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tinuously before the Vestry. At the request of Admiral Close, the
Vestry assented to his erecting an ornamental lamp in front of his
residence, No. 4, Burlington Gardens, in lieu of a parish bracket lamp
of ordinary pattern; a lamp-post has been erected at the corner of
Silver Street and Great Pulteney Street, an additional lamp in
Heddon Street, and the burner of a lamp at the north end of Berwick
Street has been increased in size. The Vestry do not feel justified in
making any considerable alteration in street lighting at the present
time, in view of the probable introduction of the electric light at
no very remote period.
Upon the application of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the
Vestry gave their consent to small coloured glass tablets, indicating
the position of fire plugs, being inserted in street lamps throughout
the parish.
PRIVATE LAMPS.
The Vestry some years since decided not to permit the erection
of Private Lamps except upon the following conditions.
1. That no part of such Lamps shall be less than 10 feet in height
from the public footway.
2. That no such Lamps shall in any case project further than the
inside line of the kerb bounding the footway.
3. That all such Lamps shall be entirely free from writing or any
trade devices, except in such cases as Medical Men, Post Office,
Sweeps, Fire Engines, or other positions where they would be a
public guide in cases of emergency.
4. That no Lamps shall be suspended by ball and socket-joint only.
5. That no Lamps on posts be agreed to unless they are kept
lighted the whole night.
6. That a sketch of the proposed Lamps with their dimensions,
and of any intended inscription thereon, be submitted with the
application to the Vestry for approval.
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
This important subject has again occupied much attention.
With a view to retaining the supply of electricity for public and
private purposes in their own hands, as far as possible, the Vestry