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By the decease of Mr. Wm. Goodings and Thomas Mordey,
two of the Annuitants under the late Commissioners of Clink
pavements, the sums of £37 10s. and £22 10s. respectively have
dropt, and also by the death of the late Clerk of the Works, an
annuity to him of £20 l1s. 4d. which was not paid from his
holding office under the Board has ceased, and as the Board did
not deem it expedient to appoint a successor to Mr. Sharp, the
whole of the duties of Surveyor and Clerk of the Works devolved
upon Mr. Howe, the Surveyor, as provided for at the first.
The Board have entered into a fresh contract with the Phœnix
Gas Company, for the term of three years, for lighting the whole
District at £4 5s. per lamp per annum, being a reduction of 2s. 6d.
per lamp in St. Saviour's Parish, and 5s. per lamp in Christchurch.
An experimental tramway has been laid down in the Blackfriars
Road, one half formed of iron, upon Mr. Carey's plan, and
the remainder of cube granite, laid down by Messrs. Mowlem, the
Contractors of the Board, both of which plans appear to assist the
heavy traffic at the foot of the bridge materially.
The Works performed during the year, by direction of the Surveyor,
&c., will form the next portion of the Report, and are as
follows.