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The cost of lighting, cleansing, and maintaining has been as
follows:—
£
s.
d.
Gas Light and Coke Company—Gas
2,540
19
9
Repairs to lanterns and painting
14
9
6
Alterations in the position of lamps
28
6
2
New columns and lanterns
87
2
9
St. James' Vestry—Moiety of cost of 3 refuge lamps
in the Haymarket
42
15
4
£2,713
13
6
SLOP AND DUST COLLECTING.
From the tabulated statement attached to this Report it will be
seen that there have been removed from the parish 23,814 cubic
yards of house refuse, and 9,024 cubic yards of slop.
The Vestry's dust vans have been increased in size by providing
new side-boards of an extra depth, thus giving a capacity of
another cubic yard. This has been found to be more economical
than hiring extra vans as formerly.
In addition to the hand sweepers, 2 machine brooms, and 10
Slop and Dust Vans have been employed in this work. It
has also been found necessary occasionally to employ extra slop
vans.
The cost has been as follows :—
£
s.
d.
Wages, Sweepers
387
16
5
„ Dustmen
337
17
6
„ Work for the Unemployed
101
0
11
„ Gabriel, J. S., receiving rough dust (contract)
1,430
18
0
„ „ slop („)
721
0
0
Carried forward
£2,978
12
10