56 ADVANTAGES OF GAS. 



Therefore we have s. d. 



Income 670 8 8 



Outlay 484 11 



Leaving a profit of 186 7 9 



OUTLAY IN 1839. s. d. 



Coal carbonized - 204 19 2 



Do. as fuel 54 14 



240 bushels of lime 600 



One man by day and one by night 62 8 



Lamplighter 31 00 



Repairs in the streets 16 3 

 Repairs in the works, including wear and tear 



of retorts, meter and clock 58 16 



Rent of ground - 20 



Taxes 20 



Office expenses - 10 



484 2 



INCOME IN 1839. 



75 Private lamps at 3 = 225 



64 Public do. at - 4 = 256 



Coke, 243 chaldrons at - 0160 = 19480 



675 8 



Income 675 8 



Outlay 484 2 



Leaving the profit 191 7 10 



The equal results of these two years is not peculiar to this establishment ; 

 there are many of much greater extent that can compare with it. It is only 

 those works, in the erection of which incompetent people have been employed, 

 that fail to answer the expectations of the capitalist. It is at all times unplea- 

 sant to find fault ; but it cannot be denied that there are many who, from slight 

 or no experience at all, fancy themselves capable of undertaking the superin- 

 tendence of any gas establishment : the number of failures constantly point out 

 their ignorance. It is no better than imposition for persons thus unqualified 



