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The Vestry having replied that they were prepared to continue
to register the ten horses selected by the Government last year,
and also such further horses as the Government might require,
an agreement was entered into to register the ten horses upon
the same terms as before, viz., the payment by the Government
of a retaining fee of 1os. per horse per annum.
Dust Depot Clerical Work, Weigh-bridge, &c. Mr. F. A. Bailey, Junior Clerk in the Surveyor's
Department, was transferred to the office of the
Manager of the Dust Depot, Culvert Road, on the 21st
October, to assist the Manager in the clerical work and record the
weights registered by the weighbridge constructed at the Depot
in October, for the purpose of weighing the dust and
house refuse and other materials taken into and out of the
Depot ; and on the 13th November the Vestry, having regard to
Mr. Bailey's altered duties decided to increase his salary from
£26 to £30 per annum, with an annual increment of £5 to
a maximum of £50, the first increment to date from the 1st
January, 1890.
Inspection of Cow-houses and Slaughter-houses. In the month of October the Medical Officers of
Health reported that the whole of the Cow-houses
and Slaughter-houses in the parish had been inspected,
and that there was no objection to be offered to the
application for the renewal of the Licenses.
The Licensing of Cow-houses and Slaughter-houses is one
of the duties now transferred to the County Council, and the
Clerk was accordingly directed to inform that body that the
Vestry had no objection to offer to the renewal of any of the
licenses.
The number of licensed Cow-houses and Slaughter-houses
in the parish is as follows:—
Cow-houses 15
Slaughter-houses 17
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