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"2.—With regard to the slopping and watering of the
"District your Committee having carefully considered the
"question arc of opinion that the present system should be
"continued."
The foregoing Report was received and adopted, and the
Committee was authorised to take the necessary steps to carry
out the scheme set out therein for the removal of house refuse.
A further Report was presented on the 23rd September as
follows:-
"It will be within the recollection of the Board that on the
"24th June last your Committee presented a Report embodying
"a scheme for the more efficient removal of house refuse in the
"District, and that the Board approved such Report and
"authorised your Committee to take the necessary steps to
"carry out the scheme.
"Your Committee now beg to report as follows:—
"1.—That in pursuance of the authority vested in them as
"aforesaid they have appointed James Archer, Robert Wooland,
"and Walter Morgan, who have been employed by the Board
"as sweepers, to act as Dust Collectors, and have given an order
"for them to be supplied with caps.
"2.—That the Dust Collectors commenced their duties on
"the 14th September instant, and have been engaged in
"delivering pails, and in assisting the Inspectors in getting the
"dust removed under the existing contracts.
"3.—That your Committee have directed that books be
"prepared in accorJance with a pattern approved by them,
"giving the dates and particulars of the dust collection from
"every house.
"4.—That they have directed that cards be printed and left
"at every house in the District setting forth the arrangements
"for the removal of dust, and the days of collection.