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a few instances, been high. A large increase in the use of the 
gas is, however, to be expected in several localities, and in some 
places the use of pure carburetted water-gas is contemplated in 
the absence of legislative restriction.” 
‘We therefore think the present time opportune for dealing 
with the matter before the manufacture of water-gas is established 
on a larger scale; and we beg to submit the following recommen- 
dations, to which, if approved, effect should be given by a 
Public Bill.” 
Among these “ recommendations ” are the two following, with 
which we are directly concerned :— 
“That before any kind of water-gas is distributed in any 
place, due public notice of the proposal should be required 
to be given: and that, as long as there is any water-gas in 
a gas supply, that fact should be stated on every demand 
note.” 
This was precisely the view I took as to the duty of the 
Alliance Company to consumers, and I rather expected that the 
Company—especially after I had early notified them of the 
detection of the water-gas mixture—would have been glad to 
render any public warning from me unnecessary by stating their 
view of the matter to their customers, and they had ample time to 
do so in the interval before my lecture was delivered. It is clear, 
from the reference to the “demand note,” that every quarterly 
gas bill should be a renewed notification, as a reminder to 
consumers that there was need for continued and _ special 
caution. 
The other “ recommendation ” referred to is:— 
“That power should be conferred upon a Central Department 
to make regulations, enforceable by adequate penalties, limiting 
the proportion of carbonic oxide in the public gas supply at night 
to 12 per cent., or such greater amount as the Department may 
consider desirable,” 7.e., as I understand, such greater amount 
being permissible in order to meet special emergencies. 
I have now laid before the Society the chief conclusions 
arrived at by the Commission which the Home Office charged to 
inquire and report as to the safety or otherwise of introducing any 
large proportion of water-gas into city gas supplies. It will be 
seen from the quotations that my warning of the 12th of March 
