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Rent, or a tax on land, neiflior more nor 

 less on account of the application ofla- 

 Loiir, would have an opposite ell'ect to 

 this tax on produce, and tend to excite 

 the occupier to ohtaiii' an increase of 

 produce by cultivation. It is an erro- 

 neous idea that land proprietors would 

 exclusively reap the benetit arisiiig from 

 tiie annihilation of tithes, for, as the pro- 

 duce of land increases, the value of such 

 produce is propor(ionaIjIy lessened ; and, 

 therefore, they would liave but little ad- 

 vantage, if any, more than the consumer. 

 A\'ould it not also be beneficial in a reli- 

 gious point of vieAV to do away this op- 

 pressive tax? For how painfully do we 

 find love and harmony, the very essence 

 of religion, destroyed by frequent con- 

 tentions between the i)astor and his 

 charge — contentions which involve in 

 their consequences the opposite feelings 

 of hatred and animosity. Jos. Clark. 

 Street, near Glastonhury. 



For the Muntlilji Mapi;nzine. 



ABSTRACT of the MINUTES o/'eVIDENCE' 



taken before the LORDS COMMITTEHS, 

 to whom was referred the bill inti- 

 tuled, " An Act to alter and enlarge 

 the Powers of two Acts of his present 

 Majesty, for ^•anting certain Powers 

 to the Gas Light and Coke Company," 

 e.rplaining the present STATE of gas 



ILLUMINATION. 



Samuel Clegg was called in, and exa- 

 mined. 

 /ft RE you engineer to liic Gas Light 

 Jllk. and Coke Company ? — Yes. 



Have the Company, since the year 

 1812, proceeded in the execution of their 

 •powers and established works iu any 

 parts ot the town .' — Yes. 



Where are tlieir works established ? — 

 In Peter-street, V/estminster^ Brick- 

 lane, Old-street; and Worship-street, 

 Norton Talgate. 



.Specify some of those parts in the 

 city of Westminster that are supplied ; 

 name any streets which occur tojou. 

 — Parliament-street, Whitehall, the 

 Stranil, Pall Mall, St. Martin'.s-lane, 

 Long Acre, St. James'x-strcef, Coven- 

 try-street, Leicester-s(juare, witL the se- 

 veral courts adjoining. 



What parts of the city of London 

 kave been supplied by the Company ? — 

 (Jheapside, Cornhill, liishopsgate-street. 

 Wood-street, LiCadenhall-street, I'ore- 

 itreet, round the Hank of Eugluiwl, and 

 various other parts. 



Do you happen to know how many of 

 the oiiiccii ul' govcruQicut cure iii;;htcd 



Mr, Clark on Titkes.—Gas. Lights'. 



203 



by the Company?— I think nearly th« 

 whole of this end of the town, the 

 outside and inside together ; the wbois 

 of the government lamps appertahiiug 

 to the public ofTiccs are lighted by tbo 

 Company. 



Does the Company alTord a very largQ 

 supply to Carltou-honsc? — Yes. 



And a considerable supply at Covent 

 Garden Theatre ? — Yes. 



The interior of the stables at Carlton- 

 honsc are lighted as well as the outside? 

 — Yes; and General Bloomfield's pri- 

 vate rooms are lighted by it. 



The Attorney General has a supply 

 in the interior of his house? — Yes, the 

 whole of the lower parts and the bed 

 rooms. 



Do you know of any applications that 

 have been made by the inhabitants of 

 different parts of the town not lighted 

 to have a supply given them ? — Yes, the 

 api)lications are numerous for a supply 

 of light; I cannot exactly state the par- 

 ties concerned at this momeut ; applica- 

 tions are almost daily. 



Do yon know whether tbey have en- 

 crea.sed within the last six months? — 

 \ es, they encrcase weekly ; applications 

 now are d(juble what they were a Littl« 

 while ago. 



Is it your opinion, that, looking to th« 

 number and extent of those applica- 

 tions, the sum of 200,0001. would ba 

 expended in complying with them, 

 in erecting new works, and carrying 

 the other works into cOect ? — It would 

 take 100,0001. at least to answer th» 

 present <le mauds, before the ensuing 

 CiMislmas. 



You have stated a number of offices 

 of government you light, tli^ Admiral- 

 ty, Ordnance, and others ; are those lit 

 inside as well as out ? — Most of them 

 inside, I think. 



Do you mean that they are lit beyond 

 the passages I — Yes, in the several 

 offices where the clerks are. 



You state a number of shops that yoil 

 say are lit ; state the number of in-door 

 lights that you iurnish? — The number 

 of in-door li.'^hts amounts to about 

 4,000. 



What has been the greatest number 

 you have lit of in-door lamps since tha 

 1st of January ? — The average has been 

 about 5,000. 



W'hat do you charge for a lamp in 

 the street; an out-door lamp? — Wo iiave 

 various prices, according to the illumi- 

 nating power, as high as lOl. u yfc»r, and 

 us low us 30s. 



I> J 2 Dc£crib« 



