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Reference :-
THE C.O. 882
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he execution of works in all respects of the same character and description as those xecuted thereon, thus becomes :-
Schedule No. 1 Schedule No. 2
·
Rs. 5,514,152 78 1,563,031 61
76.42 366
100*20 866
Average daily fall and Average daily fall counting only those days on
Inches.
Inches.
-21
+27
76.49
100.90
which rain was registered, viz., and Greatest fall registered in anv 24 hours
900
+42
6.80
*50
9.11
RA
cts.
A.-Earthwork
1,924,184 30
Rs. 7,077,184 39
Details of Schedule No. 1, classified as on the Nánu-oya Railway, are us follows:—
Dec. 12-13, 1884. Sept. 9-10, 1874.
At Hakgala, about four miles to the north of a point on the Haputaló Railway, distant 10 miles from Nánu-oys, the rainfall is thus tabulated by the Hon. the Surveyor-General :----
B.-Tunnels
985,800 0
C.-Bridges
246,141 50
1884.
D.-Culverts.
581,448 85
No. of days on which rain fall.
Means of 1 year.
E.-Retaining walls
688,073 80
F.-Permanent way
•
396,947 67
Inches.
Inches.
G.-Switches and crossings
10,640 0
Daya.
H.-Fencing
20,000 0
January February
4.67
17
4.67
17
1.85
7
1.85
7
I.-Level crossings
5,750
0
March
8.90
9
8.90
9
J.-Metalling roads
16,848
0
April
*
3.02
12
8.02
12
K.-Stations
362,554 14
May
4.48
18
4.48
12
June
2.23
11
2+28
11
61,514 52
July
8.09
17
7.07
19-
138,050
0
August
4.38
22
6.14
23
September
8.82
20
5.79
17
October
14.07
25
10.43
24
November
9.81
18
December
15.47
26
9.52 11.65
24
21
76.24
195
70.75
193
L.-Workshops
M.--Reserve quantities
N.-Maintenance
Total of Schedule No. 1
5,437,952 78
76,200 0
Rs. 5,514,152 78
It is with the total of this estimate that the estimate which I have now the honour to submit should be compared, in order that the actual saving made by certain modifications of the work, which will be suggested in the following portion of this report, may be ascertained.
9. I wish it to be distinctly understood that these modifications are submitted entirely subject to the sanction and approval of the Consulting Engineer, by whom the original designs and estimates were approved, and before whom therefore it is, I think, most essential that any proposed alterations in them should be laid; and in order that he may be in a position to form an opinion upon them, it is necessary, I think, to point out in the first place that the distribution and amount of annual rainfall in the district between Nanu-oya and Haputalé, which must always form a most important element in determining the design of railway worke, is widely different from that experienced in the districts of Ambagamuwa and Dimbula traversed by the Nánu-oya Railway,
10. It is to be regretted that the country traversed by the Haputalé Extension being for the most part uninhabited, no observations of the rainfall have been taken at stations actually on or very close to the railway trace; the stations nearest to it being Nuwara Eliya, Hakgala, and Miriyabedda,
At Nuwara Eliya, 44 miles distant from the commencement of the line at Nánu-oya, the rainfall is thus tabulated by the Hon. the Surveyor-General :—
1884.
No. of days on which rain fall.
Means of 14% your.
Inches.
Inches.
Days.
January
February March
April
May
June
1.49
9
6.54
13
0.24
8
2.58
6
3.19
7
8.12
8
8.17
5.84
18
6.01
14
8.26
18
4-88
17
14.04
24
July
·7.08
28
14.07
23
August
10.64
26
9.44
28
September
6.17
20
8.98
20
October
12.64
22
10-56
22
November
9.61
9.49
19
December
12.80
16
8.98
16
76.42
181
100.20
200
75.24 166
70-75 366
Average daily fall and Average daily fall counting only those days on
which rain was registered, vis., and Greatest fall registered in any 24 hours
78-94
195
Inches.
Inches.
•21
· 19
70.75
198
+38
8.62
+86
4.85
Dec. 12-18, 1884. July 12-13, 1888.
And at Miriyabedda estate, distant in a direct line some four miles to the east of the railway terminus at Haputalé Pass, the observations taken by the Hon. the Surveyer- General give the following results:—
1888.
No. of days on which rain fall
Menas for 10 years.
Inches.
January
2.80
10
Inches. 4.49
Days. 10
February
8.20
10
4:57
8
March
8.11
19
8.81
19
April
18.85
16
11.03
17
May
9.82
18
7.28
16
June
0.98
9
1.78
7
July
Not recorded
2.56
B
August
6.89
14
4.82
10
September
3.88
18
5.85
10
October
12.50
18
12.78
19
November
15.85
27
17.41
95
December
10.67
16
10.91
18
92.45
157
91.09
158
01.001
Average daily fall and
19-45 334 Average daily fall counting only those days on
which rain was registered, vis, 157 and 18"} Greatest fall registered in any 24 hours
92.48
Inches.
+97
Inches
+25
$1.00
.68
6:00 6-0 May, 1888.
.57
6.99
Sept. 23-24, 1877.
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