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The whole of the trees are now maintained by
the Vestry. Ten trees required replacing with
new.
CLEANSING OF STREETS.
The sweeping of the streets was carried out as
follows :—Two gangs, each consisting of 6 men with
ganger, and two machine brooms were employed to
sweep each main road in the Parish every night
and the remainder of the streets were swept not less
than three times a week, and a considerable number
every day, by 2 gangs of sweepers consisting of 8
men each including ganger, and one machine broom.
The whole of the day sweepers were also employed
on Sunday morning in generally clearing up the
streets ; the market streets were also cleared at
mid-day.
Temporary Sweeping Gang.—A temporary gang
of sweepers was employed as required, the wages
of which, including those employed in the removal
of snow, was £557 19s. 10d.
The number of loads of street sweepings removed
was 8,279, being an increase of 1,254 loads, or an
average increase of 24 loads per week. The average
number of horses employed was 13 per day,
including those with the brooms.