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to comply with the Act of Parliament and forthwith to
kerb and pave the footpaths and make up the roads to
your satisfaction.
With regard to the general sewage and drainage
of the Hamlet, I am enabled to say that there is not a
house in the Hamlet which has not the means of drainage
into a sewer, although in some few instances it
occurs that there is not a sufficient sewer immediately
in front. These instances are few and are in course of
being remedied.
The state of our sewers, gullies, ventilating shafts,
and in many cases the house drains communicating
therewith, is, to my mind, not satisfactory, and I think
I cannot do better than call to your minds portions of
my reports on these matters.
The first is dated August 7th, 1865, and is as follows:—
"Complaints are constantly received of the
annoyance experienced by persons from our untrapped
gullies in the public roads, and at this season of the
year the eminations are very offensive.
"We have about four hundred and fifty such gullies
in this Hamlet, and to provide traps and to fix them
will cost on an average about fourteen shillings and six
pence each.
"Is it your wish that any steps should be taken
towards remedying the nuisances complained of?"
Up to the time I write nothing has been done to
mitigate the evil which, in my judgment, requires im-