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LICENCES FOR HOARDINGS, &c.
Licenses have been taken out by builders and others
during the year for permission to erect hoardings, scaffolding,
&c., on the public footways, as follows:—
To open roads to
repair burst water
No. of Hoarding's. No. of Scaffoldings. Draw in. pipes.
16 2 7 342
The surface of road disturbed was reinstated by the
Vestry's workmen, and the cost of the same was charged
to the persons who opened the roads. Before a license is
granted a sum of money has to be deposited with the
Vestry, and the balance remaining after the trenches are
made good is returned.
GAS AND WATER TRENCHES.
The various Gas and Water Companies and the Post
Office Telegraph Department have delivered vouchers at
the office, notifying that the surface of the roadways and
footways have been taken up in 2,702 places. These
vouchers are entered in books, with the areas to be reinstated,
and the accounts are made out and rendered to the
Companies quarterly. During the past year an area
representing 9,564 superficial yards, has been so disturbed
and subsequently made good by the Vestry's men, the
expense of the repairs amounting to £852.13.7, being
charged to the several Companies.