instructed me to complete those portions of it between Aberdeen and Stanley which had been postponed or left unfinished: these works comprised four stone arches in the Stanton Falley, the foundations and _ abutments of which were finished and the construction of two drains near Deepwater bay. The first service was excented for the balance remaining due upon the original Contract for the work and cost £50. 6.3; the other services I did not pay for until the termination of the year, and the expenditure will therefore be accounted for in my next Report.
The Road, although it had no repairs for two rainy seasons, was in most places in
very fair order except
on
the
sea coast near Aberdeen and
through Quarries near Aldrich bay
and Sowkewan where extensive =
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damages recurred and where I have annually reported the difficulty of preserving it both on account of its exposed position and through the carelessness of the Quarrymen
in
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blocking up the drains and causing such
an extensive deposit of silt to accumulate in the river courses and
land adjoining, for the general pre- servation of the road, that is in clearing the side channels and arranging for the natural and proper discharge of rainwater as well as to repair
5 repair some particular localities, to render the passage of horses and pedestrians secure. His Excellency was pleased to authorize an expenditure of £66. 12. 5. of which I expended £63. 19. 2 and arranged a Contract for that purpose obliging the party
J. J.