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Act, 1862, much time and attention is still required
in obtaining payment of the estimated expenses, and
in carrying out the works at the cost of owners of
houses and land abutting on such streets. The
various sums received by this Department and, as
usual, paid to the Vestry Clerk are included in the
yearly Cash Account of the Vestry.
A number of new streets have been formed and
laid out, but not completed in consequence of the
non-payment of all the estimated expenses for paving
works. Many are nearly finished, and will be
referred to in next year's report.
The length of streets maintained at the cost of
the Vestry is 44 miles 6 furlongs and 194 yards.
Gas and Water Companies, and others, have
opened 3,969 trenches in the streets, and the cost of
reinstating same is £1,185, which has been repaid to
the Vestry.
New Sewer Works, Buildings, and Drains.
Five hundred and fifteen feet run of sewer, of a
capacity of 3 ft. 9 in. by 2 ft. 6 in., together with
side entrance and air shafts, have been constructed
by the Vestry's Contractor, in Inverness Terrace,
between Porchester Gardens and Inverness Place,
in lieu of a 12 in. pipe sewer constructed in the