Electric Lighting at Launceston.-At Monday's meeting of the Launceston Town Council, a letter was read from the Devon and Cornwall Electricity Supply Company, asking the Corporation's sanction to an application to the Board of Trade for a provisional order, authorising the supply of electricity for public and private purposes within the urban sanitary area. Opposition was expected to the application; but, to the surprise of the Council, acquiescence in the request was proposed by the chairman of the gas company, and seconded by the manager of the same undertaking. Under these circumstances, consent was at once accorded the application.

Electric Lighting at Penarth Dock, Cardiff.-The Taff Vale Railway Company has accepted the tender of Messrs. J. B. Saunders & Co., electrical engineers of Cardiff, for lighting the docks at Penarth. The installation is to be a very complete one, and will consist of 16 2,000 C.P. arc lamps on separate circuits of eight each, one 6,000 C.P. lamp, run from a separate engine and machine, and about 80 incandescent lamps for lighting the coal tips. The length of the longest circuit will be about a mile. Messrs. Saunders & Co. have placed the order for machines and arc lamps with Messrs. Paterson and Cooper, their Phoenix plant having given such very satisfactory results at an installation near Penarth. The engines are being supplied by Tangye's, Limited. The whole of the work is to be carried out in a most substantial manner, especial care being devoted to the outside portion, with a view of this being made thoroughly capable of standing the rough winters experienced in South Wales. Efforts are being made to have this important installation ready by the end of October. The two trains, which were fitted by Messrs. Saunders & Co. for the Taff Vale Company with electric lighting about six months ago, still continue to give most satisfactory results.

Electric Light in Japan.-Japan is rapidly adapting all the agencies which the civilisation of the West has called forth. As the latest phase of progress in this direction in Japan is the "laying on" of the electric light in the House of Parliament, for the illumination of which, by means of 350 incandescent lamps, a contract has recently been placed with the Electric Light Company of Tokio.

The United States Consul at Osaka reports that the Edison system is employed. The company consists exclusively of Japanese, and the machinery has been supplied from the United States. The light gives great satisfaction, and is growing into popularity throughout the Empire.

Electric Lighting in New Zealand.-On the evening of Friday, July 12th, the City of Wellington was illuminated with 500 incandescent lamps worked by turbines, alternating current dynamos, and transformers. About 86 miles of wire have been used for conveying the current through the streets, and the New Zealand Times devotes two columns to a description which contains revelations of the reporter's art. The installation is the property of the Gülcher Company, of London, and was erected by Mr. A. J. Baron, assisted by Mr. Cederholm, a representative of the company's colonial agents. The inaugural lighting is stated to have been a great success, and we congratulate the Gülcher Company on the very able manner in which the work appears to have been carried out. Wellington is indebted to Mr. Brown, ex-mayor, for this great boon.

The Progress of the Keswick Electric Light Company. The Keswick Electric Light Company are pushing on their apparatus. They are putting the wires into the houses and shops, and have already got them fixed up in St. John's Church chancel, which is to be lighted by the new light. The workmen are excavating where the turbine wheel is to be placed, and preparations are being made for the erection of the central station. The company expect to have the light ready for use by October 1st.

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Salford and Electric Lighting.-A special meeting of the Salford County Borough Council will be held on Friday, September 20th, in the Town Hall, Salford, to consider a notice given, pursuant to the Electric Lighting Act, 1882, by the Manchester House-to-House Electricity Company, Limited, of the company's intention to apply to the Board of Trade for a provisional order, to be confirmed by Parliament in the session of 1890, to authorise the supply of electricity by the company for public and private purposes within the area of the county borough of Salford.

Liverpool Electric Light Inspector.-At a special meeting of the Watch Committee of the Corporation, held on Wednesday, the question of the appointment of an electric light inspector, at a salary of £150 per annum, was to be considered. The committee had received 47 applications for the post, which were upon examination reduced to seven.

Street Lighting in Montreal.-On August 1st Montreal was to enter upon a new phase in the history of its street lighting. The whole city, according to the Council's contract with the Royal Electric Light Company, was to be lit by electricity. No less than 2,379 gas and 671 coal oil, a total of 3,050 lamps, are to be replaced by 753 arc and 346 incandescent electric lamps.

The Standardising Laboratory.-Mr. Kenric B. Murray, the Secretary to the London Chamber of Commerce, has issued the following circular to the Electrical Trades Section :-"As there appears to be some misunderstanding on the subject of the recent circular sent out by this Chamber, respecting the proposed Government standardising laboratory, at the suggestion of Mr. Crompton, Chairman of the Section, I beg to call your attention to the following facts. I have called on several of the leading instrument makers and asked them their opinion as to the value of the Kew certificates. I am informed that whereas the fee for examining thermometers, barometers and sextants is very small, that is to say averaging between the limits of 1s. and 2s. 6d., the instruments carrying these certificates command from 20 to 25 per cent. higher prices. The watch certificates are given to a comparatively small extent, but similarly their value becomes enhanced to an extent far exceeding the amount of the fees. It appears further to be admitted that the laboratories established by foreign countries at Berlin and Paris are used to a considerable extent for the certification of voltmeters and ammeters, in addition to the principal work of testing house meters. These certificated instruments command a better price than those which are sold merely on the makers reputation. The British trade is placed at a disadvantage on the foreign market, as foreign-made instruments with such certificates are preferred to English instruments without them. I also wish to call your attention to the fact that all instruments used under the Electric Lighting Acts will have to be certified, and it is obvious that the purchaser of such instruments will prefer to buy them of a maker of such certified instruments rather than take the trouble of getting them certified himself. Should the above facts cause you to modify your views I should be glad if you will send in another return of the probable number of instruments you are likely to send in for certification. The returns of house meters which have already been received from five sources only amount to nearly 17,000 per annum."

Electric Light for the Million.—This is the title of a little handbook for the uninitiated, of concise practical information on electric lighting and its cost. The author is Mr. A. F. Guy, and it is published at the small price of 6d. by Messrs. Simkin, Marshall and Co. It may be recommended as an attempt to place before the general public a sketch of the advantages possessed by the electric light over all other kinds of illuminants, and also to induce gas companies to consider the advisability of becoming purveyors of electrical energy.

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The International Congress of Electricians.-Those gentlemen who are attending this meeting in Paris will have their time pretty fully occupied. To-morrow morning a sort of reception will take place, and in the evening M. Egoroff will discourse upon electrical undulations. Early on Sunday morning the Eiffel Tower will be ascended and the observation instruments inspected; Monday, Wednesday, and Friday will be devoted to visits to the Exhibition; on Tuesday the Central Electrical Laboratory, the works of the Société Générale des Téléphones, and those of MM. Sautter and Lemonnier will be invaded; the electrical works of the Palais-Royal and the Opera will be open to the members on Thursday, and on Saturday, after the close of the Congress, the foreign members will be entertained at a banquet by their French colleagues.

Eiffel Tower Struck by Lightning. The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph writes :-" It is now quite certain that the lightning struck Eiffel's Tower heavily on Monday night, but no damage was done. All those who were on the structure at the time felt a tremendous shock, and the chief electrician reports that some molten metal fell from the lightning conductors."

Jack Ashore.-On Tuesday week, Prince George of Wales, who is in charge of a flotilla of torpedo boats, in connection with the naval manoeuvres, spent Monday night at Dunmore East, and the great popularity of his Royal Highness with the sailors led to a jolly time being spent. One hundred of the tars came ashore till eleven o'clock, and when darkness set in the search light was laid on, this producing a startling effect on the town. The light was suddenly thrown on to a romantic spot known as the Island, where, on the authority of the Weekly Times and Echo, we learn that several tars were caught with Dunmore lasses, with whom they had struck up acquaintance on short notice. Their discomfiture on being disclosed to those on board the gunboats caused great merriment, especially when the embarrased victims uselessly attempted to escape, for at every step they took the light followed them.

New Electrical Works.-Messrs. C. A. Parsons & Co. are building extensive new works at Heaton, Newcastleon-Tyne, for the manufacture of all descriptions of electrical machinery. It is expected that these new premises will be completed in about two months' time, when the business, which is at present carried on at the works in Park Road, Gateshead, will be removed.

Electric Traction.-Apropos of an article at the commencement of our pages, we should not be surprised to see the Bentley-Knight system tried in this country before very long. We should welcome it most cordially, for it ought to accomplish here what it has succeeded in doing in America, where its commercial success was long ago assured.

An Electric Company becomes a Nuisance. At a recent meeting of the Eastbourne Town Council a memorial was read from inhabitants of the district, near the electric light company's works, complaining of the nuisance caused by the smoke and smell. Eventually it was decided to give the company notice to discontinue the nuisance.

New Electric Plant for Blackpool.-An interesting addition to the Blackpool Corporation Gas Works is the first section of the new electric light plant for the extension of the beach lighting. An installation, consisting of a Brush Victoria dynamo, with resistances and instruments, has been placed in the exhauster house. It is driven from the spare exhauster engines, which are larger than usual and on separate beds, the speed being obtained from a counter-shaft. Two extra lamps of 6,000 C.P. are lighted on the beach, making eleven in all.

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The E.M.F. Curve of a Westinghouse Dynamo.—We shall hope to publish in our next an abstract of a paper by Messrs. Lewis Searing and Samuel V. Hoffman, entitled, "The experimental determination of the law of variation of the electromotive force in the armature of a Westinghouse dynamo." It is curious that it should be so nearly a sine curve, but we don't think anyone can predict these things. We believe that either Prof. Ayrton, Mr. Swinburne, or Prof. Forbes once said this would come out a saw-tooth curve.

The Magnetic Circuit.-In the May issue of the Technology Quarterly, which is issued under the auspices of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, there appears a lengthy paper by Edward Collins, on "The magnetic circuit: a theoretical discussion, including a formula for magnetism in soft iron."

The Uses of Oil Engines.-A Priestman oil engine of 8 H.P. has just been adopted by G. W. H. Brogden, Esq., at the Bwllfa and Merthyr Dare Collieries in South Wales, for pumping, where it is working well and giving great satisfaction. Heretofore the pumps for clearing the workings have been put in motion by an endless wire rope worked by means of a hauling engine, with the many objectionable attendant details and serious expense in wear and tear so well understood by colliery engineers. The Priestman engine is coupled up direct to a set of three throw pumps 6 inches by 12 inches, dispensing with the wire rope. By this means the dip is being worked to greater advantage, as the pumping and hauling are now kept entirely distinct, and a better illustration of the advantages which the makers claim for the engine could hardly be obtained, as the fact is clearly demonstrated that motive power can be employed in restricted positions where it would be impracticable to use steam power, and at a much less cost. The practical advantages which this engine possesses for a very large variety of work was strikingly recognised by the Royal Agricultural Society, who awarded it the silver medal at Nottingham last year for the horizontal type and a silver medal at Windsor in June last for the portable type, being the only award ever given by the Society for "liquid hydrocarbon engines."

Electric Traction in Boston.-While the West End Company of Boston, with 250 miles of street railway, has just voted to raise $4,500,000 for equipping its lines with electricity, the Third Avenue Railroad Company of New York is, according to Electric Power, striving to get permission to use the cable, because its officers think electric traction is not a success. By the time the cable line is finished, that system will be decidedly antique. The authorities of Newark, N.J., have issued an order that the cable conduit with which the street railway people have been experimenting for a long time shall be removed within 60 days.

Interesting Figures.-An inscription has been placed over the American section in the machinery hall in the Paris exposition which, though brief, is full of interest. It states that the United States possesses steam engines of 450,000 horse-power, the power of which is transformed into electrical energy; and that, apart from transmission of power, this energy is used to supply current nightly to 2,000,000 incandescent lamps and 250,000 arc lamps.

Country Electric Tram Lines.-The meeting to discuss the project of an electric tramline between Eastbourne and Beachy Head, which we publish in another place, indicates the kind of feeling with which all efforts towards progress are generally met in local towns whose inhabitants depend to a great extent upon visitors for a livelihood. There is little doubt that if Mr. Cooper's scheme were carried out it would materially benefit the town and not in any way interfere with its beauty or other attractions, and probably where one person now goes to Beachy Head fifty would be found if easy means of access were given.

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The Pacific Cable.-We published in a recent issue the official report of the survey recently undertaken in the Pacific Ocean by H.M.S. Egeria. We understand, on good authority, that so far as the survey has gone the result is regarded with considerable satisfaction by those who look forward to the early establishment of a cable route from British Columbia to Australasia by way of the Pacific Ocean. There is nothing, it appears, in the features of the sea bed so far reported upon that need present any difficulty; while the depths are not excessive on the route likely to be selected. Moreover, it transpired at the proceedings of the Colonial Conference that coral reefs are only injurious to a cable when found at or near the surface of the water, and liable to cause friction in the neighbourhood of the cable. In the case of the route surveyed in the Pacific Ocean there is no evidence as yet of any coral reefs which are likely to present obstacles in this respect. The main object of all concerned should now, of course, be to expedite the completion of the survey.

Utilising the Tide.-A correspondent writing to the Dundee Advertiser of August 17th, says :- "Might not Dundee be cheaply lighted by electricity if the power of the tide was used as follows:-Enclose a portion of the Firth with a suitable wall; let in the flowing tide through turbine wheels when the water is high and the pressure great; let out the water in the same way when the river is low. The amount of electricity generated would depend on the amount of water passing in and out, and the pressure exerted."

Telegraphy in Honduras.-The American Consul at Tegucigalpa states that the telegraph system of Honduras is owned and controlled by the Government. There are 1,717 miles of telegraph lines in operation, with 68 offices and 252 employés. The secretary of the Treasury Department reports that the expenses of the telegraph system, as also those of the post office, are always in excess of the income.

Edison in Paris.-The little differences between Mr. Edison and the French savants have been adjusted completely and satisfactorily by the visit of the American electrician to the Academy of Sciences. The phonograph and its inventor once drew forth the terrible word "Humbug!" from a French man of science, but there was not a spice of sarcasm or cynicism in the welcome accorded by the assembled academicians to Mr. Edison, who was presented to them by M. Janssen. Before leaving, Mr. Edison asked M. Janssen to tell the academicians that on his return to America he would send one of his perfected phonographs to the institute, accompanied by numerous inscription rolls. Each academician could address a long conversation to the phonograph, and this being taken down on the rolls, it could be placed in the library, or elsewhere, for the benefit of future generations, who would then be able to tell how the great savants had spoken, and would hear the accents of their voices long after they had disappeared from Life's busy scenes. The idea of making this gift to the academy occurred to Mr. Edison as he was examining the busts of deceased academicians -and notably that of Ampère-in the Salle des PasPerdus of the institute. The offer of the electrician was warmly applauded, and Mr. Edison then took his leave, having reiterated his thanks for the enthusiastic reception which had been accorded to him by the great scientific luminaries of France, whose names and fame he would always venerate. A special library will be fitted up in the academy for Mr. Edison's phonographic apparatus.-Daily Telegraph.

A Trooper Killed by Lightning.-The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Neu's says that as a detachment of the 1st squadron of the 2nd Lancers, consisting of a corporal, a trumpeter, and three men, was returning from the manœuvres at Spandau, and was riding during a thunderstorm in the Thiergarten, by the Spree, a flash of lightning struck a tree close to them and glanced off from it into the middle of the troop. Both riders and horses were hurled to the ground. Two of

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the men remained motionless, whilst the horses rolled over and over, struggling wildly. The trumpeter recovered first, and soon two of the troopers were able to raise themselves from the ground, and these three men succeeded in raising the horses. To their horror they then perceived that the corporal had been killed on the spot, as well as his horse. The third man was paralysed, and his horse only recovered slowly.

Ourselves.-On Tuesday last the annual staff dinner of the ELECTRICAL REVIEW was held at the Mitre Hotel, Hampton Court, and although we were less super-elated than an esteemed contemporary, inasmuch as we had no jaunty chairman to tell us that we were the only representative of electrical science in the United Kingdom, still we managed to make the day pass agreeably. The electric launch Volta, owned by Messrs. Stephens, Smith & Co., had been sent to take our staff and friends for a river trip, and Messrs. Immisch and Co., in the kindest possible manner, placed one of their own delightful boats at our disposal, their new charging station at Platt's Eyot being but a short run from Hampton Court. The afternoon was thus spent in a most enjoyable manner, and in the evening the Volta took the entire party to Richmond, the railway being there requisitioned to enable us to reach London at a respectable hour. We appreciate the courtesy of Messrs. Immisch & Co. all the more because of its spontaneous nature, for they only became aware of our intentions and rendezvous at the last moment, and we tender to them and their courteous assistant, Mr. Wade, our cordial thanks for an act which conduced not a little to making our trip a memorable one. To Messrs. Stepbens, Smith & Co., and to Mr. Reckenzaun, our thanks are also due for the loan of the only electric launch which has yet crossed the Channel. The very satisfactory catering by the proprietor of the Mitre Hotel was also a feature not to be overlooked.

St. Thomas Charterhouse Boys' School.-The publication of the results of the late Government (South Kensington) examinations in science and art show that the pupils of this school have again achieved some very remarkable successes. This achievement is rendered all the more creditable, as the recent examinations were rigorous in the extreme, and the boys going up from this department were very young, averaging about 14 years of age. Every boy (fifty-eight in number) in the upper class was presented for examination, and of these none were completely unsuccessful, a large number of the competitors passed in four subjects: Mathematics, solid geometry, magnetism and electricity, acoustics, light, and heat, and several passed in six. In mathematics (advanced arithmetic, Euclid, and algebra), only five failed; the result in acoustics was still more brilliant, whilst notwithstanding the acknowledged inordinate difficulty of the electricity paper, very few were unsuccessful. At the City and Guilds Technical College late matriculation examination, the whole (8) of the candidates from this school succeeded in qualifying for admission. Several pupils have been awarded the diploma of the City and Guilds Institute, and are now occupying good positions in the scientific world. Dr. Gladstone, F.R.S., in giving evidence before a special committee of the London School Board, submitted the following statement :"Prof. Silvanus Thompson told me that the only elementary school in London from which the Finsbury College could draw youths qualified for the technical classes was that of St. Thomas Charterhouse, where a good deal of scientific instruction is given, and the boys are encouraged to make their own apparatus." Several other eminent men have borne similar testimony.

Destruction of Electrical Plant at Lynton.-On Tuesday last week a large quantity of electrical apparatus belonging to the electric lighting works, stored in a building in the occupation of Mr. Charles Pugsley, at Lynton, was destroyed by fire. It is probable that the lighting of Lynton will in consequence be delayed until September.

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Instructions for taking Photographs of Lightning. -We read in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society that at the meeting of the Photographic Club, on July 10th, Mr. William Marriott, F.R.Met.Soc., was requested to draw up some instructions for taking photographs of lightning, so that photographers, professional as well as amateur, might, in the event of a thunderstorm, be prepared to obtain some really good photographs. If the following brief instructions be complied with, the photographs of lightning will possess scientific value :-1. The camera should be focussed during the daytime to some distant object, and a mark made on the camera, so that at night it may be quickly adjusted when a storm is approaching. 2. A rapid rectilinear lens, with full aperture, should be used. 3. The camera should be directed to the part of the sky where the lightning is most likely to occur. 4. The camera should be firmly screwed to the tripod stand. 5. It may be necessary to tilt the camera slightly, especially if the lightning be mostly in the zenith. If this be done, a note should be made of the amount of inclination. 6. A portion of landscape, roof, chimney-pot, &c., should, if possible, be included on the plate. If this cannot be done, the top of the plate should be carefully marked before it is removed from the dark slide. 7. The exact time of each flash, the interval in seconds between the lightning and the thunder, and the point of the compass in which the flash appeared, should all be carefully recorded. 8. It is desirable that there should be only one flash upon each plate. 9. If circumstances permit, two cameras should be used-one fixed on the tripod stand and the other held in the hand-and two separate photographs obtained of the same flash. 10. It would be very interesting and valuable if two or more photographers could obtain pictures of the same flash from different points of view. By this means it might be possible to determine accurately the distance of the flash, and also its movements in the atmosphere. The Royal Meteorological Society will be glad to receive copies of all photographs of lightning that may be taken-even apparently poor ones often contain useful evidence.

The Fowler-Waring Cables Company.-Letters of allotment in this company have been posted.

Deaths from Lightning.-In the discussion which took place amongst the members of the Royal Meteorological Society upon Dr. Lawson's valuable paper, to which, by the way, we have previously referred, on "The Deaths Caused by Lightning in England and Wales from 1852 to 1880," Mr. Symons said it was curious, although we fail to see for what reason, that the smallest number of deaths occurred within the metropolitan district, especially when the density of its population was considered. In Paris, also, the absence of deaths is very remarkable, and this M. Flammarion explains as being due to the number of lightning conductors attached to the various churches and large buildings of that city, which serve to carry off the electric discharges, and so cases of deaths from lightning strokes were very rare. Dr. Tripe was doubtless correct in ascribing the great excess of deaths of males as compared with women, to the fact of the former being more engaged in field labour and outdoor occupations.

Suggested Names for Electrical Execution.-American Notes and Queries has instituted an inquiry among the most eminent scholars of the country to determine the best word to express execution by electricity. The answers as far as received are remarkable for the variety of suggestions. Among them are electrophon, electricize, electrotony, electrophony, thanelectrize, thanatelectrize, thanatelectrisis, electromort, electroctony, electroctasy, fulmen, electricide, electropœnize, electrothenese, electrocution, electroed, electrostrike, and finally joltacuss or voltacuss.

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Vestries and the Board of Trade.-The vestry of the parish of St. James, Westminster, has addressed to the Board of Trade a letter on the subject of the electric lighting provisional orders awaiting confirmation by Parliament. The Board is reminded that in the metropolis the vestries and District Board of Works are the local authorities, except as regards streets, which are lighted by the Metropolitan Boards of Works, and that it is to these last-mentioned thoroughfares alone the jurisdiction of the London County Council appears to extend under the Electric Lighting Acts. The vestry expresses the opinion that the duties of the County Council should have been clearly limited to streets, bridges, &c., under their control, and to cases where any proposed works were likely to interfere with any sewer or other work vested in the Council. It is also pointed out that the possession of concurrent jurisdiction involved the possibility of conflict between a central and local authority, which may be followed by regrettable results; and that if the Council were constituted the local authority, as well as the controlling department, they would be placed in the illogical position of being an appellate tribunal against their own decisions, and in some cases would be called upon to appoint an arbitrator to decide between themselves and the undertakers, a proceeding calculated to deprive the award of the arbitrator of much of its value.

What Boldness Will Do.-The Railway Electrical Contractors, Limited, registered in 1884, was an insignificant creation at best, notwithstanding that it secured Sir D. Cooper, Bart., G.C.M.G., as chairman, but the sale of its property to the Electrical Construction Corporation, Limited, points a moral. Given boldness enough, boards of direction can raise money on very poor security. In this instance the subscribed and paid-up capital amounted to £25,000, no dividend was ever paid, and no report was ever issued. Nevertheless, the directors contrived to raise £17,400 on the security of 5 per cent. debentures. From whom, it would be interesting to know.-Financial Times.

Type-Writing.-On the 17th inst., at the International Shorthand Congress now sitting in Paris, one of the English delegates, Miss M. P. Ellis, at the end of some remarks on the value of type-writers for transcribing shorthand notes, demonstrated the speed of the bar-lock type-writer, which machine she now uses, by allowing herself to be timed by the committee. At the conclusion of the test it was announced that Miss Ellis had written at the high speed of 135 words per minute, thus beating the record of 126 words per minute done on the caligraph by Mr. Osborne and 123 on the Remington by Mr. McGurrin at the contest for the championship of the world, held at Toronto in November, 1887. Special attention was drawn to the even quality of the writing, though written at such a remarkable speed.

NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED.

Johannesburg Electricity Supply Company, Limited. -Capital £250,000, divided into 249,000 ordinary and 1,000 founders' shares of £1 each. Objects: To acquire a concession dated 28th February, 1889, in relation to the supply of electric light in Johannesburg and its suburbs and surroundings, granted by the Government of the South African Republic. Signatories (with 1 share each): F. H. Morris, 20, Estelle Road, Gospel Oak; J. Green, 16, Lanhill Road, W.; P. J. Purdey, 28, Devonshire Place, W.; C. H. Weatherley, 36, Devonshire Road, Forest Hill; R. L. Cousens, St. George's Club (electrical engineer); H. Evans, 29, Mortlake Road, Kew; W. G. Hughes, 18, Winchester Road, N.W.

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The first directors are Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart.; Sir Douglas Fox; P. Henwood, Esq.; A. P. Matheson, Esq., and Col. Reginald Thynne, C.B. Qualification, £100 in shares or stock. Remuneration, £2,000 per annum, to be divided as they may determine. Registered 16th inst. by Hollams, Sons, Coward and Hawksley, Mincing Lane.

Stanhope Water Engineering Company, Limited.Capital £25,000, in £5 shares. Objects: To acquire inventions relating to the purification, softening and treatment of water or other fluids, or sewage, dye waters, or refuse or polluted waters. To carry on business as electrical and telephone engineers in all branches, and also as civil or mechanical engineers, chemists, and contractors. Signatories (with 1 share each): C. A. Ross, 26, Coventry Street, W.; G. S. Howatson, 20, Bucklersbury; Harold Collet, 20, Bucklersbury; E. E. Davies, Sydney Lodge, Twickenham; M. E. Jarvis, 3, Guildhall Chambers; G. L. Anders (electrician), 33, Peak Hill Gardens, Sydenham; J. S. Sawrey, 20, Bucklersbury. Messrs. J. S. Sawrey and Harold Collet are appointed permanent directors so long as they continue to hold £1,000 in shares or stock. The other directors are to be appointed by the signatories. Qualification, £100 in shares. Registered 17th inst. by Blair and W. B. Girling, 3, Guildhall Chambers. Registered office, 20, Bucklersbury.

OFFICIAL RETURNS OF ELECTRICAL

COMPANIES.

National Telephone Company, Limited.-An agreement of 17th inst., between the Lancashire and Cheshire Telephonic Exchange Company, Limited, and this company, is supplemental to an agreement of 4th ult. It was provided in the original agreement that the National Company should allot the Lancashire Company 105,000 fully paid shares of £5 each in the National Company. The original agreement is to be read and construed as if in lieu of the fourth clause thereof, the following were substituted :-"4. The National Company shall at once take steps necessary for increasing its ordinary capital by the issue of new ordinary shares of £51each, and as the consideration for the said sale by the Lancashire Company, the National Company shall allot the Lancashire Company, or as it may direct, 105,000 fully paid ordinary shares of £5 each, to be numbered 90,001 to 120,000 inclusive, and 325,001 to 400,000 inclusive."

Electrical Automatic Delivery Box Company, Limited. By an order of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice, dated 3rd inst., it is directed that this company be wound up. The last return of the company is made up to the 13th June, and was filed on the 28th June. The nominal capital is £60,000 in £1 shares. 14,165 shares were taken up, 7,400 of these being considered as fully paid. Upon 6,765 shares calls to the total of 15s. per share had been made, the total amount paid being £4,993 128.; £25 being also paid in advance of calls. The calls unpaid at the date of the return amounted to £235 8s. 3,215 shares have been forfeited, and upon these £167 158. had been paid.

Manchester Electric Supply Company, Limited.At an extraordinary meeting of this company held at 1, Crosshall Street, Liverpool, on the 15th ult., it was resolved to wind up voluntarily, Mr. John Clough Vaudrey to be appointed liquidator. The resolution was confirmed on the 1st inst., and was duly filed on the 16th inst.

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company in the third line the words "in general meeting "and by substituting the word "subscribed" for authorised in the last line but one, and by adding at the end the words "for the time being." The resolution approving these alterations was confirmed on the 16th inst. and registered 17th inst.

Peru Telephone Company, Limited.-At a meeting of this company, held on the 1st inst., at 18, Austin Friars, the following special resolution was passed, and on 16th inst. was duly confirmed, viz.: "That article 82 of the articles of association of the company be amended by striking out the word 'Chili' therein, and inserting instead thereof the word 'Peru.'"

Ecuador Telephone Company, Limited.-At a meeting of this company, held on the 1st inst. at 18, Austin Friars, the following resolution was passed, viz. : “That article 82 of the articles of association of the company be amended by striking out the word 'Chili' therein and inserting instead thereof the word 'Ecuador.'” The resolution was confirmed on the 16th, and filed on the 17th inst.

Newcastle and District Electric Lighting Company, Limited. At a meeting of this company, held on the 13th May, a resolution was passed approving special articles in lieu of Table A of the Companies Act, 1862. These articles were filed on the 17th inst. The number of directors is not to be less than three nor more than seven; qualification, £500 in shares; remuneration, £105 for the first year; subsequently such sum as the company in general meeting may determine.

City of Westminster Electrical Syndicate, Limited. -The annual return of this syndicate, made up to the 13th inst., was filed on the 17th inst. The nominal capital is £20,000 in £1 shares. 10,000 shares are taken up, and the full amount has been called thereon. The calls paid amount to £9,812 10s., and unpaid to £187 10s.

At an extraordinary general meeting of the company, held on the 10th ult., the following special resolutions were passed :-"1. That in article 67 the word 'twelve ' be substituted for 'eight.' 2. That Major Francis J. M. Mason and Mr. V. Money Kent be appointed directors in addition to Messrs. J. R. Cleave, V. B. D. Cooper, Charles Stanley Peach, Henry E. Barnes, and Walter T. Goolden." These resolutions were confirmed on the 30th ult., except as to the appointment of Major Francis J. M. Mason and Capt. W. G. Hunter as directors. The resolutions were filed on the 13th inst.

LEGAL.

Butler v. Kensington Electric Lighting Company.In the High Court of Justice on Friday last. This was a motion by the owner of the house No. 148, Brompton Road, to restrain the defendant company, until the trial or further order, from using their steam engines and dynamos and allowing noxious fumes to be emitted from their works, to the annoyance of himself and his family. Mr. Renshaw, Q.C., and Mr. Maidlow appeared for the plaintiff. The Attorney-General (Sir R. Webster, Q.C.), with whom were Mr. Marten, Q.C., and Mr. Wallace, said the case was eminently one in which someone should go down and view the premises, and suggested that the case should go to the Official Referee. After some discussion, Mr. Justice Kay directed the case to go either to the Official Referee or to some special referee, being a barrister, to be agreed upon between the parties, or, failing agreement, to be nominated by the Chief Clerk, with power for the referee to grant an injunction and enter up judgment.

TRAFFIC RECEIPTS.

The Western and Brazilian Telegraph Company, Limited. The traffic receipts for the week ending 16th August, 1889, after deducting the fifth of the gross receipts payable to the London Platino-Brazilian Telegraph Company. Limited, were £2,935.

The West India and Panama Telegraph Company, Limited. The estimated receipts for the half-month ended the 15th August are £2,384, as compared with £2,629 in the corresponding period of 1888.