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Taylor's and Old North Roads (Waitemata County).—During the period widening of 3 m. 50 ch. and metalling of 6m. 74 eh. was completed. There are thirteen settlers on these roads, and they now have metalled access to Waimauku Railway-station and to their commercial centre at Helensville. Huia to Whatipu Road (Waitemata County).—A. camp has been established for the purpose of forming and metalling 4 m. 40 ch. of this coastal road which will give access to an area of country as yet poorly roaded. Good progress has been made, and during the period 2m. 57 ch. was re-formed and widened and 2 m. 17 ch. of base-course metal was placed. Tauranga District. Waioeka Bridge, Red-paths, Wairata Road (Opotiki County).—A bridge 175 ft. long was completed during the period, and has already proved of great benefit to the settlers. Campbell's Road, Reporoa (Rotorua County). —This is a road which gives access to a new settlement, and during the year a distance of 2 m. was re-formed and metalled. Fulljamis Access Road (Rotorua County).—Formation and metalling was completed over a length of 50 ch., and a bridge 20 ft. long was erected. Horohoro Block Access Roads (Rotorua County). —A large area of Native land is being brought into production largely as an experiment in pumice-land development by Natives. In order to assist the scheme, 20 ch. of formation, together with 2 m. 40 ch. of second-class surfacing, was carried out during the period as part of a more extensive programme. Kaharoa Road (Rotorua County).—This is a route which when completely metalled will give allweather access to twelve settlers. An additional length of Im. was metalled during the period. Maniatutu Road (Rotorua County).—First-course metalling was completed over a length of 68 ch. South Road (Rotorua County).—As part of an authorized programme for the betterment of this access, a distance of 2 m. 40 ch. was formed. Broadlands Small Farms Settlement Road (Taupo County). —New settlers on an area subdivided under the small-farms scheme obtain their access by way of this road, which was formed and metalled over a distance of 30 ch. during the year. Reporoa Road (Taupo County)"—ln view of the necessity for improvements on this settlement road, a distance of 4 m. 70 ch. was surfaced during the period. Waiotapu Valley Road (Taupo County).—A. length of 4m. 25 ch. of surfacing was completed. Esdailes Road ( Tauranga County).—This is also a road giving access to settlement, and a distance of 1 m. 50 ch. was metalled before the close of the period. Lindeman's Road (Tauranga County) .—Metalling was completed over a distance of 1 m. Matai Road (Tauranga County). —Progressive improvements have been made of recent years on this road, and during the period just closed a length of 1 m. 40 ch. was metalled. Waerenga Road, Wharere Small Farms Access (Tauranga County). —This road gives access to new settlers on an area subdivided under the small-farms scheme, and during the period was raised and resurfaced over a distance of 4 m. 72 ch. Hallett's Road (Whakatane County)—A length of 60 ch. was surfaced during the period. Kirkbride's Bridge (Whakatane County)— One bridge 40 ft. long was erected and road approaches formed. Murupara Small Farms Access Road (Whakatane County). —This is another road which has been improved to give access to a small-farms settlement, and during the year a distance of 2 m. 35 ch. was surfaced. Murupara to Te Whaiti Road (Whakatane County).—This is a vital link in an important through road which is carrying an ever-increasing volume of traffic. During the year additional gravelling over a distance of 1 m. 35 ch. was completed. Rotorua to Waikaremoana Road (Whakatane County).—Reconstruction involving the widening and metalling of this road to a standard required by modern motor transport is being carried out between Lake Waikaremoana and the Rotorua District. In this county engineering surveys have been completed over a length of 10 m. 18 m. 53 ch. of first-class formation, 18 m. of base-course metalling, and 10 m. of top-course metalling has been carried out during the period. In addition, 41,833 cubic yards of rubble and slips have been removed. Waimana River Bridge, Ruddicks Road (Whakatane County).—A bridge 200 ft. in length was erected during the period. Gisborne District. Bushy Knoll Road (Cook County).—This road serves a backblocks area, and considerable improvement by way of metalling has been made of recent years. During the period under review an additional length of 1 m. 50 ch. was re-formed and 1 m. 25 ch. was metalled. Manutuke to Wairoa via Mangapoike Road (Cook County). —Jex Blake's Bridge : A bridge 33 ft. long with a 12 ft. roadway was completed in reinforced concrete. Manutuke to Reay Bridge Section : In continuation of the programmes carried out in former years, an additional length of 2 m. was re-formed and metalled to a substantial standard in two courses as a preparation for bitumen sealing. Culverting incidental to the work reached a total of 1,831 lineal feet. Repongaere Soldiers SeWement Road (Cook County).—This road, as the name implies, gives access to a soldier settlement, and during the year a length of 60 ch. was formed and 40 ch. metalled. Riverside Road (Cook County).—As a result of threatened erosion by the Waimata River protection work consisting of 300 lineal feet of concrete and timber revetment wall was completed. Waimata to Arak.ihi Road (Cook County).—This road serves a backblocks settlement, and during the period a distance of 40 ch. was re-formed in readiness for metalling.

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