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Lighting.—The number of public lamps in the
main Parish at the close of the year was 949. The
gas is supplied by the Gas Light & Coke Company,
the lighting, cleaning, and glazing of the lamps
being done by the Vestry. The amount paid to
the Company was £2,447 7s. l0d. The Gas in the
detached portion is supplied by the Hornsey Gas
Company, the number of lamps being 39, and the
cost for lighting and gas being £11.3 16s. 2d.
Further particulars as to lighting will be found in
the Surveyor's report.
Premises belonging to the Vestry.—The following
particulars are given with reference to the
various buildings and premises belonging to the
Vestry:—
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. During the year the Vestry have
accepted a teuder from Messrs. Campbell, Smith
& Co., for the completion of the decoration work
at a cost of £1,717.
Annex to Town Hall, formerly 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 was pulled down in 1898,
and an extension of the Town Hall erected on the
site at a cost of £8,760.
Public Library Building.—Erected at the corner
of Skinner and Whiskin Streets in 1890 at a cost
of £6,300, the land being leased from the Worshipful
Company of Skinners for 80 years, at a rent of
£17 per annum.