All the masoury wotk of the bridges between the Deep Stream and ,the Sutton has been completed, and the work has bsen carried out in a manner credit able aiike to the contractors and the Public Works department. The iron superstructure for these bridges has breu let to Messrs Anderson and Co, of Ofcristchurch, and about 18 months hence the line will be completed to this point. Between the Sutton stream, at a height of 630ftj say to the 50th mile (860 ft), distant from Hyde' about seven usiies, there is Jittlo or no work in connection with the formation, and no bridges or culverts of any magnitude, and probably the work now being carried out by the unemployed in the neighbourhood of Suttoa township will be pushed on by them to this point. The lins is at present completed to the Deep Stream, a distance of 20 miles. On the way down to the Deep Stream we pass through some very line pastoral country on the Barewood run, while the land in the vicinity of Hindon is capable of grow ing very fair root and oat crops. The country iv the Silver Peaks district is capital grazing land, and a good deal of it h;*s been taken uu on the small grazing run system. All this country will be tapped by a station at Mount Allen, about 13 miles from Wingatui. The Hindon country is now tapped by a station at the crossing of the Taieri river, where a road, formed by the Government, leads from <;he railway to the table land. The amenities of the line from tha Sutton stream to the termination o£ the Taieri river gorge are well worthy of notice. For a considerable distance tha line winds along the river the muddy waters of which are seen coiling serpentlike over the the rocky bed. far below. Nearing " The Notches " the gorge has all the grandeur of some of the American canyons, and it will no doubt be a favourite place for railway excursions. The engineering difficulties in the vicinity of the Notches have been successfully overcome by building a number of short viadacts, the masonry of which has been splendidly put together, while lower down the Fat Creek viaduct with its fine cement pillars is sure to attract more than passing attention. 