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THE
HAWKE’S BAY GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
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.
JOSEPH RHODES,
Deputy-Superintendent.
Vol. VII. MONDAY, JULY 2, 1866. No. 22
Superintendent’s Office,
Napier, June 30, 1866.
THE following Reports, &c., are published for general information.
JOSEPH RHODES,
Deputy Superintendent.
REPORT UPON ROADS AND BRIDGES.
DURING the financial year, commencing on the 1st July, 1865, a considerable
amount of money and labor has been expended upon the roads, as not less than
200 men have been kept in constant employment thereon since November last.
The quantity of work turned out is larger in proportion to the expenditure than
that of former years; the rate of wages and that of piecework, which was introduced
whenever practicable, having been below that paid last year.
All the old lines of road have been improved and extended, and several new
ones, as detailed hereafter, have been made.
The amount expended upon the old metalled portions has been unusually large,
as on an average the roads have been stripped of four inches of metal by the high
winds during the prolonged drought, which of course had to be replaced before
winter. Those covered with limestone have suffered considerably more than those
with river shingle or even clayslate.
I shall now describe the different lines of road under their respective headings,
stating at the same time the improvements which, according to my opinion, are the
most pressing or desirable to be undertaken during the coming financial year.
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Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1866, No 22
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🏗️ Report on Roads and Bridges for the Financial Year 1865-1866
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works30 June 1866
Roads, Bridges, Maintenance, Expenditure, Labor
- Joseph Rhodes, Deputy Superintendent