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drains for parties requesting and paying for such
examination. All drains where obstructions in them
could be removed were relieved by the use of rods,
but where the obstruction was caused by their
defective condition, so that the stoppages could not
be removed and necessitated their reconstruction,
the same was carried out at the cost of the
applicants.
The periodical cleansing of brick sewers and
removal of heavy deposits from them has been done
by the Vestry's workmen. In order to still further
cleanse some of the large sewers, water has been
used in sufficient quantity for that purpose. The
small brick and pipe sewers have also been dealt
with in the same manner, with beneficial results.
In addition to the cleansing of the beforementioned
sewers, the workmen employed by the
Vestry have removed from the sand-pits two thousand
three hundred and ninety-one cubic yards of deposit,
and the number of removals from the sand-pits
is 31,948.
This very necessary work keeps a large amount
of deposit from entering the sewers, and thereby
allows the water from the surface of the roads iree
course thereto.
The condition of all the public urinals in the