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The cost of repairing sewers, bricking up old disused
drains, new side entrance covers, manholes, &c., amounted
to the sum of £59 4s. 4d. for the year.
GULLIES.
Thirteen gullies have been reconstructed, and sundry
others repaired, at a cost of £49 19s. 1d. The new ones
are situate as follows:—
Clifford Street 1
Cork Mews 1
Golden Square 6
Great Marlborough Street 1
King Street (St. James's Square) 1
Old Burlington Street 2
Wardour Street 1
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CLEANSING SEWERS AND GULLIES.
The cost of labour for cleansing the sewers was
£156 17s. 10d.,and for emptying 1,819 gullies, £71 8s. 5d.,
the accumulations removed from the sewers and gullies
being carted away by the slopping contractor, under his
contract, without extra expense to the Vestry.
CONNECTIONS TO SEWERS.
Twenty-eight new connections from houses have been
made to the sewers by men in the employ of your Vestry.
EXAMINING OUTLETS TO DRAINS.
Examinations of outlets of drains have been made in
ten cases. The fee for each examination is five shillings