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July and December, 1881, is £8,880 16s. 6d., being £347 5s. 4d. more
than the amount of the last procept.
SCHOOL BOARD PRECEPT.
The amount required by the Board, to be paid in quarterly instalments
in the year 1881, is £8,741 13s. 10d., being an increase of £372 16s. 7d.
on the precept of last year.
NEW CARRIAGEWAY AND FOOTWAY PAVING.
The paving of the carriageways of the streets mentioned in the last report,
and the paving of the footways of Grove road, between the parks, has been
completed. The entire cost was £12,985 2s. 9d.
MORTUARY.
The building was completed, and after the necessary fittings for the postmortem
room, &c., had been supplied, it was, on the 1st day of June
formally dedicated to the uses for which it had been erected. From the
day of opening to the date of this report, 127 bodies had been taken there,
and 12 post-mortem examinations made.
Mr. J. W. Burrows, who had been keeper of the temporary mortuary, at
a salary of 5s. a week, was continued as keeper of the present mortuary;
but in consequence of the increase of work of cleansing and keeping in order
the present mortuary, his salary has been fixed at 10s. a week.
A book is kept at the mortuary in which the keeper is to make an entry
of every body brought there, with particulars of name, age, residence, date,
and cause of death, and any special circumstances connected with the case.
LIGHTING.
The following is a revised list of charges by the Gas Light and Coke
Company:—
Size of Light—Feet per hour.
Description.
Number of
lighting hours
per annum.
Total.
£
s.
d.
5 feet
Square
4300
4
6
1
5 „
Circular
4300
4
10
4
5 „
Square
4300
4
3
I
3 „
Square
4300
2
18
10
4 „
Square
4300
3
12
6