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Sewers have been made. Eighty-seven Gulley
Drains have been constructed in different parts
of the Parish for the purpose of carrying off the
surface water, and 109 repaired.
Total length of Brick Sewer constructed, 7815
feet run. Total length of Drain Pipe laid down,
5 miles, 212 yards. The value of these works I
estimate at £9,000.
About 1 mile of Brick Sewers, in which the
deposit varied from two to nine inches in depth,
have been thoroughly cleansed, the hard deposit
which could not be removed by flushing was raised
to the surface and carried away in carts.
Seventeen hundred and thirty-four Gulley
Drains and Sandpits have also been cleansed.
Jobbing Works, comprising 454 separate and
distinct works, such as the repair of Sewers and
Gullies, fixing Traps and other works connected
therewith, have been executed by the Contractor
to the Vestry, to the value of £1812: 19:6. This
amount includes the sum of £524: 13: 11 received
from Owners of Property for fixing Traps at outlets
of existing Drains, constructing Gullies, and
laying Drain Pipes under thoroughfares taken
to by the Parish.