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DUSTING AND SCAVENGING.
In the Parish of Clapham, the quantity of dust
removed was 8,174 van loads and 1,779 cart loads. The
total cost of collection and disposal has been £3,704 5s. 4d.,
or about 7s. 5¼d. per load. The following is the expenditure
for dusting during the year, viz.: —
Cost of collection :— £ s. d.
Wages 1,682 1 10
Board's horses 688 8 9
Cost of disposal:—
Newington Vestry 344 14 9
Railway charges 966 6 0
Repairs and renewals of plant. 118 5 0
3,799 16 4
Cr. Trade refuse (477¾ loads) 95 11 0
£3,704 5 4
The scavenging work is performed by men employed
by the Board, by hired horses and carts, and by the
Board's horses and vans; 2,258 one-horse cart loads and
5,873 van loads have been cleared from the roads and
2,545 cart loads from gullies. The following is the cost
for the year, viz.: —
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Wages, including sweepers and
carmen 3,141 8 7
Cartage, contractor's horses and
carmen 843 15 6
„ Board's horses 472 8 0
1,316 3 6
Shoots 599 9 6
Tools and repairs to plant 158 0 5
5,215 2 0
Cr. Received for road grit, 7 cart loads and
885 van loads 33 7 3
£5,181 14 9