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agreed sum is £1,400 per annum in excess of the recently
expired contract, and £2,700 per annum more than the
previous contract.
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 10,156
Slop 536 5,621
The cost of Street Watering last year was £965 9s. 3d.,
or £80 15s. l1d. more than in 1890-91.
WORKMEN'S SICK FUND.
A sick fund, on the principle of a slate club, limited to
the Vestry's workmen, has been in operation since the 1st
August, 1887. The Vestry contribute the sum of 5s. a week
to the funds of the club, in lieu of allowing sick pay to
individual workmen. The bulk of the surplus is divided
among the members at Christmas in the usual way, but one
of the rules requires that a balance of not less than £10 be
carried forward at the end of each year to provide for the
payment of sick allowances before sufficient has been received
from members' subscriptions to meet necessary outgoings.
REMOVAL OF SNOW.
In anticipation of the approach of winter, the Vestry
sought and obtained permission from the Thames Conservators
and the London County Council, to cast clean snow
over the parapet of the Victoria Embankment into the