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ready means of dealing with every wire, and that for this
purpose every wire should be identified. The bye-laws,
they thought, should provide for the best method of
identification, by registration or otherwise, and for the
removal of all ownerless wires.
These suggestions were not embodied in any Bill, and no
doubt will be the basis of future legislation on the subject.
WATER SUPPLY.
At the date of the last Annual Report presented to
the Vestry, Mr. Torrens' Bill, "To disclose that the term,
'annual value,' in the 68th Section of the Waterworks'
Clauses Act, 1847 shall mean 'rateable value,'" had passed
the House of Commons, and was before the House of Lords.
The Vestry took active measures in support of the Bill,
and Lord Brabazon presented the following Petition:—
To the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled.
The HUMBLE PETITION of the Vestry of the
Parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, in the County of
Surrey.
SHEWETH,
THAT a Bill has been brought up from the Honourable
House of Commons, and introduced into your Lordships' House,
intituled, "A Bill to declare and explain the 68th Section of the
Waterworks' Clauses Act, 1847."
That your Petitioners' Parish is an extensive one, comprising
about 31,000 houses, of the gross value of over a million
pounds sterling, and is within the Metropolitan area, as defined
by the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855. The inhabitants
are supplied with water by the following Companies:—
The Southwark and Vauxhall Water Company.
The Lambeth Water Company.
The Kent Water Company.