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Ground Stone Lime 2 cub. yds.
Portland Cement 215 tons
3 in. York Flags 8145 super, ft.
Victoria Stone 158 ,,
4 in. by 7 in. Guernsey Setts 251 tons 17 cwt.
4 in. by 4 in 33 ,, 11 ,,
3 in. by 7 in 10 ,, 0 ,,
3 in. by 5 in. Setts (Wharf) 510 ,, 10 ,,
6in.by 12 in. Guernsey Kerb (straight) 783 ft. 4 in. lineal
6 in. by 12 in. ,, (circular) 40 ft. ,,
Stock Bricks ,, 5000
Gault ,, 10858
Blue Staffordshire Bricks ,, 100
Blue Lias Lime ,, 2£ tons
Bull Nosed Bricks ,, 200
Fine Gravel ,, 46 tons
Removal of Slop.
Up to the 29th September, 1896, the Contractor was required to remove the street
sweepings to a shoot provided by him outside the parish, but since that date it has been
taken to the Vestry s wharf in Rotherhithe Street, and tipped into craft provided by the
Barging Contractor. During the year 9,518½ cubic yards of slop have been removed
from the streets by the Contractors, Mr. E. Donogan and Messrs. A. T. Hobman & Son, at
a cost of £1,205 16s. 9d., but to which amount must be added the proportion of the Barging
Contract. This quantity is in excess of the previous year by 1,883 cubic yards, or 23 per
cent., practically the whole of such increase occurring in the last quarter (January to
March). A small poition of this increase can be accounted for by the more efficient
cleansing of the main loads by sweeping them with the machine brush, which commenced
work on the 16th January, but the greater portion was caused by the extremely wet season,
and the many endeavours made to finish the work each night, only to find that it was
necessary to do the same work again next morning, and to the snow-storms which occurred
7th, 23rd and 25th January, the collections for this work being included in the total
for the year, and amount to 310 cubic yards.