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NEW GULLIES AND AIR-SHAFTS.
New gullies were constructed, and present gullies
were altered for road drainage where necessary in the
foregoing roads. Air-shafts were also constructed in
conjunction with new sewers, and when permission could
be obtained, ventilating-shafts were carried up walls of
houses and other suitable places to discharge into the upper
air instead of at the road level.
SEWERS—REPAIR AND CLEANSING.
The local sewers are cleansed by the flushers in the
employ of the Vestry. The quantity of slop removed from
the same during the past year was 517 cart loads.
Special attention was also given to the cleansing of
gullies.
HOUSE DRAINAGE.
288 applications have been received for the drainage
of 770 houses into the sewers and the works in connection
therewith were carried out under inspection. This number
includes mainly the reconstruction and the re-modelling of
the drainage of old houses as well as the drainage of new
property.