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authorities of London and the provinces where the electric
light had been tried, and shortly after Lady-day were
enabled to submit to the Vestry a tabulative analysis of the
replies received.
The Vestry, on the 6th March, instructed the Solicitor
and Parliamentary Agents to lodge objections to the several
Provisional Orders and Licenses applied for by the following
Companies, viz.:—
Provisional Orders—
Kensington and Knights bridge Electric Lighting.
Metropolitan Electric Supply (Mid London).
London Electric Supply Corporation Electric Lighting.
Westminster Electric Lighting.
St. George, Hanover Square, Electric Lighting.
License—
The House to House Electric Light Supply.
At the same meeting the Vestry received communications
from the Board of Trade, notifying that the Board had
refused the applications for licenses by the Metropolitan
Electric Supply Company, Limited, and the London Electric
Supply Corporation, Limited, on the ground that in matters
of such magnitude Parliament should be afforded an
opportunity to review the Board's decision.
At the close of the year notification was received from
the Board of Trade that they had appointed Major Marindin,
R.E., to hold a public inquiry into the various applications
for powers under the Electric Lighting Acts, 1882 and
1888.
The Vestry petitioned Parliament in favour of the
Advertisement Rating Bill, which was introduced by Mr.
Burdett-Coutts, the Member for Westminster, with the
object of rendering places used as advertising stations
liable to contribute to the local rates. A "block" placed
upon the Bill, in the interests of the bill posters, and the
pressure of business in the House of Commons, prevented
the Bill making progress during the year.
In November the Vestry received statutory notice and
plans from the Metropolitan Board of Works, of a proposed