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SURVEYOR'S REPORT
Of Work executed from Lady-day 1885, to Lady-day, 1886.
Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in submitting my Report on the several
works executed and the general business transacted in my department
during the past financial year, such being my Seventeenth
Annual Report.
HIGHWAYS.
From the following Table may be seen the quantity of
material paid for during the year for the maintenance of the
Public Roads.
Division.
Granite.
Port Philip
Stone.
Dug Flints.
Picked Flints.
Gravel.
Total.
Lewisham Pariah (cubic yards)
3831
1396
3015
...
1408
9650
Hamlet of Penge (ditto)
730
•••
...
740
705
2175
Total
4561
1396
3015
740
2113
11,825
The Rainfall, as recorded by the rain-guage at the Forest
Hill Stone Yard from the 20th March, 1885, to the 25th March,
1886, inclusive, was as follows:—
Number of days on
which rain fell.
INCHES.
0
1885 March 2Gth to 31st inclusive
0.00
10
„ April
1.82
17
„ May
1.94
8
„ June
1.33
1
„ July
0.36
9
„ August
1.04
17
„ September
4.02
17
„ October
2.87
15
„ November
2.69
8
„ December
0.98
14
1886 January
3.26
0
„ February
0.66
6
„ March, to 25th inclusive
0.42
128
21.39