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REPORT.
Gentlemen,
I have again the pleasure of laying
before you a few statistics appertaining to the ordinary
work of my department, for the year ending March
25th, 1876.
From the tables at the end of this Report of the cost
of road materials, labour, and horse hire, it will be found
that the year just completed compares favourably with
the two preceding, but I regret to say that the Vestry
have just entered a season during which their cartage
will cost them considerably more than it has for any like
period during the past ten years. This arises from
two causes, first, the large increase in the contract
price of horse hire; and second, the increased distance
the road sweepings have to be carted.
The Vestry have, for many years, had a great
advantage over most East End Parishes, in the facility
afforded to them for the removal of street refuse by the
Great Eastern Railway Company. This Company
entered into a contract with me on your behalf to carry