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the thoroughfare is ascertained annually and paid by the
Vestry. The annual charge for this work amounts to about
£400.
By an Order of the Metropolitan Board of Works, dated
the 10th August, 1866, specified sections of the following
thoroughfares are placed under the exclusive management of
the Vestries of St. James and St. George, Hanover Square,
respectively, throughout the entire width thereof, instead of
according to the actual Parish Boundary, viz.:—Regent
Street, Piccadilly, Burlington Gardens, St. James's Street
and Park Place. No payment is made by either Vestry to
the other under this Order, the exchange of area being
regarded as an equivalent.
An order was made by the Metropolitan Board of Works
on the 21st December, 1883, placing so much of the carriageway
of Wardour Street as lies south of Meard's Court under
the exclusive management of the Vestry for the purposes of
cleansing and maintenance, and the remainder of the street
under the exclusive management, for the same purposes, of
the Strand District Board.
An arrangement made some years since with the Vestry
of St. Martin-in-the-Fields for the apportionment of
Coventry Street as regards the cleansing and paving, in
consequence of the boundary line being somewhat irregular,
is still in force.
PAVING AND DRAINAGE WORKS.
A considerable further quantity of wood and asphalte paving
work has been carried out duriug the past year, and
tenders have been accepted for a further quantity of wood
and asphalte paving during the ensuing year. Asphalte has
proved particularly satisfactory; it is impervious, smooth,
and comparatively noiseless, and is especially well adapted to
narrow streets and courts. The first cost is somewhat