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TO THE
VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF PADDINGTON,
Public Lighting and Works Department,
Paddington, 3rd June, 1886.
Gentlemen,
Herewith I beg to submit the Annual Report
for the Year ending Lady-Day, 1886, relative to the
works carried out in the Lighting and Works Department,
embracing the following subjects, viz.—Dusting,
Watering, Slopping, Carting Roadway Materials,
Sanding Frosty Roads, Sweeping the Public Highways,
Maintenance of Paddington Green, the disused
Burial Ground Garden, and the Mortuary.
PUBLIC LIGHTING DEPARTMENT.
Ordinary Lamps.—The consumption of gas by
the Public Lamps under the Average Meter System
has now been in operation for upwards of twelve years,
and continues to give satisfactory results. At LadyDay
there were 1,919 lamps, each estimated to consume
4.6 cubic feet of gas per hour. The number of
hours burning for the year was 3,877, or an average of
10.62 hours per lamp per night. The actual