72

feet of wall had been completed, and 150 feet of breastwork.

£ s. d.

The amount expended for
wages up to 31st March,
was ....................... 93 7 6
For cartage, including cartage of slabs ................... 70 10 0

Total £163 17 6

In the beginning of February, a mixed party of Natives and Europeans commenced at the Kaiwarra Stream, under Mr. M'Donogh, to make the road 24 feet wide, between that and Ngahauranga—as also another mixed party at this side of the Hutt Bridge, to make the road towards Petoni. At the close of March, about 12 chains of road had been made, and 100 feet of stone wall built, on the Kai-warra end of Mr. M'Donogh's work; and about 30 chains of road near the Hutt Bridge.

The Expenditure for the period was—

£ s. d.
For wages ................... 237 8 6
For cartage .................. 38 2 6

£275 11 0

During this Quarter, a portion of the Lower Hutt Road, about two miles in length, was raised, drained, metalled, and completely finished, the metal having been carted an average distance of two miles.

The Expenditure was—

£ s. d.
For wages .................... 362 8 3
For cartage ................... 460 12 6

£823 0 9

During the same period, about two miles of the road in the Upper Hutt was felled and cleared, 100 feet in width, of very heavy timber, and stumped, by a party, composed principally of Natives, under Mr. Swainson.

The amount paid for wages was £ s. d.
........................ 250 1 0

Mr. Stilling's party were employed at the same time in clearing off the timber, cutting down part of the cliff at the Mungaroa, and making the road at the bottom,—besides cutting down the bush, and clearing the line between the Mungaroa and Pakuratahi, for a distance of 60 chains, and 100 feet in width.

£ s. d.
The amount paid this party for wages was ............. 288 3 9

A Bridge 75 feet span over the Mungaroa River, was completed during this Quarter, at an expense of £250 0 0

The party at the Rimutaka were employed in cutting the pathway down the Wairarapa side of the range,—of which they did about three miles, partly down the range, and partly through the valley of the Ōtaira—at an expense of—

£208 10 0

The average number of Natives, employed on the entire line during this period, was 147, and after their re-employment, towards the end of January, of European laborers, 31. No difficulty whatever is now found in getting Natives from different tribes to work together. Nor are they at all liable to be called off, as formerly, by their chiefs or principal men, if they should happen to take offence at anything.

The re-employment of Europeans with them has been productive of much good, in many cases, as they learn with ease to do whatever they see them do, and at the same time feel that we are not quite so dependent on them as when no Europeans were employed, and when they used often refuse to do altogether, or execute some kinds of work very lazily, which they will not attempt to do now.

Of all the Natives employed on this road—none equal the Ngatiraukauas, for industry, tractability, and general good conduct. They are also, for the most part, much more comfortably clothed than those of the Ngatiawa and Ngatikahungu tribes, the latter of whom, however, are becoming much more expert workmen than they used to be. I am sorry to find that among the Ngatiawas the love of ardent spirits appears to be spreading very fast, and the practice of dismissing them from the works when seen drunk, appears to have but little effect upon them. Amongst the other tribes, instances of intoxication are very rare indeed.

T. H. Fitzgerald,
Surveyor.

25th May, 1848.

NOTICE.

THE undermentioned Persons have been Licensed to Slaughter Cattle within the limits of the Town of Wellington, pursuant to the Slaughter House Ordinance, Session 8, No. 5, for the period of Twelve Months, from the 1st July, 1848.

William Barnard Rhodes, Te Aro Beach.
William Luxford, Lambton Quay,
James M'Nally,
James H. Leight,
George Webb, Lambton Quay,
George H. Luxford,
John Brown,
) jointly for oxen, Willis Street.
John Collier,
William Meech,
) jointly, Pipitea Point.

Robert S. Cheesman,
Clerk to the Bench,
Resident Magistrate’s Court,
Wellington, 15th June, 1848.