The expence of Five thousand Dollars, for the proposed completion of the line of Road, is sanctioned. Sir Henry Pottinger Commands me to add, that he trusts he need not impress upon the Officer the necessity of a vigilant superintendence over the contractors,—Especially in the construction of the bridges and drains, upon which the efficiency of the whole road will depend.
All charges to be incurred in repairs of the roads, bridges, and drains, His Excellency thinks it desirable to make estimates of, and to submit the same for sanction. That is the practice in India, and it is, for many obvious reasons, advisable to introduce the same system here.
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(Signed) S. R. Morrison.
Acting Secretary & Treasurer.
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Richard Wornum