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cost 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 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'
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.
Most of the paving and drainage works during the past
year consisted of maintenance and repair, and details of the
work will be found in the Surveyor's Report commencing
on page 133.