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 Street-widening operations have been carried out in other districts, a portion of Symonds Street, opposite Khyber Pass Road, and a strip of Mount Eden Road, adjacent to the Grafton Library, being increased from 66 feet to 76 feet. Another section of Symonds Street, south of St. Paul's Church, was widened to 90 feet by the erection of a reinforced concrete retaining wall on what was originally intended to be the line of street, but which evidently had been abandoned on account of the steep nature of the country abutting the road.

O'Connell Street, one of the City's oldest thoroughfares, which was originally 18 feet wide, has been in creased to 33 feet, the work being carried out with the co-operation of the property owners on the eastern side of the thoroughfare. The alterations necessitated the removal of Auckland's first wooden house, erected by the late Sir John Logan Campbell, to a new site in Cornwall Park.

High Street has also been increased in width from 20 feet to 33 feet on a portion of its length.

The most recent operation of this class was the widening of Remuera Road at the base of Mount Hobson, where, although the maximum increase of the roadway did not exceed nine feet, the improvement is considerable.

The principal business streets and tramway routes of the City are lighted by electric lamps, four of which