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large item for repair of so short a road. but it is caused by the neces

-necessary to the new portion of the hood, and the expenditure is further enlarged by the had to travel to the

distance the

men

sook which occupies nearly an hour both

going

to and returning from work, or nearly one fifth of their effective day's labour.

The final payment for that portion of the stood from the Wongneichung- Valley to North Point which

in

my

was

£270.

was wi

d

the

dened and improved as alluded to last heport and which was so much damaged by the storm of the 18th September.

made du

during 2 Year, amounting to £ 270. 16. 3. which

with the previous advance of £75 made last year makes the full cost of the service £345. 16. 5 paid by Government, and in addition to which the sum of £115-

paid by private subscription. In

was

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consequence of the misunderstanding between the Clerk of Works cand the Contractor

there

were

anothing was done to the Road until -May of the present year, when orders wwere received to repoun the damages and under the road again serviceable for carriages. This repair was effected for an expenditure of £ 63. 19. 2. and although we had no Typhoon during the year several gales which tried the smfinished portions of the walls and newly deposited earth severely, I am happy to state without effecting any damage.

$ have endeavoured. To protect the line of stood by encouraging the growth of

and shrubs or prickly pear upon slope of sand outside the sece wall, and in several places they are thriving very well, but the extreme drought of the last Lise months has caused many to wither; these, however, I hope Ishall succeeds

grass