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(Before
This Order was promoted to confer further powers on the Corporation in relation to their water undertaking, to increase the burgh general assessment and the public health general assessment, and for other purposes.
The clauses relating to the water undertaking were opposed, but ultimately agreement was reached.
Clauses were adjusted.
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Counsel for the Corporation of Greenock (Promoting)— Macmillan, K.C.— Watson, K.C.— Gentles. Agents— Andrew Nimmo, Town-Clerk, Greenock— John Kennedy & Company, Parliamentary Agents, Westminster.
Counsel for Neill, Dempster, & Neill (Objecting)— Telbot, K.C.— Sandeman, K.C.— Beveridge. Agents— Neill, Clerk, & Murray, Solicitors, Greenock— Beveridge & Company, Parliamentary Agents, Westminster.
Counsel for the Distillers' Company, Limited (Objecting)— Douglas Jamieson. Agents— Fraser, Stoddart, & Ballingall, W.S., Edinburgh— Grahames & Company, Parliamentary Agents, Westminster.
Agents for the Westburn Sugar Refineries Company, Limited (Objecting, Appearance Reserved)— A. R. Prentice, Solicitor, Greenock— Martin & Company, Parliamentary Agents, Westminster.
Agent for the Gourock Rope-Work Company, Limited, the Glasgow and South-Western Railway Company, and Others (Objection Wihdrawn)— David Murray, LL.D., Solicitor, Glasgow.