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THE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF HAWKE\'S BAY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
T. H. FITZGERALD,
Superintendent.
VOL. I.] THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1860. [No. 11
Superintendent\'s Office,
Dec. 28, 1859.
THE Superintendent has directed the publication of the following Report of the Provincial Engineer on the Taupo Road, for general information.
G. T. FANNIN,
Superintendent\'s Clerk.
Engineer\'s Office,
Napier, Dec. 8, 1859.
SIR,—I have the honor to inform you that, in accordance with instructions contained in your communication of the 12th ultimo, I went over the proposed road from Napier to Taupo, returning by the present Mail Track through Tarawera and Titiokura. The line I visited with Mr. Ellman requires but little to be done to it, after passing the swamp land between the termination of the present made road near the Tutaekuri River and the Little Bush; but should this course be followed, the part through the swamp must be drained and made. From the Bush near to Pawhakaairo the natural road is very good. At the latter place the Natives have carried a fence across the road, which obliges travellers to descend from the bank to the river\'s bed, and travel along it for some distance; except for this obstruction, the river bank offers every facility for travelling by drays. About half a mile beyond Pu-
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Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1860, No 11
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🏗️ Publication of Provincial Engineer's Report on the Taupo Road
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works28 December 1859
Taupo Road, Provincial Engineer, Napier, Road construction, Infrastructure, Hawke's Bay
- Mr. Ellman, Visited the road line with the Provincial Engineer
- T. H. Fitzgerald, Superintendent
- G. T. Fannin, Superintendent's Clerk