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Table 3 below shows the extent and types of work carried out on the main highways system by the Board and local authorities each year since the Board commenced active operations in 1924 : —

Table 4. —Lengths of Highways metalled and surfaced since Inception of Board's Operations (9th June, 1924).

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Formation Gravelling Tar and gjJS Bituminous TMH^ YCar - w-r d - M + a fr Bl * u 7. inoua Bituminous (Penetra- Concrete. °"»*£ Bnd S es - Widening. | Metalling. Sealing. Surfaoin „. v tion ). Concrete. ; I Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. Ft. 1924-25.. .. 19 63 6 .. 6 .. .. 2,434 1925-26.. ..45 88 16 45 4 6 5,168 1926-27.. .. 174 151 35 .. 38 12 16 6,408 1927-28.. .. 173" 133 83 .. 34 .". 6 7,760 1928-29.. .. 224 185 122 .. 51 14 11 9,482 1929-30.. .. 173 179 133 .. 39 31 12 7,547 1930-31.. .. 130 128 95 .. 41 14 9 11,175 1931-32.. .. 139 69 129 .. 32 9 3 4,062 1932-33.. .. 56 45 72 .. 8 ,. .. 3,178 1933-34.. .. 44 28 75 .. 7 .. 1 4,988 1934-35.. .. 113 69 172 27 3 2 6,641 1935-36.. .. 152 98 245 91 2 .. ... 8,718 1936-37.. .. 272 131 184 67 3 .. .. 9,575 1937-38.. .. 329 241 282 49 .. .. .. 11,106 1938-39.. .. 491 188 357 67 2 .. .. 25,561 1939-40.. .. 401 285 444 60 .. .. .. 11,676 1940-41.. .. 186 128 259 11 4 .. .. 9,405 Totals .. 3,121 2,209 2,709 372 315 84 66 144,884

„ - „ c Percentage m , , iU a yP e of Surfaoe - Dustless of Bustless lotal Length Surfacing Surfacing to At close of Period ending of added duri Total L th Highways. Pumice and Gravel and Dustless y ear ° ° Clay. Macadam. Surfacing. Highways. Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. 9th June, 1924 .. 5,954 1,535 4,171 248 .. 4-2 31st March, 1925 .. 5,954 1,472 4,222 260 12 4-4 1926 .. 6,272 1,384 4,557 331 71 5-3 1927 .. 6,391 1,233 4,726 432 101 6-8 1928 .. 6,608 1,1,00 4,953 555 123 8-4 1929 .. 10,403 915 8,735 753 198 7-2 1930 .. 10,408 736 8,705 967 214 9-3 1931 .. 10,419 608 8,685 1,126 159 10'8 1932 .. 10,846 539 9,009 1,298 172 12-0 1933 .. 10,878 494 9,005 1,379 81 12-7 1934 .. 10,974 466 9,047 1,461 82 13-3 1935 .. 11,557 397 9,494 1,666 205 14-4 1936 .. 12,048 390 9,715 1,943 277 16-1 1937 .. 12,114 353 9,634 2,127 184 17-6 1938 12,136 332 9,389 2,415 288 19-9 1939 12,206 295 9,111 2,800 385 22-9 1940 •• 12,355 251 8,870 3,233 433 26-2 1941 .. 12,381 259 8,646 3,476 243 28-1 Percentage at 31st March, 100 2-1 69-8 28-1 1941 _