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1 How far the proper carrying out of the duties of the office of Vestry Clerk
is affected by the Clerk being manager of the Depot
2 What (if any) duties appertaining to the Surveyor's Department are
carried on by the Vestry Clerk as manager of the Depot
3 The like inquiry in reference to the Sanitary Department
4 Whether the present system adopted by the Vestry in reference to the
collection of dust, &c, and the disposal of the same, is the most
beneficial system to the ratepayers
5 To inquire generally into the working of the whole system, and advise
what steps, if any, might be taken to perfect the same
G To consider letter from the Clerk resigning his position as agent for the
disposal of the refuse as from the '29th September, so as to enable the
Vestry to place the collection of house dust and road sweepings under
a Surveyor without injury to his position as agent
Upon the Committee's recommendation the Vestry resolved on the
16th October 1895 : —
That in the interim during the settlement of the several matters under
discussion Mr Bakeh be appointed as Acting Surveyor of Sewers, and
Mr Coat as Acting Surveyor of Roads during six months, at a salary
of £3 each per week
The Committee held numerous sittings, and was still deliberating
on the above references at the close of this Report
Sevenoah Depot—The new cottages at this Depot were completed
during the year, and a tablet inserted in the wall bearing the names
of the Chairman of the Vestry and members of the Inspection SubCommittee,
with the date of erection Six cottages were built at a
cost of £1,274, and were readily let at a rental of 6s per week each,
the Vestry paying rates and taxes
Some trouble was caused in the autumn of 1895 by a noxious
effluvium arising from the water in the pond which received the
refuse, the Vestry having covenanted to fill it up in a given time;
and complaints were made by surrounding inhabitants The water
was analysed and the pond examined by Dr Muter, analyst to the
Vestry, who explained that the smell was caused by the fermentation
of decayed vegetable matter set up by the autumn rains after a long
hot summer; and upon his advice and with the concurrence of the
Sevenoaks Rural and Urban District Councils the water was deodorised
by treatment with sulphate of iron and slaked lime, no further deposits