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Wards have been removed under contract by Messrs. Mead
and Co.; the sweepings in the Out-Wards have been carted
from the streets by the Parish carts to the Parish Wharf,
and thence barged away by contract.
With the view of preventing disagreeable smells which
were complained of, the principal thoroughfares have, as
occasion required, been thoroughly washed, and the effect
has proved most beneficial.
Watering the Streets.
The spreading of the water in the streets of the InWards
has been done by Messrs. Mead & Co. ; in the OutWards
by the horses and carts belonging to the Vestry.
The water for the In-Wards is supplied by the Grand
Junction Water Company, and that in the Out-Wards by
the Chelsea Water Company.
Stock of Plant and Materials.
The valuation of the plant and materials, consisting of
1 steam roller, 1 horse roller, 28 horses, 20 slop carts, 10
new patent slop carts, 8 water carts, 16 water vans, 7 shoot
carts, gas apparatus, meters, &c., the property of the Vestry,
at the expiration of the parochial year, was £8,298 4s. 11d
(as per Stock Book).
On the 25th of March, 1879, the number of horses in
stock, the property of the Parish, was twenty-seven. Since
then two horses have been sold by auction, and one destroyed,
and have realized £69 8s. 2d. Four horses have
been purchased, at a cost of £320 5s. The number of
horses in stock, therefore, at the end of the past year (Ladyday
1880) was twenty-eight; the value of which I estimate
at £2,186.