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No complaint with respect to the illuminating power of the
gas was made to me during the year; and satisfaction has been
generally expressed at the improved lighting of the streets.
The old burners adapted to burn three cubic feet of Cannel gas
per hour have been removed, and suitable burners, consuming 4½
feet of common gas per hour, have been substituted. This fact
notwithstanding, the actual cost of the gas consumed under the
average meter system has not, I understand, been above the
amount paid for gas under the old system of a fixed charge per
lamp per annum.
In concluding my report I have again to tender my best thanks to
those official persons and others who havekindly assisted me in carrying
out the duties of my department. To the services rendered to the
parish by the action of the Board of Guardians and their officers,
I have referred elsewhere, and I have also acknowledged the solid
character of the work done by Mr. Shattock, the "Vaccination
Officer. The Sub-district Registrars of Births and Deaths,
Messrs. Barnes and Hume, have ever given me their cordial help
in all matters connected with their department.
Your Vestry have testified approval, which I cordially share,
of the care and efficiency shown by Mr. Rudman in the discharge
of his responsible duties as Sanitary Clerk and Special Inspector.
Mr. Thomas Gaylard having satisfactorily performed his original
duties as Inspector of Dustbins, has been promoted to the more
responsible post of Sanitary Inspector. He and the other newly-appointed
Inspectors—Messrs. Wightman, Middleweek, and Abbott
—give promise of becoming efficient officers, and I have confidence
that when they have acquired a thorough knowledge of their
duties, they will justify the choice of your Vestry.