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SPECIAL PAVING.
Pursuant to the directions of the Board, estimates of the cost of paving the
following streets in the parish of Limehouse have been prepared, and apportionments
of the sums to he paid by the several owners of land and houses
abutting on such streets have been made, and orders for payment of the several
apportioned sums have been served upon such owners.
The following is a list of the several streets, and the estimates of the costs
of paving, &c., resjiectively :—
Street. Estimate of cost of paving.
Pod Street £851 10 8
Francis Street 778 2 0
Felling Street 153 16 2
Silver Street 115 16 7
Farrant Terrace 78 11 0
Spencer Street 145 6 5
Thomas Street 1,239 5 0
Railway Place 84 15 3
The severul apportioned amounts are being paid by the owners of the
property, pursuant to the orders served upon them.
LIGHTING.
The number of public lamps in the district is 746, being an increase of one
on the number reported at Ludy-day, 1869.
The attention of the Hoard having been called to the neglected and dirty
state of the public lamps, and also to the fact that in some parts of the district
the lamps were not lighted until after dark, and that the light given by the
burners was insufficient, the attention of the Gas Companies have been called
to the matter, and instructions have been given to the inspectors to make
inspections from time to time of the lamps throughout the district during the
evening and night, and to report thereon to the Board.