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150 loads of deposit were removed from the
sewers and gullies.
45 private drains were let off by the sewermen at
the expense of the owners of the premises upon
which the drains were stopped, lor which the sum
of £4 10s. was received by the Vestry.
VENTILATION OF SEWERS.
A ventilating shaft was constructed in Coburg
Street, consent having been obtained to carry a
pipe up the back of the premises at the corner of
Coburg Street and Skinner Street.
A ventilating column was fixed in Northampton
Square gardens, opposite Smith Street; and one at
the S.E. corner of the reservoir in Claremont
Square.
NEW SEWERS.
About 35 feet of 12-in. pipe sewer was laid in
William Street in place of a defective brick barrel
sewer.
About 20 feet of 12-in. pipe sewer was laid in
Field Place, in place of defective brick barrel
About 180 feet of 9-in. pipe sewer was laid at the
rear of Nos. 51, 53, and 55, Penton Street and St.
Silas Church, to connect with the sewer in Risinghill
Street.
Complaint having been made by the Cannon
Brewery Company of the defective condition of the
sewer passing through their premises, and a request