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advantageous to construct suitable furnaces for
burning this refuse together with other combustible
materials, as is now done in several large towns in
England, and on the Continent.
The outlay to erect furnaces would soon be repaid.
It is now incurring an expenditure of 2s. 4d. per
ton, or something like £190 per annum before the
Vestry are free from this obnoxious material, and it
must be borne in mind that the present contract to
receive it, is made, subject to the contractor having
his tender for the supply of gravel accepted.
Considerable difficulty was experienced in the
winter months owing to the severe frost entirely
blocking the canal for twenty-four days. This necessitated
the ashes, breeze, and slop being deposited
on the wharves, thereby increasing the expense of
labour.
Slopping.—During the year 26,971 loads of road
scrapings, slop, and water have been taken from the
roads, the maximum number collected in one week
being 1,588, and the minimum 219. The average
per day has been 87.85 loads.
During the same period off the Uxbridge Road
has been collected 3,288 loads, or an average of 62
loads per week; off Westbourne Grove 309 loads, or
an average of 5.83 loads per week.