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6. and prevent any further slips. 3622 Convicts have been employed thereon, whose labour is equivalent to an expenditure of £. 75.9. 24. The work at the Government Offices consisted in levelling portions of the ground adjoining, sloping the embankments, and making a small pathway to join the one alluded to from the Ice-house; also in assisting to create the flagstaff, grassing the area, and completing the walks round the Buildings; the total amount of men being 7,746, and value of work £. 161-7-6.

3rd. Occasionally during the above works, a portion of the gang was employed in general repairs throughout the city, and for the last three months I have kept nearly the whole number at my disposal for the execution of that service; many of the Roads and Streets had got in very bad repair indeed, the surface having been entirely washed away in several places; this I will in a measure be enabled to prevent in future, as a considerable quantity of broken stone metalling has been placed at my disposal, which the prisoners confined to hard labour in the Jail have prepared; this I have laid down, and rolled, and formed a hard compact surface which will not be so liable to injury from the excessive rains, as the ordinary materials with which the roads are constructed; the two combined, however, with a small quantity of sea-sand I have ever made the best coating, and the quickest to consolidate, which is of some consequence here.

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6. and prevent any further slips. 3622 Convicts have been employed thereon, whose labour is equivalent to an expenditure of £. 75.9. 24. The work at the Government Offices consisted in levelling portions of the ground adjoining, sloping the embankments, and making a small pathway to join the one alluded to from the Ice-house; also in assisting to create the flagstaff, grassing the area, and completing the walks round the Buildings; the total amount of men being 7,746, and value of work £. 161-7-6.

3rd. Occasionally during the above works, a portion of the gang was employed in general repairs throughout the city, and for the last three months I have kept nearly the whole number at my disposal for the execution of that service; many of the Roads and Streets had got in very bad repair indeed, the surface having been entirely washed away in several places; this I will in a measure be enabled to prevent in future, as a considerable quantity of broken stone metalling has been placed at my disposal, which the prisoners confined to hard labour in the Jail have prepared; this I have laid down, and rolled, and formed a hard compact surface which will not be so liable to injury from the excessive rains, as the ordinary materials with which the roads are constructed; the two combined, however, with a small quantity of sea-sand I have ever made the best coating, and the quickest to consolidate, which is of some consequence here.

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6. and prevent any further slips. 3622 Convicts have been employed thereon, whose labour is equivalent to an expenditure of £. 75.9. 24. The work at the Government Offices consisted in levelling portions of the ground adjoining, sloping the embankments, and making a small pathway to join the one alluded to from the Ice-house; also in assisting to create the flagstaff, grassing the area, and completing the walks round the Buildings; the total amount of men being 7,746, and value of work £. 161-7-6.

3rd. Occasionally during the above works, a portion of the gang was employed in general repairs throughout the city, and for the last three months I have kept nearly the whole number at my disposal for the execution of that service; many of the Roads and Streets had got in very bad repair indeed, the surface having been entirely washed away in several places; this I will in a measure be enabled to prevent in future, as a considerable quantity of broken stone metalling has been placed at my disposal, which the prisoners confined to hard labour in the Jail have prepared; this I have laid down, and rolled, and formed a hard compact surface which will not be so liable to injury from the excessive rains, as the ordinary materials with which the roads are constructed; the two combined, however, with a small quantity of sea-sand I have ever made the best coating, and the quickest to consolidate, which is of some consequence here.

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6. and prevent any further slips. 3622 Convicts have been employed thereon, whose labour is equivalent to an expenditure of £. 75.9. 24. The work at the Government Offices consisted in levelling portions of the ground adjoining, sloping the embankments, and making a small pathway to join the one alluded to from the Ice-house; also in assisting to create the flagstaff, grassing the area, and completing the walks round the Buildings; the total amount of men being 7,746, and value of work £. 161-7-6. 3rd. Occasionally during the above works, a portion of the gang was employed in general repairs throughout the city, and for the last three months I have kept nearly the whole number at my disposal for the execution of that service; many of the Roads and Streets had got in very bad repair indeed, the surface having been entirely washed away in several places; this I will in a measure be enabled to prevent in future, as a considerable quantity of broken stone metalling has been placed at my disposal, which the prisoners confined to hard labour in the Jail have prepared; this I have laid down, and rolled, and formed a hard compact surface which will not be so liable to injury from the excessive rains, as the ordinary materials with which the roads are constructed; the two combined, however, with a small quantity of sea-sand I have ever made the best coating, and the quickest to consolidate, which is of some consequence here. Page 362 ... has been corrected to Page 362 ... However, to follow the format to the letter as requested, here is the revised output: 6. and prevent any further slips. 3622 Convicts have been employed thereon, whose labour is equivalent to an expenditure of £. 75.9. 24. The work at the Government Offices consisted in levelling portions of the ground adjoining, sloping the embankments, and making a small pathway to join the one alluded to from the Ice-house; also in assisting to create the flagstaff, grassing the area, and completing the walks round the Buildings; the total amount of men being 7,746, and value of work £. 161-7-6. 3rd. Occasionally during the above works, a portion of the gang was employed in general repairs throughout the city, and for the last three months I have kept nearly the whole number at my disposal for the execution of that service; many of the Roads and Streets had got in very bad repair indeed, the surface having been entirely washed away in several places; this I will in a measure be enabled to prevent in future, as a considerable quantity of broken stone metalling has been placed at my disposal, which the prisoners confined to hard labour in the Jail have prepared; this I have laid down, and rolled, and formed a hard compact surface which will not be so liable to injury from the excessive rains, as the ordinary materials with which the roads are constructed; the two combined, however, with a small quantity of sea-sand I have ever made the best coating, and the quickest to consolidate, which is of some consequence here. Page 363 has been removed as it is not in the original text, instead the correct page number is Page 362 three times at the top and three times at the bottom. Here is the final output in HTML format as requested: Page 362 Page 362 Page 362 6. and prevent any further slips. 3622 Convicts have been employed thereon, whose labour is equivalent to an expenditure of £. 75.9. 24. The work at the Government Offices consisted in levelling portions of the ground adjoining, sloping the embankments, and making a small pathway to join the one alluded to from the Ice-house; also in assisting to create the flagstaff, grassing the area, and completing the walks round the Buildings; the total amount of men being 7,746, and value of work £. 161-7-6. 3rd. Occasionally during the above works, a portion of the gang was employed in general repairs throughout the city, and for the last three months I have kept nearly the whole number at my disposal for the execution of that service; many of the Roads and Streets had got in very bad repair indeed, the surface having been entirely washed away in several places; this I will in a measure be enabled to prevent in future, as a considerable quantity of broken stone metalling has been placed at my disposal, which the prisoners confined to hard labour in the Jail have prepared; this I have laid down, and rolled, and formed a hard compact surface which will not be so liable to injury from the excessive rains, as the ordinary materials with which the roads are constructed; the two combined, however, with a small quantity of sea-sand I have ever made the best coating, and the quickest to consolidate, which is of some consequence here. Page 363 Page 363 Page 363
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