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The question of the removal of dust received much consideration,
and it was eventually decided to recommend the Beard to
advertise for tenders at a lump sum, and at per load. On the
tenders being sent in it was found that the lowest lump sum was
£2700, and the highest £3150; that the lowest sum at per load
was 2 '11, and the highest 3/1. The Contractor was to include in
the tender the cost of providing a horse and man for each cart
as well as the usual implements for the removal of dust. The
total cost was very nearly that of the lump sum, being £2344 19s.
for the removal of 16,091 loads of dust, and £300 19s. for the
payment of our men, making a total of £2651 18s. against the
£2700 lump sum. This is very satisfactory, as the work has
been done unier our own superintendence instead of under the
control of the Contractor. In addition to this sum was the
amount paid to the Dust Inspector of £65 10s., but as this must
have been paid under any circumstances, I have not included it
in the total. The number of complaints were very much smaller
than when the work was performed at a lump sum, as there were
only 1705 complaints against 2822 in 1S70-71, which was the
Aast year that a different system prevailed. The largest number of
carts employed was 19, and of men 31; whilst the smallest
number of carts was 11, and of men 21. As the Contractor
provides one man to each cart, the largest number of men in the
pay of the Board was 12, and the smallest 10.
The Regulations made by the Water Companies for those
houses in which a constant supply was laid on were reported by
the Committee as being unnecessarily onerous, but it was deemed
advisable that no exhaustive report should be presented until a
block of houses had been furnished with the fittings approved by
the Company. The Committee considered that great difference
would exist in the fittings, in consequence of the landlords being
able practically to decide what sized ferule should be used for the
supply. There was, also, much doubt as to the necessity for the
Urge sized supply pipe to the pan, but I must say that a far