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Railway Bills of the Present Session,
The Plans and Notices deposited with the Clerk of the
Board were:—
(1) The London Central Electric Railway from the
Railway authorized by the Charing Cross and Waterloo
Electric Railway Act, 1882, and from Piccadilly Circus to
Newgate Street.
(2) The Mid-London Electric Railway from the Marble
Arch to the Royal Exchange.
Both schemes fell through, the first being thrown out by
the Select Committee of the House of Commons, and the
second through the Promoters failing to make the usual
Parliamentary deposit. The projects are more fully
referred to in the Surveyor's Report.
The Electric Lighting Act, 1882.
The Provisional Orders granted by the Board of Trade
to the Metropolitan (Brush) Electric Light and Power
Company, Limited, to supply electricity to the north side of
High Holborn and New Oxford Street, and the east side of
Tottenham Court Road to Bayley Street; and to the PilsenJoel
and General Electric Light Company, Limited, to
supply the south side of High Holborn and New Oxford
Street to Little Queen Street, were confirmed by Parliament
; but neither Company has yet made the necessary
deposit or appropriation of Capital, and as the Board of
Trade, upon the recommendation of the Board, has declined
to extend the period of six months allowed by the Act, the
Provisional Orders are at an end.
Sale of Food and Drags Act, 1875.
Two hundred and thirty-nine articles have been analysed
during the year, consisting of samples of bread, butter,