1934.

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

NEW SOUTH WALES.

DEPARTMENT OF MAIN ROADS.

NINTH ANNUAL REPORT

FOR

Year ended 30th June, 1934.

Ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed, 11 December, 1934.

SYDNEY :

ALFRFD JAMES KENT, I.S.O., GOVERNMENT PRINTER.

1984. 49425 *208—a [45. 6d.] MAIN ROADS ACT, 1924-31.

NINTH ANNUAL REPORT.

CONTENTS.

PAGE. PART I.—PRELIMINARY— The Minister 1 Amending Legislation 1 Renewal of Federal Aid Roads Agreement ... 2 Increased Rate of Assistance to Councils for Works of Maintenance and Con­ struction on certain Mountain Pass Main Roads ... 4 Ordinance Regulating Weights of Vehicles on Roads ...... 5 Heat Treatment of Earth Roads ...... 6 Annual Conference of State Road Authorities ...... 6 Seventh International Roads Congress ...... 6 Upper Clarence and Richmond Valley Developmental Works 6 Unemployment Relief ...... 7 Aggregate Statement of Income and Expenditure for the twelve months ended 30th June, 1934 8

PART II.—COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND MAIN ROADS FUND— Income and Expenditure 9 Balance-sheet 10 Loan Liabilities 10 Construction 12 Summary of Construction Work and Expenditure ... 14 Delay in Expenditure of Construction Funds ...... 18 Maintenance and Minor Improvement 18 Maintenance by Councils 18 Maintenance by Department ...... 19 Main Roads—Proclamation and Length 24 Secondary Roads—Declaration and Length ...... 24

PART III.—COUNTRY MAIN ROADS FUND— Income and Expenditure , 25 Balance-sheet ... 26 Loan Liabilities ...... 26 Councils' Contributions to Main Roads ... 26 Proclamation of New Main Roads 27 Length of Main Roads ...... 28 Length of Country Highways controlled by Department 28 Maintenance and Minor Improvement Works by Councils 28 Maintenance and Minor Improvement Works by Department ... 35 Construction ...... 38 Summary of Construction Expenditure • 43

PART IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL ROADS FUND— Income and Expenditure ... 50 Balance-sheet ...... 50 Total Expenditure on Developmental Roads ...... 51 Loan Liabilities ... 51 Allocation of Funds for Developmental Roads ...... 51 Unemployment Relief Works on Developmental Roads ...... 53 Proclamation of Developmental Roads ... 53 Summary of Individual Works and Expenditure 54

PART V.—FEDERAL AID ROADS FUND— Income and Expenditure 55 Finalisation of Federal Aid Roads Fund * 55 Summary of Expenditure in Road Classification ...... 56 Programme of Work and Expenditure 57 iv

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PART VI.—SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE ACCOUNT— Income and Expenditure 58 Balance-sheet 58 Financial Position of the Bridge 58 Capital Cost of the Bridge 59 Traffic 60 Revenue 60 Disposal of Residue Lands and Administration of Properties 61 Maintenance and Upkeep 61

PART VII.—MISCELLANEOUS— Summary of Annual Revenue and Expenditure of Main and Developmental Roads Funds 63 Summary of Work Authorised, Completed and in Progress 65 Tree Planting on Main Roads 66 Milepcsting of Main Roads _ 66 Motor Vehicle Registration and Petrol Consumption 66 Testing Laboratory ...... 67 Staff—Industrial and Employment 67 Acknowledgments ... • • • 68 MAIN ROADS ACT, 1924-31.

DEPARTMENT OF MAIN ROADS, NEW SOUTH WALES

NINTH ANNUAL REPORT, (FOR PERIOD 1ST JULY, 1933, TO 30TH JUNE, 1934.)

The Honorable the Minister for Transport, Sydney. In accordance with the provisions of section 6 of the Main Roads Act, 1924-31, I have the honour to submit the Ninth Annual Report for presentation to Parliament, through the Minister, covering the period 1st July, 1933, to 30th June, 1934. A few matters in this Report are carried beyond the latter date for convenience and completeness of record. fc

PART I.—PRELIMINARY.

MINISTER. During the whole of the period covered by this Report, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. M. F. Bruxner, D.S.O., M.L.A., Deputy Premier and Minister for Transport, has been in charge of the administration of the Main Roads Act. AMENDING LEGISLATION. During the year the Main Roads Act was amended by the passage of the Finances Adjustment (Further Provisions) Act, 1933, which was assented to on 12th December, 1933. By this Act that portion of the liability for loans expended on main roads since the commencement of the Main Roads Act on 1st January, 1925, up to 30th June, 1928, which had previously been borne by Consolidated Revenue, was transferred to the County of Cumberland and Country Main Roads Funds, and an annual sum of £135,000 was transferred from the Country Main Roads Fund to the Developmental Roads Fund for expenditure on developmental roads. The loan liability involved, including, that in respect of loans expended on developmental roads from 1st January, 1925, to 30th June, 1931,- and the corresponding annual payments are set out in the following table :—

Loan Liability. Annual Payments.

County of Cumberland Fund— £ s. d. £ s. d. (a) Ordinary Works 581,488 18 0 29,568 0 1.1 (b) Unemployment Relief Works 91,500 0 0 4,052 13 6 Totals * £ 672,988 18 0 34,220 14, 4

Country Main Roads Fund—- («) Ordinary Works 1,918,090 10 11 97,408 7 0 (b) Unemployment Relief Works 104,250 0 0 8.843 10 0 Totals £ 2,082,940 16 11 ' 105,812 3 /)

Developmental Roads Fund— (a) Ordinary Works 714,874 15 9 30,380 11 ft (b) Unemployment R,eiief Works 135,069 0 7 0,905 9 3 Totals £ 850,544 2 4 43,292 0 9 Grand Totals .£ 3,000,473 17 3 183,324 IS 1 Less Amount payable prior to Finances Adjustment (Further Provisions) Act 14,893 0 11 Nett Inerease in Liability 168,431 17 2

As a consequence of this legislation the moneys derived from the special taxation imposed by the State for road purposes, viz., the State vehicle taxation, and certain contributions levied on or received from councils, and that proportion of the petrol tax paid by the Commonwealth to the State for similar purposes, are now responsible for the whole of the normal State expenditure on main and developmental roads, i.e., other than those now undertaken on behalf of the Government in the relief of unemployment. In commenting on this legislation when the Bill was before Parliament, it was stated that the Government considered that by arranging road finances in this manner and placing them on a par with those of other services, such as the Railways, Water Supply, Harbour Services, etc., a state of stability for the Main Roads Funds would be brought about. The necessity for the stabilisation of the financial basis of the two Main Roads Funds was previously reported upon in the Fourth Annual Report of the Main Roads Board, and it cannot be too strongly urged that the principle of the reservation for road purposes of State motor taxation and the proceeds of any petrol taxation transferred from the Commonwealth to the State should be respected. These taxes represent taxes on road transport, and constitute part of its cost. It has been previously shown (see article on " The Cost of Transport in New South Wales," published in the February, 1934, issue of " Main.Roads *') that of a total annual cost of transport in New South Wales amounting to £67,000,000, road transport is responsible for £42,500,000, or 63 per cent. When regard is paid to the large extent to which transport *49425—A 2

enters into the cost of all things—probably amounting in the aggregate to 60 or 70 per cent, of the total— and the high proportion of this that is represented by.road transport, it will be realised that all taxes on road transport go to the root of the costs of production and distribution. The expenditure of money on the building of good roads means more than an equivalent lessening of the costs of maintaining the road vehicles . which use them and of the sums otherwise expended on petrol and oil. It is, in fact,.an axiom of road transport that we pay for good roads whether we have them or not, and we pay less for them if we have them t than if we do not have them. Apart altogether from these considerations of a national character are the great administrative difficulties which are involved by successive alterations to the basis of the Main Roads Funds Such alterations cannot be foreseen, and, in any event, anticipatory action can hardly be taken. Programmes that have been prepared and are in progress covering several years ahead have had suddenly to be adjusted to the new and substantial obligations assumed by the Funds. This has exercised a very disturbing influence, which has not made for economical working. The principle that has now been established in the Act for some years is that the State motor taxation and the proceeds of the petrol tax received from the Common­ wealth should be allocated wholly to roads, and this, it is considered, is essentially sound. If this view be accepted, then it must be agreed that the basis of the Main Roads and Developmental Roads Funds have reached bedrock. s 'RENEWAL OF THE FEDERAL AID ROADS AGREEMENT. The Federal Aid Roads Agreement commenced on 1st July, 1926, the Commonwealth G-overnment agreeing that from that date it would make available to the States from revenue the sum of £2,000,000 per annum for roads, and the States that they would subsidise this grant to the extent of 15s. in the £. The Commonwealth assistance was distributed on a population and area basis, which resulted in the New South Wales share being fixed at £552,000 per annum, the State being responsible for a corresponding contribution of £414,000 per annum. TheTe was thus available for expenditure on Federal Aid Roads in New South Wales a total of £966,000 per annum. The agreement incorporating this arrangement stipulated that the expenditure should be on works of construction and reconstruction only and that each State should maintain a separate fund into which the Commonwealth and State contributions should be paid. After the agreement had operated five years, i.e., to 30th June, 1931, it was amended to provide that the Commonwealth Government's grant should consist of the product of an import duty of 2|-d. per gallon on petrol, added to an excise duty of 1 £d. per gallon on locally refined materials, instead of a fixed sum" per annum. The original basis of the subdivision of the grant among the States was retained, so that New South Wales received 552/2000ths of the returns from petrol taxation at the rates mentioned each month. The amended agreement also varied the original conditions by permitting the expenditure of the money on road works of any description, and, in New South Wales, State legislation was varied to provide that the receipts from the Commonwealth Government should be divided between the County of Cumberland and Country Main Roads Funds in the same proportion as motor taxation is divided under State legislation. The result of this amendment is that roughly one-quarter of the receipts from petrol taxation is paid to the County of Cumberland Main Roads Fund, the remaining three-quarters being credited to the Country Main Roads Fund. In the first years of the operation of the amended agreement, this State received less than £552,000 which the original agreement provided. In more recent years, however, the importations of petrol have increased very substantially, and it is now estimated that for the current financial year the total to be received will be approximately £600,000, which will be divided between the two Main Roads funds as follows :—

County of Cumberland Fund £141,000 Country Main Roads Fund £459,000

£600,000

This amount excludes the annual sum of £27,435, which is retained by the Commonwealth Government as a contribution to the National Debt Sinking Fund in respect of those amounts which were provided by the State during the years 1926-27 to 1930-31 from loans. Altogether, therefore, New South Wales' share at present amounts to approximately £627,000 per annum. Since the commencement of the Federal Aid. Roads Agreement the financial provisions of the original Main Roads Act have been successively varied so that, in practice, all sources of revenue for ordinary works on main and developmental roads, other than State motor or Commonwealth petrol taxation and contributions by councils, are now eliminated, while at the same time very substantial additional liabilities have been imposed on these funds. The eliminations have consisted of:—• (1). A fixed annual subsidy of £115,000 from Consolidated Revenue Fund, of which £25,000 was payable to the County of Cumberland Main Roads Fund, and £90,000 to the Country Main Roads Fund. This subsidy was discontinued as from 1st July, 1928; (2) All assistance received from Consolidated Revenue towards the repayment of principal and payment of interest on loan money made available for expenditure on main and developmental roads. Prior to 1st July, 1928, the County of Cumberland Main Roads Fund was required to repay with interest, one-half the loan money made available for expenditure in. the county. In the country, the Country Main Roads Fund was required to repay to the Treasury, together with interest, only those loans which had been advanced to shire and municipal councils on repayment terms. By an amendment which operatedfrom 1st July, 1928, thetwo funds were required to pay interest on and to repay all loan moneys subsequently appropriated, and more recently, as has been explained in the preceding paragraph of this report, these funds have also been required to take over from 1st July, 1933, the whole of the remaining liability in respect of loan moneys made available prior to 1st July, 1928, for works on main roads, as well as to transfer to the Develop­ mental Roads Fund the sum of £135,000 per annum for construction works on developmental roads (including responsibility for past loan expenditure), the cost of which has previously been provided from other Governmental sources; and (5") the proceeds of registration, licensing fees and fines for traffic offences which, by the passage of the Transport Act, 1930, were made payable partly to a Road Transport and Traffic Fund established under that Act and partly (proceeds of fines) to Consolidated Revenue Fund. This arrangement operated as from 1st July, 1929, any balance remaining in the Road Transport and Traffic Fund at the end of each financial year being, however, paid to the Country Main Roads Fund. Each of these withdrawals of assistance from Consolidated Revenue has, of course, thrown a corresponding extra responsibility upon the remaining main roads funds, but in addition to these the following further liabilities have been taken over by the funds :— (4) The Country Main Roads system has, from the 1st July, 1928, been reclassified into three groups, • viz., State Highways, Trunk Roads and ordinary main roads. On the State Highways, to which the Main Roads Board had previously contributed either £2 for each £1 by the Council or in some cases 30s. for each £1, the whole cost was transferred to the Country Main Roads Fund. Similarly on Trunk Roads the subsidy which had been at the rate of 30s. to £1, was statutorily increased to £2 by the Board to £1 by a Council; (5) As from 1st July, 1928, the Main Roads Board assumed responsibility for the upkeep of all works on main and developmental roads previously classisfied as National works. This responsibility has involved increased liability on the two Main Roads Funds of approximately £100,000 per annum; (6) The whole cost of bridges over 20 feet span on Trunk Roads has since 1st November, 1932, been borne by the Department (instead of two-thirds as formerly) and three-quarters of the cost of similar bridges on ordinary main roads (instead of 50 per cent, as formerly); and (7) The levy under section 11 of the Main Roads Act on Councils in .the County of Cumberland has since 1st January, 1933, been reduced from |-d. (as previously operating) to 7/16d. in the £ (reducible to 7/32d. in the City of Sydney and rural lands devoted to primary production). In each amendment of the Main Roads Act, or in each administrative action which has involved additional obligations on the two Main Roads Funds, the position of these funds has always been borne in mind having regard to the revenue available to the Board or the Department from all sources. The contri­ bution to the State by the Commonwealth Government has thus been regarded as a regular annual source of income, and the amendments of the Act which have been made have necessarily presupposed that the Commonwealth Government's assistance for roads would be. continued indefinitely. It is understood, moreover, that this practice has been generally followed in other States. It will be apparent, therefore, that the Commonwealth Government's subsidy for roads is now an integral part of the States' schemes of relieving Councils of the burden of main roads, and that its continuation is essential, at least so far as New South Wales is concerned, if the policy that has been given effect to by successive State Governments since 1926 is to be sustained, far less expanded. Expansion is, however, most desirable. An estimate of the income and expenditure of the two Main Roads Funds for the financial year 1934-35, excluding unemployment relief grants to - be expended on behalf of the Government, is as follows :— ,

County of Country Heading. Cumberland Main Roads Total. M.R. Fund. Fund.

INCOME— £ £ £ Motor Vehicle Tax (State) 290,000 941,000 1,231,000 Federal Aid (petrol tax) 141,000 459,000 000,000 Transfer from Road Transport and Traffic Fund 100,000 1.00,000 Contributions by Councils .„ 230,000 19,000 249,000 Other income 25,000 24,000 49,000 Total income '080,000 1,543,000 2,229,000 Less Transfer to Developmental Roads Fund 135,000 135,000 Available for expenditure £080,000 1,408,000 2,094,000

ESSENTIAL EXPENDITURE— Maintenance and minor improvement 297,000 1,004,000 1,301,000 Payment of interest, exchange and sinking lum\ on loans 244,000 139,000 383,000 Survey, design, supervision and. administration 29,000 100,000 129,000 Miscellaneous 5,000 37,000 42,000

Total essential expenditure £575,000 1,280,000 1,855,000

This estimate excludes any cash held at the commencement of the year 1934-35 or which may be on hand when the year closes. It reflects therefore the normal annual position of the two Main Roads Funds in accordance with existing legislation, and the nett result of the estimate may be summarised as follows :—

County of Cumberland. Country. Total.

£ £ . £ . (a) Amount of income available for expenditure , 680,000 1,408,000 2,094,000 (b) Deduct expenditure on essential maintenance, payment of interest, ad­ ministration, etc 675,000 1,280,000 1,855,000 (c) Balance available for renewal and major improvement works 111,000 128,000 239,000 (d) Amount of income derived from Federal Aid Roads Agreement 141,000 459,000 600,000 (e) Shortage of funds available to meet essential expenditure on maintenance, payment of interest, etc., that would result if Federal Aid Roads • Agreement were not renewed 30,000 331,000 . 361,000

It will be seen, therefore, that at the present time there remains only the sum of £239,000 which is available annually to meet the cost of renewing bridges which are in urgent need of immediate reconstruction, of providing new bridges across streams which from time to time make traffic impossible, and of improving in a major .way road locations, surfaces and widths. This amount is almost negligible in comparison with 4 the works required on 721 miles of heavily trafficked main roads in the County of Cumberland and 14,266 miles of country main roads, of which 3,650 miles are classified as State Highways. It is sufficient only to do the most pressing works of reconstruction and construction, and all works, such as the widening of Oxford-street in the County of Cumberland, for which representations are continually being made to the Department, or the classification of additional State Highways in the country, are altogether beyond the scope of the present funds, while any major relocations can only be undertaken as special grants are made available for the purpose from Unemployment Belief Funds. In the Treasurer's budget speech delivered in conjunction with the budget for 1933-34 it was stated:— " It is the tendency throughout the world for funds.provided by motor transport to be used increasingly to pay the cost of main traffic routes, and this policy will be pursued here, either by reducing the Council's contributions to works or by increasing the mileage of main roads as and when road funds make it possible." I am in entire agreement with this policy which, apart from any legislation which may have been enacted to give effect to it, has been the basis upon which the Main Roads Board and the present Department have acted in their administration of their responsibilities under the Main Roads Act. If this policy is to be continued, the renewal and extension of the Federal Aid Roads Agreement is essential. The position in respect of the Federal Aid Roads Agreement may, therefore, be summarised by saying that any reduction in the moneys made available under it would completely disorganise the Main Roads Funds and make it impossible either to continue the present policy or to maintain the existing standard of work. It would involve a definite halt in the progress which has been made on the roads during the past ten years and would, in fact, result in some retrogression. As similar positions are believed to exist in the other States of the Commonwealth, the discontinuation of the Federal Aid Roads Agreement after the 31st December, 1936, or any reduction of its terms, appears to be unthinkable, and more emphasis should, it is considered, be placed on the question as to whether more liberal contribution from petrol taxation ought not to be made by the Commonwealth to the States. In this connection it might be pointed out:— (a) That the Commonwealth's financial position is at present very strong, so much so that surpluses have been possible during the past two financial years, notwithstanding that fairly substantial remissions in taxation have been made during those periods, and a further surplus is expected this year; (b) Prior to the commencement of the Federal Aid Roads Agreement the tax on imported petrol amounted to Id. per gallon. The rate was increased to 3d. per gallon in 1926 as a result of the commencement of the Agreement, and further increases were made in 1929 and 1930. The present rate is 7d. per gallon; (c) A reduction in responsibility of the local governing authorities for roads would result in some relief to home owners in cities and towns where efforts are being made by the Governments, both State and Commonwealth, to stimulate the building industry, and to primary producers in rural areas where in many instances the returns received are less than the minimum cost of production; (d) The funds at present available to the Department are not sufficient to enable it to meet many of the legitimate claims which are made upon it for assistance or works.

INCREASED RATE OF ASSISTANCE TO COUNCILS FOR WORKS OF MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION ON CERTAIN MOUNTAIN PASS MAIN ROADS. For some time past the Department has had under consideration the possibility of granting an increased rate of assistance to Councils for works on trunk and ordinary main roads. A general review of the position has, however, shown the impracticability of doing so while continuing to bear the whole cost of new bridges of over 20-feet waterway on trunk roads and 75 per cent, of the cost of such structures on ordinary main roads. In view, however, of the special difficulties experienced by Councils in meeting their shares of the cost of works on the mountain pass sections of certain roads giving access from the Coast to the Tablelands, it has been decided that, as from the 1st July, 1934, the Department will, until further notice, meet the whole cost of approved works on the following lengths of road :—

Main Approxi­ Road, Council. Road. Section. mate No. Length.

mis. chs. 120 Coramba-Dorrigo-Deer The " Bushman Range," from a point 1£ miles on the Dorrjgo Vale. side of the intersection with M.R. 151, near Coramba, to the 0 00 Tick Gate opposite the junction of Molton-road, at mileage 8 m. 20 ch. 119 Raleigh to Tyringham ... Dorrigo Mountain, from the western side of the bridge at Thora 7 21 to the top of the mountain at the Dorrigo Shire boundary. 116 Kempsey to Woilomombi " The Big Hill," on that part of the road from 42 ni. 28 ch. to 7 O, 49 m. 28 ch. 202 Municipality of Shellharbour and Moss Vale to Albion Park Macquarie Pass, from 6 m. 30 ch. from Albion Park to the 8 5 Shires of Nattai and Wingecar- intersection of the Robertson-Jamberoo road (Main Road ribee. No. 264). 2G1 (a) CambewaTra Mountain from a point 82 ch. north-west of the 4 10 Berry Municipal boundary to Beaumont Post Office. (b) Barrcngarry Mountain, from the 18 M.P. from Moss Vale to 4 0 Wineecarribee Shire boundary. 307 Cambewarra Lookout From Main Road No. 201 (Moss Vale to Nowra) to Cambewarra 1 20 Road. Lookout. 51 Bateman's Bay to Quean- The Clyde Mountain, from a point 14 m. 04 ch. from Nellingen 3 36 beyan. to the Tallaganda Shire boundary, at 18 m. 20 ch. 41 72

In advising the Councils concerned of this decision, they were informed that the acceptance of this greater liability should not be taken as involving the Department in any obligation beyond the need to 5 undertake such works of maintenance or improvement as are found to be fully justified by traffic requirements and the general condition of other sections of the same road in connection with which the Councils will be contributing portion of the cost. In deciding, therefore^ upon any programme of works to be undertaken at the expense of the Department, consideration will be given to the manner in which the whole length of the road is being dealt with by the Council.

ORDINANCES REGULATING WEIGHTS OX VEHICLES ON ROADS. In the last Annual Report reference was made to the negotiations that had taken place during preceding years between the Main Roads Board and the Department and various bodies interested in regulating the weights of vehicles on roads, and to the consideration that had been given to framing an ordinance that would provide for the proper regulation of these weights and at the same time prevent damage to the roads. During the year, this consideration was concluded, and on 27th July, 1934, Ordinance No. 30 C. under the Local Government Act, 1919, was published in the Government Gazette regulating the use •of vehicles on main roads. Simultaneously an ordinance embodying similar principles (No. 30 D.) was gazetted dealing with vehicles on roads other than main roads, i.e., roads wholly under the control of the Municipal and Shire Councils. The load limits prescribed by the ordinances, as well as requiring maximum loaded weights to be observed in respect of any vehicle or wheel, set out the maximum permitted weights per inch width of tyre as follows :—

Within Outside Metropolitan Metropolitan TraJIie Area. Traffic Area.

tons. cwt. (a) Maximum loaded weight for four-wheeled vehicles 12 0 11 0 (ft) Maximum loaded weight for any vehicle as in ('/) of this table, fitted on all wheels with solid rubber or pneumatic tyres, where not less than four-tenths of the loaded weight, is carried on the front axle 13 4 12 2 (c) Maximum loaded weight fijr six-wheeled vehicle (including four or six wheeled vehicle with two-wheeled trailer) 10 0 14 13 (<7) Maximum loaded weight for any vehicle as in (c) of this table, fitted on all wheels with solid rubber or pneumatic tyres where not less than three-tenths of the loaded, weight is carried on the front axle 17 12 10 2

Maximum wheel loads 0 80 0 73

Maximum Weight per Inch Width of Tyre, {a) Solid Rubber Tyres.

Maximum Weight in Hundredweights ncr Thickness of Tyre iu Inches. Inch Width of Tyre.

Solid Rubber Tyres other than—

(a) cushion tyres, and («) cushion tyres, and Measured as in clause (1) (a). Measured as in clause (1) (b). (ft) twin tyres, the edges ot {&) twin tyres, the edges of the cylindrical surfaces of the cylindrical surfaces of which are not less than which are not less than three-quarters of an inch three-quarters of an inch apart. apart.

Not less than 1-} inches and under 1 jj inches Not-less than 1 inch and. under H inches ... 5-4 5-0 Not less than l| inches and under 1£ inches Not less than 11 inches and under lj inches 5-0 0-1 Not less than li inches and under '!§ inches Not less than i\- inches and under l'i inches 5-8 0-4 Not less than l| inches and under 1.J inches Not less than 1% inches and under 1£ inches 0-0 0-0 Not less than 13 inches and under l& inches Not, less than lj inches and under 1£ inches 0-2 0-8 No*less than H inches and under 2 inches Not lew than lg inches and under lj inches li-4 7-0 Not less than 2 inches and under 2& inches Not less than 1 ? inches and under 1 S inches 0-0 7-2 Not less than 21- inches'and under 2{- inches Not less than 1^ inches and under 2 inches (i-8 7'5 7-0 7-7

(6) Steel or Iron Tyres.

Maximum Weight Diameter of wheel in Feet and Inches. in Hundredweights per Inch Width of Tyre.

Under 1 ft. 3 in, .. 3-0 Not less than 1 ft. 3 in. and under 2 ft. 0 in 4-0 2 ft 0 in ,, 3 ft. Oin 5-0 3 ft. 0 in. „ 4 ft. 0 in 0-0 7-0 5 ft. 2 in. „ 6 ft. 4 in R-0 8-5

The maximum weights per inch width of tyre set out above are, in the case of solid rubber tyres, to come into operation at the expiration of three years after date of publication of the ordinances in the Gazette in respect of registered vehicles within the Metropolitan Traffic Area, and at the expiration of one year after such publication in respect of registered vehicles operating outside that area where .such vehicles were registered at any time during the period of two years immediately preceding the date of such publication; and in the case of steel or iron tyres, are to come into operation at the expiration of one year in respect of any vehicle in use in New South Wales at the date of such publication. * The postponement of the full operation of the ordinance in this manner will give opportunity for the replacement of vehicles now on the roads, the construction of which does not conform to requirements. As, however, powers are included in the ordinances by which this postponement may be set aside in any case where damage is occurring to the roads by virtue of it, this latitude is not likely to affect the road? prejudicially. 6

The sole purpose of the ordinances is to provide a means by which the two component parts of road transport, viz., the vehicles and the roads, may be knit together into one economic unit—the road being required to carry all normal loads except possibly during wet weather, and the vehicle to be designed and operated in such a manner as to minimise wear and tear on the road. The ordinance relating to main roads will be administered on this principle.

HEAT TREATMENT OE EARTH ROADS. In the last Annual Report reference was made to the process of road making by heat treatment of soils. This process, by which the soil on the road is converted into a clinker or brick-like product, is carried into effect by means of a machine which moves slowly along the road formation baking the soil where it lies. It is intended primarily for the construction of all weather roads in black soil and similar areas where there is a scarcity of road making materials other than the soil itself. The process and machine were developed and patented by Mr. L. R. H. Irvine, M.E., of this Department's staff. During the past two years the Queensland Main Roads Commission has been carrying , out road works by the process, using an experimental machine provided by Mr. Irvine. The Department has been in close touch with these operations, which have been sufficient to indicate the possibilities of the process. The rights to-the use of the machine and the process on any roads subsidised by the Department under the Main Roads Act have therefore been acquired from Mr. Irvine during the year, and designs and working drawings for a new and enlarged machine embodying the improvements that have been indicated in the working of the experimental machine and other important features were prepared. Tenders were then called for the manufacture of this machine, the successful tenderers being Messrs. Gibson Battle & Co. This firm now has the manufacture in hand and it is hoped that the machine will be in operation in New South AVales early in 1935. ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF STATE ROAD AUTHORITIES. Following a proposal put forward by the Minister for Transport (Colonel Bruxner) at a meeting of State Ministers held in June, 1933, it was agreed that the State executives for road construction and maintenance should meet annually to exchange experiences and views on road administration and practice. The first annual conference was accordingly held in Melbourne on 14th-16th February, 1934, under the chairmanship of W. T. B. McCormack, Esq., M.Inst.C.E., M.I.E.Aust., Chairman, Country Roads Board, Victoria. Future conferences will be held in each State in rotation. At the first conference unanimous agreement was reached on matters of importance to all States, particularly in relation to the linking of the Australian States with the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses, the execution of works on and approaching State borders, the purchase of materials, the tabulation of Australian road statistics and other matters of administrative interest. One of the most important questions discussed was that of research. It was decided that all States should co-ordinate their research work and disseminate the conclusions reached. This Department's publication " Main Roads " will be used for the circulation of research results. Following the deliberations of the conference, a meeting of the Chief Engineers of the States was held in Sydney to report upon several technical questions. This report has been submitted and as a result, uniform procedure will obtain, it is hoped, throughout the Commonwealth on such matters as mileposting and road warning signs where roads are under repair. The convenience and need for uniformity in services of this description to interstate travellers will be apparent. Apart from official consideration of problems affecting all States, the Annual Conference provides a valuable means for interchange of ideas and demonstrations of experimental and other work. This continuous contact with current developments in each State must prove of great benefit to all concerned.

SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL ROADS CONGRESS. Since 1908 International Roads Congresses have been held in various parts of the world, more recently at triennial periods. These congresses afford a valuable opportunity for the interchange of ideas and methods in respect of road maintenance and construction, and, as engineers from all parts of the world are assembled at them, it was decided to initiate the procedure of sending a representative of this Department to attend the Seventh Congress which was due to be held at Munich in,September, 1934. Mr. D. Craig, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.E.Aust., Chief Engineer of the Department's Country Section, was selected for this purpose, and, following representations to the Prime Minister, was appointed as the representative of the Commonwealth to the conference. Mr. Craig will take the opportunity, while abroad, of studying the methods of road construction and maintenance in Great Britain and the Continent.

UPPER CLARENCE AND RICHMOND RIVER VALLEY DEVELOPMENTAL WORKS. In my last annual report reference was made to the works placed in hand by the Department at the request of and from funds made available by the Unemployment Relief Council to give effect to a comprehensive scheme for the development of an area of about 700,000 acres comprised in the Upper Clarence and Richmond River Valleys. These works, which were commenced on the 12th October, 1932, and have covered a length of 64|- miles of road, are now nearing completion, the stage reached at the 30th June, 1934, being set out in the following table :—

Completed Formation. Completed Pavement. Road. Total length. At At At At 30 June, 1933. 30 June, 1934. 30 June, 1933. 30 June, 1934.

M ft. M. ft. M. ft. M. ft. M. ft. M.R. 140 from Grevillia to S.H. 9. near Woodenbong 16 1292 11 2000 16 1292 4 4000 16 1292 S.H. 9, Deviation near Woodenbong 1 1700 1 1700 1 1700 D.R. 1050 from Bonalbo to Woodenbong 29 507 5 1000 25 3665 4 1000 32 3645 D.R. 1055 from Urbcnville towards Koreelah Creek 8 5112 3 1700 2 00 D.R. 1148, Tabulam towards Ewingar 8 5235 4 00 8 5235 8 5235 Totals 64 3286 20 3000 55 3032 8 5000 41 1312 7

From this table it will be seen that during the year covered by this report, 35 miles of formation and 32 miles 1,592 feet of pavement were completed; the length of road completed at 30th June, 1934, being 41 miles 1,312 feet. On the three first-mentioned and the more important roads, the work has been carried out to a formation width of 24 feet and a pavement width of 16 feet, the ruling grade being 7 per cent. On the two last-mentioned roads, the formation width is 20 feet and 18 feet respectively and the pavement width 12 feet, the ruling grade being 8 per cent. Local gravels have been and are being used for pavement purposes in any localities where such material can be obtained, but for a large part it has been found to be necessary to crush metal owing to the entire absence of gravel. Of the pavement completed, 20 miles 623 feet have been constructed wholly of gravel, 2 miles 1,540 feet of gravel surface course on a base-course of crushed metal, 12 miles 1,587 feet of fine crushed rock surface course on a basecourse of crushed rock, and 6 miles 2,645 feet of waterbound macadam. Included in the works completed are 21 timber bridges having a total length of 1,620 lineal feet, the completed cost of which is £16,816. The total amount expended on these works to 30th June, 1934, was £195,978. The amount paid directly in wages to men employed on the works was £126,528, being 64*5 per cent, of the total expenditure up to the close of the financial year. If there is added to this the wages proportion of the cost of materials, haulage and so on, the total disbursements for labour represent approximately 85 per cent, of the expenditure. This is of particular interest when it is remembered that when presenting the case on 3rd August, 1932, for consideration of the Unemployment Relief Council, the Department submitted that of the total amount required for the work " fully 60 per cent, will be spent in the payment of wages earned directly on the works " and " of the remainder, 60 per cent, will be spent in wages of men engaged in the production of materials to be used in the works " so that " 84 per cent, of the moneys provided will, therefore, be used for payment of wages." The forecast has been more than realised. The work was carried out during the wettest season experienced on the North Coast district for 43 years, 96 inches of rain having been registered during the progress of the work to 30th June, 1934. Approximately 500 men have been employed regularly, the total to whom employment has been given being 1,060, mostly married men with dependents. Owing to the completion of various sections of the work, it became necessary to reduce the number of employees during the last three months of the year, until at 30th June, 1934, only 370 men remained. Of the number who ceased to be employed, 479 left the work of their own accord, and enquiry shows that most of them did so in order to go to other work in the district. It will be recollected in this respect that in my previous report I stated that:— " It is anticipated that as a result of carrying out these works early additional settlement will take place to the extent of from 300 to 400 dairy farms by private subdivision or share farming and from Crown lands made available for settlement out of State Forests, and that by the time the works are completed a number equivalent to the number of men at present employed will be employed in permanent productive occupations created by the development of the district." It will be seen, therefore, that this anticipation is in a fair way to be realised. An interesting commentary from a local source was published in the press on 1st October, 1934, in the following words :— " At a meeting of the Developmental League figures were submitted showing the effect of good roads on transport costs to business men in the Upper Richmond and Clarence districts. Before the completion of the valley roads by the Main Roads Department the freight on store goods was £4. It is now 30s. On fat pigs it was 4s., and now it is Is. from those centres to the railhead at Kyogle and from Kyogle Station to the Valleys." It is anticipated that the unconstructed lengths will be completed by the end of 1934.

UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF. With a view to providing suitable work for the relief of unemployment and at the same time assisting development, the Unemployment Relief Council approved in January, 1934, a sum of £250,000 being made available to this Department for expenditure on works on country main and developmental roads. Of this sum, £169,000 were allocated to road works, and the remainder to bridges. Particulars of the works undertaken and the expenditure incurred in respect thereof are given in Parts III and IV of this report dealing with the two funds between which the grant has been apportioned. The road works were principally extensions of works previously carried out by the Department for the improvement of alignment and grade, and for which funds were not available at the time from the normal finances of the Department. The works authorised on developmental roads had, as their objective, the provision of all-weather facilities for the transport of farm produce to factory and rail, the existing roads being such that transport was only possible under extreme difficulties. The bridges authorised were forty-three in number, of which thirty were in replacement of existing structures that had reached the end of their useful life, and thirteen were new structures over open crossings, causeways, etc., where traffic has been held up in the past in times of flood. The road works were gazetted on 14th February, 1934, as relief works under the Prevention and Relief of Unemployment Act, and have since been proceeding under special conditions in regard to the rates of wages and the employment of labour, etc., as prescribed by the Department of Labour and Industry. The principal provision in this regard was that the men were to work thirty hours per week at unemployment relief rates, subject to time lost through wet weather and other causes not in the employee's control being made up, so "that the men would, on an average, receive thirty hours work per week throughout the whole period of their employment. To date over 1,500 men have been provided with employment, of which number approximately 1,200 have been sent from Sydney and the balance obtained in the vicinity of the works and from Newcastle Labour Exchanges. The largest number of men employed on any one work is 325. During the year a number of Municipal and Shire Councils have put works in hand under the Govern­ ment's Emergency Relief Work Scheme, or " work in lieu of the dole." Under this scheme the Councils employ men according to their family responsibilities; the Government pays wages and an allowance of 8

10 per cent, on wages under certain conditions as a contribution towards the Council's overhead and other expenses in connection with the works. All other expenditure undertaken under this scheme is required to be met from the Councils' own funds. A number of country Councils which had adopted this scheme made representations to the Department as to whether in the eveut of works being undertaken on proclaimed main roads (including State Highways and Trunk Roads) under this proposal the Main Roads Department would share with the Councils any costs that had to be met from the Councils' own resources. These costs relate principally to transport and the purchase of materials, etc. With the concurrence of the Minister for Transport and the Minister for Labour and Industry, the Councils were advised on 8th December, 1933, that as from 1st January, 1934, the Department would be prepared to share with the Councils the costs required to be met by them on these works in the same ratio as costs are shared on ordinary works, i.e., the Department would pay one-half, two-thirds or the whole, for works on ordinary main roads, trunk roads, and State highways, respectively, the Department's assistance being limited to approved improvement works (not maintenance) and to the extent to which funds were available. The object of this offer was to create additional employment, it being a condition that the Councils' proposals should be so arranged as not to reduce the existing main roads organisation. A number of Councils took advantage of this assistance granted by the Department.

AGGREGATE STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1934. The following statement sets out the aggregate income and expenditure during the year ended 30th June, 1934, for each of the Funds administered by the Department, together with comparative totals for 1932-33. For more detailed information concerning the various items included in this summary, reference should be made to Parts II to V in this report relating to each fund.

County of Country Federal Develop­ Compara­ Cumber­ tive Totals land Main Main Aid mental Totals. Roads Roads Roads Roads for Fund . Fund. Fund. Fund. 1932-33.

INCOME— £ £ £ £ £ £ Motor Taxation (State) 283,502 913,207 1,1-90,709 1,107,190 Share of Registration and License Fees 177,284 177,284 121,531 Federal Aid Roads Agreement Petrol Tax isolsis 445,370 581,885 503,050 Councils' Contributions 242,120 8,532 "'73* "'167 250,752 276,000 43,000 97,382 81,710 222,092 86,199 9,255 9,382 18.037 15,220 Interest 4,198 10,820 "£879 24,906 12,235 Transfer from Consolidated Revenue 1,050 1,050 Miscellaneous '£556 'i!0O4 9,500 Transfer from Country Main Roads Fund to Developmental Roads Fund, "9^079 135,000* 135,000 Payment to Consolidated Revenue in accordance with the Finances Adjustment (Further Provisions) Act, 1933 200,000* Total £ 727,212 1,527,990 73* 227,806 2,482,935 1,930,504

EXPENDITURE— 229,056 827,807 553 1,058,010 1,123,035 225,159 070,550 32,234 111,236 1,039,179 782,944 Repayment of Principal and Payment of Interest, Sinking Fund, and 251,021 163,594 457,907. 286,049 51,000 43,292 51,660 46,181 4.606 4,606 14" 189 45,848 63,699 67; 44 6 1,022 1,565 "3,662 3,187 6,020 Total £ 721,047 1,765,090 32,234 158,743 2,678,314 2,312,875

* Debits.

The excess of expenditure over income in the Country Main Roads Fund and in the Federal Aid Roads Fund is accounted for by the fact that there were cash balances in these funds brought forward from the previous year. It will be noted that the total expenditure for the year, viz., £2,678,314, was £365,439, or 13-64 per cent, above that of the previous year. Maintenance and minor improvement work (including work in the Western Division) accounted for a sum of £1,109,676, whilst £529,459 was required to meet interest, exchange, plant running, administration, and other standing charges. The increased payments on account of interest and sinking fund charges this year, as compared with 1932-33, were due to the amendment of the Main Roads Act referred to earlier in this report. The greater expenditure on developmental roads as compared with the two previous years is due to the same reason. 9

PART II.—COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND MAIN ROADS FUND, INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. The audited Income and Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet of the County of Cumberland Main Roads Fund arc set out hereunder. The operations of the fund for the year may be summarised in the following manner ;—• £ Cash on hand at commencement of year (1/7/33) 152,178 Add Income for the year 727,212

879,390 Add Nett fluctuation in assets and liabilities 30/6/33 as compared with 30/6/34 7,388

886,778 Deduct Expenditure for the year 721,647

Cash on hand at end of year (30/6/34) £165,131

When the year closed the Department's balances of commitments for works in progress were £125,022 for Construction and £10,308 for Maintenance, or a total of £135,330.

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE TWELVE MOUTHS EUDED 30TII JUNE, 1934. A.—Maintenance and Miscellaneous.

EXPENDITURE. INCOME. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. 30th June, 1934— 30th June, 1934— To Maintenance of Main and Secondary Roads By Share of Motor Taxes in accordance and Bridges with Section 10 (1) of the Main Roads (a) Maintenance Grants to Councils .. t80,468 17 6 Act, 1924-31 279,639 4 2 (b) Maintenance by Department ±147,238 14 1 „ Transfer from Public Vehicles Fund 3,922 14 3 (c) Maintenance by Public Works De „ Requisition upon City of Sydney in partment 1,948 2.10 accordance with Section 11 of the Main 229,655 14 5 Roads Act, 1924-31 42,395 16 10 „ Repayment of Principal and Interest on „ Requisition upon Suburban Councils in Loans— in accordance with Section 11, Main (a) Sections 13 (1-46) Main RoadsAct, Roads Act, 1924-31 193,136 10 4 1924-31 235,532 7 2 (ft) Section 13 (5), Main Roads Act, §132,820 15 1 „ Income under Federal Aid (Further 1924-31 Agreement) Act, - 1931 141,878 7 3 (c) Section 181 (c), Local Government §43,971 9 10 Less Payments to National Debt Act, 1919 Sinking Fund 5,362 17 1 (d) Exchange on Remittances of §68,213 1 8 136,515 10 2 Interest to London, etc „ Miscellaneous Income— 6,015 10 1 251,021 2 (.<) Interest 4,198 8 2 „ Miscellaneous Expenditure 1,530 14 (b) Toll Charges on Ferries 9,255 1 11 ., Administrative Expenses— (r) Other 2,099 16 0 (a) Salaries 9,517 8 6 16,453 6 10 (&) Rent, Printing, Stationery, General Expenses, etc 4,671 2 5 14,188 10 , Balance carried forward to Part " B " ... 175.667 0

672,063 2 7 £ 672,063 2 7

t for details, see Statement .pages 21 and 22. J For details see Statement, pages 22 and 23. §For details see Statement, pages 30 to 12.

B.—Construction.

Expenditure Income Expenditure during year Income to during year Expenditure. to 30th June, ended Total. Ineome. 30th June, ended Total. 1933. 30th June, 1933. 30th June, 1934. 1934.

30th June, 1934— . £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 30th June, 1934— £ s. d. £ s. d. To Construction and Recon Balance brought forward struction of Main and from " A " 1,684,628 7 4 175,667 0 5 1,860,295 7 9 Secondary Roads and Loan Appropriation, Sec­ Bridges— tion 10 (1) (ff), Main (a) From Revenue (State Roads Act, 1924-31 ... 1,111,216 4 1 1,111,210 4 1 Funds) 1,343,589 9 5 170,427 12 1,514,017 2 1 Special Loan Appropriation (fc) From Loans (State)... 1,111,216 4 1 1,111,216 4 1 for Unemployment Re­ (c) From Special Loan lief Works 183,000 0 0 183,000 0 0 Appropriation (Unem Loans raised by Councils ... 689,831 5 9 689,831 6 R ploymcnt Relief) 183,000 0 0 183,000 0 0 Commonwealth Govern­ (d) From Councils' Loans 643,740 9 11 643,740 9 11 ment Vote 68,000 0 d (e) From Commonwealth Contributions by Councils Government Vote .. for Resumptions and (/) From Contributions by 68,000 0 0 68,000 0 0 Subsidiary Works on Councils for Resump Main Roads 64,253 6 4 5.925 14 7 70,179 0 11 tions and Subsidiary Contributions by Councils Works on Main Roads 4,284 9 7 for Resumptions and

£ 4,234,784 3 8 ,003,967 11 11 230,816 11 4,234,784

f For details aee Statement, pages 14 to 17. 10

BALANCE-SHEET AT 30TH JUNE, 1934.

LIABILITIES. ASSETS. I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. Sundry Creditors— Cash at Treasury and Sub-advance Accounts Supply of Stores and Materials 0,157 7 in various Banks J 165,131 7 6 Miscellaneous 1,339 10 Depot Buildings and other Assets/. 100,472 10 1 10,490 17 0 Less Depreciation 18,207 13 7 82,264 16 6 Stock on Hand '. 17,627 15 3 Sundry Debtors— Councils under Section 11, Main Roads Insurance Reserve 4,671 11 5 Act 86,712 8 4 Loans to Councils for roadwork 27,782 16 5 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account 394,348 10 3 Commonwealth Government under Fed­ 11,005 0 5 eral Aid Roads (Further Agreement) Act, 1931 State Treasury, Interest, Exchange, etc. sec. 13 (4b) Main Roads Act 3,078 9 11 Miscellaneous '. 15,914 4 4 144,492 19 5

409,516 18. 8 409,516 18 8

NOTE.—In addition to the liabilities stated above, repayment has to be made over varying terms of years of loans chargeable to the County of Cumberland Main Roads Fund as provided in section 13 of the Main Roads Act, 1924-31, and section 181 (c) of the Local Government Act 1919. Tho principal amount of such loans outstanding at 30th June, 1934, was £1,972,516 3s. 9d. A. E. WARBURTON, Accountant.

I certify that the books and accounts of the Department of Main Roads have been examined and audited under the provisions of the Audit Act, 1902, and that, in my opinion, this balance-sheet, which is in accordance with such books and accounts, correctly sets out the position of the County of Cumberland Main Roads Fund at the 30th June, 1934. As regards stocks of materials and stores on hand, I have accepted the certificate of the Acting Chief Engineer (Metropolitan) that stock was taken under his supervision, and that the condition of the stock is satisfactory.

JOHN SPENCE, Department of Audit, 7th Doeember, 1934. Auditor-General.

LOAN LIABILITIES. As explained in earlier reports, the Department's loan obligations fall broadly into three classes,

(a) Loans inherited at the commencement of the Main Roads Act on 1st January, 1925, by virtue of Section 13 (1), (2), (3), and (5). (b) Loans raised by Councils, but which the Main Roads Board agreed to guarantee to repay in whole or in part. (c) Loans advanced to the Main Roads Board by the Colonial Treasurer since 1st January, 1925.

The following tables set out the position on 30th June, 1934, of each loan under these three main

LOANS INHERITED AT COMMENCEMENT OF MAIN ROADS ACT ON 1ST JANUARY, 1925.

Amount of Amount Payments dt ring 1933-34. Balance of Loan Repaid to Principal on Particulars, Liability 30th June 30th June, Undertaken. 1933. Principal. Interest. 1934.

Table under Secti on 13 (1-2). £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 8. d. 77,461 10 1 . 30,348 3 10 5,555 11 7 1,788 5 7 35,557 14 8 245,844 13 5 114,922 3 1 17,701 0 8 5,093 18 0 113,161 3 8

323,306 3 6 151,270 0 11 23,310 18 3 7,482 4 1 148,718 18 4

Road Table under Section 13—5a. No. Ashfleld . S.H. 5 From Parramatta-road to Enfleld-Burwood 15,290 1 7,876 16 5 1,188 13 11 314 14 4 0,224 11 1 Boundary. Botany M.R. 170 Mill Pond-Botany-Randwick boundary 240 0 0 240 0 M.R. 167 Canter bury-road, within the municipality 14,308 7 9 14,308 7 Glebe S.H. 5 Derwent-street- Glebe Point road 3,250 15 11 3,023 9 227 6 5 5 9 6 Kuring-gai .... . S.H. 10 From Boundary-street, Rosevillc, to Pearce's 4,894 18 1 2,355 13 363 4 2 122 9 10 2,176 0 3 Corner, Wahroonga. ,, .... . S.H. 10 55,951 9 30,350 7 4,580 3 10 1,076 18 2 21,020 18 4 M.R. 104 Military road, from Crcmornc Junction to Spit 3,868 12 2.986 1 431 8 10 34 4 5 451 1 9 Junction. . M.R. 161 Spit-road, from Parrawi-road to Medusa-street... 3,847 1,981 16 299 1 7 79 3 8 1,566 2 9 M.R. 104 Spit-road, from Military-road to Parrawi-road... 4,199 3,241 10 468 7 2 37 2 11 489 13 6 M.R. 164 Upper Spit-road 541 541 6 North Sydney . . S.H. 10 From North Sydney Post Office, Crow's Nest 9,556 4,923 0 742 18 10 197 11 9 3,890 6 3 (Falcon-street). 23,900 2,282 4 10 352 16 3 6,224 1 6 n • . S.H. 10 From North Sydney Post Office to Falcon-street, 15,454 2 Miller-street to Merlin-street, and Military- road to municipal boundary. 1,458 1 2 58 10 11 1,032 16 1 . S.H. 10 Milson's Point to corner of Walker and Mount 1,458 streets. . S.H. 10 Mount-street, between Walker-street and North 3.970 Sydney Post Office, and between Falcon- 2,504 14 378 15 2 street and municipal boundary. M.R. 171 Anzac-parade, from City boundary to Allison- 6,799 10 6,799 16 road. Waverley .... M.R. 172 From municipal boundary to Cowper-street 1,895 1,768 11 126 9 7 2 14 4 M.R. 172 Between Sandridge-street and Sir Thomas 948 948 0 Mitchell road. M.R. 172 Between Hall-street and Marine Drive - 1,352 0 11 1,352 0 . M.R. 172 Between Old South Bead road and Denham- 5,195 12 9 5,195 1.2 street. M.R. 173 From " Cranbrook " Cottage to Gallipoli-avenue 1,778 605 5 88 19 9 51 1 5 1,083 17 10 , M.R. 172 Between Jersey-road and Grosvenor-strect 10,140 5,184 12 729 8 6 110 18 11 4,232 4 9

Total 113,159 7 0 11,907 2 7 2,443 16 5 48,391 14 1 4

New South Head Road (M.R. 173), reconstruction between Dumaresq-avenue and Tivoli-avenue, Rose Bay.

Drag re-sheeting with Premixed Macadam on Windsor-road (M.R. 184), Shire ol Baulkham Hills. 11

LOANS INHERITED AT COMMENCEMENT OP MAIN ROADS ACT ON 1ST JANUARY, 1925 (COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND MAIN ROADS FUND)—continued.

Amount of Amount Payments during 1933-34, Balance of Loan Repaid to Principal on .Council. Road No. Particulars. Liability 30th June, 30th June, Undertaken. 1933. Principal. Interest. 1934.

Table under Section 13—(56). £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 2 10 M.R. 167 Canterbury-road, Garnet-street to Hurlstone 2,439 0 0 1,099 16 2 194 1 0 64 11 4 1,145 Park Tram Terminus. 3' Canterbury-road, Rose-street to Punchbowl-road 1,275 12 3 542 2 93 19 6 35 15 9 639 10 0 M.R. 167 10 1,765 M.R. 166 Longueville-road, between Lane Cove road and 3,549 14 3 1,494 7 290 3 8 97 8 0 2 9 Burns Bay road. 4 2 Manly M.R 159 Between Hill-street and Dudley-street 6,935 0 0 2.647 10 4 621 5 6 182 14 6 3,666 and 164 3,762 7 8 Parramatta ... M.R. 165 Victoria-road, from Church-street, to Short's 5,328 13 8 1,315 4 11 251 1 1 206 4 7 Corner. Church-street, from Albert-street- to Barney- M.R. 185 & 5,232 19 0 S.H. 13 street, and from Lennox Bridge to Albert- J 7,525 3 8 1,943 1 0 349 3 8 288 4 10 street. Woollahra M.R. 173 New South Head road, between City boundary 70,000 0 0 11,978 8 1 1,967 6 0 2,922 16 9 56,054 5 11 and Lyne Park. M.R. 173 •New South Head road, between Cross-street and 9,062 15 6 3,809 14 9 762 12 7 262 13 0 4,490 8 2 William-street, and Rose Bay Park and Lyne « Park. Total 106,115 19 4 24,830 5 4 4,529 13 0 4,060 8 9 76,756 1 0

Table under Section 13—(5c). Revenue expenditure by various Councils! I recouped by this Department £ 29,277 3 10 29,277 3

Table under Section 13—5d. Marrlckvlile M.R. 167 Stanmorc-New Canterbury road 24,000 0 0 9,958 1 1,642 5 2 687 0 12,399 13 1 M.R. 167 2,988 4 5 2,988 Newtown . M.R. 167 1,160 17 9 1,160 17 Petersham . M.R. 167 6,136 13 6 2,654 6 0 420 6 8 168 18 9 3,062 1 19 M.R. 167 16,000 0 0 6,638 14 1,094 16 10 458 0 2 8,266 8 8 M.R. 167 13,977 14 6 13,977 14 6

Total ,263 10 2 37,377 18 11 ,157 7 8 1,313 19 2 23.728 3 7

Table under Section 13—(5e and 5/). Botany-road M.R. 170 143,344 7 11 73,845 3 7 11,144 0 0 2,923 15 10 58,355 3 10 Trust. M.R. 170 24,439 2 5 11,905 18 10 1,963 9 11 527 16 0 10,569 13 8 167,783 10 4 85,751 2 5 13,107 10 5 3,451 11 10 68,924 17 6 540,898 7 4 290,395 17 6 32,701 13 8 11,269 16 2 217,800 16 2

LOANS RAISED BY COUNCILS—REPAYMENT GUARANTEED BY THIS DEPARTMENT.

Amount of Amount Payments du ring 1933-34. Balance of Loan Repaid to Principal on Council. Road No. Particulars. Liability 30th June, 30th June, Undertaken. 1933. Principal. Interest. 1934.

Main Roads. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d Alexandria M.R. 193 Henderson-road, Botany-road to Garden-street... 4,400 0 0 946 14 1 246 0 7 169 12 8 3,207 5 4 Auburn ... S.H. 5 Parramatta-road, Stubbs-street to Duck River ..J 30,550 0 0 30,550 0 0 Botany ... M.R. Botany-road, near Wilson-street to Randwick 30,000 0 0 12,367 • 5 1 2,522 "*3 1 761*17 3 15,110 11 10 170 boundary. 1 6,023 13 0 581 4 5 Canterbury ; M.R. Canterbury-road from New Canterbury-road to 18,000 0 1,428 9 9 10,547 17 3 167 Broughton-street. Darlington S.H. City-road, from Cleveland-street to St. Paul's 11,500 0 2,811 8 3 664 7 8 426 4 11 8,024 4 1 1 road. Ermington and M.R. Victoria-road, from Ryde-Parramatta boundary ("35,000 0 14,614 4 9 2.944 8 4 856 15 8 17,441 6 11 Rydalmere. 165 \ 5,800 0 1,247 18 4 324 6 3 223 12 2 4,227 15 5 Hunter's Hill... M.R. Great North road, from Gladesville Bridge to 27,500 0 12,573 19 8 2,379 10 3 628 1 10 12,546 10 1 165 Pittwater-road Kogarah M.R. 199 Rocky Point road, Ramsgate-road to Taren Point 25,300 0 0 6,140 12 5 1,456 4 7 940 0 7 17,703 3 0 Ku-ring-gai M.R. 162 Pittwater-road, from Lane Cove road to Killeaton f 10,500 0 0 10,500 0 0 street. \ 1,500 0 0 1,500 0 0 S.H. 10 Lane Cove-road, widening and paving 76,000 0 0 32,424 5 11 7,716 5 2,083 16 1 35,859 8 7 Manly. M.R. 164 Sydney-road, from Dudley-street to Hill-street.. 10,000 0 0 4,175 9 11 841 5 251 6 9 4,983 4 10 and 159. M.R. 159 Sydney-road, Hill-street to Crescent-street 11,000 0 0 4,742 1 11 1,116 14 264 0 9 5,141 3 10 Mascot M.R. 183 Gardener's-road from Rosebery Park 17,500 0 0 7,307 2 4 1,472 4 434 9 2 8,720 13 6 course to Bunnerong-road. North Sydney S.H. 10 Lane Cove road, from Mount-street to Falcon 44,000 0 0 10,679 6 11 2,532 11 1,634 16 8 30,788 1 9 street. Parramatta ., M.R. 165 Victoria-road \ 10,000 0 0 2,729 9 6 594 6 312 13 5 6,676 3 10 S.H. 13 Pennant Hills road f M.R. 184 Windsor-road, Barney-street to north-west 1,370 0 0 373 18 7 81 8 42 16 10 914 13 0 boundary of municipality. M.R. 165 Victoria-road \ 4,500 1,228 139 3,004 5 11 S.H. 13 Pennant Hills road / 267 9 1 3 Penrith M.R. 155 Mulgoa-road 1 8,000 5,638 118 1,215 7 4 M.R. 154 Kingswood-Luddenham road J 1,146 11 1 11 Randwick M.R. 171 Anzac-parade, Barker-street to Gardener's-road 18,000 0 6,758 11 1,471 13 3 543 18 8 9,769 1.5 0 Richmond M.R. 184 Rickaby Creek-Church Hill f 18,000 0 5,945 16 1,130 1 2 588 15 9 10,924 2 2 \ 14,000 0 3,795 1 829 9 10 500 0 7 9,375 9 2 Rockdale M.R. 199 Rocky Point road, Ramsgate-road to Taren 25,000 0 0 4,093 3 1,326 11 6 1,028 19 11 19,580 5 3 Point. St. Mary's ., M.R. 154 Kingswood-Luddenham road 16,580 0 0 14,962 17 1 1,617 2 11 40 8 7 Warringah .. M.R. 164 Pittwater-road 58,000 0 0 9,496 2 11 3,077 13 1 2,387 5 4 45,426 4 0 Willoughby. S.H. 10 Lane Cove road, from North Sydney boundary, Broughton-street, £60,000. 16 3 3,539 16 10 2,285 M.R. 191 Fuller's-road, from Lane Cove road to View- 61,500 0 0 43,033 6 11 street, £1,500.

Total £| 593,500 0 228,552 5 11 40,726 15 1 17,233 1 2 324,220 19 0 12

LOANS RAISED BY COUNCILS—continued.

Amount Amount Payments during 1933-34. | Council. Road No. Particulars. of Loan Repaid to pjjgjjf * Liability 30Hi June, —— — — 30tli June, Undertaken. 1033. Principal. Interest. ! 1934

Secondary Roads. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ 8. d. £ B. d. £ B. d. Alexandria... S.R. 2005 Mitchell-road, Henderson-road to Cook's River *30,000 0 0 0,454 15 0 1,077 9 6 1,156 11 11 21,867 15 0 road. Darlington ... S.R. 2003 Cleveland-street *4,000 0 0 807 3 2 224112 8 153 17 6 2,908 i 2 Drummcne S.R. 2006 Lyons-road and Great North road 22,100 0 0 5,724 9 1 1,653 0 0 798 8 5 14,722 10 11 Glebe S.R. 2002 Bridge-road, from Taylor-street to Ross-street.. 9,500 0 0 2,871 5 4 580 17 5 306 13 8 6,047 17 3 Ku-ring-gai S.R. 2009 Babbage-road, Boundary-street to Roseville 11,231 5 9 2,115 17 0 610 1 7 390 8 10 8,505 6 8 Bridge. Redfern S.R. 2003 Cleveland-street, from Dowling-street to Regent 6,000 0 0 1,825 0 9 307 15 3 181 6 8 3,806 18 0 street. Waterloo .. S.R. 2008 Bourke-strect, from Botany-road to Lacblan 8,500 0 0 1,308 19 6 919 5 8 679 9 7 6,211 14 7 street. Willoughby S.R. 2009 Boundary-street 5,000 0 0 1,119 10 0 363 15 10 189 10 11 3,516 14 2 Total £ 96,331 5 9 22,347 7- 1 6,396 17 11 3,850 7 6 67,587 O 9 Grand Total—Guaranteed Loans £ 689,831 5 9 250 899 13 0 47,123 13 0 21,089 8 8 391,807 19 9

* The Department has accepted liability for the whole loan Councils concerned have undertaken to pay to the Department 50 per cent, of the half- yearly instalments.

LIABILITIES TO COLONIAL TREASURER UNDER SECTION 13 (4), (4A) AND (4B).

Sinking Fund Payments by Department of Amount of Amount Repaid Contributions Loan Liability by Commonwealth Main Roads during 1933-34. Balance of by Department Government Principal on Particulars. undertaken by of Main Roads by Department to 30th June, under Financial 30th June, of Main Roads. Agreement and 1934. 1933. Federal Aid Roads Aereement. Principal. Interest. "

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. Section 13 (4)— 79,500 0 0 24,711 2 S 4,336 5 0 2,048 5 6 50,452 12 4 355,008 2 0 111.660 9 11 23,128 7 1 10,489 6 9 220,819 5 0 435,108 2 0 136,371 12 7 27,404 12 1 13,137 12 3 271,271 17 4 Section 13 (4a)— 12,000 0 0 306 13 9' 67 14 5 531 10 9 11,625 11 10 350,000 0 0 39,158 2 11 13,176 18 8 13,835 4 . 0 297,664 18 5 0\ £ 302,000 0 0 39,464 16 8 13,244 13 1 14,366 14 9 309,290 10 3_ Section 13 (4b)— 91,500 0 0 581,488 18 0 > 35,882 3 9 3,480 12 4 26,347 16 11 033,626 1 11 £ 1,470,097 0 0 175,836 9 3 35,882 3 9 44.1S9 17 6 | 53,852 3 11 1,214,188 9 6

V SUMMARY OF LOAN LIABILITIES.

Sinking Fund Contributions Payments bv Department of by Commonwealth . Main Roads"during 1933-34. Balance of Amount ol' Repayments to Government Principal on Particulars. Loan Liability 30th June, under Financial 30th June, Undertaken. 1933. . -Agreement and 1934. Federal Aid Roads Agreement. Principal. Interest.

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 6. d. £ s. d. Section 13(1 and 2), Colonial Treasurer 323,306 3 6 151.270 6 11 23,316 18 3 7,482 4 1 148.718 18 4 Section 13 (5a, b, c, d, c and f), Councils 540,898 7 4 290,395 1 7 6 32,701 13 8 11,209 10 2 217,800 16 2 S64,204 10 10 441,600 4 5 56,018 11 11 18,752 0 3 300,519 14 0 Section 13 (4, 4a and 4b), Colonial Treasurer 1,470,097 0 0 175,830 9 3 35,882 3 9 44,189 17 0 53,852 3 11 1,214,188 9 0 Section 181(c), Local Government Act, 1919 (Guaranteed 689,831 5 9 250,899 13 0 47,123 13 0 21,089 S 8 391,807 19 9 £ 2,159,928 5 9 420,736 2 3 35,882 3 9 91,313 10 0 74,941 12 7 1,005,996 9 3 Grand Total—Loan Liabilities £ 3,024,132 16 7 808,402 0 8 35,882 3 9 147,332 2 5* 93,693 12 10* 1,972.516 3 9

* In addition to these Eunis an amount of £9,995 7s. 5d. was paid to the Treasury during the year, making a total of £251,021 2s. 3d. in respect of loan charges, rfifc. Income and Expenditure Account on page 9.

CONSTRUCTION. The expenditure on construction works in the County of Cumberland during the financial year amounted to £225,250, as compared witli the sum of £158,411 for the previous year. The principal works carried out during the year were as follows :—

By the Department. (a) State Highway No. 5—Parramatta-road. The land required for the widening of Parramatta-road between Duck Creek and Good- street in the Municipality of Granville was resumed and the side portions of the road were constructed in cement concrete from Duck River to Good-street, while a concrete flank has also been laid on the southern s'de of the road on the additional length between Good-street and the Subway under the Great Western line. The bridge over Duck Creek has been widened in conjunction with the road works. 13

(6) State Highway No. 10—Pacific Highway. As the first step towards the completion of the widening of the carriageway of the Pac'fic Highway between Broughton and Milner Roads in the Municipality of Willoughby, the construction of the retaining wall required on the new alignment over practically the whole of the abovementioned length was undertaken by contract. Arrangements were made with the Willoughby Council for the deposition of the necessary filling on completion of the retaining wall. The concrete pavement will be laid on the widened carriageway area as soon as the new filling has sufficiently consolidated, and this work will be undertaken in association with the pending duplication, of the tram tracks and the completion of the road widening from a point opposite Longueville Road to Broughton Road. These further works will eliminate the bottle-neck which has existed between Longueville • Road and Milner Road. (c) Main Road No. 139—Blaxland Road. The Department undertook-the reconstruction of Blaxland Road between Lane Cove Road and Terry's Creek in the Municipalities of Eastwood and Ryde. The new pavement comprises a 20 feet central strip of cement concrete pavement. The improvement of a number of bends was included with the work. (d) Main Road No. 165—Victoria Road. The construction of the remaining portions of Victoria Road between Pittwater Road and The Avenue in the Municipality of Ryde was carried out by contract. The work consisted of the construction of a cement pavement 20 feet wide, partly on the western side and partly on the eastern side of the tramway area and, with the similar work carried out previously, has consummated the reconstruction of Victoria Road between the limits mentioned. (e) Main Road No. 182—Sackville Road. The Department carried out the construction of a new approach connecting the bridge over the Hawkesbury River with George Street (Main Road No. 184), Windsor, thereby eliminating a " missing link " in the main roads system. The base course consisted of roller-consolidated harsh-mix concrete on which a wearing surface of plant-mixed bituminous macadam was spread by the drag process. (/) Main Road No. 183—Gardener's Road. The Department carried out the reconstruction of the central portion of Gardener's Road, Kent Road, and Canal Street in the Municipalities of Alexandria, Mascot, and St. Peter's, the construction adopted being cement concrete 20 feet wide. Arrangements are also in hand for the construction of a new bridge over the Alexandra Canal. This will be raised to a sufficient height above the Canal to obviate the provision of an opening span. (g) Main Road No. 315—Punchbowl Road. The reconstruction of Punchbowl Road between the Hume Highway and Cook's River in the Municipality of Enfield was undertaken by the Department by contract. The work consisted of a central pavement of concrete 20 feet wide.

By Councils. (a) Main Road No. 162—Ryde-Gordon Road. The improvement of a section of the Ryde-Gordon Road between Cross Street and Yanko Road in the Municipality of Ku-ring-gai was undertaken during the year by the Council. The work consisted of laying a.new ballast foundation on which, after final consolidation under traffic, a hot-mix bituminous macadam surface course was laid. (b) Main Road No?-164—Spit Road. The Mosman Council has undertaken the re-grading and super-elevation of two sections .of Spit Road in the vicinities of Central Avenue and Ida Avenue. On completion of the re-grading and construction of the new ballast foundation, a. surface course of plant-mixed bituminous macadam will be laid by the drag process. (c) Main Road No. 227—Port Hading Road. The construction of a short deviation to improve the grading and alignment of Port Hacking Road at the western approach to the bridge over Gwawley Creek was undertaken by the Sutherland Shire Council. (d) Main Road No. 315—Dumbleton and Belmore Roads. The ie-grading of Dumbleton Road and Belmore Road, between Forest Road and Cronin Avenue, in the Municipalities of Hurstville and Kogarah, referred to in last year's Report, has been completed by the laying of a drag-spread hot-mix bituminous concrete surface. The surface course was constructed by the Hurstville Council. The original route of Main Road No. 315 traversed three sides of the Reserve known as " Belmore Place" in the Municipality of Kogarah. The Kogarah Council undertook the construction of a new carriageway for through traffic across the centre of Belmore Place, thereby eliminating the bad alignment of the old road. (e) Secondary Road No. 2014^—Kingsgrove Road. The work of providing access to the Bexley North Railway Station, referred to in the last Annual Report, was completed by the Bexley and Canterbury Councils. The Canterbury Council also undertook the extension of two culverts and the re-grading of the road at Cup and Saucer Creek. SUMMARY OF CONSTRUCTION WORK AND EXPENDITURE, COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND MAIN ROADS FUND.

Expenditure, 1933-34. Total Road Length of Carried Expenditure to Council. Location of Work. Class of Construction. Expenditure to No. Work. out by. 30th June, 1933. Adjustment of Land for Road 30th .June, 1634. Public Utilities. Widening. Construction. Total.

STATE HIGHWAYS. Prince's Highway; m. ft. £ s. d. £ 9. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 1 Waterfall-Bulli , Bitumen macadam 2 1100 Department. 13,316 1 10 2 10 Of 37 14 10 35 4 10 13,351 6 8* 1 Approaches to George's River Bridge Widening 155 5 0 155 5 0 155 5 0 1 Corner Argyle-street 25 1 11 25 1 11 25 1 11* 1 Between Bay-street and Town Hall , Foot paving and drainage Council 17 15 0 17 15 0 17 15 0* 1 Corner Bay-street and Grand Parade , Widening 89 0 0 89 0 0 89 0 0* 1 Prince's Highway Department. 1,560 3 10 1,569 3 10 1,509 3 10 1 ,, at Arncliffe 222 1 10 222 1 10 222 1 10 1 Throughout Municipality Realignment 44 13 6 3 13 3 13 47 14 9 1 Cook's River road Widening 67 12 0 67 12 0 07 12 0 13,360 15 4 2,014 13 11 169 11 9 2,184 5 8 15,545 1 0

Hume Highway. Bankstown 2 Dutton-street to Braincourt-avenue Widening Department. 0 6 6 6 0 6 6 0 2 Between Murray and Lawford streets 507 8 507 8 0 507 8 0 2 Between Fenwick and Dutton streets 0 12 0 12 3 0 12 3 2 Between Beresford-avenue and Avoca-street 1,905 1 54 8 54 8 9 2,019 9 11 2 Between Braincourt-avenue and Avoca-street 31 14 64 12 04 12 96 6 11 2 Between Sunbeam-avenue and Angelo-street 108 8 108 8 108 8 3 o Fronting Williams' property 22 17 6 22 17 22 17 0* Cabramatta and Can- 2 Opposite Burrawarra Park Altering electric poles. 12 0 0 12 10 12 10 6 ley Vale. 0 10 6 Enfield and Burwood 2 Between Burwood-road and Baker-street Gravel pavement. 0 500 32 1 0 1,225 14 1,308 11 1,368 11 0 Enfield 2 From S-H. 2 to Cooks River Cement concrete . 0 3342 02 3 11 110 15 6 5.704 4 5,706 8 5,760 8 2 2 Maequarie-street, between Scott and Moore streets . Widening 610 6 010 6 8 616'" 6 8 Total 1,996 15 5 94 4 11 .6,964 16 3 8,522 9 10,519 5 2 1,463 8 7

Great Western Highway. Ashfield Between Iron Cove Creek and Wentworth-road Cement concrete 0 2120 Department 3,769 8 3 3,769 8 3 3,769 8 3" Between Rogers-avenue and Wolseley-street „ 10 19 7 10 19 7 10 19 7 Bankstown Intersection Woodville and Liverpool roads Widening >> 1 0 Of 1 0 ot 1 0 Of Blue Mountains Valley Heights , ,t 4 11 0 4 11 0 4 11 0 Hazelbrook , Drainage I. 0 7 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 Leura Subway Widening ,, 7 6 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 Burwood. Concord^ Between Lang-street and Concord-road Cement concrete 0 4250 8,541 9 1 3,234 11 10 576 5 1 6,634 16 5 10,445 13 4 18,987 2 5» and Drummoyne. Concord Between Loftus-street and Burwood-road Widening .... I . „ 10 9 9 16 9 9 16 9 9 Drummoyne Wolseley-street to Lang-street ••- 1 14 6 9 14 6 9 14 0 9 Between Walker-street and St. Luke's Park .... 165 8 11 1.05 8 11 105 8 11 Granville Between Duck River and Granville Subway Cement concrete . 0 4922 ,, 153 14 7 4,606 0 8 11,541 1 5 10,300 16 8 16,300 10 8 Homebush George-street to Wentworth-road Widening ,, 3 10 0 3 10 0 3 10 0 Holroyd Parramatta-road ,, 0 4 3 0 4 3 0 4 3 Parramatta Between Lansctowne-street and Great Western road- ,, 31 '6 8 31 6 8 31 0 8 Penrith West Station street Concrete culvert 121 1 4 121 1 4 121 1 4* St. Mary's South Creek Deviation Resumptions ...... „ 91 9 11 30 13 0 30 13 0 122 2 11 Total 1 8,632 19 0 3,399 6 0 5,455 9 7 22,066 7 5 30,921 3 0 39,554 2 0

• Completed Works, t Credits. SUMMARY OR CONSTRUCTION WORK AND EXPENDITURE—continued.

Expenditure, 1933-34. Total Road Length of Carried Expenditure to Council. Location of Work. Class of Construction. Expenditure to No. Work. out by. 30th June, 1933. Adjustment of Land for Road 30th June, 1934. Public Utilities. Widening. Construction. Total.

Pacific Highway.

l. ft. s. d. £ b. d. s. d. t s. a. £ s. d. Hornsby Between Pearce's Corner and Hornsby Station Widening Department 33 6 9 33 0 9 33 6 9 Between Hookham's Corner and Mount Colah . 1,093 2 5 3 10 5 3 10 1,698 6 9 Between Berowra and Hawkesbury River .... 789 17 22 18 5 22 18 5 812 15 10 Kuring-gai Side portions Lane Cove road premixed bitumen macadam and as- Council .. 129,536 14 1,413 0 9 3,819 10 2 2,600 0 Of 2,032 10 11 132,109 4 11 phaltic concrete. Intersection with St. John': Widening 316 10 6 316 10 6 316 10 6* Pymble Station Widening overbridge Railway 728 0 0 728 0 0 728 0 0 Department Lane Cove Pacific Highway Building shoulders Department 6 18 9 18 9* Longueville-road Widening 24 15 0 12 6 0 12 25 7 6 North Sydney Junction-street Extension 81,030 2 112 1 1 112 1 81,142 3 8 6,476 Willoughby and Lane Between Longueville-road and Boundary-street Cement concrete... Council 4,000 0 803 1 1 0 3 6 1,673 2 1 2,476 6 Cove. 0 800 1,313 10 1,313 16 Between Broughton-road and Milner-road Department. 52 17 6 0 16 0 1,200 2 9 217,074 11 11 2,268 19 1,384 14 1 7,648 5 8 224,722 17 7

The North-South Link Highway Granville Woodville-road ' Widening Department. 42 2 0 42 • 2 0 42 2 0 Hornsby ... Pennant Hills road | Kerbing and guttering Council 25 1 1 25 1 1 25 1 1* „ Widening Department. 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 216 15 10 Parramatta Lennox Bridge [ 216*15 10 216 15 10 Total 45 2 0 241 16 11 286 18 11 286 18 11 Total, State Highways 241,005 1 8 5,702 10 3 12,973 6 4 30,827 6 5 49,563 3 0 290,628 4 8

MAIN ROADS. Alexandria 183 Corner O'Riordan-strcefc Widen ins Department. 261 14 6 261 14 6 14 6 133 Between Bourke-street and Old Botany road 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 193 Corner Henderson-road and Garden-street .. 29 7 6 29 7 6 29 7 6 Bexley and ioci'dal'e 168 Between Dunmore and Villiers streets Cement concrete 0 3460 15,445 0 5 085 4 4 295 14 11 980 19 3 10,425 19 8" Bexley 168 Between Lloyd-street and Harrow-road Widening 66 0 Of 66 0 01 66 0 Of 168 Junction Bayview-street Drainage Council 42*10 10 42 10 10 42 10 10* Botany 344 Between Botany and Bunnerong roads Widening Department 11913 6 119 13 6 119 13 6 4,132 16 3 4,134 ,, and Ulascot... 170 Over Millpond Creek Concrete bridge 1 17 0 4,132 16 3 13 3* At Austinmer 333 9 8 333 9 8 333 Bum 185 Drainage 3,392 14 11 5,283 185 Thirroul overbridge Improving approaches 0 630 Department 1,890 12 9 41 8 5 3,289 18 5 and Council. 185 Wombarra Widening a.nd culverts Department 12 3 6 1,674 11 7 1,680 15 1 15 1* Campbeiltown 177 Overbridge at Morgan's Gates Improving approaches 0'"*1250 689 17 5 689 17 5 17 5 177 Near Cottage Hill Widening 37 "2 10 37 2 10 2 10 Canterbury 167 Near Vincent-street Drainage Council 52 5 10 52 5 10 5 10* 315 & Intersection Wiley's-avenue and Canterbury-road.. Department. 58 10 3 58 10 3 58 10 3* 107 315 Corner Hampden-road Kerbing and guttering Council 4 4 9 4 4 4 4 9* 315 Canterbury-road to Canary-road Widening Department, 47 13 6 47 13 47 13 6 167 Between Sharp and Victory streets Cement concrete 0 1703 Council 2,000 0 0 204 13 5 ,275*12 5 3,540 5 5,540 5 10* Concord 200 Victoria-roa'd to Killoola-streefc" '. Widening Department, 48 2 6 757 16 6t "757'16 709 14 'Of Drummoyne 165 Victoria-road 66 4 0 66 4 66 4 0 Eastwood 139 Blaxland-road, between M.R. 191 and overbridge at 1,513 4 3 1,513 4 1,513 4 3 Epping Station. Ermington and 105 Victoria-road 267 12 3+ 267 12 3t 267 12 3t Rydahnere. Eiskincville 193 At Erskineville Railway Station 1,274 4 9 1,274 4 9 1,274 4 9

'Completed Works. t Credits. SUMMARY OF CONSTRUCTION WORK AND EXPENDITURE—continued.

Expenditure, 1933-34. Total Road Length of Carried Expenditure to Location of Work. Class of Construction. Work. out by. 30th June, 193.!. Expenditure to >'o. Adjustment of Land for Road 30th J une, 1934. Public Utilities. Widening. Construction. Total.

MAIN ROADS—continued. ft. d. £ S. d. 1 ... d. Hornsby 139 At Beecroft Recreation Reserve Improving bends Council 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 Hunter's Hill 166 Corner Gladesville-road and Joubert-strect .. Widening Department. 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 165 Between Gladesville Bridge and Salter-street 1 11 3 1 11 3 1 11 3 Hurstville 315 Dumbleton-road Regrading 0 6 7 0 6 7 0* 168 Near Peakhurst School of Arts Kerbing and guttering Council 1 12 2 1 12 2 1* 168 Forest-road, opposite Ocean-street Widening Department. 2 9 0 2 9 0 2 9 0 315 Dumbleton-road 37 11 0 37 11 0 37 11 0 Kogarah and Hurst­ 315 Between Forest-road and Cronin-avenue .... Premixed bitumen macadam 0 2100 Council 5,403 0 0 0 5,812 10 8 11,215 10 8 ville. Kogarah 315 Belniore-place Premixed bitumen macadam 0 704 3 16 7 0 1,953 16 7 1,953 16 7 Kuring-gai 162 Between de Burgh's Bridge and Pacific Highway Alteration public utilities Department. 6 17 4 6 17 4 0 17 4* 162 Ryde-road Widening 4 14 3 4 14 3 4 14 3 Lane Cove 166 At Parklands-avenue Regrading and kerbing and guttering Department 6 1 6 528 13 2 528 13 2* and Council. 160 Beatrice-street to Longueville-road Widening Department. 7 11 1 159 11 11 159 11 11 167 3 0 Manly 104 Between Spit Bridge and French's Forest road Alteration P.M.G- pole 2 15 3 2 15 3* 104 Sydney-road, between Spit Bridge and French's Forest Bitumen penetration macadam 0 1060 Council 1,500 "0 0 0 241 1 0 1,741 1 0* road. 164 Sydney-road Widening Department. 0 3 0 0 3 6 0 3 6 103 Pittwater-road 1,000 0 0t 1,000 0 Of 1,000 0 ot 164 Intersection Sydney-road and West-street Council 10 535 15 10 535 15 10* 164 Sydney-road Kerbing and guttering 0 6 3 0 6 3 0* 159 Between Crescent-street and Park View road Widening pavement .. 0 200 0 0 200 0 0 Mascot 183 Intersection Gardener's-road and Kent-road Widening Department. 5 18 3 5 18 3 5 18 3 170 Botany-road 390 14 11 27 5 8 27 5 8 418 0 7 Mascot, Alexandria 183 Gardener's-road and Canal-road Cement concrete 1 1300 349 3 6 2 15,322 16 8 15,322 10 8 and St. Peters. Mosnian 104 Central and Ida avenues Premixed macadam on Telford base 0 1137 Council 0 1,250 0 0 1,250 0 0 North Sydney 100 Mount-street to Falcon-street Widening Department. 3 7 0 3 7 0 3 7 0 104 Between Murdoch-street and Cremorne P.O. 207 7 8 207 7 8 207 7 8 Paddington 173 Neild-avenue to Ocean-street 18 13 0 18 13 0 18 13 0 Randwick . 171 & Anzac-parade and Gardener's-road Improving intersection Council 0 92 0 0 392 0 183 0 183 Near Maitland-avenue and Isaac Smith street Drainage Department. 7 35 12 7 35 12 7 Randwick, Mascot, 171 Between Gardener's and Beauchamp roads ... 10f 178 5 10f 178 5 iot and Botany. Cement concrete Richmond 184 Opposite Nowland's property Altering P.M.G. poles and widenini 8 13 0 21 19 1 21 19 1* Rockdale 168 VUliers-street to Dun more-street Foot-paving Council 6 37 0 6 37 0 0* 168 Corner Forest-road and Frederick-street Widening 0 30 0 0 30 0 0* 394 Between 1'iesident-avenue and Rarnsgate-avenue ... Premixed bitumen macadam (,702 0 0 879 1 0 i 2,883 4 9 9,650 4 9 194 Between Bay and Duke streets Widening Department. 120 0 0 120 0 0 120 0 0 168 Forest-road 28 11 2 28 11 2 Ryde and Eastwood 139 Blaxland-road, between M.R. 191 and Ferry's Creek... Cement concrete 1 2 1140 170 19 1 2,279 13 2 105 8 0 0 2S.791 9 2 28,962 8 3 Ryde 139 Fronting shops at tramway terminus Kerbing and guttering Council 0 6 6 0 0 0 0* 165 Near Linsley-street " 5 50 14 5 50 14 5* 165 Drainage Victoria-road, near Osgathorpe-street Alterations water mains Department. 78 9 3 78 9 3 78 9 3* 165 Council 2 52 15 2 52 15 2* 165 Victoria-road Kerbing and guttering Victoria-road, between Pittwater-road and The Cement concrete 0 2100 Department. 274"io 10 4,387 17 6 4,062 14 4 4,662 14 4 Avenue. 165 Victoria-road Widening 5,105 18 3 , 5.165 18 3 5,165 18 3 105 Proposed subway under Ryde Railway Station .. Resumptions 3,863 11 11 039 1 10 039 1 10 4,502 13 9 139 Between Lane Cove road and Great North road Widening 87 15 2 87 15 2 87 15 2 200 Deviation of Church-street, between Willandra-avenue ' 212 13 5 212 13 5 212 13 5 and Victoria-road. Sutherland 227 Near Gwawley Creek Penetration macadam on Telford base-: 0 FflO Council 0 850 0 0 850 0 0 course. 0 2* Vancluse 173 Near Rose Bay Convent Alterations water mains | Department. 0 S 2 8 2 0 8 173 Between Bay View Hill-street, and Vaueiuse-road Council 0 1,143 15 0 1.143 15 0 173 New South Head road Cement concrete | 0 302 Department. 2,134 16 9 2.134 16 9 2,134 10 Widening * Completed Works. t Credits. Concrete Bridge over the Wollondillv River at Mummell (M.R. 248). Shire ot Mulwaree.

(1) Belmore-road, Kogarah (M.R. 315) before, and (2) after reconstruction. Concrete edge strips on Creat Western Highway lS.H. 5) between Wentworth Falls and Leura. SUMMARY OP CONSTRUCTION WORK AND EXPENDITURE—continued.

Expenditure, 1933-34. Total Road TO Council. Length of Carried Expenditure to Expenditure to No. Location of "Work. Class of Construction. Work. out by. 30th June, 1933. Adjustment of Land for Road Total. 30th June, 1934 r Public Utilities. Widening. Construction.

MAIN ROADS- -continued, m. ft. £ s. d. £ s. f. J. d. £ s. d. £ s. Warringah 164 Fronting Pry's property Kerbing and guttering Council £ s. c. 8 10 3 8 10 164 Between Collaroy and Narrabeen Cement concrete 2257 Department, 17,215'"o 5 994 17 11 8 10 3 2,150 17 7 19.365 18 164 Pittwater-road Widening 54 19 1,155 19 8 54 19 9 54 19 9 2,168 1 328 Between Roseville Bridge and Brookvale Tar surfacing '3170 2,168 1 1 1 328 Between Roseville and Dee Why Widening 16" "9 2,168"'l 1 10 9 6 10 9 6 172 66 10 0 66 10 0 66 10 0* Waverley Corner Sandridge-street Council 10,634 6 172 Campbell-parade, Hall-street to Marine Drive Cement concrete 3495 8,000 0 0 834 6 10 1,800 0 0 2,634 6 10 10 172 80 8 0 80 8 0 Lamrock-avenue to Ramsgate-avenue Widening Department. 80 8 0 5,000 0 Waverley and Vau 339 Between Palmer street and New South Head road Cement concrete "3229 Council 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 0 cluse. Waverley 339 Old South Head road Widening Department. 2 17 9 2 17 9 2 17 9 Willoughby 191 Fuller's-road 5 15 6 14 4 6 14 4 6 20 0 0 Windsor 182 Approaches to Hawkesbury River Bridge Premixed bituminous surface on con­ 480 9 10 0 3,030 16 3 3,030 16 3 crete base. 3,021 6 3 Woollahra 173 Between Dumaresq-road and Tivoli-avenue Cement concrete 604 Council 2,586 10 2 23 3 7 23 3 7 2,609 13 9* 173 Frontage of Kambala School 591 306 "7 10 3,500 0 0 7 10 3,806 7 10 173 Between Towns-road and Alcazar Crossing Alterations P.M.G. poles Department, 11 0 10 11 0 10 11 0 10* 173 Near Bay View Hill street Widening 18 5 6 18 5 6 18 5 6 172 Oxford-street 0 3 6 0 3 6 0 3 6 Miscellaneous 1,091 3 11 883 8 10 388 18 0 1,272 6 10 2,363 10 9 Total, Main Roads :.£ 66,681 19 8 7,234 9 10 12,231 16 11 90,570 5 3 110,036 12 0 "18 11

SECONDARY ROADS. Alexandria 2008 Between Beaconsfield and Reserve streets Drainage Council ... 889 15 0 59 19 7 59 19 7 949 14 7* 2005 & Junction Renwick-street and Mitchell-road Widening Department 394 5 3 394 5 -3 394 5 3 1 2026 Bexley 2014 Between Homer-street and Bexley North Railway Gravelling and culvert 0 • 500 Council ... 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 Station. 2014 Intersection Forest-road Formation 9 3 5 9 3 5* Canterbury 2014 Cup and Saucer Creek Culvert Department. 17 15 8 36 8 7 54 4 3 54 4 3 2014 Between Homer-street and Bexley North Railway Gravel pavement. 0 1910 Council 3,005 4 0 1,611 12 9 1,500 0 0 3,111 12 9 6,116 16 9 Station. Hornsby 2016 Between Asquith and Hornsby Widening Department, 10 2 0 10 2 0 10 2 0 Leichhardt 2007 Balmain-road, Perry street, and Balmain Boundary... Asphaltic concrete on cement concrete. 0" "i'350 8 5 11 3.470 0 2 3,470 0 2 3,478 6 1* Mascot 2008 Junction Lords road and Melrose street Widening Council 10 9 200 0 0 201 0 9 201 0 9 Junction of Ranger's-road Drainage 16 7 16 7 16 7* North Sydney 1 2019 7 17 6 7 17 6 1 Devlin-street Realignment Department. 7 17 6 Ryde 2017 Lachlan-street, between Bourke and Dowling streets Cement concrete 0 1355 4,134 19 11 57 0 0 239 3 5 296 3 5 4,431 3 4* Waterloo ' 2008 Total, Secondary Roads £ 9,038 4 10 75 16 5 2,023 17 6 6.516 1 9 8,615 15 8 17,654 0 6 Total Road Construction Expenditure £ 316,785 6 2 13,072 16 0 27,229 0 9 127,913 13 5 168,215 10 8 485,000 16 10

Ryde Parramatta River, at Ryde , Concrete and steel bridge and approaches Council .43,000 0 0 43,000 0 0 43,000 0 0 Commission paid to various Councils, tide section 42, 945 11 7 945 11 7 945 11 7 Main Roads Act. Survey, Design, Supervision, etc 184,330 9 10 13,089 5 1 13,089 5 1 197,419 14 11 Expenditure on works completed prior to 30th June, 3,114,069 10 1 3,114,069 10 1

Total Expenditure as per Income and Expenditure Account on page 3,615,185 6 1 13,072 16 6 27,229 0 9 184,948 10 1 225,250 7 4 3,840.435 13 5

* Completed Works. t Credlta. 18

DELAY IN EXPENDITURE OF CONSTRUCTION FUNDS. In connection with, the construction works on main roads being carried out in the County of Cumberland, it is often necessary for expenditure to be required by Councils in the nature of contributions towards subsidiary works, such as kerbing and guttering, drainage, footways on bridges, etc., which need to be Undertaken in conjunction with the main works for which the Department is wholly responsible. In a number of instances, it has been found'that after the Department has prepared plans and specifications for the work and made the necessary financial provision therefor, the Council, or Councils, concerned have been unable or unwilling to provide their proportion of the cost of these subsidiary works. The negotiations with Councils in this regard have frequently extended over lengthy periods and in some cases the Department has had to postpone the placing in hand of the work until such time as the Councils are able or willing to contribute their share of the cost. The delays that have occurred in this regard have seriously interferred with the Department's construction programme for the past year as it has not been always possible to substitute other works immediately for those originally proposed. Further, as the works that have had to be postponed have been those that are the most urgently needed, the delay in their institution has involved either additional expense to the Department in maintenance, or considerable inconvenience to the public. This situation needs to be overcome and recommendations dealing with the matter will be submitted.

MAINTENANCE AND MINOR IMPROVEMENT. At the 30th June, 1934:, the total lengths of main and secondary roads maintained within the County of Cumberland (which, for the purpose of the Main Roads Act, extends over the Shire of Blue Mountains and part of the Shire of Colo, and the Municipalities of Katoomba and Blackheath) were as follows :—

By Councils. By Department.

Under Agreement Under Agreement with Contractor with Contractor Directly. for Construction Directly. for Construction of Pavement. of Pavement.

Miles. Miles. Miles. Miles. State Highways 19$ 1 171 1 Main Roads 28lJ 153 i Secondary Roads 90£ i'i

Total , 391* 2£ 325£ 1*

Grand Total 720£

The total expenditure on maintenance and minor improvement works on the abovementioned roads, and on bridges and ferries on the border of the County of Cumberland, was as follows :— By Councils. By Department. £ s. d. £ s. d. State Highways ... 7,401 9 10 69,70fi 1 1 Main Roads ... 66,460 1 54,385 2 2 Secondary Roads ...... 5,279 16 Major Bridges and Ferries 366 16 19,142 4 1 Commission, Section 42, Main Roads Act 960 13 8 Miscellaneous ... 4,005 6

Total £80,468 17 6 £147,238 14 1

MAINTENANCE BY COUNCILS. As in the previous financial year, the assistance granted to Councils in the County of Cumberland for maintenance requirements was mainly for the purpose of undertaking such works as were essential for the preservation of existing assets, but in view of the somewhat improved financial position, it was possible to provide to a greater extent than formerly for certain desirable improvement works. As mentioned in the Eighth Annual Report, the Department has developed a method of resheeting roads by the drag process, which enables an old pavement to be retained undisturbed and utilised as the base for a coat of plant-mixed bituminous material applied by means of a drag spreader. This has been found to be the most satisfactory and economical method of laying a thin sheet of plant-mixed material in such a way as to correct excessive camber, remove minor irregularities or undulations in the surface, and at the same time retain the full residual value of the existing pavement. The benefit of the work carried out by the Department as shown by the excellent riding surfaces which are now being provided by this process is being reflected in the interest which Councils are now evincing in carrying out similar work, not only on the main roads, but on other roads in their areas. For example, Concord Municipal Council carried out drag resheeting on a length of about one mile in Concord- road, the camber of the road being corrected and the riding qualities of the surface considerably improved; while Hurstville Municipal Council reconditioned an area of 15,000 square yards in Forest-road. An area of 20,250 square yards was reconditioned by the same process in Canterbury-road by Canterbury Council, and similar work was carried out by the same Council in Kingsgrove-road over an area of 7,500 square yards. On the Roseville to Dee Why road the same type of work was carried out by Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council over a length of 1 mile 7 chains between Addison-avenue and Roseville Bridge, an area of 12,180 square yards being treated with excellent results. 19

While the drag resheeting process consists essentially of the adaptation of two well known methods of road making, it is in some respects a departure from previous practice, and experience in the details of the process has to be gained before it can be used successfully. With its increasing adoption by Councils, however, as indicated above, it may be said that in the Metropolitan area the drag process is becoming the standard method of resheeting roads wherever it is practicable to arrange for the supply of plant-mixed bituminous material. At the same time it has to be recognised that the initial cost of the modern mixing plant capable of giving the output necessary for the proper operation of the drag-resheeting process is high, and the provision of the mechanical handling devices, etc., such as are necessary to give economical operation, unavoidably serves to reduce the mobility, or at least to increase the cost of movement of the plant from one work to another. For this reason, such plants have to be regarded more or less as stationary and the large output of material obtainable from them may be beyond the requirements of the average municipality. The full benefits of the drag process will therefore only be obtainable at reasonable cost where satisfactory arrangements can be made for the supply of material, either by the joint-ownership of mixing plants between adjacent Councils, or by the purchase from other bodies or firms possessing plants. Working on these lines, the Department has during the past few years, not only purchased mixed material from Councils possessing suitable plants, and also from the asphalt-contracting firms, but in certain instances where conditions warranted, has supplied Councils with the output of its own mixer.

MAINTENANCE BY DEPARTMENT. In addition to ordinary routine maintenance operations, the work carried out on the highways and main roads maintained directly by the Department with its own organisation comprised such improvement works as the available funds would permit. The two major classes of work are dealt with more fully below, but improvement of bends by widening and super-elevation, provision of additional protection fencing, caution signs, and the extension of the pavement in various localities where the steadily increasing speed of traffic called for a greater pavement width, were also effected. On many Metropolitan roads maintenance of the road shoulders and pavement edges is both difficult and expensive until a surfaced pavement can be provided over the full width available for vehicular traffic and this has had its due effect on the Department's operations. It was found possible to undertake tar-surfacing of various lengths of road which had been constructed with a gravel pavement in previous years. For the most part these roads carry a fair volume of fast motor traffic, particularly during week-ends and holiday periods, and the tendency to the development of corrugations in the surface had rendered it necessary for some years past to give constant attention with graders and road drags. With many classes of gravel it was necessary to maintain a film of loose gravel on the surface, and the resultant dust rendered travelling unpleasant and fast driving to some extent dangerous. Initial tar-surfacing was therefore undertaken on the lengths regarded as most urgent, and the work will be extended as funds permit. The larger portion of such work was carried out in the country areas of the Metropolitan Division, but amongst the improvements effected within the County of Cumberland might be mentioned the tar surfacing of the gravel sections of the Campbelltown to Appin road (M.R. 177), which work completed the surfacing of this road throughout. Accompanying the tarring treatment of the gravel sections on this road, the metalled surfaces were sheeted with premixed bituminous macadam by means of the drag spreader. A considerable improvement was also effected to the Roseville to Dee Why road (M.R. 328) in Warringah Shire. This road constitutes one of the main outlets from the northern suburbs to the popular beaches of Warringah Shire, and consequently carries a heavy volume of motor traffic at times. On the length between Roseville Bridge and Beacon Hill the gravel pavement was strengthened, and bends were improved; on completion of this work the road was left open to traffic for some time to consolidate thoroughly and was then surfaced. On account of its suitability for such purpose, this surfacing was arranged as an experimental work and a large number of different types and grades of tars, bitumens, emulsions, etc., and also various types of cover-materials were applied. The results of these tests will be observed for application under similar conditions elsewhere in the future. In the section above dealing with maintenance by Councils reference has already been made to the drag resheeting work which has been undertaken by various Councils following the development of this process by the Department. During the year the Department has carried out with its own forces a large area of reconditioning work by means of the drag spreader and considerable development in methods, and some improvements to the plant were effected. Amongst the numerous works undertaken were the reconditioning of Oxford-street in Randwick and Woollahra Municipalities by the application of a coat ctf stone-filled sheet asphalt, laid in two courses, and several sections of Anzac-parade were similarly treated in Randwick Municipality. Sections of the road between Parramatta and Windsor were resheeted with plant-mixed bituminous macadam by this process and a carpet coat laid on Weston-road in Balmain Municipality and on sections of Botany-road in Mascot and Alexandria Municipalities, where in each case the cement concrete pavement had become worn under heavy traffic. During the year also, in continuation of previous work, extensive improvements were effected on the Blue Mountains section of the Great Western Highway. The extent of the work undertaken and that- contemplated in ensuing years justified the establishment of a depot at Bullaburra, and the construction of a railway siding to facilitate delivery of materials to the hot-mixing plant which, with the necessary bins, etc., was erected there. With material mixed at this depot, reconditioning by means of the drag process was undertaken on the lengths between Victoria Bridge and Emu Plains Deviation, Warrimoo and Springwood, Linden and Woodford, Wentworth Falls and Leuxa respectively. A number of sharp bends were also improved, including that at " Martin-place," about one mile east of Linden, and also at one of the worst bends on the road—about one mile west of Linden. The approaches to Leura Subway were improved, and a deviation was constructed at the foot of Victoria Pass. 20

On one of the works of widening and realignment, i.e., between Wentworth Falls and Leura, concrete edge-strips were provided, the width of these averaging about 3 feet, but varying from about 1 foot up to 10 feet (on curves); the middle portion of the road was then sheeted with plant-mixed bituminous macadam, a width of 9 inches only of the concrete at the edge of the pavement being left visible. In addition to strengthening the edges of the pavement, the concrete edge-strips stand out in sharp contrast to the rest of the pavement and serve as a valuable guide for traffic at night on a portion of the Highway where mists are prevalent. Apart from the mixing of material for use by Councils, special maintenance works as described above were carried out in the County of Cumberland as follows :—

Quant ty of Materia] s used. Cost Class of Work. Area Cost. per Square covered. Crushed Yard. Rock or Binder. Gravel.

sq. yds. galls. tous. £ a. d. s. d. Reconditioning with bituminous macadam or sheet asphalt (by drag process) 304,109 171,400 19,043 35,317 10 4 2 4 Surfacing (or re-surfacing) 298,498 82,952 4,492 7,708 1.3 10 0 61

During the year special works on Metropolitan bridges were carried out, as follows :-

S.H.\„ Name of Bridge. Amount. M.R.J

£ s. d. 1 416 12 9* 5 2,S64 7 3 165 Glebe Island Bridge— 292 0 2 160 4 0 152 10 0

Completion of work commenced 1932-33.

Three ferry services, viz., over Hawkesbury River (Peat's Ferry), Parramatta River (Ryde) and George's River (Taren Point) are operated directly by the Department. The expenditure on these services during the year was comprised as follows :—

Hawkesbury River Ryde. Taren Point. (Peat's Ferry).

£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Operation and maintenance ; 9,110 1 0 2,828 15 2 2,890 18 6 Collection of tolls 1,047 1 8 172 8 9 Supervision 270 2 8 61 0 0 66 1 0 £ 10,427 5 4 2,889 15 2 3,129 8 3 Xe#s—Nett return for rental of residential quarters 261 13 1 £ 10,165 12 3* 2,889 15 2 3,129 8 3

* This total represents cash expenditure during the financial year and excludes any provision for replacement of assets, the estimated amount required for this purpose for the year under review being £4,282.

'The following statement shows the amount of traffic which used the ferries during the twelve months ended 30th June, 1934, together with the revenue collected and the costs of operation. The latter does not include interest or sinking fund.

Hawkesbury River, Ryde. Taren Point.

Numbers Average K umbers Average Numbers Average and per and per am? per Amounts. Bay. Amounts. Day. Amounts. Day.

Motor cars, including motor-cycles with side car 175,898* 482 187,621 514 50,730 139 Other vehicles 26,930* 74 68,394 187 36,046 99 Passengers in vehicles 410,145t 1,124 Foot passengers 98,148 "269 145,028 398 Revenue for year 17,l'68 "47 671 % Average revenue per week, since inception 305 Average cost of operation per week since inception (including collection of tolls but excluding sinking fund and interest) 236 34 55 60

•.Estimated value based on revenue proportion of previous year's traffic. t The number of foot passengsrs on the Hawkesbury River Ferry is included in the figures of 410,145 and 1,137. % Tolls collected on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays only.

The Department also contributed towards the cost of operation and maintenance of three other ferries, viz., Sackville Reach Ferry, Wiseman's Ferry and Berowra Creek Ferry, controlled respectively by the Shires of Baulkbam Hills, Colo and Hornsby. The sums paid to the Councils were as follows, this expenditure being apportioned between the County of Cumberland and Country Main Roads Funds in the first two cases :— £ s. d. Sackville Reach Ferry (three-quarters cost of operation and maintenance), 210 16 1 Wiseman's Ferry (half excess of expenditure over revenue from tolls) 209 14 1 Berowra Creek Ferry (full cost) 121 8 8 21

The following statements show the maintenance expenditure on individual sections of road both by Councils and the Department:— Maintenance by Councils*

Grants approved • - Grants Payments Grants approved Council. Local Name of Road. but unpaid at approved during during year but unpaid at 30th June, 1933. year 1933-34. 1933-34. 30th June, 1934.

STATE HIGHWAYS. Prince's Highway. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. Ersklneville ' S.H. II King-street 113 2 10 113 2 10 4,699 2 9 3,191 16 10 LBOfe'll Newtown I 1 » Total 4,812 5 7 J,304 19 8 1,507 5 11

Pacific Highway. 53 12 7 315 2 2 258 14 9 110 0 0 Kuring-gai io| 300 0 0 501 13 4 801 13 4 353 12 7 816 15 6 1,060 8 1 110 0 0

flortk'SOUth Link Highway. Pennant Hills road 410 0 0 410 0 0 Dundas 800 0 0 800 0 0 Hornsby Peat's Perry road .. 715 0 0 1,326 2 1 1,826 2 1 215 0 0 716 0 0 2,536 2 1 3,036 2 1 215 0 0

Total, State Highways ... 1,068 12 7 8,165 3 2 7,401 9 10 1,832 5 11

MAIN ROADS. Alexandria .... 183 Gardener's Road 70 0 0 70 0 0 193 Henderson-road 80 0 0 125 0 0 205 0 0 Bankstown .... 167 Canterbury-road 44 14 3 88 132 14 4 444 15 3 190 Rookwood-road 474 30 0 0 Baulkham Hills 182 Sarkville-road 310 310 0 0 972 372 0 0 157 Showground-road 600 "0" 0 160 Dural and Glenorie roads 2,576 2,576 0 0 198 140 10 8 182 Sackville Ferry 10 8 68"B" 0 168 390 5 1 608 5 1 Bexley Forest-road 218 0 0 Blue Mountains 184 RiChmond-Bell-Mt. Victoria road .. 1,590 15 1 1,590 15 1 Campbelltown . 179 Menangle-road 1,019 19 8 1,019 19 8 Canterbury .... 107 I Canterbury-road 2,991 4 4 3,661 4 4 155 Castlereagh-road 676""6" 0 2,224 2,151 1 7 Castlereagh 2,210 73 0 0 Colo 181 Richmond~Bell-Mt. Victoria road .. 2,210 0 0 181 ] Wiseman's Ferry 104 104 17 1 2,077 Concord 200 , Concord-road 15 10 1,300 0 0 315 110 0 0 311 11 11 777*15*10 974 Dundas 158 Church-street 0 0 974 0 0 139 High-street 79 0 0 79 0 0 139 Bennett and Sutherland streets 14 3 2 14 3 2 Eastwood .. 195 Erskineville 193 Erskineville-road 16 8 195 16 8 318 235 0 0 235 0 0 Homebush .. Marlborough-road 1,834 Hornsby . 101 Galston-road - 402 1 1 17 10 1,206 18 11 1,030 0 0 139 Sutherland-Beeeroft roads 520 0 0 520 0 0 156 Castle Hill road 915 0 0 615 0 0 332 Berowra-Galston-road 2,296 8 8 1,730 6 5 BOO" S" 3 315 Hurstville Belmore-road 16 6t 346 12 0 168 Forest-road 3,191 9 3 3,191 9 3 194 116 8 7 Kogarah Ramsgate-road-Park-road 116 8 7 199 Rocky Point road 10 18 9 150 0 0 160 18 9 315 Woniora-road and Belmore-road 1,531 8 11 1,531 8 11 162 1,683 9 9 Kuring-gai Pitt water-road 925" "6"" 0 863 9 9 105 0 0 328 Babbage-road 1,915 18 10 4,915 18 10 190 Lidcombe John, Church and East streets 1.668 17 9 1,668 17 9 164 73 0 0 691 5 1 764 5 1 Manly 159 Pittwater-road Sydncy-Pittwater road 42 0 0 571 1 0 613 1 0 183 176 0 0 100 0 0 76 0 0 Mascot 344 Gardener's-road Park-road 250 0 0 250 0 0 164 152 11 5 Mosman Military and Spit roads 2 11 5 154 3,598 19 11 1,550 0 0 2,048 19 11 Nepean 155 Penritli-Luddenham-Narellau road ..... Mulgoa-road 1,361 12 11 1,236 17 0 124 15 11 167 415 0 0 300 0 0 115 0 0 Newtown 193 Enmore-road Erskineville-road 0 9 8 0 9 8 164 176 6 95 7 6 North Sydney Miller-street, Falcon-street, and 129 6 0 0 Military-road. 424 6 Paddington ., 172 Oxford-street 424 1 173 New South Head road 48 48 5 0 Penrith ... 155 Castlereagh-road 500 500 0 0 Petersham 167 Stanmore and New Canterbury roads 20 20 1 2t Randwick 171 Anzac-parade 150 0 0 1,796 13 8 1,946 13 8 175 Oxford-street 30 0 0 30 0 O 327 Little Bay road 100 0 0 585 685 0 0 Redfern ... 170 Regent-street 151 151 0 0 Richmond 155 Castlereagh-road 150 0 0 30 0 ot 120 0 0 Rockdale 168 Forest-road 500 0 0 351 7 7 851 7 7 194 The Esplanade 8 0 0 370 378 0 0 169 Bay-street 200 0 0 104 304 10 7 1,106 19 Ryde 165 Victoria-road -• 300 0 0 806 19 10 10 162 Lane Cove road and Lucknow-road 50 0 0 228 13 7 278 13 7 200 Bowden-street •• 255 0 0 255 0 0 191 Ryde-Chatswood 2,202 13 5 2,202 13 5 139 Blaxland-road 239 4 10 239 4 10 98 18 Strathfleld . 318 Richmond-road 98 18 0 0 315 The Boulevards 737 11 8 737 11 8 503 0 0 Sutherland 199 Taren Point road 503 0 0 227 Port Hacking road and Kingsway 5,601 0 0 5,348 4 0 156 156 18 11 Vaucluse 173 New South Head road 18 11 339 Old South Head road 350 0 0 350 0 O 162 1,175 19 5 775 19 5 400 0 0 Warringah . Pittwater-road 164 Condamine-street^pittwater-road 4,456 7 3 3,899 3 3 557 4 0 174 446 12 10 446 12 10 » Bayview-road 159 Pittwater-road 172 17 10 172 17 10 172 70 9 9 100 19 0 171 8 9 Waverley . Oxford-street 339 Old South Head road 824 9 7 824 9 7 340 186 0 0 186 0 0 11 Cowper-streetr-Leichhardt and Nelson Bay Road. 831 5 63 6 10 191 FullPrB-road 169 11 9 11 Willoughby 328 50 0 0 50 0 0 Boundary-street 315 0 179 Appin-Broughton Pass 257 0 0 488 1 9 430 1 9 Wollondilly 177 Bulli-Appin road - j 385 0 0 2.885 16 6 3,000 16 6 270 0 173 New South Head road | 534 16 8 324 16 8 210 0 Woollahra . 339 Old South Head road 200 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 172 Oxford-street 79 5 0 79 5 0 Total, Main Roads £ ,375 11 68,309 13 2 ,826 17 8 7,858 7 22

Maintenance by Councils—continued.

Grants Payments Grants approved Road Grants approved Council. LocaJ Name of Road. but unpaid at approved during during year but unpaid at No. 30th June, 1933. year 1933-34. 1933-34. 30th June, 1934.

SECONDARY ROADS. £ s. d. £ s. d. s. d. Alexandria 2011 Wyndham-strecl 96 0 0 96 0 O 2008 Bourke-street^Lachlan-street 15 0 0 15 0 0 Ashfiold ... 2018 Old Canterbury road 57 2 8* 57 2' 8* 2014 Frederick and Milton streets 145 0 0 64 5 7* 80 14 5 2013 Ramsay and Marion streets 93 0 4 93 0 4 Baulkham Hills 2015 Glenorie-Maroota 150 0 0 150 0 0 Bexley 2014 Harrow-road and Lloyd and Vernon 155 13 3 73 8 3 82 5 0 streets. Blaoktown .. 2012 Richmond-road 711 0 0 711 0 0 Cabramatta and Canley 2020 Cabramatta and Orphan School road... 140 0 0 71 18 3* 18 1 9 50 0 0 Vale. Canterbury 2014 Northcote and BeamUh streets, Brighton- 1,210 0 0 1,000 0 0 210 0 0 avenue and George's River road. Castle reagh 2012 Windsor-Blacktown road 60 0 0 60 0 0 Drummoyne 2013 Ramsay-road 50 19 4 50 19 4 2006 Great North road and Lyons-road 293 1 7 254 0 8 39 0 11 Eastwood .., 2024 Balaclava and Waterloo road 242 0 0 242 0 0 Enfield 2014 George's River road 15 0 0 15 0 0 Glebe 2002 Bridge-road 35 0 0 35 0 0 Hornsby .. 2016 Station and Jersey streets 71 2 3 71 2 3 Leichhardt 2007 Balmain-road 110 0 0 110 0 0 2013 Marion-street 20 0 0 20 0 0 Manly 2004 Battle Boulevarde-Ponsonby-parade ... 100 0 0 170 18 .3* 70 18 3* 2023 French's Forest road 125 O 0 125 0 0 2025 Rosedale-ave.-Lauderdale-ave 376 2 6 376 2 6 Marrickville 2021 Enmore, Marrickville and Ulawarra 55 15 3 55 15 3 roads. Mascot 2008 Old Botany road 68 17 5 68 17 5 Nepean 2020 Orphan School road 71 3 0 71 3 0 North Sydney 2019 North Sydney-Cremorne Junction via 742 13 2 592 13 2 150 0 0 Neutral Bay. Petersham . 201S Old Canterbury road 248 18 " 6 248 18 6 Redfern ... 2011 Wells and Gibbon streets 127 0 0 127 0 0 Rockdale . 2014 Frederick and Watkins streets 154 0 0 154 0 0 St. Marys . 2020 Orphan School road 20 0 11 5" 19 8 7 2022 Liverpool-road 100 0 82 3 11* 53 10 0* Vaueliise 2010 Old South Head and South Head 41 5 25 4 6* 16 1 3 roads. Warringah 2023 Forest-road 126 0 0 125 0 0 Waterloo... 2008 ! Bourke-street-Lachlan-street 41 0 26 0 Waverley 2010 Old South Head road 257 13 257 13 Windsor ... 2012 I Blacktown-road 102 7 102 7 Total, Secondary Roads £ 546 5 9 5,351 2 7 5,279 16 4 617 12 0 Commission paid to various Councils viie Section 42 of Main Roads Act £ 960 13 8 960 13 8

Grand Total, All Roads £ ,990 10 1 82,786 12 7 80,468 17 Of 10.308 5 2

* Grants cancelled and refunded to the Department. t As per Incume and Expenditure Account, page Maintenance by Department. On special maintenance (including surfacing, reconditioning, On General gravelling and minor Road Road No. Name and Section. improvement works, Maintenance. and storm damage and the upkeep of Ferries and major Bridges.

STATE HIGHWAYS.

N Prince's Highway. £ s. d. £ s. d. Between Cleveland-street and Barwon Park road 420 10 5 Between Botany Railway and Cook's River Bridge 37 17 5 Cook's River Bridge 939 3 7 31 8 5 Cook's River Bridge to South-street, and South-street to M.R. 190 on 996 4 4 Eastern side. Arncliffe Hill 13 11 5 South-street to M.R. 199 (western side) and M.R. 199 to George's River 746 5 7 George's River Bridge to Loftus .Railway overbridge 853 2 8 Loftus Railway Overbridge to Waterfall 424 5 9 151 11 4 Waterfall Railway Station to Helensburgh turnoff 456 18 1 1,257 8 2 Helensburgh turnoff to top of Eulli Pass 389 11 9 Top of Bulli Pass 42 m. to intersection with M.R. 185 554 16 1 453 7 2 £4,893 3 6 Hume Highway. parramatta-road to Dickenson-avenue (excluding intermediate tram 178 5 8 section). Hercules-street to Milton-street (intermediate tram section) 219 9 2 Dickenson-avenue—Burwood-road (cement concrete) 58 19 2 Burwood-road to Broadway 120 15 1 62 8 0 Broadway to Woodville-road 2,146 19 11 1,588 9 0 Woodvill'e-road to Cross-roads 1,398 0 2 558 15 1 Cross-roads to Carne's Hill 331 18 5 4,328 6 3 Game's Hill to Water Race 91 1 9 Water Race to Narellan 270 19 11 142 17 11 Narellan to Camden Bridge 425 18 3 Camden Bridge 339'" k"n 5,242 7 6 7,020 1 2 Great Western Highway. City-Toad to Taverner's Hill 638 17 8 232 2 1. Taverner's Hill to Rogers-avenue 288 1 8 441 7 7 Roger's-avenue to Powell's Creek (bituminous length only) 1,111 10 11 Roger's-avenue to Powell's Creek (concrete only) 79 4 9 Powell's Creek to Duck River (bituminous lengths only) 292 9 9 31 19 8 Powell's Creek to Duck River (concrete section) 432 12 2 Duck River to Granville Subway 511 15 1.1 Granville Subway to Great Western road turnoff 319 9 0 556 8 8 Great Western road turn-off to Victoria Bridge, Penrith (excluding 3,582 18 6 4,574 12 8 concrete section in Penrith). Concrete section in Penrith 54 11 4 Victoria Bridge, Penrith 2,890 1 1 Victoria Bridee to Hawkesbury Lookout road, Springwood 755 12 8 5,223 0 9 Hawkesbury Lookout road to Victoria Pass (excluding reconstructed 6,230 16 1 21.494 11 8 section in Blaokheath). Reconstructed section in Rlackheath 52 8 7 Tree planting—Parramatta—Mt. Victoria 46 14 9 £ 14,350 9 0 35,490 18 U 23

Maintenance by Department- continued.

On special maintenance (including surfacing, reconditioning, On General Road gravelling and minor Name and Section. Road improvement works, maintenance. and storm damage and the upkeep of Terries and major BridgeB.)

Pacific Highway. £ s. £ s. d. Bradfleld Highway to Longueville-road 264 9 127 16 1 Longueville-road to Boundary-street 190 1 Boundary-street to Pearce's Corner Maintenance by Ku­ ring-gai Council. Pearce's Corner to Hookham's Corner.. Maintenance by Hornsby Council. Hookhain's Corner to Berowra 312 18 Berowra to Kangaroo Point 199 2 11 9 U Peat's Ferry 5,082 16 2* Tree Planting—Hookham's Corner to Kangaroo Point 204 8 5 £ 996 1.0 9 | 5,426 10 7

North-South JAnk Highway. Parramatta-road to turn-off Liverpool-road 1,140 12 C 183 7 5 Great Western road to Windsor-road turn-off 247 16 5 660 12 1 Windsor-road to Baulklnm Hills boundary 302 11 3 £ 1,691 0 2 843 19 6

Total, State Highways £ 27,173 10 11 51,783 15 11

MAIS ROADS. M.R. 184 to S.H. No. 5 857 10 10 586 9 10 S.H. 5 to 3 in. 75 ch. south 146 6 305 17 2 3 in. 75 ch. to 5 m. 20 ch. south 63 1 155 Penrith-Mulgoa road from S.H. 5 to Nepean boundary 154 17 110 17 1 162 He Burgh's Bridge 265 12 11 163 Aerodrome-road from M.R. 184 to Aerodrome Gates 164 Military-road from S.H. 10 to Creinorne Junction 1,093" T' 0 Military-road from Cremorne Junction to Spit Junction 248 6 9 164 Spit Bridge 545 6 1 165 Glebe Island Bridge to Iron Cove Bridge 3,165 8 11 Glebe Island Bridge • 1,033 7 0 Iron Cove Bridge •• 168 2 1 Iron Cove Bridge to Gladesville Bridge 83 12 2 Gladesville Bridge 729 2 11 Gladesville Bridge to Pittwater:road iso"i8 7 Pittwater-road to Marsdcn-road Maintained by Ryde Council. Marsden-road to Morton-street 748 13 1 Victoria-road to Mary-street and Manning-road 131 16 3 20 3 6 Mary-street t o Fig Tree Bridge 170 5 9 109 8 2 Fig Tree Bridge 105 16 6 Fig Tree Bridge to Longueville-road 362 12 8 29 8 2 Longueville-road to S.H. 10 50 7 4 167 Hurlstone Park to Canterbury Railway Station 56 18 5 Sharp-street to Beamish-street 72 17 6 170 Boundary-street to Wilson-street 645 14 5 Wilson-street to Tram Terminus 122 15 11 620 14 1 171 Addison-road to Barker-street 227 15 10 Barker-street to Bunnerong-road 14 4 a. Maroubra Bay road to Flint-street 22 3 0 172 Paddington boundary to Bondi Junction 441 6 2 2,005 13 7 177-8 Cross-roads to Narcllau via Campbelltown 1,549 18 9 232 8 1 Campbelltown to Appin 1,499 0 0 3,703 1 3 Bulli Shire boundary to S.H. 1 at Bulli Pass .. 319 18 2,031 3 10 M.R. 184 to Cattai Creek 259 19 2 258 5 4 Cattai Creek to end of tar section 194 10 1 78 5 9 End of tarred section to Wiseman's Ferry .... 498 15 3 182 Windsor Bridge 129 6 3 183 Botany-road to Rosebery Racecourse 160 6 5 6 13 7 Rosebery Racecourse to Bunnerong-road 57 1 r> Shea's Creek Bridge 17 184 Barney-street to Woollen Mills 11 7 9 Woollen Mills to McGrath's Hill 2,396 10 3 5,643 11 9 McGrath's Hill to Rickaby Creek 417 11 9 1,627 12 10 South Creek Bridge, Windsor 290 3 11 Rickaby Creek to Church Hill 260 13 11 Church Hill to Richmond Bridge 213 7 2 392 10 Richmond Bridge 52 5 185 S.H. 1 at Helensburgh to Stanwell Park 834 16 3 579 12 Stanwell Park to S.H. 1 at Bulli Pass 2,868 2 3 3,078 6 193 Garden-street to Henderson-road 41 14 11 194 Botany-road to Cook's River 97 16 7 Cook's" River Bridge 428 14 5 199 S.H. 1 to Ramsgate-avenue 4 0 0 Ramsgate-avenue to George's River 70 2 4 Taren Point Ferry 3,129 8 3 200 Ryde Ferry 2,889 15 2 309 Berry and Aston streets 1 304 15 315 S.H. 2 to Cook's River 478 3 Cook's River to Broad Arrow road 834 15 4,604 12 4 317 Bunnerong-road to Maroubra Bay 107 5 327 M.R. 171 to Arden-street, Coogee 24 18 328 Roseville Bridge to Beacon Hill 1,180 13 2,871' 19* 7 330 Regent-street to Do wl trig-street 316 18 Total, Main Roads £ 19,7S1 9 5 44,387 15 5

SECONDARY ROADS. 2014 Bridge over Cook's River at Brighton-avenue 106 15 Total, Secondary Roads 106 If

MISCELLANEOUS. Mileposting throughout Metropolitan Division 175 2 11 Signposting, traffic domes, and white lines 303 15 6 Restoration of road openings 1,108 2 7 Survey of main roads with road rater, etc. ... 222 6 11 Bullaburra—Establishment of depot 1,682 10 9 Sundry works 513 8 1 Total, Miscellaneous 4,005 6 9 Total as per Income and Expenditure Account on page 9. 147,238 14 1

* One half operating costs—Remainder charged to Country Main Roads Fund. 24

PROCLAMATION OF NEW MATN ROADS. Daring the year the following Main Roads were proclaimed in the Couuty of Cumberland

Municipality. Road. Mileage. Remarks.

M. Ch. Waverley, Wooll- No. 339. Old South Head road from its junction with Oxford- 4 21 Originally Secondary Road No. 2010, pro­ ahra and Vau- street (Main Road~172) to Rohertson-place at Vaucluse.""~" claimed- in Government-Gazette of 4th cltise. August, 1933. Waverley No. 340. Front Oxford-street via Cowper-street, Leichhardt-street 1 58 Proclaimed in Government Gazette of 4th and Nelson Bay road to Pacific-street, Bronte. August, 1933. Botany and Mascot No. 344. From Botany-road (Main Road 170) via Park-road, 2 24 Proclaimed in Government Gazette of 13th Wentworth-a venue, Smith-street and Nelson-street to October, 1933. Bunnerong-road (Main Road 171). Bankstown No. 190. From Hume Highway at CanterImry-road to Bankstown 1 77 An extension of Main Road No. 190, pro­ claimed in Government Gazette of 13th April, 1934.

There were no Main Roads deproclaimed during the year. The length of Main Roads has thus been increased, on account of the new length proclaimed, by 10 miles 20 chains. The total mileage of Main Roads at 30th June, 1934, was therefore 627 miles 79 chains {State Highways—192 miles 70 chains and Main Roads—435 miles 9 chains).

DECLARATION OP SECONDARY ROADS. The following Secondary Roads were declared during the year :—

Municipality. Road. Mileage. Remarks.

M. Ch. Eastwood -No. 2024. Commencing at Blaxland-road, >£« Balaclava-road and 2 71 Declared In Government Gazette of 14th Julv, Waterloo-roafl to Lane Cove road (Main Road 162). 1933. Manly No. 2025. West!Esplanade, Commonwealth Parade, The Crescent, 1 11 Declared in Government Gazette, of 29th Lauderdale-avenue, Rosedale-avenue, Hill-street. September, 1933. _ Alexandria and No. 2026. From intersection of Bridge and Swanson streets, via 0 45 Declared in Government Gazette of 22nd Erskinevitle. Swanson and Renwick streets to Mitchell-road. December, 1933.

The following Secondary Road was removed from the list during the year ending 30th June, 1934 :—

Municipality. Road. Mileage. Remarks.

M. Ch. Waverley, Wooll- No. 2010. Old South Head road from Oxford-street fMain Road 4 21 This is now Main Road No. 339. ahra and Vau- 172) to Robertson-place, Vaucluse. cluse.

The length of Secondary Roads has thus been increased by 26 chains. The length of Secondary Roads at 30th June, ] 934, was 93 miles 4 chains.

DEVELOPMENTAL ROADS. There were no Developmental Roads proclaimed during the year, nor were there any Developmental Roads deproclaimed during the year. The length of Developmental Roads was thus the same as for the previous year, viz., 18 miles 62 chains. 25

PART III.—COUNTRY MAIN ROADS FUND. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. The audited Income and Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet of the Country Main Roads Fund are set out hereunder. The operations of the fund for the year may be summarised in the following manner:— £ ...Cash.DN hand at commencement1 of year 1-7-33 414,386 Add Income for the year ...... 1,527,990 1,942,376' Add Nett fluctuation in assets and liabilities 30-6-33 as compared with 30-6-34 4,112 1,946,488 Deduct Expenditure for the year ... 1,765,690 Cash, on hand at end of year 30-6-34 £180,798. - When the year closed the Department's balances of commitments for works in progress were £689,695 for Construction and £170,641 for Maintenance, or a total of £860,336.

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1934. A—Maintenance and Miscellaneous.

EXPENDITURE. INCOME. 30th June,-1934— 30th June, 1934— 6. d. R. d. To Maintenance of Main Roads and Bridges— £ . s. d. By Share of Motor Taxes in accordance with (a) Maintenance Grants to Councils *508,315 15 9 Sections 10 (1) and 20 (1) of the Main (b) Maintenance hy Department t3l8,991 8 11 Roads Act, 1924-31 912,300 4 (c) Maintenance by Public Works Depart „ Transfer from Road Transport and Traffic ment 1,390 0 0 Fund 177,284 7 8 „ Transfer from Public Vehicles Fund 906 7 1

Repayment oi Principal and Interest on Loans; ,, Receipts under Federal Aid Roads (Further Section 21 of the Main Roads Act, 1924-31 Agreement) Act, 1931 467,442 1 11 including Exchange on Remittances of In­ Less Payments to National Debt Sinking terest to London Fund 22,072 2 11 1163,594 2 2 Plant Running Expenses, including Depre' 445,369 19 0 cfation - 4,665 16 1 Councils' Contributions towards Maintenance Payments to Public Works Department, Sec­ of Main Roads 993 7 4 tion 21 (4a), Main Roads Act, 1924-31 50,359 17 3 Miscellaneous Income— Miscellaneous Expenditure • 871 0 3 (a) Interest 10,828 18 8 Administrative Expenses— (b) Toll Charges on Ferries 9,382 9 9 (a) Salaries 31,534 11 0 (e) Other 386 1 4 (b) Travelling Expenses, Rent, Printing, 20,597 9 9 General Expenses, etc 14,263 3 1 1,557,451 15 6 Less Transfer to Developmental Roads 45,847 14 1 Fund, vide section 21 of the Main Balance carried forward to *' B '* 328 006 1 0 Roads Act, 1924-31 135,000 0 0

£1,422,451 15 1,422,451 15 6

* For details, sec Statement, pages 30 to 35. f For details, see Statement, pages 37 & 38. t For details, Bee page 26. B.—Construction,

Expenditure Income during Expenditure to during Year Income to Year ended Expenditure. • 30th June, ended Total. 30th June, 30th June, Total. 1933, 30th June, 1933. 1934. 1934.

30th June, 1934— £ s. d. 30th June, 1934— £ s. d. £ s. d. To Construction and Recon­ By Balance brought forward £ s. d. struction of Main Roads from " A " 2,702,273 • 0 6 328,006 1 0 3,030,279 1 6 and Bridges- „ Loan Appropriation, Sec fa) From Revenue 20-1 (/) Main Roads (State Funds) ... 2,209,195 8 0 571,443 1 2,780,638 9 2 Act, 1924-31 (&) From Loan Appro­ ,, Special State Loan Ap> 1,614,000 0 0 1,614,000 0 0 priation (State propriation for Uneni' Funds) 1,489,000 0 0 1,489,000 0 0 ployment Relief (c) From Loan Appro­ Works 283,000 0 0 priation for Un­ „ Grants from State Un 283,000 0 0 employment Re­ employment Relief lief Works (State Council— Funds) 283,000 0 0 283,000 0 0 (

5,938,339 8 5 £5,504,795 5 11 433,544 2 5,938,339 8 5

* For details, Bee Statements, pages 43 to 49. 26

BALANCE SHEET AT 30TH JUNE, 1934.

Liabilities. Assets.

Sundry Creditors— Cash at Treasury and Sub-Advance Accounts Supply of Stores and Materials 9,154 10 Q in various Banks Miscellaneous 25,312 2 2 Stock on hand 34,466 12 11 Roadmaking Plant and other Assets 323,181 3 10 I nsurance and General Reserve 15,000 0 0 Less Depreciation 238,885 15 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account. 384,702 16 7 Sundry Debtors- Loans to Councils for roadwork 85,792 13 Loans to Councils for plant 490 7 Commonwealth Government under Federal Aid (Further Agreement) Act, 1931 ... 36,768 16 State Treasury for Unemployment Relief Grants 18,474 16 State Treasury—Interest, Exchange, etc., Sec. 21 (3a), Main Roads Act 7,895 .15 Miscellaneous 4,697 14

434,169 9 6

NOTE.—In addition to the liabilities stated above, repayment has to be made over varying terms of years of loans chargeable to the Country Main Roads Fund, a? provided in Section 21 of the Main Roads Act, 1924-31.' The principal amount of such loans outstanding on 30th June, 1934, was £2,380,924 6s. 7d. A. E. WARBURTON, Accountant.

I certify that the books and accounts of the Department of Main Roads have been examined and audited under the provisions of the Audit Act, 1902, and that, in my opinion, this Balance-sheet, which is in accordance with such books and accounts, correctly sets out the position of the Country Main Roads Fund as at the 30th June, 1934.

As regards stocks of materials and stores on hand, I have accepted the certificate of the Acting Chief Engineer (Country) that stock was taken under his supervision, and that the condition of the stock is satisfactory.

JOHN SPENCE, Department of Audit, 7th December, 1934. Auditor-General.

LOAN LIABILITIES. The total loan liability of the Fund on 30th June, 1934, was £2,380,924 6s. 7d. The details of the loans raised and balances outstanding on 30th June, 1934, are set out in the following table : —

Sinking Fund Payments by Department of Main Contribution by Roads during 1933-34. Amount of Amount repaid Commonwealth Balance of Liability by Department Government Principal Particulars. undertaken by of Main Roads under Financial on Department of to 30th June, Agreement and 30th June, 1934. Main Roads. 1933. Federal Aid Principal. Interest. Roads Agreement.

£ s. d. £ 6. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Section 21 (Si- Unemployment Relief Loans 11.8,750 0 0 1,373 6 9 654 6 11 5,274 13 3 116,722 6 4 370,000 0 0 40,832 5 5 13,891 18 11 14,657 19 11 315,275 15 8

£ 488,750 0 0 42,205 12 2 14,546 5 10 19,932 13 2 431,998 2 0 Section 21 (3a)— Unemployment Relief Loans 164,250 0 0\ 122,824 15 4 11,189 17 0 81,101 11 2 1,948,926 4 7 Ordinary Loans 1,918,690 16 11/

£ 2,571,690 16 11 42,205 12 2 122,824 15 4 25,736 2 10» 101,034 4 4* 2,380,924 6 7

* In addition to these sums amounts of £16,642 5s. Exchange, and £20,181 10s. Repayment by Councils of Loans advanced by the Department and Interest were paid to the Treasury during the vear, making a total expenditure of £163,594 2s. 2d., vide Income and Expenditure Aceounton page 25.

COUNCILS' CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAIN ROADS. The contributions made by country councils to main road works during each of the past nine years are set out in the table which follows.

Contributions by Councils to : Year. Total. Maintenance. Construction.

£ £ £ 1925/26 201,306 43,450 244,756 213,537 92,273 305,810 1927/28 366,276 116,633 482,909 1928/29 220,864 119,199 340,063 1929/30 269,974 99,558 369,532 128,742 33,800 162,542 260,956 37,265 298,221 1932/33 215,906 69,306 285,212 225,906 49,948 275,854

2,103,467 661,432 2,764,899

NOTE.—This includes a sum of £20,211 contributed by Councils during the past seven years to reconstruction works on Federal Aid Roads.

During the year 1933-34 the aggregate contributions amounted to £275,854, which is slightly less than the preceding year and also, less than the average of £307,211 for the nine years, although it is to be remembered that reduced costs during the later years have resulted in greater quantities of- work being carried out with the expenditure of an equal amount of money. The sum devoted to maintenance, approximately £225,000 per annum, is equivalent to roughly 3/10ths pence in the £ on the unimproved capital value of land in the country, while the total contribution of £275,854 represents approximately 2/5ths pence in the £ calculated on a similar value. 27

PROCLAMATION OF NEW MAIN ROADS , During the year the following new roads and extensions of existing Trunk and Ordinary Main Roads in the Country were proclaimed.

Date of Road Trunk Main Shire or Municipality. Proc­ Description of Road. Remarks. lamation. No. Road. Road.

m. ch. Lambton Municipality, 7/7/33 337 From the intersection of Elder and More 2 20 NeW main road to give access to the Highway Waratah Municipality, head-streets (Mam Road, No. 107), Lamb from Lambton. Tarro Shire. ton to the Pacific Highway. Adamstown and New 7/7/33 188 From the Pacific Highway at, junction of Extension of Main Road No. 188 from the Pacific Lambton Municipality. Glebe-road, and Union-street, via Glebe Highway at Adamstown to New Lambton. road, St. James road and Royal-road to Lambton-road (Main Road No. 107), New ' Lambton. Moama Municipality, Mur­ 22/9/33 341 From Moama to the Barham-Moulamcin New main road giving access to Barham and ray and Wakool Shires. road 6 miles north of Barham. Moama.

Walgett and Namoi Shires 13/10/33 343 From Burren Junction to Wee Waa 31 32 New main road giving access to Main Road No. 127 at Wee Waa. Tamarang and Warrah 20/10/33 72 From Quirindi to Willow Tree...... 8 52 New trunk road giving access from Quirindi to Shires, Quirindi Muni the New England Highway at Willow Tree, cipality. being an extension of the road from Moree and Gunnedah. Gilgandra. and Cobbora 3/11/33 345 From Gilgandra to Mendourah 32 40 New main road giving cross country connection Shires. between Gilgandra and Mendouran. Stroud Shire 10/11/33 111 From Bungwahl to Bullahdclah 15 0 Extension of Main Road No. Ill from Bung­ wahl to junction with Main Road No. 110, near Biillahdelah. Namoi and Walgett Shires 2S/7/33 329 Front Pilliga to Burren Junction 24 77 Extension of Main Road No. 329 from Pilliga to Burren Junction Railway Station. Coonabarabran Shire 3/11/33 329 From Gwabegar to Baradine ... 22 40 Extension of Main Road No. 329 from Gwabegar to junction with Main Road No. 129 at Baradine. Lake Macquarie Shire 24/11/33 223 Front Cross roads via Young, Wallsend to 4 30 Extension of.Main Road No. 223 to give main West Wallsend- road across to West Wallsend. Wallsend Municipality, Tar­ 17/11/33 352 From Wallsend to Sandgate 3 25 New main road giving access from Wallsend to ro Siiirc. the Pacific Highway at Sandgate.

Balranald Municipality ... 17/11/33 From the Sturt Highway, at Balranald 1 28 New trunk road from the boundary of the generally northerly, via Clare to Ivanhoe Balranald Municipality to the Junction with Railway Station, excluding that part in the the Sturt Highway. Western Division not within Balranald Municipality. Goobang Shire 17/11/33 350 From TuIIamore to Bogan Gate 37 70 New main road from TuIIamore junctioning M'ith Main Road No. 224 at Bogan Gate. Nyngan Municipality, Rn- 1/12/33 346 From Nyngan to Albert via Tottenham 66 16 New main road giving cross country connection gan and 'Lachlan Shires. between Nyngan and Trunk Road No. 57 at Albert via railhead at Tottenham. Lachlan Shire 1/12/33 347 From Melrose to Albert 40 0 New main road giving cross country connection hctween Main Road No. 228 at Melrose and Trunk Road No. 57 at Albert. Goobang Shire, Peak Hill 1/12/33 348 From TuIIamore to Teak Hill 41 50 New main road giving cross country connection Municipality. between Trunk Road No. 57 at TuIIamore and Trunk Road No. 56 at Peak Hill (part formerly Developmental Road No. 1005). Lachlan and Goobang Shires 1/12/33 57 From Dandaloo to TuIIamore via Albert. Alteration in route of Trunk Road No. 57, between Dandaloo and TuIIamore giving main road access to Albert railway station. Erina and Woy Woy Shires 1/12/33 349 From the Pacific Highway near the Gosford 8 0 New main road giving access to Woy Woy from Industrial School to Woy Woy railway the Pacific Highway near Gosford. station. Moree Municipality, Booloo- 1/12/33 232 From Garah to Moree 30 45 Extension of Main Road No. 232 from Garah to roo and lioomi Shires. the Gwydir Highway at Moree.

Cobbora 8/12/33 353 From the North Wost-ern Highway near Wei 33 0 New main road giving access from Narran to the lincton to Narran. North Western Highway.

Narromine Municipality, 2/2/34 342 From Narromine to Tomingiey 25- 0 New main road giving direct connection between Timbrebongic Shire. the North Western Highway at Narromine and Trunk Road No. 56 at Tomingiey. Wade and Carrathool Shires 9-2-34 321 From Griffith to the Mid-Western Highway 31 0 Extension of Main Road No. 321 from Griffith to via Beclbangera. Mid-Western Highway, 9 miles west of Rankin's Springs (part formerly Developmental Road No. 1019). Narromine Municipality, 23/2/34 354 From Narromine to TuIIamore 54 40 New main road giving connection between the Timbrebongic and Goo Northwestern Highway at Narromine and bang Shires. Trunk Road No. 57 at TuIIamore. Albury Municipality, Hume 9/3/34 355 From Albury to Bethungra Bridge over the 10 35 New main road giving access to Bethungra Shire. Murray River. Bridge from Albury. Cootamundra Municipality, 13/4/34 351 From Cootamundra to Coolac 22 30 New main road giving direet access from Coota­ Jindalee and Gundagai mundra to the Hume Highway at Coolac. Shires. Berrigan and Coreen Shires 8/6/34 299 From Berrigan generally easterly to the 25 6 Alteration in route of Main Road No. 299 follow­ Jeriiderie—Corowa-road via Savernake. ing the deproclaniation of part of the Jerjlderie- Corowa-road. Jerilderic and Urana Shires 8/6/34 323 From Four Corners to Main Road No. 131, 32 53 Alteration of route of main road giving cross 3 miles north of Daysdale via Oaklands. country connection between Jeriiderie and the Urana—Corowa-road via Oaklands railway station following upon the deproclaniation of part of Jeriiderie—Corowa-road.

Bcrn'gau, Coreen, Hume and] 8/0/34 From Berrigan to Walbundric via Momolong; Extension of Main Road No. 331 giving cross Culcairn Shires. and Daysdale. country connection between Berrigan and Walbundrie. The proclamation of this section now gives a main road connection between Denilimiin and the Hume Highway at Hol- brook via Finley, Berrigan, Momolong, Days- dale, Walbundrie and Culcairn. The section between Berrigan and Momolong was formerly Developmental Road No. 1126.

Jeriiderie and Urana Shire; 8/6/34 From Main Road No. 331 near Momolong to New main road giving connection between the the Jeriiderie—Oaldands-road, 6 miles Berrigan—Walbundrie-road (Main Road No. west of Oaklands. 331) and the Jeriiderie—Oaklands-road (Main Road No. 323).

Total 24 0 714 37

In addition the main road from the Hume Highway (S.H. 2) at Lower Tarcutta to the South Australian Border via Wagga, Mundowey, Waddi, Hay, Balranald, Euston and Wentworth was proclaimed the Sturt Highway. This road was formerly Trunk Road No. 58 and parts of the Monaro (S.H. 4) and Mid-Western (S.H. 6) Highways (see November, 1933, issue of the Department's journal " Main Roads "). 28

During the year the following roads were removed from the list of proclaimed Main Roads.

Date of Road Shire or Municipality. Proclama­ Description of Road. Trunk Main Remarks. tion. No. Road. Road.

m. ch. m. ch. Lachlan and Goobang Shires 1/12/33 57 Prom Dandaloo to TuIIamore 28 0 Alteration of route between Dandaloo and TuIIa­

more. New route enow gives access to Albert railway station. Jeriiderie, Berrigan and 8/6/34 299 Jeriiderie—Corowa-road, from Four Corners 33 "TT "Depfoclamation~of~partrof Jeriiderie—^Corowa- Coreen Shires. Lagoon to the junction of the Berrigan, road upon the proclamation of the Jeriiderie— Savernake—Corowa-road. Oaklands-road (Main Road No. 323) and Ber­ rigan—Savernake—C6rowa-road (Main Road •No. 299). - ' • . -

28 0. 33 0.

Length of Country Main Roads. The result of the additions and deductions mentioned in the previous paragraph is that the total length of all Main Roads has been increased by 677 miles. With the inclusion of this additional mileage, and adjustments due to re-measurements during the year, the total length of all Country Main Roads at the 30th June, 1934, was 14,266 miles, composed of State Highways, 3,650 miles; Trunk Roads, 2,354 miles; and ordinary Main Roads, 8,262 miles. The distribution of these mileages between the Country Highway Divisions is as under :—

Division. State Trunk Main Highways. Roads. Roads. Total.

191 215. 655 1,061 563 358 1.041 1,962 Lower Northern 619 76 1,012 1,607 Upper Northern 633 274 1,006 1,913 718 437 1,997 3,152 Central-Western 531 598 1,517 2,646 North-Western 495 396 1,034 1,925

3,650 2,354 8,262 14,266

LENGTH OF COUNTRY HIGHWAYS CONTROLLED BY THE DEPARTMENT. The total length of Country Highways controlled directly by the Department at 30th June, 1934 was as follows :—•

Mileage Percentage Division. Mileage in taken over by of total Division. Department. mileage.

191 135 70-68 Southern 563 ' 454 80-64 Lower Northern 519 274 52-79 Upper Northern 633 79 12-48 718 331 46-10 531 96 18-07 495

3,650 1,369 37-5

MAINTENANCE AND MINOR IMPROVEMENT WORKS BY COUNCILS. The more important maintenance and minor improvement works carried out during the year on State Highways maintained by councils were as follow :— • . Prince's Highway.—In Bega Municipality the section of Carp-street between Peden and Gipps streets, and the section of Gipps-street between Carp and Upper streets, were surfaced with bitumen emulsion. Hume Highway.—In Nattai Shire, widening, re-aligning, super-elevating on curves, etc., were carried out on a length of 4 J miles. A total area of 50,400 square yards was re-conditioned with bituminous macadam laid by means of the drag process. In Hume Shire the section between 1 mile 2,990 feet and 4 miles 989 feet was re-aligned, widened, and re-sheeted, and ten culverts were added and a 2-inch semi-penetration bitumen surface was constructed between 3 miles 1,000 feet and 4 miles 2,550 feet. Federal Highway.—In Mulwaree Shire, seven reinforced concrete box, and two pipe culverts were constructed to eliminate causeways. Monaro Highway.—In Monaro Shire, a length of 2 miles 4,400 feet was re-constructed in gravel. Various minor improvements in alignment were effected in Tumut Shire between Adelong and Tumut and two short sections between Talbingo and Rules Point were widened and twenty-seven causeways between 63 miles and 68^ miles eliminated by culverts. Mid-Western Highway.-—In Abercrombie Shire, the widening of formation carried out during the previous year was continued between 3 and 7 miles west of Bathurst, and at 6|- miles on this section, an old timber culvert was replaced with a 8^ feet x 6 feet concrete box culvert. At 7| miles, a re-inforced concrete causeway was constructed. In Lyndhurst Shire, a sharp bend on the Blayney-Carcoar section, 2^ miles from Blayney, which has been the scene of several accidents, was eliminated, giving much improved alignment and visibility. 29

In the Shire of "Waugoola, a length of 3J miles was scarified and re-sheeted with gravel, some pipe culverts were lengthened and new headwalls constructed and two open causeways were replaced by culverts. On the Blayney-Cowra section, the approach to the bridge over Limestone Creek was being reconstructed and box culverts were built at 6-65 miles and 8-73 miles on the Cowra-Grenfell section. In Weddin Shire, five concrete pipe culverts were constructed, and in Grenfell Municipality a 3-cell, 6 feet x 3 feet 6 inches concrete box culvert was constructed in Grafton-street and a similar structure of 7 feet x 5 feet opening at 0 miles 72 chains on the - Grenfell-Marsden section. In Bland Shire, a length of 2\ miles on the "West Wyalong-Yalgogrin section was reconstructed in gravel and eleven pipe culverts placed. North-western Highway.—In Abercrombie Shire, widening of formation, etc., was continued over various lengths between 6 and 16 miles west of Bathurst. Ten culverts, replacing V-gutters and inadequate structures were constructed in Canobolas Shire. In Amaroo Shire, a length of 3 miles adjacent to the southern Shire boundary was being reconstructed and four concrete culverts were built. All open crossings on the highway in the shire have now been eliminated. In Macquarie Shire, eight open crossings were replaced by concrete culverts and many minor corrections to the alignment within the road boundaries effected. A length of 5 miles of old bitumen macadam was re-surfaced in Cobbora Shire and the work of replacing open crossings by concrete box culverts was in hand. A length of 2 miles of road was provided with a sandy loam base preparatory to gravelling as part of the provision of a further 5 miles of all-weather road in Marthaguy Shire. Barrier Highway.—A further 2 miles of gravel pavement was constructed south-west of Nyngan, completing the surfacing of this road for 8 miles west of Nyngan. With the exception of a few miles, mostly in hollows between ridges, this work has provided a good all-weather road to the boundary of the Western Division. New England Highway.—In Kearsley Shire, the section between Rutherford and Lochinvar, a distance of 4 miles, was reconstructed in surfaced gravel, and at Rutherford two concrete box culverts were under construction. The last half mile to the Patrick Plains Shire boundary was reconstructed and surface treated. In Upper Hunter Shire, five concrete box culverts were being constructed to eliminate causeways and existing inadequate structures. A total length of 14J miles of surfacing with liquid bitumen was carried out in Peel, Gostwyck, and Dumaresq Shires. In Nundle Shire, eleven pipe and box culverts were constructed to eliminate causeways, and two concrete box culverts were built on the southern section of the highway in Tamworth Municipality for the same reason. In Cockburn Shire, a 5 feet x 4 feet concrete box culvert was constructed at 2-87 miles to replace an old pipe culvert of inadequate size. The section between 6 miles and 10 miles north of Armidale in Dumaresq Shire was widened and slightly regraded. A 3-cell 7 feet x 4 feet concrete box culvert was constructed at Church Gully on the Uralla-Tamworth section in Gostwyck Shire, to replace a worn-out timber structure, and the approaches to Kentucky Creek bridge on the same section were realigned and regraded. In Guyra Shire, light bitumen penetration work was extended northward from Guyra for approximately 4 miles, and a black top pavement has now been provided from the southern Shire boundary to this point, a distance of over 11 miles. In Severn Shire, a 3-cell 6 feet x 4 feet concrete box culvert was constructed at 16J miles from Guyra to replace a causeway, and the section through Deepwater was surfaced with bitumen. Pacific Highway.—In Port Stephens Shire, surface treatment was extended northward beyond Raymond Terrace for a further 4 miles and the construction in fine crushed rock of the remaining length within the shire (2 miles 3,596 feet) had commenced. In Nambucca Shire, improvements over a length of 20 chains adjacent to the Bellingen Shire boundary were carried out to fit in with the general improvements effected in that shire during the year. A feature of the maintenance work in Bellingen Shire was the successful employment of rapid patrol grading by hauling a heavy grader, with the front wheels removed, suspended from its front end to the rear of a 2-ton pneumatic tyred lorry. A number of pipe culverts to eliminate open crossings were installed in Dorrigo Shire, and minor improvements were carried out to the road alignment and approaches to existing bridges. In Harwood Shire, a rock cutting at the southern boundary of Maclean Municipality was widened and straightened and the road surfaced with light penetration, providing a continuous length of bitumen pavement from this point to Harwood Ferry. A further 2 miles of similar surfacing were completed northwards from the ferry. In the Shire of Woodburn, box culverts were under construction at 18-8 miles and 19 miles to replace open crossings which held up traffic during heavy rains, and the length of bitumen penetration was increased by 1J miles, including \ mile through the town of Broadwater. Four right-angled bends north of Woodburn were also eliminated by 300 feet radius curves. Oxley Highway.—A total length of 7f miles of surfacing with liquid bitumen was carried out in Walcha and Gunnedah Municipalities and in Apsley and Liverpool Plains Shires. On the Tamworth- Gunnedah section in Tamworth Municipality, a box culvert and two pipe culverts were being constructed to replace causeways. • * In Coonabarabran Sbire, three concrete box culverts (one 3-cell, 5 feet x 2 feet and two single cell 5 feet x 2 feet) eliminating causeways were constructed between 8 miles and 10 miles on the Mullally- Coonabarabran section and the alignment was improved at 19J miles on the same section by regrading. 30

In Gilgandra Shire, the approaches to the bridge over the Castlereagh River at Gilgandra were gravelled and the embankment pitched. Six sleeper-type culverts were installed on the whole length of road in the shire, and a 2-inch gravel pavement on a sandy loam base was being constructed between 13 miles 66 chains and 20 miles on the Gilgandra-Collie section. In Marthaguy Shire 1 mile of gravel construction was carried out near Collie. Gwydir Highway.—In the Shire of Nymboida, the construction of seven concrete culverts and of 5 miles of light penetration pavement commencing from South Grafton, was almost completed. On the Glen Innes-Iverell section in Macintyre Shire, minor improvements to grading and alignment were effected, and on the Inverell-Warialda section, in Bannockburn Shire, a causeway was replaced by a 2-cell 5 feet x 2 feet concrete box culvert. In Yallaroi Shire, eleven causeways were replaced by concrete pipe culverts. Sturt Highway.—Lengths totalling approximately 1 mile were gravelled in Yanko Shire, and in Murrumbidgee Shire a total length of 3-J miles of road was surfaced with loam. In Wakool Shire, 3f miles of road were formed, 2 miles 50 chains re-formed, and 1 mile gravelled.

The following is a statement of Grants and Payments made to Councils on account of maintenance and minor improvement works during the year :—-

STATE HIGHWAYS.

Grants approved Grants approved Grants approved Payments made to 30/0/34, Council. Road No. but unpaid at during year during year but unpaid at 30/6/33. 1933/34. 1933/34. 30/6/34.

Princes Highway. Metropolian Division— £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Wollongong 131 4 1 131 4 1 Southern Division— Bega 348 7 2 338 11 2 616 6 0 70 12 4 Imlay 30 0 0 30 0 0 Total £ 348 7 2 499 16 3 777 10 1 70 12 4

Hume Highway. Metropolitan Division— Mittagong 21 0 0 197 4 1 130 14 1 87 10 0 Nattai 100 0 0 8,155 14 0 7,703 16 3 551 17 9 Southern Division— Goulburn City 449 17 4 1,565 13 5 1,550 5 465 5 9 Mulwaree 169 0 0 7,355 18 5 7,464 18 60 0 0 Wingecarribee 787 8 1 3,062 0 0 3,849 8 South-Western Division— Albury 33 19 6 788 0 0 533 19 6 288 0 0 Gundagai 2 10 0 2 10 0' Hume 391 0 0 3.536 18 5 '3,500'b 0 '427"l8 5

Total £ 1,954 14 11 24,658 18 4 24,733 1 4

Federal Highway. Southern Division— 11 | | I Mulwaree 3 1,600 0 0 1,115 0 0 485 0 0

Monaro Highway. Southern Division—• 4 0 17 10" 0 17 10* Cooma 4 887 11 4 887 11 4 4 111 0 6 2,889 14 6 2,911 0 6 89 14 6 South-Western Division—' Tumut 4 43 10 0 5,434 10 0 5,478 0 0 Total £ 154 10 6 9,210 18 0 9,275 14 0 89 14 6

Great Western Highway.

Metropolitan Division— II I I I Bathurst City 5 - 186 14 4 186 14 4

Mid-Western Highway. Metropolitan Division— Bathurst City 30 0 0 30 0 0 Abercrombie 616 o o 4,000 0 0 4.266 0 0 250 0 0 South-Western Division— Balranald 100 0 0 100 0 Hay 134 11 4* 134 11 Wyalong 0 6 11" 819 13 10 799 13 19 13 10 Bland 338 0 0 ;,110 4 6 2,252 11 195 13 1 Carrathool 149 3 2» 149 3 Wakool 163 8 2 455 0 0 663 8 55 0 0 Waradgery 785 0 0 750 0 0 1,300 0 235 0 0 Central Western Division— Blayney 137 1 10 127 1 10 10 0 0 Careoar 20 4 V 20 4 7 Cowra 782 10 5 300 0 0 482 10 5 Grenfell 119 19 2 119 19 2 Amaroo 60 0 0 4,432 0 0 4,492 0 0 Lyndhurst 3,120 0 3,120 0 0 Waugoola ,755 0 3,500 0 0 255 0 0 Weddin .429 19 3,429 19 3

Total £ 1,862 1 23,757 14 6 24,066 13 10 1,553 1 11 31

STATE HIGHWAYS—continued.

Grants approved Grants approved Grants approved Payments made to 30/6/34 Council. Road No. but unpaid at during year during year but unpaid at 30/6/33. 1933/34. 1933/34. 30/6/34.

North-Western Highway* Metropolitan Division—• £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bathurst City 30 0 0 30 0 0 Abercromble 4,043 2 6 3,750 0 0 293 2 6

Ventral Western Division— Dubbo 303 1 2 200 0 0 103 1 2 Molong 902 0 0 902 0 0 Nyngan 438 15 1 400 0 0 38 15 1 Orange 300 0 0 300 0 0 Wellington 189 13 2 145 7 C 44 5 8 Bogan 2,663 18 10 2,663 18 10 Canobolas 4,382 1 9 4,346 19 11 35 1 10 Cobbora 3,665 18- 3 3,665 18 3 Macquarie 2,598 10 0 2,031 5 7 567 4 5 Marthaguy 3,106 2 11 3,051 12 0 54 10 11 Talbragar 214 7 201 8 9* 12 19 0

Total £ 214 7 9 22,421 14 11 21,470 1 1 1,166 1 7 •

Barrier Highway. Central Western Division- Nyngari 8 147 13 6 147 13 6 Bogan 8 1,643 10 1 1,387 10 1 156 0 0 Total ... 1,691 3 7 1,535 3 7 156 0 0 Great Northern Highway. Lower Northern Division— Aberdeen 90 o o 393 14 3* 303 14 Greta 80 4 11* 80 4 Muswellbrook 28 11 2* 28 11 Scone 254 11 0 254 11 Singleton 120 o o 120 0 Maitland West 754 9 8 620 0 134 9 8 Kearsley 1,538 10 1 1,322 10 216 0 0 Upper Hunter 2,563 0 0 2,563 0

Upper Northern Division— Glen Innea 262 8 O 440 0 0 662 8 40 0 0 Tenterfleld Municipality. 546 6 1 256 6 290 0 o .Guyra *2oa"o o 2,070 0 0 2,272 0 Nymbolda 5 10 0 5 10 Severn 4,722 10 0 4,722 10 Tenterfleld Shire 1,325 0 0 7,324 6

North-Western Division- Armidale 120 0 0 335 0 0 309 14 9 145 6 3 Gunnedah 74 17 8' 74 17 8* Murrumndi 1,225 12 10 1,225 12 10 Tamworth.. 100 12 10 751 13 0 802 6 10 50 0 Uralla 453 11 10 408 14 6 44 17 Cockhurn 300 0 0 5,742 11 10 5,896 4 146 7 Dumaresq 623 0 0 3,313 19 3,873 , 5 63 14 Gostwyck 4,664 18 4.587 10 77 7 Nundle 130 0 0 1,250 0 1,330 0 50 0 Peel 8,862 5 8,483 6 378 18 Tamarang 677 4 1,600 0 2,277 4 Warrah 940 0 3,562 14 10 4,069 17 ' 432*17

Total 50,079 2 5 52,899 10 10 2,069 13 6 Pacific Highway. Lower Northern Division— Hamilton 20 0 0 20 0 Raymond Terrace 211 0 0 211 0 Taree 692 18 6 64 2 3 657 0 Waratah 95 0 0 95 0 Wickham 95 0 0 95 0 Bellingen 3,980 O 10 3,974 5 5 15 6 Erina 1,500 0 0 1,500 0 Gloucester 3,661 15 9 3,193 15 9 "'468 "'6 0 Lake Macquarie 23 5 0 23 5 0* Manning 5,626 17 a 4^29o"l7 8 T,336""6 0 Nambucca 4,255 2 4 4,255 2 4 Port Stephens 3,779 4 4 3,740 0 0 39 4 Stroud 4,460 0 0 4,410 0 0 60 0

Upper Northern Division— Ballina 1,789 0 1 1,789 0 1 Maclean 381 5 4 183 14 10 448 16 11 116 3 Mullumbimby 529 10 409 10 120 0 Murwillumbah 45 0 45 0 Grafton South 8 8 8 8 Byron , 3,335 18 3,335 18 Dorrigo 3,083 0 3,083 0 Harwood 457 3 4 3,655 9 3,400 0 712 13 0 Tlntenbar 846 10 8 5,044 19 3,302 18 2,588 12 0 Tweed 600 0 5,337 6 4,536 8 1,400 17 5 Woodburn .345 0 7,792 4 10,137 4

Total £ 6,246 3 4 58,512 11 9 56,927 9 7 6,831 5 6

Oxley Highway. Central-Western Division— Gilgandra 3,417 2,617 3 1 800 0 0 Marthaguy 374 200 0 0 174 8 8

Notth-Western Division— Gunnedah 211 5 3 1,791 1 1,851 15 150 11 Tamworth 314 13 417 14 103 1 Waleha 149 2 5 1,062 11 1,068 4 143 9 Apsley 50 0 0 6,616 10 5,600 2 66 7 Cockburn 300 0 300 0 Coonabarabran 297 0 O 5,100 10 4,420 11 976 19 0 Liverpool Plain1) 683 0 0 8,118 8 8,297 0 504 7 11 Peel 3,333 0 3,333 0

Total 1,390 7 8 29,428 8 0 28,105 12 8 2,713 3 0 32

STATE HIGHWAYS —continued.

Grants Approved Council. Grants Approved Grants Approved Payments made Main Road but unpaid at during year during year to 30/6/34, No. 1933/34. but unpaid at 30/6/33. 1933/34. 30/6/34.

Gwydir Highway. Upper Northern Division— J £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Glen Innes 12 539 14 7 4 14 7 535 0 0 Inverell 12 150 0 0 1,219 0 0 1,369 0 0 Grafton, South 12 182 0 0 182 0 0 Bannoekburn 12 2,985 7 2 2,985 7 2 Macintyre 12 7S 16 1 2,819 17 0 2,898 13 1 12 3,832 17 10 3,832 17 10 12 1,303 11 9 3,224 4 10 4,527 16 7 Yallaroi 12 2,601 0 0 2,601 0 0 North-Westem Division— Moree 12 200 0 0 860 2 9 1,032 9 9 27 13 0 Boolooroo 12 700 0 0 700 0 0 12 900 0 0 900 0 0 Walgett 12 53 11 3 311 9 3 365 0 6

Total £ ... 1,785 19 1 20,175 13 6 21,398 19 6 562 13 0

Sturt Highway. South-Western Division— Balranald 14 ' 725 11 0 675 11 0 50 0 0 Wagga 14 384 3 7 384 3 7 Murrumbidgee 14 945 0 0 800 0 0 145 0 0 Waradgery 14 50 0 0* 50 0 0* Yanko 14 690 0 0 650 0 0 40 0 0 Total 2,694 14- 7 • 2,509 14 7 185 0 0

Total for State Highways 18,033 10 10 244,730 14 9 244,814 11 1 17,949 14 6

TRUNK AND ORDINARY MAJN ROADS.

Grants Approved Grants Approved Payments made Grants Approved Council. Road So. but unpaid at during year to 30/6/34, but 30/6/33. 1933/34. during 1933/34. unpaid at 30/6/34.

Metropolitan Division. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Berry 261, 293 115 16 1 115 16 1 Bowral 300,260 254 18 2 204 16 3 459 14 5 259 367 0 0 367 0 0 • 55,223 282 12 0 282 12 0 Hlawarra Central 186, 295 630 0 0 140 0 0 490 0 0 266, 264 238 6 4 138 6 .4 100 0 0 Mittagong 260 68 2 8 68 .2 8 208, 55,214 289 7 0 289 7 0 Shellharbour 262, 266 770 0 0 400 0 0 370 0 0 Wollongong . . .. 295 392 11 0 347 3 9 45 7 3 Abercrombie 252,176, 55, 2,650 0 0 3,597 0 0 4,022 0 0 2,225 0 0 . 246. 292, 55. 255 1,091 9 4 2,068 13 4 1,983 9 4 1,170 13 4 Colo : 181, 182 852 14 7 276 14 7 576 0 O Cudgegong 55, 216, 203, 981 17 1 2,763 4 9 2,245 1 10 1,500 0 0 214. Nattai 263,262,258, 750 0 0 1,070 0 0 970 0 0 850 0 0 265, 260, 300. 256,253,255 35 11 8 777 3 1 407 11 8 405 3 1 215, 54, 55, 552 1 3 2,091 6 3 1,438 7 6 1,205 0 0 208. Turon 216, 54, 255, 2,062 4 1 2,004 3 4 2,924 5 4 1,142 2 1 256. 259, 179, 279 1,212 0 0 1,601 13 9 1,660 13 9 1,153 0 0 223,55,205, 305 6 8 656 0 0 721 0 8 240 0 0 214, 233.

Total £ 9,895 8 3 20,840 10 5 19,257 12 11 11,478 5 9

Southern J ision. 272 62 10 0 02 10 0 53, 274 93 13 4 93 13 4 51, 271, 267, 103 18 5 240 19 6 344 17 11 270. 248, 241, 56 524 8 1 339 18 1 184 10 O 52 190 5 6 190 5 6 54, 268, 256, 478 16 6 212 17 10 512" 17 10 178 16 6 251, 248. 52, 51, 56 101 6 8 423 6 7 624 13 3 278 37 10 0 37 10 0 274,53,52, 1,022 0 0 2,022 0 0 1,945 0 0 • 1,099 0 0 288. 261, 307 575 0 0 1.091 12 0 896 12 9 769 19 3 Clyde 267, 321 345 0 0 720 0 0 745 0 0 320 0 0 54, 201, 248, 370 12 1 3,579 13 4 2,370 12 1 1,579 13 4 291, 249, 247, 256. 286, 287 563 17 6 2,023 14 11 1,500 0 0 1,087 12 5 51, 272, 271 545 16 6 2,286 9 7 1,651 19 4 1,180 0 9 56,243,249, 1,365 0 0 2,117 7 6 2,439 8 11 1,042 18 7 278. 251,283,249 600 0 0 260 0 0 860 0 0 274,275,276, 250 0 0 1,600 0 0 1,350 0 0 ' 500 0 0 277. 52, 53 662 3 4 1,505 11 10 1,105 15 2 1,062 0 0 268, 247, 54, 3,595 16 8 5,532 19 4 5,406 17 8 3,721 18 4 248, 251, 256, 2581 269. — 272, 273, 320 336 0 0 1,381 17 11 617 17 11 1,100 0 "o* 241, 56, 248 800 0 0 2,600 0 0 3,000 0 0 , 400 0 0 61, 267, 269, 689 0 0 2,915 5 2 1,689 0 0 1,915 5 2 270, 271. 260, 261, 262, 2,064 6 11 3,099 16 4 4,064 6 11' 1,099 16 4 263, 264, 265. 51, 268, 270, 1,227 5 6 2,030 16 2 2,000 0 0 1,258 1 8 249, 56, 52.

Total £ 15,696 0 1 36,552 14 11 33,748 16 8 18,499 18 4 33

TRUNK AND ORDINARY MAIN ROADS—continued.

Grants Approved Grants Approved Payments made Grant* Approved Council. Road No. but unpaid at during year during year to 30/6/34. but 30/6/33. 1933/34. 1933/34. unpaid at 30/6/34

Lower Northern Division. £ s. £ s. (i. £ s. d. Adamstown --. 107,188 103 2 6 103 2 6 Cessnock 220, 218 300 0 552 17 6 602 17 6 250 0 0 Dungog 101 212 0 0 112 0 0 100 0 0 Maitland, East 103 186 15 15 0 0 201 15 0 107,326,188 489 10 828 16 10 989 10 0 328 16 10 Hamilton 271 12 6 Kempsey 116, 198 471 12 6 200 0 0 Lambton 337 125 0 0 125 0 0 188 12 11 5* 12 11 5* Merewether 37 10 0 Morpeth 102 52 10 7 10 0 22 10 0 Muswellbrook Municipality 208,209 36 10 0* 36 10 0* >ewcastle City 188,304 100 14 6 100 14 6 Lambton, New 223 150 0 50 0 0 200 0 0 Port Macquarie 113 4 9 0* 4 9 0* Scone 62, 105 22 10 22 10 0 Singleton 128 10 0 0 10 0 0 Taree 110. 192 63 1 5 63 1 5 217,107,352 520 0 262 17 5 651 0 4 131 17 Wallsend 79 19 Waratah 326. 327 186 7 1 106 7 5 MwUM\d. West 218, 101 159 10 227 10 3 387 0 3 Wickham 3] 6 25 16 9* 25 16 9* Wingliam 109,112,192 100 0 0 100 0 0 118, 119 399 17 5 964 5 0 1.199 17 5 164 5 0 Bellingen 16 6 Bolwarra • 101, 102, 100 947 0 0 1,497 16 6 1,033 0 0 1,411 103. 1,105 0 0 Erina 336, 335, 225 200 0 0 2,490 12 2 L585 12 2 223. 112 400 0 0 150 0 0 250 0 0 Hastings 2,004 18 5 Konrsley 218,181, 220/ 3,219 5 5 1,2U 7 0 195. 223 2,938 0 0 89 2 5 3,027 2 5 Lake Macquarie 875 0 0 ]\ acleay" 116. 198 500 0 0 1.378 6 8 1,003 6 8 t 1,773 18 3 Manning 111, 112, 109,1 920 0 0 3,823 19 7 2,970 1 4 110 192. 0 0 Merriwa. 62, 188, 209, 764 13 4 2,837 0 0 1,774 13 4 1,827 214. 10 0 Muswellbrook Shire. 208, 209,213 1,630 10 0 2,096 10 0 2,410 10 0 1,316 118 450 0 0 700 0 0 950 0 0 200 0 0 Nambucca 177 1 10* Patrick Plains 128 181,220 883 12 8 542 10 4* 518 4 o Pot t Stephens 102,101, 301, 1,200 0 0 1,405 0 0 1,955 0 0 650 0 0 108,302,294. 1,564 12 0 Stroud 110,101,289, 1,684 10 0 2,122 19 2 2.242 16 8 111. 483 14 3 Tarro 195,104, 218, 414 10 0 003 16 11 534 12 8 220, 102, 107. 105, 62 435 0 0 2,551 8 11 2,103 2 3 883 6 8 ripper Hunter 1,200 0 0 Wallarol)ba ... 101 1.250 0 0 1,700 0 0 1.750 0 0 2 Total 16,498 30,574 15 3 30,340 7 10 16,732 16

Upper Northern Division. 50 0 0 Ballina 64,146 234 15 0 165 1 350 11 6 63 100 6 10 0 93 10 0 Bingara 205 18 3 CASINO 140,64,151, "C3j"l6 10 525 951 1 0 149. 244 0 0 Coraki 149, 145,140, 50 0 0' 294 0 0 148. Grafton City 298,151,150 305 0 2 1,041 1,291 14 187,114, 115, 802 12 2 1,084 1,000 0 887 3 Inverell 137. 64, 65, 147, 1,626 1 1,975 6 0 2.565 0 0 1,036 7 Lisinore 142.306. 152 7 10 0 7 10 0 Maclean 306 50 0 0 50 0 U Mulliiinliimby 142 137 43 13 9 131 2 8 Murwfllumbah 151 70 7 90 0 0 19 12 7* Grafton, South 64, 138 617 13 210 0 0 407 13 6 Tenterfleld Municipality 137, 63,136, 2,500 0 0 5,720 0 5,420 0 0 2,80 0 0 0 Ashford 138, 187. 1,230 15 11 1,000 0 0 Banuockburn 187, 134 115, 1,108 4 0 1,122 11 135, 114. 65, 306,144 2.595 3.009 16 3,305 ' 1 5 2,300 0 0 Byron 780 3 8 Copmauhurst 150, 151 656 0 0 1 ;835 1,711 0 0 151,120,119 1,400 0 0 3,013 4 8 2,413 4 8 2,000 0 0 Dorrigo 3,880 0 0 Gutidiiriuiba 64, 65, 140. 2,868 6 0 5.004 12 10 4,592 19 4 147,148, 149. 1,822 1.7 5 800 0 0 G'jyra 115,121,124, 1.750 0 0 135. a 63, 133 1.407 8 8 30 15 8* 463 6 4 913 6 Gwyd>r 215 14 10* Harwooa 152 1,066 4 6 198 9 4* 1,083 10 0 3,761 8 7 4,915 18 10 5,061 8 6 3,615 18 n Kyogle 141 64,140 897 2 4 Macinture 135,136,137 1,250 0 0 1,472 2 4 1,825 0 0 90S 1.006 0 0 1,547 19 9 966 8 4 ?Tymh'.iida..... 121,119,120 630 0 0 Orara 151, 121 330 700 0 0 500 0 0 400 538 19 1 618 9 7 320 9 6 Severn 136 1,842 12 6 Terania 65,142.141, 3,880 3,349 5,387 12 8 306, 146. 2,207 15 0 Tenterfleld Shire 64,138,189, 3,428 6 4,065 16 10 5,286 8 0 290. 484 12 0 Tintenbar 64, 146 219 6 9 715 5 3 450 0 0 636 16 8 3,206 13 4 1,606 13 4 Tom id 151,140, 149. 2,236 16 8 64. 327 1,507 0 3 1.091 18 9 742 8 8 Tweed 143,142 1,158 11 10 145,153,149 1,997 921 4 10 1,760 0 0 Woodburn 3,171 0 0 1,368 0 0 Yallaroi 63 1,666 0 0 2,873 0 0 32,714 7 11 Total 36,967 6 9 53,074 1 2 57,927 0 0

South-Western Dwmon. 259 4 9 Albury 212 258 6 3 200 18 6 200 0 0 50 0 0 202 10 2 160 0 0 92 10 2 Balranald .... 221, 67 157 18 11 Cootamundra 242, 243 95 4 3 157 1.8 11 95 4 3 273 10 0 482 12 10 529 15 4 220 7 6 Corowa 212,299,250 132 .0 0 Demliquin.... 00, 59, 331, 1,067 19 7 935 19 7 212. 241 1 9 50 0 0 Hay 60 78 0 8 212 15 1 123 0 0 35 0 0 88 0 6 Hillston .... 257, 254, 256

• Grants cancelled and refunds. *49425—C 34

TRUNK AND ORDINARY MAIN ROADS—continued.

Grants Approved Grants Approved Payments made Grants Approved during year during year to 30/6/34, but Council. Road No. but unpaid at unpaid at 30/6/34 30/6/33. 1933/34. 1933/34.

South Western Division—continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 332 1 5 28 14 9 unee... 243 360 16 2 00, 341 135 19 368 18 11 504 18 3 Moama 9 4 9 Murrumburrah 243 2 13 6 11 3 254 100 0 0 f 10 0 0 110 0 0 Narrandera .... 332 0 2 0 0 Temora 57, 24l'242 74 0 0 I 466 0 2 504 13 9 504 13 9 Wagga 57 22 15 10 243, 322 0 0 4 122 15 10 100 0 4 Wallendbeen . 53 6 8 40 0 0 13 6 8 Wyalong 57 308 10 0 241,239, 2S5 81 0 0 437 17 5 210 7 5 Young 1,673 5 2 777 3 7 Berrigan 212,226,229, 670 19 9 1,779 9 0 331. 783 0 0 231, 57 736 3 8 1,888 4 1,841 8 Bland o 1,150 0 962 11 8 Burrangong 239,241,285 728 16 1,383 15 693 0 0 224 18 552 10 305 7 10 Carrathool 257, 244, 254; 321. 1,374 15 10 893 19 7 Conargo. 212, 331,59 799 0 11 1,474 8 5 2 243, 240 459 1 8 1,672 3 1,050 0 0 1,081 Coolainon 2,407 15 3 850 0 0 Coreen ... 131, 212. 314, 921 0 0 2,396 15 299. 4,700 0 0 2,422 13 10 Culcairn 125, 210, 211, 582 9 1* ,705 2 11 323. 0 633 5 893 5 1 240 0 0 Demondrille 239,243, 322 500 0 50 0 0 279, 278 . 380 0 330 0 0 Gundagai .... 1,384 10 0 632 11 11 Holbrook ... 284, 278, 323, 1,059 11 11 1,007 10 211. 395 10 2 212, 197, 125, 1,544 19 2 600 1.1 0 1,750 0 210, 278, 216. 535 17 6 2,174 10 9 1,701 11 1,098 17 lllabo 243, 242, 57 7 59, 229, 299 1,341 0 0 1,319 7 6 1,541 0 Jeriiderie 1,065 8 1 1,250 0 0 '389 1 11 Jindalee 235, 242, 243, 573 13 10 351. 1,302 10 0 1,131 10 0 231 0 0 Kyeamba 211, 210, 58 683 16 8 59, 210 112 0 0 1,755 16 8 1,184 0 0 Lookhart 1,533 15 1. U4 12 6 Mitchell 57, 58, 59, 350 19 3* 2,029 6 10 210, 240. 0 284 0 0 2,365 12 4 1,945 12 4 704 0 Murray 60,341 I 49 6 8 244,321 169 6 s 176 O O 296 O 0 Mnrrnmbidgce 2,437 15 6 219 6 S Narraburra .... 241, 57, 235, 221 6 8 2,435 15 242. 2,630 18 3 906 0 0 Tumbaruinba 282, 278,181, 1,651 0 0 1,945 18 284. 2,007 16 6 443 1.8 4 Tumut 279, 278, 280, 303 IS 6 2,147 16 324 1,047 14 2 835 0 4 Urana 131, 125, 50, '703 17 11 1,178 16 59, 229. 410 10 8 254, 321 300 0 0 910 16 800 0 0 Wade ... 1,250 0 0 2.05S 1 4 Wakool 319, 221, 296, 29 5 • 4 3,278 10 222, 341. 3,788 3 10 894 11 11 Waradgery 319, 00 2,684 11 5 1,993 4 i 312 7 459 14 10 405 3 9 Wil limbo ng 254 1,177 6 1,258 16 2 60, 296, Sit 1,418 0 6 2.565 13 2,724 17 2 Windonran 650 0 0 219 11 10 Yanko &43, 254, 22' 53 10 0 816 1 58. 51,883 6 3 23,133 2 2 Total 19,887 55.139 3 3

Central Western Division. 245 35 3 0 35 3 0 Blayney ., 202 14 0 51 7 3 Coniobolin 57, 61. 224, 1.028 5 1 774 3 10* 228, 230. ' 70 0 0 76 0 0 Coonamble 56, 202, 129, 205. 39 11 3 56, 285 60 19 3 89 11 110 19 Cowra .... 290 3 Dubbo .... 56, 206 129 18 6 160 4 1,584 9 3 1,491 18 1,0S6 3 l!9fl6""4 3 Forbes .... 57, 61. 56 102 4 Grenfell . 237, 239 102 4 342, 354 45 12 15 12 0 Narromine 132 1 140 1 6 Nyngan . 204. 346 ]3 4 2 245 63 4 50 0 0 Oraiige .... 352 8 200 0 0 326 13 11 Parkes 56, 224, 223 174 5 8 133 10 9 50 0 0 202 1 173 10 11. Peak Hill 56, 348 1,048 1 12 0 0 1,036 1 4 WaTren . 333, 202 337 14 11 61, 233, 234 314 15 9 1,087 14 11 1,064 15 9 Amaroo. 4,765 10 0 4,960 10 0 1,660 0 0 Boree . 237, 61, 224, 1,855 0 0 238, 310. 1,058 3 4 328 9 3 895 0 Bogan .... 204, 228, 346 105 5 11 388 5 1,290 6 7 860 15 8 1,762 17 1 Canobolas 61, 245, 237 2,734 5 1 1,506 13 Cobbora 334, 233, 206, 1.364 5 1 2,876 13 8 205, 353, 345. 1,710 16 11 205, 56, 345 1,053 16 10 2,010 16 11 1,353 10 10 Gilgandra , 2,335 16 3 3,589 6 4 Goobang , 67, 56, 224, 2,046 18 9 3,923 3 10 233, 348, 350, 354. 4,734 15 11 3,032 17 3 Jemalong 61, 50, 235. 1,985 13 1 5,782 0 1 236, 224. 3,956 5 6 3,750 0 0 3,280 12 2 Lachlan 57, 61, 224,' 3,074 6 8 228. 230, 231, 347, 346. 178 4 4 300 0 0 578 4 700 0 0 Lyndhurst ... 245, 201,246 550 0 0 233 350 0 0 761 0 561 0 0 Macquarie ... 3.724 1 2,837 18 2 2,509 1 Marthaguy ... 333, 202, 203 1,712 18 2 1,854 8 56 144 8 0 2,110 0 400 0 0 Talbragar 900 0 0 1,926 0 Timbrebongie 56, 57, 342, 1,206 13 2 1,619 7 354. 1,444 1 7 781 13 Waugoola ... 56, 310, 285, 675 9 1,550 5 11 201. 237. 835 4 5 9S0 0 Weddin 235, 236, 237, 820 17 964 239. 3,014 11 8 1,923 0 10 2,214 11 Wingadee 56,129, 202, 1,123 0 10 205. 35,201 2 2 31,050 18 2 Total 22,519 12 6 43,732 7 10

North-Western Division. 121 113 11 113 11 4 Armidale . 234 0 234 O 0 Birraba.... 63, 132 126, 72 50 0 0 54 2 104 2 3 Gunnedah 205 3 335 3 7 Manilla .... 63 130 0 0

•Grants cancelled and refunds. 35

TRUNK AND ORDINARY MAIN ROADS—continued.

Grants approved Council. Grants approved Grants approved Payment? made to 30/6/34, Road No. but unpaid at durins vear during vear but unpaid at 30/0/33. .1033/34. 1933/34. 30/6/34. .

North-Western Division—continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. Moree 126, 232, 338, 119 5 1. 119 ?i 1 72. Narrabri . 127, 72 300 10 0 249 10 4 306 0 0 244 0 4 Quirindi 129 50 0 0 260 0 7 85 6 7 225 O 0 Tamworth. 63,130 406 15 0 227 7 11 179 7 1 Uralia .... 122, 115 74 13 9 74 13 9 Walcha .... 1.15 69 11 10 69 11 10 Apsley .... 115 225 0 0 225 0 0 Barraba 133, 63, 132 773 0 0 1.567 13 6 1,673 13 6 667 0 0 Boolooroo 126, 63, 72. 2,451 13 4 5,627 12 9 3,285 12 9 4,793 13 4 338, 232. Boomi 232 13 18 11 1,260 15 6 964 14 5 310 0 0 Cockburn 195,105, 63 500 0 0 1,550 0 0 1,350 0 0 700 O 0 Coolah 62, 55 1,100 0 0 1,271 19 5 1,469 19 5 902 0 II Coonabarabran 250 0 0 3.169 IS 10 1,545 0 0 1,374 18 10 205, 229. Oumaresq llfi,121. 124 902 11 2 2,502 2 6 1,485 10 0 1,919 3 8 Gostwyck . 122, 124, 800 0 6 2,005 6 7 1,614 4 11 1,191 1 8 115, 134. Liverpool Plains 55, 126, 72 1,875 0 8 2,945 S 0 2,338 6 7 2,482 8 1 Mandowa 63 623 13 3 424 1 2 700 0 0 347 14 5 Namoi 2,000 0 0 3,005 16 g 3,688 17 8 1,316 19 0 72, 313, 329. Xundle .... 105, 106 199 2 4 1.110 0 0 700 0 0 609 2 4 Peel 130 100 0 0 700 0 0 500 0 0 300 0 0 Tamarang 72,106, 126, 80 0 0 1,715 0 0 1,116 9 678 8 3 129, 130. 11 Walgett . 253 4 0 639 10 0 550 15 0 335 19 0 333, 329.

Total 12,452 19 8 31,507 4 8 24,883 8 4 19,076 16 0 Total for Trunk and Ordinary 133,917 1 2 272,020 17 6 253,246 14 2 152,091 4 6 Main Roads.

Signposting 1.104 9 A 1,104 9 4 Commission paid in terms of 9,650 1 2 9,650 1 2 section 42 of the Main Roads Act.

Grand Total for State Highways, 1.51,950 12 0 527,506 2 9 508,815 15 9t 170,640 19 0 Trunk and Main RO;KIS.

t As per Income and Expenditure Account on page 25.

MAINTENANCE AND MINOR IMPROVEMENT WORKS BY DEPARTMENT. During the year, the system of patrol maintenance on sections of highways controlled by the Department was continued as in the past, the more important improvements effected being as follows :— Prince's Highway.—A length of 6| miles in Bulli Shire and North IHawarra Municipality, extending from the foot of Bulli Pass towards Wollongong, was re-conditioned with plant-mixed bituminous macadam by the drag process, and within the Municipality of Wollongong a mile of similar work was completed. In Kiama Municipality, re-surfacing with bituminous compound was carried out north of Minnamurra River, and in Berry Municipality approximately 7 miles of pavement between Berry and Nowra Bridge were similarly treated. In Bega Municipality, a length of f-mile of the section between the bridge over the Bega River and Peden-street was surfaced with bitumen emulsion and in Imlay Shire a length of 10 chains through the shopping area of the Village of Pambula was also bitumen surfaced. In January and February, extensive floods occurred which damaged this highway considerably, particularly between Narooma and Eden. Bridges over Dignam's Creek, Victoria Creek and the Brogo River (all old structures) were washed awaj7, necessitating the erection of temporary low level structures to enable the road to be re-opened. A considerable mileage of gravel pavement was affected on four occasions, necessitating action after each flood, but it was a noticeable fact that regular attention to drainage had saved the road from much more serious damage. Hume Highway.—-In the Camden Municipality a length of about ly miles between Camden Hospital and Camden Park Estate was re-conditioned with plant-mixed bituminous macadam by the drag process. In Wollondilly Shire re-surfacing with bituminous compound was carried out between Picton and Bargo River on a length of 5 miles. Between 21-9 miles and 22-96 miles south of Gunning in Gunning Shire, a section was widened and aligned to standard then surfaced with bitumen, and a further length of 8J miles in the Shire was re-surfaced with the same material. Work was also commenced in the construction by unemployed relief labour of minor deviations near Bowning. Between 0 miles and 6 miles in Demondrille Shire, re-construction, widening, minor re-alignment within the road boundaries, re-grading and provision of pipe culverts were proceeding with unemployed relief labour and re-construction work within the road boundaries was complete between 9 miles 5,100 feet and 10 miles 3,500 feet. In Gundagai Shire, re-construction in gravel to link up with adjoining sections previously completed was carried out between 12 miles 683 feet and 12 miles 2,668 feet; a timber culvert on an improved alignment at 22 miles south of Gundagai, with approaches arranged to ease the grade at the southern side of the causeway near Mundarlo was almost completed, and improvements in alignment and grades were effected on the northern side of Tarcutta Hill between 28 miles and 30 miles south of the same town. 36

A spillway adjacent to the bridge over Kiajura Creek in Kyeamba Shire was constructed and bitumen surfaced. In Holbrook Shire, a section adjacent to 0 miles 2,000 feet was widened on steep grades and the material excavated was used for re-sheeting near 1^ miles. The construction of the approaches to a bridge to be built near 3 miles over Billabong Creek was well advanced, the work, which just exceeded J-mile in length, including the construction of one pipe and one box culvert and the lengthening of an existing structure. At Four Mile Creek bridge, a concrete drop wall was erected to protect the abutment foundations from scour, and a 3-cell, 8 feet x 3 feet concrete box culvert was under construction at 33 miles 350 feet. Extensive repairs were carried out to the timber beam bridges over Yarra Creek and Ten Mile Creek, Holbrook. Federal Highway.—Re-suffacing with bitumen was carried out over a length of 6J miles in Gunning Shire. Monaro Highway.—A length of f-mile in Imlay Shire was surfaced. A surfaced pavement has now been provided on the section of 11 miles between Bega and Tathra. The January and February floods also caused considerable damage in this Shire. A bridge over the Bemboka River at Moran's Crossing was washed away and was replaced by a temporary low level structure. The section of highway ascending Brown Mountain was severely damaged by landslides which had to be cleared together with a number of trees and boulders, which the loosening of the soil had left in a dangerous condition.

In Dalgety Shire, six concrete box culverts eliminating causeways were constructed between Cooma and 9-2- miles. In Gundagai Shire, general improvements consisting of widening formation,- re-sheeting with gravel, providing pipe culverts in place of causeways and V-gutters, re-alignment and re-grading were carried out on the sections 5 miles 2,600 feet-5 miles 3,500 feet, 6 miles 3,900 feet-7 miles 2,400 feet, and 7 miles 5,047 feet-8 miles 4,200 feet and similar work was in progress'between 7 miles 2,400 feet and 7 miles 5,047 feet., Great Western Highway.—A length of 11 miles of gravel between Victoria Pass and Bathurst was tar surfaced and 3|- miles on the same section was re-surfaced with similar material. The cover material used was largely blast furnace slag from the old steel works at Lithgow.

Mid-ivestern Highway.—In Wyalong Municipality, the section between Copeland and Mallee streets was re-constructed in light bitumen penetration and a length of 30 chains in Lachlan-street, Hay, together with a further 25 chains from Leonard-street to Murray-street, was surfaced with bitumen.

North-western Highway.—In the Shire of Talbragar, sixteen open crossings were replaced by six concrete boxes and nine concrete pipe culverts. A 5-cell, 6 feet x 2 feet concrete box culvert at 1 mile 834 feet from Dubbo removed what was an obstruction to traffic after a few points of rain.

New England Highway.—In Tarro Shire, a pre-mixed surface course was dragged on two sections totalling approximately 1 mile in length. The surfaced pavement in what was Greta Municipality, but now forms part of Kearsley Shire, was re-sealed throughout, using various grades of binder and aggregate to test their value for this class of work.

In Patrick Plains Shire, the re-construction of the full length of over 12 miles to Singleton was completed, the work including the improvement of all curves and the re-grading of the hill, about J-mile in length, known as Three Sisters. The whole length has been surface treated. Bitumen surface treatment was also carried out over a length of §-mile immediately west of the Hunter River at Singleton. At Ravensworth, two concrete box culverts were constructed to eliminate causeways.

In Muswellbrook Shire, a 9 feet x 8 feet concrete box culvert was under construction to replace an old timber structure and re-construction work was in progress from Grass Tree Hill to Muswellbrook, a length of approximately 6 miles. Pacific Highway.—In Lake Macquarie Shire, the narrow embanked northern approach to Swansea bridge was improved to standard and 1 mile of the Belmont-Swansea section was re-constructcd. A length of 3-1 miles in Tarro Shire was surfaced with dragged on plant mixed macadam, the work commencing at Waratah boundary. A further 60 chains of surfacing work was carried out on the southern side of the Macleay River at Kempsey. In Orara Shire, the road between the end of the extension to Dirty Creek deviation and Grafton was widened in sections and four open crossings were eliminated by concrete culverts. On the Graf ton-Maclean section, a length of 2 miles north of Ulmarra was constructed in light penetration. Oxley Highway.—Gravelling and re-gravelling to cover a number of soft patches were carried out on the Tobin's Creek deviation in Hastings Shire. In Marthaguy Shire, a 4-cell 7 feet x 1 foot 10 inch concrete box culvert was constructed at Calf Pen Creek. Sturt Highway.—In Kyeamba Shire, the pavement on the section 0 miles~6 miles 4,700 feet was re­ constructed in gravel and 4£ miles of the re-constructed work was surfaced with bitumen. A length of bad alignment was improved and a box culvert constructed on the 17 miles 4,050 feet-18 miles 600 feet section, three box culverts were built on the section between 20 miles 4,985 feet and 21 miles 1,168 feet. Lengths totalling 13 miles in Mitchell Shire were re-constructed or re-conditioned and grading and general maintenance carried out in Hay Municipality. 37

The following statement sets out the roads which have been maintained by the Department together with the expenditures which have been incurred thereon.

Length of Date Expenditure. Iload taken transferred Council. over by to To 30th June, To 1933/34. Total. Department. Department. 1933.

State Highways. State Highway No. 1—Princes' Highway- Metropolitan Division— in. chs. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. Bum 2 70 5/8/30 2,457 8 0 4,425 6 3 6,882 14 Illawarra North 3 59 1/9/28 3,515 18 10 5,488 10 9 9,004 9 Illawarra Central 10 58 1/1/27 5,053 10 1 2,326 18 11 7,380 9 Wollongong 0 72 12/12/33 1.249 15 5 1,249 15 Shellharbour 7 12 1/9/28 5,325 17 3 '562 1 1 5,887 18 Kiama 4 07 1/1/28 2,628 16 11 652 15 10 3,281 12 Jain her oo 2 49 1/9/28 4,156 11 11 4,906 0 7 0.062 12 Gerringong 8 70 1/6/27 13,060 13 2 2,206 17 7 15,327 10 Berry 14 09 1/10/28 31,292 14 5 6,626 16 9 37,919 11

Southern Division— Nowra and South Shoalhaven 0 41 31/7/27 9,841 3 8 1,785 10 3 11,626 13 11 Clyde 49 18 23/10/27. 57,408 5 0 9,660 8 11 67,068 13 11 Ulladulla 12 60 24/11/ 27 15,873 17 10 1,312 7 0 17,186 4 Eurobodalla 75 04 30/11/27 76,263 15 S 9,707 8 8 85,971 4 Mumbulla 31 64 16,5/29 14,117 13 7 3,951 16 11 18,069 10 Bega .." 2 09 1/1/30 1,217 15 8 1,341 2 9 2,558 18 Imlay 16/4/29 27,951 5 9 6,409 11 4 34,360 17 Total 270,165 7 9 62,673 9 0 332.S38 16 9

State Highway No 2—Hume Highway Metropolitan Division— Camden 3 10 1/8/28 2,870 0 2 2,732 7 8 5,602 13 10 Wollondilly 20 16 31/5/27 21,352 0 11 3,571 6 0 24,923 6 11 Picton 3 32 1/11/26 14,567 5 6 420 15 2 14.988 0 8 Southern Division— Gunning 31 1.1 1/11/28 66,291 7 6 11,949 6 8 78,240 14 2 Goodradigbee 29 13 24/12/28 41,296 5 6 3,502 0 10 44,708 6 4 Y ass '5 44 1.4/12/28 4,694 0 4 556 4 0 5,250 4 10 South-Western Division— Demondiille 17 24 18/1/29 12.557 9 8 1.240 15 9 13,798 5 5 Gundagai 53 00 13/9/32 18.810 12 11 12,809 13 1 31,620 6 0 Holbrook 34 32 1/11/31 8,978 2 6 8,559 3 10 17,537 6 4 Kyeamba 29 63 5/11/29 32,096 19 6 16,179 13 7 43,276 13 1 Total 227 11 223.514 10 6 61,521 7 1 285,035 17 7

State Highway No. 3—Federal Highway irouthcrn Division— Gunnine 20 46 1/4/30 7,510 0 0 2,622 0 3 10.132 0 3 Yarrowlumla 10 30 1/4/30 823 16 7 314 5 1 1,138 1 8 Total 8,333 16 7 2,936 5 4 11,270 1 11

State Highway No. 4—Monaro Highway- Southern Division— Imlay 10 04 1/1/29 3,624 1 10 990 7 8 4,614 9 6 Bega 1 41 1/3/30 965 11 5 1,235 17 5 2,201 8 10 Mumbulla 37 4 1/7/29 9,482 13 5 5,970 8 8 15,453 2 1 Dalgety 59 55 21/11/28 20,082 9 4 2,442 5 8 22,524 15 0 South-Western Division— Gundagai 9 26 13/9/32 816 18 9 3,212 5 6 4,029 4 3 Total 34,971 14 9 13,851 4 11 48,822 19 8

State Highway No. 5—Great-Western Highway Metropolitan Division— Blaxland , 30 08 1/8/28 40,332 4 7 15,170 13 11 55,502 18 6 Turon ' 20 0 14/12/28 15,079 8 6 7,714 1 8 22,793 10 2 Lithgow 2 40 1/8/28 11,713 18 11 204 18 9 11,918 17 8 Total 52 48 67,125 12 0 23,089 14 4 90,215 6 4

State Highway No. 6—Mid-Western Highway- South-AV ester n Division— Waradgery 30 24 5/9/33 150 5 9 150 5 9 Carrathool 84 0 13/8/32 1,025 16 4 1,596 13 2 2,622 9 6 Hay 5 64 5/9/33 155 16 3 155 16 3

Total 120 08 1,025 16 4 1,902 15 2

State Highway No. 7—North-Western Highway Centra! Western Division— Talbragar 27 8 30/9/32 3,491 0 8 5,741 10 9 9,232 11 5 Timbre bongie 40 14 26/3/30 7,959 6 3 3,330 3 4 11,289 9 7 Total 11,450 6 11 9,071 14 1 20,522 1 0

State Highway No. 9—Great Noithern Highway— Northern Division— Tarro 7 47 12/12/20 11,508 11 2 2,999 18 4 14,568 9 6 Patrick Plains 28 56 1.5/12/30 12,472 2 4 3,528 7 7 16,000 9 11 Muswellbrook Municipality 0 64 10/11/30 . 107 19 4 107 19 4 Muswellbrook Shire 18 24 2J/11/28 13,047 1 8 "£508 "l 2 19,555 2 10 East Maitland 1/1/33 181 19 0 1,663 7 3 1,845 6 3 Kearsley 1/9/33 1.246 9 7 1,246 9 7 Aberdeen 1/9/33 440 2 10 440 2 10

Upper Northern Division- Tenterfield Shire .... 22 10 1/7/28 5,238 2 10 1,147 14 6 6,385 17 4 Kycglc 10 24 1/5/29 3,900 13 2 428 5 3 4,388 18 5

Total 94 18 46,576 9 6 17,962 6 6 64,538 16 0 38

MAINTENANCE BY DEPARTMENT— continued.

Length of Date of Expenditure. Road taken transfer Council. over by to Department. Department. To 30/6/33. 1933/34. Total.

State Highways—continued. State Highway No. 10—Pacific Highway- m. ch. £ s. d. £ s. c\ £ &. d. Lower Northern Division— Erina 39 16 1/7/29 29,057 8 11 6,663 14 2 35,721 3 1 Erina (Peat's Ferry) 18,296 15 8 5,082 16 1J 23,379 11 9 Lake Macquarie 19 64 31/5/28 13,938 1 2 4,921 14 4 18,859 15 6 Mcrewether 0 24 9/8/32 Adamstown 0 72 9/8/32 Tarro 5 32 31/12/27 2,304 9 11 4,717 3 2 7,021 13 1 Hastings . 47 73 15/2/29 39,685 9 6 15;062 18 4 54.748 7 10 Port Macquarie 3 36 15/2/29 6,542 17 3 286 9 8 6,829 6 11 Macleay 29 73 15/2/29 46,348 2 3 5,401 17 4 51.749 19 7 Kempsey 2 76 15/2/29 5,131 2 5 2,189 7 11 7,320 10 4 Upper Northern Division- Orara 32 44 1/1/31 7,731 18 7 3,430 18 8 11,162 17 3 Ulmarra 13 44 1/1/31 3,081 1 9 843 3 0 3,924 4 9 Total 195 74 172,117 7 5 48,600 2 8 220,717 10 1

State Highway No. 11—Oxley Highway— Lower Northern Division— Hastings 62 24 15/2/29 26,137 15 2 4,889 13 1 31,027 8 3 Central-"Western Division- Timbrebongic 19 36 24/2/31 1,811 1 5 1,592 18 8 3,404 0 1 Marthaguy 9 20 30/9/32 314 13 0 314 13 0

Tetal 91 0 27,948 16 7 6,797 4 9 34,746 1 4

ritate Highway No. 14—Sturt Highway- rsouth-Western Division—• Kyeamba 26 18 5/11/29 16,954 4 0 4,092 9 9 21,046 13 9 Mitchell 32 20 15/2/34 2,359 1.5 4 2,359 15 4 Hay 8 72 15/2/34 109 18 11 109 18 11 Total 67 30 16,954 4 0 6,562 4 0 23,516 8 0 Total—Highways 1,368 46 880,184 2 4 254,968 7 10 1,135,152 10 2

Ordinary Main Roads. Metropolitan Division— m. ch. Oberon and Blaxland—Main Road No. 253 ... 40 72 7/11/28 15,028 11 10 2,809 1 4 17,837 13 2 ?hellharbour—Main Roads Nos. 262 and 266 3 23 1/5/31 5,119 12 2 215 4 5 5,334 16 7 Northern Division— Stockton-—Main Road No. 108 3 13 17/11/30 703 1 3 62 7 6 765 8 9 Southern Division— Dalgety—Main Road No. 286 31 0 1/10/28 11,457 17 6 3,023 10 10 14,481 8 4 Total—Main Roads 78 28 32,309 2 9 6,110 4 1 38,419 6 10

Maintenance of Bridges— Metropolitan Division .... 11,341 19 6 4,908 3 0 16,250 2 6 Southern Division 9,041 8 10 1,542 13 5 10,584 2 3 Lower' Northern Division 32,822 4 3 12,052 8 3 44,874 12 6 Upper Northern Division 13,547 18 2 4,306 9 9 17,854 7 11 South-Western Division . 28,627 17 10 2,819 1 10 31,446 19 8 Central-Western Division 14,294 3 11 3,739 17 10 18,034 1 9 North-Westcni Livision . 4,655 18 5 2,932 14 11 7,588 13 4

Total—Bridges 114,331 10 11 32,301 9 0 146,632 19 11

Maintenance of Ferries— Southern Division 9,331 13 2 1,839 14 7 11,171 7 9 Lower Northern Division 52,814 2 1 15.362 12 10 68,176 14 11 Upper Northern Division 26,784 3 2 7,922 11 10 34,706 15 0 Total—Ferries 88,929 18 5 25,124 19 3 114,054 17 8

Miscellaneous— Sundry Small Works 3,114 19 2 934 0 8* 2,180 18 G Roads temporarily maintained which have reverted to Council control 30,454 9 10 558 4 9 31,012 34 7 Signposting 1,085 4 1 862 4 8 1,947 8 9 Total—Miscellaneous. 34,654 13 1 486 8 9 35,141 1 10 Grand Total L150,409 7 6 318,991 8 llf 1,469,400 16 5

* Credit. t -As per Income and Expenditure Account on page 25. X One half operating cost of Peat's Ferry. Remainder charged to County of Cumberland Main Roads Fund.

CONSTRUCTION WORK ON COUNTRY MAIN ROADS. Road construction and major improvement works carried out on country main roads by the Department or Councils included the following :— (a) State Highways. Prince's Highway.—In Jamberoo Municipality, a length of approximately 3 miles between the Jamberoo-Kiama Municipal boundary and Mt. Pleasant was realigned and reconstructed in waterbound macadam, which was subsequently tar surfaced. The work included a minor deviation at Munna Munorah Creek, together with a general straightening of the alignment throughout. On the Tomerong-Milton section in the Shire of Clyde, realignment and widening to standard formation width were commenced between 132-43 m. and. 138 m. (from Sydney). This forms part of the section to 140 m. which should be completed and surfaced with ironstone gravel by October, 1934. Work was also commenced with funds provided by the Unemployment Relief Council on the construction in gravel 39 of a deviation 2 miles 680 feet long at Conjola, in the same shire, to improve alignment and grades. This work, which is 1 mile in length and comprises 28,030 cub. yds. of earthwork and 22,755 sq. yds. of pavement, will greatly assist lorries conveying merchandise and timber to railhead at Bomaderry. Realignment and widening work was carried out in Eurobodalla Shire on three sections to Corunna between Narooma and Central Tilba. considerably improving the alignment on this section of the highway. In the same shire, two reinforced concrete box culverts were constructed at 219 m. (between Moruya and Bodalla) replacing old timber structures. Hume Highway.—Between Berrima and Cross Roads, a section of 8-3 miles was reconstructed by Wingecarribee Shire Council in waterbound macadam surfaced with bitumen. In Mulwaree Shire, the Council reconstructed and bitumen surfaced two sections aggregating 2 miles 66 chains in length. Governor's Hill deviation, which was constructed in 1932-33, was surfaced with bitumen in Goulburn Municipality. A length of 6 miles of gravel pavement between Breadalbane and Cullerin in Gunning Shire was surfaced with bitumen. The work included the laying of three experimental sections, each J mile long, using various primers and tars. Between 22-96 m. and 29-96 m. south of Gunning in the same shire, reconstruction to standard width with improved alignment was commenced. Reconstruction work and the construction of deviations to improve alignment and grades between 10 m. 3,500 ft. and 12 m. 2,598 ft. and deviations west of Jugiong Creek between 12 m. 3,213 ft. and 13 m. 4,500 ft., with the same objects in view, were practically completed in Demondrille Shire. Construction and reconstruction in gravel were completed in Gundagai Shire between 0 m. and 9 in. 5,100 ft. The work included a deviation at Mooney Mooncy Hill between 6 m. 163 ft, and 7 m. 700 ft. A 2-coll, 9 ft. x 7 ft. concrete box culvert was built at Splitter's Creek in connection with the alignment and regrading of the section between 15 m. 300 ft. and 17 m. 2,500 ft., while similar work on the 19 m. 4,800 ft.-21 m. 3,800 ft. section eliminated a steep grade at Hospital Hill, approximately 1 mile north of Gundagai. In Kyeamba Shire, a 10 ft. x 7 ft. concrete box culvert, another of 10 ft. x 9 ft. opening with a stepped inlet, and four smaller culverts were constructed during the realignment of the 5 m.-7 m. section; thirteen culverts were installed or lengthened when otherwise adequate, on the 7 m.-ll m. section and the whole length between 20 m. and 26 m. brought up to standard cross section and grading. The last-named work included the provision of 4-pipe and 5-box culverts, and. the surfacing of 4 miles of pavement after strengthening with broken stone. In Holbrook Shire, a section of the highway between 4 m. 4,700 ft. and 6 m. 1.829 ft. which runs parallel to Billabong Creek was raised above flood level and the visibility at two points greatly improved by rockside cuttings. Steep grades and poor alignment over Woomargama Gap on the section 29 m. 500 ft. to 29 m. 3,000 ft. were eliminated by work which included the provision of 2-box and 6-pipe culverts. Work was commenced on the complete reconstruction of the section 22 m. 2,600 ft.—24 m. 4,600 ft. in Hume Shire, and reconstruction in gravel has been completed on a length of 90 chains in Albury Municipality. Federal Highway— A G-cell, 9 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. concrete box culvert, 58 ft. long, was constructed at Willow Tree Creek in Mulwaree Shire, the work including a deviation on the northern approach to improve alignment. ^ Monaro Highway.—On the Bcga-Tathra section in Imlay Shire, half the length between 7 m. 2,500 ft. and 11 m. 797 ft. was reconstructed in tar penetration with a bitumen seal and the remainder with bitumen emulsion for both penetration and seal. Great Western Highway.—In Abercrombie Shire, a deviation at Rocks Hill, 11 miles west of Bathurst, is under construction. Mid-Western Highway.—-In Lyndhurst Shire, a deviation 3,617 ft. in length was constructed at Limestone Creek to eliminate steep grades and improve alignment. In the Shire of Weddin. the length between 13 m. and 37 m. from Grenfell on the Grenfell-Marsden section has been reconditioned and a gravel pavement provided between 27£ m. and 37 m. providing an all-weather road in the shire. A 6-cell, 8 ft. x 7 ft. concrete box culvert was completed at Murray's Creek in the same shire. This structure and the bridge over Ironpot Creek eliminated the last obstacles to through traffic in wet weather between Grenfell and Bathurst. In Bland Shire, gravel construction was carried out over a length of 7 miles on the Yalgogrin- Weethallc section. In Carrathool Shire, a length of miles from the Bland Shire boundary was cleared and formed and the construction in gravel of the section of 2 m. 2,225 ft. between Rankin's Springs and Sim's Gap was in progress. About S miles west of Sim's Gap, a further length of gravel construction of 2,600 ft. was carried out. A deviation was constructed through the old reservoir site, approximately H miles east of Hay, in Hay Municipality. North-Western Highway.—A length of 2} miles of 2-inch mixed-in-place tar macadam, bitumen sealed pavement was completed between Orange and Shadfortb in Canobolas Shire. In Molong Municipality, Hill and GidJey streets were reconstructed and tar surfaced. The approaches to the bridge over the Macquarie River, in Talbragar Shire, were reconstructed with a 3-inch penetration pavement, replacing the old existing waterbound macadam. A similar type of construction was provided to replace an old gravel pavement in Dubbo Municipality. In Bogan Shire, a length of 21 miles of 2-inch gravel pavement completing this class of pavement from the eastern shire boundary to 15 miles west of Nyngan, and six timber culverts were constructed. New England Highway.—In Patrick Plains Shire, a deviation 3,000 ft. long was constructed at Camberwell, to eliminate three right-angled, bends, and at the same time reduce the length of the section. A 6-cell concrete box culvert (4 cells 9 ft. x 5 ft. and 2 cells 9 ft. x 6 ft.) was completed at Tin Hut Gully on the Scone-Murrurundi section in Upper Hunter Shire. 40

A 10 ft. x 8 ft. concrete box culvert was constructed at Bewley's Creek just north of Murrurundi in Warrah Shire to replace an old timber structure. In Tamarang Shire, a length of 3,800 feet of gravel construction was carried out 2 miles north of Willow Tree to improve alignment and grading, a single cell 10 ft. x 10 ft. concrete box culvert was built at Flaggy Gully to replace an old timber-structure and a similar culvert of 3 cells, 10 ft. x 8 ft. at Jacob and Joseph Creek to remove an open causeway. In Cockburn Shire a 2-cell 8 ft. x 6 ft. concrete box culvert was constructed to replace an open causeway and to improve the alignment at 19 m. A commencement was made with the general improvement of the section between the two Moonbi Ranges in the same shire. A deviation, approximately J-mile in length is under construction through the Ben Lomond Range near the boundary of Guyra and Severn Shires to improve alignment and grading. The work includes the provision of a 3-cell, 6 ft. x 4 ft. concrete box culvert. In Severn Shire, a 3-cell 8 ft. x 5 ft. concrete box culvert was constructed at 11 miles from Glen limes immediately south of Deepwater to replace an open causeway. A similar structure of 3-cells, 8 ft. x 7 ft. 9 in. is under construction on the Deep water-Tenter field section at 27J miles from the latter town in Tenterfleld Shire. The construction of the section between Old Koreelah and Woodenbong in the Shires of Tenterfleld and Kyogle was finished. The length of construction completed was approximately 12 miles and the work included the provision of a 3-span timber beam bridge, 102 feet long, over Tooloom Creek. The pavement consists of a surface course of fine crushed rock 1 inch gauge and under, laid upon a base course of 3i inch gauge. Pacific Highway.—A commencement was made with the construction of a deviation 1|- miles north of Gosford. The work, which is 1 m. 2,310 ft. in length will eliminate a level crossing and a section of road near Narara Creek which is subject to inundation during floods. In Bellingen Shire, a deviation 1 m. 520 ft. long was commenced to eliminate a section known as the Long Cutting and a further length of poorly aligned road is being reconstructed. In Dorrigo Shire a single-cell 10 ft. x 7 ft. concrete box culvert was constructed at 10 miles and a similar structure of 2-cells, 6 ft. x 2 ft. at 12 miles from Coff's Harbour to replace worn-out timber bridges. A deviation 1 m. 700 ft. in length was constructed through the range of hills adjacent to Dirty Creek at the boundary of Dorrigo and Orara Shires and an extension of this work by a length of 2 m. 115 ft. in Orara Shire is in hand in expenditure of funds provided by the Unemployment Relief Council. In Woodburn Shire a 10 ft. x 9 ft. 8 in. concrete box culvert was constructed to replace a worn-out timber structure. In Ballina Municipality, the section between Burn's Point Ferry and the Ballina-Lismore trunk road (No. 64), a length of approximately 3,200 ft., was reconstructed in cement concrete. In Byron Shire, a gap of 1 mile between 16 m. and 17 m. north of Ballina in a continuous length of surfaced pavement was reconstructed in 3-inch bitumen penetration, and a section at Everitt's Hill, 9 miles north of Byron Bay is under reconstruction with a 3-inch fine crushed rock surface course. In Tweed Shire, the road on the northern side of Burringbar Range was deviated and reconstructed between 8 m. and 10 m., thus eliminating one of the worst sections of the highway. The new road provides a minimum curve radius of 150 feet and is benched on spurs to give a maximum visibility of 200 feet, while the maximum grade is 6-25 per cent. A further section between 10 m. and 13 m. is in hand in expenditure of funds made available by the Unemployment Relief Council. Oxley Highway.—In Cockburn Shire, construction as an Unemployment Relief Work is in hand on the Bendemeer-Walcha section. The total length involved in the whole work is approximately 12 miles. An 8-cell 5 ft. x 4 ft. concrete box culvert was constructed to eliminate a causeway at Long Hollow Gully on the Tamworth-Gunnedah section in Peel Shire. In Coonabarabran Shire the construction to standard 24 ft. width was carried out for a further 4 m. 3,600 ft., completing the provision of a formed and gravelled road over the whole length to the boundary of Gilgandra Shire. A 2-cell 10 ft. x 5 ft. concrete box culvert was also built on the Coonabarabran- Tooraweenah section to eliminate a causeway. In Gilgandra Shire a length of 3,500 feet was cleared and formed on the Gilgandra-Tooraweenah section and 23,250 feet of similar work was completed on the Berida deviation which now provides an all weather road between Collie and Gilgandra. One mile of gravel pavement was constructed in Marthaguy Shire near Collie. In Timbrebongie Shire a 2-inch gravel pavement was laid on the sandy loam base constructed during the previous year for a distance of 19 miles batween Ewenmar Creek and Trangie. Gwydir Highway.—In Macintyre Shire an open crossing at Chinaman's Gully on the Glen Innes- Inverell section was replaced by a 2-cell 8 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. concrete box culvert, and in Baunockburn Shire a causeway was replaced by a similar culvert of 4-cells, 9 ft. x 7 ft. on the Inverell-Warialda section near 19 m. from Inverell. In Yallaroi Shire approximately 10 miles of gravel construction were carried out. In Boomi Shire several miles of forming were carried out between Moree and the Walgett Shire boundary and 5f miles were gravelled. In Walgett Slure, the section between the Boomi Shire boundary and the Grawin Creek bridge was formed. Sturt Highway.—In Waradgery Shire, a length of 44 chains east of Hay was reformed and loamed, and a deviation 16 m. 64 chs. in length from the Wakool Shire boundary towards Hay was completed to the standard " B " type cross section. Similar formation was carried out over a further length of 8 miles. A length of 75 chains was surfaced with bitumen in' Balranald Municipality. 41

(b) Trunk and Ordinary Main Roads. On the trunk road from the Prince's Highway through Braidwood to Queanbeyan (No. 51) work on the construction of a deviation at Bungendore Hill to improve the grade and alignment was commenced as an Unemployment Relief Job. The protected length of the deviation was 1,700 feet. On the Cowra-Walgett trunk road (No. 56), a length of 330 chains on the Gilgandra-Gulargambone section was cleared, formed and paved with loam and similar work for 414 chains was carried out on the Coonamble-Walgett section. A deviation, 2| miles in length, known as the Ballina Cutting, was completed on the Ballina-Lismore section of the trunk road to Tenterfleld (No. 64) in Tintenbar Shire. The work of reconstructing approximately 4J miles of the Jamberoo road (No. 264) between Pioneer Creek and Jamberoo Village in Jamberoo Municipality, with plant-mixed bituminous macadam by the drag process, which had been commenced during the previous year, was completed. A short, but important link between the Prince's Highway and Bomaderry Station on the Bomaderry road (No. 293) in the Municipality of Berry was reconstructed in a similar manner. In Central Illawarra Municipality, a commencement was made with the reconstruction with plant- mixed bituminous macadam laid by the drag process of Five Islands road (No. 295) between a point 0-7 miles from the Prince's Highway and Port Kembla. The completion of the work awaits the finalisation of the position of a railway level crossing. On the Lismore-Murwillumbah road (No. 142), concrete box culverts (4 cell 9 ft. x 7 ft., 4 cell 9 ft. x 6 ft. and two 3-cell 9 ft. x 6 ft.) were under construction at the four crossings over Calico Creek in Terania Shire. The reconstruction of the worst sections of Main Road No. 141—Kyogle-Nimbin road—in the Shires of Kyogle and Terania was undertaken by the Department by day labour in expenditure'of funds specially provided by the Unemployment Relief Council. This road provides a connection between the Casino-Woodenbong road (Main Road No. 140) at Kyogle and the Lismore-Murwillumbah road (Main Road No. 142) at Nimbin, and with developmental road No. 1088, which takes off from Main Road No. 141 near Cawongla forms a cross country connection between Kyogle and Miirwillumbah. The total length of Main Road No. 141 is 19 miles, about 6 miles of which are within the Kyogle Shire, the remainder being within the Terania Shire. The country served by the road is almost exclusively devoted to dairy farming. Approximately 3 miles of the road at the Kyogle end had previously been constructed, but the condition of the remaining 6 miles between Kyogle and Cawongla was such that the road was extremely difficult to negotiate at any time. The construction of this length will bring the residents of the Cawongla district within 10 miles of the natural outlet of the district, ^.e.,the railhead at Kyogle, and when the construction of Developmental Road No. 1088 is completed will shorten the distance between Kyogle and Murwillumbah by approximately 6£ miles. On the Grafton-Casino road (No. 151) a deviation about 600 feet long was constructed in cement concrete at Grafton. A reinforced concrete arched culvert is under construction on the Uralla-Bundarra road (No. 115) in Gostwyck Shire. In Erina Shire, the whole of the road from Gosford towards The Entrance (No. 336) was reconstructed between the turn-ofT to Terrigal and the Wyong-Entrance road (No. 335), a length of approximately 8 miles, and one mile of similar work was carried out on the latter road. In Lake Macquarie Shire, reconstruction in tar surfaced gravel was completed on the Boolaroo- Toronto section of the Wyong-Wallsend road (No. 217) with the exception of f-mile at the Boolaroo end, the surfacing of which was postponed pending thorough consolidation. On the Toronto-Dora Creek section, clearing was commenced on a deviation of the existing bush track which will provide satisfactory grades and alignment. A total length of 1,200 chains of earth formation was completed on the main roads in Lachlan Shire. On the Warren-Quambone road (No. 202) a length of 13 miles was paved with sandy loam and three timber culverts were constructed in Marthaguy Shire. A total length of 786 chains of formation was carried out on the main roads in Wingadee Shire. A deviation giving an improved approach to the railway bridge was constructed at Bumberry on the Parkes- Orange road (No. 224) in Goobang Shire. In Goodradigbee Shire a commencement was made with the construction, as a further work for relief of unemployment, of a deviation on the Yass-Tumut road (No. 278) near Taemas Bridge which will reduce the distance between Wee Jasper and Yass by 3 miles. On the Cootamundra-Forbes road (No. 235) in Jindalee Shire a 3-cell 10 ft. x 6 ft. concrete box culvert was constructed at Dudauman Creek, a structure of the same type and size on the Cootamundra- Temora road (No. 242) at Bland Creek and one on the same road at Dry Creek of 3-ccll, 8ft. x 6 ft. Bridges. The principal bridge works carried out on country main roads by the Department or Councils were as follow:— (a) On State Highways. Prince's Highway.—A reinforced concrete bridge, 28 feet long, was constructed to replace a causeway at Luncheon Creek in the Shire of Clyde. In Mumbulla Shire, a 3-span timber beam bridge, 100 feet long, was constructed at Cooper's Creek and a similar structure of three spans with a total length of 80 feet was built at Doctor's Creek. Each of these bridges replaces a worn-out structure. A concrete bridge, 20 feet long, was built over Bellbird Creek in Imlay Shire to replace the structure at this crossing which had been washed away, and a 3-span timber beam bridge, 90 feet long, was built over Wallagaraugh River in the same shire to replace an existing inadequate structure. Projected structures 42

on this highway include a concrete bridge about 50 feet long at Mogo in Eurobodalla Shire, the designs for which are at present in hand, and the provision of a new high level structure to replace the existing temporary low level bridge over the Brogo River in Mumbulla Shire. Contracts have been let for the. construction of bridges at Narrabarba Creek (concrete, 110 feet long) and Saltwater Creek (concrete. 210 feet long) in Imlay Shire. Hume Highway.—In Wingecarribee Shire a single span reinforced concrete bridge, 23 feet long, was constructed near Berrima. In Holbrook Shire a 2-span steel and concrete bridge, 70 feet long, is under construction at Billabong Creek. Monaro Highway.—In Dalgety Shire, a 7-span reinforced concrete bridge, 140 feet long was constructed ever the Eucumbene River at Kiandra. Mid-Western Highway.—-A 5-span timber beam bridge, 150 feet long, is under construction at Bland Creek in the Shire of Bland. North-Western Highway.—In Molong municipality a 2-span reinforced concrete bridge, 48 feet long, at Reedy Creek is almost completed. In Talbragar Shire a 4-span timber beam bridge, 120 feet long, which eliminated a crossing dangerous after rain, was completed over Eulomogo Creek 7 miles from Dubbo on the Dubbo-Wongarbon section, and two similar structures of three 30 feet and two 20 feet spans respectively were built at Sandy Creek. New England Highway.—A programme designed to convert the existing timber structure known as Long Bridge in West Maitland to a bridge constructed on concrete piers with rolled steel joists and a concrete deck was commenced. The complete restoration will be spread over a period of years. Pending this conversion, work was put in hand to reduce the tendency of the deck to rattling. In Peel Shire a 3-span timber beam bridge, 75 feet long, on an improved alignment, was completed at Boiling-Down Creek to replace a worn-out structure. In Cockburn Shire, a reinforced concrete bridge, 35 feet long, skewed at an angle of 30 degrees, was constructed at 18 miles north of Tamworth to improve the alignment. A 3-span reinforced concrete bridge, 110 feet long, was completed over Washpool Creek, and a 3-span timber beam bridge, 102 feet long, was constructed over Tooloom Creek in Tenterfleld Shire. Pacific Highway.—-In Erina Shire reinforced concrete bridges, each 150 feet long, were built over Bangalow and Cut Rock Creeks, and a similar structure, 64 feet long, was erected at Kangy Creek. In Stroud Shire, two reinforced concrete bridges, 32 feet and 40 feet long, were built at Double Creek to replace a worn-out timber structure, and a concrete and timber bridge, 82 feet long, was completed at Laman's Creek. In Manning Shire, a 2-span reinforced concrete bridge, 74 feet long, was built at Kundibakh Creek to replace a worn-out structure, and two large steel bridges on concrete substructures were built over the Dawson River and the Lansdowne River at Coopernook for a similar purpose. The former consists of one 120 ft. steel truss span and five 40 ft. reinforced concrete approach spans, making a total length of 320 feet, and the latter is composed of two steel truss spans, each 120 feet long, and a 50-foot bascule opening span. In Hastings Shire, a concrete bridge, 25 feet long, was constructed at 3} miles north of Port Macquarie. In Macleay Shire, a 3-span timber beam bridge, 105 feet long, was constructed at Christmas Creek to replace a worn-out structure. In Bellingen Shire, a bridge is under construction over the North Arm of the Bellinger River at Raleigh. The new bridge will consist of three steel truss spans and five approach spans, the overall length being 455 feet. The main truss spans are supported on cylinder piers and the remaining spans on driven concrete piles. In Ulmarra Municipality, a timber beam bridge, 300 feet long, is being constructed over Swan Creek. In Harwood Shire, work is proceeding on the construction of a bridge over the North Arm of the Clarence River at Mororo. The bridge will consist of a 50-ft. vertical lift span, two 120-ft. steel truss spans and 10 rolled steel joist approach spans, the total length of the bridge being 640 feet. The lift span will be supported on concrete cylinders, while the other ends of the truss spans will be on concrete piers supported by timber piles, and the approach spans on driven piles. In Tweed Shire, a bridge to replace the existing ferry at Chinderah is under construction over the Tweed River at Barney's Point. The bridge will consist of two 140 feet truss spans, a 61 ft. 6 in. bascule span and rolled steel joist spans, aggregating 280 feet in length. With the exception of the deck of the bascule span, which is of timber for lightness, the whole of the carriageway will be of concrete. A bridge at Boyd's Bay to replace the existing ferry h also under construction in the same shire. The plans for this bridge provide for a 50-ft. vertical lift span and twelve 35-ft. rolled steel joist approach spans with a concrete deck, the total length being 475 feet. Oxley Highway.—In Apsley Shire, the 35-ft. span reinforced concrete bridge over Orange Creek, referred to in last year's report, was completed and timber beam bridges were constructed at Tiara (40 feet long) and Blackfellow's Cully (51 feet long). A reinforced concrete slab bridge, 38 feet long, is being constructed over Chimney Swamp Creek, near Woolbrook, to replace a causeway. In Coonabarabran Shire, reinforced concrete bridges were completed or in progress at Gowang Creek (4-span, length 85 feet), Greenbah Creek (3-span, length 54 feet), and Wallumburrawang Creek (2-span, length 75 feet) to replace open crossings, while a 7-span timber beam bridge, 210 feet long, was constructed at Belar Creek, 9 miles from Coonabarabran, to replace a worn-out structure. A 6-span timber beam bridge, 180 feet long, was completed over Ewenma* Creek in Timbrebongie Shire. Gwydir Highway.—In Nymboida Shire, open crossings at Glen Creek and O.B.X. Creek were replaced bv timber beam structures, 60 feet and 50 feet long respectively.

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Near Gravesend in Yallaroi Shire, a reinforced concrete bridge, 30 feet long, was constructed over Spring Creek. In Walgett Shire, a commencement was made with the construction of a bridge at Grawlin Creek to replace a worn-out timber structure. The new bridge will consist of one 100-ft. span steel truss, and seven rolled steel joist approach spans, the length overall being 343 feet. The bridge will be provided with a timber deck, and will be founded on concrete piles, the truss span being supported on concrete piers. (b) On Trunk and Main Roads. On the Cowra-Walgett trunk road (No. 56), Coonamble-Walgett section, a 2-span timber beam bridge, 60 feet long, was built at Baronne Creek. On the trunk road from Moama through Hay (No. 60), a single span timber beam bridge on a concrete substructure was constructed at 15 miles from Hay in Waradgery Shire, and a 2-span timber structure was completed over Delta Creek in Windouran Shire. . On the Scone-Coolah trunk road (No. 62) in the Shire of Merriwa, a 5-span reinforced concrete bridge, 230 feet long, is under construction over the Krui River. On the Grafton-Casino road (No. 151) a 4-span timber beam bridge, 130 feet long, is being built over Deep Creek in Tomki Shire and a similar structure of two spans, each 30 feet long, was erected at Two Mile Creek in Copmanhurst Shire. A 5-span timber beam bridge, 160 feet long, was constructed on the Ballina-Eltham-road (No. 146) at the boundary of Terania and Gundurimba Shires, and a 5-span low level structure, 175 feet long, is being erected at Reedy. Creek on the Tenterfield-Bonshaw road (No. 138) in Tenterfield Shire. A 30-ft. span timber beam bridge was constructed on the Grafton-Armidale road (No. 121) in Nymboida Shire to replace a causeway. A worn-out bridge over the Mooki River on the Quirindi-Coonabarabran road (No. 129) in Tamarang Shire was replaced by a 5-span timber structure, 130 feet long. A 2-span timber beam bridge, 60 feet long, was constructed at Currabubula Creek on the Tamworth-Werris Creek road (No. 130) in Peel Shire. On the Narrabri-Pilliga-road (No. 127) in Namoi Shire, a timber beam bridge of 3 spans, each 30 feet long, was completed at Spring Creek, and a second of 6 spans, each 27 feet long, is nearing completion over Brigalow Creek. On the Wiseman's Ferry-Gosford-road (No. 225) in Erina Shire, the construction of a bridge over Mangrove Creek, consisting of timber beam spans and with a total length of 280 feet is in progress, together with that of several other smaller bridges of the same type. On the Maitland-Wollombi-road (No. 218) in the Shire of Kearsley, a 16-span timber beam bridge, 540 feet long, is under construction over the Wollombi Brook at Millfield. On the Kempsey-Aracoon-road (No. 198) a 4-span steel and concrete bridge, 120 feet long, was constructed over Spencer's Creek in Macleay Shire. On the Coonamble-Baradine-road (No. 129) a 2-span timber beam bridge, 70 feet long, was constructed. On the Parkes-Wellington-road (No. 233), a 35-ft. span timber beam bridge was erected at Back Goobang Creek in Goobang Shire. A 3-span timber beam bridge, 105 feet long, at Curra Creek, and a 4-span concrete bridge, 176 feet long, over the Little River were constructed. A 52-ft. span filled spandrel reinforced concrete splayed arch bridge was erected at Barrett's Creek on the Moruya-Braidwood-road (No. 271) in Eurobodalla Shire, and a few miles further down the road f.ovvards Moruya an 8-span bridge 280 feet long, consisting of a timber beam superstructure on concrete piers and abutments and concrete driven piles, is being constructed over the Moruya River. On the Grabben-Boorowa-road (No. 248) in the Shire of Mulwaree, a worn-out timber structure over the Wollondilly River at Mummcl was replaced by a 5-span reinforced concrete bridge, 220 feet long, and in Murrungal Shire, a 3-span reinforced concrete bridge, 160 feet long, was constructed on the same road over the Burrowa River. On the road from Bombala to the Victorian border (No. 288) in Bibbenluke Shire, a 2-span timber beam bridge, 60 feet long, is under construction at Burnt Hut Creek and a similar single span structure, 30 feet long, is being built at Rock Flat Creek. The erection of a 3-span timber beam bridge, 90 feet long, is also in progress over the Genoa River. On the Swan Hill-Balranald road (No. 221) in Wakool Shire, two timber beam bridges, 50 feet and 96 feet long, wore constructed at 0 m. 10 chs. and 0 m. 25 chs., respectively, from Swan Hill. In the same Shire a timber beam bridge, 78 feet long, was built on the Moulamein-Balranald-road (No. 296) at 12J miles from Moulamein, and a 9-span structure, 216 feet long, on the Moulamein-Barham-road (No. 319) at 10J m. Reinforced concrete bridges were built on the Coolamon-Ardlethan road (No. 240) in Coolamon Shire (over Mirrooi Creek, 3-span, length 103 feet), on the Temora-Young road (No. 241) in Narraburra Shire (over Bland Creek, 3-span, length 95 feet), and on the Jingellic-Albury road (No. 282) in Tumbarumba Shire (over Horse Creek at Jingellic, 2-span, length 70 feet). A 3-span reinforced concrete bridge, 120 feet long, is in progress at Demondrille Creek on the road from Cootamundra to the Hume Highway (No. 243) in Demondrille Shire. In Mitchell Shire, a 3-span timber bridge, 90 feet long, on a concrete substructure, was completed at Houlaghan's Creek on the Coolamon-Ardlethan road (No. 240). The following is a summary of the work done and expenditure incurred on Construction works carried out by Councils and Department for the Period 1st July, 1933, to 30th June, 1934.

Expenditure Expenditure Total Road Length Carried Expenditure Council. No. Location. Class of Construction. Author­ out by. to during to ised. 30th June, 1933. 1933/34. 30th June, 1934.

State Highways. Princes' Highway— Metropolitan Division— £ 8. d- £ s. d. Illawarra North ... Rothery-strcct Concrete culvert Department. 39; 2 8 393 2 8 Illawarra Central Byarong Creek Concrete bridge ...... 17 17 11 17 17 11 Jamberoo and Kiama-Mount Pleasant Waterbound macadam-tar 4490 21.847 14 4 ,303 7 25,151 1 10* Gerringong. surfaced. Kiama , Gibbs-street Kerbing and paving .. Council, 11 7 0 11 7 0

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Total Road Length Expenditure Expenditure Council. Location. Class of Construction. Author­ Carried Expenditure No. out by. to during to 1 ised. 30th June, 1933. 1933/34. 30th June, 1934. State Highways—continued. Southern Division— I m. ft. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Ulladiilla Boolgatti Creek Timber bridge .... Department 1,281 11 2 16 0 3 1,297 11 5* Clyde Luncheon Creek . Concrete bridge . 2,303 10 11 2,303 16 11 Clyde, Enrobodalla, Conjola Deviation Minor deviations 1,027 15 9 1,027 15 9 Mumbulla, and Imlay. Enrobodalla and Nowra-Victorian Border Gravelling, widening, etc. 12 3080 11,634 14 7 Clyde. 21,579 16 1 Mogo Creek Concrete bridge 7 11 6 7 11 6 Imlay Wallagaraugh River ... Bridge 1,664 7 9 1,664 7 9 Bellbifd Creek 782 8 7 782 8 7 Mumbulla Cooper's-Doctor's Creek Two timber bridges 702 17 2 2,639 15 1* Total Hume Highway— Metropolitan Division— Mittagong Maltings Bridge Widening approaches 217 Department. 1,330 8 10 68 3 0 1,398 11 10* Southern Division— Goulburn and Mul­ Governor's Hill.... Gravel pavement and cul­ 700 7,068 12 10 40 6 2 7,108 19 0* waree. vert. Gunning South of Gunning Concrete box culverts 893 3 11 893 3 11* Gunning and Good- Minor works 307 14 4 307 14 4 radigbee. Wingecarribee Berrima Boundary-Crc Gravel pavement... 5 1600 Council 3,500 0 0 1,364 8 9 4,864 8 9* Roads. Bitumen surfacing 0 4,320 7 10 4,120 7 10* 1584 5,421 10 10 5,421 10 10* Creek at Berrima Concrete bridge 227 6 6 227 6 6* Mulwaree Miscellaneous small con­ 270 o 1 270 3 1 struction jobs.

Souih-ioeslern Division Albury Mote-street ... Gravel pavement. 660 Council 1,540 15 11 1,540 15 11* Demondrille and Through shires 2253 Department 3,473 18 4 20,023 1 5 23,496 19 9* Gundagai. Demondrille Minor deviation 0 746 1 9 746 1 9 Holbrook Between 4 m. "4,987 Gravel pavement and cul­ 2409 1,616 16 4 1,812 1 1 3,428 17 5 and 6 m. 3,500 ft. verts. Between 16 in. 200 0 3300 993 19 4 76 7 8 1,070 7 0* and 16 m. 3,500 ft. Billabong Creek Bridge 1,007 17 9 1,007 17 9* Between 8 in. 202 ft, and: Concrete culverts 3,582 2 4 3,582 2 4 1.2 m. 1,555 ft. I Billabong Creek at 9 m.' Concrete bridge 5 0 9 5 0 9 630 fC | Hume Shire Boundary-Mullin- Gravel—resheeting 4 2640 Council 500 0 0 1,800 0 0 2,300 0 0 gandra. Kyeninba Between 9 m. 1,200 ft.1 Two reinforced concrete Department. 667 10 2 and 9 m. 4,850 ft. culverts. Mcfntyre's Creek 638 2 160 5 10 Between 7 m. 2,800 ft. Concrete culvert 164 10 975 3 5 1,139 14 and 7 m. 4,500 ft. Kalgowlah Creek 751 1 9 840 9 4* Between 15 m. 1,600 ft. Two concrete culverts 3 0 10 3 0 10t and 15 m. 2,500 ft. Total Federal Highway— Southern Division— Gunning Village of Collector ...... Gravel deviation 0 3815 Department. 110 15 4 110 15 Mulwaree Willow Tree Creek ' Reinforced concrete Council 1,000 0 0 302 7 8 1,302 7 vert. Collector 250 0 0 Total 663 3 0 Monaro Highway — Southern Highway- Dalgety Between Cooma and Four concrete box culverts Department 724 11 10 1,879 3 10 2,603 15 8* Adaminaby. Eucumbene River Concrete bridge 3,303 4 1 3,303 4 1 Imlay... Between Bega aud Tar penetration 3 3277 6,858" 6 4 9,251 1 9 16,109 8 1 Tathra. Monaro Between 0 m. and 1 m. Gravel surface course 2 4082 Council 8,221 16 2 8,221 16 2* 3,482 ft. and 5 m. 3,660 ft.-6 m. 4,260 ft. South-western Division Kveamba , Between Wagga Wagga Tar penetration Department 4,471 6 3 4,471 6 3 and Alfredtbwn. Replacement of " V Culverts Council 1,900 0 0 108 16 0 2,008 16 0* gutters. Near Rules Point Pipe culverts .. 500 0 0 500 0 0 Total 27,735 8 1 Great Western Highway- Metropolitan Division— Bathurst Yale Creek Four box concrete culverts Council 500 0 0 500 0 0 Turon 5 12\ m. Biithurst Bridge Department. 962 5 6 964 17 3* 5 3 m. Bathurst .. 1,203 18 10 1,203 18 10 2,666 4 4 Mid-Western Highway South-ioextern Division— Hay 0 Through the Town .. Bitunlen surface . 1 220 Department 2,244 0 3 2,244 0 3 Bland 6 Yalgogrin-Weethalle Gravel pavement. 6 3100 Council , 1,000 0 0 4,500 0 0 5,500 0 0 6 Bland Creek Timber bridge .... 5 16 11 5 16 11 Wyalong Municipal Gravel pavement. 2,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 boundary—West. Between 45 m. 2,203 ft. Six pipe culverts 500 0 0 500 0 0* and'47 m. 2,600 ft. Carrath ool Sims Gap Gravel pavement 1000 Department 3,486 19 8 618 6 8 4,105 Erigolia-Rankin's Formation and culverts 4815 349 18 0 3,377 5 11 3,727 Springs. Sims Gap and the Gap Concrete culverts .... 120 2 9 120 2 9 Dam. Wakool ..... Waradgery Shire bound Formation and gravel Council 2,250 0 0 2,250 0 0 ary—West. Waradgery Between Hay and Carra Earth formation 4,750 0 0 4,750 0 0 thooi.

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Total Expenditure Expenditure Length Carried Expenditure Council. Location. Class of Construction. Author- to during No. out by. to 30th June, 1933. 1933-34. 30th June, 1934.

State Highways—continued.

£ £ s. d. Central Western Division— m. ft. £ s. s. d. Blayney At Red Hill Gravelling and culverts ... 0 3680 Council 500 0 1,081 1,581 1.1 6* Cowra. Miscellaneous small con Department. 65 11 6 65 0 0* struction work. 0 0 Grenfell.... Graf ton-street Two small bridges 5 11 386 1.5 3 392 6 10 Lyndhurst Realignment ., Gravel and culverts 0 718 Council 800 0 1,429 11 10 2,229 11 10* Miscellaneous small con 300 0 0 300 0 0* struction works. Waueoola Peach-tree Creek Concrete bridge Department 1,054 8 430 10 3 IS 6* At 19 m. 220ft. Reinforced concrete cul 583 12 83 14 1 667 6 3* vert. Miscellaneous small con 292 8 0 292 8 0 struction works. Weddin Ironpot and Murray's Two concrete bridges 67 13 2,178 0 5 2,245 13 7* Creek. At 18J m., Marsden Sec­ Reinforced concrete cul­ 1,440 2 175 17 5 1,616 0 3* tion. verts. 6,161 Grenfell-Marsden Forming and gravelling .. Council. 5,005 4 1,156 13 8 17 8 Total ... 27,951 14 11

North-western Highway— Metropolitan Division— Abercrombie 7 Rocks Creek Concrete bridges Department. 4 16 6

Central Western Division Dubbo Bultge-street Tar penetration 0 2273 Council 1,770 0 0 335 12 4 2,105 12 4 Molong Hill and G idley streets 0 2100 1,394 17 9 1,394 17 9* Reedv Creek Concrete bridge Department 923 8 8 923 8 8 Amaroo ... ! Between 14 m. 300 ft. Council 400''6 o 759 2 2 1,159 2 2* and 17 m. 2,040 ft. Three concrete culverts ... , Canobolas-Molong 3 616 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 Bogan ... I Mullengudgerv-Coolibah. Gravelling 16 5214 2,500 0 0 1,944 15 4 4,444 15 4* I Between 342 m. 24 chs, 430 0 0 288 19 11 718 19 11 ! and 347 m. 48 chs. Four timber culverts Canobolas Kerr's Creek Reinforced concrete cul­ 597 16 11 40 19 111 550 17 0* verts. Municipal boundary- Bitumen 2 600 7,9S0 14 3 46 10 6 8,027 4 9* Lucknow. Between 146 in. IS chs Three reinforced concrete 400 0 0 407 7 3 807 7 3* and 166 m. 71 chs. culverts. Shadforth-Lucknow Bitumen penetration 2 2240 7,500 0 0 7,500 0 Cobbora . Various locations Pipe and concrete culverts 599 10 6 0 5+ 593 10 Macquarie 2,066 17 31 5 7f 2,035 11 Marthaguy Nevertire-N y ngan Gravelling and warning ... 6"'2442 2,500 0 3,948 15 8 6,448 15 Talbragar , At 7 m.peg Timber beam bridge Department 2,133 3 6 2,133 3 At 16 m. 10 ch. . Timber bridge and cul­ 507 14 8 1,456 1.1 2 1,964 5 verts. At ii m. peg from Dubbo Timber bridge 1 1 11 2,666 14 11 2,667 16 10* At 12 m. 20 ch Reinforced concrete cul­ 137 16 9 170 2 8 307 19 5* vert. Total 24,890 12 5

New England Highway— Lower Northern Division— East Maitland .. Newcastle-street Alteration of mains—Re­ Department. 707 12 0 707 12 0* construction. Greta Redhouse Creek Concrete bridge 64 17 0 768 14 7* Maitland West Long Bridge Bridge 44 19 6 44 19 0 Kearsley West Maitland and Loch Bitumen surfacing 66 Cou ncil 4,440 16 5 4,440 16 5 invar. 3-7 in. north-west of Two concrete culverts ... 500 0 0 500 0 0 Maitland. 2 2 Muswellbrook Grasstree Hill Concrete culvert Department 97 10 97 10 Grasstree Hill-Mt. Brook Bitumen surfacing 5 4488 800 7 3 800 7 3 Patrick Plains Bowman's Creek , Timber bridge 2,018 10 1 6 7 4 2,024 17 5* Three Sisters-Singleton Gravelling and" recondi­ 866 6,770 0 4 10,222 16 2 16,992 16 6 tioning. Village of Camberwell Gravelling and culverts ... 0 3000 533 1 10 533 1 10 Patrick Plains and Belford-Branxton Resurfacing bitumen 9 0 8,806 10 8,806 10 9 Kearsley. Patrick Plains Branxton-Singleton Bitumen surfacing 1,275 14 1 1,275 14 1 Upper'Hunter Abbotsford Creek ... Reinforced concrete cul­ Council 500 0 0 5 16 3| 494 3 9* vert. Tin Hut Gully Department 970 17 8 970 17 8 At 2 m.-4 in. 4% m. and Four reinforced concrete Council 2,000 0 0 2,000 0 0 Oj in. culverts.

Upper Northern Division— Glen Innes Eerguson-street and Premixed tar macadam . 1 4700 4,200 0 0 562 3 4 4,762 3 4 southern boundary. Miscellaneous sma-11 con 60 0 0 60 0 0* struction jobs. Guyra. North and south of Guyra Bitumen penetration 4 2046 8,000 0 0 404 7 lit 7,595 12 1* Guyra to Glen Innes.... )> i) • 2 3432 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0* Northern end of Guyra, 0 500 056 2 7 656 2 7* At 16 m. 1,400 ft. towards Concrete culvert u 620 13 4 020 13 4 Glen Innes. Kyogle .... Department 2,582 12 10 5,626 9 Upper Clarence Develop Waterbound macadam .. 4 0 3,043 10 3 1 mental Works. Council 48 1,201 10 Severn .... At Dundee Gravel pavement...: , 1 0 1,250 0 0 Glen Innes to Guyra Concrete culvert 754 754 3 Tenterflcid! Old Koreclah-Wooden Waterbound macadam ... ll'"2833 Department. 37,8S8""6 8 25,031 62,919 9 bong. Wash Pool Creek Concrete bridge Council 2,450 0 0 408 10 10 2,858 10 LO* Tooloom Creek Timber bridge Department. 35 8 9 1,122 9 4 1,157 18 l At 13 m Concrete culvert Council 650 0 0 650 0 0 Oakey Creek-Legume .., Gravel pavement Department. 2,047 9 8 2,047 9 8 At 29 m. and 21* m. ... Concrete culverts Council 875 0 0 875 0 0

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Length Total Road Carried Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Council. No. Location. Class of Construction. Author­ to during ised. out by. 30th June, 1933. 1933-34. to 30th June, 1934.

State Highways—continued. North-western Dimaion- m. ft. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. Cockburn 18 m. north of.Tamworth Reinforced concrete cul- Council 0 1,077 9 7 1,577 9 7* vert. 8 m. north of Tamworth Tar surfacing 2 2640 0 262 0 0 1,262 0 o* Moonbi Ranges Widening and gravelling 5 0 0 6 16 0 2,406 16 0* 19 ni. north of Tamworth Reinforced concrete cul 492 7 9 492 7 9* vert. - Mooubi Village Forming and gravelling . 1 251; 1,763 7 1 • 1,763 7 0 At 2'87 in. ..." Concrete culvert 170 0 0 170 0 0* Dumaresq North of Armidale .. Tar surfacing 3 0 1,800 0 0 83 3 2f 1,716 16 10* Between 0 m. 30 ch. and Bitumen 3 4290 1,370 0 0 1,370 0 0 10 m. 15 ch. Gostwyck North of Uralla Tar surfacing ... 0 70 6 11 1,876 6 11* Ohurcli Gullv Concrete culvert 741 1 8 741 1 8* Nundle ... Between 19| and 22i in Eleven culverts 0 1,446 5 0 2,446 5 0* peg. Peel Boiling Down Creek Timber bridge 1.462 6 6 1,402 0 6 Tamarang Wiles Gully Reinforced concrete bridge Department. 2.371 6 7 230 17 3t 2,140 g 4* Flaggy Creek 0 12 9 2,48S 9 4 2,489 2 1* Devil's Elbow, near 32 m. Reinforced concrete cul­ 1,916 10 1 37 2 8f 1,879 7 5* vert. A'arioiis locations Reinforced concrete cul­ Council 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 verts. Near Colly Creek Forming and gravelling 0 3S00 3,5)3 15 0 1,513 15 0 Through Shire ,. Widening existing read ... 7 2640 500 0 0 500 0 0

84,402 5 3 Pacific Highway— Lower Noithtrn Division Bellingen Raleigh Sleel and concrete bridges Department. 4,080 7 8 4,080 7 8 McGrath's Crack Two timber bridges Council 0 761 17 1 1,261 17 1* Bang.ilow and Cutrock Two concrete bridges 3,135 16 5 83 1 4f 3,052 15 1* Creeks. Gosford to Wyong .. Tar surfacing andculverts 13 4620 0 7,850 0 0 20,850 0 0 Kangy Creek Concrete bridge 1,044 9 7 1,044 9 7 Wyoining-road deviation Gravel pavement 1 "i'310 Department 2,859 19 5 2,859 19 5 Hastings Hibbard's Creek Concrete bridge(two-span) 11 457 16 4 830 13 3* Passionfruit Creek Concrete culvert 798 1 4 798 1 4 Lake Macquarie Swansea-Belmont Reconstruction in bitumen 3,525 7 7 3,525 7 7 | m. south of Belmont .. Concrete bridge f> 16 8 5 16 8 Macleay Clvbucca Creek Two bridges and two cul 6 49 8 5 5,828 11 11* verts. Christinas Creek Timber bridge 994 IS 5 994 18 5 Manning Lansdownc River ai Concrete and steel bridge. 8,730 8 2 11,325 3 11 20,055 12 1 Coopcrnook. Dawson's River 6,779 14 S 4,496 9 9 11..275 17 5* Middle Kundtbakh Concrete bridge 694 1 2 2.871 18 5 3,565 19 7 Cundleton Gravel pavement 1629 Council 307 17 1 307 17 1* 22-23 in. north of Tarce. Gravelling 0 18^ 0 505 0 0 692 0 0* 12 m. south of Taree Concrete culvert and drain 389 18 4 389 18 4 Port Stephens North of Raymond Ter Rock surface course am' 2 2956 Department 937 17 5 937 17 5 race. culverts. Stroud Lam oils Creek Timber bridge Council 1,000 0 0 1.000 0 0 13 m. north of Stroud .. Reinforced concrete cul­ Department 1,098 11 2 311 5 5 1,409 16 7* vert. 1 Double Creek Two reinforced concrete 196 7 0 2,120 6 0 2.322 13 6 bridges. Upper Northern Division- Ballina Burns Point Ferry Cement concrete 0 3578 Council 6,600 0 0 6.000 0 0 Maclean Ashby-strect ...... Construction macadam 0 2061 1,820 0 0 1,820 0 0 surface course. Ulmarra Swan Creek Two timber bridges .... Department 8 8 4 8 8 d Between Ulmarra and Tar penetration 2,930 14 0 3,027 17 10 5,958 12 4* Cowper. 2 2575 Byron.... Between 16 m. and 17 m Bitumen penetration Council 4,300 0 0 4,300 0 0 from Ballina. 0 5207 Everett's Hill Deviation Fine crushed rock surface 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 course. 1 0 4153 Dorrigo .. Between 0 m. 1,000 ft Gravel pavement 3,350 0 0 3,350 0 0 and 1 in. 1.875 ft. 1 715 At 9-9 m. and 11J m. .. Two concrete culverts 525 0 0 525 0 0 Harwood Harwood Ferry to Wood Tar penetration 200 1.500 0 0 2,202 4 2 3.702 4 2* burn. Clarence River at Mororo Steel and concrete bridge. Department 6,887 5 6 6,887 5 6 Orara Between 17 m. 4,234 ft. Concrete culverts ""3" 2 1 938 0 5 941 2 6 and 19 m. 720 ft. Miscellaneous small con­ 292 5 7 292 5 7* struction jobs. Dirty Creek Deviation Gravel 1 3396 1.796 17 8 1,796 17 8 Tintenbar South of B»rns Point Waterbound macadam ... 1 0 Council 3.250 0 0 52 18 4t 3,197 1 8* At 4 m. 52 chs. south Bitumen penetration 0 825 700 0 0 150 10 0 850 10 0 Tweed ... Cudgeton Creek Concrete bridge , Department 512 11 83 17 4 596 0 3* Boyd's Bay Concrete and steel bridge 908 2 3 9,189 16 2 10,097 18 5 Tweed and Byron Burringbar Range ... Broken stone pavement... 7,399 3 6 9,814 2 5 17,213 5 11 Tweed Chindt^rali-Boyd's Bay Bitumen penetration 1 4930 Council 1,003 14 5 3.794 2 1 4,7 97 16 6* 7,796 5 0 7,796 5 0 Barney's Point Concrete and steel bridge 2 293 Department Burringbar Dunbiblc Gravel 2 1064 3.755 19 6 3,755 19 6 Woodburn Moatc's and Ev ergon's Two timber bridges Council 1,000 0 0 46 10 7t 953 9 5* Creeks. Oakey Creek Broken sandstone 0 3900 3,654 18 4 85 7 10 3,740 6 2* At 1 in. 1 ch. and 18 in. Concrete culverts 554 4 0 554 4 0- 79 chs. Between 18 m. 4,100 ft. Two concrete culverts 500 0 0 500 0 0 and 19 m. 680 ft. Total 113,989 5 11 Oxley Highway— Lower Northern Division— Hastings 11 Yarras Creek Steel and timber bridge Department 1,308 19 6 57 1.3 2 1.366 12 s* 11 Wauchope-Sarah's Creek GravcU onnati on 1 4753 1,624 II 7 722 1 5 2,346 13 0* 11 Deep Creek Concrete bridge 3 4 1 1,933 15 11 1,987 0 0 Central Western Division— Gilgandra Berida Deviation Gravel and causeways 4 1252 Council 0 1.039 9 4 4,039 9 4 Approaches to bridgi; ii Gravel 0 3300 0 653 6 10 1,153 6 10 Gilgandra. At 17 in. 166 ft., 19 in Three timber culverts ... 0 490 0 6 632 10 6* and 4 m. 32 chs. Marthaguy Calf Pen Creek Reinforced concrete cul­ Department 370 14 3 437 11 2 808 5 5* vert. Timbrebongie and Trangia-Collie . Gravel and culverts 24 1056 10.772 18 2 3,989 5 5 14,762 3 7 Marthaguy. Timbrebongie Ewenmar Creek Timber bridge 10 1,535 11 3 2,234 7 1

* Completed works. tCredit. 47-

Tr.fcal Expenditure Expenditure Length Carried enpenditure Road Location. Class of Construction. Author­ to during to Council. No. out by. 1933-34. ised. 30th June, 1933. 30th June, 1934.

State Highways—continued. North-western Division— m. ft. 5. d. d. Tamworth 11 Miscellaneous small con Department 73 8* struction jobs. Apsley Tobin's Creek Deviation.. Gravel pavement 4 0 55,074 8 18,181 73,255 10 Tiara Creek and Black Two timber bridges Council 1,027 7 4 05 1.432 12 fellows' Gully Yarrow! tch River-Stacers Three concrete bridges Department 2,483 8 4 3,262 12 8* and Orange Creeks. Near 11 m. from Walcha Gravel pavement. 0 2000 Council 1,807 1,807 1.0 4* Walcha-Wal cha-roa d Tar surfacing .... 3 0 1,250""6 0 162 1,4128 2 5* Approaches Tiara Creek Gravel : 0 3306 1,100 1,100 0 0 Bridge. Department 437 13 437 13 1 Chimney Swamp Creek .. Concrete bridge . 1 Woolbrook-Bendemeer . Gravel pavement. 5 4755 9,049 12 9 9,049 12 9 Cockburn 2 948 9 16,156 14 Coonabarabran Coona barabran-Toora- 7 1398 Council 13,208 4 9 4 wenah. Bela Creek Timber bridge Department 8 4 0 2,429 2,437 17 1 Gowang Creek Two concrete bridges 2.040 2,046 4 5 Council 300 "0 0 688 988 17 Between 344 and 38£ m Three concrete culverts .. 3* nog. 655 19 2 655 19 Between 32J and 34 m 2* R P g- Gravel pavement. jjepartment 7,500 0 0 7,500 0 Coonabarabran-Toora- 0 wenah, section 5. Concrete bridge 630 2 3 630 2 3 Wallumburrawang Creek Peel Concrete culvert Council 650 0 0 7 0 1 642 19 11* At 25 m. peg 300 0 0 221 521 8 11* Between 8i and 13 in. peg Four concrete culverts Total 00,018 2 8 Gwydir 'Highway— I Upper Northern Division- Glen Innes Railway Gates—Bound Bituminous macadam 1 330 Council 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 ary. Graft-on South Cowan-street 0 5050 2,700 0 0 2,700 0 0 Bannockburn At 18 m. 5,100 ft Reinforced concrete cul­ 901 17 6 35 0 0 936 17 6* verts. Between 19 m. 2,000 ft Two concrete culverts ... 450 0 0 309 1 6 759 1 6* and 23 m. 1,300 ft. Miscellaneous small con­ 653 1.7 2 653 17 2* struction jobs. Macintyre . At 22J m. from Tnverell.. Concrete culvert 850 0 0 850 0 0 Nymboida Buecarumbi Creek Timber beam bridge 272 1.4 0 772 14 0* South Grafton - Glen Bitumen penetration , 3 2988 5,000 0 0 5,000 0 0 Innes. O.B.X. Creek Timber beam bridge ... 814 15 814 15 8* At 51-35 m., 51-8 m., Concrete culverts 900 0 54-51 m., 02-93 m. 900 0 0 1,262 6 Severn Between 4 m. 10 chs. and Bitumen penetration 1 0 2,062 6 9* 5 m. 10 chs. Yallarol Spring Creek Concrete bridge Department 647 17 9 1,073 10 1,721 7 10* Between 2Jm. and 23im. Gravel pavement and cul­ 5" 1994 Council 2,225 0 0 6,855 15 9,080 15 1 verts. North-western Division- Morec Within the municipality.. GTavel and tar surface 3 4290 852 0 0 1,323 0 0" Boomi Gwydir River Timber bridge 282 8 11 22 2 304 10 11' At Greenbah 1,400 0 0 56 2 1,456 2 7« Various locations Gravelling and formation 36 2660 4,000 0 0 2,520 0 6,520 0 0* Between Moree and West­ Gravel pavement 2 2640 2,900 0 2,900 .0 0 ern boundary. Walgett Grawin Creek Steel and timber bridge ., Department 6,797 18 2 0,797 18 2 Collarenebri-Pokataroo .. Gravelling 5 2640 Council 7,008 4 0 864 18 10 7,873 2 10« Warrah . Miscellaneous small con­ 22 2 11 22 2 11" struction works. Total 34,381 4 9

Total, All Highways 441,400 13 5

Trunk and Ordinary Main Roads. Metropolitan Division Berry , Bomaderry-road Premixed 3960 Department 1,267 1 11 2,097 17 10 macadam. Illawarra Central . Five Islands road 0 9,350 11 10 9,350 11 10 Jamberoo Kiama-Jamberoo Premixed bituminous 8,613'i'l 2 2,379 3 0 10,992 14 S" niacada surface course. Rylstone ., Miscellaneous small con 5 3" struction jobs. rotal 13,832 18 5 Southern Division— Queanbeyan and Bungendore Hill Gravel 1 3792 Department. 4,449 8 10 4,449 8 10 Yarrowlumla. Bibbenluke 53 Gravel pavement 0 5200 Council 1,084 1 0 1,084 1 0* Crookwell 54 Construction causeways 640 0 0 640 0 0* and pipe culverts. 201 182 15 0 182 15 0* 248 116 O 0 116 0 0* 249 244 5 0 244 5 0* 291 53 0 0 53 0 0* Dalgety 287 Between 4 in, 50 chs. and Formation and gravel 107 0 0 107 0 0* 5 m. 5 chs. 286 Wollondilly Creek Concrete bridge Department 4 19 8 4 19 8 Eurobodalla 271 Barrett's Creek Reinforced concrete arch 1,036 14 3 bridge. 1,035 2 7 271 Moruya River Reinforced concrete and 543 4 timber bridge. 543 4 9 Goodradigbee 56 Jier Creek Three reinforced concrete 127 14 bridges. 127 14 0 it 56 Miscellaneous small con­ Council 555 16 243 struction jobs. 555 16 4 278 Approaches Taemas Gravel pavement 2 4110 Department 5,454 15 10 Bridge. 5,454 15 10 Mulwaree 248 Wollondilly River Reinforced concrete bridge 7 14 0 4,182 5 4 4,189 19 256 Municipal boundary— Waterbound macadam ... l" 1848 Council 300 0 0 200 0 0 500 0 Ken More. Murrungal 248 Oldmaugunyah Creek ... Concrete bridge 17 6 7 17 6* 248 Burrowa River 1,500 0 0 966 6 3 2,466 6 3 >» 241 Dirthole Creek i> 951 12 0 951 12 0 Wingecarribee 263 Johnstones Creek Timber bridge 249 15 0 249 15 0* Yarrowlumia 52 Deep Creek Concrete bridge 705 10 0 705 10 0 Total 21,361 9 1

* Completed works. t Credit. 48

Length Total Road. Carried Expenditure Expenditure Expenditure Council. No. Location. Class of Construction. Author­ out by. to during to ised. 30th June, 1933. 1933-34. 30th June, 1934.

Trunk and Ordinary Main Roads—continued Lower Northern Division m. ft £ s. d. s. d. s. d. Ne wcastlc and 108 Two new ferrv docks Department. 2,074 14 10 11,840 2 7 13,914 17 5 Stockton. Newcastle City ... 188 Union, Kemp, and Tooke Cement concrete, asphaltic 0 1270 Department 8,613 11 2 208 13 ot 8,404 18 2* streets. surface. and Council. 188 Union-street 0 0880 886 13 6 886 13 6* New Lambton 223 Broadmeadow-road Miscellaneous small con­ Council 340 3 6 340 3 6* struction works (gravel tar surfaced). Port Macquarie 113 Kooloonbung Creek Concrete bridge Department 273 16 5 429 11 0 703 7 5* Wallsend 21? Ironbark Creek 376 4 10 376 4 10 Bolwarra 103 McBae's Hollow Scour protection Council 150 0 76 13 10 226 13 10* Erina 225 Spencer-Green grove Shale surfacing .... 1 0056 Department ,144 4 296 8 3 3,440 12 15 225 Mangrove Creek Two timber bridges 948 18 2,170 3 0 3,119 1 7 225 Bedlam and Ironbark 262 3 1,512 6 9 1,774 10 0 Creeks. 336 Gosford and The En­ Bitumen on tar priming... 1.1 3036 Council 3,000 0 0 3,000 0 0* trance. 225 Oystershell-Gree ngrove Construction in gravel and Department, 297 IS 5| 297 18 5f timber bridge. Kearsley 195 Miscellaneous small con­ Council 81

struction jobs. 4 Muswellbrook 231 Merton's Crossing Timber bridge 10 10 10 10 10 10* Patrick Plain; 128 First Creek 587 10 11 0 5 0 587 15 11* 181. Monkey-place Two timb3r bridges 750 0 0 750 0 0 Stroud 110 Myall River Concrete and steel bridge Department. 2,634'i 9 2 1,497 9 4 4,132 8 6 Tarro .. 104 Miscellaneous small con­ Councils ... 172 10 0 172 10 0* struction jobs. Upper Hunter 73 17 5 73 17 5*

i'otal 29,347 15 5

Upper Northern Dirision- Casino 64 Miscellaneous small Department. 15 15 11 15 15 11* struction jobs. G rafton South 297 Approaches Clarence Cement concrete 0 27 Council 1,283 18 0 1,348 18 11 2,632 16 11* River Bridge. Copmanhurst 150 Erection tree guards .. 65 11 1 65 11 1* 151 Two-mile Creek Timber bridge 485 0 0 . 485 0 0 Dorrigo 151 State Highway 10 to Bitumen penetration .. 1 4720 1,600 0 0 1,630 14 6 3,230 14 6* Coft's Harbour. Gund urimba Between 15J m. and 17 Waterbound macadam 1 2970 1,159 17 5 23 11 6 1,183 8 11* m. 5 chs. 147 Between 12 and 15 M.P... Sandstone and metal 3 0990 300 0 0 693 11 0 993 11 0* 147 Miscellaneous small con 24 18 9 24 18 9* struction jobs. Harwood 151 100 0 0 100 0 0 Kyogle .. 140 Upper Clarence Develop Gravel 12 0292 Department. 29,743 5 9 43,139 2 0 72,882 7 9 ment works. 64 Deep Creek Reinforced concrete Council 742 13 9 10 5 It 732 8 8* bridge. 141 Back-Creek Deviation .. Gravelling 0 3000 525 0 0 525 0 0 Nymboida 121 Horton's Creek :.. Timber bridge 500 0 0 500 0 0 Terania .... 146 Wilson's Creek 1,000 0 0 500 0 0 1,500 0 0 141 Nimbin-Kyogle Gravel Department 5,863 3 6 5,863 3 6 142 Calico Creek Four concrete culverts Council 800 0 0 800 0 0 Tenterfleld. 138 Reedy Creek Timber bridge 800 0 0 800 0 0 Tiutenbar . 64 Between 5 and 8 M.P. .. Crushed roi-k course 3 0 2,000 0 0 5,350 0 0 7,350 0 0 Tomki .... 149 Deep Creek, at Tatham Three timber bridges .. 3,108 14 11 97 18 6 3,200 13 5* Tweed .... 142 Graveyard Orf-ek Concrete bridges 300 0 e 300 0 0 Total 62,253 0 7

South-western Division— Albury 212 Between 76 and 100 chs. Gravel pavement. 300 0 0 53 10 9 353 10 9* Young 239 Reconstruction at 141 Tar surfacing .... 0 1650 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 chs. 1 4026 Carrathool 244, Miscellaneous small con­ 449'16 9 100 0 0 "549 16 9 254, struction jobs. 257, 321. 244, F ormati on—Loaming 6 0528 G90 12 5 696 12 5 254, 257, 321. Coolamon 240 Between 6 m. 5040 ft. Gravelling 1 1140 250 0 0 100 0 0 350 0 0 and 8 m. 900 ft. 240 Mirool Creek Concrete bridge 750 0 0 1,038 17 11 1,788 17 H Demondrille 243 Demondrille Creek 2,200 0 0 2,200 0 0 Holbrook ... 278 Jingellic Creek Department 4 3 11 4 3 11 Hume 125 Pour-mile Creek Concrete culvert Council 200 0 0 200 0 0 Jindalee ... 242 Dry and Bland Creeks 750 0 0 750 0 0 235 Skillion Hut and Duda- 700 0 0 700 0 0 man Creeks. Kyeamba ... 211 Between 22 and 23 M.P., Forming and gravelling .. 0 2279 132 6 9 132 6 9* Lockhart ... 210 At Egan's Creek Concrete culvert 532 3 5 -532 3 5* Mitchell ... 240 Houlaghan's Creek Timber bridge 800 0 0 600 0 0 1,400 0 0 Murrumbidgt 58 Miscellaneous small con­ 100 0 0 31 3 4 131 3 4* struction jobs. 2 Narraburra 241 Bland Creek Concrete bridge 1,465 2 2 1,465 2 235 Between 20 m. 1505 ft. Gravelling 300 0 0 300 0 0* and 21 in. 1505 ft. Tumbarumba 282 Horse Creek Concrete bridge 1,200 0 0 1,200 0 0 232, Miscellaneous small 174 19 9 174 19 9 278 struction jobs. Tumut 278 Kelly's Creek Four timber bridges 450 0 0 192 11 3 Ufana.. 229 Between 21 m. 470 ft Gravellinc 200 0 0 232 0 2 and 22 m. 3,400 ft.

* Credit. t Completed works. 49

Total Expenditure Length Carried Expenditure Expenditure Council. Road Location. Class of Construction. Author­ to during No. out by. I to ised. | 30th June, 1933. 1933-34. 30th June, 1934.

Trunk and Ordinary Main Roads—continued. SotH-h Western Division—continued—• ft. £ £ s. d. £ s. d. Wakool 221. Miscellaneous small con Council 502 7 11 853 9 1 1,355 17 0 319 struction jobs. 22], Flood channel at 0 m. 25 Timber beam bridge 400 0 0 400 0 0 chs. 319 Wakool River 1,100 0 0 1,100 0 0 Waradgery 58 Gum Creek 500 0 0 2S5 13 11 785 13 11* 60 Miscellaneous small con­ 407 4 2 407 4 2 struction jobs. Windouran 296, Miscellaneous small con­ 317 10 0 49 16 2 367 0 2* 319. struction works. 60 Moama-Booligal Delta Timber bridge 486 3 6 486 3 6* Creek. Yanco 58, Various locations Forming and gravelling 200 0 0 571 13 7 771 13 7* 229, 243. 229, 4 2574 150 0 0 243. 16,007 12 3

Central Western Division— Araaroo 233 Little River Concrete bridge 3,223 10 0 3,223 10 0 61 Various locations Three concrete culverts .. 250 0 0 250 0 O Bore'o 224 Boree Creek Bridge Department 0 6 11 2 6 11 61 Long's Gully Timber beam bridge Council 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 310, Miscellaneous small con 151 10 0 151 10 0 61, •struction jobs. 224, and 237. 61 Long's Gully Bridge 400 0 0 400 0 0 Canobolas . 237, At 12 m. 13 chs., 9 Concrete culverts 900 0 0 900 0 0 245. 8 chs., and 14 in. 48 chs. Goobang . 57 Bullock Creek Timber bridge 1,200 0 0 311 11 10 1,511 11 10* 233 At Qh M.P 948 9 9 948 9 9* Lachlan . 57 Wallaroi Creek 200 n 0 200 0 0 Macquarie 233 Curra Creek 712." "3 9 1 16 5 714 0 '2 Marthaguy 202 Sandy Creek Department 0 12 3 0 12 3 Wingadee . 56 Baronne Creek Council 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 129 Nebea Creek 857 17 4 857 17 4* 129 Teridgerie Creek 1,500 0 0 1,500 0 0 205 Saltbush Gully 200 0 0 200 0 0* 10,947 14

North-western Division— Apslcy 116 Between 18 m. 1,664 ft, Gravelling 0 1300 Council 150 0 0 18 18 lit 131 1 1* and IS m. 2,904 ft. Barraba ...... 132 Deviation at Motor Cut­ Earth formation 0 197.3 490 19 6 490 19 6* ting. Cockburn 63 Moree Creek Two reinforced concrete 900 0 0 74 15 4 974 15 4* culverts. 63 Attunga Creek Timber bridge 900 0 0 211 5 1 1,111 5 1* Coonabarabran 55 At 49 M.P Concrete culvert 103 5 0 163 5 0* 55 Deviation at 47 M.P. Gravel 316 5 7 316 5 7* Dumaresq' 116 Miscellaneous small con­ 397 3 3 397 3 3 struction jobs. Gostwyck 132 322 5 5 322 5 5* Liverpool Plains 126 Brecza Plains ... Gravelling 7 0140 705 0 0 705 0 0 Naniol 126, At 27 m. 56 chs. Extension of culvert 250 0 0 10 2 8t 239 17 4* 127. 126 Coghill Creek ... Timber bridge 1,000 0 0 1,077 16 11 2,077 16 11 126 Deadinan's Gully 800 0 0 118 5 5 913 5 5* 126 Spring Creek 807 0 0 807 0 0* 127 Brigalow Creek ... 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 72, Various locations Clearing, forming, and 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0 127, culverts. 133. Peel 130 Currabubula Creek Timber bridge 610 3 0 610 8 0 130 Culvert •. Ta'marang . 129 Mooki River Timber bridge 1,250 0 0 1,250 0 0 129, Various locations Gravelling 0 1980 500 0 0 500 0 0 72. Walgett 56, Miscellaneous small con 11 6 23 7 6 419 19 0* 127. struction works. 56, Various locations Earth formation 10 0264 500 0 0 500 0 0 127, 123, 339. Total 9,538 15 5

Total—Main and Trunk Roads Total—All Roads 605,189 19 1

Sundry small works 956 10 9 956 10 9 Commission paid in terms of section 42 of the Main Roads Act -. 2,913 5 3 2,913 5 3 Surveys, supervision and design, including design for Councils' works 386,811 13 68,435 2 9 445,246 16 0 Acquisition of land for widening 71,990 9 3,748 18 11 75,739 8 5 Expenditure on works completed prior to 1st July, 1933, a3 shown in previous reports and not listed above 3,970,276 17 3,970,276 17 9 Grand Total as per Income and Expenditure Account on page 25 4,882,392 15 1 671,243 16 9 5,553,036 11 10

t Credit. * Completed workB,

*49425—D 50

PART IV.—DEVELOPMENTAL ROADS FUND.

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. The audited Income and Expenditure Account and Balance Sheet of the Developmental Roads Fund are set out hereunder. The operations of the fund for the year may be summarised in the following manner;— £ Cash on hand at commencement of year (1-7-33) 13,220 Add Income for the year 227,806 239,026 Less Nett fluctuation in assets and liabilities 30-6-33 as compared with 30-6-34 27,983 211,043 Deduct Expenditure for the year 158,743 Cash on hand at end of year (30-6-34) £52,300 When the year closed the Department's balance of commitments for Construction works in progress was £197,364.

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1934.

Expenditure Income Expenditure Income during year during year to 30th June, to 30th June, Expenditure. ending 30th Total. Income. ending 30th Total. 1933. 1933. June, 1934. June, 1934.

30th June, 1934— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 30th June, 1934— £ s. d. £ s. d. To Construction of Develop­ By Loan Appropriation, Sec­ mental Roads— tion 29 (1) ('.•) Main («) From Loans 620,574 11 1 618 0 11 621,192 12 0 Roads Act, 1924-31 ... 498,330 13 5 498,330 13 5 (6) Prom Common­ „ Special State Loan Appro­ wealth- cum- State priation for Unemploy­ Votes 263,808 6 0 263,803 6 0 ment Relief Works ... 135,669 6 7 135,669 6 7 (c) From Revenue 138,618 10 S 24,405 10 10 163,024 1 6 ,, Other State Loans 10,749 7 6 10,749 7 6 (d) From Common „ Commonwealth-cuui- wealth Govern State Vote- ment Unemploy- fa) Commonwealth ment Relief Government Grant 141,134 3 0 141,134 3 0 Grant 77,000 0 0 77,000 0 0 (b) State Govern­ (c) From Grants by ment Subsidy 122,674 3 0 122,674 3 0 State Unemploy- „ Transfer from the Country ment Relief Main Roads Fund, vide Council— Section 21 of the Main (i) From Revenue 64,643 3 10 04,643 3 10 Roads Act, 1924-31 ... 135,000 0 0 135,000 0 0 (ii) From Loans .. 28,343 3 9 ,213 0 5 114,556 4 2 „ Amount due by Councils Loan Charges, vide in respect of Interest section 29, Main under Section 30 (4) Roads Act, 1924-31.. ,292 0 9 43,292 0 9 Main Roads Act, Miscellaneous Expendi­ 1924-31 9,878 13 11 9,878 13 11 ture 1,582 1 0 552 13 0 2,134 14 0 ,, Revenue Appropriation, Administrative Ex Section 29 (1) (a) Main penses— Roads Act, 1924-31 ... 138,600 0 0 1,050 0 0 139,650 0 0 (a) Salaries 14,193 1.8 9 2,502 12 16,696 11 5 „ Commonwealth Govern­ (6) General 8,977 4 7 1,159 1 10,136 6 3 ment Grant for Relief of Unemployment 77,000 0 0 77,000 0 0 „ Grants by State Un­ employment Relief Council— (a) Revenue 64,643 3 10 64,643 3 10 (b) Loans 32,846 7 4 81,709 16 10 114,556 4 2 „ Councils' Contributions towards Construction of Total £ 1,217,740 19 8 •158,743 0 3 1,376,483 19 11 Developmental Roads 982 6 2 167 3 5 1,149 9 7 „ Balance carried forward 75,110 7 9 ,, Miscellaneous Income ... 1,159 2 8 1,159 2 8

1,451,594 7 8 1,223,783 13 6 227,805 14 2 1,451,594 7 8

For details, see statement, page 54.

BALANCE-SHEET AT 30TH JUNE, 1934.

Liabilities. Assets. s. d. s. d. £ s. d. Sundry Creditors— Cash at Treasury 52,299 12 3 State Treasury for Interest, Section 30 (4). Stock on Hand 4,375 12 2 Main Roads Act 1,029 16 3 Sundry Debtors— Miscellaneous 172 15 3 Councils for Interest 6,602 11 2 1,202 11 6 State Unemployment Relief Council 10,029 10 5 Balance of Income and Expenditure Account 75,110 7 9 State Treasury—Interest, Sinking Fund, etc., Section 29 (3), Main Roads Act 2,991 9 6 Miscellaneous 14 19,637 14 10

76,312 19 3 76,312 19 3

NOTE.—In addition to the liabilities stated above ,repavmcnt has to be made of loans chargeable to the Developmental Roads Fund, as provided in Section 29 of the Main Roads Act, 1924-31. The principal amount of such loans outstanding on 30th June, 1934, was £818,259 6s. 9d. A. E. WARBURTON, Accountant.

I certify that the books and accounts of the Department of Main Roads have been examined and audited under the provisions of the Audit Act, 1902, and that, in my opinion, this Balance Sheet which is in accordance with such books and accounts, correctly sets out the position of the Developmental Roads Fund as at 30th June, 1934.

As regards stocks of materials and stores on hand, I have accepted the certificate of the Acting Chief Engineer (Country) that stock was taken under his supervision, and that the condition of the stock is satisfactory. JOHN SPENCE, " Department of Audit, 7th December, 1934. Auditor-General. 61

TOTAL EXPENDITURE ON DEVELOPMENTAL EOADS. The following statement shows the total expenditure on developmental roads since the inception of the Main Roads Board up to the 30th June, 1934, both from the Developmental Roads Fund and the Federal Aid Roads Fund:—

Expenditure from— Total. Year. Developmental Federal Aid Roads Fund. Roads Fund.

£ £ £ 1025-26 101,468 101,468 1926-27 152,007 152,007 1927-28 188,238 7,000 195,238 251,992 120,619 372,611 271,387 86,279 357,666 1930-31 183,305 .29,418 212,723 1931-32 36,982 4,431 41,413 1932-33 32,362 25,812 58,174 1933-34 158,743 2,743 161,486 1,376,484 276,302 1,652,786

LOAN LIABILITIES. The total loan liability imposed upon the Fund as a result of the passing of the Finances Adjustment (Further Provisions) Act, 1933, amounted to £850,544 2s. 4d., consisting of £714,874 15s. 9d. in respect of ordinary loans and £135,669 6s. 7d. in respect of loans for the relief of unemployment. This liability was reduced by £32,284 15s, 7d. (Commonwealth Government contributions under the Financial Agreement •and Federal Aid Roads Agreement £28,59415s. Sd., and sinking fund payments by the Department of Main Roads £3,689 19s. lid.) at the 30th June, 1934, leaving a liability of £818,259 6s. 9d. at that date.

ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL ROADS. Prior to the enactment of the Financial Adjustment (Further Provisions; Act, 1933, referred to earlier in thia Report, there was no regular source of income available for the construction of developmental roads. In previous years the funds for this purpose were provided mainly from loan appropriations, but during the years 1931 to 1933 loan moneys were so restricted as to prevent any allocations being made available. With the passing of the legislation referred to, a sum of £135,000 will be transferred annually as from the 1st July, 1933, from the Country Main Roads Fund to the Developmental Roads Fund for the construction of developmental roads and to meet the payment of interest and other charges on works'previously constructed from loan moneys. In the allocation of these funds the Department has adhered to the policy adopted in previous years of carrying through to completion the construction of those roads which had already been proclaimed as developmental before adding to the mileage of such roads, exceptions being made only in specially urgent cases. Completed plans and specifications had been available in many cases for some years for works on proclaimed developmental roads, and the Department was thus able to authorise immediately the commencement of a number of these projects in expenditure of the funds now provided. Accordingly works to the value of £168,000 had been approved up to the close of the financial year. To describe each of these works in detail would occupy much space, but it is of interest to refer to some of them as indicating the type of work undertaken. Shires of Bannoclburn and Ashford—Developmental Road No, 1082.—This road connects Graman on the Inverell—Yetman road (Main Road No. 187) with the rail-head at Delungra. Hitherto the only trafhcable route has been via the I nver ell-Yet man road to Inverell, a distance of 27 miles, whereas with the construction of this'developmental road the distance to rail-head at Delungra will be 15 miles only. Grants to the amount of £7,600 have been madti available to the Councils concerned and will be expended in the construction of a roadway with gravel pavement 12 feet wide over a length of approximately 10 miles. This will complete the constructiou of the road between Graman and Delungra. Shires of Carrathool and Wade—Developmental Road No. 1019.—This road is approximately 22 miles in length and provides direct road access from Darlington Point on the Sturt Highway to the Mid-Western Highway near Rankin's Springs. An allocation has been made available to the Carrathool Shire Council for the earth formation of 5 miles of the road, together with culverts and causeways proceeding northerly from the Wade Shire boundary, whilst funds have been allotted to the Wade Shire Council for the formation of approximately 3 miles of the road, together with culverts, between Beelbangera Railway Station and the Carrathool Shire boundary. Shires of Bland and Lachlan—Developmental Road No. 1029.—This road, which is approximately 100 miles in length, bears north and south, approximately through the centre of the wheat belt of the State. It forms, with Developmental Road No. 1108, a direct connection between Narrandera and Kiacatoo on the Oondobolin to Broken Hill railway line, and these roads in addition to connecting with the Sturt and Mid-Western Highways act as feeders to no less than six railway lines. Practically the whole of the road within the Bland Shire has been cleared and an allocation of £2,700 has been made to the Council for 15 miles of scoop formation, together wi h causeways and culverts, from approximately 6 miles south of Weethalle railway line towards Barellan, also for rJae clearing and formirg of 5J miles of the road from the railway crossing at KJkoira to Lachlan Shire boundary. When these works have been completed the two worst section of the road in Bland Shire will have been eliminated. A sum of £2,000 has also been allotted to Lachlan Shire Council for the construction in sections of approximately 11 miles of the road between the Wyalong-Lake Cargelligo railway line at Tullibigeal and the northern extremity of the proclairned length of the road. Shire of Cobbora—Developmental Road No. 1004:—Goolma via Gollan to Murrumbong.—This road which feeds a large wheat and wool producing area has been constructed for approximately 8J miles from Main Road No. 206 at Murrumbong. A sum of £2,500 was recently allotted to the Council from the 52

Developmental Roads Fund, and work is now in hand which will continue the construction of the road to the 11 mile.post. In addition, a timber culvert with raised approaches will be constructed between 12 miles approximately and 13 miles. The road is continued in the Shire of Wyaldra as Developmental Road Wo. 1037, Goolma towards Gulgong, and forms a link between the Dubbo-Dunedoo Road (Main Road No. 206) and the Wellington-Gulgong Road (Main Road No. 233). It is proposed with the funds made available to the Council to carry out the construction of a length of approximately 4 miles of gravel pavement commencing near the Cobbora Shire boundary which will complete the construction ot the road within Wyaldra Shire. Shire of Macquarie—Developmental Road No. 1007—Arthurville to Geurie.—This road serves a well settled wheat and wool producing area to which in the past access has been difficult. It leaves the North-western Highway (State Highway No. 7) at Geurie and extends to Arthurville, a distance of about 15 miles; approximately 3 miles is within the Cobbora Shire (this length has been constructed), whilst the remaining 12 miles are within the Macquarie Shire. In expenditure of Commonwealth-cum-State and Federal Aid Road funds, about 5J miles of the road have been constructed within the latter Shire, and a contract is now in hand which will extend the construction for a further 2 miles. Shire of Wingadee—Developmental Road No. 3120— Coonamble towards Pilliga.—This road provides access to rail-head at Coonamble for settlement in the rorth-eastern portion of the Shire. Three thousand pounds have been ailoted to the Council from the Developmental Roads Fund, and contracts are in hand for the construction of a timber beam bridge over Urawilkie Creek 23 miles from Coonamble, and the construction of a 20 feet timber culvert near the 25 mile post. The Council is also carrying out by day labour 9,680 feet of forming, top dressing, and culverts between 24 miles and 26 miles. These wcrks will complete the. construction of the road. Sliires of Bland, Narrahurra, and Wed din—Developmental Road No. 101.3—Barmedman via Morongorell to Grenfell.—This road passes through an established wheat-growing area where considerable increase in production is possible. It also serves as a direct connection between Barmedman and Grenfell on the Mid-Western Highway. It is approximately 57 miles in length, and passes through the Shires of Weddin, Narraburra, and Bland. Sums totalling £3.800 have been allotted to the last two Shire Councils, and with the completion of the works in hand the road in these Shires will be constructed for continuous length of approximately 26 miles from the junction with Trunk Road No. 57 at Barmedman extending easterly towards Grenfell. In the Weddin Shire, i.e., at the Grenfell end, approximately 5£ miles of the road will be constructed in three sections in expenditure of funds which have been allotted to that Council.

Shirte of Hastings—Developmental Road No. 1094—Kindee Greek road.—This road serves a dairy farming district which in times of flood is isolated by the Hastings River. Funds have been provided for the construction of a steel and timber suspension bridge over the Hastings River at Kindee, together with the formation and paving of approaches necessary to link up the Oxlev Highway with the roadwork already constructed in expenditure of a previous grant to the Council from the Federal Aid Roads Fund. Shire of Bellingen—Developmental Road No. 1134—Thora to Brinerville — -This road leaves Main Road No. 11.9 at Thora at the foot of the Dorrigo Mountain, 10 miles west of Bellingen and extends up the North or Main Arm of the Bellingen River, approximately 18 miles to Brinerville. The road serves a dairy fanning district, but development has been retarded by the frequent crossings of the river which in times of flood hold up traffic. During the past six years, in expenditure of State funds, four bridges and approximately 4 miles of roadwork have been constructed, with ihe result that the road is now bridged and constructed for the first 8 miles from Thora, i.e., 18 miles from Bellingen. Funds have now been allotted to the Council for additional bridges at 18£ miles and 19 miles. Shires of Tomhi and Kyogle—Developmental Road No. 1047—Cedar Point to Bentley.—This road which gives access to a, large dairy farming area, is approximately 12| miles in length. 7£ miles being within Kyogle Shire, and the remaining 5 miles within Tomki Shire. The road in the former Shire has been constructed in waterbound macadam between 2J miles and 3| miles from Cedar Point Railway Station, and funds have now been allotted to the Council for the construction of two additional sections, which will extend the constructed road in gravel pavement to the 6 mile post. The length of road in the Tomki Shire from the Upper Lismore-Casino-road via Bentley Siding to the Shire boundary at Pine Creek has been constructed in wateT-bound macadam for about 3 miles at the Bentley end. in expenditure of Commonwealth-eum-State and btate funds. Financial provision has now been made for the construction in gravel surface course of the worst section of the remaining unconstructed length of the road, i.e., about 2 miles commencing at the Shire boundary at Pine Creek, the work including a timber beam bridge at Pine Creek and a timber culvert over Hancock's Gully. Shire of Wakool—Developmental Road No. UOd—Moulamein to Moama-road (Main Road No. 341) to Balpool—This road serves a district which is gradually being converted into living areo s for sheep and wool raising, following the construction of the Echuca-Balranald railway line. A sum of £1,500 was allotted from the Developmental Roads Fund to the Wakool Shire Council for the construction of two bridges over the PapKiiue Creek, each having two 24 feet spans. The work will include immediate approach formations. The bridges are the principal requirement on this road. Shires of Hume and Culcairn—Developmental Road No. 10§2—Howlong to Walhundrie— This road is a direct feeder to the Albury-Urana and Albury-Corowa main road system, and forms the access to rail-head from an extensive wheat producing area. A sum of £2,000 has been allotted to the Hume Shire Council with which the remaining unconstructed sections of the road will be constructed. The work will be carried out in two sections, viz., approximately 2 miles between 3 miles and 6 miles ironi Howlong, and a length of about 11 miles terminating at the Culcairn Shire boundary. Gravel pavement will be adopted 6-inch consolidated thickness. In the Culcairn Shire financial provision has been made to construct the section between the Shire boundary (connecting with the work to be carried out in the Hume Shire) and Oannings's-road. This length is practically the only length unformed on the road. 53

UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF WORKS ON DEVELOPMENTAL ROADS. Included in the sum of £250,000 mentioned in Part I of this Report as having been nwe available by the Government} for unemployment relief was an amount of £41,800 for work on three developmental roads in the shires of Gloucester and Manning, viz.:— Developmental Road No. 1110—•Gloucester through Waukivory Valley to Bullahdelah. Developmental Road No. 1044—From Pacific Highway about 8 miles north of Gloucester to Nabiac Developmental Road No. 1150—Gloucester via Tigrah to Giro with branch from Tigrah to Tiri,

These works, which are being carried out directly by the Department, were put in hand in March, 1934, and are still in progress. Developmental Road No. 1110 is approximately 38 miles in length, of which about 17 miles are within Gloucester Shire, the remainder of the road being in Stroud Shire. The road was practically unconstructed throughout and its condition has retarded the proper development of the district. The work now undertaken provides for its general improvement in Gloucester Shire, thus giving reasonable traffic facilities to the Gloucester Butter Factory for the many small dairy farmers settled in the district. At 30th June, 1934, 8 miles 2,350 feet of the road had been formed, fifty-four causeways of various widths constructed, and gravel pavement laid for a length of 3,990 feet. (In addition to the work undertaken directly by the Department, sums totalling £3,500 have been allotted to the Stroud Shire from ordinary Developmental Road Funds for the purpose of continuing the construction to a point approximately 7 miles from the Gloucester Shire boundary.) Developmental Road No. 1044 commences from a point on the Pacific Highway about 8 miles east of Gloucester, and extends some 24 miles through the Gloucester and Manning Shires. The length in Gloucester Shire, the bulk of which had not previously been formed, leads to a large area of first class dairy farming lands at the head of Brown's Creek and Firefly Creek. From the Gloucester Shire boundary a new route has been located to connect to a made road in Manning Shire giving acess to Nabiac and Taree. Prior to 1st July, 1933, approximately £11,000 had been granted to the Councils for expenditure on this road. With these funds 3 miles had been formed and gravelled in the Gloucester Shire adjoining the Gloucester- Manning boundary, and a timber bridge erected over Brown's Creek in the Manning Shire, together with the forming and gravelling of an aggregate length of approximately 2 miles on either side of the bridge. The work now undertaken by the Department will complete the construction of the road in the Gloucester Shire, and will continue the constructed road to a point approximately 3 miles in the Manning Shire. When completed, a considerable number of farmers who have had, in the past, to transport their produce towards Taree, will be able to place it on rail at Gloucester and thus save the cost of transport over several miles. At 30th June, 1934, 2 miles 2,289 feet had been formed and gravel laid for a length of 1 mile 279 feet. Developmental Road No. 1150, which includes the branch road from Tigrah to Tiri, where it connects with a constructed road leading to Wingham and Taree, serves what is probably one of the best dairy farming districts in the Gloucester Shire. The road from Gloucester to Giro is not only of considerable developmental value, but will form a link in a direct chain of communication from the coast to the tableland if at a later date conditions warrant the establishment of such a route. There are at present numerous open river crossings which become 'impassable after heavy rains and seriously inconvenience the transportation of produce to the local markets. The works now in hand provide for the construction of a number of low-level bridges and deviations to eliminate tnese crossings, and when completed will afford practically all weather access for the settlers. Employment has been provided on these developmental roads for over 300 men, the labour being drawn from Sydney, Newcastle, and Gloucester.

PROCLAMATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL ROADS During the year the following new roads and extensions of existing roads were proclaimed

Date of | Road . Shire or Description of Road. Mileage. Remarks. Municipality. Proclama-1 No.

Narralmrra and 9-2-3* 109C From Broken Bam to Biuiimliiian Extension of Development Road 1096 to give Bland Shires. accpss to Railway at Barmedman. Gloucester and 23-2-34 1150 From Gloucester to C.iro, via Rookhnrst to 48 40 New road to provid'e access from Pacific Highway Manning Shires. Tigrah, with branch from Tigrah to Tiri at Gloucester to the Upper Manning River Crossing. Valley. Lachlan and 9-3-34 From Fi field to Kadungle Siding 11 40 New road to provide access from the Condobolin- Goobang Shires. Tullamore Road (T.R. 57) at Fifield to the Kadungle Railway Siding. Ashford Shire 23-3-34 1001 From Strathbogie generally northerly to the 24 Alteration of route of road following upon the Tent erf icld-Boushav Road (M.R. 138). deproclamatioii of the Coolatai-Ashford- Strathbocie road. Urana, Hume, Coreen 27-4-34 1152 From Rand, to the Berrigan-Walbundrieroad 6 40 New road giving direct connection from the and Culcairn (M.R. 331) at western boundarv of Hume Berrigan-Walbmidrie road to Rail Head at Shires. Si! ire. Rand. Ashford 27-4-34 1082 From the Yetman-Inverell roa

Total 118 60 54

During the year the following roads were removed from the list of Proclaimed Developmental Roads.

Shire or Date of Road Proclama­ Description. •Mileage. Remarks. Municipality. tion. No.

m. ch. Nymboida Shire 4-8-33 1122 The road from Glenieagh Railway Station to 1 70 This road was deproclaimed as close investigation Back Creek. showed that further expenditure from the Developmental Roads Fund was not warranted. Ashford Shire 23-3-34 1001 The road from Coolatai via WallangTa and 49 40 Route altered to give direct access from the Ashford to Strathbogie. Tcnterfleld-Bonshaw road to the Inverell- Deepwater road via Strathbogie. Berrigan Shire ; 8-6-34 1126 Prom Berrigan to Momolong .. 11 57 Now part of proclaimed M.R. 331, Berrigan to Walbnndrie.

Total 63

The total mileage of Developmental Roads is subject to constant revision as more exact particulars are obtained. Allowing for variations on this account and the additional mileage, as shown above, the total length of Developmental Roads in the State as at 30th June, 1934, is 2,372 miles, of which 19 miles are in the County of Cumberland, and the remainder are in the country.

SUMMARY OF INDIVIDUAL WORKS AND EXPENDITURE. The following is a summary of the work done and expenditure incurred on individual developmental roads from the Developmental Roads Fund for the period 1st July, 1933, to 30th June, 1934 :-

Developmental Road. Particulars of Work. Granted to Granted to Total Granted Councils or Councils or to Councils or Expended by Expended by Council. Expended by Length Department to Department Department tc Road Name of Road. 30th June, during 30th .Tune, No. Class of Construction. Author­ Carried out by. ised. 1933. 1933-34. 1934.

Lower Northern. Division. ni. ft. £ s. d. I £ s. d. £ s. d. Bellingen .. 1134 Rellingen-road Two bridge? and approaches . Council 5,777 5 3 1 , 175 16 1 5,953 1 4' 1136 Kalang-road Bridge over Gillies Crossing . 700 0 0 700 0 0 Gloucester 1044, Roads 1110, 1044 and 1150 Gravel 17" "3440 Department 10,093 17 10 10,093 17 10 1110, Day labour. and 1150. Manning 1044 Gloucester-Nabiac 2 900 Council. 500 0 0 500 0 0 Patrick Plains 1142 Timber bridge at Brooker's 750 0 0 750 0 0 Crossing. Formation 835 17 8 18 9 3 Stroud 1110 Bulladelah-Gloucester 3 4600 854 6 11* 1110 Formation and gravelling 1,000 0 0 1,000 0 0* 4 2112 6,613 2 11 13,238 3 2 19,851 0 1 Upper Northern Division Ashford 1001 Sfcrathbogie-Bonshaw Gravelling.... 9 0 Council 1,800 0 0 1,800 0 0 Dorrigo 1130 Central Bucca-Korora 0 2077 550 0 0 550 0 0* 1050 Upper Clarence and Richmond 12 5235 Department Kyogle and (a) Gravel 5,343 3 9 75,447 8 103,790 12 1 Tenterfleld. and Valleys Developmental Work. 35 2343 Day labour 1148. (b) Waterbound macadam 1050 325 13 5 157 16 483 9 6 and 1148. Kyogle 1141 Kyogle-Ettrick Gravel 0 4576 Council 1,414 19 3 1,414 19 3* 1047 Cedar Point-Bentley 0 4246 605 0 0 605 0 0 Terania. 108S Cawongla-Kunghur Bridges over French s 200 0 0 200 0 0 Hanging Rock Creeks. i088 Gravel Department 71 14 3 Day labour. 28,068 17 2 80,246 17 11 103,915 15 1 South-Western Division. Bland 1013 Barmedman-Narraburra Gravel 0 2855 Council 900 0 0 900 0 0 1013 Clearing, forming and loaming i 1452 ,, 200 0 0 200 O 0 1017 Carrathool-Hillston , Gravel 0 2244 100 0 0 100 0 0 1131 Winnunga-Talimba 3 5148 500 0 0 500 0 0 1029 Kikoira-Weethalle Formation 15 0 do 600 0 0 600 0 0 Carrathool 1017 Hillston-Rankin's Springs Forming and gravelling ...... 3 1674 800 0 0 800 0 0 Coolamon 1096 Coolamon-Ariah Park...... Clearing, forming and gravel­ 6 3914 400 0 0 400 0 0 ling. 1061 Ganmain-Dullah.. Gravel , 1 1867 300 0 0 300 0 0 Gundagai 1149 Coolac-The Burra Timber bridge over Burra 400 0 0 400 0 0 Creek. Narraburra 1013 Barmedman-Morangorcll Forming and gravelling 720 1,400 0 0 1,400 0 0 1096 Barmedman-Mirrool Creek 1442 500 0 0 500 0 0 Wakool. 1146 Moulamein-Nacurrie Forming 904 2,850 0 0 2,850 0 0 Yanko . 1108 Narrandera-Junee-road to Barellan Gravel .. 4620 2,015 8 0 2,015 8 0* 10,965 8 0 10,965 8 0 Central-Western Division. Cobbora ., 1057 Baltimore-Wind ouran Gravel 750 Council 5,052 13 6 66 0 3 5,118 13 9* Jemalong 1103 Gareema-Pinnacle .... 990 800 0 0 800 0 0 Mathaguy 1081 Ginghet Swamp Clearing 1650 367 2 8 367 2 8* Wingadee 1120 Bridge over Urawilkie Creek, 700 0 0 700 0 0 and culvert at 25 m. 1,400 ft. 1083 Coonamble- Carinda. Forming and loaming 3 3153 400 0 0 400 0 0 5,052 13 6 2,333 2 11 7,385 16 5 North-Western Division. Nanioi 1095 Boggabri-Manilla I Forming and gravelling I 1 4120 Council 500 0 0 500 0 0 1095 Gravel 840 1,499 12 10 1,499 12 10* 1,999 12 10 1,999 12 10

Total Expenditure on road construction 40,334 13 7 108,783 4 10 149,117 18 5 Administrative expenses , 23,171 3 4 3,661 14 i 26,832 17 8 Supervision, surveys, ete 8,916 12 5 2,453 7 4 11,369 19 9 Maintenance of bridges and miscellaneous expenditure 1,261 12 9 552 13 0 1,814 5 9 Interest—Sinking fund and exchange 43,292 0 9 43,292 0 9 Expenditure on works completed prior to 30th June, 1933, shown in previous reports and not listed above 1,144,056 17 7 1,144,056 17 7 Total as per Income and Expenditure Account, page 50. 1,217,740 19 8 158,743 0 3 1,376,483 19 11

•Completed works. 55

PART V.—FEDERAL AID ROADS FUND. The audited Income and Expenditure Account of the Federal Aid Roads Fund is set out hereunder :-

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR TWELVE MONTHS ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1934.

Expenditure Income Expenditure during year Income to during year Expenditure. to 30th June, ending Total. Income. 30th June, ending Total. 1933. 30th June, 1933. 30th June, 1934. 1934.

30th June, 1934— s. d. s. d. 30th June, 1934— £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. To Construction and/or By CommonwealthGovern- Reconstruction of ment Vote 2,484,000 0 0 2,484,000 0 0 Federal Aid „ State Subsidy Loan Roads— Appropriation, Sec­ (a) From Common­ tion 31 B (c), Main wealth Govern­ Roads Act, 1924-31 914,500 0 0 914,500 0 0 ment Vote 2,308,593 7 3 27,968 11 5 2,330,561 18 8 „ State Subsidy Revenue (6) From State Sub­ Appropriation, Sect­ sidy 1,332,863 11 7 1,332,863 11 7 ion 31 B (b), Main (c) From Council's Roads Act, 1924-31 103,500 0 0 103,600 0 0 Contributions 19,797 11 8 413 13 4 20,211 5 0 „ Share of Motor Taxes, „ Supervision 68,295 9 7 3,851 13 0 72,147 2 7 Fees and Fines, and „ Contributions to Fees for Public Ve­ National Debt Sink­ hicles, etc., in accord­ ing Fund 75,290 18 75,290 18 9 ance with Section 31 B (d) and (e), of the Main Roads Act 1924-31 314,863 11 7 314,863 11 7 ,, Councils' Contributions 20,284 9 3 73 4 3f 20,211 5 0

£3,804,840 18 10 32,233 17 9* 3,837,074 16 7 ,837,148 0 10 73 4 3+ 3,837,074 16 7

* For details, see statement, page 57. t Reduction of Income brought to account in previous years.

A. E. WARBTJRTON, Accountant. I certify that the books and accounts of the Department of Main Roads have been examined and audited under the provisions of the Audit Act, 1902, and that, in my opinion, this Account which is in accordance with such books and accounts, correctly sets out the position of the Federal Aid Roads Fund at 30th June, 1934. JOHN SPENCE, Auditor-General. Department of Audit, 7th December, 1934. »

FlNALISATION OF FEDERAL AlD ROADS FUND. In the preliminary section of this Report, the operation of the original Federal Aid Roads Agreement and the amendment thereto which superseded it as from the 1st July, 1931, have been fully set out. As stated therein, the receipts from the proceeds of the petrol tax by this State under the amended agreement are now apportioned between the County of Cumberland Main Roads Fund and the Country Main Roads Fund in the same ratio as the receipts from the State taxation under the Motor Vehicles (Taxation) Act, 1924. No moneys, therefore, have been paid since the 1st July, 1931, into the Federal Aid Roads Fund established under the original agreement other than minor contributions by Councils towards works previously agreed upon. The necessity for the continuation of this special fund no longer existed after the completion of the works approved thereunder. As forecast in the last Annual Report, these works have been completed during the current year, and the fund has been closed as at the 30th June, 1934. The following statement sets out the amounts contributed to the fund by the Commonwealth Government over the five-year period of the original agreement, together with the contributions made by the State each year and the source from which the State's subsidy was provided :—

Heading. 1926-27. 1927-28. 1928-29. 1929-30. 1930-31. Total.

Contribution by Commonwealth Gov- £ £ £ £ £ £ 552,000 552,000 • 552,000 276,000* 552,000 2,484,000

Contributions by the State— Loan Appropriations 362,250 98,250 414,000 20,000 20,000 914,500 Revenue Appropriations 51,750 51,750 103,500 244,864 60,000 10,000 314,864 19,136 1,221 146f 20,211

414,000 .150,000 678,000 81,221 29,854 1,353,075 Total £ 966,000 702,000 1,230,000 357,221 581,854 3,837,075

* £276,000 of the Commonwealth contribution in this year was credited to Country Main Roads Fund (£199,000) and Developmental Roads Fund (£77,000), vide explanatory paragraph on pages 44 and 45 of Fifth Annual Report. t This figure represents adjustments made in Councils' contributions up to the closing of the account at 30th June, 1934.

It will be seen from this statement that the State subsidised the Commonwealth Government's grant to the extent of 15s. in the £ for the first three years of the agreement, but due to the reduction in available funds, it was not possible to continue this rate of subsidy for the years 1929-30 and 1930-31. The total amount paid into the fund by the Commonwealth Government over the five year period was £2,484,000, the State contributing thereto an additional amount of £1,353,075, of which latter sum £914,500 was provided from loan appropriations, £103,500 from revenue appropriations, £314,864 from motor taxation, and £20,211 by various Councils. A total amount of £3,837,075 was therefore available for expenditure on Federal Aid roads, and the aggregate expenditure under the various road classifications for each year of the operation of the agreement, as well as the individual works carried out during the year and the expenditure thereon, are set out in the tables which follow. 56

SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURE IN ROAD CLASSIFICATION.

Heading of Expenditure. 1927-28. 1928-29. 1929-30. 1930-31. 1931-32. 1932-33. 1933-34. | Total.

£ £ £ £ £ " £ £ £ Main Roads in the County of Cumberland 74,370 137,068 267,012 72,426 25,764 18,419 595,092 Main Roads in the Country— 33 620,998 515,956 +32,942 360,413 88,970 4,776 2,024,513 Trunk Roads .. 58,663 47,083 69,485 33,132 4,876 1,388 458 214,627 82,242 119,014 56,173 6,746 9,780 25,148 299,103 7,000 120,619 86,279 29,418 4,431 25,812 2,743 276,302 42,106 97,944 91,701 37,619 10,630 280,000 7,150 17,783 18,207 13,784 9,468 1,903 3,852 72,147 Contributions to Sinking Fund 19,864 28,561 26,866 75,291 Totals £ 768,181 982,721 1,119,444 683,913 177,874 72,708 32,234 3,837,075 PROGRAMME OF WORK AND EXPENDITURE.

Road. JJQ Common- Length Expenditure Expenditure Total RP^ wealth Location of Work. Class of Construction. of Work up to 30th June, during Expenditure to Authorised. 1933. 1933-34. 30th June, 1934. ^ Ref.No. No. Name. Council.

CONSTRUCTION—ARTERIAL ROADS.

Eastern and Central Divisions of State. ft. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ 1002 Federal Highway Gunning Between Collector and Lake George ... Bitumen penetration 900 22,783 1 5 155 0 0 22,938 1002 Mulwaree Between 3 m. 700 ft. and 6 m. 1,600 ft. Gravel

CONSTRUCTION—MAIN (DEVELOPMENTAL) ROADS, Eastern and Central Divisions of State. /Formation 0 4100 \ 16,583 16 4 413 6 1 16,997 2 5 1094 Kindee Creek and Forbes River road Hastings Between Hastings River and The Gap \ Gravel and bridge 4 200/ 47 132 Barraba and Bundarra Barraba Barraba and Bundarra Gravel and timber bridge 2 625 8,807 16 0 '609 8 10 9,417 4 10 51 260 Between Mittagong and Bowral Mittagong Deviation at The Gib Waterbound macadam sealed 1 0 13,443 1 11 32 10 0 13,475 11 11 115 225 Spencer-Greengrove Erina Between Spencer and Greengrove .. Gravel and bridges 3 4449 17,566 9 8 17,566 9 8* 117 1045 Kiah-Lower Towamba Imlay Between Kiah and Lower Towamba Formation 3 1280 3,500 0 0 1,000 0 0 4,500 0 0 1024"! 0 m. 1673 ft. and 4 m. 4319 ft f2 330") 2 119 1096 y Buddigower-Beckom Coolamon 12 m. 1058 ft. and 14 m. 3698 ft Gravel i 2640 y 2,950 0 0 50 0 0 3,000 0 0 240 I 6 m. 5040 ft. and 8 m. 900 ft U 1140 J 125 1096 Coolamon-Wyalong Narraburra Broken Dam '. Bridge 1,600 0 0 30 0 0 1,630 0 0 126 1129 Casino-Dobies Tomki Pigman Creek 800 0 0 20 0 0 820 0 0 127 1102 Bow-Idaville Merriwa Between Bow and Idaville Gravel 2 0 350 0 0 609 15 0 959 15 0 131 119 Dorrigo Mountain road , Bellingen Between 10 m. and 17* M.P Bitumen 7 1484 3,500 0 0 3,438 13 3 6,938 13 3 1013 \ Forming and gravel 4 5016 880 0 0 620 0 0 1,500 0 0 135 < 1116/ Weddin Within Weddin Shire 141 132 Barraba-Bundarra Barraba Deviation at Motor Cutting 0 1407 700 0 0 700 0 0 146 119 Nymboida Perrett's Pinch Deviation Gravel 0 1784 1,150 0 0 1,150 0 0 £ 52,414 14 3 26,240 o 10 78,654 17 1

RECONSTRUCTION—ARTERIAL ROADS. Eastern and Central Divisions of States 1572\f | /Gravel [ 0 6,056 8 6 302 19 11 6.359 8 5 1066 North-western Highway I Canobolas Between 151 m. and 157 m \ Premised tar macadam 1 3176/

RECONSTRUCTION—MAIN AND DEVELOPMENTAL RC&DS; 114 129 i Coonamble I Warrena Creek ( Bridge 2,228 17 5 184 2 0 2,412 19 5 145 218 Cessnock-West Maitland j Kearsley ,. 1,500 0 0 1,500 0 0 | J Gravel £ 2,228 17 5 1,684 2 0 3,912 19 5 £ 83,483 1 7 28,382 4 9 111,865 6 4

Expenditure on works completed prior to 30th June, 1933, shown in previous reports and not listed above £ 3,577,771 8 11 3,577,771 8 11 Expenditure—Sinking Fund and Supervision £ 143,586 8 4 3,851 13 0 147,438 1 4 Total Expenditure as per Income and Expenditure Account on page 55 £ 3,804,840 18 10 32,233 17 9 3,837,074 16 7

* Additional allocation was provided and length of work authorised for this work from the Country Main Roads Fund. 58

PART VI.—SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE ACCOUNT. The financial position of the Sydney Harbour Bridge is set out in the Income and Expenditure Account and Balance-sheet, which follow. The results for the financial year ended 30th June, 1934', may be summarised as follows :— £ £

Surplus of income over expenditure when the year commenced is846 Expenditure from 1st July, 1933,Ho 30th June, 193^* ... °.?5' 47-2;962 TNNOTTIIncomeE froFROmM 1s1stt, JuJulyl v., I&ft1933. , to 30th JuneJune , 1931 934 ^ x>J%^")^ . 406:062^

Deficiency of Income for the year ... ,', 66,900"

Balance representing accumulated*surplus to 30th June, 1934 21,946 %Uq

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the year ending 30th June, 193.4^

Expenditure. Income. 30th June, 1934— 8. d. £ s. d. 30th Juue, 1934— £ s. d.

To Cost of Collecting Road, Toll 6,898 14 4 By Road Tolls M 174,449 7 5 ,, Maintenance and Upkeep, including Light­ ,, Contributions for Railway Passengers 75,000 0 0 ing and Cleaning 18,286 4 0 ,, Contributions for Tramway Passengers , 50,000 0 0 „ Maintenance and Upkeep of Properties ... 791 3 0 ,, Contributions by Councils 101,037 19 10 „ Minor Improvements and Additions 5,547 8 0 Rents from Properties, etc 5,565 0 7 „ Loan Charges— „ Miscellaneous 9 8 3 Interest 350,567 4 Sinking Eund 31,626 5 406,061 16 1 Exchange : 52,949 9 Balance, being excess of Expenditure over Income 66,899 17 1 Management Expenses on Loans 4,875 16 440,018 15 Miscellaneous, including Drawings of Bridge as constructed 826 1 Administrative Expenses- Salaries 398 15 Rent, Printing, Stationery, General Ex­ penses, etc 194 11 — 593 6 9

£ 472,961 13 2 £472,961 13 2

BALANCE-SHEET at 30th June, 1934',^

Liabilities. 'Assets. Cash at Treasury overdrawn and Toll Master's £ s. d. s. d. £ s. d. £ Advance 6 3 Stock on Hand 312 5 4 Sundry Creditors— Office Furniture and Fittings 152 I 11 State Treasury for— £ s. d. Less Depreciation 18 1 10 Interest 42,400 4 7 13 0 1 Sinking Fund 16,176 5 1 Sundry Debtors— Councils for Bridge Rate and Interest 29,636 4 4 58,570 9 8 Road Transport Commissioner for Tramway Less Exchange Prepaid 2,000 10 4 Contributions 14,759 9 6 56,575 19 4 Railway Commissioner for Railway Contribu­ Miscellaneous 412 12 1 tions 32,383 2 9 56,988 11 5 Miscellaneous 1,744 8 1 Income and Expenditure Account— 78,523 4 8 Balance at 30th June, 1933 88,846 9 6 icss Deficiency for year ending 30th June, 1934 66,899 17 1 21,940 12 5

£ 78,969 10 1 £ 78, 10 1

NOTE.—In addition to the liabilities stated above, the amount of loan expenditure on the Sydney Harbour Bridge which had not been repaid as at 30th June, 1934, was £8,367,278. The estimated value of properties and land residues available for disposal was £498,789, making the net loan indebtedness approximately £7,868,489 at that date. A. E. WARBURTON, Accountant.

I certify that the books and accounts of the Department of Main Roads have been examined and audited under the provisions of the Audit Act, 1902, and that in my opinion, this balance-sheet, which is in accordance with such books and accounts, correctly SETA out the position of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Account at the 30th June, 1934. As regards the stocks of materials and stores on hand, I have accepted the certificate of the Acting Chief Engineer (Metropolitan) that stock was taken under his supervision, and that the condition of the stock is satisfactory JOHN SPENCE, Department of Audit, 7th December, 1234. Audrso -General.

FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE BRIDGE. The statements which follow set out the income and expenditure of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Account since the bridge was opened to traffic on the 20th March, 1932 :— Income.

From 20th March, Source of Income. 1932, to 1932-33. 1933-34. 30th June, 1932.

£ £ £ Road tolls on vehicles and passengers 43,771 153,455 174,449 Railway passengers' contributions , 20,091 44,586 75,000 l-39;677?Jjy^ w ' Tramway passengers' contributions 16,336 39,241 50,000 105,577 ! • Payments by Municipal and Shire Councils 353,653 101,038 454,691 ^ J 3.X I H * . V% ?

Other income 1,240 3,786 5,575 -10,-601 \j\'tq j , \ I

Totals £ 81,438 594,721 406,062 1,082,221 ,iV 50

Expenditure.

From 20th March, i Head of Expenditure. 1932, to 1932-33. 1933-34. Total. 30th Juno, 1932.

Loan Capital Charges— £ • £ £ £ Interest 440,503 350,567 791,070' Exchange 80,112 52,950 133,062 Sinking Fund 34,141 31,626 05,767 Management Expenses 4,858 4,876 9,734 Maintenance and upkeep of structure and surroundings, including lighting and cleaning 1,134 10,483 23,833 .35,450 Cost of collecting road tolls 2,956 7,476 6,899 17,331' Other expenditure 92 5,558 2,211 .7,861- Totals £ 4,182 583,131 472,962 1,060,276

It will be seen that a substantial increase took place in the income from road tolls due to the gradual improvement in new vehicle registrations and the extended use oj_y^ehiples already registered^The railway and tramway contributions also increased, but this was due to[a change of the method of contribution in addition to increased traffic. * Prior to last year the Railway and Tramway authorities paid the proceeds of special bridge charges to passengers less an amount of 2d. per passenger journey to cover working expenses. After reviewing the whole position the Railway and Tramway Commissioners agreed to pay £75,000 and £50,000 respectively for 1933-34, and that future payments should be increased or decreased proportionately to the traffic^he figures of £75,000 and £50,000 being taken as those applying to traffic volumes, amounting to 13,000,000 railway and 9,500,000 tramway passengers, respectively. The adoption of these proposals has been submitted for the determination of the Minister for Transport in accordance with the provisions of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (Administration) Act, 1932.

The contributions by Councils for the-year ended 30th June, 1934!xwere £101,038, whereas it will be seen that the amount shown for the previous year was £353,653. This lattervamount included the sums due

by Councils from the date of the bridge opening to 30th June, 1932, as wellxas the amount due prior to 20th March, 1932, but not collected at that date. ^ These arrears amounted to £181,093, and their inclusion accounts for the accumulated surpluses which have been possible during the past two years. As regards the expenditure_a-s_light reduction has-been made in the interest rate for last year, and exchange charges have been reduced also because of the lesser sum required to meet overseas interest payment ^•ItTias^been-possibleto-effect a'Slight economyin the'-cost-of "collecting' road tolls,-the percentage cost to ^revemie-now-being-a little~less-th"aiT4'per-cent- The-expenditure on maintenance,-however; has increased \because-regular work has.been required throughout the year, while during portion of the previous year the ^-maintenance of the-str-uoture_was the responsibility of-the contractors for construction—Messrs. Dorman, •HLong-& Go...Ltd,- The normal annual financial position of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Account may be seen from the following estimate of the income and expenditure for the financial year 1934-35 :—

ESTIMATED INCOME. £ Road tolls on vehicles and passengers ... 186,000 •Railway passengers' contributions ... 79,000 Tramway passengers' contributions ... 51,000 Payments by Municipal and Shire Councils ... 96,000 Other income .. 4,500

Total ...... £416,500

ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE. Loan Capital Charges— £ Interest 339,000 Exchange 47,000 Sinking Fund 33,000 Management expenses ,. 4,000 423,000 Maintenance and upkeep of structure and surroundings, including lighting and cleaning ... 30,000 Cost of collecting road tolls 8,000 Other expenditure ... " 2,000

Total ...£463,000

Estimated deficit for the year ... £46,500

CAPITAL COST. f Jc.og?;^ The total capital cost of the bridge to 30th June, 1934' was £10,-1077300. This amount will be increased by payments still not finalised, but will also be credited with the value of resumed lands which 60 are surplus and available for sale or transfer. The final cost will probably be—slightly -less- than '£10,-000,000. The details of cost and the sources from which the money was found are set out in the following statements

DETAILS OP EXPENDITURE.

Payments to construction contractors, Messrs. Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd. 4,810,516 7 Expenditure by Public Works Department on bridge and approaches Acquisition of land ... 1734-1-849 Lavender Bay Railway Station and minor works 95,085 Interest and exchange on loan expenditure during construction ... 1,535,071

*10;107-,300- '0,0^,

SOURCES OF FUNDS FOR EXPENDITURE. Loan money raised by the State -8,431T1S7 Contributions by Councils 1,665,444 y Unemployment Relief Vote 10,664 / Public Works Fund 5'

.£10,107,300- fqoe 3 ,Z

Railway Passengers. Tramway Passengers. Road Passengers. Total Passengers. Motor Veliicles. V V V Period. Number. Daily Number. Daily Number. Daily Number. Daily Number. Daily Average. Average. Average. Average. Average. ifl.*»4j

20th March, 1932, to 30th June, 1932 4,008,000 38,913. 2,143,000 20,806 \ %43?,G90 81,-913 v- IrWStOeo a-i^-37 1932-33 12,911,000 35,373 8,345,000 22,863 77872,-000 2*T567^ i29ri'287O0O- 79T803 37980,-000 l&r90'4 1933-34 13,607,000 9,638,000 26,405 8SJ210 37,279 879»2r900 24.-526- , 32,14*7^00 /4i62fl,-000 12,400 - HA K< 4t *?; ! MM It will be noted that during last year a general increase took place in"traffic. This was doubtless due to the improvement during the year in business and employment. The increase was greater by road and tram than by the railway. The improvement in road travel was probably influenced by the fall in petrol prices apart from the growth in motor vehicle registrations, and the greater improvement in tram travel as compared with the railway was apparently due to a reduction in tram fares, which took place during 1932-33. ) ' y- REVENUE. The following diagram illustrates the variations in the road toll revenue from month to month since the opening of the bridge on 20th March, 1932 :—

DIAGRAM SHOWING THE AVERAGE DAILY RECEIPTS FROM ROAD TOLLS AT THE SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE DURING EACH MONTH FROM THE DATE OF OPENING TO JUNE, 1934^ %

£400

£300 11 mTTII 111111111111111111I£300 I

£200 N !M!iiiiiiiiiiiMiNiii£20 0

£ioo 11111111111III III11111111111£o1o IIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII g >> d) 4 -P o

It is noticeable that seasonal conditions influence revenue, the collections being higher during the summer months, while the Christmas and Easter holiday periods are responsible for increased traffic. The revenue has increased considerably during>h

DISPOSAL OF RESIDUE LANDS AND ADMINISTRATION O>- PROPERTIES. Pursuant to the Sydney Harbour Bridge (Administration) Act, 1932, a recommendation was made to the Government as to the disposal of certain of the residue lands acquired for Harbour Bridge purposes, in respect of which representations had been made for their use for park, recreation or other purposes. The Government decided that certain of the lands should be vested in different Departments and the Sydney and North Sydney Municipal Councils. The lands affected are :— (a) Area to be vested in the Education Department for use in conjunction with the Eort-street Girls' High School, valued at £125,900. (b) Lands already transferred or to be transferred to the Sydney Municipal Council for park and recreation purposes, valued at £327,100. (c) Lands to be transferred to the North Sydney Municipal Council for park and. recreation purposes, valued at £41,710.

The value of these areas is to be credited to the capital cost of the bridge. The.wharf formerly used by DormanLong & Co. Ltd. and the land upon which it is built that is below the mean high-water mark is to be vested in the Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners, from whom it was appropriated during the construction period. Two small areas are to be vested in the Commissioner for Railways to straighten the boundaries of the marshalling j^ards- at Milson's Point. It was also decided that a sufficient area of the land previously used by the contractors as a workshop site should be made available to the North Sydney Conncil'to enable that body to erect an Olympic standard swimming pool. In the case of lands to be vested in Councils, each body concerned has been requested to submit plans and particulars of the proposed treatment of the areas. The shops, display windows, and bookstall at Milson's Point and North Sydney Railway Stations were formerly managed by the Resumed Properties Department on behalf of this Department, but from the 1st July, 1934, the managem^t has been undertaken by the Estate Agent for Railways. The net proceeds from the management are to be credited to the Sydney Harbour Bridge Account. The improved residues have been let or leased and a lease has also been arranged for the south-eastern pylon of the bridge. After these lands have been dealt with and the necessary roads (for the most part in use at present) vested in the relevant Councils and dedicated as public roads, there will remain vested in the Department lands valued at £23,556 available for sale or leasing. These lands are situate mainly on thenorth side of the Harbour, and with the improving real estate market, opportunities will be taken to dispose of the residue lands if and when suitable offers are made.

MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP. During the early part of the financial year patch-painting was carried out on the approach spans, and on completion of as much of this as was considered necessary a start was made in March, 1934, on the patch-painting of the main span. By the end of the year approximately 25 per cent, of the top chords and 75 per cent, of the posts and interiors of diagonal members had been completed, together with portion of the end frame bracings, portals, and lateral systems. As is the case with all newly erected steel work, deterioration of the paint work takes place at a maximum rate during the first few years following the application of the initial coats of paint. This is not due to any defect in the quality of the original paint, but is caused by residual mill scale coming off and bringing the paint with it in certain places. During the patch-painting and sealing of each member of the structure all capillary crevices between plates have been staved and water-pockets where moisture Lies caulked. This work will save considerable expense in future years and keep the steelwork in good condition on inaccessible surfaces. In addition to maintenance operations, the following improvement works were also carried out:— Provision of satisfactory lubrication for sliding bearings at expansion joints; Provision of four permanent access stairways between the deck level and the pylon, enabling the employees to gain access from the pylon to the structure without crossing railway or tramway lines. Drilling of weep-holes in the steel work. Construction of standard types of staging and rigging gear, with a view to making the working conditions-safe both for the employees and the public crossing the1 bridge. Reconditioning of the four painting cranes and gantries. With a view to determining the best paint for the maintenance of the structure, a large number of paints have been tried experimentally on the bridge. Whenever a proprietary line of paint is submitted as being suitable for use on the structure, a sample is procured and applied for testing under the same 62 conditions as the products of other paint manufacturers. The paint being used for patch-painting'purposes in the meantime, however, is being mixed from pure paint products supplied to the Department under general contract. During the year it was found necessary to construct strong circular shields at the extremities of the small traffic islands within the toll-bar for the protection of the toll collectors, Experiments have also been made with an approved type of contactor for the prevention of electric shock from static charges from motor vehicles passing through the toll-bar, and it is expected that these will shortly be installed. Owing to the increasing number of fatalities occurring from footways of the bridge, the erection of a barricade consisting of approximately 1J miles of IJ-inch chain wire mesh supported on angle-iron stanchions curving inwards at the top was decided upon. The work was completed in February, 1934, at a total cost of £2,840, and has been thoroughly effective in its purpose. 63

PART VII.—MISCELLANEOUS.

SUMMARY OF ANNUAL INCOME AND EXPENDITURE OF MAIN AND DEVELOPMENTAL ROADS FUNDS. Elsewhere in this Report an account is given of the first annual conference of State Road Authorities. One of the matters emphasised at that conference was the need for the compilation of statistical data respecting the expenditure on roads in order that this should be available for consideration whenever questions concerning the manner in which the transport requirements of the community can best be organised are reviewed. Each State attending the Conference has undertaken to compile this information as it relates to the Funds administered by the central road authority. Statements showing the sources of income for highway expenditure and the distribution of the expenditure under various headings have now been tabulated so far as New South Wales is concerned and the resulting table is published hereunder. This table shows, in respect of each Fund and in total, the actual income under various headings for each year since the commencement of the Main Roads Act on 1st January, 1925. Similarly a dissection of the expenditure of each Fund U also given.

AGGREGATE STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE MAIN ROADS BOARD (1ST JANUARY, 1925) TO 30TH JUNE, 1933 (EIGHT YEARS).

Heading. 1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. 1928-29. 1929-30. 1930-31. 1931-32. 1932-33. 1933-34

County of Cumberland Main Roads Fund.

INCOME. (a) Revenue- £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Motor Taxation (State) 353,324 112,453 323,515 252,722 267,237 283,502 2,478,188 Commonwealth Govt. Petrol Tax .. 68,000 326,101 278,023 281,251 109,414 116,407 136,515 430,336 Councils' Contributions 368,166 262)058 324)212 323,659 268,784 242,126 2,914,808 Consolidated Revenue 29,835 25,000 25,000 390)589 370)510 364)704 79,835 Unemployment Relief Grants (Rev.) "3)706 3,706 Contributions by other Departments... 9)750 1,411 ""711 "i) 643 16,516 Miscellaneous "l"950 13*816 14)034 57)726 28)338 25,426 19,747 18,453 17,366 196,856

(fc) Loans— State Government Loans 300,000 211,216 200,000 350,000 50,000 1,111,216 Unemployment Relief Loans .... 54,000 105,000 18,000 6,000 43)000 226,000 Loans raised by Councils 38,282 349,747 165,146 122,518 18*611 ""591* 693,613 671,592 8,151,073 Less Payments to Consolidated Revenue - in accordance with the Finances Adjustment (Further Provisions)

Act, 1932 ... r 46,000 46,000 Total 1,121,275 716,825 1,341,508 1,307,562 855,389 699,642 710,068 625,592 727,212 8,105,073

EXPENDITURE. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges 143,511 205,840 239,095 204,788 240,422 175,410 199,928 234,196 229,656 1,877,840 Construction of Roads and Bridges 377,672 647,970 716,344 633,769 611,184 350,718 119,357 158,411 225,159 3,840,584 Interest and Loan Repayment,— Principal 94,359 55,064 67,569 120,845 134,820 123,744 134,334 137,667 143,852 1,012,254 Interest 51,113 35,085 74,679 85,944 123,423 102,987 92,379 79,568 93,694 738,872 Exchange and Management Expenses 6,160 11,722 7,729 9,999 35,607 Sinking Fund 3,479 3,479 Administrative Expenses 1*6)630 18)094 19)937 2*3)841 24)924 23)087 2l',739 1*6)587 14,189 173,028 Miscellaneous 3,005 7,670 3,166 2,788 4,099 2,404 2,242 2,060 1,622 29,056 Total 685,290 969,723 1,120,790 1,071,975 1,138,872 784,510 581,701 636,218 721,647 7,710,726

Com dry Mai n Roads Fund.

* INCOME, (a) Revenue— Motor Taxation (State) 1,120,170 452,382 1,013,773 984,732 1,188,624 967,634 928,498 961,483 1,090,491 8,707,787 Commonwealth Govt. Petrol Tax 178,727 8,228 274,880 14,492 363,132 386,643 445,370 1,671,472 Councils' Contributions 37)999 21,287 25,231 6,795 5,171 6,585 8,532 111,600 Consolidated Revenue 114" 9 30 9*6) 000 2,000 296,930 48)953 8)721 67,674 Unemployment Relief Grants (Rev.) ... 90,000 Contributions by other Departments... 2*052 13,*280 43)448 896 "" 20 69,096 Miscellaneous 1,589 8)616 18,195 16,198 24,757 1*6)959 17,024 2l)215 148,100 Transfer from Country Main Roads 23)547 Fund to Developmental Roads Fund vide Finances Adjustment (Further Provisions) Act, 1931 ... 135,000t 135,000t (6) Loans— State Government Loans 572,627 300,000 300,000 370,000 100,005 144,053 1,786,685 Unemployment Relief Loans 198,000 55,000 30,000 5*3)353 97)382 433,735 Less Payments to Consolidated Revenue 1,425,108 13,138,679 in accordance with the Finances Adjustment (Further Provisions) Act, 1932 ... 154,000 154,000 Total 1,990,095 850,998 1,663,319 1,472,722 1,678,386 1,207,580 1,322,481 1,271,108 1,527,990 12,984,679

EXPENDITURE. Maintenance of Roads and Bridges 328,284 298,205 505,065 837,918 1,074,801 673,424 656,918 935,024 879,467 0,189,166 Construction of Roads and Bridges 429,954 1,194,779 680,301 716,251 812,892 400,606 133,133 521,388 670,550 6,659,854 Interest and Loan Repayment— Principal 1,269 1,194 10,130 16,895 22,856 24,440 25,290 ' 30,490 132,564 Interest 324 405 4,069 21,070 40,121 36,585 32,242 105,272 240,088 Exchange and Management Expenses 2,678 6,088 4,152 16,642 29,560 Sinking'Fund 11,190 11,190 Administrative Expenses 13*226 . 22)991 39,481 62)210 64)239 54)l03 47*,750 49)480 45,848 399,328 Miscellaneous 4,620 6,519 2,111 4,414 5,724 4,822 4,442 4,011 1,665 38,228 Total 776,084 1,524,087 1,228,557 1,634,992 1,995,681 1,198,610 909,350 1,571,587 1,761,024 12,599,978

•Adjustment of Income shown in previous year. t Debit. 64

AGGREGATE STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE, ETC.—continued.

Heading. 1925-26. 1926-27. 1927-28. 1928-29. 1929-30. 1930-31. 1931-32. | 1932-33. 1933-34'. Total.

>

fee ieral Aid Roads J Fund, £ INCOME. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ (a) Revenue— 244,864 00,000 i 314,864 1/104*000 552,000 276,006^ / 10,000 2,484,000 Commonwealth Govt. Petrol Tax 19,136 . .1,222 552,000 *i)090 "'400 "' 73* 20,211 103)500 103,500 Consolidated Revenue 1,570*

(&) Loans— 460,500 414,000 20,000 20,000 914,500

Total 1,668,000 1,230,000 357,222 580,430 1,096 400 73* 3,837,075

EXPENDITURE.

Construction of Roads and Bridges 768,181 962,858 1,090,882 657,047 177,874 72,708 32,234 3,761,784 Interest and Loan Repayment— 19,864 28,561 26,866 75,291

Total 768,181 982,722 1,119,443 683,913 177,874 72,708 32,234 3,837,075

Developmental Roads Fund.

INCOME. j (a) Revenue— 137,676 563 79,895 1 218,135 Commonwealth Govt. Petrol Tax 263 ""251 "'S26 "*167 1,007 Councils' Contributions 138) 000 •"300 300 1,050 139,650 Consolidated Revenue 64,043 ""600 64,643 Unemployment Relief Grants (Rev.) ... 1 6 "'319 732 13 "'232 "9,879 11,182 Miscellaneous Transfer from Country Main Roads Fund to Developmental Roads Fund vide Finances Adjustment (Further ...»< 135,000 135,000 Provisions) Act, 1931 JL 4~ (ft) Loans— 126,327 138,000 250,000 51,425 66,001 631,753 State Government Loans ... 1 26)000 65,000 44,069 32)846 8l)710 250,225 Unemployment Relief Loans Total 264,003 276,000 26,001 315,569 176,608 131,340 864 33,404 227,806 1,451,595

EXPENDITURE.

Maintenance of Roads and Bridges 252 198 553 1,003 Construction of Roads and Bridges l6l"468 152)007 1S8)23S 247)205 263)380 176)549 34,487 30,749 111,236 1,305,319 Interest and Loan Repayment— principal Interest 33)495 33)495 Exchange and Management Expenses 5,657 5,657 Sinking Fund 3,690 3,690 Administrative Expenses 'i) 787 8)007 6)750 2)243 l)379 3,662 26,834 Miscellaneous 36 36 Total 101,468 152,007 188,238 251,992 271,337 183,305 36,982 32,362 158,293 1,376,034

Total, All Funcis.

INCOME. («) Revenue— / Motor Taxation (State) 1,473,494 564,835 1,337.288 1,555,697 1,526,647 "l,258,885" 1,181,220" ' 1,228,720 1,374,053 11,500,339 Commonwealth Govt. Petrol Tax 384,403 1,104,000 560,791 630,775 566,493 472,546- - 503,050 • 581,885 4,86-3,943 Councils' Contributions 368,166 262)058 362,211 431,012 396,963 370,192 330,177 276,095 250,752 .3,047,626 Consolidated Revenue 144,765 253,000 218,500 2,000 300 300- 1,050 619,915 Unemployment Relief Grants (Rev.) .. 112,996- 13)027 126,023 Contributions by other Departments.. 2*052 13",280 43,448 10,646* 1,411 "'731 4)643 76,211 Miscellaneous 3,539 22,432 37)582 75,927 44,855 50,916 36,719 35,709 48,460 i 356,138 (6) Loans— State Government Loans ". 998,954 649,216 960.500 1,384,000 221,430 230,054 4,444,154 Unemployment Relief Loans 54,000 329,000 138,000 80,669 86,199 222,092 909,960 Loans raised by Councils 38,282 349,747 165,146 122,518 18,611- ""691* 693,613 Less Payments to Consolidated Revrnu in accordance with the Finance 2,130,504 26,578,422 Adjustment (Further Provisions Act, 1932 ... 200,000 200,000 Total 3,375,373 1,843,823 4,698.828 4,325,853 3,067,605 2,618,992 2,034,509 1,930,504 2,482,935 26,378,422

EXPENDITURE.

Maintenance of Roads and Bridges :.. 476,795 504,045 744,100 1,042,706 1,315,2S3 848,834 857,098 1,109,418 1,109,076 8,068,015 Construction of Roads and Bridges 909,094 1,994,750 2,353,064 2,560,083 2,77S,33S 1'584,920 464,851 783,256 1,039,179 14,467,541 Interest and Loan Repayment— Principal 94,359 56,333 68,763 150,839 180,276 173,466 158,774 162,957 ^74,342 1,220,109 Interest 51,113 35,409 75,084 90,013 144,493 143,108 128,964 111,810 232,911 1,012,905 Exchange and Management Expenses 8,838 17,810 11,881 32,295 70,824 Sinking Fund 18,359 18,359 Administrative Expenses 23,856 4l)0S5 59)418 90,838 97)170 83)940 7L732 67)446 63,609 599,190 Miscellaneous 7,625 14,189 5,277 7,202 9,823 7,226 6,084 6,107 3,187 67,320 Total •1,562,842 2,-645,817 3,305,766 3,941,681 4,525,383 2,850,338 1,705,913 2,312,875 2,673,648 25,524,263

* Adjustment of Income shown in previous year. SUMMARY OF "WORK AUTHORISED, COMPLETED, AND IN PROGRESS.

COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. WORK AUTHORISED, COMPLETED AND IN PROGRESS—1ST JANUARY, 1925, TO 30TH JUNE, 1934. 1 Up to 30th June, 1933. Year 1933-34. FCO Total from OX In Progress at 1st July, 1934. 1st January, 1925, to I In Prugiess »u IOO JUIJ, 30th June, 1934. Type ol Road. Authorised. Completed. Authorised. Completed.

Develop­ Second­ Develop­ Second­ Develop­ Author­ Com­ Main. Second­ Develop­ Second­ Develop­ Total. Main. Second­ Develop­ Main. Second­ Total. Main. Total. Main. Total. ary. mental. Total. Main. ary. mental. ary. mental. Total. ary. mental. ary. mental. ary. mental. ised. pleted.

mis . ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. -mis. ft. mis. ft. mis ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. tt. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis . ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. ink. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. 15 1972 0 2410 15 4382 15 1972 15 1972 0 2410 0 2410 0 500 0 500 0 500 0 2410 0 2910 15 4882 15 4882 Broken stone mac- 0 1800 1 2406 1 4206 0 1000 1 2406 1 3406 0 800 0 800 0 •800 0 •800 1 3406 1 3406 Macadam, sprayed with tar or bitu- 21 4443 1 3663 9 3230 33 776 21 4443 1 3663 9 3230 33 776 3 3170 3 3170 3 3170 3 3170 36 3946 36 3946 Penetration tar or bituminous mac- 31 4316 4 2533 36 1569 31 4316 4 2533 36 1569 0 2010 0 2010 0 1250 0 760 0 760 36 3579 36 2819 Premixed tar or bituminous mac- 42 1831 42 1831 40 1781 40 1781 2 50 2 50 0 3181 0 3181 0 1250/ r 2 2094 0 1137 0 1137 42 5012 42 3875 Cement concrete ... 79 1932 3 "4240 83 892 74 1573 3 "4240 78 533 5 359 5 359 7 128 7 128 2 2094 > ::: 5 4302 6 1465 6 1465 90 1020 83 4835 Cement concrete, n surfaced with as- pha! tic concrete.. 12 3376 4 80 16 3456 12 3376 3 4010 16 2106 0 1350 0 1350 5 4302 '0 1350 1350 16 3456 16 3456

203 3830 15 4772 9 3230 229 1272 196 2621 15 1012 9 3230 221 1583 7 1209 0 3760 7 4969 11 2909 11 2909 12 756 0 3760 12 4516 6 3362 6 3362 240 4181 234 819

* Work cancelled. m COUNTRY. • "WORK AUTHORISED, COMPLETED, AND IN PROGRESS FROM 1ST JANUARY, 1925, TO 30TH JUNE, 1934 (INCLUDING FEDERAL AID "WORKS IN THE WESTERN DIVISION).

Up to 30th June, 1933. Year 1933-34. Ur Total from In Progress at 1st July 1933. In Progress at 1*** July, 1934. 1st January, 1925, to 30th June, 1934. Type of Road. Authorised. Completed. Authorised. Completed.

Develop­ Develop­ Author­ Com­ Main. Develop­ Total. Main. Develop­ Develop­ Total. Main. Develop­ Total. Main. Total. Main. Total. mental. mental. Total. Main. mental. mental. mental. mental. ised. pleted.

mis. ft. mis. ft. rols. ft. ml3. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. mis. ft. 269 -ines 531 3268 801 2051 269 4063 531 1618 801 401 0 1650 0 1650 5 T234 5 32341 0 1650 0 1650 5 3234 5 3234 807 5 801 2051 Earth formation 952 1436 119 1101 1,071 2537 878 2006 111 258 989 2264 73 "4710 8 843 82 273 33 ""747 18 4208 56 4955 74 2810 3 2376 77 5186 37 2647 23 2675 61 42 1128 2212 1067 2170 46 3762 38 1704 85 186 40 3234 -; 38 1704 78 4938 6 528 6 528 6 528 6 528 85 186 78 4938 998 2199 474 4819 1,473 1738 823 707 437 5014 1,261 441 175 1492 36 "5085 212 1297 47 "2319 52 ""124 99 "2443 139 3902 28 "5055 168 "3677 82 5189 60 "l54 143 63 1,572 4181 1,429 4118 Broken stone (macadam) ... 190 3927 147 3296 33S 1943 164 5150 112 953 277 823 25 4057 35 2343 61 1120 •2 3591 •2 3591| 4 56 4 56 19 410 35 2343 54 2753 335 3632 281 879 Gravel and macadam sprayed with tar or bitu- 143 3871 7 4202 151 2793 90 2233 7 4202 98 1155 53 1638 53 1638 67 3795 67 3795^ 69 4146 69 4146 51 1287 51 1287 219 1308 168 21 Penetration tar or bitumin- 199 4668 5 1984 205 1372 164 51 5 1984 169 2035 35 4617 35 4617 6 554 6 554 23 3744 23 3744 18 1427 18 1427 211 1926 193 499 Premixed tar or bituminous 1 87 2544 4 1929 91 4473 78 2805 4 1929 82 4734 8 5019 8 5019 4 0 4 0 7 5249 7 5249 4 5050 i 5050 95 4473 90 4703 51 2557 51 2557 50 874 50 874 1 1683 0 3385 0 3385 0 3578 0 3578 51 2557 50 4259 Cement concrete, with as- 1 1683 1 1952 1 1952 1 682 1 682 0 1270 0 1270 0 880 0 88o| 0 2150 0 2150 1 2832 1 2832 2,941 4579 1,329 1183 4,271 482 2,561 685 1,248 1822 3,809 2507 380 3894J 80 4641 461 3255 160 4704 76 2286 237 1710320 4322 32 3801 353 2843 220 4276 124 3126 345 2122 4,508 2192 4,163 70

* Work cancelled or type of work altered. 60

TREE PLANTING ON MAIN ROADS. Up to the present the Main Roads Board and the Department have given assistance to Councils for tree planting on main roads on the basis of the Department bearing the cost of providing the tree guards and the Council undertaking the preparation of the ground, the provision of the trees, the erection of the tree guards and the subsequent maintenance of the trees. The results of this combination have not been altogether satisfactory in that, in a number of cases, the trees, after planting, have not received the necessary attention and have been allowed to die.

After careful consideration of the whole position and with a view to assisting Councils in the systematic after-care of the trees, the Department has decided to treat future tree planting on main roads in the same manner as other improvement and maintenance works on those roads, and as from 1st July, 1934, to bear in the Country the whole cost of any approved work involved in the planting, protection and maintenance of trees on State Highways, two-thirds of such cost on trunk roads and one-half of that cost on ordinary main roads, the Councils of the areas affected being required to bear the remaining portions of the cost on trunk roads and ordinary main roads. In the County of Cumberland the whole cost will be borne by the Department as is customary for other works on main roads.

If effective results are to be obtained from tree planting on roads, it is necessary that any work done should be part of a comprehensive ' programme which provides for progressive development along predetermined lines. The Department does not feel justified in expending any of its funds in planting odd trees here and there, except in replacement of any that may have died. Councils have therefore been advised that where they desire to obtain the Department's assistance in tree planting on main roads which the Councils themselves are maintaining, they should, in the first instance, submit a plan or report covering the whole length of the road which they desire to treat, and. describing the types of trees they propose. The Department will then review these with the aid of any expert advice it may obtain, and suggest any alterations or amendments to the scheme in the light of this advice. Where the Department is itself maintaining the road and the road is deemed suitable for beautification by trees, the Department will prepare such a plan and any work done will be arranged in accordance with this.

The type of trees to be chosen should, of course, be those that will flourish under the particular conditions where they have to exist and should be such as will, with increasing years, increase in beauty and usefulness. In general there are two types of arrangement of the trees that may be considered, viz. :— (i) As an avenue, (ii) In copses.

The former will be the more common and is specially suited to situations where the boundaries and general contour of the road are more or less regular. Where the country is rough and irregular and the width of the road varies considerably, copses may frequently be employed with advantage. "Where an avenue of trees is aimed at, the treatment must necessarily be formal to secure proper effect, and for this purpose considerable lengths of the one class of tree are to be preferred to similar lengths containing a variety of trees, alternating or otherwise mixed. The Department's assistance to Councils will be given with these principles in mind. It is particularly important to bear in mind that the initial planting of a tree is, in most cases, the simplest and easiest part of the work. The more difficult part and the part which largely determines the result accruing from the initial effort, is the subsequent maintenance and care of the trees, which involves regular and systematic attention. Once therefore any authorised tree planting has been carried out by either the Department or Councils on State Highways, annual provision will be made in the State Highway maintenance allocations for the care and maintenance of the trees. In the same way the Department expects that, following any assistance being rendered by it to Councils for tree planting on trunk and ordinary main roads, similar regular annual allocations will be made by them to provide their quota towards the maintenance of the trees.

MlLEPOSTING OE MAIN RoADS. In the May, ] 934, issue of " Main Roads " the Department set out in detail its proposals with "respect to the mileposting of the main roads of the State. Briefly, these are that the erection of mileposts of the types described and illustrated in the article referred to will first be undertaken on the State Highways, and later, as funds permit, the system will be extended in turn to trunk roads and ordinary main roads.

A survey has been commenced on the State Highways, distances being measured by means of a special distance-meter or odometer connected with the offside front wheel of a motor vehicle, fitted, after experiments as to accuracy, with high pressure tyres, the vehicle being driven with the offside front wheel on the centre line of pavement. At the date of this Report the survey had been completed on State Highway No. 13 in the Metropolitan area, which connects the Hume and Pacific Highways via Parramatta, and had progressed on the Prince's Highway (State Highway No. 1) to Kiama, on the Hume Highway (State Highway No. 2) to Berrima, on the Great Western Highway (State Highway No. 5) to Hartley, and on the Pacific Highway (State Highway No. 10) as far as Gosford. The operations have been temporarily suspended on the Great Western and Prince's Highways at the points mentioned, pending the survey or projected deviations, but are proceeding on the other Highways.

MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND PETROL CONSUMPTION. The fluctuation in motor vehicle registration is of interest, not only because it records the popularity of road transport and the volume of road traffic, but also because it is some reflection of the general prosperity 67 of the community. This is demonstrated by the following table of vehicle egtstrations in 1925, when 'he Main Roads Act commenced, and each year for the past five years.

Motor Motor Motor Motor Year. Cars. Lorries, etc. Cycles. Omnibuses. Total.

30th June, 1925 83,703 17,795 22,689 582 124,769 „ 1930 172,662 45,309 29,548 640 248,159 1931 155,890 41,788 25,51.7 588 223,783 1932 145,425 38.618 22,773 1 362 207,178 1933 149,117 42,366 22,397 415 214,295 1934 156,663 48,601 22,604 • 456 228,324

It will be seen that during the past twelve months a recovery of 14,000 registrations took place which equalled approximately 6| per cent. The most marked increase, however, was in respect of commercial vehicles (motor lorries, etc.), the added number being over 14 per cent, of the registrations at 30th June, 1933. The reduced prices of petrol which operated during 1933-34 doubtless resulted in an appreciable increase of registrations. Whilst the total vehicles registered, as set out above, gives an idea of the traffic on the roads, a better view can be procured by consideration of the total petrol import and production for each year. The statement, which follows therefore sets out the total vehicles registered as at 31st December in the years mentioned, as well as the volume of imported and locally refined petrol for those years.

Total Petrol imported Average. Galls, Year. and. locally of Petrol per Vehicle. refined. Vehicle.

No. Gall?. 1929-30 240,000 94,000,000 377 1930-31 239,000 58,000,000 242 1931-32 213,000 65,000,000 305 1932-33 212,000 68,000,000 320 1933-34 224,000 78,000,000 348

This table shows the contraction in 1930-31 of the use of vehicles as distinct from their deregistration It indicates too that there has been a substantial recovery in the average use of each vehicle and the piesent average is not far below that of the peak period of 1929-30.

TESTING LABORATORY. The increased expenditure during the year was reflected in the work of the Department's Testing Laboratory, where approximately 50 per cent, more tests were carried out than during the previous twelve months, the increases being mainly in connection with the testing of concrete and of bituminous materials. A total of over 3,000 samples was submitted, and 7,485 tests were made, as follows :—

Nature of Test. No. of Tests Made. Compression tests on concrete cylinders, cores, pipes, etc 1,789 Water absorption tests on cement and bituminous concretes -23 Sand tests for grading, colour, mortar strength, yield, etc 356 Tests on stone and gravel aggregates for concrete 187 Tests on stone and gravel aggregates for pavements 156 Rock tests 60 Specification tests of bituminous materials 4,032 Tests of road, fuel and lubricating oils 152 Analyses of paints, coals, alloys, etc...... 317 Miscellaneous tests, including grader blades, jacks, galvanising, sub-soils, asphaltic concrete, and others ...' ...... 513

7,585

STAFF, INDUSTRIAL AND EMPLOYMENT. One of the matters which received consideration during the year under review was the question of an award covering the clerical officers of the staff, the existing agreement, which provides for the classification of the clerical staff into five grades with a range of salaries in each grade, being due for renewal. A number of conferences were held with the representatives of the staff and the Public Service Association with a view to, if possible, arriving at an agreement for a new award. Whilst finality was reached on the majority of matters appertaining to conditions of employment, leave privileges, etc., it was not found practicable to reach complete agreement prior to 30th June. In connection with its workmen, the Department is pleased to record that no strikes or stoppages of work of any major importance have occurred during the year on works being carried out under its direction by day labour. As in previous years, a number of contentious matters relatino- to employment of labour and conditions of working have been amicably settled by conference between the Union re­ presentatives and the Department's Industrial Officer. Ten applications were made to the State Industrial Court and the Conciliation Commission for Awards and variations of Awards, four beino- by the Department and six by the Unions. In the last Annual Report reference was made to the claim before the Court covering all classes of labour engaged on the maintenance of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, excluding those employees engaged on the maintenance and upkeep of the roadway, rail and tram tracks, and footpaths. Finality was reached with respect to this claim and the award of the Court was published on 1st December, 1933. Following upon conferences between the representatives of the Public Service Association and the Department agreement was also reached with respect to a consent award covering the toll collecting staffs employed on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Peat's Ferry (Hawkesbury River) and the Newcastle-Stockton ferry service. ri8

Another award of an important nature, insofar as the Department's operations are concerned, which came under review during the year was the General Labourers', etc. (State) Award. This award, under which the majority of road workers employed by the Department on maintenance and construction are engaged, and which expired on 1st October, 1931, contains no less than 264 classifications, involving the payment of 54 different hourly rates (many of which vary only to a small degree), ending in fractions of 44ths, 22nds and llths of a penny. The Unions concerned lodged claims for a new award for increased rates on the existing classifications with variations of some of the present conditions. It was considered by the Department that the operations of the Award could be much simplified, without unduly affecting the wages of employees, by a reduction in the number of the classifications, and at the same time by the elimination of unwieldy fractions of a penny, a very considerable amount of time would be saved in the computation of wages and in the accurate dissection of the cost of works. The Department accordingly lodged a counter claim providing for the grouping of the classifications into seven groups with hourly rates for each group, with the proviso that any future fluctuations on account of the basic wage should be adjusted to the nearest farthing. Although a number of conferences were held between the parties concerned and evidence taken by the Conciliation Commissioner on four occasions, no agreement could be reached, the case being eventually struck off the list. The Department regards the alteration of this Award on the lines set out of great importance and it will re-open the question at the first suitable opportunity. With regard to employment of men, the Department has continued its practice of engaging directly all skilled men, such as gangers, plant operators, machine men, bitumen and concrete hands, etc., the total number engaged in this way during the year being 295. Departmental employees possessing qualifications fitting them for higher classes of work were promoted to suitable positions. In conformity with previous practice, all unskilled labour was engaged through the State Labour Exchanges. Consequent upon the putting in hand of the unemployment relief works referred to in the preliminary section of this Report, there has been a considerable increase in the number of men employed directly by the Department. The average monthly number of employees on the Department's day labour works has thus increased during the year to 2,547, the highest number employed in any one month be: ng 3,094 in June, 1934, made up as under :—• Maintenance of roads and bridges 1,104 Construction of roads and bridges 1,791 Surveys 29 Ferries controlled directly by the Department 106 Miscellaneous 64

3,094

At the 30th June, 1934, in addition to the total of 3,094 men employed directly by the Department on day labour works, there were 708 other employees on contract works and design, supervision, administration, etc., while 3,411 men were employed on works wholly or partially financed by the Department. There were, therefore, approximately 7,200 men employed on main and developmental road works in the State at the close of the financial year.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. In concluding this Report, it is desired to again place on record appreciation of the continued loyal and able assistance which has at all times been rendered by the officers and employees of the Department. To the Minister-in-Charge (Lieut.-Col. The Hon. M. F. Bruxner, D.S.O., M.L.A.), to the Heads of other Departments, corporate bodies and their staffs, and to the Municipal and Shire Councils and their officers throughout the State the Department extends its thanks for uniform courtesy, co-operation and assistance. H. H. NEWELL, 6th November, 1934. Commissioner for Main Roads.

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