New Munster Gazette – 1849 – No. 4

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✨ Road Construction Report

ABSTRACT OF LABOUR EMPLOYED, WORK DONE, AND EXPENSE INCURRED ON THE WAIRARAPA ROAD, UNDER MR. H. FITZGERALD, FROM THE 1st OCTOBER TO THE 31st DECEMBER, 1848.


To	Surveyors.

PARTICULARS OF THE WORK.


Part employed beyond the first or initial alignments fixed by Captain Smith ...	39 1/2 miles at £9 per lineal mile ...
Part employed beyond the second alignments fixed by Captain Smith ...	39 1/2 miles at £4 10s. per lineal mile ...
Falling very steep over 100 feet per mile ...	18 miles at £3 extra ...
No part completed.

Number and description of persons employed in connection with the Party, the actual number employed of each class being calculated as so many of that class for one day.

	Number.
Superintending Party.
Henry and Rankin ...	1
Surveying Party.
Cassidy temporarily ...	1
Foremen.
O’Reillys ...	2
Overseers.
Civilans ...	2
Mechanics.
Europeans ...	3
Labourers.
Europeans ...	147
Maories employed as Labourers ...	118

SUPERINTENDENTS AND FOREMEN.

	Number employed for one day.
Superintendents ...	95
Foremen ...	59

LENGTH OF ROAD.


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 CHARACTER OF THE WORK.

Description of tools used during the period.

The expense of Tools, during the past quarter amounted to £2 18s. 11d., which has been added to the total value of Implements on charge.

PAYMENTS.

	£ s. d.
Pay of Superintendents, Foremen, and Overseers ...	86 11 3
Pay of Mechanics ...	104 1 4
Pay of Labourers ...	163 19 11
Payments for Cartage ...	12 13 1
Payments for contingencies and contracts ...	15 15 6

| Total Payments ... | 383 11 1 |

NOTES ON WORK DONE.

Building small Wairarapa road bridge, and clearing 1 1/2 miles of road and track.
Building 2nd Two Mile Bank and drain along the road, and making ford and ferry for the Mangaone stream.
Building stone and rough wooden bridges over gullies on the 3rd 11 chains of road, covering culverts, and 1 mile forming.

Character, size, extent, etc. of any particular portion of the Work completed during the mentioned period.

Felling and burning for road ...
Grubbing and clearing ...
Earthworks for 30 feet width ...

VUW Te Waharoa — New Munster Gazette 1849, No 4

The Province of New Munster was led by Lieutenant-Governor Edward John Eyre, whose residence was First Government House (depicted) on the land where Parliament now sits in Wellington.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏗️ Abstract of Labour and Expenses on Wairarapa Road

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
KeywordsRoad construction, Wairarapa Road, Labour, Expenses, Surveyors, Workers, Tools, Payments
👱🏽 Names

10 names identified

H. Fitzgerald (Mr), Superintendent of Wairarapa Road
Captain Smith (Captain), Surveyor
Henry, Superintendent
Rankin, Superintendent
Cassidy, Surveyor
O’Reillys, Foremen
Civilans, Overseers
Europeans, Mechanics
Europeans, Labourers
Maories, Labourers

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