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REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR.
SURVEYORS' DEPARTMENT.
Gentlemen,
I beg to submit a summary of works, &c., carried out
under the superintendence of the above Department during the year
ending the 25th March, 1882.
MAINTENANCE OF ROADS.
The following quantities of material have been supplied by the
Contractors at the cost stated, and used on the MacAdam and
Ballast Roads in the Parish during the year—
900¾ yards cube Broken Granite £686 19 8
2468¾ ditto Flints 905 4 2
77½ ditto Ballast 24 4 4
932½ ditto Hoggin 291 8 2
During the same period 399 cubic yards of old pebbles, York,
&c., were broken up, costing £40 19s. 6d., and loaded and carted
on the roads at a further cost of about £4 9 17s. 6d.
One foreman and seven labourers on average were employed in
the general repairs of the unpaved roads and over trenches opened
by the Gas and Water Companies, their wages for the year amounted
to £378 12s. 10d. The Companies contributed £109 4s. 0d. for
labour, and £104 18s. 7d. for material required in the said repairs.