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Public Lighting.
During the year the Welsbach incandescent light was
adopted in certain of the public lamps experimentally, but
the result after six months did not, in the opinion of your
Board, warrant the continuance of the system, and the
incandescent burners were accordingly removed and the
old bats wing burners replaced.
Fifty additional square lanterns, with the name of the
street inserted in the sides, have been substituted for the
well lanterns at the junction of certain streets in the
District.
The total number of public lamps is 1160, made up as
under:—
Lamp-posts with well lanterns 729
Ditto, with square lanterns 155
Old lamp-posts with square lanterns 13
Metered lamps on street crossing refuges 12
Bracket lamps with well lanterns 147
Ditto, with old square lantern 104
Total 1160
The amount paid for gas, including the lighting and
extinguishing, cleansing and maintenance of the lanterns,
was £3,990 6s. 4d.
Street Orderly Bins, etc.
Several additional street orderly bins and ballast bins
have been erected during the year; the total number now
in the District is given on page 59.