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BATUS AND WASIIHOUSES.
The Commissioners of Baths and Washhouses have
furnished a statement of their Receipts and Expenditure,
and the same having been duly audited will be found
annexed.
SUPPLY OF GAS.
The Vestry had occasion in the Second Annual Report
to allude to the position in which the Metropolis stood,
by reason of a combination 011 the part of the various
Companies authorized by Act of Parliament to light the
Metropolis with Gas, to restrict the supply by dividing
the Metropolis into districts, and confining each
Company to one district.
At the date of the Second Annual Report, the whole
subject was under the consideration of a Parliamentary
Committee. That Committee has held numerous meetings,
and several witnesses have been examined, from
whom much important information has been obtained.
It has since been deemed necessary to introduce a
Bill into Parliament with a view to regulate and control
the future supply, subject to such provisions as will
protect the rate-payers without interfering with the
equitable rights of the Gas Companies.
The Delegates appointed by this Parish are watching
the progress of this Bill.
There is every reasonable prospect that Government
will render its assistance in passing through Parliament
such a Bill as will meet the exigencies of the case, and
that in the course of the present Session it will pass and
relieve the Parishes from future anxiety.
METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.
William Henry Dalton, Esq., elected by this Vestry to