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DUSTING AND SCAVENGING.
In the Parish of Clapham, the number of loads of dust
removed was 8,093 van and 1,645 cart loads. The total
cost of collecting and disposal has been £3,671 7s. 7d.,
or about 7s. 6½d. per load. The following is the expenditure
for dusting during the year, viz.:—
Cost of collection:— £ s. d.
Wages 1,627 16 4
Board's horses 670 8 4
Cost of disposal:—
Newington Vestry 352 17 2
Railway charges 971 9 9
Repairs and renewals of plant 112 8 0
3,734 19 7
Cr. Trade refuse (318 loads) 63 12 0
£3,671 7 7
The scavenging work is performed by men employed
by the Board, by hired carts, and by the Board's horses
and vans; 1,563 one-horse cart loads and 5,327 van loads
have been cleared from the roads and 2,451 cart loads
from gullies. The following is the cost for the year,
viz.:—
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Wages, including sweepers and
carmen 2,934 0 8
Cartage, contractor's horses and
carmen 665 3 0
„ Board's horses 441 13 10
1,106 16 10
Shoots 506 1 0
Tools and repairs to plant 160 14 4
4,707 12 10
Cr. Received for road grit, 14 cart loads and
494 van loads 18 17 6
£4,688 15 4