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ARTICLES OF FOOD, &c., condenmed and destroyed by me as
being unfit for human consumption:—
4 barrels of Potatoes
1 box of Apples
2½ bushels of Apples
25 Rabbits
168-lbs. of Veal.
SALE OF FOOD AND DRUGS ACT—See Analyst's Reports.
REMOVAL OF DUST.—During the year ending 25th March,
1880, the dust on the whole has been fairly removed from
the parish; and there has been about the same number of
applications for the removal of dust from private dwellings as
last year. The number of applications during the past year,
compared with the number of applications during the previous
three years, is shewn below:—
Eastern Division. Western Division.
1st. 2nd. 3rd. 1st. 2nd. 3rd.
1879-80 1163 9 0 1105 4 0
In the three previous years the average number was—
1st. 2nd. 3rd. 1st. 2nd. 3rd.
1138 8 0 1613 12 0
The plan of exposing the letter D in the front window when
an inhabitant requires the dust removed has answered satisfactorily.
The removal of dust is better attended to than in years
past, but there are large accumulations speaking generally, and
this to a great extent is due to the neglect of the inhabitants
themselves in not sufficiently recognising the necessity for its
removal.
To show how enormous is the quantity of dust and the
accumulations of decomposing matter, it is enough to mention