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further application, the information has been furnished that the
supply will be changed within a short period.
This is a very much-needed change, and I hope that before
many months have passed the belief expressed by the London
County Council will be an accomplished fact.
DUSTING ACCOUNT.
This account must be divided into two parts, first from the
beginning of the year until March 25th, while Stoke Newington was
still united with Hackney; and then from that date until the end o
the year with Hackney alone. From January 1st to March 25th,
1894, there were 12,123 loads (each 54 cubic feet) of house refuse
removed by the contractors from the District of Hackney, including
Stoke Newington, at an average cost of 3s. 9½d. per load, and a total
cost of £2,294 14s. 5d. The District at this time included Stoke
Newington, but by the Plumstead and Hackney Act, from March
25th Stoke Newington became a separate parish.
At the same time Hackney was divided into two Districts, Nortn
and South, for the purpose of the removal of house refuse. Fresh
contracts were also entered into by the Vestry, at the following
prices :—
s. d.
North Division 3 9 per load
South Division 5 3 per load.
From March 26th to December 31st, 1894, 12,610 loads at
3s. 9d. per load were removed from the North Division, at a total
cost of £2,206 15s. During the same period 16,985 loads were
removed from the South Division at 5s. 3d. per load, and a total
cost of £4,458 l1s. 3d. The average price per load for the two
Divisions was 4s. 6d. per load, and the total cost for the nine months
for the Parish of Hackney alone £6,665 6s. 3d. To this must
be added £1,450 1s., the amount paid to the Vestry dustmen
as wages. Thus for the year 1894 the price per load has increased
8½d. on the price for 1893. Every year the expense increases in a
much greater ratio than the increase in population, and it behoves