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Main Highways revoked. No. 2 Highways District- — Miles. Ch. Te Awamutu - Pirongia .. .. .. .. ..91 Pirongia - Junction Kawhia Road .. .. .. .. 9 60 Waikumete - West Coast .. .. .. .. 0 22 Te Awamutu - Cambridge .. .. .. .. 14 68 No. 6 Highways District— Okahukura-Ohura . . .. .. .. .. ..22 0 No. 9 Highways District — Pohangina Valley-Apiti .. .. .. .. .. 0 46 No. 12 Highways District' — Inangahua Junction - Waiho .. .. . . . . 0 46 No. 14 Highways District — Christchurch - Russley Road Junction via Burnside Road .. .. 4 65 No. 15 Highways District — Geraldine-Fairlie via Cattle Valley .. .. .. 28 56 Gapes Valley Road .. .. .. .. .. ..80 Gapes Valley - Pleasant Point .. .. .. .. 10 67 No. 16 Highways District— Timaru-Queenstown .. .. .. .. .. 6 40 No. 18 Highways District— Queenstown-Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. 49 37 Gore -Te Anau .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 20 Invercargill-Bluff .. . . . . .. .. 1 60 168 28 The Board acknowledges the continued co-operation of the Public Works Department in matters relating to main highways administration and records its appreciation of the valuable services rendered by officers of the Department in carrying out an extended programme during the period under review. The accompanying tables contain statistical information relative to finance, lengths of highways, and results of stone testing carried out during the year. Signed on behalf of the Main Highways Board, J. Wood, M.lnst.C.E., Chairman.

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