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REPORT
OF THE
Special Mater Committee.
Lambeth Water
Co.'s Charges.
The Committee reported on July 27th, 1892,
that having had under consideration various communications
in reference to the Lambeth Water Company's charges, it
was of opinion that the consumers of the Lambeth Water
Company residing in this Parish should be invited to meet
your Committee to confer upon the charges of that Company,
and recommended
That the Committee be authorised to call such Meeting
at an early date, and make such arrangements as may be
necessary.
This recommendation was approved by the Vestry, July
27th, 1892.
Conference.
Water Co.'s
Charges.
In pursuance of this resolution of the Vestry,
the Committee held a Conference in the Hall on
Wednesday, October 12th, with the ratepayers of the Parish
who are consumers of water supplied by the Lambeth Water
Company.
The Conference was well attended. Mr. Seth Coward
was elected Chairman; Mr. Archibald E. Dobbs attended at
the request of your Committee and gave the Conference the
benefit of his knowledge of the law relating to Water
Companies.
The following resolutions were passed by the Conference
:—
(i.) That this Conference is of opinion that the words
of the Lambeth Water Act, 1848, do not authorise the