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been under the contracting system. The Tenders
of 1876-7 amounted to £6,940
These were based upon the then
mileage of Road watered and
slopped, viz. 55 miles
To which add increase of
Roads slopped and
watered to Ladyday,
1878 2 miles
57 miles
Making an increase of charge £ 240
Total £7,180
This amount of £7,180 fairly represents the
cost as it would have appeared under the Contracting
system.
The result, therefore, is broadly as follows:—
Under the previous System
the cost of the work for the year
ending Ladyday, 1878, would have
been £7,180
The ascertained cost of this
work as done by Vestry is £7,500
but from this sum of £7,500 must
Carried forward £7,500 £7,180