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It will be seen from the reports of the Chief Surveyors that the system of co-operative contract has been almost entirely used, and the result is fully satisfactory. There are, no doubt, many malcontents, who are probably physically incapable, or who have not yet learned to work well or with skill. Such men do not earn the wages of a bushfeller or a navvy, and some of them may not earn much more than they consume personally, leaving little or nothing for their families, who sometimes are a burden on charitable aid. On the other hand, settlers say that they cannot afford to pay the wages which the Government gives. It has been the aim of the department to avoid attracting men from settlement, but also to pay a fair price for work done. The following is a statement of the sums borrowed on the security of the lands affected for the purpose of opening them for settlement by roads. The interest on the sums borrowed is a charge on the lands, and is paid over to the account as received with the rent : —

Statement showing the Blocks of Land which have been proclaimed under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment Act, 1891," and the Report of the Surveyor-General on the Value of such Blocks, and on the necessary Works, and the Estimated Cost of the Works, and of the Moneys expended in respect of such Blocks out of Moneys borrowed under the said Act.

Gazetted. Surv lyor-General's Report. Expenditure. Name of Block. Area of Block. No. Page. I I Date. Valuation of Block. Works required to open up such Block. Estimated Cost proposed to be borrowed. To March 31, 1893. April 1, 1833, to March 31, 1894. Total to Mar. 31 1894. 1891-92. Tauhoa, Sections 184 to 201 .. Mangamingi Oroua-Coal Greek Acres. 4,069 6,000 6,000 15 336 18 Feb., 1892 £ 1,675 9,040 6,440 Road-works £ 449 4,286 1,050 ( 1,000 1 6,837 3,990 2,4S7 4,950 £ 300 1,020 456 1,000 135 3,731 108 4,950 £ 80 3,266 594 £ 380 4,286 1,050 1,000 274 3,990 2,487 4,950 Waimarino .. 20,900 16,880 139 259 2,379 Nortli-east Puketoi Mount Baker Blocks II., VIII., V., VI., Woodlands Maruwhenua (part) Maungata-niwna Takahue Manganuiowae Waoku Motatau Mareretu Ahuroa Motu .. .. ,, East Puketoi Maruwhenua 13,300 9,200 13,400 6,455 9,600 11,225 13,000 4,000 1,900 5,000 22,804 5,000 5,000 4,000 33,000 83,500 36,090 23 479 18 Mar., "„ 10,000 1,500 712 2,500 10,000 1,875 2,500 2,500 14,025 83,500 49,200 5,000 500 300 500 2,000 600 600 500 2,475 19,375 2,000 5,000 125 100 170 878 275 395 "48 1,122 43 5,000 173 100 170 2,000 318 395 99 2,475 15,767 2,000 2,177 4,815 2,000 99 298 10,952 1892-93. 11,900 2,935 634 516 157 6,433 492 9,987 626 1,093 28,600 3,850 20,000 30,745 9,577 18,510 2,800 722 5,200 5,659 4,000 840 77 1345 72 1273 6 Oct., 1892 15 Sept., „ 4,462 1 2,093 6,269 7,268 2,193 5,318 604 5,350 550 1,384 21,000 2,800 7,800 23,059 4,664 6,941 2,900 451 5,950 2,829 3,550 1,914 Road-works Drainage .. Road-works 500 950 300 25 25 2,093 301 2,665 156 307 7,000 555 1,825 8,000 568 2,350 400 225 1,780 1,400 1,200 126 Ruapckapeka Akaaka Swamp Waimate Reserve No. 1126 .. Waimate Reserve No. 1128 .. Waimate Reserve No. 1178 .. Huiroa Mangaehu Kaimanuka Momahaki Blocks VI L,X., XI., Woodlands Hautapu-Ruahine Block L, Tautuku Takaka and Mount Arthur .. Lillburn, Monowai, and Alton Nuhaka Otau Liberal Maioro Swamp Tanner Blocks XVI. and I., Longwood Oxford Upper Waitara Glonomaru, Blocks III., IV., V., VII., IX., X. 497 300 25 25 90 "29 526 300 25 25 596 506 74 1297 22 Sept., "„ " 2,665 156 307 868 555 1,261 2,665 156 307 2,129 555 77 1340 74 1298 83 1389 80 1365 71 1255 83 1388 80 13G5 78 1361 90 1529 4 23 13 240 f 95 1606 \ 13 246 13 246 \ 102 1742 ( „ 1745 I 13 246 { 102 1744 21 374 23 412 413 6 Oct., 22 Sept., „ 20 Oct., 13 Oct., 8 Sept., „ 20 Oct., 13 Oct., 10 Oct., 11 Nov., „ 12 Jan., 1893 23 Feb., 8 Dee., 1892 23 Feb., 1893 Drainage .. I Road-works „ 998 420 2,046 488 333 347 225 782 455 2,046 488 333 347 225 1,780 875 I 1,495 946 I 1,681 I 409 237 237 237 Tuapeka West, Blocks I., II., III., IV., VII., VIII. I 2,545 29 Dec, 1892 367 Rankleburn, Block VI. Milsom Opuawhanga No. 1 .. Waiwera Kakariki Waiau Ngatimaru, Blocks V., IX., XIII. Block I., Paterson .. Mokoreta Waikawa-Otara Waikawa 544 6,686 5,000 3,900 5,000 8,831 4,580 23 Feb., 1893 29 Dec, 1892 23 Mar., 1893 30 Mar., „ 136 1,750 500 1,460 1,500 1,405 1,940 136 136 "„ 412 0,237 1,875 4,101 5,786 5,621 4,762 '265 56 235 110 225 1,113 202 265 225 1,109 437 110 033 7,400 31,000 6,000 411 316 3,700 15,500 3,000 158 1,850 7,750 1,500 112,203 158 180 415 1,500 37,833 "l8 158 198 415 1,500 "„ 412 Carried forward 422,910 27,309 65,142 1541,653