Cowes Gas Act, 1896
WHEREAS under a deed of settlement (herein-after referred to as "the deed of settlement") dated the sixteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty-six certain persons formed themselves into a gas company under the name of "the Cowes Gas Light and Coke Company" (herein-after referred to as "the original Company") for the purpose of supplying with gas the town of Cowes and its neighbourhood in the Isle of Wight in the county of Southampton and generally for carrying on the business...