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The dust carts now leave the stable at 7.30 a.m., and to make
an eight hours' day (excluding one hour for dinner) the carts should
return to the stable by 4.20 p.m.
A careful consideration of the figures given earlier in this report,
confirmed by the experience of the Dust Inspectors, shows that this
result can be obtained when each cart or van does 2 loads, but that
whenever it has to return to the beat for a third load the above hour
is considerably overstepped, while a fourth load leads to the very
late hours which have frequently pertained with the present number
of carts.
To obtain the desired result it will be necessary, first, that each
carman's day should commence at 7.30 a.m. when he leaves the stable,
and second, that the Dust Inspectors be supplied with a sufficient
number of carts and vans, the number varying from day to day,
according to requisition order from my office.

The present number of carts dusting are 194 per week, so that
the above requisition means the addition of 72 carts per week, or
12 carts per day.
In conclusion, I beg to point out that the Council is not in a
position to supply suitable carts by the 1st May, and that any but