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soft core, 39½ tons of bones, 49 tons of rags, 39
tons 5½ cwt. of old iron, 1 ton 16½ cwt. various
metals, 11 tons 11 cwt. of white glass, and 68 tons
of black glass have been abstracted.
In consequence of the severe frosty weather in
January last the canal traffic was entirely blocked
for nineteen days, causing great inconvenience and
expense in having to deposit the ashes, breeze, and
soft core on the wharves.
Slopping.—The quantity of road scrapings, slop,
water, and snow taken from the roads during the
year has been 27,906 loads, the maximum number
collected in one week being 2,731, and the minimum
221, giving a daily average of 89.44 loads.
From off Uxbridge Road 2,661 loads of slop and
snow, &c., have been collected, or a weekly average
of 51.17 loads; from Westbourne Grove 534.5
loads, or a weekly average of 10.27 loads.
In this Department the blockage of the canal
through frost also caused considerable expense and
inconvenience.
The beforementioned work has been executed
by 5,494 horses and carts, giving a daily average of
17.60 horses, or at the rate of 5.08 loads per horse
per day.
There has been sent away by the canal 22,846¾