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In June notice was given that from September
the price to private consumers would be lowered
from 3s. 1d. to 3s. per 1000 cubic feet, but
that the price for the public lamps would be raised
from 2s. 2d. to 2s. 4d., and a further reduction of
1d. from December to private consumers if the
state of the Company's finances admitted of it.
The Vestry, in common with many others, expressed
themselves as very disappointed with the small reduction
to private consumers, and emphatically
protested against the increase in the charge for
street lighting. In July notice of a further
reduction to private consumers from 3s. to 2s. 10d.
was given.
Premises belonging to the Vestry.—The following
particulars are here given with reference to the
various buildings and premises belonging to the
Vestry:—
The Vestry Hall, Bowman Street.—Until 1888,
held on lease from the New River Company, at a
ground rent of £10, which would have expired in
1903. The freehold was in February, 1888, purchased
for the sum of £2,132.
The new Town Hall in Bosebeiy Avenue, the
freehold site of which was purchased in 1893 from
the County Council for the sum of £6,210, and the
building erected in 1894 and 1895 at a cost of
about £17.000.*
The Mortuary, Coroner's Court and Disinfecting
Oven.—Erected on a portion of Spa Fields Burial
Ground in 1876, at a cost of £2,433 1s. 11d., the
land being leased from the Marquess Northampton
for 50 years at a rent of 10s. per annum.
*Precise figures are not yet available.