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The Board of works for the Lewisham District
Sydenham & Forest Hill Division and Hamlet of Penge.
ASSISTANT SURVEYOR'S REPORT
For the Year ending 25 th March, 1899.
To the Chairman and Members of the Board of Works
for the Lewisham District.
Gentlemen,
I have much pleasure in submitting my second annual
report for the above portion of the Lewisham District.

A great deal of attention has been given to the repair of the
roads, and the use of slop (or road sweepings) for binding in
granite has been entirely discontinued, fine Croydon gravel having
been mostly used; this, although, of course, adding to the first
cost of laying a broken granite road, is undoubtedly economical
in the end, as the roads not only wear better but they are cleaner,
and there is not the same amount of slop to be removed after
every rain. A portion of Anerley-road was laid with granite
broken to a smaller size, and granite chippings were used to bind
it in ; this has made a very good road but the expense of rolling
was very considerable. I am proposing to try other materials for