constructing gas works m Timaru, we referred to P6rt Chalmers as an example of a gas-lit town, m which the conditions are to ri great extent parallel with those existing here ; but ■we believe that the town of Greymouth was specially betore the notice of. the meeting on Thursday last, w'hen'mak ing comparisons with a view to calcu lations of expense and- probable re furns. The population and consump- I tion of gas at Greymouth may, for all practical purposes, be regarded as nearly the same as those of Timaru, whatever difference there /"may be be tween the two places m these respects being m favor of Timaru ; and we are not aware ot the existence of any circum stances, which should render the result of constructing gas works, less satisfactory here than at Grey mouth. The capital ot tlie com pany which supplies that place with gas is £7,500 m two thousand shares, consisting apparently of two issues, namely, one of t a thousand shares of £5 each, and one of a thou sand shares at £2 lOs each. The pie sent number of consumers is about 180, and of lights 1807; the annual cost of management, wages, and purifying the gas amounts to £930; the annual con sumption of coal is .400 tons,, which, at £1 per ton, costs 400 a year. The annual consumption of gas m Grey month is 3,529,600 feet, or at the rate of 9670 feet a day ; the rate charged for the gas is £1 per thousand feet, subject to a discount of Ss 6d for cash payment. 