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In the Parish of Streatham, the following roads
were added to the previous list for watering, viz.;—
Leigham Court Road West, Hereward Road, Brandreth
Road, Pathfield Road, Ormeley Road (second portion),
Byrne Road (fourth portion), Elmbourne Road (first
portion), Woodfield Avenue, Laitwood Road (second
portion), Streatham Station Approach (first portion),
and Hailsham Avenue (first portion), making the total
length watered about 38 miles. All the water was
obtained from the Lambeth Water Company,—14,896,750
gallons at 1s. per 1,000 high level, and 204,000 gallons
at 8½d. per 1,000 low level; these prices are subject to
a discount of 10 per cent. The total quantity used was
15,100,750 gallons, the cost of which, including the
hire of meters, &c., amounted to £906 9s. 10d, being
equal to £23 17s. 1¼d. per mile of road watered. The
total cost of road watering amounted to £57 4s. 1d.
per mile. The Board have entered into an agreement
with the late Mrs. Drew's Trustees, for the watering of
the private portions of Sunnyhill Road, Leigham Court
Road West, and Mount Ephraim Lane, a total length of
half-a-mile for an annual payment of £30.
In the Parish of Tooting, the same roads have been
watered this year as last, the total length being about
5 miles. All the water was obtained by meter from the
Lambeth Water Company,—305,000 gallons at 1s, per
1,000 high level, and 1,615,750 gallons at 8½d. per 1,000
low level; these prices are subject to a discount of 10 per
cent. The total quantity used was 1,920,750 gallons, the
cost of which, including the hire of meters, &c., amounted
to £79 11s. 8d., being equal to £15 18s. 4d. per mile of
road watered. The total cost of road watering amounted
to £43 2s. 2d. per mile.
In the Parish of Wandsworth, all the water was
obtained by meter,—1,226,000 gallons at 1s. per 1,000