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THE LORD NAPIER STATUE.
A Statue to Lord Napier of Magdala was erected in
Waterloo Place last summer, and unveiled by H.R.H. the
Prince of Wales, on the 8th July.
STONEYARD.
In consequence of the erection of the new Swimming
Bath, certain alterations have been necessary in the Stoneyard.
The Mortuary has been pulled down and a new one
erected, and alterations made to the Examination Room and
Stoneyard Office.
LIGHTING.
The maintenance and painting of the street lanterns
and lamp columns, which were formerly done by the Gas
Company, are now carried out for the Vestry by contract.,
The contractors for the year were Messrs. R. and J. Shiers
of 5, King Street, Regent Street, W.
One new lamp has been fixed in Marshall Street and
one in Eagle Place, the position of one in Piccadilly altered,
and the consumption of gas in one at the corner of Ingestre
Buildings increased from five to seven feet per hour. Two
lamps in the Haymarket and one in Coventry Street have
been put out of lighting.
The refuge lamps are furnished with a "midnight
arrangement," and a man is employed by your Vestry to
light, extinguish, and clean these lamps and those in the
urinals, and also to reduce the light at 12 o'clock at night.