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Three Slop-carts have been purchased during the year, and the
work of cleansing the streets has been extended and improved;
but I am bound to say in very wet weather I have not a sufficient
number of slop-carts to clear the streets of slop as rapidly
as I should wish. As the ground is built upon in the district
the difficulty of finding shoots for the slop will increase, and
it is already felt, for I have now to carry slop a very much
longer distance to obtain a shoot than formerly. The table
includes the material used for raising the roads where the new
kerbing and channelling has been laid; also in re-coating and
repairing the older paths laid with tar pavement. The roads are
in good condition. The total cost of the Highways in Lewisham
for maintenance, slopping, and new gullies during the year was
£8,255, and in the Hamlet of Penge £1,783. There were many
new gullies constructed in Lewisham and in the Hamlet of Penge.
This cost includes work in raising roads necessitated by kerbing
and channelling, and making up road under the 106th Section.
The rainfall from the 26th March, 1875, to the 25th of
March, 1876 (inclusive), was as follows:—
in. dec.
1875. March 0.500
April 1.550
May 1.460
June 2.280
July 5.280
August 2.280
September 2.660
October 4.130
November 2.900
December 1.060
1876. January 1.120
February 1.490
March 1.930
28.640
Rain fell on l65 days, and the rainfall was 0.25 more than the
corresponding period of last year. There was a very heavy
thunder-storm upon the 7th of August. Great damage was done
to the roads, particularly the Belvedere Road, in Penge. The
storm lasted about an hour. The rainfall registered during the