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Footways.—-The footways have been kept in a good state of
repair under contracts entered into by the Vestry.
Licenses.
Licenses have been issued as follows:—
Hoardings and gantries 30
Scaffolds 23
Shores 2
Opening footway and roadway for various purposes 52
Inserting coal plates 11
Temporary erection 1
Laying down straw 5
Remove guard posts 1
Materials on road 1
New drains 219
Examining drains 10
Unstopping drains 19
Repairing drain 1
375
The whole of the costs of reinstating paving, constructing
drains, etc., have been borne by the various licensees.
Lighting.
The 1,411 lamps in the parish have been properly lighted and
maintained by the Gas Light and Coke Company and Her
Majesty's Office of Works.
maintenance of sewers and gullies.
All the brick and pipe sewers have been flushed, cleansed,
and disinfected, and the gullies have been regularly emptied,
disinfected, and flushed with water.
The drainage of the following streets has been improved by
the construction of new gullies or by the re-construction of
old gullies.
Alfred-street Hugh-place
Arthur-street Kensington-road
Ashley-place Marsham-street
Brompton-road Medway-street
Cottage-place Mill's-buildings
Dartmouth-street Palace-street
Douglas-gardens Perkin's-rents