30 J. H. MAIDEN. 
Richmond River.—The internal works at the Richmond River, 
consisting of training walls along the northern and southern shores, 
and the walls for regulating and guiding the waters of North 
Creek, are now completed, and the two breakwaters partially 
constructed, there remaining to be done about one hundred and 
thirty feet and eight hundred and forty feet respectively to arrive 
at the points to which it is proposed to carry them in the first 
instance. The whole of the stone now being used in these works 
is obtained from Riley’s Hill, about eighteen miles distant, whence 
it is conveyed to the entrance in punts. A canal, about sixty 
feet wide, two and a quarter miles long, and carrying from six to 
eight feet of water at low tide, has been excavated along the course 
of Fishery Creek, and through the low lying land at the back of 
the town of Ballina to North Creek. 
Clarence River.—The principal work carried out on the Clarence 
River has been the construction of the southern and part of the 
northern training walls. The former is a half tide wall over two 
and a half miles long, extending from the eastern end of Freeburn 
Island to the Heads, the greater length of which has been con-_ 
structed with stone tipped from a timber staging on piles ; the 
northern wall extending across the North Spit, is about half a 
mile long. These walls were completed in 1896 and have been 
very effective in deepening the channel, there being from thirty 
to fifty feet of water at low tide. Preparations are now being 
made for the construction of a wall about 7,600 feet long, extend- 
ing down stream from the eastern end of Goodwood Island ; also 
the continuation of the northern training wall along the shore 
line at Ballina. The stone for these walls will be obtained at 
Green Point quarry, about four miles distant, whence it will be 
brought by rail to Freeburn Island and punted across to the works. 
Bellinger River, &c.—Training walls are also in course of con- 
struction at the Bellinger and Nambucca River entrances, the 
lengths completed being 4,010 feet and eight hundred and fifty 
feet respectively. Tenders have also been invited for a similar 
wall at the Hastings River. 
