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The cost of the same consumed during the year, has
amounted to £2,935 12s. 4d., equal to 13s. 6d. per horse per
week.
In addition to the foregoing, the Vestry plant has been
supplemented upon emergency for Road Watering, Cartage,
and Dusting by hired Carts, Horses, &c., which has amounted
to the sum of £630 13s. 6d.
During the past year 11 Horses have died, and 2 were
sold being unfit for further Vestry use, representing about 15
per cent. upon the average stud, it has therefore been found
necessary to provide for the vacancies so caused, and in order to
maintain the efficiency of the work, somewhat to increase the
stud, for which purpose authority was given by the Vestry to
purchase, and 15 Horses have, since Lady-day, 1889, been
bought under such order.
Total No. of Horses in stock at Lady-day,
1888 91
Purchased during the year ending Ladyday,
1889 3
94
Horses died during the year ending Ladyday,
1889 13
Total in stock at Lady-day, 1889 81
The death rate in the stud is somewhat high, but is due
almost entirely to natural decay, occurring principally in the
Dust Department with those horses which had been in the
Vestry service almost from the commencement of the Vestry
doing their own work.