Wairuj Boad Boabd.— The Wairau Road Board met this morning. Present : Messrs J. Ward, Avery, Carter, Gonlter, Pollard. Letters were were received from John Lusty re passing his account, A, J. C. Ward re surrey, A. Munro re. stream between Waihopai cutting and Starvation Point, P. Dillon re roads through Leefield. Resolved that Mr Munro be informed that the Board had no intention of filling up or impeding the water referred to, and does not consider a bridge a necessity. Re solved that the Secretary write to Mr D. Herd and enquire on what teims he. will effeot an exchange of roads on his proparty, he giving the line of road from the S.W. foorner of Section 85 to the N.W. comer of SeotioD 44. Resolved that m consideration of Mr Dillon having conveyed to the Queen a line of road through the Leefield property from the White Cow to the tunnel, this Board renounces any right it may have to any otnerlroad following m the same direction. Resolved that this Board considers i desirable to effeot an exchange of lines of road up the ifairhall Vallay, aDO foe thu purpose requests His Excellency th

Governor to convey the old line of road to the respective persons through whose land it passes. Resolved that the Secretary be instructed to writo the Executors of the late Hemy Godfrey re questing them to agree to the proposed excb'. ' c part through the Wood h.-u-n- ** that Mr George ."•:.-•;. t'en to re exchange of vuad through m- property, and that the Secretary be instructed to take the neces sary steps to effect the exchange of the part of the road through Mr Coulter's property. Resolved that an exchange of roads through Brookby be made with Mr Ward. The sabjoined accounts were passel for payment : -Bythell, £9 ; Wat son, £1 Is ; A. J. C. Ward, £65 ; C. G. Ward, £0 13» 4d ;J. B. Green, £1 4s ;H. C. O'Leory, £3 103 ; Express, £2 10s 6d. Resolved, that the Secretary communicate with the Awatere and Omaka Eoad Boards with a view to the appointment of a joint Inspector of Works. 