£ _s._ _d._
Wages to working scavengers (as
before shown) 9,443 0 0
Wages to 48 bargemen, engaged in
unloading the vessels with street-dirt,
4 men to each of 12 wharfs, at 16_s._
weekly wage 1,996 0 0
Keep of 300 horses (26_l._ each) 7,800 0 0
Wear and tear (say 15 per cent.
on capital) 2,250 0 0
Rent of 20 wharfs and yards
(average 100_l._ each) 2,000 0 0
Interest on 15,000_l._ capital, at 10
per cent. 1,500 0 0
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£24,989 0 0
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I have endeavoured in this estimate to confine myself, as much as
possible, to the separate subject of scavengery, but it must be
borne in mind that as the large contractors are dustmen as well as
scavengers, the great charges for rent and barges cannot be considered
as incurred solely on account of the street-dirt trade. Including,
then, the payments from parishes, the account will stand thus:--