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burners. And as it is, unquestionably, to the pecuniary interest
of the Company, to supply the gas at an excessive, rather than
at a low or medium pressure, for then more gas passes through
the meter and has to be paid for, as gas consumed, to say
nothing of the cost of cleansing dirty ceilings, I would again
beg to recommend that systematic records of pressure, at all
hours of the day and night, and at several points of the Company's
district within the parish, be obtained. It would be
well, moreover, that Mr. Monson should prepare, and your
Vestry circulate, directions to consumers, as to the best way
of limiting the consumption of gas and of burning it to the
greatest advantage. I might say a good deal on this subject
but it is not in my department, and as in Mr. Monson your
Vestry has an officer, both able and willing to advise consumers
to their advantage, I venture to hope that his services
may be enlisted in their behalf.
Conclusion.—It now only remains for me to discharge
the pleasing duty of thanking those who have contributed
by their assistance to whatever success may have attended
the work of my Department in the past year.
Of the sympathetic co.operation of the Board of Guardians
I have already spoken, and it would be impossible to overrate
the importance of the assistance rendered by them, and
their officers, in measures for preventing the spread of
infectious diseases.
The sub.district Registrars, Messrs. Barnes and Hume,
and the Vaccination Officer, Mr. Shattock, have, as usual,
very willingly complied with all my requests for information.
The members of the Sanitary Staff have discharged their
numerous duties with zeal, intelligence, and success.
My thanks, are justly due to your Vestry for a continuance
of the confidence and support which I have never failed to
receive, and which have enabled me to carry out with