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to continue the old Contract until the end of the
September quarter, by which time everything was in a
satisfactory condition for commencing.
On the 1st October the new system was inaugurated
and not withstanding the severe tests to which it has
been subjected, it has accomplished in a most satisfactory
manner what the Vestry has so long desired, viz.:—
the purchase of Gas by measurement in a convenient
way, and with justice both to the Ratepayers and the
imperial Gas Company.
I have the pleasure to submit the following Tables,
showing the results of the working under the Old and
New Systems for the first six months:—
Table showing the Monthly Gain per Lamp by Meter Indication
and Modified Hours.
Octr.
Cu. ft.
Novr.
Cu. ft.
Deer.
Cu. ft.
Jany.
Cu. ft.
Feby.
Cu. ft.
March.
Cu. ft
Total.
Cu. ft.
Gas saved by meter
indication
32.17
143.31
135.09
161.45
51.57
54.67
578.26
Gas saved by modified
hours
181.25
202.92
173.75
185.17
157.00
111.70
1011.79
Totals
213.42
346.23
308.84
346.62
208.57
166.37
1590.05
Showing the gain per lamp in six months to be
1590.05 cubic feet, or a gross total over all the lamps
of 2,727,075 cubic feet, or 12 per cent, less than the
quantity that would have been charged for under the
former arrangement.