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Footways.
The ordinary repairs and small works of the Vestry
consumed 9,800 feet of 2½ inch paving, and cost
£281 15s.
The experiment tried in New Street and other places
with Victoria stone having proved satisfactory the same
material has been laid in
feet. in.
Bancroft-road 3,005... 9
George-place 1,161...4
Hare-street 681 0
William-street 929 0
Allar's-road 1,262 8
Coborn-road 1,228 5
Making a total of 8,268 2
At a cost of .£371 16s. Id.
Macadamised Roads.
The unusually wet seasons through which we have
passed have kept up the cost of road repairs in addition
to the increased traffic which is put upon them. You
have now agreed to use Kentish rag stone in lieu of
Hertfordshire ballast, which stone makes a good road
if rolled in with any binding material, and although I
do not anticipate any saving for the current year, yet
in succeeding years the cost of repairs will be reduced
by the adoption of this material.
The following table will show the cost of each material
for the past three years.