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Waihao-Hahateramea Boad. —£s3o 155 , . has been paid, or the vouchers forwarded from this office during the last year. These payments are subsidised by equal payments by the Waimate County Council, and were made to contractors and day-labourers principally employed completing contracts which the original contractors failed to carry out. Six miles of this road or roads —for there are two, Skevington's and Pentland Hills—are now completed ; but only a portion of the work has been done this year. It is impossible to define the length done ; but, if you take the proportional payments as a criterion, about one-third, or two miles, have been done this year. On Skevington's Eoad there is still about a mile to finish before reaching the junction with the Pentland Hills Boad. Boad on Beserve 1,263. —The expenditure of £4-2 10s. by the Levels Eoad Board on 26 chains of road has been certified to. This amount is the final payment of the grant of £350. The work, however, was done in 1885. Waltbb K[tson, Inspector of Surveys.

OTAGO. Beach Street, Pembroke Boad. —This road has been completed, 25 chains having been formed, culverted, and catchwater drains made. Block XIV., Lower Wanaka. —l mile 30 chains of this road have been formed, culverted, and drained. 2,407 acres of surveyed land and 5,200 acres unsurveyed have been benefited by it. Glendhu-Bluff Boad. —2 miles 40 chains have been formed, culverted, and drained, and 3,000 acres of unsurveyed land benefited. Eoad completed. Glcnorchy to Precipice Greek Extension. —1 mile 12 chains formed, culverted, and drained. Eoad completed, and 2,600 acres of surveyed land benefited. Martins Bay, via Greenstone, Track. —From the junction of the Caples and Greenstone westward through the bush seven miles 4ft. formation have been completed, and bush-cleared, footbridges made, and fords improved. Three contracts were let: the first and third have been completed, but the middle one, of 6 miles 60 chains over the saddle along thePassburn, has been stopped for the present, but will be resumed in the spring. Between the Passburn and Pyke Creek 19 miles 40 chains are completed, benefiting in all 28,600 acres of unsurveyed land. The whole of these works have been done under the supervision of Mr. Black, County Engineer. Waikaia Bush to Clutha Valley. —2 miles 26 chains formed and completed under Mr. L. D. Macgeorgo, County Engineer, and 44,000 acres of unsurveyed land benefited. Blocks 1., IV., VII., Kurow. —Smiles 60 chains formed; also culverts and pitched crossings made. 10,000 acres of surveyed land benefited, and 10,000 of unsurveyed. Kurow Flat Boad. — 2 miles 10 chains completed, formation and pitched crossing; 3,000 acres of surveyed and 3,000 acres of unsurveyed land benefited by it. ' Block VIII., Kuroiv Boads. —33 chains formed and pipe-culverted; 1,500 acres of surveyed and 9,500 acres of unsurveyed land benefited. 50 chains first portion formed, culverted, gravelled, water-crossings made, pipe-drains laid down; and 1 mile 10 chains second portion formed, culverted, gravelled, water-crossings made, and pipe-drains laid down, benefiting 1,600 acres of surveyed and 4,400 acres unsurveyed land. Block XIII., Moeraki. —72 chains of formation, pipe-culverts, and catchwater-drains made; 1,700 acres of surveyed land benefited by it. These works have been done under supervision of Mr. C. Banks, Engineer to Waitaki County. Blocks XV. and XVI., Blackstone Main Boad, Ida Valley. —l mile 60 chains of formation completed, 40 chains gravelled, 1 mile formation not completed, benefiting 5,300 acres of surveyed land and 14,200 acres unsurveyed land. Block IX., Maniototo. —3 miles formed, culverted, and ditched ; 6,000 acres of surveyed land benefited by it. Block 11., Upper Taieri, and VI., Gimmerburn. —3o chains formed and completed; 1,000 acres surveyed and 11,260 unsurveyed land benefited by it. These works were carried out under the County Engineer, Mr. E. H. Browne. Blocks 111. and IV., Bock and Pillar. —2 miles 30 chains formed and culverted; 7,400 acres of surveyed lands benefited by it. Works under the inspection of Mr. G. Cruickshanks, Inspector of Waihemo County. Hummockside. —2 miles 60 chains formed, culverted, and pitched crossings made; 2,600 acres of surveyed land benefited. Buns 171b, 171h, and 171d.—1 mile 23 chains formation and culverts; 10,000 acres of unsurveyed land benefited by it. These works were done under the inspection of Mr. Valentine, Inspector of Waikouaiti County. Spylaio Creek, Bun 212. —2 miles 36 chains formed and culverted; 1,250 acres benefited by it. Waitahuna West District, linn 106. —3 miles 40 chains formed and culverted; 2,000 acres of surveyed land benefited by it. Lawrence to Waipori, via Bungtoivn —3 miles 40 chains formed and culverted, and a bridge over Bungtown Creek made; 8,000 acres of surveyed land benefited by it. Beaumont to Miller's Flat. —20 chains of formation, culverting, and ditching, and 21 chains widening formation at Bocky Bluffs, &c. ; 10,000 acres of unsurveyed land benefited, by it. These works were carried out under the supervision of the Tuapeka County Engineer, Mr. Edie. Glenomaru District Boad.- —66 chains formed, and 26 chains bush-cleared; 4,000 acres of unsurveyed land benefited by it. Cat Un's Main 80ad. —24 chains formed and metalled, 20 chains formed only ; 2,000 acres of unsurveyed land benefited by it. Mr. T. Paterson supervising the work for the Clutha County.