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The supply from the Kent Water Company was good, but
the supply in the Lambeth Company's District was at times deficient
and interfered with the work being as well done as it
would have been had the supply been better. The Company
have been laying additional mains, and it is expected the supply
will be Better this year.
The Greenwich Boundary Roads were watered by arrangement
with us, the Greenwich Board of Works paying half the
estimated cost, as also the Road of Sydenham Hill, the Camberwell
Vestry paying half the cost. Another two-horse water van
was purchased during the year, which proved very useful. This
is the second two-horse van purchased by the Board. I find they
save labour.
STREET LIGHTING.
At present there are in the Parish of Lewisham 664 lamps
lighted by the Crystal Palace District Gas Company and 619
lamps lighted by the South Metropolitan Gas Company. In the
Hamlet of Penge there are 353 lamps lighted by the Crystal
Palace District Gas Company. The present charges for lighting
the Street Lamps are as follows:-The Crystal Palace Gas Company,
£3 15s. 0d. per lamp per annum, and the South Metropolitan
Gas Company, £3 17s. per lamp per annum. These
charges include lighting, extinguishing, cleaning &c. The
columns are paid for in addition, and are the property of the
Board. During the year the Crystal Palace District Gas Company
reduced the price 4s. 9d. per lamp per annum as follows:—1s.
7d. in June, 1s. 7d. in September, and 1s. 7d. in March. This
Company now charges less than the South Metropolitan Gas