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With respect to the portion of the Parish supplied with
gas by the London Gas Company, viz., Grosvenor Place
District, owing to a reduction in the hours of lighting, the
Gas Company have reduced the price per lamp by 3s. 10d.,
which, on 893 lamps, gives a saving of £170 13s. 2d. If
the Meter System, however, had been extended to this
district also, a saving of from £233 to £250 a year would
have been effected. Except, therefore, that the gas has
been ohanged from cannel to common, and the price in
consequence reduced, no alterations have been made in
the arrangements hitherto carried out.
Cleansing thb Streets.
The cleansing of the streets has been done by men in
the employment of the Vestry. The sweepings in the InWards
have been removed under contract by Mr. T. Hobbs,
Jun.; the sweepings in the Out-Wards have been carted
from the streets by the Parish carts to the Parish Wharf,
and thence barged away by contract.
With the view of preventing disagreeable smells which
were complained of, the principal thoroughfares have, as
occasion required, been thoroughly washed, and the effect
has proved most beneficial.
Watering thb Streets.
The spreading of the water in the streets of the InWards
has been done by Mr. T. Hobbs, Jun.; in the Out
Wards by the horses and carts belonging to the Vestry.
The water for the In-Wards is supplied by the Grand
Junction Water Company, and that in the Out-Wards by
the Chelsea Water Company.
Stock of Plant and Materials.
The valuation of the plant and materials, consisting of