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support, and eventually dismissed, after which the orders of the Board
were complied with. This business occupied the attention of the Sanitary
Committee for nearly six months, by reason of the pertinacity displayed
by the Salvation Army authorities in endeavouring to do what they considered
was sufficient without regard to the requirements of the Sanitary
Authority.
Whether or no this place is to be a benefit or otherwise to the district
remains to be seen. It will be kept under observation by the Board's
officers from time to time with a view of seeing that it is properly conducted
and kept in proper sanitary order.
PRICE OF GAS.
Another question which engaged the attention of the Board during the
past year is the price charged for gas by the various companies supplying
the metropolis with gas for public and private lighting, especially by the
Gas Light and Coke Company.
Complaints were raised on all sides, and resulted in a memorial being
presented to the Board by the inhabitants of the district asking for the use
of the Town Hall for the purpose of holding a meeting. The Board,
feeling considerable interest in the subject, decided to take the initiative
by calling a great public meeting at the Holborn Town Hall. The
meeting was held and numerously attended on the 18th April, 1894,
Sir Albert K. Rollit, M.P., presiding, accompanied by the following gentlemen:—Sir
Charles Hall, M.P., Walter Hazell, Esq., M.P., James Rowlands,
Esq., M.P., the Honourable Dadabhai Naoroji, M.P., the Honourable
Massey-Mainwaring, Mr. Alderman Beachcroft, L.C.C., Mr. Alderman
Hoare, L.C.C., J. F. Remnant, Esq., L.C.C., W. F. Blake, Esq., L.C.C., J. J
Stockall, Esq., M.L.S.B. J. G. Viney, Esq., and supported by the Chairman
of the Board, and the Chairman of the Board of Guardians for the Holborn
District, and many other members, who had endeavoured to make the
meeting a successful one.
The following resolutions were passed:—
"That in the opinion of this meeting the difference of 8d. in the
price of gas made by the Gas Light and Coke Company, viz.,
3s. 1d. to consumers on this side of the river, and 2s. 5d. to consumers
on the other side, which has existed since 1892, is unfair
and excessive."
"That in view of the unfair and excessive charges for gas, and the