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LIGHTING.
In the Parish of Clapham, 15 lamps burning 5 cubic
feet per hour have been added. Seventeen lamps have
been shifted in position.
In the Parish of Putney, 18 lamps have been added
in the district of the Wandsworth and Putney Gas
Company. 142 incandescent gas burners with antivibration
suspension frames and new lanterns, have been
fixed in place of the old ordinary burners and lanterns.
This makes the number of incandescent lamps as follows:
Wandsworth Gas Company 120; Brentford Gas Company
42; total 162. The charge made by the Incandescent Gas
Light Company for maintaining the burners and frames
is 15s. per lamp per annum, and the Wandsworth Gas
Company have reduced their charge for these lamps from
£3 4s. to £2 14s. 8d. per annum, whilst the Brentford
Gas Company have reduced their charge from £3 14s. 5d.
to £2 17s. 7d. per annum.
In the Parish of Streatham, 48 lamps have been
added, and 153 fitted with incandescent burners, making
the total number 1,211.
In the Parish of Tooting, 10 lamps have been added,
making the total number 151½.
In the Parish of Wandsworth, 50 new lamps have
been erected within the district of the Wandsworth and
Putney Gas Company. The total number of lamps
lighted with gas in the parish is 1,206½.
The number of lamps in each parish, and the charges
lor lighting, &c., are shown in the table on the following
page.