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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Lighting

Lighting.

The streets of Wellington are lighted by electricity, mainly by incandescent lamps, but there are three or four are lights of great power. The ordinary street lamps number about six hundred, which may very fairly be said to light the city exceedingly well. The motive-power for the street - lamps is water, which is supplied by the City Council. The private lighting is undertaken by the New Zealand Electrical Syndicate, and special steam machinery is used for the purpose. Many houses and business places are provided with electric light, and it is not uncommon for the shops in the principal streets to have their windows brilliantly lighted, though not open for the transaction of business. The gasworks of Wellington are very creditable, and with the “incandescent” burners, the struggle for supremacy in brilliance and cheapness is not altogether one-sided.