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Branch Place—a new Curb laid down, and the whole of the footway
repaved with old York, at a cost of £39 18s. 7d.
Penn and Northport Streets, (by St. Saviors Church)—a new
Curb laid down, at a cost of £15 0s. 4d.
Baring Street (East end)—a new Granite crossing laid down, at
a cost of £26 9s. 7d.
Old Street Road (in front of Timber Yard by Wood Street)—the
footway paved with new 3-in. York, at a cost of £40 2s. l0d.
Saint John's Terrace (the whole of)—a new Curb and Granite
Channell laid down, and the footway paved with new 3-in. York, at a
cost of £176 13s. 8d.
The Surveyor has under his control, two foremen, one for the
Eastern district, and one for the Western district of the parish, and it is
their duty to superintend the repair and maintenance of the roads and
footways, to see that the watering is properly done, and to report to the
Surveyor and Paving, &c., Committee, all matters relating to such roads
footways, &c., from time to time.
The number of laborers employed by the Surveyor on the roads is
16, and they have to attend to the general repair and maintenance of
the roads throughout the parish.
Also from 25th June there has been 17 Laborers employed for
Sweeping and Scraping the Macadamized and Ballast Roads, and
Cleansing Gullies, &c.
The Surveyor has also 2 masons with a laborer each, for the repair
of the footway pavements, and in most cases to repair the pavement after
trenches have been opened by companies or contractors.
There are also 3 paviors for the repair of the carriage-ways, crossings,
channels, &c., and 5 laborers generally employed, throughout the
parish.