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bulk and nuisance may be reduced to a minimum.
These destructors and. carbonisers are similar in
every respect to those in use at Leeds, which town
I visited by order of the Vestry, and reported
thereon in September, 1880.
Slopping.—The boating away of slop and dry
sweepings to South all under contract by Mr. J. P.
Clark during the year at 1s. 9d. per ton, which sum
includes the haulage, tonnage, and use of shoot,
amounted to 20,381½ tons, the maximum number of
loads collected in one week being 880 and the minimum
176, thus giving a daily average of 65.17
loads, a few tons of slop and sweepings being shot
away at open shoots; 5,333 horses and carts being
employed in collecting, averaging daily 17.20 loads,
or at the rate of 3.78 loads per horse per day.
Watering.—During the season, the water vans
were out 150 days, 3,884 horses were employed,
giving an average of 25.89 horses and vans per day
—the streets being watered as often as necessary.
The quantity of water used during the season for
road watering and road making purposes, amounted
to 27,596,460 gallons, costing £985 18s. 4d.— this
quantity being recorded by 51 water meters, one
meter being attached to each stand-post.
Carting Roadway Materials.—Including work