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with Bray's Traction Engine, as to its capabilities
and advantages for drawing the large roller; the
result of such experiments proved beyond doubt that
the engine might have been very advantageously
used if terms could have been made, but the roller
was not subsequently required frequently enough to
warrant the Committee in recommending the Vestry
to make any arrangement with the Traction Engine
Company.
The other Paving Works executed by the Vestry
for the twelve months have been a multitude of
small repairs, and making good where the surface
Paving has been in any way disturbed; but, on the
whole, the amount performed has been less than
in previous years.
The Works in connection with Sewers have not
been so heavy either. The annexed list shews the
principal, if not the only, Works performed by the
Vestry during the twelve months; the remainder
consist principally of cleansing and very small
repairs to gullies: the time of the flushers (the
men employed by the Vestry) has been devoted to
cleansing Sewers, removing all obstructions, both
in the Sewers and mouths of Drains and Gullies,
and generally investigating complaints that can
only be arrived at from underground inspection.
One new Urinal has been erected by the Vestry,
in place of one removed in Vine Street; this Urinal
contains accommodation for five, and is, in fact, the
remaining half of the erection originally fixed in the