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The Electric Light in Chicago.-There has just been finished in Chicago an important central electric lighting station, the capacity of which is not less than 80,000 lamps; 13,000 are already at work. The distribution, which is made on the Edison system, bas a length of subterranean conductors of about 20 miles. The works will contain 36 Edison dynamos of 600 ampères, eight of which are already installed. Besides electricity, the station will furnish motor power, similar to the manner in which all American enterprises of this nature do. A large number of applications have been received for this service, among which the most varied uses for it figure-printing machines, lifts, ventilators, pumps, &c.

Electric Lighting in China.-Chinese journals state that electric lighting is rapidly extending in such towns as Pekin, Hong-Kong, Shanghai and Canton.

The Electric Light in Tasmanian Churches.-St. James's Church of England will be the first church in Tasmania lighted by electricity. The manager of the Mount Bischoff Company has had a line laid from the dynamo that produces the light which illuminates the machinery sheds.

Is Dover to have the Electric Light? - At the meeting of the Dover Town Council on Tuesday the Town Clerk reported that five electric light companies had applied for a provisional order to supply Dover with the electric light. The Deputy Mayor said he believed the council had power to apply for the provisional order themselves, and that their claim would have priority. The Town Clerk said he could not answer as to that. The Act of Parliament required that any company applying to the Board of Trade for a provisional order had to obtain the sanction of the Town Council. He suggested that he should acknowledge receipt of the notices, and asked to be furnished with particulars of the proposals, so that they might be considered by the council, and he might also bring up the exhaustive report made by a special committee in 1882, when the Act was first passed, with reference to the council undertaking it themselves. Alderman Fry said he thought the committee should be revived, so that they could go into the matter. Great advancement had been made since that time. The cost of electricity had been reduced very greatly, and it was becoming as low as gas, and at Folkestone they going to light the town throughout with the electric light. Alderman Adcock said he agreed with Alderman Fry that they might take the matter into consideration, but he thought they ought to know whether the companies were in earnest or not. There seemed to be a wish to see who should be first in the field for some purpose or other. If there were any experiments to be made he hoped other towns would be allowed to make them not Dover. Ultimately the Town Clerk was instructed to bring up the report of the 1882 committee, and to apply to the companies in question for particulars of their proposals.

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Electric Lighting at Eastbourne.-At a meeting of the Eastbourne Town Council on Tuesday, the Lighting and General Purposes Committee reported that at one of their recent meetings the Town Clerk reported that he had received a notice from the secretary of the Eastbourne Electric Light Company, Limited, of their intention to apply to the Board of Trade for a Provisional Order to authorise the supply of electricity by the said company for public and private purposes within the Borough of Eastbourne, for such period as the Board of Trade may think proper, and in all respects subject to and in accordance with the provisions of the Electric Lighting Acts. It was thereupon resolved: "That it be an instruction to the Town Clerk to obtain a copy of the proposed application, when made, for the consideration of the Council." The clause was agreed to by the Council without discussion.

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Electric Light in Belgium.-The Société Industrielle d'Electricité, of Brussels, is in liquidation, and a new company is to be formed by the managers of the old one.

The Brussels Municipality has received a large number of offers for the electric lighting of the town, those from America being very low. No decision has yet been taken.

The Société Belge d'Electricité has received orders for electric lighting in Florence and Pistori, Italy.

Electric Lighting for Manchester.-At the Manchester Council meeting on Wednesday, July 3rd, Alderman Lamb moved the adoption of the report of the Gas Committee. Alderman Sir John Harwood, in seconding the resolution, desired to intimate that the committee were going to ask the Mayor to call a special meeting of the Council at their next meeting, in order to pass a resolution with regard to electric lighting. He had been investigating this matter on behalf of the committee, and they had gleaned a considerable amount of information. He would not anticipate what the companies might be doing, because he did not wish to embarrass them in any way. They were in good time, and were taking care that the interests of the citizens are not being neglected, and next Monday they would be enabled to unfold their scheme, and ask the Council to endorse it. The resolution which would be submitted would be asking for authority to apply to the Board of Trade for a Provisional Order authorising the Corporation to introduce electric lighting into the city.

Telephony in France.-Official sanction has been given to the formation of a telephonic system for the town of Grenoble, Isére.

Telephony in Austria-Hungary.-Telephonic connection between Vienna and Prague will be completed by the end of August.

Telephonic Extension in the West.-The Western Counties and South Wales Telephone Company are steadily continuing their policy of extension. At Plymouth, Plympton, Ivybridge, Totnes, Paignton, Dartmouth, Brixham, and Newton conversation by telephone is not limited to subscribers, but the general public can participate temporarily in the benefits of the exchange by payment of a fee varying from 4d. to 9d. It is hoped that before long Plymouth will be connected with Exeter and Bristol as well as with South Wales and the large Northern and Midland towns. At Plymouth, Torquay, and Paignton the exchanges remain open all night. Owing to the number of professional gentlemen residing at Mutley the exchange there is also open all night. The Devonport Exchange is not open much after business hours, but as soon as its nineteen subscribers are increased to thirty Devonport will be accorded the same privilege. The average daily number of messages passing through the Plymouth Exchange is 1,500, yet it will generally be admitted. that telephony is as yet in its infancy in the west.

The Duke of Portland and the Telephone. It is said the Duke of Portland has had a room in Welbeck Abbey fitted up with telephone instruments and switchboard, by which communication can be had with the duke's private room, the kennels, Cuckney House, the estate offices at Mansfield, Woad House and the home of Mr. Warner Turner, the duke's private secretary. The Duke of Newcastle's agent, Mr. Joel Haslam, is having his estate office at Worksop connected with the National Telephone Company's system.

Suburban Lighting.-Mr. H. C. Parsons, electrical engineer to the firm of R. H. Hughes, Hatton Garden, has received the order to install the electric light at the suburban residence (Horner Grange) of W. Knight, Esq. About 150 16-C.P. lamps will be used to light the Grange and stables, the generating plant consisting of Crossley's engine and Elwell-Parker dynamo, with a 75-light battery of Drake and Gorham's accumulators.

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Transmission of Power.-In the printing works of Herr R. Winckelmann, Berlin, the whole of the machines are driven by electro-motors, supplied with current from the neighbouring works of the Allgemeine Elektricitäts Gesellschaft. The motors only take a fraction of the space which would be occupied by a steam engine and boiler of moderate power. The installation has been carried out by Dr. Salzmann.

The Paris Exhibition.-It is only a few days back since the whole of the electrical exhibitors have been quite ready, and had all the dynamos, accumulators, lamps, &c., in place, but some of them have got the exhibits carefully shut up in glass cases so that it is impossible to examine them. M. Vigreux, who is known by his studies on the subject of the electric transmission of power, is going to install ventilating apparatus in the Machinery Hall, where it is much required. The Pavilion of the Société Generale des Téléphones is now open to the public, and each evening there can be heard performances at the Opera and several theatres.

Proposed Submarine Cable.-The Chilian Government, considering it indispensable that telegraphic communication should be established between PantoArenas (Sandy Point) and the centre of the Republic, in order to facilitate the navigation of the Straits of Magellan and the south coast, as well as to assist in the development of the new towns of Palena and Munoz-Gamero, ask for tenders for laying a cable to connect Melipulli and PaentaArenas, and touching at Quincavi, Palena, Melinka, Port Otway, and Munoz-Gamero. Firms tendering are to state the dimensions of the cable they intend to employ, and the price is to include the necessary instruments in each office. Tenders are to be handed in by 30th November next to the Minister of the Interior, Santiago. In the event of any tenders being for the same sum, preference will be given (a) to the firm offering the best material, (b) the shortest delay in laying the cable, and (c) the best guarantee for the execution of the contract. The firm whose offer is accepted will be responsible for the good working of the cable for one year, dating from the termination of the work and the provisional acceptance of the work. At the expiration of this period the definite acceptance will be made, and the caution money refunded. Tenders are to be accompanied by the sum of 5,000 piastres.

Telegraphy in Brazil.-The Brazilian Government will receive, until 30th October next, offers for the establishment of telegraph communication by means of one or several cables between Brazil and the United States of America.

Telegraphy. According to the Journal Télégraphique, of Berne, the number of telegraph stations in the world was increased last year by 7,200.

Central Station at Montluçon.-A central station has recently been established in this town for the supply of 600 16-C.P. lamps. Motive power is supplied by a horizontal engine of 60 H.P. made by Messrs. Buffaud and Robatel, of Lyons. There are two shunt Edison dynamos of 180 ampères and 105 volts running at 950 revolutions. There are three distributing circuits connecting the station with places 500 to 600 metres distant.

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Conferences at the Paris Exhibition.-There have been arranged by the Société International des Electriciens series of combined conferences and visits to various sections of electrical engineering at the Exhibition. The first was to be held yesterday, with a discourse by M. Napoli, on "Instruments of Precision;" the following have also been arranged :-9th July, M. Sarcia, on "Electric Accumulators; " 11th July, M. SeligmannLui, on "Telegraphy;" 18th July, M. Hospitalier, on "Electrical Measuring Instruments;" 23rd July, Capt. de Place, on "Electricity in Connection with War;" 25th July, M. Dumont, on "Railway Appliances; " 30th July, M. Hillairet, on "Motors and Transmission of Power;" 1st August, M. de la Touanne, on "Telephony;" 6th August, M. Arnoux, on "Continuous Current Dynamos;" 8th August, M. Lemonnier, on "Applications of Electric Lighting to the Army and Navy;" and 13th August, M. Picou, on "Alternate Current Dynamos and Transformers."

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Electropathic Quackery.-In quoting our recent approving comments on the action of the Evening News and Post in connection with the performance given at St. James's Hall by a "medical electrician," that journal makes a further attack upon bogus practitioners, and suggests, as we have done over and over again, that the authorities should do something in such matters. contemporary says: "The well-to-do, who can afford to drop a fiver or two without inconvenience, are not duped in these sort of cases. It is the poor whose hardearned money is transferred to the pockets of unscrupulous adventurers." It is satisfactory to note that the question has thus been now taken in hand by a daily, for that section of the Press has hitherto been silent on the subject.

The Barking Road Electric Tramway.-The first of the Electric Traction Company's cars, having been duly licenced by the Police authorities and the Board of Trade, commenced running on the Barking Road section of the North Metropolitan Tramway Company on the 14th ult. A second car was put on the following day, and the six cars, which will shortly entirely supersede horses, will be placed in active work as soon as the drivers become accustomed to the new form of traction. These cars carry 52 passengers, and do 17 journeys daily with one change of accumulators.

The Electric Light in Warfare.-Some interesting experiments, which tended to clearly establish the utility of the electric light in warfare, took place in the Solent last week. As a better means of defending the roadstead an electric search light has recently been erected on the Spit, near Hurst Castle, opposite the Needle's passage, and six gunboats, with several torpedo craft, tried the other evening to effect an entrance from the westward without being perceived. The attempt was a failure, as each vessel was spotted by the powerful light when miles off, and the guns were all ready when they came within range. To make matters worse for the attacking flotilla the smoke which they created in profusion, so as to prevent the ships from being seen, was blown astern by the wind, and the result was a complete victory for the electric light.

The Edinburgh Exhibition.-An application has been made to the Corporation of Edinburgh for the use of the East Meadows as the most convenient site for the proposed Electrical Exhibition to be held next year. The International Exhibition of 1886 was erected on the West Meadows.

An Electrical Tramway to Morecambe.-In a Committee of the House of Commons sanction has been given to a Provisional Order of the Board of Trade for the construction of a tramway to be worked by electrical power, from Scotforth, vid Lancaster, to Morecambe. There was no opposition except on the part of the County Council, who objected to the character of the line over Skerton Bridge, and terms were arranged to their satisfaction.

Firemen and Electric Bells.-Arrangements are in progress with a view of providing electric bells at the residences of 12 members of the Leicester fire brigade. The necessary wires are now being laid down and the apparatus will be in working order in a few days. The electric bells will be in direct communication with the fire station, and thus much valuable time will be saved in the event of an outbreak of fire.

Gas Batteries.-Mr. Treeby, in a letter to Engineering, says: "I notice in your last issue of the 21st, you mention a gas battery constructed by Mr. Ludwig Mond and Dr. Carl Langer, which evidently is practically the same as some devised and described by me in the English Mechanic, Nos. 1,245, 1,246, 1,249, 1,252, 1,253 1,255, 1,257 of this year's issue, and as I have reason to believe that I am entitled to the credit of being the first to introduce either pierced or wire mesh plates covered with platinum black, and also the method of passing air over or through the battery in order to evaporate the surplus water, and by generating ozone in the plate to raise the electromotive force of the cell, I should feel obliged if you will publish this. For nearly four years I have given this subject my exclusive attention, and the above methods have been known and practised by me for the last two years, as my letters to the English Mechanic will show."

Birmingham Electric Exhibition.-It is now stated that Mr. Edison has definitely promised to pay Birmingham a visit on his way to or from Paris.

Fluctuations of Electric Shares.-We hear the shares of the Electric Glow Lamp Company (Seel patent) of Berlin, have lately undergone strange fluctuations in the market. In February they stood at 150, and shortly afterwards they went up to 190. A short time ago they sold at 110, though a few have since obtained 118. No definite reasons can be assigned, but rumours respecting difficulties about the patent are abroad.

A New Automatic Reading Lamp.-The latest of the applications of what is known as the coin-freed automatic apparatus is the adaptation of this principle to the supply of electric light in the shape of reading lamps for railway carriages, omnibuses, tramcars, &c. The lamp in question has been patented by a Leeds firm. The lamp, as originally patented, consists of a clockwork apparatus contained in a box 5 inches by 5 inches by 3 inches, and by introducing a penny into. the top of the machine, and subsequently pressing a knob, the mechanism is set in motion and an electric light obtained, which, after burning for half an hour, is automatically extinguished. The lamp can, moreover, be extinguished at will by pressing a second knob. This lamp will, in the course of a few days, be in use on the Great Western Railway. The source of power generating the light is an accumulator, which, placed in any of the compartments of a carriage, will supply with electricity the whole of the lamps in the carriage. The accumulators will be charged with a 40 hours' supply.

London Chamber of Commerce.-Referring to our report of the meeting of the Electrical Trades' Section last week, we are requested to mention that the screw thread referred to was the British Association thread; also that the statement that Mr. Trotter gives the whole of his time to the duties of correspondent is rather misleading, as it implies that he has no other business.

Electric Cranes.-There is employed in the wool stores at Roubaix, France, a movable electric crane which lifts a weight of 10 cwt. a height of 26 feet in 25 seconds. The crane does not run on rails but on the floor, so that it may be more freely manoeuvred, and by its use a great saving in time and labour has been effected. The current is supplied from conductors along the ceiling, which are connected by wires to the upper part of the standard of the crane.

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The Society of Arts.-The Society of Arts held its annual conversazione at the South Kensington Museum on Friday, the 28th ult. The company should have been received in the West Architectural Court by the Duke of Abercorn, C.B., chairman of the Council, but in his absence, through indisposition, the duty was performed by Sir Frederick Bramwell and Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen. The greater proportion of the museum was open to the visitors, who were enabled to stroll throughout the whole of the courts and corridors on the ground floor, and the galleries containing the Raphael cartoons, the Sheepshank collection, the Smith collection of water colour drawings, the Dyce and Forster pictures, and the Chantrey bequests. In addition to these attractions a band stand had been erected in the central quadrangle, where the band of the Scots Guards, at intervals, played through a somewhat lengthy but diversified programme of music. The night, though starless, being warm and fine, hundreds of people were drawn to the quadrangle by the double attraction of the music and the pleasure of promenading in the open air. The band of the Royal Artillery also played a selection of music in the North Court, in the course of which Sergeant Jenner rendered the lovely "Adieu" of Schubert as a cornet solo. As further entertainment for their guests, the Society had engaged Mr. Edward Plater's Glee Union, represented by Mr. Jas. Brown, Mr. Albert James, Mr. Edward Plater, and Mr. Frederick Bevan, who gave three separate performances during the evening of glees and part songs, and we were especially taken with Mackenzie's" Little Byngo," and by their tender and effective rendering of that most exquisite and perfect of all glees-"By Celia's Arbour." By means of these several centres of attraction the company present, numerous as it was, was effectually dispersed, so that at no time during the conversazione was there any unpleasant crowding, and this absence of crushing tended in no little degree to enhance the enjoyment of all.

Telegraphy in San Salvador.-There are 93 telegraph stations open in the Republic of San Salvador. The mileage of wire is 1,443, and the estimated net profit last year was £1,338.

The Use of Electricity in Philadelphia.-There are 1,300 buildings in this city furnished with electricity for light or power purposes, and on not one of these has there been any loss by fire for two years past.

Electricity and the Forthcoming Railway Congress. -At the third Railway Congress, which is to be opened at Paris in September next, Class XI. is devoted to the application of electricity. The full heading of the class is as under :-To study the most recent application of electricity in the working of railways, particularly as regards-A. The lighting of trains and stations; B. The braking of trains; C. The soldering and brazing of metals, notably for the repair of rolling stock.

The Mining Congress at Paris.-This congress will commence on September 2nd, and among the subjects upon which papers are to be read are, safety lamps and the application of electricity to underground workings, for drawing, lighting, signalling, and for transmission of power.

Transmission of Power in Mines. An American journal describes the arrangement of a winding plant, situated on the surface of a mine, and hoisting from an underground slope. A bore hole, 4 inches in diameter, was sunk 600 feet deep. An engine and boiler have been placed in position on the surface close to the borehole. Power is then transmitted by means of a wire rope, and an arrangement of pulleys at the top and bottom of the bore-hole. The engineer is rather proud of this job; but it appears as if the whole object could have been achieved more economically and simply by electrical transmission of power. Seeing the large development of electrical engineering in the United States, it is surprising to see any engineer adopting the foregoing clumsy arrangement.

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Progress of Electrical Railways in Boston.-Modern Light and Heat says: "At the rate work is progressing on the electrical equipment of city and suburban railways in and about Boston, the day is not far distant when a trip of twenty-one miles on electric cars will he a fait accompli. From Arlington on one side to Hingham on the other the distance is twenty-one miles, and a considerable portion of that distance is already equipped and cars running on schedule time. Boston will lead the way still in its street car service."

A Curious Grievance.-It is said a Maine man is bringing an action against an electric company for damages because the company's arcs keep his hens awake until midnight. On this account he says: "The hens, being worn out for want of sleep, are too tired to lay."

Provisional Orders for Chatham.-At a meeting of the Chatham Local Board of Health on Friday morning a notification was received from the Chatham and Rochester Electric Lighting Company that the Board of Trade was empowered under a recent Act to exercise certain jurisdiction over companies having no Provisional Order, and they (the Board of Trade) required the companies to put the wires underground. In order to obtain the necessary powers to place the wires underground, the company had decided to apply for a Provisional Order which would give them power to break up the public streets in Chatham and other places. The clerk reported that it was necessary for plans to be before the Board before they could give consent to the Provisional Order. Mr. Taylor said that other Boards had given their consent without having plans. Mr. Randall said that was because the other Boards bad not the experience of the Chatham Board. Mr. Church, as a user of the electric light, said if they waited for plans they might have to wait years, as the company could not tell where the wires would have to go. The Clerk said the Board of Trade would require plans. Mr. Taylor said he should propose that consent be given. To refuse consent would be standing in the way of public improvements. Mr. Church said he should second it. Mr. Randall said they must have the plans. Mr. Taylor asked, as the company could not tell, who was going to have the electric light, how they could produce plans as to where the wires were going. Mr. Randall said they had a professional gentleman as clerk, and he had given his advice that they must wait until they received the plans. The Clerk said he was solicitor to the company as well as Clerk to the Board, and he was bound to give the advice he had given. The proposition was then withdrawn, and on the motion of Mr. Randall, seconded by Mr. Buch, it was resolved to have a copy of the proposed Provisional Order before discussing the matter further.

The Shah's Visit.-Messrs. W. Mackie and Chalmers lighted up with incandescent lamps the ss. Duke of Edinburgh, which vessel received the Shah at Gravesend.

Saving Life at Sea.-The Eastern Telegraph Company recently invited a party of gentlemen, interested in the subject of lowering boats at sea, to attend a practical demonstration of the efficiency of Mill's patent disengaging hooks as fitted to the boats of the steamship Mirror, the steamship Electra, and three others of the Telegraph Company's fleet. The trial took place in the West India Docks, and was attended by nearly 20 gentlemen, the party being conveyed from the Temple Pier to the West India Dock Pier in Messrs. Immisch and Co.'s electric launch the Viscountess Bury. Had this demonstration been made above bridge instead of below, who knows but what the party would have shared the same fate as that on board the Volta?

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Electric Lighting Installation in Brussels. - The workmen of the technical services of the city of Brussels have just placed the electric cable destined to join the Théâtre de la Monnaie and the House of the King, into the cellars of which has been transferred the old battery of 200 accumulators which served for the lighting of the footlights, and the appointments of the stage. This battery was judged insufficient, and has been replaced at the theatre by a new one of 600 accumulators of more restricted dimensions. The laying down of the cable was done as follows:At the bottom of a trench was disposed a layer of creosoted joists on which was spread a bed of clay, 10 centimètres in thickness. The sheathed cable lies on this bed of clay; a second layer of clay of the same thickness covers it in order to protect it from the infiltration of corrosive liquids. Some union tiles are laid above the clay which they protect against the blows of the pavior's pickaxe. The work of laying down this cable has been completed in the Rue Léopold, Rue de l'Eauyer, Rue des Dominicains, Petite Rue des Bouchers and Rue Chair et Pain.

The Utilisation of Electricity at Shooting Ranges.— At the new Brussels shooting ranges, to be opened on Sunday next, electricity has been pressed into service. Among the new installations is that of an electrical marking apparatus which will cause the disappearance of the disputes brought about by the old system of recording the result of shots. The apparatus is composed of two boxes united by wires, placed, one in the shooter's box, the other in the trench where the marker shelters himself. The first of these boxes is ornamented with a figured dial provided with a movable needle; the second box also has a dial, of which each figure surmounts a hole intended to receive the copper pin which establishes the electrical contact. The shooter makes 3, we will say for example, the marker introduces the pin into the opening under the figure 3 on his dial. As soon as the contact is established the needle of the dial by the shooter's side begins to move and then stops at the figure 3. As will be seen it is simple and practical.

Société Electrique Vevey-Montreux. This Swiss Company supplies light and power within a distance of 5 miles from the central stations. The Vevey and Montreux systems are independent, the main cables being respectively 5 and 4 miles in length. Alternate currents are almost exclusively employed, and transformers distribute it at a tension of 100 volts at the price of 7d. per ampère-hour. The number of lamps was originally 573, but at the close of last year numbered 3,162, an increase of 2,589. The cost of lighting was 31,050 frs. 55 cents, and the receipts were 32,571 frs. 15 cents, a profit of 1,520 frs. 60 cents, or say about £61. The same company works an electric tramway, 10,370 kilometres in length. The number of passengers carried in the last seven months of last year was 320,412. The expenses were 49,822 frs. 65 cents, and the receipts 66,978 frs. 60 cents, showing a profit of 17,155 frs. 95 cents, or say about £686.

Robbery by Telephone.-As a pendant to insult by telephone, we now have robbery by means of the same apparatus, also in Paris. Two confederates, young men from 23 to 26 years of age, named Dufour and Saussuse, who live by their wits, have made the telephone an accomplice in duping various Paris merchants. Their procedure was as follows:-Dufour entered a telephone cabin and asked for communications with the commercial house selected. "Sir," ne said, "I have to ask you on the part of (here a name well known on the Paris market was always inserted), if you have a remnant of silk of such a quality. We want it at once, and will send a clerk for it." If the answer was affirmative, Saussuse presented himself a quarter of an hour later, when the remnant was given him, and the trick was done. The two gentlemen, however, became too confident, and were captured, and are now awaiting their trial.

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NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED.

Series and General Electric Traction Company, Limited.-Capital, £200,000 in £1 shares. Objects: To acquire the patents, property, goodwill, business, undertaking and assets of the Series Electrical Traction Syndicate, Limited, or any part thereof, and certain patents, or rights, or interests, belonging to Messrs. Henry Foote and Carl von Buch. To make and supply electricity, and to carry on business as tramway and omnibus proprietors, and carriers of passengers and goods. To apply electricity for lighting, heating, signalling, telephonic, motive or brake purposes. Signatories: The Hon. A. E. Gathorne Hardy, M.P., 22, Charles Street, Berkeley Square; Lieut.-Col. C. M. Davidson, 11, St. George's Square, S.W.; Lieut.-Col. E. J. Fryer, 22, Ryder Street; 300 shares each. T. R. Greenhill, 11, Brownswood Park, N.; W. A. Morton, 111, Foulden Road, N.; E. F. Lamb, 14, Victoria Street, N.E.; J. P. Scott, Lee; 1 share each. The signatories denoted by an asterisk, and J. W. Maclure, Esq., M.P., the Earl of Crawford, the Hon. Regd. Brougham, Carl von Buch, Esq., and Henry Foote, Esq., are the first directors. Qualification, 300 shares. Remuneration: £500 per annum for the chairman, and £250 per annum for each other director. Registered 25th ult. by Norton, Rose & Co., of 10, Victoria Street, Westminster, and 574, Old Broad Street.

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Northern Electric Wire and Cable Manufacturing Company, Limited.-Capital, £20,000 in £5 shares. Objects: To carry on business as insulated wire and cable manufacturers, and for such purposes to carry out an agreement of 20th June between Blakey, Emmott and Company, Limited, and James Duff (trustee for this company). Signatories (with 1 share each): W. Emmott (electrician), Walter Levi, W. Shaw Smith, W. Gautinger, all of Halifax: E. H. Fowle, Lapley, Stafford; E. Blakey, Lightcliffe (electrical engineer); G. Rhodes, Sowerby Bridge. The signatories are to appoint the first directors. Remuneration: A director residing within 90 miles of the place of meeting will be entitled to £2 28. for every meeting attended, and if residing more than 90 miles to £4 4s. A further sum of £20 in respect of each 1 per cent. dividend upon the ordinary shares beyond 10 per cent. per annum will be paid to each director, provided that such further sum shall not exceed in the aggregate £1,000 per annum. Messrs. Edwin Blakey and Walter Emmott are appointed managing directors at a joint remuneration of £300 per annum, together with the same percentage payable to the ordinary directors. Registered 26th ult. by Godfrey Rhodes, Firth & Co., 77, Chancery Lane. Registered office, Square Road, Halifax.

Birmingham House-to-House Electricity Company, Limited.-Capital £100,000 in £5 shares, 100 of which are founders' shares, entitled to one half of the surplus profits of each year after payment of a non-cumulative dividend of £7 per cent. per annum upon the ordinary shares. Objects: To form centres in Birmingham, or elsewhere in the United Kingdom, for the generation, accumulation, and distribution of electricity for public and private lighting, motive power, heating, electro-plating, electro-deposition, for telephonic or other purposes. To acquire the right to manufacture and put up telephones, telegraphs, electric bells, phonographs, and other electric apparatus. To train and supply consnlting electricians, engineers, and skilled workmen. To manufacture and deal in glass, India-rubber, vulcanite, iron, copper or other metals, electric conductors or non-conductors. To carry on the business of wire drawers, wire insulators or coverers. To construct railways, tramways or water-ways, and to apply to the same any method of electric locomotion, electricmotive power, or otherwise. Signatories (with 1 share each) Robt. Hammond, 117, Bishopsgate Street (electrical engineer); C. Cornish, 132, Belvedere Road, Lambeth J. Whitehead, Heycot, Crouch End (electrical engineer); Thos. E. Towerson, F.C.S., 1, Portland insbury Park: W. G. Bingham, C.E., 7, Bedford .C.; H. Linklater, 117, Bishopsgate Street;

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and H. Mann, 12, Woburn Place, W.C. The signatories are to appoint the first directors, and are to act ad interim; qualification, £250 of share capital; remuneration, £500 per annum, together with one-tenth of the net profits remaining after payment of 7 per cent. upon the ordinary shares, provided that the total remuneration shall not exceed £1,000 per annum. The holders of the founders' shares will be entitled to elect a director, and the House-to-House Electric Supply Company, Limited, will also be entitled to representation at the board. Registered 26th ult. by Slaughter and May, 18, Austin Friars.

Irish House-to-House Electricity Company, Limited. -Capital £100,000, in £5 shares. Objects: To form centres in Ireland or elsewhere in the United Kingdom at which electric power may be generated, accumulated, or distributed. The signatories are the same as in the preceding company, and the same regulations as to management and founders' shares also apply. Registered 26th ult. by Slaughter and May, 18, Austin Friars.

Lancashire and Cheshire House-to-House Electricity Company, Limited.-Capital £100,000, in £5 shares. Objects: To form centres in Lancashire and Cheshire, at which electric power may be generated, accumulated, and distributed. The signatories and regulations for management, and for founders' shares, are the same as in the two preceding companies. Registered 26th ult. by Slaughter and May, 18, Austin Friars.

Liverpool House-to-House Electricity Company, Limited.-Capital, £100,000 in £5 shares. Objects: To form centres in Liverpool or elsewhere for the generation, accumulation, and distribution of electricity. The arrangements regarding founders' shares and for management, are the same as in the three preceding companies. Registered 26th ult. by Slaughter and May, 18, Austin Friars.

Manchester House-to-House Electricity Company, Limited.-Capital, £100,000 in £5 shares. Objects: To form centres in Manchester for generating, accumulating, and distributing electricity. The same regulations as to founders' shares and management as in the four preceding companies apply. The signatories are also the same. Registered 26th ult. by Slaughter and May, 18, Austin Friars.

Midland House-to-House Electricity Company, Limited.-£100,000 in £5 shares. Objects :-To form centres in the Midland Counties for the generation, accumulation, and distribution of electricity. The signatories and management arrangement are the same as in the five preceding companies. Registered 26th ult. by Slaughter and May, 18, Austin Friars.

Scottish House-to-House Electricity Company, Limited.—£100,000 in £5 shares. To form centres in Scotland at which electric power may be generated, accumulated, and distributed. The signatories and management arrangements are the same as in the six preceding companies. Registered 26th ult. by Slaughter and May, 18, Austin Friars.

South of England House-to-House Electricity Company, Limited.-Capital, £100,000 in £5 shares. Objects: To form centres in South of England for generating, accumulating, and distributing electricity. The signatories and arrangements are the same as in the seven preceding companies. Registered 26th ult. by Slaughter & May. 18, Austin Friars.

Yorkshire House-to-House Electricity Company, Limited. Capital, £100,000 in £5 shares. Objects: To form centres in Yorkshire for generating, storing, and distributing electricity. The signatories and regulations for management are the same as in the eight preceding companies. Registered 26th ult. by Slaughter and May, 18, Austin Friars.

Northern House-to-House Electricity Company, Limited.-Capital, £100,000 in £5 shares. Objects: To form centres in the Northern Counties for generating, storing, and distributing electricity. The management