whole width of the plank, and have been
of planks breaking from the
the cause
extrême shortness of the grain.
With regard for our report in the letter of the Colonial Secretary,
to the point submitted
we are
of opinion that
the failure of this Bridge is entirely - owing to the inefficient nature of the planking, and not to the decay which
has partially
Members
Commenced.
(Signed) Code + W. Durnford,
leapt : Roy. Ang ", President -
[(Signed) George Ollis, Clerk of Works,
"(pligned) . H. Burgoyne, Clerk of Works
W long Dept.
Royal Rings Dept.
I fully
Concur in
the above Report,
and I
recommend that in
be left in the timber used for Bridges,
and that all the wood, work be well-
future no sap
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covered with Coal tar to save it from injury.
(Signed) George Phillpotts, L. hd 6. R. Cong..
by the weather, se.
R. Cong's Office
Victoria, 16th June, 1847.
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(Frue Copy)
Macia Colonial Secretary.