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SCAVENGING AND DUSTING.
In this department greater efficiency has been obtained through
the new system adopted at the latter end of the previous year. Each
street is now scavening in its proper order, and the sweepings and
slop are picked up much quicker and cleared away, although this
frequently means that a large quantity of water is hauled to the
shoot, but even with this and the heavy snow-storms early in 1900
the total amount of slop hauled to the shoot is only about 100 tons
more than the previous year, and this 100 tons is more than
accounted for by the snow-storms as every quarter of the year was
less than that of 1898, excepting the January to March quarter, that
being the period during which the snow storms occurred. This reduction
in the quantity of slop during three-quarters of the year is
no doubt due to two things: (1st) the asphalting of a number of
the Macadam carriageways, and (2nd) the adopting ot more gullies
in the streets. During the coming year a further improvement may
be looked for in the reduction of slop, over and above that caused by
snow.
The collection of dust is also working satisfactory, about thirefourths
of the Parish having a bi-weekly collection and the remainder
a weekly collection. The work here is getting much heavier, more
dust having been collected during the last twelve months than in
any recorded previous year, and amounting to about 3,000 tons more