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St George (Westminster) 1877
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hanover Square, The Vestry of the Parish of Saint George]
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1 steam roller, 1 horse roller, 27 horses, 27 slop carts, and
14 water carts, 12 water vans, 4 shoot carts, gas apparatus,
meters, &c., &c., the property of the Vestry, at the expiration
of the parochial year was £8,585 4s. 3d. (as per Stock
Book).
On the 25th of March, 1877, the number of horses in
stock, the property of the Parish, was twenty-eight. Since
then four horses have been sold by auction, and two destroyed,
and have realized £98 11s. 10c?. Five horses
have been purchased at a cost of £377. The number of
horses in stock, therefore, at the end of the past year
(Lady-day 1878) was twenty-seven; the value of which
I estimate at £1,917.
Stable Arrangements.
The cost incurred, under this heading, in the maintenance
of the Parish Plant, together with the keep of the
above horses, including all labour and expenses for the year
ended Lady-day 1878, has been £4,290 16s. 5d., viz.:—
Statement, showing the actual cost incurred in the introduction of the Average Meter System of Lighting, together with the cost of Gas supplied to the Public Lamps under this system for the Year ended 25th June, 1878, as compared with the amount paid to the Gas Company during the corresponding period of 1877.
| Introduction of the Average Meter System. | Expenses of Vestry incurred in Lighting the Public Lamps by the Average Meter System for the Twelve Months ended June, 1878. GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY. Gas. | Charges of the Gas Light and Coke Company for Lighting the Public Lamps for the Year ended 1877. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | ||||||||||||||||||
| FIRST COST. | Actual cost of Gas supplied by Meter indication to 1,730 Lamps* | 4,077 | 12 | 8 | Actual amount paid to Gas Company for the supply of Gas to the Public Lamps for the year ended June, 1877, including Lighting, Cleaning, and Repairs (1,725 Lamps). | £6,390 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Providing and fixing Meters and Meter Boxes | 886 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| s. | £ | s. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Painting (Labour) | 28 | 16 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ditto Lever Cocks and Governors. | 388 | 2 | 6 | Materials,including Paint Oil, Leathers, &c. | , 64 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Making good Footway Paving, &c. | 81 | 18 | 8 | 93 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Supply of Lampposts, Lanterns, &c., for Repairs (including Five additional lamps). | 117 | 16 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ladders | 19 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lamplighters' Torches & Poles | 22 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Testing Apparatus, Pressure Gauges, including Minute Clock and fixing same, and fitting up Testing Room | 104 | 13 | 6 | Lamplighters' Wages, including Inspector and Gas Fitter . | 1,488 | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||||
| 1,606 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1,699 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Annual Maintenance of Meters, Governors, &c., as per Contract . | 115 | 6 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Advertising Books, Stationery, &c. | 23 | 15 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
| £5,892 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stock of Meters, Boxes, Governors,Regulators, Tools, &c. | 119 | 11 | 4 | CREDIT. | ||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lighting Private Lamps | 72 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| New Stand Pipes | 18 | 5 | 1 | New Lamp-posts, and Repairs, &c., to be paid for | 71 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Numbers to Lamps | 15 | a | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Engineering Fees | 31 | 10 | 0 | 167 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Total Cost | £1,711 | 3 | 2 | Total Cost | £5,724 | 13 | 5 | |||||||||||||