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[A. W. RODGBK.

Dear Sir,— Esk Street, 3rd August, 1914. 1 recently made a survey of the proposed extension of More's tramway from the present terminus to the main Birchwood Road in Section 20, Wairio district. 1 found the route up the main valley running through Sections 194 and 37 quite impossible owing to the grades being ton steep, these running to about lin 25. I found a possible route by following a small valley running through the southern portion of Section 94 (part of the Birchwood property). The grades on this route would be steep, averaging about 1 in 40, and the curves rather bad. It would also be rather roundabout, and would be a bad line to extend owing to the angle with which it taps the road in Section 20. The length would be about two miles and three-quarters. Yours faithfully, A. W. Rodger, Esq., Birchwood. Lbomabd Webb.

Approximate Cost of Pa.tter.-~ Preparation, uot given ; pruning (630 copiosi, £80.

Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l4.

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