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PRIVATE DRAINS.
In accordance with the provisions of the Metropolis
Management Act, 18 and 19 Vict., cap. 120, sec. 76,
and with the Council's regulations, applications and
plans have been submitted to, and approved by, the
Works Committee, and subsequently sanctioned by the
Council for the drainage of 428 new houses, shops, &c.,
8 schools, 8 factories, 3 stables, 3 railway arches, 2
chapels, 1 block of flats, 1 theatre, 1 railway station, 1
exhibition ground.
The drains are laid in accordance with the deposited
plan, and in every case the Drainage Inspector tests the
pipes before they are covered in. During the year
1905-6, the Council's workmen have laid and connected
178 drains from the back line of the footpath to the
sewers and unstopped 8 house drains.
The amount deposited to meet the cost of same
was £1,127 os. 6d., paid in from time to time to the
Borough Accountant, and with the balance left in hand
on the 31st March, 1905, viz., ,£133 16s. od., amounted
to ,£1,260 16s. 6d. The" actual cost of the work carried
out was ,£1,002 9s. 5d., the surplus amounting to
,£131 6s. iod., which, after being reported to the Finance
Committee, was returned to the respective depositors,
leaving a balance of .£127 os. 3d., being mostly in
respect of uncompleted works.
WATER FOR STREET WATERING, &c.
The vans were out on 185 days, during which time
2,645 horses and vans were employed, and 61,298 loads
of water were distributed, giving an average of 23.17
loads per horse per day.
The vans have an average capacity of 412 gallons
when full; the quantity of water used and the. cost thereof
appears in the undermentioned statement:—