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to such parts of the Eastern Counties, as experience
told them were good markets for the description of
manure, about 7000 tons of street refuse every year.
Any portion which was sold for manure was removed
by the Company free of cost to the Vestry, and upon
the portion not saleable the Vestry paid an uniform rate
of 1s. 6d.per ton, that being the minimum rate of the
Company.
In January last I received notice, under the agreement,
that the Company would close their gates against
the Vestry's carts within forty-eight hours, and this
they did.
For a week in January you were entirely without a
place of deposit, during this time the slop had to be
shot into barges, which were ultimately unloaded on
the banks of the river Lee.
At the time of the notice there were about 5000 tons
of material at the depot, which had been deposited by
the Vestry in a state of slop, and which was not only
unsaleable, but much of it, owing to the water it contained,
could not be removed in railway trucks. A
small portion has been taken away but a very large
quantity still remains. For the current year I was
enabled to enter into an agreement with the lessee of a
piece of land at Hackney Wick, to receive all the
Vestry's refuse for the sum of £60, which, under the
circumstances, was a good arrangement for the Vestry,
but this will not last beyond Christmas next. The
ultimate disposal of the refuse of London is a subject
which is becoming a greater difficulty to the various
Parishes every year. The Vestry may probably except
from me some suggestion as to what is to bo done in
the future, and although the question is one of universal