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Hammersmith 1905

Sixth annual report year ended 31st March 1906

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Property.Tenure.Remarks.
Electric Lighting Sta tion, Fulham Palace RoadFreeholdThe price of the land purchased from Miss Yeldham and the Latymer Foundation, and including a small strip abutting upon Yeldham Road, in the year 1895, was £7,488.
A 99 years' lease has been granted to Messrs. A. I. Jones & Co, and which has since been assigned to the Imperial Tobacco Company, Ltd., of the land fronting Fulham Palace Road, at a ground rent of £192 per annum.
Buildings Erected. 1896-7. Installation Station £6,804 15 2
Cart Sheds and loose boxes 145 0 0 1898. Extension of Elec-tric Lighting Station 3,433 9 1 1900. Second extension of Electric Lighting
Station 10,859 19 2 1905. Third extension of
Electric Lighting Station 2,281 12 6 1906. Additions to office block 1,823 9 9
Workmen's Tene-mentsErected on land at Electric Light Station1903. Workmen's Tene ments £5.545 10 0
Coroner's Court and MortuaryDitto1898. Coroner's Court and Mortuary £3.626 19 4
Borough Cemetery, Margravine Road (i6½ acres)FreeholdFreehold acquired in 1867-8.
Expenditure£s.d.
Land8,1691111
BuildingChapels, Lodges and walls. 4,88239
Law Charges624177
Architect's Fees302190
Making up roads and planting trees94796
Redemption of Tithes.162108
Consecration1480
£15.10405
In the year 1879, an exchange of lands was effected with Sir William Palliser, in respect of which he paid the late Burial Board £525, and in the year 1881 a further exchange of lands was made with Messrs Gibbs & Flew, Limited, in respect of which they paid £250. The ex-changes of land referred to involved some minor expenses for consecra-tion and law charges.