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REPORT, 1887-8.
tageous to them than taking the dust from the Metropolis,
as they thereby effect a large saving in the
expense of haulage and tonnage, which is an item of
serious consideration.
In June last Mr. Thomas Codrington, C.E.,
Engineering Inspector of the Local Government Board,
was instructed to report on the destruction of Town
Kefuse, and during twelve months he visited all towns
in Great Britain, where works of this description had
been established. He has furnished a most exhaustive
report on the subject. It is published by Messrs. Eyre
and Spottiswoode, and I recommend its perusal to all
interested in the future disposal of town refuse, which
sooner or later will have to be got rid of by cremation.
Slopping.
The contract for boating away the slop and dry
sweepings taken off the Parish roads was let to Messrs.
Studds & Co., at Is. 5½d. per ton. This sum includes
the haulage and tonnage to Iver, Bucks, also the free
shoot. 23,342 tons where thus taken away. The
maximum number of loads collected off the roads in
one week was 1,009, and the minimum 162, giving a
daily average of 75'05 loads—8,394 horses, vans, and
carts being employed in the collecting.
Cleansing the Public Streets.
As described in previous annual Keports, the Streets
are swept by gangs of men, assisted whenever