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There has been one man generally employed in the stone yard
(Flemming Street) in dressing old stone, and his wages amounted to
£79 1s. 3d. for the year; the quantity and description of stone dressed
is as follows:—
580 yards 6 feet super Granites.
602 feet 6 inches super Moorstone
And 1076 feet run edge curb.
Sewers Work.
The only works performed by the contractor during the year were
a new gully constructed in Glo'ster place, Hackney road, at a cost of
£3 2s. 9d. (Bethnal Green contributing one moiety), and the 12-inch
pipe sewer in Queen square, Hoxton street, reconstructed for a length of
260 feet at a cost of £11 3s. 8d.
There are three men constantly employed in flushing the sewers in
the parish, also a laborer generally employed on sewers work, and their
wages amounted to £278 3s. 10d. for the year.
There is also one man employed in cleansing the seventeen urinals
belonging to the Vestry, and his wages during the year amounted to
£52 12s. 6d.
The number of public lamps in the parish on the 25th March,
1870, was—
Lighted by the Independent Gas Company 1110
Lighted by the Chartered Gas Company 71
1181
The total cost of lighting the parish for the year was £4562 7s. 9d.
Seventeen public urinals are maintained within the parish, and the
cost of water for cleansing was £11 12s. 6d. for the year.
As regards the general condition of the parish, I beg to state that
the carriageway paving is in very tolerable order, being to a large extent