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All necessary Books and Documents having been designed
and provided, and other arrangements made, operations were
commenced in August, 1873, and Dr. Redwood's and the
Inspector's Reports thereon will be found at pages 31 to 37.
Paving.
During this period the Vestry had under consideration
the question of paying sundry streets of the Parish with new
Granite sets on Concrete, and of repaying with new such
others as required it, and having arrived at the conclusion,
after mature consideration, that it was economy to pave streets
of much traffic, and to borrow money for the purpose, the
repayment to be spread over 20 years, rather than to maintain
the streets with MacAdam, they agreed to pave to the extent
of some 30,000 yards, at an estimated cost of some £21,000,
and to borrow the money for the purpose, and in January,
1874 entered into a Contract for the work (see List of
Contracts.) This Contract having been executed subsequently
to the period embraced in this Report, the particulars
of the Streets paved, with cost, &c., will appear in the
following year's Report.
These being the chief operations of the Vestry, besides
their ordinary proceedings, during the period embraced in the
Report, the Reader is referred to the following ordinary
Statement of Accounts and Reports for further information
therecn.
ROBERT PAGET,
Vestry Clerk.