572
GAS-LIGHT
Copy of a Paper submitted to a Committee of the House of Commons in the Session or
of England; and procured by actual survey
Name of thePlace where Price of Gas per Meter,Gas Works ami Discounts allowed,are situated
BirminghamGas Com-
LiverpT OldCompany1834. '
Ditto, ditto,LiverpoolNew Gas nmCoke, 1833.Bradford,1684.
Sheffie’d,1835.
Leicester,
1837.
Derbv, 1834.
Ditto, 1837.
10s. per meter cub. feet.Discounts
107. to 30 Li 2£ •
30/. to 50/.* 5 c
50/. to 75/. t 74 o
75/. to 100/. ^10 g100/. &. upwards 15 o10s. per meter cub. feet.Discounts as above.
10s. per meter cub. feet.Discounts50/. t 75/. 575/. - g? 100/. 74 •« 100/. s’S 125/. 10'c2 125/. <=> g 150/. 124 S< 150/. 3 g 175/. 15 g175/. ® 200/. 174 c -
200/.&.upwards2010s. per meter cub. feet.Disco’ntssame as Mac clesfield . Macclesfield discounts taken fromStockport card.
lOs.per m.cub.ft. 1834.0s. and 8s. — 1837.
Discounts
100 /.
150/.
2il0Z.
225/.
250/.
300/.
400/.
400/. &. upwards10s. per nteiercub.feet.Discounts
10/. & under 50/. 2J •30/. to 100/. 5 <■>100/. to 200/. 7£S300/. and upwards 10 AIn 1835, this Company10s. per meter cub. feet.Discounts same os Liv-erpool Old Comp’ny.i. per meter cubic feelto large consumers.Discounts
Lump coalfrom West Bromwich pits, risenmuch of late.1837, Us. I0d.
From West Bromwich pits, 1837,9s. 3d.
Common, 8s.average 1834.
50/.
100/.
150/.
200 /.
225/.
250/.
300/.
Coal 10s. 6c7.cannel I9s.6d.about hnllamlhalf used.Average 15s.1834.
15s. 2d. *average.OldhamWater-
10 *
174
n i
10
124:
40/. to 60
60/. to 80
8Cf. to 100
1(J0/. &. upwards 20Small Consumers,l)s. per meter cub. feet,and 5 per cent, offfrom 10/. to 20/.
8s. per meter cubic feet.Discounts
24 } per cent. ( 15/.5‘ f on half- ) 30/.7.J l yearly 1 50/.0 ^ payments, t 100/.
8s. per meter cubic feet.Disc’nts same us Leeds.
7s. 6d. per meter cnb.ft.Disc’nls on half-yearlyrental, not exceeding10/., 5 per cent.
10/. _ bn 30/. 7* .„ 20/. 2-= 30/. 10 i► 30/. .11! 40/. I2J g0 40/. a g 50/. 15 u* 50/. " 8 60/. 20 g,60/.&upwards2510s. permetercub. feet.Discounts5 to 35 per cent.
9s. per meter cubic feet.Discounts as above.
10s. per meter cub. feel.No discounts.
7s.3d. per tonof 112 lbs. percwt. Orms-kirk or Wig an slack.
resorted to the18s. nil cannelWigan .
8s.6tZ. perton3 sorts usedaverage.Slack 5s. 6d.Low moor8s. lOd.Catherineslack 8s.
8s. per tonaverage.-3ds com’on7s.
l-3d cannel10s.
7s.9d. per ton. average.
3 sorts used,I, 2-lOthscan’el.nt 16s.
8, 2-IOth*deep pit, 7s.I-10tli
silkstone, 10s.13s. 6d.average.Derbyshiresoft coal.
Same coalused as utLeicester.Ditto.
17s. average.Newcastle.
Average Quantity
of Gas made per Ton
of Coals.
made froma Ton ofCoal.
Ma-terialusual toheatRetorts.
No. ofPublic
Street
Lamps
sup-
plied.
Cujt.
6.50C
32
2s. Id per
Slack.
About
bushels.
quarter
5 cwt.
delivered,
of slack,
or about
at 6s.
3d. per
per ton,
25 per
cent.
6,500
2s. lOd.
Slack.
5 cwt.
1,500
per sack
and
ot slack,
measure
ot 8
Tar.
at 4s.
bushels.
25 per
cent.
6.72C
12 cwt.
10s.
Coke.
No
per ton.
account
kept.
7,800
6s. 8d.
Coal,
Ditto.
230
per ton.
coke t
and tar.
9,500
Ditto.
Coke.
4, S-3ds
2,375
cwt.
•
•
8,200
8s. 4d.
Slack,
6j cwt.
1,700
per ton of
7s. 3d.
112 lb.
per ton.
per cwt.
nl similar
to the L
iverpool
New G
9,500
7s. 6d.
Coke
5^ cwt.
Only a
per tou.
and
few.
slack.
8,00C
13 cwt.
12s.
Coke.
8£ cwt.
per tou.
6,500
12 cwt.
7s. 6d.
Ditto.
5$ cwt.
517
per ton.
8,000
10 cwt.
10s.
Ditto.
]} cwt.
600
of saleable
per ton.
coke.
7,500
10s. 8d.
About
414
or 2s. 8d.
tar, &c.
l-3d of
per qr.
coke.
7,000
Ditto.
Ditto.
Coke.
Ditto.
219
7,000
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
300
8,500
12s. per
Ditto.
13 bush.
26,280
chaldron.
8,500
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
Ditto.
30,400
_ ^ —
Description.Size or Sort.
Batswinga.
460
Batswinga.
Single jetsand flatflames,about halfand half.
Batswinga*t jet,
2 —
as and CoalArgantls*
Batswing*'
X)itto-
Ditto*
Ditto-
Priceoaid p* r‘Annum
L. s. -
1 10 o
2 0 0
average
I 18 0
2 10 0
2 10 01834.
2 0°1837*
J
1 2 n
2 0°
it s
1 1 «f
cc r *k,>°°
- lig^
2 12
2 18
C<f
put u
lirf'
lOf -pd
3 3
4 0
0 0
>is h**
co<v?