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through. The question of the Water Supply of the Metropolis,
consequently, remains where it was before the negotiations between
the late Government and the Companies. It is not improbable
that the subject will be taken into consideration by the Government
at an early date.
GAS.
The subjoined tables from the quarterly reports of the Chief
Gas Examiner exhibit at a glance the principal results (averages)
of the daily testings, at Ladbroke Grove Station, of the " common
gas," manufactured at Kensal Green by the Gas Light and Coke
Company.
1. With respect to illuminating power.

With the exception of two occasions during the first quarter the
minimum illuminating power of the gas was invariably above the
requirements of the Acts of Parliament.
2. With respect to purity. Sulphuretted hydrogen was not
present in the gas at any time, and the proportion of sulphur in
any other forms than this was always below the limits of the Acts
of Parliament.