1. General Repairs.
—Masonry, plaster, pitching, etc., to be kept in repair. Pitching, where defective or out of line, to be made right. Bumping posts to be fixed in proper positions. Earth to be added to ramps, etc., where needed. Metalling to be regularly seen to. Needles, planks, hooks, railings, winches, lamp-posts, lamps, etc., to be kept in order and complete. Bricks, bats, etc., to be properly stacked. Needles, etc., to be neatly stacked on rests or with bricks under them. All surplus and useless needles, etc., to be removed. Huts to be kept in repair. Extra mud walls or screens not to be allowed when unsightly. All verandah openings to be edged with a 6-inch band of whitewash.
2. Jungle.
—All masonry to be kept free from jungle growth, and all piers free from caught jungle. For this purpose long bamboo weed-hooks to be supplied.
3. Dressing, etc.
—Rubbish, lumps of earth, logs, etc., to be cleared away, pits and holes filled up. Banks, slopes, etc., of main and branch channels in the neighbourhood of the work to be specially levelled and dressed.
Note.—All works should be specially seen to in October, and everything be in order by 31st October.
APPENDIX D.
WATCHING AND PROTECTING BANKS AND EMBANKMENTS.[61]
(See [page 138].)