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accounts, the perusal of draft reports, business connected
with the three audits to which the accounts are subjected,
and a large amount of detail not calling for special notice
here
WORKS AND GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE
By the unanimous vote of the Committee the Hon
Ashley Ponsonby was re-elected Chairman and Mr Thomas
Horn Vice-Chairman at the first meeting in the parochial
year
Such a number and variety of questions have engaged
the attention of the Committee, that the briefest possible
mention of them would occupy at least seven pages The
following analysis has therefore been made, the figures
set againt each class of subjects being added to denote the
number of times each subject has been before the Committee
Ordinary repairs of roadways and footways 16
Street improvements 32
Drainage of private buildings 9
Proposals to build beyond the " general line of
buildings" 10
Street lamps and public lighting 5
Private lamps, signboards, and other projections
over the public footway 10
Obstructions of the public highway 7
Public urinals, including water supply 12
Flooding of basements through overflow of main
line sewers 10
Street refuges for pedestrians 10
Disturbance of highways by Electric Lighting
Companies 10
New wood-paving or asphalte works 10
Vaults under the public footway 7
Tenders for works and services 7
Formation of new roads and sewers 7
Closiug of public thoroughfares 6