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One Year's Expenditure of the New River Companyin 1820 .

Poundage £3,300

Salaries 2,300

Street expences 2,500

Pipe-yardWater-houseRiver .EngineCoalsStablePaving

PlumbersStationery, Printing, &c.

5002,4003,500300~ 900

1501,600300250

Rents, &c.—£3,500Taxes 4,500

Committee 500

Incidents, including Law 500

27,000

Reserve *-%w 3,700

30,700

Deduct on Paving andsome other articles

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1,000

£29,700

Another important fact of the necessity ofSub-ways has been proved by the letter of theCity Surveyor of Pavements to the Commissi-oners at Guildhall in September last.

“ To the Committee of the Honourable Commissionersof Sewers for the City of London , and theLiberties thereof.

Having been directed to report myopinion, whether, if additional Gas Companieswere allowed to lay pipes in the City, any in-jury would be done to the pavement; and whetherany additional expence to the Commission wouldensue in consequence of such pipes being laid—