10
including
the Queen's Road, have
a
tenth of 5,516
been affected upon gords, which calculated upon
the
rate usually adopt for Convict
labour,
viz.
2s 6d per diem per man, or 1s 6d per yard, gives £416 2s 6d for 5,516 yards, or an average of about 1s 9d per yard. This service
comprised the repair and construction of Pough stane drains, removal of slips of earth, repairs to embankments, &c.;
some portions of
the steep streets
are
exceedingly difficult to keep in repair,
and in several cases
the work has
been arranged for 2s to 3s per yard,
Streets and Roads which
are
nearly horizontal are kept in
order for 2 or 3d a
yard.
2nd Additional work to roads, &c.
This
comprises widening the
Road from the Sea-house to
Tedder's Hill and Albert Road,
and
from the latter place to the
Government offices, and from
the Ice house to
the Church, &c., in executing
which 2,986 cubic
yards of material
have been cut and removed, the
value of the labour being £84 4d, or about 7d per yard.
This
is
a very fair average price for this kind of material, for it is seldom if
contractors
ever
can be induced to undertake that work under 10d or 1s per yard.
In
addition to the above amount,
labour equivalent to £11 13s 9d has
been expended
in consolidating
the
heavy embankment
near Murray Barracks, which settled
and considerably during
the
Rainy season.
5th Levelling ground round
Government offices. This service
has consisted in
clearing and