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The sum of £78 19s. 7d. was paid to the Val de Travers
Asphalte Company for maintenance of carriageway in front of
the Town Hall, Old Street. The North Metropolitan Tramway
and other Companies contributed £51 14s. 6d. towards this
expenditure.
In consequence of the use of the Steam Roller the unpaved
roads are, generally speaking, in a satisfactory condition.
STEAM ROAD ROLLER.
The Roller was at work 246 days during the past year, and
about 14 men on average under the superintendence of a foreman
were employed in scoring, rolling and sweeping the highways;
the amount expended in labour was £868 13s. 2½d.
The following Table gives the roads that have been rolled,
together with the oost of same, and other details:—