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 *erted; and if so exerted, the price is no consideration when compared with the advantage to the public.

From the want of such an officer, the orders of the Commissioners, after having been maturely considered, and wisely given, have fallen, for execution into the hands of Surveyors, selected not unfrequently from the lowest class of the community, who have proceeded without plan or method. The consequence is seen in every corner of the country; want of science in the Surveyor has gone hand in hand with improvident expenditure, to the injury of the roads, and the derangement of the finances. A vigilant and unremitting superintendance is wanting to ensure an economical and effectual execution.

Whether it may not be useful to empower Commissioners in the small Trusts into which the roads of England are unfortunately divided, to unite together in sufficient number to enable them to provide a respectable and efficient executive officer, and for other general purposes of improvement, is humbly submitted to the wisdom of Parliament.

The effect of an active and efficient controul over the Sub-surveyors, in the executive part of their duties; and in rescuing the funds from