ELECTRICITY ACCOUNTS
Sta,—Like your correspondent, "Accountant," I received my quarterly electricity account, and from it, as from his, the meter-reading dates were omitted. I wrote to the manager of the sub-area from whose office it came, pointing out this omission and suggesting that the meter-reading dates were information which every consumer was entitled to receive. The reply I received was much less curt than that given to your corre- spondent and much more informative. It ran as follows: "This type of bill has been adopted in order to economise both labour and material by avoiding duplication. May I be allowed to explain ? It is the practice of the meter-reader to enter the readings and date upon which they are taken on the meter-card which is in your possession and to which you are respectfully referred. To restate these entries on the accounts, which in relation to the Board's area of supply are issued in hundreds of
thousands four times a year, would entail the use of extra paper and time which, with your co-operation, can be avoided." For the present, at any rate, I am quite satisfied with this explanation.—Yours faithfully,
JAMES CRAIGIE.
4 Mountjoy Terrace, Musselburgh, Midlothian.
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