CO129-012 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [5-7] — Page 72

and at the same time to

enlarge

flows

the

course.....

str

and

straighten of the rivulet which

A road which had-

down the Valley. already been constructed... to the

Burial Ground,

the

along

was a

new

advised to be continued

western side of the valley, to serve- approach to the builting sites which.

as an ap

will theis be created and opened out, at the same time that the locality is rendered_

healthy by the drainage

- plan for this purpose,

"The

by the Surveijor General »,

drawn-out

submitted to

Major Aldrich, and the enclosed reply

received. Th

were

suggestions of the Major

adopted, with the exemption of the

direction_ of the Road, which it was

preferable to carry

deemed

to the south of the

as more conducive to the object

village,

outbuilding

above mentioned, of opening out.

sites.

NI

NZ.

N344.

I have the honor to enclose the

and retimate fr this service received

39 report.

from

the

Surveyor General, amounting to Follars 2,970 - for draining, and 1795 for the Sond. As

the

near a

approach of another hot season_

rendered_ any delay undesirable, the work - has been proceeded in at once-

by contract, and will be completed in a chort time., the command

is one

0.3

mand of labour is unlimited. This of the greatest public benefits that could be conferred on the island_, and _ the last important _ improvement. of the

hind that will be re

not

only

It will tend-

required. It

to render the walley healthy, but-

to surround it with suburban residences.

At the same time with the

foregoing, I have the donor to

forward

a.

supplementary report and extimate for the completion of the road to Aberdeen=" (formerly Shek paiwan ) the approval of

which