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PUBLIC WORKS AND ROADS AT MADRAS. 
MADRAS. 
1815 : 
“The clearing of the drain passing through 
the esplanade, and the new street on the 
beach, were completed. 
St. George’s church on the Choultry 
Plain, also finished. 
Construction of a bridge over the Mara- 
daroota river, between Cannanore and 
Cootaparamba ; necessary to keep open the 
communication throughout the year, between 
the new road from the Western Ghauts and 
Cannanore. 
1816: 
Improvements of the internal communica- 
tion in Canara. 
Construction of abridge over the Parain- 
boor nullah, and of a new road between the 
Black Town and the north-west approaches 
to Madras. 
1817: 
Formation of wells in the vicinity of Ma- 
dras. 
A chapel built at Arcot capable of contain- 
ing 300 persons ; and one at Poonamalee of 
the same size. 
1818: 
Construction of a stone bridge across the 
Madras river at the village of Cbindrapettab, 
and sundry improvements connected there- 
with. 
Erection of a new observatory 
St. Mary’s church at Fort St. George 
reformed and repaired. 
1819 : 
Formation of a road in the Neilgherry 
Hills. 
Repairs to the bridges across the Cauvery, 
at Seringapatam. 
1820 : 
Rebuilding of the lighthouse at the Presi- 
dency, completed. 
1821; 
Building a church for the Missionary So- 
ciety. 
Erection of a chapel at St. I^omas’s 
Mount and of a church at Vepery. 
Erection of a stone bulwark at Fort 
St. George, to protect the fort and the 
Black Town from the inroads of the sea. 
1822 : 
Erection of bridges at the island of Samoo- 
dra, in Coimbatoor. 
The course of the river Vellaur straight- 
ened, with the view of securing a village. 
Reconstruction of the bridge near St. 
Mary’s burial ground, and of the one by the 
hospital gate of the Black Town. 
Construction of a bridge over the swamp 
atMasulipatam ; one half at the expense of 
government, the other at that of the inhabi- 
tants. 
Scotch church (St. Andrew’s) finished. 
Completion of the stone bulwark, and 
addition of an iron railing. 
1823 : 
A new cut for the Votary nullah; also a 
new bridge, and other works connected 
therewith. 
New laminating rooms for the mint. 
1824 : 
The opening of a canal at Chumnapore. 
Several wells sunk in the northern division 
of Arcot for the purposes of irrigation. 
Erection of a church at Tellicherry. 
Excavating and removing the shoals in the 
Coorm river, from the bnrying-ground bridge 
to the Chepauk Bar ; and thence to the N. 
W. angle of the burying ground wall at Fort 
St. George ; also securing the bank opposite 
the centrical course of Clive’s Canal near 
the burying- ground bridge, with a bulwark 
of stones. 
Great road from Secunderabad to Masuli- 
patam. (This work w'as continued until 
the year 1831, when, in consequence of its 
expense, the government limited themselves 
to the repair of such part of the road as 
might be impassable for wheel carriages.) 
Great road from Madras through the 
Northern Circars, to the Bengal frontier. 
(In 1828 this work was discontinued, owing 
to the natural and local obstacles of its dura- 
tion; that portion only of the road between 
Bezwarah and Ellcre was to be completed.) 
1825 : 
Construction of a tunnel from the N. 
E. angle of Fort St. George to the sea, for 
the purpose of carrying off the filth from 
the Black Town. 
1826 : 
A bridge built across the Bonally nullah, 
the boundary of the Bidtish and Mysore 
territories, on the high road from Cannanore 
to Mysore and Madras. 
Continuation of the excavation of the 
Coorm river, from the old Female Asylum 
to Anderson’s Bridge. 
A drain of two arches constructed on the 
west esplanade of Black Town near the 
Basin Bridge. 
A bridge built over the Coorm river, and 
tbi'ee roads leading to the bridge raised and 
new laid. 
The road across the swamp from the fort 
to the pettah at Masulipatam, repaired. 
1827 : 
Erection of a monument, of a choultry 
and tank, at Goote, and the sinking of 
wells at Putteekondah, in honour of Sir T. 
Munro’s memory : in progress. 
Construction of a bridge across a nullah 
between Alliporam and Ganjam, in the main 
road through the Northern Circars. 
