✨ Road Works Expenditure Report
ABSTRACT OF LABOUR EMPLOYED, WORK DONE, AND EXPENSE INCURRED ON THE WAIRARAPA ROAD-PARTY, UNDER MR. T. H. FITZGERALD;
FROM THE 1st APRIL TO THE 30th JUNE, 1849.
| NAME AND SITUATION OF ROAD PARTY, AND NAME AND RANK OF THE PERSON IMMEDIATELY SUPERINTENDING IT. | Numbers and description of persons employed in connection with the Party, the total number employed of each class being calculated as so many of that class employed for one day. | PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE WORK. | COST. | GENERAL REMARKS. | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Superintendents. | Overseers. | Mechanics. | Labourers. | Superintendents. | Labourers. | Mechanics. | Labourers. | Number of Carts employed per day. | Length of Road on which the party has been employed. | Width of the Road. | Distance the Carts have to go for Stone or Timber. | General description of the kind of the Work performed during the above mentioned time. | Character, the extent, &c., of any particular portions of the Work which have been completed during the above mentioned period. | Pay of Superintendents, Road- men, and Mechanics. | Pay of Labourers. | Payments for Cartage. | Payment for contingencies or Contracts. | ||||||
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kaiwarra Road ………… | 264 | … | … | 601 | … | … | … | 24 | 64 | ⅔ of a mile | 24 ft. & 15 ft. | Metal ½ mile. | Repairing the Road. | ⅔ of a mile thoroughly repaired, ⅓ mile slightly. | 4 19 3 | … | … | 9 9 6 | … | 3 5 0 | … | … | … |
| Road between Kaiwarra & Ngsuranga ………… | … | 24 | … | 66 | … | … | … | 37 | … | 1½ mile | 24 ft. & 13 ft. | … | Repairing road after filling in side wall, and building wall. | 166 becal yards of wall completed. | 4 4 0 | … | … | 13 12 0 | … | … | … | 110 18 8 | … |
| Men in charge of Road between Kaiwarra and the Gorge………… | … | … | … | 5493 | … | … | … | … | … | 16 miles | 13 ft. | … | Repairing the Road. | 16 chains of road completely finished. | … | … | … | 89 5 6 | … | … | … | … | … |
| Party at the Gorge under Mr. Stilling………… | 30 | 24 | 24 | 51 | … | … | … | 386 | 24 | 1 mile | 24 ft. & 13 ft. | 1 mile for Metal. | Widening and Metalling Road. | 16 chains of road completely finished. | 18 12 0 | 7 4 0 | … | 46 5 0 | … | 12 0 0 | … | … | … |
| Party at Pakuratahi under Mr. Swainson………… | 30 | 48 | 130 | 96 | … | … | 5 | 1036 | … | 2½ miles | 13 ft. | … | Side cutting & filling. | No part completed. | 40 16 0 | 3 9 6 | 147 12 0 | … | … | … | … | 14 12 2 | … |
| Party beyond the Pakuratahi under Mr. Grindell………… | … | 24 | … | 83 | … | … | … | 109 | … | 5 miles | 16 ft. | … | Repairing pathway over the Rimutaka. | … | 3 9 0 | … | … | 28 5 0 | … | … | … | … | … |
| Party employed on new line over the Rimutaka Range………… | … | 78 | 9 | 1072 | … | … | … | … | … | 2 miles | 16 ft. | … | Cutting bank 100 feet wide, 2 and clearing ½ mile cleared. | ½ mile bank cut and cleared. | 13 2 6 | … | … | 25 2 6 | … | … | … | 43 6 0 | … |
| Daily average, exclusive Sundays………… | 60 | 94 1 9 | 10 4 6 | 347 8 6 | 15 5 0 | 106 16 10 | 633 14 7 |
T. H. FITZGERALD, SURVEYOR.
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New Munster Gazette 1849, No 21
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General Abstract for Expenditure on Wairarapa Road
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works4 August 1849
Road Works, Expenditure, Wairarapa Road, Wellington, Labour, Costs
- T. H. Fitzgerald (Surveyor), Superintendent of the Wairarapa Road Party
- Stilling (Mr), Superintendent of the Party at the Gorge
- Swainson (Mr), Superintendent of the Party at Pakuratahi
- Grindell (Mr), Superintendent of the Party beyond the Pakuratahi
- T. H. Fitzgerald, Surveyor