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At such hearing reference was made to the provisions of
the 25th Sec. of the Metropolis Gas Act, 1860, enabling
Local Authorities and Gas Companies to agree for varying
the amount of sulphur in any form from the standard fixed
by the Act. And a letter was some time afterwards received
from the Secretary of the Company on the point, as to which
the following is the entry on the Board's Minutes of the 13th
August, 1874:—
"Read a letter (30th July) from the Secretary of the Phoenix
Gas Company referring to the withdrawal of the summons
recently issued against the Company on the complaint of this
Board of the quality of gas supplied by them, and stating
that he was desired by the Board of Directors to express
their readiness to discuss the question with a view to arriving
at an agreement thereon, as provided by Sec. 25 of the
Metropolis Gas Act, 1860.
"Resolved that the Secretary of the Company be informed
that this Board are not aware of any circumstance rendering
it desirable to have recourse to the provisions of the section
referred to enabling them and the Company to enter into an
agreement on the subject of the quality of gas to be supplied,
and that without declining such a conference as suggested,
the Company be requested in the first instance to furnish
this Board with a statement of the grounds upon which they
seek to alter the quality of the gas, as expressly enacted
by the Section mentioned."
This resolution resulted in the receipt of a further letter
from the Secretary of the Company, as to which the following
is the entry on the Board's Minutes of the 24th September,
1874.
"Read a letter from the Phoenix Gas Company, of which
the following is a copy:—
The Phoenix Gas Light and Coke Company,
70, Bankside, S.E.,
August 20, 1874.
Dear Sir,
Bi-Sulphide of Carbon.
I submitted your letter of the 14th inst. to the Board