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Hampstead Destructor. The Sub-Committee also inspected the Hampstead Vestry's
Destructor at Willesden, which however, they found would
not in any way compare with the one at Hornsey.
Newington Vestry depots. The Sub-Committee then, by invitation, visited the Depots
of the St. Mary, Newington Vestry, situated at Sevenoaks,
Longfield, and Meopham, in Kent, and minutely examined the way in
which that Vestry treated their house refuse, etc., from which it appeared
that since 1873, that Vestry had expended out of the rates the sum of
£38,000, with which they had purchased about 30 acres of freehold land and
erected thereon permanent buildings, and that from statistics supplied by
the Clerk to that Vestry (who accompanied the sub-committee) it appeared
that between 1873 and 1890, the profits which accrued from the sale of
breeze and manure had amounted to £35,500, leaving only £2,500 of the
£38,000 taken out of the rates to be paid back, the Vestry now possessing
three valuable freehold depots at which to treat their refuse, etc.
Advertiscmets for land. The Sub-Committee then gave instructions for advertisements
to be inserted in various newspapers for land, for the
treatment of this Vestry's house refuse, etc., and, having received the
following replies:-
No.
Situation of Land.
Acreage.
Price.
•
Remarks.
1
Rainham Creek, Essex
Not given
£150 per
acre
2
Bletchley
„
£300 to
£500 per
acre
3
Willesden
„
£900 to
£1,500
per acre
Viewed
4
Belvedere, Kent, with river
frontage of 250 to 300 feet
40 acres
£500 per
acre
5
Town Mead Road, Fulham
14 „
£2,200
per acre
6
Waste land, abutting on River
Rodney
Not given
Not given
7
Southall, with private dock
from Grand Junction Canal
to public footpath at the
boundary
19 acres
£3,000
Viewed
8
Dagenham, Essex, with rights
over Canal to Bream Bridge
10 acres
1,500
Viewed
or
Dagenham, with sole rights
over Canal as far as constructed
Over 20
acres
£2.500
Viewed