302 



MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURE. 



Total. 



1830, . 



1831, . 



1832, . 



1833, . 



1834, . 



1835, . 



1836, . 



1837, . 



1838, . 



1839, . 



£714 



751 

 647 

 667 

 615 

 543 

 540 

 538 

 413 

 550 



" In 1837, when it was taken up in the new system, the road 

 required considerable improvements ; in 1840 two-thirds of it 

 were in perfect condition, and when the whole is reformed, it is- 

 calculated that from ^400 to £440 will keep it perfect. 



" The road from Tours to Caen in La Sarthe was, in 1836, in 

 so bad a state as to be in danger of becoming impassable. 



" In January, 1837, it was passed under the charge of M. 

 Dumas. The average annual expenditure for the five years prior 

 had been : for material, £736; for road labor, X242 ; total, £978. 

 From 1837 to 1841 the annual average for material was £375, 

 labor, £443 ; total, £818. In 1841 the cost of material was £163, 

 for road labor, £445 ; total, £608. In 1838 this road was report- 

 ed to be in a very good state, and since then has become better 

 and better. 



" In 1834 the mail required always jive horses, and the road 

 was so bad that the postmaster lost eleven horses by the hard work 

 in one year. 



" In 1838 the number of horses was reduced to three., and at 

 present there are only two of middling quality, and the post- 

 master loses none from that cause. 



" In this same district, in consequence of improvements in these 

 roads since 1839, a number of lighter carriages have been estab- 



