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The work done was equal to 10,242 working days for one horse
at 5s. 10d. per day.
This year's working shews a saving in the price per day this is
owing to the fact that you have kept a larger number of horses and
therefore all the Establishment and general charges are distributed
among a greater number of working days.
The time was divided as follows :—
1382 days for drawing materials for road repairs.
3326 „ carting street refuse.
4268 „ „ house refuse.
1266 „ watering roads.
10,242
LIGHTING.
The Public Lamps, 939 in number, have been supplied, lighted,
painted and cleaned by the Commercial Gas Co., at a cost of £3,452
19s. 9d.
SEWERS.
The cost of labour for cleansing sewers and gullies, and other
matters chargeable to sewers, has been £441 5s. 8d., as against
£629 7s. 1d. in the previous year, being much less than in preceding
years owing to the fact that a rigid watch has been kept upon the
scavengers to prevent the sweeping of slop into the gullies. It will thus
be seen that while the scavenging has not increased, a sum of nearly
£100 has been saved on the cost of cleansing the sewers.
Small works of construction and repairs to sewers, including
cleansing and relaying pipe sewers have been carried out at a cost of
£564 12s., including 19 new gullies.
During the year 56 houses have been connected with the sewers of
the Hamlet.
The quantity of material removed from the sewers was 109 yards,
and from the gullies 373 yards cube.
The condition of sewers in Commercial Road between Jamaica
Street and Bedford Street is such as to cause the greatest uneasiness to
the Sanitary authorities, owing to the diversion of a quantity of water
which formerly came through this sewer, it is deprived of all the
flushing power which it previously had.
I have made repeated representations to the officers of the St.
George's Vestry, with a view to adjoint re-construction of the sewer for
its entire length, but have failed to obtain any satisfactory arrangement;
it is therefore wirh considerable reluctance that I have been compelled
to advise you to ask the Metropolitan Board of Works to make an order
under their powers.