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CANAL BOATS.
Annual Report for the Year 1905.
Gentlemen, January 4th, 1906.
I have the honour to present the following report under the
Canal Boats Acts for the year ending December 31st, 1905:—
During the year 45 visits for the purposes of inspection have
been made on the following dates, viz.:—January 20th; February 3rd,
10th and 24th; March 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 28th and 31st; April 6th,
7th, 13th, 19th and 98th; May 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th; June 2nd,
8th, 9th, 14th, 16th and 23rd; July 7th, 14th and 28th; August 12th
and 19th; September 1st and 29th; October 3rd, 7th, 13th and 20th;
November 3rd, 14th, 24th and 29th; December 2nd, 9th, 15th, 22nd
and 29th.
Boats were inspected on 13 occasions, as follows, viz.:- On
February 3rd, March 28th, April 6th and 7th, June 8th and 14th,
August 12th (3 boats), September 1st, October 3rd, November 14th
and 29th, December 9th and 29th (3 boats).
Number of Visits 45
,, Boats Inspected 17
No infringements of regulations have been found on the boats
during the year.
Boat "Leslie," No. 229, registered at Brierley Hill, under notice
to repair on December 28th, 1904, was duly repaired and certified by
the Inspector of the Registration Authority.
No cases of sickness have been found on board the boats during
the year.
I have again pleasure in directing attention to the general
cleanliness of the boats inspected. I find them very well found and
kept.
There are still very few boats in use on the canal within the
borough.
The borough is not a registration authority.
The arrangements made for the Inspection of Boats are:—
Periodical inspection by Sanitary Inspector duly appointed an
Inspector under the Canal Boats Acts, jointly with other duties as
Inspector of Workshops, Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops, &c., &c.