✨ Public Works Report
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.
J. C. LAMBTON CARTER,
Superintendent.
VOL. 3.] TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1862. [No. 17.
Engineer's Office,
Napier, 15th July, 1862.
SIR,—I have the honor to submit to you the following half-yearly report on the present state of the Public Works under my charge.
The roads of the Province, are, notwithstanding the season, in tolerably good state. Some of the natural roads, and some portions which have only been formed, are very much cut up, but this must be expected, where the traffic is confined to a few feet in width so that the drays nearly always traverse the same track. A few of the smaller bridges and culverts have suffered in consequence of the heavy rains during March and April, but owing to the alluvial and rotten nature of the banks of the streams in this District, we must be prepared for a certain annual loss on this head, especially where the means at command of the Engineer are insufficient for larger and more substantial structures.
Most of the works completed during the past half-year have been contracted for and commenced prior to my taking charge of the Department of Public Works.
The Ferrypunt over the Ngaruroro has been shifted to the new site at Waitangi, and the metalling of 21 chains between there and the Muddy Creek bridge is very nearly completed.
The punt being in a leaky state, and unfit for further repairs, I have prepared, in compliance with your honor's instructions, plans for a new one with more powerful propelling arrangements, such being required on account of the greater width of the river at the present site.
The bridge over the Muddy Creek, the approaches of which had been washed away by the floods in March, has been lengthened and reopened for the traffic in May.
The timber for the bridge over the tidal creek between Clive and the Muddy creek is now preparing, and I hope will be on the spot by the end of the month.
On the Te Aute line of road have been formed and metalled :—61 chains between Te Matai and Pokawo, and about 200 chains on several pieces between the College land and Waipawa, all those have been contracted for at the end of last year. Several smaller pieces at Louisa creek, Te Matat, and between the Rev. S. Williams' and the Silverstream are now in the hands of contractors, and are progressing well, with the exception of the pieces at Louisa Creek near Havelock, which, to the great inconvenience of the public is making very slow progress, although the
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Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1862, No 17
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🏛️ Proclamation of Government Gazette authority
🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationGazette, Authority, Hawke's Bay
- J. C. Lambton Carter, Superintendent
🏗️ Half-yearly report on the state of Public Works
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works15 July 1862
Public Works, Roads, Bridges, Napier, Infrastructure, Report
- S. Williams (Reverend), Location reference for road works
- J. C. Lambton Carter, Superintendent