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of manure. Such procedure would insure regular
collection from the mews and stables, but what the
Vestry would do with the collected manure it is difficult
to say. The section mentioned is, however, incomplete,
as it does not empower the Yestry to levy
any special charge or rate for such removal.
The collection of house refuse is not within the
jurisdiction of the Department, aud is only under its
notice when complaint is made of non-removal. Such
complaints have been rarer during the past year,
showing that the system of house-to-house collection
recently inaugurated has been successful. As to the
final disposal of the collected refuse, no changes have
been introduced. During the year a Special Committee
had the subject of the erection of a dust destructor
under its consideration. A very complete report was
issued in December last strongly recommending that the
refuse of the Parish should be cremated, but the
proposal was rejected by the Vestry. The present
system of' manufacturing' cannot persist much longer,
as the markets for the sundries salvaged are shrinking,
and land for shoots becoming every year more difficult
to secure. The extra-metropolitan authorities object
to the deposit of house refuse equally with that of
manure. An injunction was recently obtained against
a (late) contractor to the Vestry, and the Vestry of
Kensington were compelled during the past year to
cease from depositing refuse on their own land on the
Essex Marshes. The chief objections put forward