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teen Gulleys have been constructed, and forty-nine
Gulleys repaired in various parts of tlie Parish.
Forty-one Gulley Drains have been cleansed and
the soil carted away.
The Sand or Catch Pits constructed beneath the
grates of the Street Gulleys have been emptied and
cleansed, and the deposits removed therefrom, at the
rate of 35 gulleys per day; making an aggregate of
10,206 removals during the year.
Five hundred and twenty-nine distinct Works
relative to the repair of Sewers and Gulleys, laying
pipe drains, fixing traps, cleansing, &c., have been
executed at a cost of £1,835:17:5. This amount
includes the sum of £G66:9:5 received from various
parties for fixing traps at outlets of drains, constructing
gulleys in new Streets, laying new drain pipes
under Footways and Roadways in connection with
House drains, and for examining drains as to cause of
stoppage in them, and their want of traps.
In addition to the above mentioned Works, two
hundred and twenty-three subjects of Complaints have
been received and entered in a Book kept for that
purpose, with reference to stoppages in Gulleys, Drains,
Sewers, &c., and in most instances the drains were
relieved and the cause of complaint removed. The
number of examinations made, have been one hundred
and fourteen, at a cost to the Applicants of £22:16:0.