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SAINT LEONARD, SHOREDITCH.
LIGHTING DEPARTMENT.
Gentlemen,
I beg herewith to submit the following report and tables
showing the work done by this Department, and the operation of
the Average Meter System during the eleventh year.
No reduction has been made in the price of gas supplied to the
public lamps, during the year, the charge per 1,000 cubic feet
being 2/2.
The total amount paid for gas, lighting, extinguishing, cleaning,
repairs, painting and maintenance for the year, including 243
improved lamps of greater illuminating power fixed at refuges and
positions where more light was necessary is £5,264 7s. 0d., being
£80. 9s. 5d., less than last year, or £2 18s. 1¾d., per ordinary lamp.
73 new ordinary lamps have been fixed and put in lighting
during the year, 2 discontinued, 64 removed to more favourable
positions, 69 changed for improved lamps, and 49 increased from
4.6 to 8 feet per hour.
One new refuge and column has been erected in Hoxton
Market, and fitted with a 100 candle power lamp.
The total number of lamps now in use is 1,637; 1,390 of which
are 14-inch ordinary lamps fitted with governors regulated to
consume 4.6 feet per hour, 4 regulated to consume 6.9 feet per
hour, 119 regulated to consume 8 feet per hour, 23 regulated to
consume 12 feet per hour, 65 18-inch Victoria lamps regulated to