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amount of time on the part of the Assistant Inspectors,
as it is not only the first visit, but the second, and
in many instances a third visit must be made to the
houses in order to see that the necessary work is
carried out.
It will, however, be seen from the Summary that
2,729 houses were inspected during the year.
An additional Inspector has recently been
appointed, and consequently the more frequent
inspection of the tenement houses of the District can
now be made.
DAIRIES, COWSHEDS, AND MILKSHOPS.
Privy Council Order, 1885.
The inspection of the Cowsheds, Dairies, and
Milkshops in the District under the above order has
been carried out as in other years.
As mentioned in my last report the Cowsheds
are gradually disappearing, at the present time there
is only one remaining in the Kilburn District.
The vendors of milk find it more profitable to
receive the milk from the country than to keep their
own cows, and the grazing land being utilised for
building purposes likewise handicaps the keeping of
cows.
There are seven cowsheds in the remaining