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of the parish. Various necessary works have been
carried out, such as raising the wharf wall, constructing
staging, &c., to adapt this wharf for the
removal of the Slop and Dust which are comprised
in the arrangements for these two departments.
STEAM ROAD ROLLER.
The advisability of purchasing a steam roller
for the repair of the roads has been frequently
brought to the notice of the General Purposes
Committee, and as a tentative movement, permission
was accorded by the Vestry to the Surveyor
to hire a steam roller when he considered it could
be economically used. Up to this time he has not
taken advantage of this permission, for the reasons
that, during the summer months, but little general
repairs are carried on, and the whole of the horses
are, as a rule, engaged in watering; and on the
wet days of summer there is a surplusage of horses,
which are consequently available for use in any
required rolling, with the present five ton horse
roller.
In the winter season, when the whole of the