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Lands and Survey Department.—New W.C. erected with necessary drainage to septic tank. Washbasin fixed with necessary drainage to soak-hole. Agricultural Department.—Frames made for certificates, signs made and printed, 300 ft. of fin. by £ in. battens supplied, and 5,000 battens ripped for banana-cases. Harbour Department. —Materials supplied, timber ripped, and bilge-pump suction-pipe repaired. Public Works Department.—The workshop was extended on the west side for a distance of 20 ft. in order to accommodate new woodworking machinery. The store was enlarged, new shelving and pigeonholes erected, and timber-racks improved. Shelters for cars, road-rollers, bitumen-sprayer, and other roadmaking plant were erected. Minor repairs were made to office steps, and office renovated. Vailima. —The whole of the main building was painted externally and the east wing internally, in addition to which the roof was painted. Minor repairs to ballroom-floor, veranda, kitchen-floor, water-supply, and drainage were effected. New blinds were made and fitted on the balcony. Two parallel concrete strips were laid from main house entrance along the drive for a distance of 380 ft., and the balance of the drive to the main entrance gates was re-formed, and a 3 in. course of coral rolled in. Ventilator on chauffeur's residence was made weatherproof, and flashing on roof repaired. Central Hotel Flats and Offices.-— The old dining-room was altered to provide three offices and an auction-room for the Planters' Association. A number of minor repairs to locks, windows, floors, water fittings, and sanitary arrangements were effected. Quarantine Station.—All buildings were painted, new 1,200-gallon tank erected, and minor repairs to buildings carried out. Casino Hotel.—A new picket fence with hardwood rails and redwood pickets was erected. Minor painting and repairs were carried out. Residences. —Extensive repairs and alterations to ten residences, and minor repairs to twenty-two residences, were effected. Savai'i Buildings.—Minor repairs to the Resident Commissioner's office and residence and Secretary's residence were carried out. In addition, the boat and wireless shed was pulled down, re-erected as a copra-shed, and painted. Three new copra-sheds were erected in Faasaleleaga, and minor repairs carried out to Tuasivi buildings. Apia Park. —New coolie quarters were erected, sanitation attended to, and extensive alterations carried out on the caretaker's residence. New Zealand Reparation Estates.—The overseer's cottage at Vaivase was pulled down and reerected. The old D.H. & P.G. store and dwelling at Malaela was pulled down and re-erected at Lalomanu as a cottage for the District Copra Inspector. Plans of a bungalow, standard Chinese coolie quarters, an overseer's cottage, and a two-roomed hot-air drier were prepared. Mulifanua Light Railway.—The formation and laying of three miles and a quarter of light'railway, with ballasting, was completed on the Mulifanua Plantation. Minor work on the siding near the homestead is now being completed. Solaua Plantation.—The light railway to the plantation was repaired, and the formation and metalling of 60 chains of road is now nearing completion. Apia Buildings.—A new copra-shed, 80 ft. by 50 ft., with two floors, was completed ; and, besides supplying a large quantity of materials, minor maintenance has been carried out. Bridges. At Luatuanu'u a new girder bridge, 14 ft. wide with 16 ft. clear span, and a new truss bridge> 14 ft. wide, of 36 ft. span, were erected in mixed Australian hardwoods. For both of these, new concrete abutments and wing walls were erected, and the approaches graded. A new truss bridge, 5 ft. wide, of 70 ft. span, in mixed Australian hardwoods, was completed across the lagoon at Safune, Savai'i. A new girder bridge, 14 ft. wide, of 16 ft. span, was erected at Eva, and approaches graded. All bridges from Apia to Falefa were inspected and repaired, but with the increase in motor traffic practically all the bridges that were erected in Oregon timber will have to be rebuilt very shortly. The steel traffic-bridge across the Case Gase was chipped and painted, and repairs carried out to twelve bridges in Upolu and five in Savai'i. Owing to heavy floods in the Vaisigano River, the eastern abutment was washed out. The gap has been bridged temporarily, and the construction of a new abutment is now under way. Owing to the bad location of the old bridge, it is proposed to alter the course of the river near the bridge, in order to protect it and the adjoining property. Material for the Native footbridge at Letogo was supplied, and erection supervised. In Savai'i the Manase, Vailoa, and Vaimea footbridges were renewed, and repairs carried out to the Saleaula Bridge. Public Roads. The most important work carried out during the year was the formation and coralling of 4 miles chains of the Main Coast Road from Malua to Fasitoo. The road for this portion had never been properly formed, and it was necessary to realign several parts and remove numbers of coconut-trees which overhung it. Numbers of stumps had to be blasted, and coral was obtained from the Natives on contract. A further 20 chains of the Main Coast Road at Puipa'a was top-dressed and sealed with coral, in addition to which the small hill at Levi was sealed with bitumen for a distance of 15 chains. A metal-pit was opened up in the vicinity of the Tuaefu Bridge, and the Wireless Road re-formed and rolled for a distance of 60 chains. Maintenance of the remainder of the Main Coast Road, Wireless Road, Malololelei Road, and Apia-Falefa Road was carried out,

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