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for me to lay Down upon it any of the improvements I suggest; but I shall be able to refer to it by the number of Lots, and otherwise, so that, I believe, there will be no difficulty in understanding at the Town RJ it all I wish to express..
A glance at present stands, upon the Survey, will show, that more regularity might have been preserved in the buildings, upon either side of the Queen's Road", but though it is to be regretted that this has not been attended to still the most material point, a good and sufficient width of Street, has been secured, for in Road less no is this place than Fifty (50) Feet wide, and in general it much exceeds that.
Of all the various tracts which have been entered into for the completion of different portions of it, one remark may be made that, without exception, they were undertaken at prices, for which it was utterly impossible they could be done, and they consequently caused much delay when the Contractors were unable to complete their work, they either imprisoned for non-fulfilment of their Contracts, or absconded to save themselves from the Consequences of having broken them; and even now, with the experience they have had, the Chinese only form a tolerably accurate estimate, when the matter is put before them in the simplest possible way.