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Upon the dust arriving at the Wharf, it is sorted and
screened; the ashes and breeze, and other saleable articles
extracted, being sold.
During the year the Committee entered into a contract
with Mr. H. Chambers, of Faversham, for the purchase of
the ashes and breeze at an increased price, the amount
received for same being £1,491 14s. 4d., or £368 6s. Od. in
excess of the previous year's receipts. The receipts for sundry
articles sold amounted to £140 2s. 7d.
The broken crockery ware, clinkers, &c., were sent away
as hardcore in 14 barges at a cost of £64 8s. Od.
The remainder of the refuse, consisting principally of
rubbish, was burnt in the furnace.
The increase in the sale of the ashes and breeze has enabled
the system to be carried out practically without any increase in
the expenditure.
As the amount of rubbish received is greatly on the increase
it was necessary to keep the furnace burning day and night,
including Sunday, (and also to occasionally hire barges, and send
it away in the rough), to prevent accumulation on the Wharf.
The furnace became in such a dangerous condition that the
Vestry decided to erect a "Destructor" that would be capable
of not only burning the refuse previously burnt in the furnace,
but the soft core and vegetable refuse at present barged away.
A contract was entered into with Messrs. Joseph Baker &
Sons, of Willesden Junction, in November last.
During the building ot the Destructor the rubbish was
sent away with the street sweepings and hardcore in "lighters,"
instead of separately as before. The number of "lighters''
hired was 48, and the cost £460 3s. 6d.