The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-01-09 00:00:00

BRIM= AND BUILDI XO6.

The report of this Oormeatt e wee read by Colonel
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II the course of his report the Cruets Surveyor stated.
—Since the adjourned weans bold at Dorchestor on the
lifth day of November lest the weather has been so un-
favourable that little or no progress has been made in
nwedgair the damage done by the flood on the 64th of
October het indeed, the high and distorbed state of the
wets, has prevented any further examination of the
extent of the injury. Glove Inn Bridge (Corn. Abbas):
The lender of Mr. Janes Northover, of Corns, for rebuild-
ing tide bridge bee been accepted at the sum of ,Clla
and be will nommen*. the work forthwith. Backwater
Bridge (Weymouth): As directed at the Michaelmas
Segions, the °Mat) Barney., has had the road sr.y over
this bridge coated with st-one Mak, end reported that the
metal is now well eossolldated. The additional wires
ordered at the same time to los axed to the
pas-spots of this bridge are now in their place, The Clerk
of the Pesos he, reported to your committee that the
proe•autereaccele or the switunaut of the rule gig ...need
to £147 th. 21 Up n taxation the Clerk of the Peace
succeeded in redociag this amount to ,C 46 131. 81. The
nomanittee have considered • lett-r ft-wearied to tne
Clerk of the Peace In refer•nce to the .1 I..et of the recent
Roods to property n-ar the Purlieu Bridge, Sh.rhoroe
which is • county Ardis, and the arch of which is stated
to base been indeoquate to carry off the water on that
occasion. Toot committee cannot reconimsnd that any
alteration of the strucitrint should be med.. The Ckrk of
the Pesos bas rroduced to your eves:allies • notice from
Us. Blandford Water and Gsa Company giving notice of
their intention to apply to the Bored of Trade for a
Provisional Order to carryout th•ir work, .n 4 lay pipes,
Ike., In the divisions of Blandford and Wimborna A
similar notice has oleo been received from the Ba
Gos and Wider Works C impute. Your committee have
directed the Clerk of the Pesos to ~,but t • cieuee to the
Board of Trade lob. inserted in the Provisional Order, to
the alert that all work. done to county structures shall
be execut-d unier the supenutendenoe and direction of
Us. county surveyor.

"If aim Roada—Yout committee protons to re-consider
the whole queation of main roans, and have directei the
Clerk ot the Peace to write to the various highway aetho.
Otitis in the counts. asking them if they cm off., sev
soarestion• as to addles to the present main roods or dig-
11l mining any of the ex.sting main roads Your committer
have received an application from the St irminstrr flishr
way Board in respect of certain roots in the towns of Stun
minro r and Stall:gide*, and thew recommend tit, Woe of
Provisional Order. The committal also ?aroma, md the
11.110 of Final Order confirming the Provisional Order made
at the last Sessions in refirrocs to *length of road in the
Wirebores district. The Clerk of the Peace has reported
the confirmation by the L cal Government Bstrd of the
by.larra aa to bridges.'
The report warn receivedand adopted.
It wee agreed that. stun of Ent be granted to the
County Surveyor, being EIZ as remuneration under
Standing Order of S-ssioom No. 173 for hie merrier*
in reference to the relmilding of the Backwater
Bridge, and £3 for actual disburs.ments by him in
connection with such works ; ale) that the following
some be granted for the repair of the three bridges
mentioned,riz.,Bockhampton Bridge,la the Doreheeter
Diriaion, £25 : Crawley Bridge, in the Bridport
Division, £25 ; and Lonsham Bridge, in the Wimbovne
Division, f:25.
LUSATIC ASYLUM&

COUNTY

The annual repot.. .1.1.4 —" After • year which pro-
told the unusual feature of • dimiontlon in the number
of county patient.. the Vud,ors have to flacon • conaMer-
abis Manse of rust dasa in the course of the year jun
concluded. At the close of the year IESI. lb* number of
emote gauger petienta Ina 100. tills. closo of 1491 it was
425-11.5 males and 930 fmnalee—the tot if Income* Wing
16. The solinissiona In that class of count, temper petienn
have ben 72. the dircharges V. of whom 95 had recovered.
on, relieved, one not imorovod. the moved« living shoes
33 per cent. oath. admission.. sad the death. in the elms
have be. 31, reckoard et the average Dumber of patients
not six per cent., • can small prop wtioo Then are 11
ont-connty patients—lf male and 7 females—of these 16
belong to the town and county of Poole. sad 1.5 lately
received, to tbs musty of Surrey. There are 25 an-
pauper pattente—lest year the numb... was 11—•11 except.
Mg no belonging to thi. county. The total number in
the teo sayluess is 181. The health of the yetinta has
bean good. with the samples of the at tack of 100 fev.,.
which occurred in the Fonton Asylum towards the end ot
ione. met., whams have boon viaitad ovary tuooth SI
usual, and have. without see Sox& been found In •
satosfactoe7 •tate. The medical suerrulteudeml colanneg
to give the Visitors the swaging ground for medusa la
hie managemeat of both tie affirms, In which luslis moot
oadeatilloidod sad solieorlod by Wm two mostlialsoololoal