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lamps. The ordinary street lamps are lighted, extinguished,
cleaned, and maintained by the Gas Company under an
arrangement with the Vestry; the agreed sum for the greater
part of last year was £3 per annum for each lamp burning
cannel gas, and £3 0s. 8d. for each lamp burning common
gas. The light given is practically identical, 4ft. of cannel
gas being supplied per lamp per hour, and 5ft. of common
gas. Larger street lamps are charged for at a proportionate
price, but as regards the refuge lamps, payment is made
according to the consumption of gas as registered by meter.
The total cost of street lighting for the past year amounted to
£2,559 5s. 8d., as compared with £2,325 10s. 6d. for the
previous twelve months. This sum is exclusive of new
lamp-posts, lanterns and fittings, which cost a further sum
of £359 8s. 0d.
The additional cost of street lighting is fully explained by
the increased consumption of gas in the street lamps throughout
the Parish, to which reference was made in the Vestry's
Report for 1887-8, and by a perceptible addition to the
number of lamps. The cost of street lighting for the current
year will show a still further increase, as most of the additional
lamps erected last year only came into charge towards
its close, and several other lamps were ordered by the Vestry
to be erected, but had not been put in position during the
period covered by this report.
With a view to deriving the utmost possible advantage
from the increased consumption of gas, the Vestry have
entered into a contract for the supply of about 500 new lanterns,
similar in design to those fixed in Regent Street, to
take the place of the worn-out obsolete lanterns in various
parts of the Parish. Tenders for the supply of these