Waikopiro : Work clone on the Whole Block, —A sum of £1,116 16s. 4d. has been expended in formation of roads to open up the 14,000 acres of Crown land in this block. Two miles and threequarters have been felled a chain wide and cleared 33ft., and 53 chains of dray-road formed. This latter has been a very costly work, the road on both sides of the Manawatu Biver, from plateau to bridge-site, necessitating very heavy side-cuttings in papa-rock,—at one point 58ft. in height. The worst and most expensive part of the road is nearly completed, and what remains will be cheaply done. The sum mentioned includes the cost of a foot-bridge over the river, the purchase of land, and compensation for fencing, engineering, and expenses of supervision. [To face page 44.