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the accumulation of rain water;

catchwater drain's were made on

-

any

tof

portion of the line ; and the want of this

Caval

necessary drainage has been the _ of almost all the damage that has occurred to the Road; the three large Bridges

single

tvere

not .

totally destroyed, Remaining in position

and storm of the 7th May;

stone Tema

after the flood.

r

this also would not have happened had

the rock on

which the piere

were laid

been cut or levelled to receive the lower

course of the foundations. In

:dations . In Report

and Extimate N° 8 of 18.45. prepared for these repairs, it was therein profaced to Rebuild the Bridges

our o

different.

construction, but on a close examination

of the ground, it was found

wwad found that the

Road could be diverted, and the

of crossing thereby avoided ; this

the River in two;

necessity

lus places

was accor

accordingly

adopted, and has been executed for

the

ར

the

sum of $740 _ which with one

135

Bridge

contracted.

4 for at $640. rendere the

Cowan ata

liable to

27r

the

ication

to injury,

Stanley

Lore

complete, and lese

and at a

saving of $493

original proposition_

The Road from Tytam to -

has been in a

bad state of Repair

for the greater portion of the year, the Bridges

and Draine that were carried

away by the floode temporary

mer, as it was

were Teplaced

in a

not

any

Considered advisable to erect

permanent or expensive (Bridges

drains on a pathway which would

have to be at some

future time

improved ; here, the other harts

AL OV-t-

of the same line, paid to the direction

22084 ex

mece guy

м

attention was

levels, which,

-improved line is required,

precludes the possibility of adopting than about half a mile of it ac

of it as available

for the contemplated one.

The