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ANNUAL REPORT
of the surveyor to the vestry.
To the Vestry of the Hamlet of Mile End Old Town.
Gentlemen,
In laying before you a summary of the works undertaken
under the superintendence of my department, I regret to
be obliged again to deplore the condition of the funds at the
disposal of the various Committees. The necessary work of
re-instating the paved footways in the District has been again
postponed ; and only such works as were necessary to prevent
accidents have been done. A summary of the work executed
by the men in your own employ is as follows:—

The cost of these works was for labour £615 os. iid., and for
material £544 IIs. 4d.
The important and much needed work of paving the roadway
of Devonshire Street, and of re-paving White Horse Lane, has
at length been resolved upon, and when I have again the
pleasure of addressing you will, I hope, be completed.
Devonshire
Street and
White
Horse
Lane.
The ordinary work of repairing the McAdamised Roads of
the District has been done as usual by your own men ; the result
being an expenditure for labour of £1,417 17s. gd. Appended
will be found a tabular statement showing the quantity and
cost of materials for the past three years.
McAdam
Roads.
During the year some useful work in channel paving has
been executed with Tees Scoriae bricks, the quantity being
630 feet run ; and I trust that funds may be forthcoming during
the current year to extend this excellent sanitary work. In the
present days of steam road rolling it is necessary to have all the
channels paved, if for no other reason than to prevent the curb
H
Tees
Scorise
Channels.