CO129-039 - Sir Bonham - 1852 [1-12] — Page 137

comprice that from the albany Godowns to Hongneichung at om expenditure of £323. 3.8, and the Road by the Plaza including the work sin levelling adjoining at an expenditure of $181. 3. 3 +£6--₤187.3-3-

A new Road twelve feet wide I mile and 187 yards from Aberdeen Street to join the Aberdeen Road (£100) is ales in cource of construction and upon which an expenditure of £50 has been made; at the present date it is :nearly completed, but as it has not received one single shower of rain I apprehend considerable settlement and damage there to before it is perfectly consolidated -

The new Road for the extension of the Carriage drive from North Point to Quarry Bay on the Jaiwan Road, 1080 yards was authorized during the

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latter end of the year and is in course

of excention under Contract for £123.19.2, upon this line also there will be considerable settlement during the next rains, and before the summer I hope a sufficient bank of sounch will be thrown up against the rough__ stone wall which will be planted with grass or seaweed to protect it against the wach of the sea-

A small arch and three drains were made on the Saiwan Road, estimated at £67.0.10 in lieu of the old platform wooden Bridges-

The Road round the Island

was repaired during the year 1880, the Contract for which amounting to £62. 18. 4 was paid during the year 1857. Luice which time norepairs have been effected _

Sundry repairs have beam