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of lighting, paving, cleansing, watering, &c., that portion
of the thoroughfare is ascertained annually and paid by the
Vestry.
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 Yestries 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 Yestry 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 Mead'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.
PAYING AND DRAINAGE WORKS.
Most of the paving and drainage works during the past
year consisted of maintenance and repair. A few streets were
paved with asphalte under contract by the French Asphalte
Company, whose tender was accepted in open competition.
Further details of the various paving and drainage works
carried out during the year will be found in the Surveyor's
Report, commencing on page 123.