Table: TABLE V.Shelving the comparative cost of Gas and the saving under the new system.
TABLE V.
Shelving the comparative cost of Gas and the saving under the new system.
| | Number of hours charged for. | Consumption per hour charged cu. ft. | Consumption per lamp per quarter cu. ft. | Number of Lamps. | Total Consumption per quarter. | Rate per 1000 cu. ft. | £ | s. | d. | Saving |
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A Old System, March 1892 | Sunset toSunrise. | 1257.34 | X 5. | = 6286.70 | X 1411.45 = | 8,873,362 | X 2/2 = | 961 | 5 | 7 | |
B New System, March 1892 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1188.08 | x 1.61 | =, 5454.82 | X 1411.45 = | 7,699,205 | X ,, = | 834 | 1 | 7 | = 127 | 4 | 0 |
C Old System, June 1892 | Sunset to Sunrise. | 788.80 | X 5. | = 3944.00 | X 1423.57 = | 5,614,560 | X ,, = | 608 | 4 | 10 | | | |
D New System, June 1892 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 639.91 | X 4.75 | = 3044.81 | X 1423.57 = | 4,384,500 | X „ = | 469 | 11 | 5 | = 138 | 18 | 5 |
E O1d System, Sept. 1892 | Sunset toSunrise. | 882.25 | X 5. | = 4411.25 | X 1422.76 = | 6,276,150 | X „ = | 679 | 18 | 4 | | | |
F New System, Sept. 1892 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 709.81 | X 4.76 | = 3377.68 | X 1422.76 = | 4,805,627 | X „ = | 520 | 12 | 1 | = 159 | 6 | 3 |
G Old System, Dec. 1892 | Sunset t0.Sunrise. | 1871.61 | X 5. | = 6858.05 | X 1420.39 = | 9,741,105 | X ,, = | 1055 | 5 | 8 | |
H New System, Dec. 1892 | Actual Number of Burning Hours. | 1282.67 | X 4.52 | = 5801.39 | X 1420.39 = | 8,240,236 | X „ = | 892 | 13 | 9 | = 162 | 11 | 11 |
Total saving in the cost of Gas for the year | £587 | 15 | 7 |