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lime and cement concrete; our experience with lime concrete is not good at all. It wears into holes very quickly. Cement concrete is all very well in narrow streets where there is not much vehicular traffic, and lime and cement concrete also is all very well for streets where we want an impervious surface, but it doesn't stand vehicular traffic. They tried to a large extent in England and could never get it satisfactory.
The Chairman.--For instance, what are the roads at the Peak made of?
A--They are made mostly of lime and cement concrete.
Q-They have no vehicular traffic over them?
A-As long as there is no vehicular traffic, lime and cement concrete makes a good surface for a road.
Q-And you think the roads at the Peak are satisfactory?
A-Some of them are and some of thein are not. The ones that have been done lately are satisfactory. They have been made of lime and cement concrete.
Q-And what were the old ones made of?
A-Lime concrete alone. They are not so satisfactory. They are wearing away pretty rapidly now.
Q-Take, for instance, Kennedy Road. What attention has been paid to it lately? A-It has been covered with decomposed granite during the past month.
Q-Has it been repaired quite recently? The last time I went over it, it appeared to have received no attention at all for some time.
A-Yes it is just repaired. Decomposed granite will always be unsatisfactory, more or less, after every shower of rain.
Q-Is the Kennedy Road always made of decomposed granite?
A-Always.
Q-How is it that always before it was very satisfactory to all appearance?
A-It was covered very frequently.
Q-How, then, did it get into this unsatisfactory state?
A--In the suminer time, owing to the plague, we could get no labour.
Q--With regard to the labour, you say the quality of it is no good?
A--No good.
Q-Is it different froin what you employed when the roads were more satisfactory?
A--I think we are paying them too little and that has a good deal to do with it.
Q--With regard to the busy centres near the Bank, the Hongkong Hotel and below Mr. SHEWAN'S Office, these parts are in a very unsatisfactory condition. Why?
A-The same reason applies. They got into a bad condition during the summer, and then there was a rush to get them into repair. Macadam was put down as rapidly as possible and too much blinding was put on, the consequence being that the roads were not made properly.
Q-How many steam rollers have you?
A-One.
Q-Is that sufficient?
A-No. There is another coming out now.
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