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Footways.
A considerable amount of work has been done in
paving footways not previously paved, and in laying
Asphalte on footways in the Mile End Road.
The quantity of Asphalte laid during the year in the
Mile End Road has been 4,0455/9 yards by the Val de
Travers Company, and 1,285 yards by the Société
Francais de Asphaltes.
The cost of the whole has been £1,062 12s. 4d.
The old paving taken up from the Mile End Road
has been laid in
Canal Road,
Regents Road,
Regents Street,
Wentworth Road,
Tollit Street,
Argyle Road,
St. Peter's Road,
Bow Common Lane.
Watering.
During the year the water carts were employed on the
roads 96 days, at a cost of £659 l1s. for horses and
drivers, and of £307 1s. for 7,348,000 gallons of
water, supplied by the East London Waterworks.
Lighting.
The lighting of this Hamlet is done by the Commercial
Gas Company, who light 808 lamps. The cost
for the year has been £3,455 0s. l1d.
The following Tables will shew the cost of horse
hire and materials for the past year, also that of the
wo preceding years—