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REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
During the year 1906 there were 37,962 tons 11 cwts. 2 qrs. of
house refuse removed from dwellings in the Borough, and conveyed
for destruction to the Borough Destructor. From the Northern
Division 17,026 tons 11 cwts. 1 qr. and 7 lbs. were removed, and
from the Southern Division 20,936 tons and 21 lbs. The total cost
for the removal of house refuse during the year is £7,962 l1s. 9d.
The quantity of refuse removed during 1905 was 37,953 tons 5 cwts.
and 3 qrs. at a total cost of £8,010 0s. 5d. The figures for 1906
therefore show an increase of about 9½ tons in the amount of refuse
removed with a decrease in the cost of £47 8s. 8d. This decreased
cost is due to the fact that at the beginning of April, 1906, the
contractor for the Northern Division reduced his price for the
removal of refuse 1d. per ton.
The cost of the destruction of house refuse for 1906, including
the cost of disposal of residue and clinker, etc., has been estimated
by the Electrical Engineer to the Borough at £6,722 8s. 5d., at a
rate of 3s. 6½d. per ton, therefore the total cost for removal and
disposal of house refuse for the year is £14,685 0s. 2d., which
works out at a rate of 7s. 6¾d. per ton for the Northern Division,
and 7s. l0½d. per ton for the Southern Division. Distributing the
total cost over the whole population of the Borough, it amounts to
1s. 3¼d. per head.