MUNICIPAL ANUUAL REPORTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XVI, Issue 3851, 20 December 1882, Page 3

MUNICIPAL AN UUAL REPORTS.

HE annual reports laid before the City uncil at its annual meeting to-day cona'n matter of considerable interest. Their length, however, pr*o!udos the possibility of publishing them in full, so wo have recourse to condensation. Tho Town Clerk's report ii a conciio history of tho business transacted by Council throughout the year. Mention i* made of the Corporation property leased dining tha twelve months, viz. : 22 allotments in flepbura-stretr, annual rent realised £199; 2 allotments in Wellcsley-street, annual rent realised £125; 5 allotments in Patteson stfeot, tranual rent realised £104. 1 otat £428. Imprsvement Trust: Lfime, ) and Rutlandstieets, 22 allotments, realista" £579. Xho revenue from the Wat*r Works ■was £6,321 19* 6d, being an increase of £l,373lßs6do»erlastyear,and»h«coußumpt during the yoar wm 183,369,760 gallons. The qnantity tf coal consumed at tho pumping station ffoa 745 tons, and' the number of consnraers of water 1,890. The following extract from tho City Surveyor's report showing the.contracts entered into during tho year will be of interest :— Drainage, Upper Union-fltreot, £2flO 2< ; drainage, Hob*o»-str»et, £455; drainage, Mtt and G/ey-streets, £688; drainage, Princes-street, £93 ; drainage, West Queenstreet, £94; drainage, Grafton Boad and Syinonds-street, £609; drainage, Sjmondsstroot, £533 18s; drainage, Bowen Lane, £38 9i; drainage, Cook-street, £65 ; drainage, gully between Grey and Vincent-streets, £270; drainage, Fort-s»reet Lane, £03; drainage, Darby-»treet and Thostre .Lane, £178 15s; drainage, Albert street, £44 143; drainage, Graham and Haraiisge-streais, £245 ; drainage and formation, of Alexan-dra-sireet, £875; formation, &c t streets adjoining Albert Park, £3,977; formation Bowon Lane, £61; kerbing and channels, WcUesley-fltreet, £205 10a; lamp bead*, £31; lamp posts, £75 9* 4d; urinal, Theatre Lane, £47 5s j Albert Park gun platform, £50 18s ; Albert Park fence, Bowen Lane, £97]; Albert Park sloping bank, £268 ; Albert Park concrete wo-Jm, £317 ; Picton,. sineot, £1,143 ; Annual Cartage, £1,954 15s lOd; removal of city refuse, £535 10s; stone breakers, £861 lOd; asphalt laid £1,216 9d; asphalt annual repairs, £546 19s , 6d. Total, £15,832 7s 9<L Duiing the year 1,240 lineal yards of street formation, 480 pathway formation, 1,161 kerbs and channels, 2,438 kerbs and concrete channels, 422 channels concreted, 957 dUh channels, were constructed. 5,244 yards of drainage pipes laid, 66 new street cesspits, and 14 manholes constructed, 7,565 tqaare yards of asphalt laid, and 6,7i3 cubic yards of road metal had been spread. Tbe report of the Inspector of tho Fire Brigade «howß the numbtr of fire alarms during the year to have been 59, in the case of only 12 of which, however,. Btrious damage occurred. The Inspector of Abbatoirs shows the num- , ber of cattle killed' during tho year to have , been 31,199, the abbatoirs being made ase of by 31 butchers, 'ihe rooort of the librarian of the Froa Pnblic Library states tho average daily attendance to have " exceeded 300, Sundays about 250, althottfch $be total number cf names entered in tbe vitltors book was only 3,100. 313 volumes had been donated to the library, including 217 by His Worship the Mayor. The report of the Sanitary Inspector contains tho following:—Tbe number of deaths rf gistored within tho city Jor the year ending 31st October, 1882, was 263 being an increase of 56 on the prcceding'year?lßßl. There h.dbeen 25 deaths, from scarlatina and scarlet fever, 4 deaths from typhoid feven, 21 deaths from measles and 1 death from diphtheria, being 51 death* from diseases declared t« be Infection* w nearly one fifth of the whole deaths for the year. 1000 cases of infectious diseases have been ropoitod. Looking at such a large number of esses reported, the number ot deaths from sur.h causes has been small. Tbe deaths of infants and children have increased, 97 deaths under one year and 5j deaths under five years have taken place, making a total of 152 deaths under five years which is considoiably more than onehalf the total deaths recorded for the year. Old age has contiibuted a large share, there being 45 deaths over 50 jeais and op to 90 years. The following statement will show the doith lUte for the years onding 31»t October, 1881, and 31st October, 1882 :- For 1881—Under 1 year, 71 deaths ; under 5 years, 26 deaths; und<r 20 years, 22 deaths; under 50 years, 47 deaths; over 50 j ears, 41. Total, 207. For 1882-Lnderl year, 97 deaths ; under 5 years, 55 deaths ; under 20 years. 29 deaths; under 50 years, 37 deaths ; over 50 years, 45 deaths. Total, 263. The following licenses were grantoa during tbe year:—fl«ckney and borough ftage carriages, £88; carts plying for hire, £229; registered corta, £33t; drivers of e»irriages,£H9; hawkers.£26; porters, £37; lodging-houses, £9; permit for carriages UDder repair, £7; transfer (repair) of carriages, £11; eertififa'es to land kerosene (about 363,776 gallons), £33 j kerosene tested, £25.