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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.
By JOHN LOUDON M^cADAM, Esq.
GENERAL SURVEYOR OF THE ROADS IN THE
BRISTOL DISTRICT.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND
BROWN, PATERNOSTER ROW.
1823.