Report from the provisional directors of the London (Watford) Spring Water Company, to the shareholders and the public : with the financial statement, submitted and approved at the general meeting, and Mr. Hope's opening speech before the Parliamentary Committee.

  • London (Watford) Spring-Water Company.
Date:
1852
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Credit: Report from the provisional directors of the London (Watford) Spring Water Company, to the shareholders and the public : with the financial statement, submitted and approved at the general meeting, and Mr. Hope's opening speech before the Parliamentary Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    attentive examination will shew that the state- ments put forth in the opening speech of your Counsel, a copy of which is attached to this Report, and in the prospectus and reports of the Company, have been fully sustained. A searching investigation into the quality of the Thames Water, even when taken above Ted- dington Lock, and after filtration, has proved that the amount of dead and decaying animal and vegetable matter contained in it are such as to render it unwholesome; 19 different species of living animals and also fungi having been shown by Dr. Lankester, f. r.s. and Dr. Redfern, to abound in such water. Your Directors believe that the evidence given before Parliament, demonstrates that the source of the water proposed to be resorted to by the Company, is fully adequate in quantity, and pre- eminent from its excellent quality. The number of Shares taken in the Company on which the deposit has been paid, amounts to 12,387. Your Directors annex the Financial State- ment, and will be enabled to return to the Shareholders the surplus subscribed beyond 11s. 6d. per Share. This return will be made as soon as it is possible to withdraw from the Accountant General