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The total expenditure under the head of Slopping,
Watering, &c., amounts to £13,832 3s. 6d., which includes,
in addition to the ordinary expenses, the charge for the
Barging away the Slop, which in the past year amounted to
the sum of £2,044 15s. 6d.
The cost of this work for the past year is as follows:
Gross total expenditure £13,832 3 6
Deduct therefrom the expense for the
cartage of material, road rolling, and
all incidental (other than slopping
and watering) 2,223 14 0
Nett cost of watering and slopping £11,608 9 6
Being about £130 per mile.
The quantity of Slop collected was:—
Road Slop 26,300 loads.
Gulley Slop 2,003 „
Total 28,303 „
(In 1884-5 the quantity was 23,077 loads).
BARGING OF SLOP AND ROAD REFUSE.
These works under two special contracts have been
carried out by Mr. Stephenson of Chelsea, and Messrs.
Shelbourne & Co., of Limehouse. The quantity removed
by barge amounted to 21,164 cart-loads.