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 heating stone, tar boilers and tar macadamisers, where tarred macadam, tarred toppings and tarred chips are prepared for Council's street works. All the latter plant is of local manufacture.

The normal output of the Quarry is about 20,000 cubic yards per annum, but it has reached over 30,000 during busy periods.

For the carrying out of the maintenance services, and numerous public works executed by direct labour, the Council keeps, in addition to motors, a considerable number of horses. The horses are stabled at various depôts, the principal one being situated on the Council's property, Patteson Street, where a commodious building, containing two storeys of stalls, with lofts, has been erected, giving accommodation for 93 horses, while six loose boxes are provided for horses that are sick or needing special attention. This two-storey stable is the only one of its kind in New Zealand, although this form of stable is common in Great Britain.

Other stables are situated at Parnell, Remuera and Grey Lynn Depôts of the Council, 102 horses being housed in the central and branch stables. The remaining animals, including those turned out to grass on account of sickness or injury, are distributed in the public parks, at Nihotupu Dam Construction Works and the Council's farm at Harkin's Point. The total number of horses fed is 115.