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Public Lighting.
The following are the number of public lamps within the
District.
832 Lamps, circular, consuming ft cubic feet of gas per hour
96 „ square, „ 5 „ „ „ „
149 „ do. „ 6 „ „ ,, „
12 ,, square and circular 8 feet
2o ,, ,, ,, ,, 10 feet
9 „ „ „ „ 12 feet
18 „ square 15 feet
9 „ hexagon and square 20 feet
1 „ hexagon 27 feet
2 ,, „ 30 feet
3 ,, St. Giles Churchyard,
circular 5 feet
12 „ spherical, hexagon and square Meter lamps
1168
The amount paid for gas, including lighting and extinguishing,
and the cleansing and maintenance of the
lanterns, was £4,577 3s. 8d.
Incandescent Lighting.—Gower Street.
On the 3rd February last, at a meeting of your Works
Committee, it was resolved that the lamps in Grower Street
be fitted with Welsbach double incandescent burners, with
anti-vibration springs, without chimneys, in lieu of the
existing batswing burners. This was done after considerable
delay, owing to the inability to get the necessary
fittings from the Welsbach Company, and it was not until
the 20th March that these fittings were supplied and fixed,
the lamps being put into lighting on the 27th March, 1899.