and the construction of 126 lineal feet culverting, varying in sizes from 12in. by 12in. to 2ft. by 3ft. The £150 granted the Horowhenua County Council have been expended, with the exception of about £16. The work done is situated between Waikanae Bailwaystation and the Wellington Fruit-growers' Association Block, a distance of about three miles, and consists of re-forming 51 chains of the road at various parts, and metalling the same 12ft. wide by Bin. deep; also building two culverts, 18in. by 18in. and 2ft. by 2ft. openings. An additional £150 were granted the Hutt County Council to the £150 already allowed last year, making £300 available for use by this Council. Two-thirds of the latter amount have been expended in forming 50 chains of dray-road 12ft. wide, and metalling same 9ft. wide and 7-Jin. deep; also converting 14-J- chains of a 4ft. track to a 12ft. road. The work clone includes the placing of 142 lineal feet of pipe-culverting, 9in. by 12in. diameter, and building 26ft. of a box-culvert 20in. by 12in. Settlers are now able to take a horse and dray nine miles in from the Great North-eastern County Boad, or eleven miles from the Upper Hutt Bailway-station. Wellington Fruit-growers' Association Block. — Mangaone Boad. —This road is 2 miles 26 chains in length, for which engineering survey plans were received during the year. Bushfelling and clearing has been done the whole distance, and 1 mile 75 chains of formation made for 6ft. horsetrack, rendering the whole length passable. The work done includes the construction of 235 ft. culverting, varying from 12in. by 12in. to 2ft. by 3ft., and the removal of 1,511 cubic yards of rock. The road passes through forest country, branching off the Ngatiawa Eoad, and running in a northeasterly direction along the Waikanae Biver. Ngatiawa Boad. —2 miles 37-J- chains bush have been felled and cleared, and 1 mile 9 chains of a 6ft. track formed, making the two miles and a half passable for horse-traffic. The work done iucludes constructing 173 ft. culverting, 12in. by 12in. to 2ft. by 3ft. openings, and removing 340