From Virginia Water Hill, by Broom Hill Hut, the road has been well scraped, the watercourses opened, and the sides kept clean, and is in a very good state all the way to Bagshot.
(Signed) Samuel Maddocks.”
ABSTRACT OF RETURNS OF TURNPIKE TRUSTS ROUND LONDON.
| NAME OF TRUST. | ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. | LENGTH OF ROAD. | AMOUNT OF TOLLS, 1818. | EXPENSES, 1818. | DEBT. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey New Road | 26, 47, & 58 Geo. 3 | 6 M. | 440 Yds. | £.9,210 | £.9,210 | £.9,000 | ||||||
| City Road | 43 Geo. 3.c 68. | 1 M. | 440 Yds. | 1,645 | 1,661 | 6 | 4 | 1,623 | 12 | 6 | ||
| St. Mary-le-Bone | 7, 8, & 29 G.3. 23 & 48 G.3. | 4 M. | 1,584 Yds. | 3,960 | 3,808 | 16 | 10 | 3,500 | ||||
| Kensington | 35 & 51 Geo. 3. | 17 M. | 14,660 Tolls. | 12,933 | 18 | 8 | 11,500 | |||||
| Cannon Street | 27 Geo. 2. 5 & 42 Geo. 3. | 1 M. | 747 Yds. | 1,167 | 6 | 962 | 9 | 2 | 3,519 | 18 | 6 | |
| New Cross | 24 May 1802, 27 May 1809. | 39 M. | 660 Yds. | 11,833 | 8 | 3 | 11,660 | 11 | 8 | 2,464 | 16 | |
| Whitechapel | 25 & 43 Geo. 3. | 34 M. | 220 Yds. | 12,450 | 13,086 | 2 | 1 | 2,300 | ||||
| Surrey and Sussex | 42 & 58 Geo. 3. | 57 M. | 798 Yds. | 14,606 | 10 | 14,758 | 18 | 7 | 3,750 | |||
| Highgate and Hampstead | 41 Geo. 3. | 20 M. | 11,536 | 14,183 | 17 | 2 | 7,900 | |||||
| Hackney | 54 Geo. 3. | 6 M. | 880 Yds. | 4,355 | 3,942 | 2,100 | ||||||
| Old Street | 55 Geo. 3. | 1 M. | 880 Yds. | 1,520 | 1,255 | |||||||
| Stamford Hill | 55 Geo. 3. | 20 M. | 880 Yds. | 10,540 | 11,393 | 15,000 | ||||||
| 210 M. | 489 Yds | £.97,482 | 18 | 9 | £.98,856 | 6 | £.62,658 | 7 | ||||
| £.464.4. p’Mile. | £.470.14. p’Mile. | £.298.7. p’Mile. | ||||||||||
REPORT
FROM
SELECT COMMITTEE
ON
MR. M’ADAM’S PETITION,
AND
EXTRACTS FROM EVIDENCE
RELATING TO HIS IMPROVED SYSTEM OF CONSTRUCTING AND REPAIRING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF THE KINGDOM.
Ordered, by The House of Commons, to be Printed, 20th June 1823.
REPORT.
THE SELECT COMMITTEE appointed to take into consideration the Petition of Mr. MᶜAdam, and to report to the House, whether any and what further pecuniary Grant shall be made to him, either by way of payment of his Expenses or as a remuneration for his Services, for having introduced into practice an improved System of constructing and repairing the Public Roads of the Kingdom, or for the management of the Funds applicable to the same;—Have, pursuant to the Order of the House, examined the matters to them referred, and have agreed upon the following REPORT:
In presenting to the House the result of their inquiry into the claim preferred by Mr. MᶜAdam for a compensation for his services, in consequence of his having devised and introduced into practice an improved and economical system of repairing, making and managing the Turnpike Roads of the Kingdom; your Committee will notice, in the first place, the proceedings which have taken place upon this subject previous to the institution of the inquiry in which they have been engaged.
It appears from the correspondence and documents obtained from the Treasury, as well as from the Reports of former Committees of the House, appointed to inquire into the state of the Highways of the Kingdom, that the first application made by Mr. MᶜAdam for payment of his expenses, and remuneration for his services, was in November 1819. This application was referred by the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury, by letter, to the Postmasters General, for explanation and information; who, in reply, transmitted a Report from Mr. Johnson, the Superintendent of Mailcoaches, stating as follows:—