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contract price was 2/9 per load, so that as 17,427 loads have
been removed, the amount paid to the Contractor is £2353 9s.
and for the Dust Inspector's salary and men's wages £441 0s. 9d.,
making a total of £2794 9s. 9d. The cost of the men's wages is
greater than in 1873-74, because an additional eighteen-pence
per week was given to each man. The arrangements were
perfectly satisfactory until the cold weather came in, when in
consequence of the long continued frost and the heavy falls of
snow, the removal of the dust was much impeded, whilst the
quantity of ashes made was much increased. Since that time we
have had a good deal of difficulty in obtaining the number of
carts and men required, so that at the end of the contract there
was a considerable accumulation in the district, although the
number of loads removed was in excess of those which were taken
away in 1873-74. The lower price of coals this year also
influenced the quantity of ashes, so that the removal of 17,500
loads per annum was not sufficient for the requirements of the
district. There were, however, only 13G7 complaints of nonremoval
of dust, the greater part of which occurred in the last
three months of the contract.
The provisions of the Slaughterhouse Act and the Regulations
proposed by the Metropolitan Board of Works under this
Act for the conduct of slaughterhouses and other offensive trades
were considered at several meetings of the Committee. These
Regulations or Bye-Laws have been submitted to the Local
Government Board for confirmation, but up to the present time
are not in force in the Metropolis in consequence of their sanction
not yet having been given. By this Act it is not lawful to
establish anew in the Metropolis any of the following businesses,
viz : blood boiler, bone boiler, manure manufacturer, soap boiler,
tallow melter, or knanckner, under a penalty not exceeding fifty
pounds a day. It is also unlawful to establish anew any of the
following businesses without the sanction of the local authority
(which is the Metropolitan Board of Works), that is to say, of a