View report page

220
£ s. d.
Cost per lamp, mantles, forks and chimneys 0 16 1½
Saving in gas per lamp at 2/3 per 1,000 cubic feet £0 12 5
Nett increased cost per lamp, per annum, £1 2s. 10d.
The present nett cost of the burners, not included in the above figures, is 9/1, to which
must be added cost of fixing.
Increased illumination taken from experiments made by the Gas Company, 70 per cent.
Present increased cost over ordinary burners for maintenance 36 per cent.
The Company desired to discontinue the use of the burners for a time until further
perfection was obtained, but at the request of the Vestry they consented to allow them to
remain up.
On the 16th December, I placed before you a further communication from the Gas
Company, that they were prepared to undertake the lighting, repairs, cleaning, and all
responsibility in connection with lamps fitted with incandescent burners upon payment of an
additional sum of 12/- per lamp beyond the price now paid for lamps fitted with ordinary
burners, upon that basis I placed before you figures referring to the whole of the lamps
upon the main road from Mill Pond to the Deptford Boundary, but as the existing patent
has only three years to run, the Vestry declined for the present to entertain the question.