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considerable advance on the tenders accepted two years since,
the. total then being £3,200 per annum, compared with
£4,500 on the present occasion. The enhanced cost of dust
removal appears to be due to the larger supply of refuse as
the Metropolis extends, combined with a diminished demand
of ashes for brickmaking purposes in the suburbs, and the
additional cost of removing the refuse to a greater distance
than formerly. The contracts are entered into for a term of
three years, terminable at the option of the Vestry at the expiration
of the first or second year.
Sixteen Orderly Boys have been engaged to keep the woodpaved
carriageways clean, with fairly satisfactory results.
Each boy is provided with a red jersey by the Vestry, so that
he may the more easily be seen by drivers.
The regular staff of road sweepers now employed by the
Vestry numbers 18, and the total cost of the work of
scavenging and dust removal for last year was £4,727 6s. 4d..
compared with £4,469 13s. 4d. for the previous year.
Details of the cost will be found on page 110, 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. Wugon loads.
Dust 3,092 1,496
Slop 992 5,124
The cost of Street Watering last year was £907 13s. 5d.,
or £24 16s. 3d. less than in 1884-5.
REMOVAL OF SNOW.
Considerable inconvenience was caused throughout the
Metropolis by the heavy snowfall which occurred on the 6th
January, and the subsequent rapid variations in temperature.
The snow came quite unexpectedly, for early in the day it
was raining; the rain was succeeded by snow at about 6