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the proposed alterations were made, and the Church reopened
for Divine Service on the 19th October.
SCAVENGING, DUST REMOVAL, &c.
A revision of the conditions of the contract for dust
removal and scavenging has led to a considerable reduction
in the cost. The number of road sweepers employed by the
Vestry is reduced to 18, and the total cost of the work for
last year was £4,469 13s. 4d., compared with £5, 498 16s. 8d.
for the previous year. Details of the cost will be found on
page 206, Appendix B.
The following is a statement of the number of loads
reported to have been removed from the parish during the
Year : —
Cart loads. Wagon loads.
Dust 4,540 1,689
Slop 1 255 4,796
A revision of the conditions of the contract for Street
Watering has also resulted in a large saving, in spite of the
exceptional dryness of the season of 1884. The cost last year
was £934 9s. 8d., or £197 15s. 2d. less than in 1883-4.
CONTRACTS FOR WORKS AND MATERIALS.
The contracts entered into last year for a period of three
years, terminable at the end of the first or second year at the
option of the Vestry, are still in force.
STREET LIGHTING.
On the 25th March, 1884. there were 745 public lamps in
the various thoroughfares of the Parish, 726 oi which were
ordinary street lamps (540 burning cannel gas, and 186