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meters, one being attached to each post, the reading
of the indices being taken fortnightly, the quantity
recorded being for the season—
25,396,360 gallons from the Grand Junction Water
Company's Mains, and
5,240,970 gallons from the West Middlesex Water
Company's Mains,
making a total of 30,637,330 gallons, costing £997
3s. 5d. Some of the before mentioned quantity of
water has been used for road-making and cleansing
purposes.
Days
Working and
Expenses.
The men and water vans were out during the
Season, from 1st March to the 30th November, 142
days, 4,477½ horses being engaged in this work, giving
an average of 31.53 horses and vans per day. The
wages paid amounting to £942 1s. 6d. During the
middle of the season 204 horses were hired, the
amount paid for same was £86 2s.
Sanding Frosty Roads.—This work was transferred
from the Highway Department to the Works
Department on the 6th of November last. The
winter has been an unusually long and trying one,
owing to the incessant frosty weather and occasional
falls of snow, thus causing the roadways, especially
the wood paved roads, to be more or less slippery and