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Table 2.—Lengths of Main Highways at 31st March, 1927.

Table 3. —Construction Work completed during Year 1926-1927.

. . Ordinary Main , a ' n , Highways Total all Main HighNumber and Name of Highway District. ' declared Government Highways. Roads. } M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. 1. Auckland North .. .. 428 0 146 37 574 37 2. Auckland South .. .. 373 62 44 71 418 53 3. Tauranga .. .. .. 166 40 266 40 433 0 4. G-isborne .. .. •• 110 41 138 40 249 1 5. Napier .. .. .. 392 20 36 50 428 70 6. King-country .. .. .. 176 32 157 78 334 30 7. Taranaki .. .. .. 234 10 60 25 294 35 8. Wanganui .. .. .. 260 55 55 0 315 55 9. Wellington West .. .. 269 18 25 32 294 50 10. Wellington East .. .. 305 62 15 40 321 22 Totals, North Island .. 2,717 20 947 13 3,664 33 11. Nelson 168 18 128 4 296 22 12. WestCoast .. .. .. .. 340 5 340 5 13. Canterbury North .. .. 269 20 38 20 307 40 14. Canterbury Central .. .. 335 60 54 0 389 60 15. Canterbury South .. .. 430 40 .. 430 40 16. Otago Central .. .. .. 240 70 8 0 248 70 17. Otago South .. .. .. 251 24 21 23 272 47 18. Southland .. .. .. 415 0 26 0 441 0 Totals, South Island .. 2,110 72 615 52 2,726 44 Totals, Dominion .. 4,828 12 1,562 65 6,390 77

J a> a g> i - III I lg I | „• Engineering Surveys. Number and Name of Highway 3 •s'Sli ! -a® ! §> , | S | | § l |ll I|| l! HI 1 Surveys | Hans £ o 3 S" 3 S S j B° n completed, completed. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. M. ch. Ft. M. ch. M. ch. 1. Auckland North .. .. 40 42 20 85$ .. 3 41 280 53 32 49 64 2. Auckland South .. .. 8 73$ 16 54 8 37 4 10 .. 11 29 .. 13 68 29 78 3. Tauranga .. .. 11 50 15 45 .. .. .. .. 682 4 13 4 13 4. Gisborne .. .. 12 74$ 19 66$ . . 4 60 .. . . 9224 10 42$ 10 42* 5.Napier.. .. .. 5 "60$ 5 31$ 2 0 .. 4 7 1 0 198" 2 50 5 32" 6. King-country .. .. 20 40 12 20 .. .. .. . . 90 6 69$ 5 72 7. Taranaki .. .. 0 36$ 2 60 8 36 14 50 .. .. .. 23 52$ 23 52$ 8. Wanganui .. .. 4 25 10 3 0 50 i 1 53 .. .. 81 1 33 1 33 9. Wellington West.. .. 35 31 14 23 8 57 7 70 4 33 .. .. 16 50 16 50 10. Wellington East .. .. 1 68 4 74 2 66 3 6 .. .. 389 9 11 9 11 11. Nelson .. .. ..1 66 1 65 .. .. .. .. 287 26 20$ 26 20$ 12. West Coast .. .. 0 48$ 0 48$ .. i .. .. ! .. 1,542 .. ! 13. Canterbury North .. 0 60$ 0 60$ .. .. .. .. 415 0 30 0 30 14. Canterbury Central .. .. .. .. .. 3 23 j 69 10 10 15. Canterbury South .. 9 15 9 15 .. .. .. \ .. 690 0 31 0 31 16. Otago Central .. . . .. 0 79 3 22 1 .. 60 0 40 0 40 17. Otago South .. .. 7 0 3 15 .. .. , .. .. 247$ 9 0 8 0 18. Southland .. .. 12 8 11 60 0 60 2 21 .. .. 455 Total .. ..173 59 150 65$ 35 8 38 30 1163 15 70 6,408 179 63 193 9$