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Paddington 1899
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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144 BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
PUBLIC LIGHTING DEPARTMENT.
Detail s of Expenditure and Outstanding Balances from Lady-day, 1899, to Lady-day , 1900.
| Details of Expenditure. | Cash paid during the year ending Lady-day, 1900. | Outstanding Balances, 25th March, 1900. | Annual Expenditure, including Outstanding Balances. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gas Light & Coke Co., for Gas supplied to Public and Refuge Lamps, as follows, viz.:— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| 1899, June Quarter | 855 | 8 | 5 | |||||||
| „ Sept. „ | 940 | 1 | 11 | |||||||
| „ Dec. „ | 1,537 | 12 | 6 | |||||||
| 3,333 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||
| 1900, March Quarter | .. | 1,444 | 1 | 3 | 4,777 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Total Wages Paid. | Wages paid to Lamplighters | 1,542 | 13 | 2 | 2,085 | 6 | 0 | |||
| „ „ to Fitters and Glaziers, fixing new Posts, and Repairs | 473 | 10 | 0 | • • | ||||||
| „ „ for Washing and Painting Lamps | 69 | 2 | 10 | • • | ||||||
| Inspector's Salary | .. | • • | 112 | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Maintenance of Meters, Meter Boxes, Governors, and Cocks.. | 119 | 15 | 3 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 157 | 16 | 6 | |
| The Metropolitan Electric Supply Company, for supply of Electricity to Arc Lamp—West bourne Terrace | 315 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 420 | 0 | 0 | |
| The Metropolitan Electric Supply Company, for two Cast Iron Columns | 34 | 0 | 0 | • • | 34 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tradesmen's Bills:— | ||||||||||
| King, W., for "Gas Journal" | 0 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| Matts, J., for Ironmongery | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | |
| Surveyor, for Sundry Payments | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | |
| Pontifex, S., & Co., for Lanterns, Glass, Head-irons, &c. | 4.4. | 7 | 4. | 74 | 16 | 5 | 119 | 3 | 9 | |
| Reakes, E., for Oilman's Goods | 1 | 7 | 6 | .. | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||
| Bartle, J., & Co.. for Lamp Castings | 22 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 4 | |
| Carried forward | £ | £ | £ | |||||||