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Trenches. The charges for re-instating trenches made
for gas, water, electric light, and other purposes
during the year amounted to £77 12s. 9d.
Paving works. Repairs have been effected to the paving,
kerbing, crossings, channels, wood-paving, and
tarpaving in various parts of the parish at a cost of
£235 5s. 1d.
The materials used in the above works were:—100
yards Victoria paving; 30 feet York paving; 104 feet
kerb; 76 yards channel and crossings; 947 yards bottoming;
2,892 yards re-topping; 266 yards tarpaving; 58 bushels
cement; 6 bushels lime; 6½ yards sand; 7 yards ballast,
and 1,985 wood blocks. About 3,000 feet of old stone
and brick paving, wood paving, &c., have been taken up
and re-laid.
steam Rollers. Steam rollers have been hired during the year
for 51½ days on public roads at a cost of
£69 5s. 9d., and for 57 days on new roads at a cost of
£99 2s. 3d.
The following new streets have been paved and
adopted during the year, viz.:—Recovery Street, Alston
Road, Effort Street, St. Cyprian Street, kellino Street
and Letch worth Street; total length,—4 furlongs, 97 yards.
The estimated cost of making up and paving these new
roads under the annual contracts of the Board amounted
to £2,047 0s. 1d., and the materials used in the works
included 18 new gullies, 2,259 yards hard core, 1,247
yards stone gravel and flints, 135 yards granite, 3,280
feet new kerb, 2,504 feet kerb re-laid, 1,177 super. yards
channel and crossings, 1,997 super, yards tarpaving,
1,997 yards running and shelling, and 1,718 yards artificial
stone paving.