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Las diagrammas suivants iiluatrant la m*thoda. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 5 6 I ssaBBB^amm M iS To the Council of the Corporation of the City of Toronto • The Board of Works, in compliance with the requirements of the " Act to provide for the better administration ot the affairs of the Corporation;" beg3 to submit the forty aecond and final report of its transactions for the current year. On the 18th of January 1858 the following members of the Council were appointed to constitute the Board. Name'y : — Alderman Brunei. - - St. Georges Ward. *' Carr. - . « Andrew's *' « Dunn. - - « Patrick's " *< Mooclie. - _ « John's " " Ritchie. - - " David's « " Smith. - - " Jamea's " Councillor Gorrie. - - « Lawrence " A special meeting of the Board was held on the 21st of January, at which his Worship the Mayor presided, and there was a full attendance of the members who elected Aldernum Briuiel as their Chairman ; from that period to the present date, fifty regular and fifteen special meetings have been called, at eight of which there were no quorum and at the others, the attendance of members was as shown in an ap- pendix to this report which is inserted in compliance with the above mentioned Bye-Law. On assunnjnig ofli'ce, the Board found that in consequence of several unforeseen expenses, and of under estimating the cost of repairing anil inanitaininii" the city works, its predecessor had incurred liabilities to the extent of $2696 more than the Council of thai year had placed at its credit, this excess embraces the sum of $73 70 bein"- one half cost of flagging sidewalks opposite the pxernisea of M|. W. P. Howland. Do. Do. Do. Mr. C. E. Roraain. 212 80 Paid on account of judgment in favour of Janies Beatty, for claims of E. Coatesworth on contract, ibr repairing Streets in 1856.. ••... 563 52 Paid to J. G. Norris, for damages arising out of abandonment ot Work by the Ciiy 120 00 pii ' '\ Mil; ■;i i m Expended on .aboar for cteaniog .tree.,, during .he .nu.n- .lly ^n weather in Ihe two weeto P™"^_'|'» ^J"^ menl ot the Board 452 67 $1422. 7« Leading »n6».24 a, .he «no«n. .o h. a«o«».«i fo. by deficiency of estimates. A„.io„, .0 avoid the o^ec.ionaWe p.^«e ;^ ^^^ "-^ .erore ^-f'-^^^ro-Uheth 5 fX™! ^fid before th. in its second report, presentea mi " coraedod with the aboTO Council, a full statement of the -"^^^""'TJ^^f.h, ^ discharged mentioned over expenditure =.nd '«*'«»^^^*^ *"■;',, .^erre' to the f™™ the accounts of the -^'^^''-^ ''•;;Xhen L BoaM again Fmance Con.m,ltee, but as no ac.»n .^ .^^ ^^ brought the n-atter nnder .he not.c o ^^^^^^^ Report, which was «°«'=»"^ "' "^^j,^ fo, ,„« Hem : thai .a, directed to ",;\= ^^^'^ J ^'ratter was again brought Committee however faded to do so nnt.l ^ ^^^ ^ ^^^ „pbytbe S9th Report "' "^'tn^Two^M be charged ag^ intimation that .he over "P^"''*"™ f ^~' -^ ,hen.he Board had ,i« BPP-P'-'-" '-'>«, ';:"7,Crn:aS"- otherw-se provided every reason to suppose Iha. .he amonm n ..e appropria- ,. a^ ordered b, ^^^ ^^f^^f^^^^ t "a. to sur^n'd all "°" -' <°» '~'„' j^ rrltion .0 s^.;. repairing ; subsequen. to tha ::::rtLn:n'eT^h r:ii:r.r«>>e nectary action was ta.enbythe i-'mance Committee. ™s over expenditure js-s ^^^X^t^: ^^Z vrherewith to meet it at the disposal of the Board. VTh« nrincinte has been carefully followed during the year now tTh.8 P^'^^^P^ ;^ , v^ ^^e necessary works cf repairs have, m about to -l^«';"'fj^^3 J^^^^^^ beliered that the example thus set S^:nr r^^vX; for any inconvenience or damage that ^U be sustained. 7;^r;l;Tl t'T-"'''. wi,h i„,tr„ctio„s .0 expend it in of$100U«a»a]sop employment for .he unemployed anch works a. -"f,,^ \P™ '' J^^era.ions of the Board wer« lahourmffmen. Previous to mu luo i ^ ._u^i„ ««.f nf "r Ain *trpet reoairs of a minor character, mu """^^^ -—. -i :^:framo°,rit ilSs 35 > bu. subse,ue„. to that date, in order U, ^ire effect to the instructions which accompanied the vote of $4000, the gradin;; of Wood, Alexander and Maitland Streets, and ia connec- tion therewith tho fillinj; of Church Street was commenced, and at the request of the Committee oa Police and Prisons, some leveling on the Industrial farm was also undertaken. A large number of men were also employed in throwing snow fiom the guttera into the middle of the streets, which although an unusual employment is believed to have been. usefuJ, inasmuch as the water courses were thus kept free, the sleighiag within the City prolonged by at least two weeks, and the wear ared tear of the streets saved for that length of time. Other men were employed in breaking stone, but as the lirst co.st of the materiiii formed so la>-ge a share — about three- fourths of the outlay, it was con- sidered that the purchase of any eoiisiderable quantity Irom the funds above mentioned would be inconsist'eut with the intentions with which they were voted. Daring the month of March, while the above named works were in progress there were no less than 1021 applications for employment ; it was impossible with the organization then availiiblo or with the tools at the command of the Board to employ so many hands, the Board there- fore adopted the expedient of affording partial employment, and when men had worked four days, they were made to give place to others for a similar period, and so on ia rotation, the labour was thus distribu- ted amongst the whole of the unemployed as widely as possil ,e ; for the same purpose, the wages were fixed at half a dollar per day. But by those who are acquainted with the practical siiperintendance of labour it will be readily umlerstood that works executed under the above named circumstances will not liave been done in the most economical manner, and it is also sulliciently obvious that the economic results" which are anticipated from having kept the streets covered with snow as long as possible will not be appreciated immediately, it is therefore unavoid- able that the gross expenditure under the head of " general street account" will be somewhat greater than it would have been under other circumrtances ; but inasmuch, as by undertaking the work* ill the raauner stated, a very large measure of relief was provided for the industrial classes, who would otherwise have remained unemployed it is believed that tire Council as well as the citizens 'generally will concur in tiie course pursued. In its 12th report the Board presented to the Council, an estimate of tlie anticipated cost of current repairs, during the year, amounting to $67,617 1 being composed oi the following items. Stone and Labour for Repairing and maintaining macad- amized streets..., 42,000 00 il it 1 if ' SN H\ Mi I I 6 10,000 00 Scraping and cleanins do do 6,817 00 Renewal of sidewalks 5,000 00 Kepairs of sidewalks V* j^qoO W Renewal of street crossings 800 00 Repairs of culverts 2,000 00 c°"'"'s^»"'''-' - -i^iT^ The above e.in„te, ^^f-XTtZ:Z^l''^"^'^'y' proprialions of $6(W0,wa, adopted I'V '^'' ^ouncl on ^^^^^^^ IJ was believed to be a fa,r e.h.bu °f *« J« ^,^^5^, ;„ Uem, named, but owing .0 the cheapness l^^J ^y exercised in comparison witl> previous years, asjeU - " '"^o^de fmm the est- carrj-ing on the works, -.^'Se'^^^^l^;^ ,,^ ^„„ „, ,49,000 ™atea COS. ; notwuhstandrngt^ts ,ed„c. ^I'o .^^^_^^^^ voted by .!» Coancdon the 8.h J"^- '"--^ ^^ ,,„,, , i„aeea it of Works," was insunioient lo meet ine ^1 J p. ,,„„,. is difficult to imagine by ^J'^;::^:Z^^s for the yeur „i«ee arrived a. U. —.iT.Le been cognizant of. he f^. for th,s service, for .hat tomm ^^^^ ^__ ^^ „Je«alks, .,at .he e..pen ,.ure f 8 .^nd 1 , __^ ^^ ^^^.^ ^^^^^^„^ ^^ j„acadam./.ed roa>l,, - -" ^.j„^„y„ „p„,ic„, and when aU re- less than in 1853 by a veiy c „er.nanent improvements, to newals of sidewaU^s ««e prov del fo' » P-™ I„„„.provided be paid for ou. of borrowed car..a1, was m ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ,or in the current year by a ^^ ,* ",7;;p,„i„„ which is done in i.s teen compelled ., ^^l^^^^^^^'^^Z no. taken up in .ime.o enable 32nd Report, ■'"'l/'*°"f ^''i^lcessary for preservn.g the City the Board .0 perform Ihe lepairs nece ) . ^^_^ works in .hat state of thorough c can mess and o„j ■ desired, it must not be -''-''"^,*;' ^f J"<,^=Mated hasbeenpost- efTected^forthe "P™''''"'^'''"^"^, ■„ ,ho Snrin- at an enhanced poned for the present must be P— ' ,^'J ^ r;d recoatin, some of cost. Acomparat,veysm lo^ay -^;^^ ^ weather, for which the macadamued ^'""f ' ™'"^ ,,3^ ^j.^ some minor repairs lo cul- .he broken metal .s on hani «„e Jer ^__^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ verts, crossmgs, ami Ure 1 ke w ._^ ^^^^_ .^_ ^ ^^^^^ ^,^,^,i^„ to its successors all tne ciiy wun^o they have been in at any previous date. • ♦«,! f>,o nrinciole that "all renewal of Ti,o i<2t>( Reoort enunciated the principle "'*' _ Ihe i-iin Repuii. ^" t i\^^ annm} rpvenue, or m other works should be provided or ou. °^ "; . ","»'.„^n,„ _„, j ,^i„.. words shouU beconsiuered as repa»=, ..- • - -,,,,"„„ Zl^X street t««ount," before the commencement . the now r closiug municipal year this rula Aad not been followed, and a? previously stated the cost of all works that were entirely renewed was chiefly provided for out of the borrowed capital ; by the adoption of the present rule therefore the renewal of sidewalks estimated at $6817, and the renewal of wood crossings estimated at $1000, consti- tute a charge on the general street account not hitherto borne by it, and in order to institute a just comparison of that account with previ- ous years, the last mentioned items must be deducted, this being done the three years will compare as follows . Expenditure for general Street repairs in 1856 $52,719 Do Do in 1857 55,848 Do Do in 1853 37,880 8'i The total expenditure in 1858 having been $43,346 89. and the amount expanded for renewals as above explained, $5yl66 07 The amount placed at the credit of the general street account for the year now closinar, has been $45,000, to which the sum of $60 received for old plank sold by tender will be added ; the amount of a(jcounts audited tc> the present time is $43346.89, leaving a bal- ance of $1713.11 which \;'ill only suffice to meet the accounts outstanding, but not yet audited ; the Board is therefore of opmion that a further vote of $2,500 should be placed at the credit of the same account which will enable the Board to pass a balance to its successors sufli- cient to meet any einetgency that may arise, should, as is extremely probable, a period of open weather set in before the new Board has had time to press the matter on the attention of the incoming Council. In closing this part of its report the Board has much satisfaction in stating that while it inherited only 63 toise of broken stone for street epairs it will bequeath to its successor no less than 394 toise, which may be considered as an addition to the balance above mentioned of $5910 and as none but the best quality of field stone has been pur- chased during the cbsing year, this material is of a very superior quality. / The By-Law authorising the borrowing of $115,722, for permanent im- provements having received the sanction of the ratepayers, the Board set about the construction of the works therein provided for, but their ex- tent, and the lateness of the season at which the authority for their con- struction was obtained, rendered it impossible to complete them before the closing in cf winter. The principal works remaining unfinished are the experin.ental block paving on Yonge Street, for which the material is on hand, the laying down of some macadamizing, and the bouldur paviug on "viadsof II',' \U I* I I' , ,1. w ■ t i 1 « wu .f«r« Inaves the completion of these Mforks and Street, the Board therefore ^''^^^^^^^^ ^ .^ ^^-^ connexion it .o.e others of n.ino-t^^^^ :,%"l-L"r'ai;er.on of the funds, srf="::rtotA^^^^^ „ooled vrith the '«!'»'"' ' considerecl suffident and 10 tha lowe.. f "^P7'^,f J 17;to received complied ,vi,h ; Iho ,U„ forms under which ll.o '""^ «■; "°'° „ ^„„,j ko.t meellhe ap- noard ha, .aken .h.s ^"^^^^^^^^l ^ave heen thereby let a. p,„val of the Comieil, ''»' f ''> ™j'" ;„;„ „,e ^n.,, of inexpevi- a very lo» rate, ""^^f ? '^ ," :.':^,; ,,,s happened, that only o„o encod persons and. .uU. an cxtc I ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ot.hecon.rac.or, fon a 1 yn d w ^^ ,^, boea nearly been »"f»S^'' '" ^^^/h Icel ence in the construction of .he work,, '"""raiulitvo ha material, asthe Board wa,a„xio.„ to procnre, but '" '" "° T^^'l t believed tha they are asa whole equal, if not superior ra:;tr:^f::rr:ied..ti^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ X^°'Zrrmt^:r;h"o::m.or%erious^ the contractors. ■L i* fo^ttnn ?n referrinff to the extension of the TH.a Rnirfl has much satistaction m reicmuo t^ Ihe Board nas "^^ By-Law, and vvlxen the great value main ««^«7' ^-^ ^"^^^° . f,^^^^^^^^^^ s considered, their comple- of these works, in a f '^f ^ ^.^'f .f^^^'city generally; they constitute ^;;r"tC^-^^^-« ^^tedinWand itn^ as cuiui"cic u^ considered thus near com- But aUhoush the >"™ -"^ " La grTt measure to he provide,! ,„e,io„ the -t- ;-;^.X;;; , 1 auring tha greater part of the year '::.V "m rrc'tl por.io„s of .ha new Municipal Ao. which as to me luiiu lu . i r„oiiv m«!«5 the LefMslature, retarded the relale to .hese works -"^^X^^^^^:XlmJ. were w.llin, • constructiott of these «"^; ^ =", ,„hough tha law as it stand, ,0 be spacally assessed fo, '-'. ~; ,,^ „;^ „f „,„ ;„ ,he form authoraa, the levymg of a »P- ' -^ " ^^ ,^^^ ,,, .beir can- ot a rant charge, as wall as ™f' "S ""' / ^^^ can only be oflfee.ed by .he Crly ^'="8= .„„ „f ^ , ,e amount of subsidiary !;:-;:r:irr ollrruld ha,e bean cheerh^ny borne by the •-= ' ui,„„„h those reoomendaiions have Deen coneurruu in ry'rcltSC^^aereato accept .enderslor the w* the failure of the Finance Committee to provide the ways and means to meet thoir first cost has prevented the exoculionjof these very important improvements, The 26th Report of the Board which was adopted by the Council, on the 22nd of November, recommends, as a measure preparatory to placing the construction of works of this kind on a more satisfactory footing, that a general survey of the existing sewers, and a careful de- finition of the boun Varies of all property abutting on them should be made ; for this work some preparation has been made but tho pressure of other business incident to closing the accuunta fur the year has pre- vented greater progress. The amount made available for this service by the concurrence of the Council in the above named report is, $2046 and further particu- lars are shewn in the appendix In the appendix (p. 36) a synopsis of the works of permanent improvement is given by reference to which it will be seen that their total cost was estimated at $115,722, of which sum there has been expended $77,645,70, that the amount required to complete them is $15,155 70 and that the surplus which will remain will amount to about $22,532 20. It is not the duty of the Board to deal with this sur- plus, as the law provides that no money raised for a specilic purpose shall be applied to any other, but it is o;i"^tifying to know tho* the ex- penditure has been kept so much within the estimates. ill As many members of the Council as well as some ot the citizens ajjpear to entertain an erroneous opinion of the nature and extent of the duties which devolve on the Boanl, and its officers, it may not be amiss briefly to review the statistics by which those duties may be represented. The total amount of money expended by the Board during the year now terminating has been $149,509 08 exclusive of $912,64 which was also expended under its management on the Industrial Farm, this brings the gross amount to $150,421 72 ; but in justice to the Surveyor and his BtafTit must be stated that $ 10,600 has been expended under his supervi- sion by other committees, so that in calculating the per-centage ot cost for|8upervision and management the sura of 161,021 72 will ce used. The total cost of thi^ department for every purpose connected with this large outlay has been $3860,00 being 2 2-5 per cent ; of the sums thus expended, however; $43,346 was for repairs or general street account, a class of work which involves a very much larger expense for supervi- sion m proportion to outlay than is required for new works, if therefore the per-centage on it is calculated at 4 per cent, the per-centage on the Rl;3 i !' " ;• . , la 10 eost of permanent improremonts will be reduced to about 1 3-4 per cent, a ratio of cost which, as it includes all preliminary surreyB ami o.timates, the making of plans and .specifications, as well as the pre- parntionof the contract deed, and bonds, and general supcrvi.uon ot tho works, must be adtnitted to indicate a careful economy which ho. never been exceeded, and rarely equalled. It will not bo considered invidious, i( in reply to tho aspersions which havo been cast a5aiust this Board, the above rate of outlay for superm- tendance i. compared with that which prevailed in the two preceedmg years. In 185(i the outlay for general street account was $52,7iy, anc for permanent improvement. $116,310 the cost of the department m that year being $5260 or 3 I-IO per cent on the gross outlay of $lbJ,i)zy , but, if the cost of supervising the repairsis calculated at 4 per cent then the supervision of permanent improvements will bo ^^F^^^^^f^" 7-10 per cent. Again, in 1857 the expcnditute for repairs was $55,»4h, and for now woiks $3-i,I70, while the cost of superintendance, allowing 4 per cent on the former amount must be charged at 6 per cent on th^ latter to make up the cost of the department for that year, namely, $416U. Simdar comparisons would be instituted for years previous to 1846, if the tran5actions of the department had been recorded in such a manner a« lo'airord the necessary data for comparison, but while enough is known to w'arrant the statement that the ratio of cost was greatly in excess of that which prevailed during the three years alluded to, tho expenditupe i,not classified witn that degree of accuracy which admits of proci^ details, and in this connection it may be proper to state that pnor to 1856, no Books except minutes of its meetings had been kept by t lie Board from which an exhibit of its transactions can be made out, while during the subsequent years, a full set of accounts have been kept by double entry, as well as other books in which the most mmute detail- of the Board's proceedings are recorded ; from these it has been ascer- tained that during the closing year there has been recorded 1681 minutes which are numbered and indexed for reference, 2230 notes and memoranda have been entered for the guidance of this and other Boards, and there ha, been audited 532 seperate accounts and certificates, to each of which ba. been attached three distinct vouchers and declarations as shewn in the appendix, (p. 34-5) all of which are signed by the Surveyor and Chairman ; the Board has also received, classified, and acted upon 341 Tenders as more ['^Hycf 'ti- led in schedule (p. 33). There haa been referred to the Board by the Council, 97 petitions upon all of which reports havebeen made, m many cases requiringlparticular and careful enquiry >nto proceed mgs of previous Council ; a correspondence oi very ^-"^''^'^^-T^ tude has also been conUuct-.d ; the City Surreyor has submittal u t« Ihe Board 48 written reports relative to varioua mailers and imtng other details ills found thai there has been mea8«red,|and the conlentt calculated ami entorol on the HooL% tne particulars of no hss than 1250 aeperalo quantities of stone broken or unbroken. Bond* and oilier doco. monls connected with granting permission to construct 67 private drain* hara been propared, and all the provisional surveys drawings specifica- tions and other preliminary work connecteil with co-itrai-ts for the sub- mdiary drains which remain unconstructed, as well as muny other documonus which can not be classilied have been prepared under llvfl direction uf tho Board or its olficors, includni; the issuing of 954 notices in relation to the awnings and other matters connected with ihe Com- mittee on Police St Prisons. In concluding this portion of the report the Board submits the follow- ing statomenl of tho quantity of the finished works which have been executed during ihe closing year, viz :— Length of Sewers two miles. Planked sidewalks, l.T^ miles. MacadaKiizina complete, three miles. Do. m progress and for which tho material is nearly all on hand, 1^ miles. Turnpiking and grading streets, 4\ miles. Boulder paring, 4009 yards Superficial. Wooden street crossings, No. 13B, Stone " " " 7. ' New culrerts constructed " 35. t* <« <« With reference to the future, the Board has but few suggestions to offer ; its successors will doubtless know how to e.\amine the proceed- ings of the year closed by this report, and will adopt so much of the policy of tho present Board as may be conducive to the general interest of the City, while it will engraft such improvements on that policy as may be conceived best adapted for the further promotion of thos3 interests, and no portion of the citizens will more heartily rejoicn •tany amendment that may be introduced by the new Board than the members of the present one. It may not be amiss however to refer briefly to one or two points to which this Board attaches much importance. And first,— it is strongly urged that while in compliance with the By-Law uhder which this report is submitted, the Board should in no case incur any liability not authorize any expenditure however small until the funds with which to meet it have been voted by the Council ; the estimates on which all _..J^ -U, .1.1 K,^ hering to this policy the necessity for tstking up the estimates for tho '. ir 11 ■1 '' ^■1 1! m m If : m it 12 currentyear at the earliest possible period,will be more strongly impres- •ed on the Council, and ths importance of carefully revising them and of basing them on reliable data will take the place of that desire to introduce amounts in round numbers, which in defiance of every business principle has marked the proceedings of former years ; a course it may be remarked, which has in every case resulted in amended es^ timales after the rates for the assesmeat have been determined, and al- most invariably in an anticipation of the revenues of the succediag year. "^ Secondly ;— adherence to the policy of providing for all repairs and renewals of works, in the estimates for the general street account is strongly urged upon the incoming Council as well as the succeeding Board, the departure from this policy .which has prevailed in former years has been most injurious to the interests of the City as well as subversive of sound economy, and has resulted morever in pro* ducing an erioueous impression as to the cost of repairs and mainte- nance of the city improvements. Thirdly ;— the Board would direct the aitention of its successor to the subsidiary drainage which in several localities has been petitionud for; as tenders for the work have been accepted, the ciuestion may properly now be consideredas one of finance, but it originated in the existing Board, and it is proper to place on record the considerations by which tills Board was induced to recommend the construction of these works which have been delayed by causes previously referred to. The construction of works useful only to limited localities, at the general cost of bhe City has long been felt to be an evil, but the municipal law was not sufficient to enable proceeding councils to pro- vide an equitable remedy ; iience the atteiiH)ls to provide for the cost of work;? of this class by local assesment have been inoperative, inas* much, as the form in which the By-LavAs enacted for that purpose Were passed, havj not been sastuiiied by the Courts wliea they have been contested, it has resulted thereiore that while the privilege of using some portion of the sewers hus been paid fur by parties using them, the greater portion ,are so used without any compensation to the City, aadlheir cost is borne by the general revenue, and besides there has heretofore been no law by which the drainage ot premises directly into the sewers could be made compulsory, therefore many who have built contiguous to premises already drained have availed themselves of the oppor'tunity to drain without cost, by keeping their basement floors a fo\r inches above those of their neighbours, the injustice of -his is manifest, nor is the injustice of allowing the proprietors of vacant lots, which have bceu enhanced in vahie by the construction of sewers in adjacent streets, to escape without contributing an equitable proportion of the 18 rate necessary to defray their cost, less apparent. Out of the 194,103 feet of frontage abutting on streets where sewers are in existence only 44,432 feet have paid for the privilege of using them ; and if the frontage which represents property not liable to Gity rates is taken at 50,000 feet, there still remains a frontage of 100,000 feet from which a revenue might be derived. As soon therefore as the new Municipal Act had passed the Legislature the Board did not hesitate to recom- mend the construction of the works enumerated in its 15th report the cost of which may be proviiied for by enacting a By-Law under the powers granted by the foliowing clause of the Municipal Act of last session. — Section 290. — Subsections 15. " For ascertaining and compelling owners, tenants and occupants " to furnish the Council with the levels of the cellars heretofore du ^^'^''^ '"'""'"' contribmo a »->''-'"« 7;™ roMhlwU. aUeady in existence. on the general revenue by the cost oi »nd therefore in abatotnent of the taxes. .he anronn. o. rental .bich shouU ^^;^^::::t:^ By-Law has also engaged the a.tent.on °f *;B;a,a J^ „,^„ ,,,er., that while it would be unjust to make P™P^' J ''"""^."^ ,„„ ,,Uola City, which may be considered as havu« ^ «-> ; ^^ ^^ ° ,„,,, ,He rental bear the whole cost of those -■°*;;>f;;:^° ;,,;,,, a sullicient sink- should be >n»Je to represent the u,tee».o^eller ^^.^^ ^^ in, fund tor renewal and repairs of such a capn 2 average value of the whole system or sewage. U,s a matter of regret with the Bo.d th^ this ^^^ ;^ has not been dealt with m a P'^'"^; f"/™:: .L ..'e is so in.ima- brought to a close, but as the quesfou °f '-) "= .^ ^.„„„, „„, ,,y connected with *^.,[X'; ;:::„;: lib!: Boa,':i to introduce have been cons.stentwith thdul.tsmp „„,i„„ „f ihe the necessary measures wnhont oblanr.n U^ ^ ^^^^^^ ;Uce Committee, it ;>-.- -am t V« deal ^ _.^^ .__^^^^ ^^ ^^ rrdtto:UUr^'»:^t ter of very great consequence to a large number of ratepayers. ■ •„ ,1,„.P sowers, the Board would vecommend ihar In connection w.lU these so«ers „,|:„„„eut of the .luest.on .he survey and maps -J-';,:; ;:,;;/„,, and it nu,y also be should be completed -''hou. ^^^f > ^^ j, ,„j „„er <;ity pro- „..„Uonod .hat as "-/ — ^•^:„"':, ^'L^^y „f ,he sewis, with r;;!;retur.: ;::^: o^:— of t^undary wou. be productive of the most beneficial results. „ ,u The Board would direct the a ttenlion of its succoss,.r to Fourthly -^-^^^mo^ i.s 4lh, and 31st Reports in relation .0 sub- ,be recommendafon o ^ , ^^^^^^^^^^ ._^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^,^,^,,_ i .idtary drarnase wh.h av ^^^ .^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^ especially to trial poriiuu „„,i ^luv^ where the accumula- ing for the dralaage ot the back '--^ -f ^^ ^^ ^^^^^.^ creating tio'nofthe excreta of auunals ^^^ ^^'^^^^^^^^^ «,nons cause for alarm m connexion with the heai^^^^^ ,,;,,„n;,tances jf the industrial popuhuiuu rv.v cially of xhat portion oi compel them to reside iu the vicinily cf those leceptacles of filth. 15 Fifthly J — The BoanI sees no occasten for recommending the proseco- tioaof any new works during the succeeding year except those conneo- t«d with the subsidiary drainage above alluded to, which should be proTided for by a local assessment and the completion of such as were authorized by the By-Law of 1858. In conclusion this Board ha« much satisfaction in being able on go- ing out of office to hand over to its successor a balance which though small in amount is a sufficent evidence that in no case ha» the vote ct' the CJouncil been exceeded. All which is respectfully submitted. Signed, A. BRUNEL, Chairman Board Boom, January 8th, 1858. i