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To the Vestry of St. James's, Westminster.
24th June, 1860.
Gentlemen,
The List of actual Works executed by the
Vestry under my superintendence, is, I am happy to
say, a very short one for the twelve months included
in the annexed list. The Paving Works being
comparatively nothing, the workmen employed by
the Vestry have been almost entirely engaged in
making good the various Roadways and Footways,
where they had been from any circumstances
disturbed, or had become defective;— as usual, the
greatest separate amount has been expended in
Regent Street, but that sum is a wonderfully small
one considering the vast area of carriageway to
be maintained, and, including as it does, £.220
paid for a large Iron Roller; there should also,
strictly speaking, be a sum of about £.60 deducted
from that item, being money that has been refunded
on account of Gas and Water Trenches. In the
early part of last summer experiments were made