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Table 49.—Statement showing the Expenditure and Work done on Roads, &c, under the Control of the Department of Lands and Survey, for the Twelve Months ended the 31st March, 1898— continued.

° £ 55 55 Tro ffl Name of Work according to Item on Appropriations. h Expenditure from lst April. 1897, to 31st March, 1898, charged to Authorities issued out of the Item named. from lst April, 1897, to 31st March, 1898. Engineering Surveys made Koads constructed. Bridle- Bridges *™iT constructed over tracJs. 30 ft g Dray- Bridleroad, track. Improved. Dray- Bridleroad, track. Maintained. Area of 3rownLand rendered more accessible. Bemarks. Drayroad. Land for Settlements.- £ £ s. d. M. ch. M. ch. M.ch. No. Length. Ft. M.ch. M. oh. M.ch. M.ch. Aores. Hawke's Bay — Elsthorpe Settlement Ruareka Settlement 812 9 9 12 16 5 3 544 9,700 •• Total, Hawke's Bay .. 9,700 825 6 2 3 544 ■• •• Wellington — Paparangi Settlement.. 1 60 Also 10 ft. bridge, culverts, and drain, and compensation foi right-of-way. 528 2 8 2 58 •• •■ Total, Wellington .. 528 2 8 2 58 1 60 •• Marlborough — Blind River Settlement Omaka Settlement 9 3 6 62 7 0 0 44 0 8 Work in progress. 20 ft. bridge, embankj._ 3 j._n: Total, Marlborough .. 71 10 6 0 52 •• Westland — Poerua Settlement 0 54 I - I 1 I - I 5,000 5,000 175 16 2 Total, Westland 0 54 •• 175 16 2 •• Canterbury — Studholme Junction Settlement .. Otaio Settlement Roiniata Settlement Highbank Settlement .. Wharenui Settlement Horsley Downs Settlement Marawiti Settlement Hekeao Settlement •• 99 5 4 72 1 1 53 3 4 116 17 3 25 0 0 223 10 II 17 6 6 182 8 0 6*66 5 67 0 21 2 57 041 [ '• [12 ft. wide. Shingling 46 chains, Also construction of two fords, and spreading 450 cubic yards gravel. 3*50 [water-race. Cutting 161 chains Also drains, waterraces, &c. Total, Canterbury Otago — Puketapu Settlement .. Makareao Settlement 789 12 5 13 21 0 41 •• •• •• Ardgowan Settlement 8 0 6 1,963 9 6 2*50 Cutting fences. Also 24 miles steel rails purchased. Compensation and trimming hedges. Work done last year. 15 18 0 Pomahaka Settlement.. Tokorahi Settlement 25 0 0 1,429 7 5 g'13 913 •• •• .. Total, Otago •• 3,441 15 5 9 13 11 63 • • ••