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Heddon Bush (Vote, £100).—73 chains of gravelling has been done, 16 chains of which is not satisfactorily completed yet. Lillburn Bridge (Vote, £30). —This was all the Council got out of a grant of £260 for ClifdenLillburn Eoad. It helped to pay for the erection of a bridge which cost £72. Glifden-Redcliffe (Vote, £400). —Some 50 chains of road has been formed and gravelled, and 43 chains of cuttings and embankments are now in course of construction. Line of Hundreds (Vote, £150). —41 chains of this has been gravelled, at a cost of £182 10s. Longwood (Blocks XV., XVI., and XVII). —52 chains has been stumped and formed; 1 mile 47f chains bushfelling, stumping, and culverting, which has been completed; 24 chains forming, stumping, and gravelling is almost completed. Road leading to Run No. 23, Centre Hill District (Vote, £50). —22 chains has been ditched and formed, and a contract for gravelling has been let to absorb the grant. Mr. T. S. Miller, Campbelltown Borough engineer, reports as follows : — Point-Ocean Beach Road. —3s chains of formation, clearing, and culverts has been completed during the year, making a distance of 137 chains of formation from the Pilot-station, where the work under Government vote commenced. A further extension has been laid off, and the unexpended votes will probably complete the formation to Look-out Point. Mr. Howorth, Southland County Engineer, reports as follows :— Centre Bush Road (Vote, £100). —This vote has been expended in forming 18 chains, gravelling 31 chains, and cutting 21f chains of ditch, including an outfall-drain for the drainage of the village. The vote gives further access to Crown lands. Devereux Road, East Winton (Vote, £50). —8 chains of formation and corduroying and 25 chains of ditching have been carried out by the settlers in this district. The vote gives access to Crown lands in Winton Bush. Dipton-Balfour Road (Vote, £100). —This work, which has just been let, provides for about 1 mile of formation, with the necessary culverts. The balance of this vote should be authorised, in order that the road may be completed to the Okaiterua Bush. Forest Hill Roads (Vote, £200). —This vote is equally divided, and includes gravelling on the road adjoining Forest Hill tramway and road through Block 11., Winton Hundred. It is proposed to gravel 70 chains of the worst portions of these roads. Access is given to bush-lands in the localities. Fortrose-Tokonui Gorge Road (Vote, £300). —About 60 chains of the worst portions of the road in the gorge have been laid out, of which 20 chains are completed to date. Gore-Pukerau Road (Vote, £150). —Tenders have just been accepted for 50 chains of gravelling. Hokonui, Section 795, Road (Vote, £50). — Plans of a very necessary road - deviation have just been completed. After the necessary transfer of land is carried out the formation of 30 chains of the new road will be put in hand. Hokonui-Henderson's Road (Vote, £200). —The work has recently been let. The plans and specifications provide for about a mile of road. Invercargill Hundred, Block XV. (Vote, £100). —This work is now completed, the quantities being 200 cubic yards earthwork and 50 chains bushfelling, clearing, and grubbing. Main North Road —£1 for £1 (Vote, £600). —This work, together with that done by the County Council's contribution of £600, provided for 158 chains of trimming and metalling and three pipe-culverts. Main North Road, Winton (Vote, £300). —In order to link in all the ungravelled portions of the Great North Eoad, £150 of this vote,, together with £150 of the previous vote subsidised, was taken, and with the amount —viz., £350 —altogether 70 chains of the road were gravelled, thereby completing the work between Invercargill and Winton. Makarewa-Grove Bush Road (Vote, £250). — This work is not yet started. It is proposed to gravel 60 chains and form 120 chains. Mataura Island Dairy Factory to Pine Bush Railway-station (Vote, £250). —20 chains of ditching has been done to date. The work will, however, be pushed on during winter, it being suitable for that time of year. The road gives access to the Seaward Bush Eailway. Mokoreta, Blocks VIII. and IX.—£l for £1 (Vote, £100).—This work is still held over pending the completion of road-exchanges. Only about half the vote is expended. Tramway Road (Vote, £150). —35 chains of formation and gravelling and formation have been completed. The work was rendered expensive through the high rate of the haulage of the gravel by rail from the'county pit at Opora, the amount paid to the Eailway Department being about half the vote. Waikawa District Road (Vote, £300). —This vote has been expended in extending the metalling of the main Fortrose-Waikawa Eoad 80 chains. The vote was supplemented by a vote of £50 from the County Council. Wendon District, Section 80, Block 1., and Blocks VIII. , IX., and XIV. (Vote, £150).—The work which is completed consists of 50 chains of formation and gravel. Line of Hundreds (Vote, £100). —30 chains of formation and gravelling have been Garried out. This is one of the worst roads in winter in Southland, and further sums will be required before it is made to a passable point. Argyle Bridge (Vote, £125).— This is a light traffic bridge. The width of the roadway is 6 ft., and length 120 ft., in six spans. The timber used is heart of red-birch. The bridge is a boon to miners working in the Argyle Valley. Balfour Bridge, over Mataura River (Vote, £300 to account). —This vote partly provides for the erection of a stock-bridge. A further vote of £200 will be required to complete it. The work is in hand. 13—0, 1.