Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1856 – No. 3

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✨ Provincial Road Works Report

NEW ZEALAND

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

(PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON.)

Published by Authority.

All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature hereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

By His Honor's command,

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT, Provincial Secretary.

VOL. III.] MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1856. [NO. 3.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, January 15, 1855.

HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the publication of the following letter and accompanying statement for general information.

By His Honor's command,
WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Provincial Secretary.

Hutt, 17th December, 1855.

SIR,—I have the honor to enclose a statement shewing the lengths of Roads made in this Province, from the 1st October, 1853, to the 25th December, 1855.

I may remark, that the Earthquake which occurred in January last caused a very serious loss to this year's work, as I was obliged to suspend the making of new roads for several months, and that at the most favorable season for road making, in consequence of having to employ all the men in repairing damages, thereby breaking up the party, which I have not even been able to collect again.

The total sum expended in repairing the damages caused by Earthquake amounts to £1150.

I have great pleasure in informing your Honor that last week I contracted with Mr. H. Udy for the opening of 50 chains of the Rimutaka road, and also with Mr. Nicholson for completing the remaining unfinished portion of the Upper Hutt road, a distance of 41 chains. In consequence of which, I have been able to remove the whole of the Government road party to the Rimutaka.

I may also mention that £200 has been expended on a road through Greytown; but the work being so imperfectly done, I have not included it in my return.

The following local lines are contracted for, and in progress :—

	Chains.	£
Completing the Wainui-o-mata extension	50	150
Weston Pack and Russell to join White's Line, Waiwetu	34	149
Morrison's Bush	68	68
Ngahauranga Bush	170	70
	322	437

Upwards of 4 Miles.

I have, &c.,

JOHN ROY,
Engineer of Roads.

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏗️ Report on road construction and earthquake repairs in Wellington Province

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated15 January 1855
KeywordsRoads, Infrastructure, Earthquake, Contracts, Wellington
👱🏽 Names

6 names identified

H. Udy, Contracted for opening Rimutaka road
Nicholson, Contracted for completing Upper Hutt road
Weston, Associated with road line
Russell, Associated with road line
White, Associated with road line
Morrison, Associated with road line

👩‍💼 Officials

William Fitzherbert, Provincial Secretary
John Roy, Engineer of Roads

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