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gallons and 902,000 gallons at 8½d. per 1,000 gallons
(subject to a discount of 10 per cent.) from the Lambeth
Water Company, and 12,106,000 gallons at 8½d. per
1,000 gallons, 58,000 gallons at a minimun rent of £4 11s.
per annum, 35,000 gallons at a minimum rent of £3 15s
per annum, and 120,000 gallons at 9d. per 1,000 gallons,
from the Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company, the
cost of which, including the hire of meters and standposts,
amounted to £622 16s. 2d.. The quantity of water used
for street watering was about 13,309,250 gallons. In
addition to this quantity there were used:—for flushing
sewers and drains, 567,760 gallons, for repairs to public
roads, 266,310 gallons, for making up new roads, 56,180
gallons, for paving works, 5,500 gallons, for improvements,
9,000 gallons, for urinals. 123,000 gallons, for washing
water-carts, &c., on wharf, 90,000 gallons, and for private
works, 20,000 gallons, The total cost of road watering
per inile was £47 4 s. 4d., of which sum £16 0s. 6d. was
paid to the water companies for water and the hire of
meters, &c. The total number of standposts is eight in
the Lambeth Water Company's district and 30 in the
Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company's district.