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Cartage Scheme.
The Board having acquired additional premises at Trafalgar
House, Walham Green, have built Stables for the accommodation
of Eleven Horses, which number now stands there. There has
also been erected two additional Loose Boxes at the Hammersmith
yard.
The work of slopping and watering the roads, General Cartage,
and the removal of dust, ashes, and house refuse, has been
carried out under the direction of the Cartage Committee.
The following casualties and alterations by sale and purchase
of live stock occurred during the year:—I Horse, suffering from
laminitis, sold, not being fit for London work ; 2 old Horses that
had been in possession of the Board for many years, killed, unfit
for work ; I Horse, (old stock) sold, unfit for heavy work ; I Bay
Nag, suffering from quitter, sold ; 6 Horses were purchased at a
cost of £430.
Fodder.
Total Consumption for the Year.
Oats 1024 Quarters.
Beans 29½ „
Bran 468 Cwts.
Clover 92½ Loads.
Hay 301/31/6 „
Straw 1382/38/6 „
Mixture 241/3 „