✨ Gaol Returns and Road Work Reports
ABSTRACT GAOL RETURN FOR THE QUARTER ENDING 31st DECEMBER, 1848.
RECEIVED INTO GAOL DURING THE QUARTER.
| Class of Persons | For Debt. | For Misdemeanour. | For Felony. | For Offences against Naval and Military Laws | For safe Custody as Lunatics | Total. | In Gaol at the commencement of the Quarter. | Discharged from Gaol since. | In Gaol at the close of the Quarter. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldiers | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 11 Prisoners & 2 Lunatics | 11 Prisoners & 2 Lunatics | |||
| Sailors | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Civilians | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 Prisoners & 1 Lunatic | 11 Felons & 2 Lunatics | ||
| Maories | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Totals | 1 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 13 |
HENRY ST. HILL,
SHERIFF.
Wellington, January, 1849.
Wellington,
12th January, 1849.
Sir,—During the past quarter the work has been carried on on the Wairarapa Road in building a sea wall and constructing part of the road between Kaiwarra and Ngauranga—in metalling, making drains, and finishing the road between Mr. Collett’s and the Hutt Bridge—but principally between the Mangaroa River and the Pakuratahi Valley, where by far the largest parties have been stationed. There has also been a small party employed in cutting down the bush over the Rimutaka range on the new line of road over it. The details of the different works will be found on reference to the General Abstract. By far the greatest number of the native labourers have been employed beyond the Mangaroa without any European workmen being mixed with them, they are now so expert at the different kinds of work required, and so tractable and orderly under the superintendence of Mr. Swainson and the foreman employed under him, that they require no more instruction than what the overseers can give them. They are all of the Ngatiraukawa tribe and give the greatest satisfaction by their general steadiness and diligence, and although the distance of residence (Otaki) is considerable from their place of work, I have no doubt but that they will continue to work steadily on the road at whatever place they may be required and in any numbers until its completion.
On the Porirua Road during the past quarter the repairs of that part between the Stockade and Wellington have been proceeding as rapidly as the funds would admit. The details are given in a separate abstract. The whole of this portion of the road will be completed I hope before the winter sets in, but as I have stated on a former occasion it is merely a temporary measure, as from the steepness of the gradients in many places and its being generally unsuitable as a line of road this part of it can never be made thoroughly good, nor can any very considerable traffic be carried on between Wellington and Porirua till the new road through the Ngauranga Valley to the Stockade is constructed.
The total amount expended on the Wairarapa Road between Kaiwarra and the plains at Wairarapa from its commencement up to the 31st December, 1848, including expenses of every description, tools, bridges, etc., was £16,919:6s. 3d., and in repairs of Porirua Road, between Wellington and the Stockade, £178:6s. 9d. up to the same date.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
T. H. FITZHERBERT,
Surveyor.
The Honorable the Colonial Secretary,
&c.,
&c.,
Wellington.
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New Munster Gazette 1849, No 4
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Quarterly Returns of Road Work and Expenditure
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works12 January 1849
Military Roads, Labour, Expenditure, Bridges, Porirua Road, Wairarapa Road, Kaiwarra, Ngauranga, Mangaroa River, Pakuratahi Valley, Rimutaka range, Ngatiraukawa tribe
- T. H. Fitzherbert, Surveyor
⚖️ Abstract Gaol Return for the Quarter Ending 31st December, 1848
⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement12 January 1849
Gaol, Prisoners, Lunatics, Soldiers, Sailors, Civilians, Maories, Debt, Misdemeanour, Felony, Naval and Military Laws, Safe Custody
- HENRY ST. HILL, SHERIFF