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instalments of £400, has teen paid off, the last of such instalments
falling due on the 26th July, 1899.
CONTRACTS.
A list of the contracts entered into and still in force will be
found on page 92 of this Report.
In March last the Board advertised for tenders for the
supply of one million blocks of Jarrah and Karri wood, required
for the repaying of Southwark Street and Blackfriars Road, and
the following were received :—
Per 1000
The Acme Wood Flooring Company, Limited £'10 9 0
Millar's Karri and Jarrah Forests, Limited 10 12 6
William Griffiths 10 15 0
The Board accepted the tender of the first named, the
Acme Company, and a contract was entered into accordingly.
Advertisements were also issued for sale of the old pitching
in both thoroughfares, and the highest tenders, those of Mr. W.
H. Wheeler, were accepted, as under :—
Old Aberdeen and Guernsey granite
pitching in Southwark Street 2/6 per yard super.
Old Guernsey ditto in Blackfriars
Road 2/- „ „
Old 10x10 Guernsey block channel
from both streets 3d. per foot run.
Mr. George Tyrie, the contractor for the supply of bass
brooms, having offered to continue his contract for another year
on the same terms and conditions as the last, and the articles
supplied by him being satisfactory and the prices moderate, the
Board resolved to accept his offer, and the contract has been
extended accordingly.
The Board, on the application of the Trustees of the
Borough Market, has consented to cleanse a portion of
Winchester Yard, a place not included in its contract with the
Trustees, in consideration of the latter paying £20 per annum
in addition to the sum of £600 reserved and made payable
under the contract.
TRAMWAYS.
Attention having been drawn to the dangerous position of the
tramway terminus in the Blackfriars Road, near the foot of Black-