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Paving.—A list of the paving works carried out
by the Vestry during the year will be found in the
report of the Surveyor.
Sewer Works.—A list of the sewer works carried
out by the Vestry during the year will also be
found in the report of the Surveyor.
Lighting.—The number of public lamps in the
main Parish at the close of the year was 927. The
gas is supplied by the Gas Light & Coke Company,
who also light, clean, and glaze the lamps. The
amount paid to the Company was £3,174 7s. 3d.
The Gas in the detached portion is supplied by the
Hornsey Gas Company, the number of lamps being
22, and the cost for lighting and gas being £71 7s.
9d. Further particulars as to lighting will be found
in the Surveyor's report.
Premises belonging to the Yestry.—The following
particulars are given with reference to the
various buildings and premises belonging to the
Vestry:—
The Vestry Hall, Rosoman 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 building has
been pulled down, and an extension of the Town
Hall is being erected on the site.
The Town Hall in Rosebery 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
£18,333 7s.