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or
exceedingly dangerous or inconvenient, as
the Road leads either out of
the cliff,
or on
the side of a rough Retaining
wall
built, which leaves the drop
from
the Road nearly perpendicular, and in one place the fall is 400 feet. The additional
Bridges are required, for at
high water pedestrians must
make a
detour to pass
the stream and equestrians must wade or swim their horses.
The details of
the expenditure during the year being given in full in the usual Return, I shall merely remark that the disbursements
on works in the
re-formation of Roads, Bridges,
and Drains, have amounted
to £3,221. 1s. and Repairs, exclusive
of Convict labour, to the
sum
of
£1,215. 2s. 6d. for Roads, and £106. 10s. 10d.
for Bridges.
2.
Police
Buildings. The Station at Aberdeen although
ostensibly finished at the termination
of 1847, was not completed
until May;
the Contractor having
far exceeded his time,
was fined
by His Excellency
the Governor
in Council in the sum
of $100:
which was deducted
from
the balance due on the Contract; the
work has been satisfactorily
executed and is now
occupied
by the Police; the total expenditure
for the year
was £1,888. Our
total expenditure was £2,598. 2s. 5d.,
exclusive of some stores supplied.