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60
Per annum.
16in. lantern and column
5/2
14 in. „ „
5/2
16in. „ and bracket
4/11
14in. „ „
4/11
"Metropole lanterns, and bracket or column
5/9
"Victoria " lanterns, and bracket or column
5/9
Refuge lanterns and column
17/-
Metropolitan Board pattern lantern and column
8/3
Keeping in repair or supplying new governors
and burners as required to refuge lamps
2/6
Ditto ditto other meter lamps
2/6
Ditto ditto meter fittings
5/-
Cleaning services of
7/6
Burning off and painting lamp column
7/6
INCREASED COST OF GAS.
The further increase in the charge made by the Gas
Light and Coke Company to private consumers has naturally
excited some attention. It may therefore be useful
to briefly refer to the powers which the Company possess
to increase their charges.
The charge for gas to private consumers in this Parish
is governed by the 19th section of the Gas Light and
Coke Company's Act, 1876 (39 and 40 Vic., Cap ccxxv.),
which fixes the standard, or initial, price of common gas
at 3s. 9d. per 1,000 cubic feet, subject to a decrease or
increase of one penny per 1,000 feet for every addition
or reduction of five shillings per cent. in the standard
rate of dividend of 10 per cent. The charge for cannel
gas follows the same rule, and varies according to the
relative illuminating power of common and cannel gas.