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to the transfer of the sum of £1,000 from Revenue to
Redemption Fund. The Vestry felt that when the time
arrives for making a representation to the Board of Trade
under the 53rd section of this company's order, with a
view to obtaining a reduction in the price charged for the
current, any undivided profit, such as that before mentioned,
should be regarded as forming part of the company s
undertaking to the same extent as the profits actually
distributed among the shareholders, and they accordingly
brought the matter under the notice of the Board of
Trade so that it may receive consideration when the time
arrives in 189G to apply for a reduction of price.
Complaints having been made by inhabitants of the
parish of their rest being disturbed, owing to the breaking
up of the streets with chisels and sledgehammers during
the night by Electric Light Companies, the Vestry, on
being informed that the County Council frequently impose
a condition, with their consent, that the work shall be
proceeded with continuously night and day, addressed
a communication to the London County Council in January
last, requesting that such a condition should not be
imposed in the future, except in cases of absolute necessity.
The Council informed the Vestry, in reply, that the condition
requiring Electric Light Companies to carry on
work in the streets during the night is imposed only in
those cases in which it appears necessary in order to
prevent prolonged interference with the traffic, and intimated
that the request of this Vestry will be borne in
mind in future.
ALLEGED NUISANCE FROM ELECTRIC LIGHT
STATION, MASON'S YARD.
It will be seen from last year's report that several
complaints have from time to time been received by the