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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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of 14 Miles. The remisunder of the Roads and Streets in the Seland were kept in repair by Convict labour..

"Bridges"

Bridges

Sundry Services were

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Effected to

the Road round the Island,

kmounting to

to £6.7.6; and the Bridge at Sostrumpor, injured during a heavy flood, was repaired for the sum of £10....._

of

A Sewer 100 feet in length for the me come new houses in Aberdeen Street, was executed for the sum of £20.16.8. –

The rxpenditure for the repair and Rupply of Convict Tools during the year Amounted to £ 15.3.3, a small sum in comparison with former years.. This is to be attributed to the rmployment of Convicts

there services; for some Chinese Carpenters, and a Europeans blacksmith having been condemned to hard

labour

were occupied in the above work.

The total Expenditure during the year

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executed under my supervision has amounted to the sum of £$870.7.01. "Convict Labour"

The labour of the Convicts has ~.- Comprised the ordinary general beriices we can derive from it, Whyte, in breaking Stones for the "Roads, picking bakum, Mat. Mating de t within the Karl-walls, and labour on Public Works outside the walls. Within the walls some Effective work has been performed by the Carpenters inte repair of tools, as well as

in

the ordinary repairs of the Gaol, timber and other materials being supplied from Condemned Buildings, Iwas thus enabled to turn their labour to account, particularly in the formation of a new set of beds stretchers for the Cham. Yang, the renewal of several windows, reflooring passage and lovered bay; and a bariety of ither useful repairs which must otherwise have been paid for. By the Regulatio

the rooms,