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The following table gives the number of extra men employed,
and the wages paid, to assist the clearing away the snow, and the
cleansing the roads in the winter.
LIST OF EXTRA MEN EMPLOYED TO CLEAR AWAY
SNOW.
Week ending.
No. of
days.
No. of
Men.
Rate per
Day.
Cost..
Total.
1886.
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
31st Dec.
5
82
2
6
10
5
0
”
5
203
3
0
30
9
0
1887.
40
14
0
7th Jan.
2
39
2
2
4
4
6
”
2
101
3
0
15
3
0
19
7
6
4 th Feb.
2
24
3
0
3
12
0
2
2
2
6
0
5
0
3
17
0
11th Feb.
6
144
3
0
21
12
0
18 th „
6
144
3
0
21
12
0
25th „
6
144
3
0
21
12
o
4th March
6
144
3
0
21
12
0
11th „
6
144
3
0
21
12
o
18th „
5
226
3
0
33
18
o
18 th „
5
47
1
6
3
10
6
37
8
6
25th „
3
48
3
0
7
4
0
61
1492
£216
11
0
Slopping
Vestry's Horses.
Hired Horses.
Total.
whole Days.
Half Days.
Whole Days.
Half Days.
1886
1,217
10
297 '
27
1,532½
1887
1,273
59
1,259
73
2,598
The number of loads removed last year was 9,194, and the
number removed this year was 15,588, being in each case an average
of six loads a day.
The price the Vestry has been paying for hiring a horse and
man during the year has been 10s. a day, reckoning the Vestry's
horses as worth the same money, the cost of carting the slop during
the year has been £1,299.