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The schedule hereunder shows the principal works carried out in various localities during the past year. There are, however, many works of a minor nature that it is impossible to summarize :— M. ch. Double drain and road formation ... ... ... 9 50 New drain and road formation ... ... ... ... ... o 2 Deepening and widening road-drains ... ... ... ... 24 0 Clearing and grubbing roads ... ... ... ... ... 4 30 Cleaning road-drains ... ... ... ... ... ... 74 46 Outlets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... i 6 76 Deepening and widening outlets ... ... ... ... ... 73 27 Cleaning outlets ... ... ... ... 78 4 Deepening stop-bank drain ... ... ... ... ... 6 70 Cleaning stop-bank drain ... ... ... ... 20 69 Strengthening stop-bank ... ... ... ... ...- 2 50 Weeding creeks ... ... ... ... ... 2 20 Forming roads... ... ... ... ... ... ... 20 13 Shelling roads ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 073 Sanding road ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 20 Widening roads ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 40 Metalling roads ... ... ... ... ... ' ... 8 40 Diskingroads ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 16 0 Spoil dredged ... ... ... ... ... 427,155 cubic yards. Artesian wells sunk ... ... ... ... 19 (number). Flood-gates built ... ... ... ... 2 Culverts built ... ... ... ... ... 11 ); Bridges built ... ... ... ... ... 7 ~ Boom groynes erected ... ... ... ... 2,293 lineal feet. Tram-sleepers laid ... ... ... ... 1,790 (number). Fascines laid ... ... ... ... ... 2,367 bundles. Shell for roads ... ... ... ... 1,870 cubic yards. Gravel for roads ... ... ... ... 12,637 ~ Office. —The total expenditure certified for payment during the year was £50,807 3s. 9d., vouchers for this amount being prepared at the Thames office. Of the above amount direct Treasury payments amounted to £15,459 15s. 6d., payments through Thames and Whakatane imprest accounts £34,913 19s. 2d., and payments through Post Office £433 9s. Id. Some 180 piecework contracts were in operation. Inward correspondence amounted to 1,780 and outward 2,000, and some 1,395 vouchers were prepared and passed through the books. A considerable number of engineering, road, survey, and other plans were made and tracings for photo-litho. purposes prepared. The expenditure quoted represents the amounts actually expended on the various works, but will not necessarily agree with the figures shown in tables as submitted to Parliament, as portion of the expenditure would not be brought to charge at end of year.