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expended as wages to the Vestry's dustmen. The inclusive cost for the
removal of house refuse to the parish thus works out at 5/7 ¼ per load.
Reference has been made in former Reports to the unsatisfactory
method of paying for the removal of hoase refuse by load measurement.
The refuse should be weighed and payment made by weight.
During the past year, I have ascertained by weighing a certain
number of loads each month their average weight. The weight has
varied between the limits of 8-cwt. 2-qrs. and 25-cwts.—the average
weight per load for the year being 14-cwt. 3-qrs. 22-lbs.
The following shows the number of requests for the removal of
dust received during the year 1899, compared with the number
received during previous years. I also append a weekly record of
the " refusals " and " no answers " met with by the dustmen during
the removal of the house refuse. The average number of refusals is
much the same as that met with during previous years.
A dust destructor, the provision of which has been urged upon the
Vestry by the Public Health Committee for many years, is now about
to be built.
It is estimated that the Vestry will be able to undertake in connection
with their Electric Installation the destruction of house
refuse some time during the year 1901.