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Wood Paving
and Asphalte.
The following figures extracted from the
audited accounts, show at a glance the expenditure
under this head during the year :—
Cash paid for new works
£4,127
11
9
Ditto for maintenance and repairs
5,178
15
6
Ditto in repayment of principal of outstanding
loans
7,396
9
0
Ditto in repayment of interest on outstanding
balances
821
11
3
£17,524
7
6
Lighting.
For lighting the public lamps throughout the
parish, for providing and maintaining the lamp
posts and lanterns, and for all other purposes connected
with the public lighting, the Vestry paid the sum of £4,728
18s. 2d. in respect of the lamps under their control. The
Gas Light and Coke Company have continued to supply the
parish with gas at the rate of 2s. 2d. per 1,000 feet.
Street. Cleansing,
Watering,
and
Dust Removal.
For these services, which are performed by Mr.
George Cookson under contract, the Vestry paid
£8,616 17s. 4d. The Vestry also provides for
the use of the Contractor, at a rent of £500 per annum,
a shoot at the wharf in Millbank Street, where there is a
residence for the contractor's foreman, to ensure the more
efficient execution of the work.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
Several street improvements have engaged the attention
of the Vestry during the year. In alphabetical order may
be mentioned the suggested improvement by Alexandra
Gate, the proceedings upon which have been already noticed.
As stated at page 47 of the previous report, the
question of the possibility of acquiring certain properties
in Caxton Street, between the Town Hall and James Street,
for the purpose of widening that portion of the thoroughfare,
occupied the time of the Works Committee at intervals
throughout last year. The negotiations remained in the
hands of the surveyor at the close of the year under review.
Consent to the formation of a new road to be known