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DUSTING AND SCAVENGING.
In the Parish of Clapham, the number of loads of dust
removed during the year was 6,977 van loads and 2,010
cart loads. The total cost of collecting and disposal has
been £3,458 17s. 9d., or about 7s. 8¼d. per load. The
following is the expenditure for dusting during the year,
viz.—
Cost of collection:— £ s. d.
Wages 1,510 10 5
Board's horses 612 13 8
Cost of disposal:—
Newington Vestry 328 10 11
Railway charges 916 17 2
Repairs and renewals of plant 142 12 7
3,511 4 9
Cr. Trade refuse (261¾ loads) 52 7 0
£3,458 17 9
The scavenging work is performed by men employed
by the Board, by hired carts, and by the Board's horses
and vans; 1,746 one-horse cart loads and 5,015 van loads
have been cleared from the roads and 2,183 cart loads
from gullies. The following is the cost for the year,
viz. :— £ s. d. £ s. d.
Wages, including sweepers and
carmen 2,856 10 3
Cartage, contractor's horses and
carmen 435 5 9
„ Board's horses 488 5 4
923 11 1
Shoots 536 8 9
Tools 163 1 4
Removing snow and sanding roads during frost 113 9 8
4,593 1 1
Cr. Received for road grit, 52 cart loads and
585 van loads 23 4 9
£4,569 16 4