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extending from the Scc-house to Karping shan. In every instance the Druins both above and below ground have been found to answer very satisfactorily, and in general that part of the Road has been : and is at this present moment in very good

order, and the only repairs that can in

can in future

be called for, I hope will consist.

.

in

the

application of sex - sand to the surface, at any rate until wheel carriages become more numerous. In the distruct extending from the -Canton Bazaar to the Wongneichung Valley,

some ne

necessary works have been undertaken, and the direction and levels of the Road have been much improved, particularly opposite the new Military Hospital where the straightening of the line by removing the large projecting rockphas

of that fine building, as well as

given

a view

being of

of ai

air

" service in permitting a freer circulation=

The surface

Included in

is now in very good order.

the authority for this work is this

proposed Bridge at the North Barracks which is about to be commenced, and will be completed

before the next heavy.

not be

لمة

the

- rains so that the Public will

inconvenienced

1 by the stoppings of the Road

they have been for the last two years.

The Streets in the "Town have now

RECORD

almost all the underground drains finished, and when the formation of the side channels is completed, the general appearance and healthiness of the district will be very much improved, and I have every hope that little or mo

damage will result: from the rains next season, notwithstanding

steepness of some of the Streets . Much difficulty, has been experienced in bringing these Streets to the uniform inclination as originally proposed, consequence of the impossibility of compelling the Lessees to erect their houses on the levels assigned for them, and thus in some instances the door.

door ways

littlh above the Road; &

are a

in

in

others too low ; this however I have tried to

manner

for those

arrange in the most satisfactory in

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