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The quantity of materials used in the above works was
as follows, viz.:—1,062 yards super tar-paving; 320
yards super 2½ inch York stone; 483 yards super
Victoria stone; 201 yards super Victoria stone relaid;
89 yards super ¾ inch mastic asphalte on
concrete; 347 feet run 12 inch by 8 inch granite kerb ;
32 feet run 12 inch by 6 inch granite kerb; 45 feet run
granite kerb reset; 56 tons 3 inch by 6 inch granite
pitching laid on concrete; 23 tons 5 inch by 7 inch do.,
1 ton 5 cwt. 6 inch by 4 inch do.; 9½ cwt. 4 inch by
7 inch do.; 11 cwt. 4 inch granite cubes laid on concrete ;
3 tons soft asphalte: 10 cwt. coal pitch; 17,000 wood
blocks; and 5,000 4£ inch by 4½ inch blue Staffordshire
paving bricks.
At the Parish Wharf during the past year, a cart shed 104
feet by 27 feet, constructed of wood with galvanized corrugated
iron roof, has been erected. An engine house for the
steam roller has also been built, and the permanent yard
gates and piers constructed. One of the store sheds has
been converted into two loose boxes, and by a slight alteration
to the premises a mess room has been formed for the
use of the road men. The greater portion of the surface
of the wharf is now properly formed and consolidated.
Four wooden dust shoots have been provided and fixed for
future use in loading barges with house refuse. An iron
railing has been fixed on the coping of the concrete wall
of the wharf, and an iron staircase leading to the loft over
the stables. The cost of the work carried out at the
wharf during the past year is £880 10s.; the balance of
the contract for the erection of stabling, &e., described
in last year's report, has also been paid, making the total
expenditure £1,315 19s. 6d.
The steam roller has been worked 194 days, 31 of which
were for private works and 7 for new roads. The charge
made by the Board therefor was at the rate of 35s. per