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In dry weather during the summer, two water-carts are
employed filling the gullies with water and disinfectants.
manholes.
Thirty-two Manholes have been built up to the surface
of the road, and provided with ventilating covers, and
nine have been built in the new streets taken to by the
Vestry.
FLUSHING.
Two men have been out 68 days with Flushing Van,
and during that time discharged 726 loads of water into
the sewers.
The van contains 1,000 gallons of water when full, and
the sewers of 92 different streets have been flushed.
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
In accordance with the provisions of the Metropolis
Management Act, 18 and 19 Vic., cap. 120, sec. 76, and
with the instructions issued by the Vestry to Builders and
others, applications and plans have been submitted to and
approved by the Works Committee, and subsequently
sanctioned by the Vestry for the drainage of 206 dwelling
houses, shops, &c.; six for churches, chapels and schools,
and 18 for stables, factories and miscellaneous buildings.
The drains are laid in accordance with the deposited plans,
and in every case the Drainage Inspector tests the pipes
before they are covered in.
During the year 1894-95, the Vestry's workmen have
laid and connected 96 drains from the back line of the
footpaths to the sewers, and unstopped 18 house drains.
The amount deposited to meet the cost of same was
£530.5.8, paid in from time to time to the Accountant,
which, with the balance left in hand on the 25th March,
1894, viz., £27.5.0, amounted to £557.10.8. The
actual cost of the work carried out was £403.7.11. The
surplus was £91 .1.6, which, after being reported to the