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places and the formation of a line of railway by the
side of the towing path. The railway is to have junctions
with the Great Eastern.
The Bill of the Commercial Gas Company is to sanction
an amalgamation with the Ratcliff Gas Company,
and to provide additional capital and fresh sites for
works.
The Bill will no doubt be considered (together with
the Bills of certain other companies) by the Committee
appointed to consider the before-mentioned Bill of the
Metropolitan Board.
It is obvious that unless these Bills are properly
watched, and proper provisions secured in the interests
of the ratepayers for regulating the method in which
the works are to be executed and otherwise, a very serious
injury might be committed, and the Vestry have, in
each case, caused petitions to be presented to parliament
in order to obtain a locus standi before the Committees
which will be appointed to consider such bills.
There have been Twenty Vestry Meetings; Eightythree
Meetings of the Standing Committees; and Sineteen
Meetings of Special Committees; and it is sufficient
proof of the great attention which the members
of the Vestry give to their duties when it is stated that
the average attendance at each Vestry is over fifty.
The Accounts for the year ending the 25th March last,
have been duly audited, vouched, and allowed, and the
abstract thereof, as certified by the Auditors pursuant
to the statute, is published with this report.
Vestry Hall,
Bancroft Road,
Mile End, E.
June, 1875,