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per week. Considerable difficulty was experienced
under the May Contract, the clover and hay sent
being of such inferior quality that it had to be
constantly rejected, better quality being obtained
elsewhere, the Contractor being charged with the
excess of cost.
Carts.— The several needful repairs have been
carried out by the artisans in the employ of the
Vestry. The patent tipping waggons, purchased
from Messrs. Glover & Son, of Warwick, are a great
improvement over the old description of slop and
dust carts, and the saving in maintenance, wear and
tear of horses, by their extended adoption as the old
description of carts wear out, will be considerable.
Harness.— All repairs, and making new sets as
required from time to time, are done by the Vestry's
workmen.
Smiths and Farrier s Work.— During the year
the following work has been executed for the Highway
Department:—595 pickaxes lined and steeled;
12,8G8 pickaxes, 487 chisels, 17 paving hammers,
75 crow bars sharpened; and several miscellaneous
repairs of tools, &c. The whole of the horse shoes,
shoeing of the horses, sundry repairs of machinery,
and general smiths' work, in connection with the
Works Department, have been executed at the
Vestry's Depot.