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Surveyor's Annual Report,
1896-7.
To the Chairman and Members of the Vestry.—
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my Annual Report upon the work of my
Department for the year ending 25th March, 1897.
Licenses.
Forty-seven licenses'were granted to erect scaffolds and hoardings on the public footpaths
and carriageways for new buildings, alterations, or repairs; an increase of thirteen
when compared with the number granted last year.
Roads and Footways.
In addition to general repairs, special works have been executed, as enumerated below .
Tiger Bay.—The Apportionments being paid, the road has been pitched with 4 in.
by 4 in. granite setts on 6 in. concrete, with a granite kerb on each side and a footway of
York flagging upon the south-east side. The total amount of the apportionment was
£79 4s.; the work included 102 ft. kerb laid, 48 sq. ft. flags relay, 141 sq. ft. new (lags
supplied and laid, and 96½ sup. yds. pitching.