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of Lewisham was £2,033 14s. 1d.; and in the Hamlet of
Penge, £G51 9s. 8d. A small additional length of road from
last year has been watered in Lewisham and Penge by tho
Board's order.
Several new Stand-posts were erected, three with swanneck
pipes, which I find a great improvement upon the oldfashioned
untidy hose pipes that are always out of repair.
In order to water the roads as efficiently AS possible a greater
number of stand-posts would be required. I believe it
would be found economical to have four stand-posts on every
mile of road watered—a large increase upon the present
number. My object in having more stand-poets is to avoid
water carts going over the ground empty. The supply of
water during the summer at times was deficient. The
distributors of the water carts do not throw tho water evenly.
I am at present experimenting upon a new distributor.
LIGHTING.
There arc 500 Lamps in the Parish of Lewisham lighted
by the Crystal Palace Gas Company, at a contract price of
£4 3s. 4d. per lamp per annum ; and 390 lighted by the
Phœnix Gas Company, at a contract price per lamp per
annum up to the 19th of October, of £4 13s. 4d., and at the
rate of £5 for the rest of the year. 42 new lamps were
erected during the year. Southend was lighted; and it is
contemplated to complete the lighting of Brockley Lane to
the Deptford boundary.
In the Hamlet of Penge there arc 274 lamps lighted by
the Crystal Palace Gas Company, at a contract price of
£4 3s. 4d. per lamp per annum. 5 new lamps were erected
in the Hamlet during the year.
KERBING AND CHANNELLING.
I have appended a Table to this Report giving the
value of the Kerbing and Channelling and Tar Pavement
laid in each locality of the District during the last four years.
In Lewisham Parish Kerbing, Channelling, &c., were
laid during the year in the following streets and roads:—