Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1876 – No. 27

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SCHEDULE showing approximately the TOTAL lengths of ROADS FORMED FORMED and METALLED, number of BRIDGES, &c., in the PROVINCE of WELLINGTON.

	Length Formed and Metalled.		Length Formed only.		Length Bridle Tracks.		Length Bush Felled.		No. of Bridges.	Remarks.
	Miles	Chains	Miles	Chains	Miles	Chains	Miles	Chains
Main Roads	203	38	28	50	6	64	46	73	130	This Schedule does not include the Road made by General Government from Masterton to Palmerston.
Highway District, Wellington ...	93	0	4	40	...	...	30	9	64
Featherston	33	39	55	29	...	...	16	76	15
Taratahi & Carterton	8	19	16	22	...	...	12	43	15
Masterton ...	15	25	6	17	...	...	12	...	9
Castlepoint	...	...	4	71	...	...	4	52	3
Manawatu...	2	65	4	43	...	...	8	...	97
Rangitikei...	72	...	25	40	3	40	2	...	41
Wangaehu...	21	40	48	...	2	...	...	...	...
Wanganui and Wai-totara ...	17	40	28	40	5	...	1	...	28
Wairoa	...	20	2	40	...	...	1	...	1
Manchester Block	9	9½	10	36	*11	11	1	11	48	* Road lines underscrubbed through bush.
Local Boards ...	21	40	...	...	...	...	...	...	...
	499	15½	235	28	28	35	122	24	371

SUMMARY.

499 miles 15½ chains have been formed and metalled.

235 miles 28 chains have been formed only.

28 miles 35 chains of bridle track have been constructed.

122 miles 24 chains of bush have been felled 1 chain wide on road lines.

371 bridges have been constructed over 12 feet span.

Wellington, 13th June, 1876.
J. D. BAIRD,
Provincial Engineer.

ANNUAL REPORT UPON THE PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL.

Provincial Hospital,
Wellington, May 13th, 1876.

SIR,--

I have the honor to forward the usual annual report upon this Hospital.

It is with considerable satisfaction that I am able to report that the usual autumnal epidemic of typhoid fever has been much less severe than in former years. Last season, from the 1st of February to the 31st of May, 1875, thirty-eight cases of fever were admitted into the Hospital, resulting in six deaths. From the 1st of February in this year, up to this date, only five such cases have been admitted, I am happy to say with no deaths.

No provision having been made in Wellington for paupers and chronic incurable diseases, many such cases have been forced upon this Hospital. On the 10th of January last I felt it was my duty to inform your Honor that there were twenty-six cases in the Hospital quite unfit for such an institution. I am not able to report any improvement in this direction. If this is allowed to continue it must result, and that too at an early date, in there being no accommodation left for acute cases of sickness and accidents. I, therefore, most respectfully suggest that prompt measures be taken for the establishment of a City Infirmary for the reception and care of paupers, and those chronic cases of diseases which only require shelter and supervision.

The increasing amount annually required for medicines, instruments, and other appliances, renders it advisable to procure supplies direct from wholesale houses. Great facilities are now offered by most respectable firms in England for doing so. I suggest that I should receive instructions to follow this course in future.

The Hospital buildings are naturally becoming more decayed and more unfitted for their legitimate purpose every year; but as I believe the erection of the new Hospital is being carried on with great despatch, I do not think it necessary to report particularly upon this subject.

VUW Te Waharoa — Wellington Provincial Gazette 1876, No 27

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🏗️ Schedule of Roads and Bridges in Wellington Province (continued from previous page)

Domain🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Dated13 June 1876
KeywordsRoads, Bridges, Construction, Provincial Engineer, Wellington
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J. D. Baird, Provincial Engineer

🏥 Annual Report on Provincial Hospital

Domain🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Dated13 May 1876
KeywordsHospital, Typhoid Fever, Paupers, Chronic Diseases, Wellington

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