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Dusting and Scavenging, &c.
The first quarter of the year the work of cleansing the whole Parish,
removing the dust, and cleansing the gullies was carried out by Mr.
William Winn, of Gloucester Street, Curtain Road, (under a contract),
for the sum of £875 for the quarter.
The Vestry then entered into a contract for dusting and scavenging
&c. the whole Parish with Mr. William Clilverd, of Acorn Wharf, Great
Cambridge Street, for one year, from the 24th June, 1870, to the 24th
June, 1871, for the sum of £3,500.
The first three months under this contract the work was performed
exceedingly well, in the second three months there was a slight falling
off, but altogether the work for this period was very fairly done, but in
the winter months the greater portion of the work was entirely neglected,
and on the 3rd of January, 1871, the Yestry were compelled to fine
Mr. Clilverd £50 for neglect of duty, and then gave orders that horses,
carts and men should be employed to more properly cleanse the streets,
&c. in the Parish, which order was carried out; and for the four weeks,
ending 25th March, 1871, Mr. Clilverd ceased to act, and the Yestry
were compelled to perform the whole of the dusting and scavenging,
charging the cost thereof to the contractor.
The following are the amounts paid for labor and cartage, &c., in
consequence of the non-fulfilment of the contract by Mr. Clilverd:—
Mr. Henry Dodd—labor and cartage £422 0 0
Mr. Charles T. Parsons ditto 227 0 0
Mr. William Winn ditto 33 12 0
Mr. Henry Crane—cartage 152 0 0
Labor employed by Vestry 72 11 3
Brooms 220
£909 5 3
The amount expended by the Yestry in cleansing and dusting the
Parish through the neglect of the contractor, being greater than the
amount of the contract for the quarter (£875), nothing was paid to Mr.