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To Read the Gas Meter. 100.THOUSAND 10. THOUSAND 1.THOUSAND 0 1 9 8 7 0 9 1 22 88 2 33 77 3 6 4 4 6 5 5 654 10.000 1.000 100.EACH The figures on the index at the right hand denote even hundreds. When the hand completes the entire circle it denotes ten hundred, and is registered by the hand in the centre circle, pointing to one-each figure in the centre circle being a thousand-this entire circle being ten thousand, and is registered on the index of the left hand circle by the hand, there denoting by each figure, ten thousand. meter, is ascertained by reading from the index The quantity of gas which passes through the at the time the amount is required to be known, and deducting therefrom the quantity shown by the index at a previous observation.

If the whole is registered by the hands on the three circles above, it indicates....... 49,900 Amount at previous observation, as shown by the dotted lines.

Shows amount which passed through since last taken off... 42,500 7,400 The register at all times shows the quantity that has passed through since the meter was first set, by deducting from which the amount that has been paid for (without any regard to the time when), shows that the difference remains unpaid.

To Avoid Waste of Gas.

Turn the gas partly off at the meter; much gas is burned to waste by too great pressure in certain localities. In buildings of any size a good regulator will soon pay for itself. Cresson's is the best.

Gas-burners.

The following are those in common use: