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The Board accepted the tender of the Acme Wood Flooring
Company, Limited.
Advertisements were also issued for sale of the old pitching
and block channelling with which Newcomen Street and Gravel
Lane were paved, and the highest tenders, those of Mr. W. H.
Wheeler, were accepted, as under :—
Old Guernsey granite pitching in
Newcomen Street 2/6 per yard super.
Old Guernsey block channelling from
the same street 3½d. per foot run.
Old Aberdeen and Guernsey granite
pitching in Gravel Lane 1,9 per yard super.
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 during the last two years,
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.
DEPOT IN LAVINGTON STREET.
The lease of the piece of Land in Lavington Street, held of
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and used for the purposes of a
works depot, expiring on the 25th March last, application was
made to them through Messrs. Glutton, their agents, for permission
to continue the tenancy for another year. Messrs.
Clutton consented, and an agreement has been entered into
under which the land will be held from quarter to quarter until
notice is given by either party to determine the tenancy, and at
the same rent as heretofore, viz., £100 per annum.
MARY ANN PLACE.
In July, 1899, the South Eastern & Chatham Railway
Company submitted to the Board a proposal for the closing