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to adopt a similar course of action to that of last Session.
On the 5th March, 1885, the Clnrk reported that Mr.
Ilicks, M.P., had informed him that Mr. Herbert Gladstone,
who has charge of the Bill, was desirous of arriving at a
compromise, and the terms of the compromise, as suggested
by Mr. Hicks, having been privately stated, the Yestry
resolved, without prejudice, to accept the terms of the same.
WATER COMPANIES' CHARGES.
On the 3rd April, 1884, the Vestry resolved to support
the motion to be made by the Right Hon. VV. II. Smith, M.P.,
to inquire into the origin of the powers of rating now possessed
by Water Companies.
A copy of a resolution of the Vestry, on the 5th March,
1885, calling the attention of the Local Government Board
and of the Metropolitan Board of Works, to the power
possessed by Water Companies to cut off the supply of
water on non-payment of water rental, and to the desirability
of legislation for the purpose of effecting a modification
of sec. 74 of the Water Companies'Act, 1847, was
ordered to be forwarded to the Local Government Board,
the Metropolitan Board of Works, the City Corporation, the
Vestries and district Boards of the Metropolis, and to Mr.
AV. T. M. Torrens, M.P.
GATES. BARS, Etc.
On the 2nd October, 1884, the Vestry resolved to memorialise
the Metropolitan Board of Works to introduce a Bill
for the removal of gates, bars, and other obstructions from
metropolitan streets and thoroughfares, where the cost of