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and the accounts and works costs connected with drainage and land-development operations on the Hauraki Plains and Waihi Drainage Districts, and the management of twelve dairy-farms at Hoe-o-tainui. Summary. The principal works carried out during the year on the Hauraki Plains are summarized in the following schedule:'— Length. Excavation. Miles. Oh. Cubic Yd. Drains cleaned by manual labour .. .. 103 7 Drains cleaned by weed-cutting launch .. 11 78 Drains widened and deepened by manual labour 9 68 6,105 River-channel, canals, drains, and stop-banks improved by machines .. .. .. 4 70 88,867 Metal. Roads surfaced with metal .. .. . . 1 40 615 Acres. Area of swamp harrowed or rolled with tractor . . 469 Area swamp sown in grass .. .. .. .. 510 River-banks cleared of willows .. .. 18 The rates struck were £3,059, and £2,974 was collected on account of current and arrears of rates. I have, &c., R. L. Innis, Chief Drainage Engineer. The Under-Secretary for Lands, Wellington. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS. A statement of accounts is published in parliamentary paper, 8.-l [Pt. IV],

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