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 REMARKS

ON THE PRESENT

SYSTEM OF ROAD MAKING;

WITH OBSERVATIONS,

DEDUCED FROM PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE,

WITH A VIEW TO A REVISION OF THE EXISTING LAWS, AND THE INTRODUCTION OF IMPROVEMENT IN

THE METHOD OF MAKING, REPAIRING, AND PRESERVING ROADS,

AND

DEFENDING THE ROAD FUNDS FROM MISAPPLICATION.

SEVENTH EDITION,

CAREFULLY REVISED, WITH AN

APPENDIX,

AND

REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, JUNE 1823,

WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE EVIDENCE.

JOHN LOUDON M^cADAM,

GENERAL SURVEYOR OF THE ROADS IN THE BRISTOL DISTRICT.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1823.