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to execute

the

work as

well

recessary work as to keep the whole inpepair until the 31th December, 1850. and

risiting the live in the mouth of January of the present year I was much gratified to find the whole road in very capital order with the exception of those sea coast parts alluded to before and some of the wooden bridges : several of these, however, Scaused to be

reduced

thus

width and was

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enabled to perform a satisfaction repour without

any additional outlay, the sound portions of the abstracted timber being available for other bridges in the neighbourhood-

of the

I have to report the commencement new Road to avoid the Gap hill, commencing at the Albany Godowns and terminating at the Bridge in the Wongreichung Valley; this service

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will I hope be completed six March

and be

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of great advantage to the Public giving a healthful promenade and agreeable driving road for the hot season. The trees planted along the sides of some of the roads in the city have

general thriven tolerably well, about one tenth of them however have been much injured by goats and drunken sailors, and other wanton injuries

vries have been done to them by other parties; but there are several varieties of the Banyan, hambos, acacia and other native trees extremely hardy which grow very

mango,

quickly, give considerable shade and Jshould be

very happy to see them extensively planted all over those parts of the city where the advantage of them would be felt.

The small plantation of fir tree at the rear of the Albang