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Table 4.— Lengths of Main Highways metalled and surfaced since Inception of Board's Operations (9th June, 1924).

Table 5.—Maintenance of Main Highways (including Bridges).

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m r o _*• Percentage T yP e of Surfaoe " Dustless of „ „ . , t? . — Surfacing Dustless At close of Period endmg Main , „ , , n ,, added during Surfacing to Highways. Pumice and Gravel and Dustless » Total Main Clay. | Macadam. | Surfacing. Highways. Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. Per Cent. 9th June, 1924 .. 5,954 1,535 4,171 248 .. 4-2 31st March, 1925 .. 5,954 1,472 4,222 260 12 4-4 1926 .. 6,272 1,384 4,557 331 71 5-3 1927 .. 6,391 1,233 4,726 432 101 6-8 1928 .. 6,608 1,100 i 4,953 555 123 8-4 1929 .. 10,403 915 8,735 753 198 7-2 1930 .. 10,408 736 8,705 967 214 9-3 1931 .. 10,419 608 8,685 1,126 159 10-8 1932 .. 10,846 539 9,009 1,298 172 12-0 1933 .. 10,878 494 9,005 1,379 81 12-7 1934 .. 10,974 466 9,047 1,461 82 13-3 1935 .. 11,557 . 397 9,494 1,666 205 14-4 1936 .. 12,048 390 9,715 1,943 277 16-1 1937 .. 12,114 353 9,634 2,127 184 17-6 „ 1938 .. 12,136 332 9,389 2,415 288 19-9 Percentage at 31st March, 100 2-7 77-4 19-9 1938

Expenditure. Average per Mile per Annum. Highway District. Maintained Lociil 00 E; I <0 u5 ■# I eo I « : rn I oJ al u Board. Authori- Total. co f | » » co I co | co -? 7 ®i ties. t> 50 (MirH o!o) 00 CO 52 1 CO CO CO colco CO (N Gq lOJ 2!01 OJ OJ OiiCS OSIO) OS | rt "- 1 1 r-l rH rt ) rt S M. ch. £ £ £ ££££££££££ 1 Auckland North 976 62 101,411 10,996 113,407 115-1 93-2 110-1 97-9 71-6 61-2 79-2 83-4 115-7 90-3 2' Auckland South 1,298 16 137,496 26,293 163,789 126-2 119-3 181-4 141-1 124-6 106-9 145-3 175-8 214-3 183-0 3' Tauranna . 721 15 89,117 3,448 92,565 128-4 84-3 153-1 87-1 72-9 61-9 70-7 80-4 90-7 74-5 V Giaborne 394 25 79,049 5,788 84,837 215-2 182-9 178-1 164-9 106-4 96-3 117-3 163-5 189-5 124-9 5' Namer " 737 66 63,619 9,853 73,472 99-6 82-4 138-9 117-7 81-4 79-3 75-9 121-2 146-7 120-3 6' King Country .. 602 0 51,083 6,290 57,373 95-3 116-5 89-2 99-7 70-8 57-1 70-0 85-8 115-7 61-4 7' Taranaki 473 20 40,588 4,217 44,805 94-7 104-1 123-4 102-5 83-8 84-5 125-2 136-0 172-8 155-9 8' Wanaanui .. 530 25 71,759 9,140 80,899 152-5 115-9 122-0 87-5 80-8 66-0 101-0 126-7 176-1 88-5 9' Wellington West 504 19 44,718 7,172 51,890 102-9 121-9 164-1 124-7 106-0 110-8 149-8 179-0 224-3 J.85-6 lo! Wellington East 504 39 35,042 10,039 45,081 89-4 108-0 175-3 181-3 114-9 91-4 128-6 141-6 159-0 138-4 Totals, North Island 6,742 47 713,882 93,236 807,118 119-7 109-0 143-2 118-3 91-3 81-0 104-5 124-8 155-8 119-9 11 Nelson 672 53 61,467 5,253 66,720 99-2 80-3 116-8 101-1 74-1 66-6 103-6 82-0 112-8 88-7 12'WestCoast " 543 14 73,407 5,644 79,051 145-5 141-8 214-5 142-6 110-8 104-1 136-7 122-4 166-8 144-9 13' Canterbury North 333 64 26,984 3,977 30,961 92-8 64-3 62-8 55-7 58-3 50-0 55-4 72-6 99-7 81-1 14.' Canterbury Central 750 24 39,880 7,495 47,375 63-1 54-6 81 - 1 55-2 50-9 50-2 76-5 75-2 77-3 68-8 15 - Canterbury South 821 25 36,122 7,055 43,177 52-6 54-0 96-7 66-9 59-3 67-0 78-7 88-0 89-6 66-3 16* Otaao Central .. 840 68 37,807 7,406 45,213 53-8 49-5 70-1 75-1 50-3 46-4 52-8 36-4 73-9 47-7 17' Otaeo South .. 523 73 32,044 8,043 40,087 76-5 62-8 97-8 84-6 73-8 72-8 99-5 90-8 108-1 77-1 18! Southland .. 907 42 52,519 15,334 67,853 74-8 57-2 57-1 53-9 44-4 41-6 43-2 58-7 57-9 49-9 Totals, South Island 5,393 43 360,230 60,207 420,437 77-9 67-5 96-2 77-6 62-7 60-3 77-4 75-8 94-1 75-0 Totals, Dominion .. 12,136 10 1,074,112153,443 1,227,555 101-2 90-5 122-4 100-3 78-5 70-7 92-5 103-1 128-6 100-1