CO129-181 - Governor Hennessy - 1878 [1-8] — Page 73

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Foundations

Rock.

As already reporteds her years ago the boltond along this the only see.

hön where

MA

foundations.

templated is in most places

most places granition

basaltic trop rock hard

and

And rugged.

othere hard

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in

up

to hear Water level and

finished off with

A &

Should the cement be

imported and pelain its strength

inward pitch.

freshley

a

difficult matter

in this hot and

intensely humid.

paired, efortunately,

Climate it is proposed to make this

concrete off:

one of cements.

or else hard gravel mixed with

Course)

sand and stones of prom

3 to to inches ember.

The pock

will be bored and

houghly

levelled

AL

stepped back by short blasts the holes being drilleds by long jumpers worked, pom

staging above High Wäler and

from

A

A

bamboo

A

lim.

substructure of cement concrito on, carried continmonely within porary timber boxing will be laid

A

but

if

two.

of

clean sharp sand,

of

broken stone ( 2 h 3 inch ring)

hvo

deteriorated; the proportion would

be increased to

bul

of cement

of sand

of

broken stones.

In wither case it is

proposed to mix back of it

towards the centre and

largish stones laking due precautions

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