J,', •■ >' ;, v.; fci|:|to,water'ciiSS£lH gi^fJ e J^?®, ;nea, 7 |¥-Cr<mn Mills, f v that the flooi- nnder ;the north 1 sidd p the * a, foptt

level, Ufhitih, I think, will be below tho level of the foundations of tho bridge retaining wallsalso, that wate> ia getting iu' behind the east' retaining wall of the bridge, and discharging freely on tlie south side of the bridge weir* In order to ascertain the work necessary to repair and retain tho pre sent dam and water cushion the two creeks wi'l have t) be divertd, and the water cushion emptied, but this io a very bad time of the year to undertake the work, I am ot opinion that if a concrete dam wall wascoostructedjabout 100 feet baci from the present fall in order to form a woir by which the water would li i\o a gradual fall to the present water cashion level, the liability to: future 'damage wooid b greatly ro» duced. Tie present clam wall would be cut down to about wate; level, and another two feet of full aud waterway could be obtainrd under tho bridge, and, the water cushion woukl 1)6 filled up with rabb'e stone to the grade, the sur face stones' beiegwell laid in position and as even as possible. 1 estimate the cojt at about i23(J. ;

The scour at the east end of the brid»e should 1)3 repaired os eooa as possible to prevent ny accident or further carnage by trallic over tbe bridge. t Attached hereto is a letter Lorn Mr taer in reference to fencing oil the scour out at Georgetown, whioh is nece:sary, the banks being very high and perpendicular The item of the report re Mr Townsend's (property was adopted. The item re drain in Reed street was referred ijadk to the Engineer. The item re the Mill Dam was re ferred back to the Works Committee to be dealt with a.tpr certain neces sary information* had been obtained from the Government. The Engineer was instructed to deal w til the break m lie roadway on the bridge to prevent an accident. 