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Paid to the Gas Light and Coke Company. 11s 4d paid for gas.

Two bills, folded together, from the Reverend Master and Fellows of Jesus college to the Gas Company, one detailing the charges for the rental of gas from 26 March to 23 June 1862, totalling £5 19s 10d 1/2; the other for charges for time easing taps and stopping escape, totalling 1s. Total of £6 10d 1/2 written on back. Both settled 2 July 1862, signed by C. Bullock

Bill for £3 9s 11 and a half pence paid to the Gas Company for gas rental to the college from 25th June to 23rd September, and rental of a burner 25th June to 29th September 1863.

Receipt for the payment of £7 18s 1 1/2d from The Rev. Master and Fellows of Jesus College to the Gas Company for gas supplied to the college. Includes payment for gas rental from 25th March and 20th June 19864, rental of one Batwing burner from 25th March and 24th June 1864 and kitchen, buttery and porters' lodge consumption. Dated 29th June 1864 and signed by P. Haslop, on behalf of the Gas Company.

Paid to The Gas Light and Coke Company. 1s 9d paid for gas.

Paid to The Gas Light and Coke Company. £1 5s paid for gas for 60 Aldermanbury.

Paid C. Finch & Son total 19s for 200 Gass Jars and cash.

Bill for £7 10s from the Gas Company.
Receipt from J Grafton

Paid £7 10s each bill for gas. Signed by Thomas Frend Curtis, collector.

Two bills to the Gas Company for gas supplied to college. First bill: payment of £12 16s paid to the Gas Company. Includes payments for rental of one Batwing Burner from 29th September to 25th December 1862, and from 25th December 1862 to 25th March 1863, gas rental from 24th December 1862 to 27th March 1863, 7 carriers for transparency, and including payments for gas supplied to the kitchen, the Buttery and the Porters' Lodge, as well as money carried over from an underestimation on the previous bill. Second bill: payment of £12 and 7d to the Gas Company, for provision of supplies and maintenance. Includes payments for repairing, stamping and carriage of gas meter and kitchen meter to London and back, comp pipe, iron pipe, tap, cap lining, transparency and ventilator drum door and burner. Both signed by C. Bullock.

Two bills of £9 1s 11d and £2 4s 10d paid to the Gas Company for gas supplied to and work done to the college. First bill includes payments for gas rental from 26th September to 25th November 1862, and 25th November to 24th December 1862. Also includes payments for gas supplied to Mr Diver's meter, Mr Roes' and Mr Adsons'. Second bill includes payments for cleaning and refilling pipes, supplying a tripod burner, pipes and connections, cleaning out and refilling the service and stopping escapes in the Master's Lodge, filling in cracks and examining fillings in the kitchen, examining and supply of lights. Both dated 21st January 1863 and signed by P. Haslop.

Two bills to the Gas Company for gas supplied to college. First bill: payment of £7 11s 10 and a half pence paid to the Gas Company. Includes payments for rental of one Batwing Burner from 26th March to 25th June 1863, and gas rental from 26th March to 24th June 1863, including gas supplied to the Buttery, the kitchen and the Porters' Lodge. Second bill: payment of 7s 4d for maintenance to the college and supplies, including payments for copper tube, comp tube, cap lining, repairing filling to lamp, repairing lamps in front court and staircase over Porter's Lodge. Both signed by J. G. Gifford

Three bills for the consumption of gas and related costs, addressed to the Master and Fellows of Jesus College. The first covers the period from 24th March to 23rd September 1875, costing £29 8s in total. The second covers the fixing of lights in the kitchen of the Master's Lodge in August 1875, costing £1 12s 9d. The third covers repairs to lamp in cloister, stopping the escape in brackets in New Court, the Porters' Lodge, and the Hall stairs. Includes cost of time, brackets, and sockets. Total cost 7s.
Total costs from all three receipts added up in pencil on the back of the third, reaching £31 7s 9d.

Two receipts from the same company, received on same date. One for the consumption of gas as per meter from 23rd March to 22nd June, costing £18 8s, and for renting the burner, costing £1. The second is for 1 1;2 lamp cock, cleaning out service, and examining light in staircase and lamps in court (15th May 1874) and for altering fittings to lamp over Porters Lodge (11th June), all costing 13s 8d.

Two receipts from the same company, received on same date.First receipt is for rental of gas as per meter, from 30th September to 8th December, and for borrowing the burner. Total cost £28 3s 5d. Second receipt for examining and cleaning out fitting in kitchen and taking, down, repairing, and refixing bracket in the larder; examining and cleaning out fittings to lamp in New Buildings; clearing out pendant and fitting burner; taking down, repairing, and refititing lamp in J staircase. Total cost 9s 6d. Both receipts signed by N. C. Ingram.

Bill for gas consumed as per meter between 18th December 1874 and 24th March 1875, at a total cost of £31, plus the cost of a lamp in that same quarter, costing £1.
A second receipt from the same company deals with gas repairs carried out in that time, costing a total of 11s 7d, including: stopping escape of gas at front lamp; repairing pendant in buttery; repairing and stopping gas escapes in knife room; 2 ft 3/8 in lamp, and 1 ft 3/8 in copper; time for repairing pipe to lamp; fastening [union?] of plate-warmer; taking water out of fittings of lamps in New Court; 1 Bray's Burner and 1 Baits-wing; time for stopping escape, taking down pendant and repairing and refitting same in the kitchens; easing taps in P staircase; stopping gas escape in Hall. Both receipts signed by George Gifford.

Receipt for the payment of £12 7s 2 1/2d from The Rev. Master and Fellows of Jesus College to the Gas Company. Includes payment for gas rental from the 25th February to the 29th December and 1 batwing burner as per contract. Also mentions kitchen consumption, buttery and Adsons. Dated 2nd February 1864 and signed by Charles Bullock, on behalf of the Gas Company.

Bill to the Reverend Master and Fellows of Jesus College, from the Gas Company's Office in Cambridge, for:
Contract for 1 batwing burner from June 25th to September 29th.
For rental of Gas and for meter from June 23rd to September 23rd.

Bill to the Reverend Master and Fellows of Jesus College, from the Gas Company's Office in Cambridge, for:
Contract for 1 batwing burner from March 25th to June 25th.
For rental of gas from March 25th to June 23rd.
Buttery and kitchen consumption.

Letter from Gas Light Company Office, SIdney Street Cambridge. Addressed to Dr Corrie, stating that college had overpaid kitchen and buttery consumption and that the difference of £3 6d will be written into their ledger for the next quarter. Signed J. P. Laurence.

April 8th bill for 1 foot of pipe and 1/2 inch taps for lamp over gas. Paid July 12th. Signed P. Hanlop.

Gas company receipt from G Gifford for £14 2s 6d for gas rental for the Porters' Lodge, Mr. Diver, and Mr. Roe.

Gas company receipt from G Gifford for £12 13s for gas rental for the Porters' Lodge, Mr. Diver, and Mr. Roe for the half year ending Sept. 1847.

Receipt from the Gas Company for the college's gas rental from 29th September to 25th December 1864. Also includes cost of renting one batwing burner. Total cost of £14 6s 4d, also includes subtotals of gas consumption by the Buttery, the kitchen and the Porters. Dated 3rd February 1865. Signed by Charles Bullock.

Gas company receipt from G Gifford for £11 1s 9d for gas rental for the Lodge, Mr. Diver, and Mr. Roe for the quarter ending in March 1847.

Receipt from the Gas Company for the college's gas rental from 25th March 1865 to 24th June 1865. Also includes cost of renting one batwing burner. Total cost £9 19s 1d, includes subtotals for consumption by the kitchens, buttery and the Porters' Lodge. Dated 25th July 1865 and signed by Charles Bullock.

Receipt from the Gas Company for the college's gas rental from 24th December 1864 to 25th March 1865. Also includes cost of renting one batwing burner from 25th December to 25th March. Total cost of £15 12s 6d, also includes subtotals of gas consumption by the Buttery, Kitchen and Porter's Lodge. Signed by Charles Bullock.

Receipt from the Gas Company for the college's gas rental from 24th June 1865 to 29th September 1865. Also includes cost of renting one batwing burner. Total cost £3 6s 4d. Dated 2nd December 1865 and signed by Charles Bullock.

Receipt from the Gas Company for maintenance. Includes cost of time clearing out, repairing, altering fittings and cutting off meter in the kitchen; time clearing out fittings and stopping escape; and one half inch Lamp Clock. Total cost of 8s and dated 31st March 1865. Signed by Charles Bullock.

Receipt from the Gas Company for maintenance. Includes cost of taking up services C and E, cleaning out and examining siphons and refitting. Total cost of 5s. Dated 25th July 1865 and signed by Charles Bullock.

Receipt from the Gas Company for maintenance. Includes cost of screws, washers, comp pipe and comp tube, lamp cocks, burners, cap lining, connexions, iron pipe, bends, iron, tees, copper pipes, middle joints. Also includes time cleaning out fittings; taking up old pipe; cleaning out connexions, pipes and siphons; time taking down, cleaning out and enlarging pipes on the right hand side of the Hall; refitting pipe to Hall light and cleaning out burners; repairing fittings, stopping escapes and easing taps. Total £6 10s 7d. Dated 3rd February 1865 and signed by Charles Bullock for the gas company.

1. The Gas Company received of the master and fellows of Jesus College: 1s 6d for repairing lamp tube and greasing taps; 3s for burners to lamp; 1s 3d a broach. Paid 15 August 1854.
2. The Gas Company received of the master and fellows of Jesus College: £17 10s for rental of gas from Dec 1853 to March 1854; £7 10s for gas from March to June 1854. Cost excludes gas used for buttery and kitchen on a separate meter. Total cost £23 10s received of Rev Dr Corrie 15 Aug 1854.

1. The Gas Company received of the master and fellows of Jesus College: £4 10s rental gas per the meter for buttery and kitchen from June to September 1854.
2. The Gas Company received of the master and fellows of Jesus College: 2s 4d for taking down pipes for plasterers; £1 11s for filling 1 slide light with burned glass and tube completed at porters' lodge; 6s 9d for taking up service pipe to lamp over entrance porch cutting pipe and filling; £1 19s 9d escape lamp near kitchen; £2 2s 9d for examining all the lamps in court.

One diagrammatic drawing of gas installation, room plan outlined in blue ink, pipes in red, detail annotations in black

Bill to the sum of £26 19s for Gas Lighting, repairs, and cleaning.

Bills for Gas Lighting, the Cambridge Gas-Light and Coke Company, four quarterly bills:
£13 15s 0d
£7 10s 0d
£7 10s 0d
£7 10s 0d
Paid for Bat's Wing and Argand, lights delivery, and laying main de[?] to Chapel.

Receipt for the payment of £6 13s 7d from The Rev. Master and Fellows of Jesus College to the Gas Company for maintenance and fitting equipment. Includes cleaning and examining lights in screens and in back court; supply of lead pipe, unions, iron pipe, bends, connections and company pipe; and connecting two hall lamps to gas with tripods. Dated 28th October 1864 and signed by Charles Bullock, on behalf of the Gas Company.

Receipt for the payment of £3 9s 10d from The Rev. Master and Fellows of Jesus College to the Gas Company for maintaining lights and gas pipes around college. Includes payment for supplying tripods, cleaning and filling lamps, supplying pipes and connections, cleaning underground gas pipes leading to Stall and Kitchen lights and lamps in Cloisters, servicing B staircase and lamps in front court. Dated 2nd February 1864 and signed by Charles Bullock, on behalf of the Gas Company.

Receipt for the payment of 4s 9d from The Rev. Master and Fellows of Jesus College to the Gas Company for maintenance. Includes payment for maintaining slide pendants in servants halls, 1 1/2 Grid [?] glass and examining lights in courts and staircases. Dated 6th April 1864 and signed by Charles Bullock, on behalf of the Gas Company.

Gas receipt - 25th of March to the 24th of June, and from the 24th of June to the 29th of September. Cost - £15.

Gas receipt. Cost - £7, 10s.

Gas receipt - 25th of December to the 25th of March. Cost - £7, 10s.

Receipt for payment of £53 19s 10d for rental of gas between September and December 1879, signed by George Giffard.

Receipt for the rental of gas between December 1879 and March 1880, including meter readings, which totalled £58 3s 10d. Also includes the rental of 1 lamp 'as per contract', for £1.

Gas receipt. Cost - £7, 10s.