Paignton Gas Act 1894
WHEREAS in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine certain persons formed themselves into a gas company under the name of "the Paignton Gas Light Coke and Coal Company Limited" (herein-after referred to as "the Limited Company") for the purpose of supplying with gas the town of Paignton and its neighbourhood in the county of Devon and generally for carrying on the business usually carried on by gas companies and such Company was duly registered under the Companies Acts 1856-1857: A...