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quite finished, with the exception of a small portion of Hollywood Road, from thence to the Junction's keep would be difficult to troop in order; it is therefore advisable to complete the proposed Service Road for that reason; besides, the Hollywood Road would be rendered safer for carriages than it is at present, for a portion of the Road is on an embankment which has no parapet thereto, and the stone drain with a raised footpath obliges both horsemen and carriages to keep close to the edge of the embankment.

To keep the said Road safe for some of the streets in the Centre of the town are much frequented, and are very dangerous from the want of proper protection; upon this service there is a balance unappropriated of £530.2.9.

As for the ground drainage, little required to be done, the balance £79.14.7 expended, Rep: & CN:11 of 1844, was applied to the formation of two drains, one across the Road, centre of Parade, on the Queen's ground, the other at junction of Albert Road and Albany Road, to connect with the brick Sewer to the East of the Sullah Bridge, and to join the Ordnance Lower Road.

The work authorized under Rep: Vést: &c No 8.8 of 1847, costing £89.15, but it is not yet completed, in consequence of the extreme difficulty of excavating the rock, which must be blasted before quarried out, which is a tedious and expensive operation. Under the authority of Rep: & est: No 10 of 1844, was expended the sum of £37.6.2 for work in the West District, to complete the...

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305 quite finished, with the exception of a small portion of Hollywood Road, from thence to the Junction's keep would be difficult to troop in order; it is therefore advisable to complete the proposed Service Road for that reason; besides, the Hollywood Road would be rendered safer for carriages than it is at present, for a portion of the Road is on an embankment which has no parapet thereto, and the stone drain with a raised footpath obliges both horsemen and carriages to keep close to the edge of the embankment. To keep the said Road safe for some of the streets in the Centre of the town are much frequented, and are very dangerous from the want of proper protection; upon this service there is a balance unappropriated of £530.2.9. As for the ground drainage, little required to be done, the balance £79.14.7 expended, Rep: & CN:11 of 1844, was applied to the formation of two drains, one across the Road, centre of Parade, on the Queen's ground, the other at junction of Albert Road and Albany Road, to connect with the brick Sewer to the East of the Sullah Bridge, and to join the Ordnance Lower Road. The work authorized under Rep: Vést: &c No 8.8 of 1847, costing £89.15, but it is not yet completed, in consequence of the extreme difficulty of excavating the rock, which must be blasted before quarried out, which is a tedious and expensive operation. Under the authority of Rep: & est: No 10 of 1844, was expended the sum of £37.6.2 for work in the West District, to complete the...
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quite finished, with the exception

small portion of Hollywood

of x

Road, from

thence to the Jucci's

keep

would be

Read which itsdifficult to troop in order; it therefore advisable to complete the propneed

Service

for

that reason; besides, the

Road would be rendered safer for

than it is at present, for

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the Read is

aw embank-

ment which has no parapet thereto,

and the stone drain with a

raised

footpath obliges both horsemen

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protection ; upon this service there a balance unappropriated of £.530.2. 9.

of the undergo

ending.

-round drainage

little required to be done, the balance £79. 14. P merpended, Rop : & CN:11 of

1844, was applied to the formation of

two drains, one

across

Road, centre of Parade,

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the Queen's

ground, the

other at junction of albort Read

Albany

brick

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the ordnance Lower

authorized under Rep : Vést: &?

1847,

cau

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ting to £89.15, but

be

it is not yet completed, in consequence of the extreme difficulty of excavating the dock, which must be burned before

quarried out,.. which is a tedious and expensive operation. Huder the authority of Rep : & est : No 10 of 1844- Sexpended the sum of L.37. 6.2 for work in the West District, to complete the

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