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of nurses for the sick and aged poor. He also agreed to a clause
protecting the rights of the present pensioners. Sir Henry Longley
added that it was intended to deal with Humphry Williams and
Simmonds Charities by a further scheme.
The original scheme was completed and sealed by the Charity
Commissioners on the 21st March, 1899, and included in the names
of the co-optative Trustees was one nominated by the Vestry in place of
one named by the Commissioners, who declined to act. The number
of Trustees remain as originally fixed at thirteen, but the other
clauses have been altered as agreed to by Sir Henry Longley.
Application for
Revocation of
Provisional
Order.
Electric Lighting and Dust Disposal Committer.
county ok london and brush provincial electric lighting company.
The position taken by the Board of Trade in the early part of
1808, of refusing to revoke the Order of the County of London and
Brush Provincial Electric Lighting Company, on the
ground that the Company had not carried out its Order
for the period of six years, was maintained by the Board.
The plans of the Company having been disapproved by the
Vestry and the County Council, the Company appealed to the Board
of Trade, who appointed Major Cardew, Inspector of the Board, to
hold an inquiry with reference to the matter. The Inquiry was held
on the 27th June, 1808, when the Vestry were represented by Counsel
(Mr. Corrie Grant), the Company by Mr. Sydney Morse, their
Solicitor, and Mr. A. J. Lawson, their Engineer, and the Council by
the Chairman of the Highways Committee and other Members. After
hearing the arguments on both sides, the Inspector made an award
on the 11th July, allowing the appeal of the Company, upon conditions
that they gave a written consent to the Board of Trade that
they would at once commence and diligently proceed with the
execution of the works, and that, if within eighteen months from the
date of the Order they were unable to give a supply of energy in the
parish from any generating station, they would at once proceed to
ereet within the Parish, or within some adjoining district, a generating
station from which a proper and sufficient supply of energy
would be given. The Company were also required to furnish the
Vestry with a corrected plan of the works, with details. The plan