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DUSTING AND SCAVENGING.
In the Parish of Clapham, the quantity of dust
removed was 9,815 van loads and 2,630 cart loads,
weighing 12,100 tons. The total cost of collection and
disposal has been £5,128 3s. 6d., or about 8s. 5^d. per
ton. The following is the expenditure for dusting
during the year, viz.:—
Cost of collection :— £ s. d.
Wages .. .. .. .. 2,242 15 7
Council's horses (5,017 at 4s. 11c?. per day).. 1,233 6 11
Cost of disposal:—
Newington Vestry (Depot charges at
Sevenoaks .. .. .. 448 14 1
Streatham Destructor (200 loads) .. 31 5 6
Carriage, South Eastern and Chatham
Railway .. .. .. 897 10 5
Carriage, Hudson and Co. .. .. 24 3 0
Messrs. Betts and Co., Hire of railway
wagons .. .. . 815 0
Birmingham Railway Wagon Co., three instalments
paid for hire purchase on 15 137 0 0
railway wagons
Repairs and renewal of plant .. 151 3 0
5,247 3 6
Cr. Trade refuse (620 loads) . . .. 124 0 0
£5,123 3 6
The scavenging work is performed by men employed
by the Council, by hired horses and carts, and by the
Council's horses and vans; 5,137 cart loads and 6,061
van loads have been cleared from the roads and