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WORK DONE BY THE WHARF STAFF.
The work consists of Slopping. Cleansing and Watering Roads,
Removing Dust and Carting Materials, chiefly in the Inner
Wards of the Parish, the number of horses being 50. The
following is an abstract of the work done during the year under
the above heads, viz.:—
Slopping and Cleansing.- 18663 Loads, or 36352 cubic yards
Slop have been brought into the wharf and discharged
into barges, the total cartage days occupied in this work
being 5803.
Removing Dust.- 18945 Loads, or 63244 cubic yards Dust
have been collected and shot into barges, the total
cartage days occupied in this work being 5386.
Watering Roads.- 1880 Cartage Days have been occupied in
this work.
Carting Materials.—2,526 Cartage Days have been occupied in
this work, of which about 600 days have been occupied
in removing infected and disinfected bedding and other
household articles.
Sawing Timber for Wood Paving.—

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