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Engineer and Surveyor's Annual Report,
1897-98.
To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Keport upon the work of my department for tho
year ending 25th March, 1898.
Licenses.
Forty-seven licenses were granted to erect scaffolds and hoardings on the public
footpaths and carriageways for new buildings, alterations, additions or repairs; being tho
same number as granted for the previous year.
Roads and Footways.
In addition to general repairs, special works have been executed as enumerated bolow:
Kinburn Street, Forsyth Street, and Brunei Road.—The kerbs for a length of 5G4 ft.
and the footways for an area of 5264 square ft. have been relaid.
Rebecca Terrace.—The kerbs for a length of 256 ft. and the footways for an area of
1584 square ft. have been relaid.
Trident Street.—The macadam roadway for an area of 1184 square yards has been
repaired, the amount of broken granite used being 107 tons 7 cwt.
Hickling Street—The kerbs for a length of 123 ft. and the footways for an area of
1068 square ft. have been relaid.