The Express.
London, England, 1861-08-16 00:00:00

BERLIN WATERWORKS COMPANY.

The eighth half-yearly meeting of the proprietors
of thia company wee held yesterday at the London Tavern ;
H. Buestr., Eaq. in the chair.
After the usual formal preliminary business,
The Swimmer read the report of the directors, which
stated that. notwithstanding the intense cold experienced at
Berlin last Enter, in the course of which the thermometer
ladiisited at one time as low • rate of temperature us 45
degrees of frost, the company's pipe system sustained no
injury. The progress of the undertaking, though not so
raMd as could he wished, has nevertheless been satisfactory,
itimmuch as the increase in the water rates ha. been greater
during the past six mouths than in any corresponding half-
sear of the company. musteoce ; and Mr. Gill encourages
the hope that this progress will be still more apparent at the
termination of the current year. The revenue account shows
a dispoeable balance of 4,1391. la, out of which the di-
rectors recommend the payment of a dividend of ls. Gd. per
blare, free of income tax. A balance of 6551. 4., Gd. wall
remain at the credit of revenue account for future appro.
('nation.

:The tin AMU Alt, in moving the adoption of the report,
mid that he was pleased to have to offer them an increased
dividend, and to inform them that the affairs of the dim.
piny were progressing satisfactorily. He would explain
that the company bad not pressed the question of further
ecionseions, as at present inquiries were being made by a
C 002111156100 as to the essablishmest of a system of sewerage
in Berlin, and as it could not be canied out without the aid
of the water supplied by this company it was thought that
a better time than the present would arise far them to put
forth this question. That the company was 'Predate'
in Berlin was proved by the fact that smiroldy a sew
hones was now built to which the water was not
laid on. Indeed, the directors bad been somewhat amused
at reeding au account of something like a strike in Berlin
asecmpt the housemaids, they refusing to accept service M
hotues where the water was not laid on. The Germans
were a somewhat slow people, and would not very readily
give up their old.fashlosed walls and pumps. All. how.
ever, lockixl at present encoureging for the company. He
moved that the report be adopted.
Mr. Waicur sipoonded the resolution, and it was carried.
The CHAIR-War then moved that a dividend of le. ed.
per share. free of income tax, he declared and paid, on and
after the 31st bast., to those shareholders who stood on the
list on the 12th inst.
The resolution wee seconded and carried.
An abort:ace of 300 f. was then voted to the directors for
their se:vices denim the past year, sad a vote of thanks
to the chairman and bond of directors terminated the pro.
oredinp.

Toe New Gut Reactretows.—Under th. opera-
tics d lb. new act of parliesest for regulating the meet-
rues used in the sale of ma. inspect.. of meters far the
purpose are Dow being appoobd in the different distrkts,
under whose authority meters are issued to the cowmen,
stamped under the authordt of the act, each meter having
masked um. it the immuring esperity of one action of the
miter. with the quantity per hoar in cubic feet it is in•
tended to 0101190 TO ; sad it ls important the public should
know that everyone Asks or acing as unstautped meter
direr Oct. 13 will be liable to a podgy of