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nected with each inlet. (2) To provide proper
water-closets in each house, having their cisterns
so fixed, and their water supply apparatus so
constructed and arranged as to ensure the efficient
scouring of the soil pan: and (3) To carry out
these and all other necessary works under the
supervision of the Surveyor. It is satisfactory to
be able to state that these improvements, which have
occupied the attention of the Sanitary Committee
for many years, were eventually, though after much
delay, thoroughly completed.
With reference to the reconstruction of the
drainage of Alfred Road, I much regret that I
cannot report any progress since the date of my
last account. The houses are drained on the same
plan as those in North Wharf Road, and the same
remedy is applicable in the one case as in the other.
As previously stated, the matter was placed in the
hands of the Highway Committee, who in
January, 1866, ordered that estimates should be
prepared. The further steps taken will be recorded
in the next Annual Statement.
Proceedings under the Nuisances Removal Act.
In my last Report I referred in detail to the
proceedings under the Nuisances Removal Act
against the owner of No. 15, Church Place, who,
having been convicted on the 14th of March, after
two adjournments, disregarded the Order then
made, so as to place the Local Authority under the
necessity of carrying out the requirements of the