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the bishop's moat.
The unsatisfactory condition of this moat having been reported
to your Vestry, it was decided to request his lordship to allow it to
be either filled up or to thoroughly cleanse it.
I had a personal interview with his lordship on the subject,
when he declined the proposal to abolish such an ancient and
historical landmark.
He was subsequently, by your direction, served in the usual
way with a notice to cleanse it. This notice has been complied
with.
The Moat had not been thoroughly cleaned out since 1852,
and was in a very unsanitary condition, the accumulation of mud
and refuse being in some parts nearly seven feet in depth.
schools.
The various public schools in the parish were inspected during
the year, and, with three exceptions, were satisfactory.
The exceptions were—
The Harwood Road Board School.
St. John's National Schools.
St. Thomas's Schools.
In these schools the closets and urinals were kept in a most
unsanitary and filthy condition, through the neglect of the caretaker
in not properly flushing them, and perhaps a want of supervision
on the part of the masters.
These faults have been remedied, and will, I hope, not recur
again.
countess de la torre and her cats.
This lady has become a great nuisance in the parish from
the numerous cats which she congregates together.
The house in which she resides is simply stinking from cats
excrement, and the flooring of the various rooms is impregnated
with feline urine.
On a summons taken out by direction of your Vestry, Mr. C.
Bennett granted a prohibitory order on the 2nd March,'and at
present a summons for penalties for non-compliance with it is
pending.