* * * * * 232 Applications have been made and granted to drain houses and premises both voluntarily and in consequence of notices issued by the vestry, and in all cases where cesspools have existed they have been filled in or broken up. The following Sewers have been constructed by owners of property, in the various under-mentioned places, viz.: 670-ft. 2-ft. barrel sewer in the Campden-hill Road. 1400-ft. 4-ft. 6-in. by 2-ft. 6-in., 1 brick—with brick invert, in cement, in the Holland-road. 450-ft. 3-ft. by 2-ft. 6-in., ½ brick—in cement, with stoneware invert in Addison-crescent. 59-ft. 12-in. pipe in Johnson-street, Notting-hill. 400-ft. 3-ft. by 2-ft., in an intended road, Old Brompton. 35-ft. 3-ft. 9-in. by 2-ft. 6-in., High-street, Notting-hill. 3000-ft. 3-ft. by 2-ft., on the Phillimore Estate. And 216-ft. of 12-in. pipe, in Brompton-road, opposite York-cottages, has also been completed. * * * * * These works have been done under the personal inspection of Mr. Perkins, your Clerk of the Works, appointed for that purpose. REPAIRS OF THE STREETS & THOROUGHFARES, & PAVING WORKS GENERALLY. I have to call the special attention of the vestry to the subject of the repairs of the Roads in this parish, which involves a very large annual outlay, and requires the greatest amount of care, both as regards the quantity and quality of the materials, and also as to the proper season for their application. My past experience has taught me that this portion of my duty requires constant supervision and attention. I have computed the length of the roads in this parish, exclusive of the turnpike roads, at about 53 miles, and I am happy to state, allowing for the new roads adopted by the parish, the last annual outlay has been less in comparison to the previous years, this may be accounted for by the fact of the roads having become much harder, from regular scavengering, and the better form which allows the surface water to drain into the channels. * * * * * The roads may be classed in three sections, viz.: those of great traffic, which are repaired with granite; those having less traffic, which are repaired with flints; and bye roads and squares of little traffic, which are repaired with gravel. I have considered opinions from time to time expressed by the Paving Committee as to the more general use of granite for the roads, and shall lose no opportunity in carrying out their wishes wherever I can judiciously do so. I have found many beneficial results, and much saving from the constant employment of a mason ordered by the Paving Committee to be added to the staff of workmen, for the purpose of attending to the repairs of the trenches opened or disturbed by the different gas and water companies. * * * * *