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the exception of slight repairs and clearing drains
where stopped, the only result has been the removal
of one urinal from the corner of Bridle Lane, next
Brewer Street. A praiseworthy attempt to erect
one of superior construction in Cork Mews unfortunately
proved abortive. The only course
apparently open to the Vestry at present is either
to sink them below the surface of the ground, or to
rent or hire premises for the purpose of constructing
these most necessary conveniences. I have in
previous Reports urged upon the Vestry the urgent
necessity of giving this subject full consideration,
and therefore need not needlessly occupy time or
space in again recurring to it, trusting that all the
members feel the responsibility that rests upon them,
and the great powers that are vested in them by the
Legislature to meet that responsibility.
With regard to the various other matters connected
with the Surveyor's department very little,
if any, explanation is required; suffice it to say
that all that has been necessary to be done has
been done; such matters as involved expenditure
have received the attention and sanction of the
Works Committee, and are mentioned in the
annexed lists. A great portion of the duties of
the Surveyor's department cannot be detailed here
without occupying a greater amount of space than
the Vestry might think it wise to publish. They
are all necessary though not interesting; and I
wish to call the attention of the Vestry to the fact