The Board also considered a report by J. R. Crook, of the P. W. Department, on the working of refuse destructors and their adaptability to the colony, and, after some discussion, passed a resolution recommending the Government to erect @ four-cel refuse destructor in accordance with the suggestions of Mr. Crook, who saw them working while in England. It is sincerely to be hoped that this recommendation will not, like almost every other suggestion, be pigeon-holed by the Government, whose ape: for shelving all works which volve any outlay grows hourly greater.
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