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List of Works on Gold Fields undertaken wholly by the Mines Department, or by Subsidies to County Councils, Local Bodies, and Prospecting Associations, either constructed or in progress on the 31st March, 1884.

Locality and Nature of Work. Total Cost. Amount of Contribution paid by Mines Department. Amount due by Mines Department on Works still in Progress. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s, d. Coromandel County. Improving road to Iona and Just-in-Time Companies' mines and crushing battery Making and repairing track from Kapanga Mine to Paul's Creek Making and improving track from Tokatea towards Kennedy Bay Making and improving track from Golden Belt to Tiki Extension, Vaughan and Vizard's Track Extension of track, Tiernan's to Castle Book Making road to Kapanga Mine Temporary track from Tokatea Saddle to Waikoromiki Temporary road from Bing's bridge to Kapanga Boad Continuation of track from Success Company's mine to top of main range Completion of road from Tokatea Saddle to Tokatea battery Boad from cutting, Lynch's paddock, to Matawai battery Widening road from Emily Battery to Bocky Creek Widening road from Matawai Valley to Vaughan's Claim Boad deviation, Eraser's saw-mill to Tiki Saddle Prospecting track to connect Tokatea and Tiki Widening and extending road to Harbour View Improving track, Mercury Bay to Waitai. Widening and extending road to Harbour View mines Continuation and improving Waikoromiko Track 200 0 0 290 0 0 320 0 0 245 0 0 300 0 0 150 0 0 132 0 0 50 0 0 150 0 0 80 0 0 133 6 8 213* 6 8 ioo' 0 0 88* 0 0 33 6 8 53* 6 8 193 6 8 163 6 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 100* 0 0 50 0 0 180 0 0 291 0 0 192 0 0 300 0 0 300 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 150 0 0 33 6 8 120 0 0 194 0 0 128 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 66 13 4 66 13 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 3,730 0 0 621 6 8 1,865 6 8 Thames County. Making new road from Ohinemuri Biver to Karangahake quartz mines Dray-road to connect Otanui mines with crushing battery at Maungawherawhera Creek Improving road from Waitekauri Boad to Katikati Boad Improving road up Karaka Creek to Lucky-hit Company's mine Improving road to upper mines, Waitahi Prospecting track to open up Karangahake Gold Field, extending towards Te Aroha Track up Mangakerikeri Creek Metalling road, Kaueranga Valley to Otanui Creek Boad from Tapu battery to mines 650 0 0 710 0 0 250 0 0 300 0 0 320 0 0 1,600 0 0 433 6 8 164 4 0 100 6 8 175 7 4 172 12 7 309* 2 8 66 6 8 24 12 8 40 14 1 1,066 13 4 100 0 0 650 0 0 160 0 0 66 13 4 433 6 8 106 13 4 Thames County, Miscellaneous. Purchase of diamond-drill by Thames County Council 4,740 0 0 1,045 17 3 2,114 2 9 1,500 0 0 1,000 0 0 Piako County. Extension and completion of tramway 18,000 0 0 9,000 0 0 Hutt County. Boad to connect Oteronga Bay with Albion Company's battery ; and likewise to connect Terawhiti quartz mines with battery Golden Crown and Success Quartz Mining Companies : Construction of Terawhiti low-level tunnel 509 16 6 750 0 0 210 17 0 83 6 8 150 0 0 1,259 16 6 210 17 0 233 6 8 Tuapeka County. Improving road from Lawrence and Waipori Boad to antimony mine, Waipori Making road from top of terrace to Waipori Bush Improving road from Waipori Township to antimony mine, Lammerlaw Banges Improving road from Waitahuna Biver to top of terraces on road to Waipori copper mine Making bridle-track from Boxburgh Boad near Shingle Creek to Campbell's and Pomohaka Creeks Waipori Township to Waipori Bush 200 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 133 6 8 133 6 8 133 6.8 450 0 0 300 0 0 200 0 0 133 6 8 Tuapeka County, Miscellaneous. Drainage channel, Lawrence; undertaken by the Borough Council (approximate) Tuapeka Prospecting Association 1,550 0 0 333 6 8 700 0 0 3,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 600 0 0 300 0 0 Vincent County, Miscellaneous. Completion of sludge-channel, Smith's Gully, Bannockburn Completion of sludge-channel, Pipe-clay Gully, Bannockburn 3,600 0 0 2,300 0 0 2,000 0 0 750 0 0 251 1 0 217 14 4 598 19 0 182 5 8 2,750 0 0 468 15 781 4 8