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The materials used in the above works included 111
cubic yards hard core, 1,740 cubic yards flints, 136 cubic
yards gravel, 1,927 cubic yards Thames ballast, 109 tons
4-inch by 7-inch, 251 tons 4-inch by 6-inch, and 1-ton
4-inch by 4-inch granite setts, 697 tons Scoriae block
channelling, 18,353 super. yards tar-paving, 15,300 super.
yards tarring and sanding, 13,095 lineal feet 12-inch
by 8-inch, and 1,761 lineal feet 12-inch by 6-inch kerbing,
1,130 super. yards 2½-inch York paving, 1,042 super.
yards blue panel brick paving for crossings, and 11,008
lineal feet blue brick edging. The materials used in
repairing roads under the provisions of Section 3 of the
Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1890 (53 and
54 Vic. cap. 66), were:—149 cubic yards hard core, and
190 cubic yards flints.
Repairs.
The following paving materials have been
used in public roads during the year, viz.:—
Granite sett channelling 100-tons., 1-cwt.
Scoriae brick do. 102 „ 10-cwt.
Granite kerbing (12-inch by 8-inch) 3,532-ft., 9-inches.
Do. (12-inch by 6-inch) 287-ft.
Tar-paving 1,962 super. yards.
Coating existing tar-paving with tar
and grit 17,085½ „
Topping 1,064 „
York paving 1,251 „
Blue bricks (8 panel) 121½ „
The following are the principal paving works carried
out or in hand during the year, viz.:—
Allfarthing
Lane.
By agreement with the owners, and the
payment of £25 by the Board, a strip of
land, having an area of about 82 superficial yards has
been given up on the north side for widening the roadway,
and rounding off the abrupt corner adjoining St. Ann's
Hill. The sum of £8 17s. 6d. was expended in pulling
down and setting back the forecourt wall in front of