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this desire, I beg to say, that should the Vestry
decide to try the experiment, I shall be only too
happy to endeavour to frame a contract to meet
these requirements, and to give full effect thereto ;
but I am still of opinion, that the present arrangements
are the best suited to the proper execution of
these Road repairs.
It may be interesting and useful also to provide
the Vestry with some particulars relating to the
expenditure of material, &c. on these Roads, for
which purpose I append the following:—
From 1st November, 1865, to Lady-day, 1866
(= 5 months only)—
2069 Cube yards of Granite.
218 Ditto Flints.
Before leaving this portion of my Report, I
would beg to direct the attention of the Vestry to
the great expense of repairing main Roads of heavy
traffic with broken stone, as laid down under the
present system, the constant removal of material,
labour of cleansing, and cost of removal of slop,
leads me to anticipate at no very distant date, the
adoption of pitched paving for those portions of our
public thoroughfares, as by their incidental position
are subjected to very heavy wear and tear.