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Darroch Boad. —The formation was done by open tender, and the culverts and side drains by settlers at schedule rates and day wages. The total charges to the 31st March are £101 15s. 4d., or about 15s. per chain. This road is not shingled. Accommodation Boads. —These were formed to give access to various holdings, and the work was done partly by co-operative workmen and partly by the settlers to whose sections they gave access. The total charges to the 31st March are £451 7s. 9d., or about £2 3s. sd. per chain. These roads are not shingled. East and West Waiau Boad. —l mile 50 chains were formed during the year by co-opera-tive workmen, and settlers with plough and scoop by contract; and culverts-constructed and pipes put in. The total charges to the 31st March were £867 lis. 9d., or about £4 2s. 3d. per chain. This road is not shingled. Elizabeth Boad. —2 miles 25 chains of this road were formed and shingled, culvert-bridges and culverts constructed, and pipes put in; most of the work being done by ordinary tender. The section of the road through Homeview Village was made extra wide and with a high crown, owing to the swampy nature of the ground. The total charges to 31st March were £569 17s. lid., or about £3 Is. 7d. per chain. Sinclair Boctd. —2 miles 75 chains were formed during the year, the heavy cuttings being done by co-operative contract, and the level formation and light side-cuttings by ordinary plough-and-scoop contract. Culverts were constructed and pipes put in at schedule rates and by day labour, and 2 miles 5 chains were shingled under ordinary contract. The total charges to 31st March were £1,075 14s. 2d., or about £4 4s. sd. per chain. About 1 mile 10 chains of this road are not shingled. McMillan Boad. —2 miles 60 chains were formed, the heavy cuttings being done by co-operative contract, and the surface formation, ditching, and fords by settlers under contract; fords being put in at the Swamp Creek crossings instead of bridges. The total charges to 31st March were £805 19s. 6d., or about £4 9s. 6d. per chain. This road is unshingled. The Downs Boad. —4 miles 48 chains were formed, 28 chains of the heavier work being done by co-operative contract, and the balance by ordinary contract, with plough and scoop. The total charges to 31st March were £360 13s. 6d., or about 19s. Bd. per chain for the formed portion, leaving 70 chains unformed and the whole unshingled. Campbell Boad. —1 mile 69 chains were formed by settlers with plough and scoop by contract at schedule rates, and the pipe-laying and culvert-work by day wages. The total charges to 31st March are £11.1 45., or about 15s. per chain. A portion through Mina Beserve is still unformed, and no part of the road has been shingled. Caverhill Boads. —3 miles 43 chains were formed, and 42 chains shingled. Most of the forming was done by co-operative contract, but suitable sections were done with plough and scoop, ordinary contract, and the shingling was also done in the same manner, the culverts being put in by day labour. The total charges to 31st March were £648 2s. 7d., or about £2 ss. 9d. per chain. Portions of the road are unformed and unshingled. St. Leonards Boad. —Four miles of dray road and 20 chains of track were formed, almost the whole of the work being done by co-operative contract. This road gives access to a number of the grazing-farms in the Lowry Peaks District. The total charges to 31st March were £1,578 os. 9d., or about £4 12s. 9d. per chain. No shingling was done on this road. Streets, Mackenzie. —The work done includes the forming of Seddon, Bolleston, and a portion of Hall Street; the cutting of Levin and Montgomery Street drains ; spreading the spoil, constructing culvert-bridges, and shingling Seddon Street and portion of Hall Street. The streets were formed 30ft. wide. The total charges to 31st March were £292 14s. 7d., or about £1 10s. per chain. Eggleston Boad. — The charges against this road are for the surveys and plans, the total being £60 Bs. sd. It is considered that this road need not be constructed. Tormore Boad. —8 miles 36 chains of this road were surveyed, and formed where necessary 10ft. wide. The work was done chiefly on the co-operative principle by gangs of small settlers. The total charges to 31st March were £770 ss. 3d., or about £1 2s. 9d. per chain, which will be increased when the necessary culverts are put in. No shingling was done on this road. Gerard Boad. —This road was formed to give settlers coming in by the Parnassus Eoad easy access to the dairy factory. It was formed by co-operative gangs of settlers, and plough-and-scoop work, ordinary contract. There is one 30ft.-span bridge over Swamp Creek, for which most of the material is on the ground, the cost of which is included in charges. The total charges to 31st March were £282 7s. 2d., being about £4 os. sd. per chain. This road is unshingled. Steward Boad. —Seventy chains of this road were formed 20ft. wide through the Home View suburban lots, the work being done by open contract. The total charges to 31st March were £52 10s. 9d., or about 15s. per chain. This road is not shingled. Kaiwara Sledge-track. —The impassable portions on the Waikari Eoad up the Hurunui Gorge and on the Kaiwara Eoad were cleared and formed to give easier access to Mr. C. J. Westland's and other sections in the Kaiwara Valley. The total charges are £168 19s. 6d., or about £1 Bs. per chain formed. The work was carried out by co-operative contract. Hurunui Greta Bridge. —The expenditure was for the general repairs of the bridge, including a concrete abutment, bearing-plate, corbels, new decking, &c, at the southern end, making up the approach, packing up the straining-blocks in the main trusses ; general repairs to the decking, and also sheathing the piers : the total charges being £185 4s. Id. General. —The maximum, minimum, and daily average wage on the various co-operative contracts were as follows: the maximum being 12s. 2d., the minimum 55., while the general average is 7s. sd. per man. As regards the amounts paid in day wages, the men employed on the Bluff were paid Bs., maintenance-men 75., and general hands 6s. per day. The expense generally was