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 The Council's farm at Harkins Point, some 12 miles up the Harbour, consists of 478 acres, of which all but 100 acres are improved. It was acquired in the first place for the disposal of nightsoil, but that system having been superseded it is now used for grazing and for raising of stock. The average number of stock grazed is from 100 to 130.

The Council's Main Depôt, Patteson Street, contains the Main Stores of the City Engineer's Department, workshops for blacksmiths, carpenters, wheelwrights, painters, plumbers, stonemasons' sheds, and offices for overseers, foremen and sewer inspectors, while immediately adjoining are situated the Refuse Destructor and a Dog Pound.

The Council has erected and maintains twenty seven conveniences, or comfort stations, five of which are placed underground in different parts of the City, the largest being in Customs Street West, outside the Government Buildings. Thirteen stations are located in the parks.

The building serving these purposes was erected within the Hospital grounds in 1912–13, from the designs of the City Engineer, at a cost of £1,616.