Higham and Hundred of Hoo Water Act, 1890
WHEREAS the several parishes and places in the county of Kent herein-after mentioned are at present inadequately supplied with water and it is expedient that provision should be made for affording an adequate supply of pure and wholesome water thereto:

And whereas the persons in that behalf in this Act named with others are willing on being incorporated into a Company with the necessary powers for such purposes to undertake the supply of water to such parishes and places and it is expedient ...