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SLOPPING, WATERING, &c.
This work has been carried out as heretofore
by the Vestry plant, &c., which has averaged as
follows:—
Horses 68
Water Vans 55
Water Carts 9
Material Carts 32
Slop Carts 40
Slop Vans 3
Horse Road Brooms 4
Horse Road Roller 1
The cost of the fodder, &c. for the horses in
this department has amounted to £3,310 14s. 1d.,
being at the rate of 18s. 8½d. per horse per week.
The following is an analysis of the fodder
consumed per week per horse.
Clover Mixture and Hay 3½ trusses.
Straw (including bedding) 1½ „
Oats bushels.
Beans 1/8 „
Bran 7½ lbs.
The expenditure for the past year amounted to
£13,355 10s. 9d.- in this cost is included, in