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Street Orderly Boys.—The employment of these
boys to collect the horse droppings, and the use of
the street orderly bins, tends to keep the streets
clean and wholesome, and prevents a large amount
of dust that would otherwise be flying about to the
annoyance of the public. An extension of this plan
for keeping clean all the principal wood-paved roads
and streets would be an improvement on the present
system of sweeping.
The accompanying accounts and tables will
furnish details and. information in connection Avith
the before-mentioned works:—
A.—Account of expenditure and sales, &c., in
connection with the works of dusting,
slopping, watering roads, carting materials,
supply of gravel and hoggin to Highway
Department, repairs and maintenance of
water meters, stand posts, and supply of
water for road making and watering
purposes.
B.—Plant Capital Account.
C.—Road Sweeping and Cleansing Account.
D.—Return showing the weekly totals of the
number of horses employed dusting, slopping,
watering, and carting; loads collected,