"Lam indebted to Mr. Harpur, Commissioner of Public Works, for figures regarding the expenditure which the Council has incurred during the vast few years in road widenings and extensions, These show toat from' 1926. to. 1938" inclusive a. total of more than fourteen million dollars was paid out in respect of 996 areas acquired. "The amounts claimed compen wer The total road frontage affec= 162,428 feet.
These figures show how much mo rapid progress is made during "boom years when many new buildings are rected. "In 1031 the expenditure was. nearly three millions whilst in 1983
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