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9
Street Watering.
The attention of your Committee has been directed
to the extension of Street Watering, so that a much
larger area of the Parish may benefit therefrom. In order
to reduce the additional cost as much as possible, your
Committee has, under the advice of your Surveyor,
sunk several new Wells which, in most instances, have
proved successful, but as to some extent this was but an
experiment, it was deemed prudent to limit the operations
; it is confidently hoped, however, that a further
outlay will be justified by the results of the present
season, and that next year's operations will have the
effect, of not only extending the benefit of Street
Watering, but also of saving a portion of the large
amount of money now paid to the water companies for
water, for road watering purposes.
Road Repairs and Materials
The attention of your Committee has been earnestly
directed to the economical working of this department,
and they have the pleasure of stating that a great decrease
of expenditure of material has resulted during
the past twelve months; this, in a great measure, arose
from the unexceptionable fine summer of last year,
and also to the circumstance that the Main and Local