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The Bill for the better regulating the supply of Gas to the Metropolis,
as passed last Session, authorizes the Vestry to provide apparatus for
testing the illuminating power and purity of the Gas, and to appoint a
competent person as Examiner. The Gas Companies are bound by the
same Act, to erect within 1000 yards from their manufactory, experimental
meters, and all other matters necessary for testing the illuminating
power of the Gas supplied.
In pursuance of these powers, the Vestry have appointed Dr. Barnes
their Medical Officer, as Examiner, under such Act, and the Gas Companies
have fixed the places to erect such works, and which places have
been approved of by the Vestry,—that of the Independent Gas Company
at No. 162, Kingsland Road, and that of the Chartered Gas Company,
at No. 10, Coleman Street, London.
The Vestry have held 50 meetings during the year for the dispatch
of business.
The Sewers Committee have met 17 times, and have received and
considered 164 applications for drainage.
The Lighting and Paving Committee have had 29 meetings, at which
212 applications have been received and disposed of.
The Finance Committee have also met 30 times during the year.
The Committee for the Survey and Valuation of Property in the
Parish, have met 9 times.
The Parliamentary Committee have had 12 meetings during the year.
The Committee to whom it was referred to select an eligible site
whereon to erect a Vestry Hall for the parish, have had 13 meetings,
and have fixed on a plot of Freehold Ground in Haberdashers Walk,
Hoxton, belonging to the Haberdashers Company, and now in the occupation
of Mr. Stanbridge. The Land contains about 75 feet frontage,
abutting on Haberdashers Walk, and about 148 feet in depth. The price
agreed to be paid for the ground, which is Freehold, is £3000. The
Vestry have adopted the Report of the Committee. An Assessor has
been appointed who has made a Block Plan of the proposed Hall which
is now under the consideration of the Committee. The matter is now
waiting the sanction to the sale of the Freehold of the Charity Commissioners
of England and Wales.