UNITED STATES
                        SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549



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Application of UNITIL Corporation            )
                                             )       CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO
and its Subsidiaries on Form U-1             )       RULE 24 UNDER THE PUBLIC
                                             )       UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY
(File No. 70-8623)                           )       Act of 1935

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	Pursuant to the requirements of Rule 24 under the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, UNITIL Corporation ("UNITIL"), on behalf
of itself and its subsidiaries, Concord Electric Company, Exeter & Hampton
Electric Company, Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company, UNITIL Power
Corp., UNITIL Realty Corp., UNITIL Resources Inc. and UNITIL Service Corp.,
hereby files the attached quarterly report as required by the Securities and
Exchange Commission's order approving short-term borrowings by UNITIL and its
subsidiaries and approving the UNITIL System money pool (HCAR. No. 25773; File
No. 70-8066; March 29, 1993; File No. 70-8623; July 11, 1995).



Exhibit

Exhibit A -	Quarterly Report of UNITIL Corporation and Its Subsidiaries by
                Short-term Borrowings and Money Pool Transactions for the
                third quarter of 1996.



                                    SIGNATURE




	Pursuant to the requirements of the Public Utility Holding Company Act
 of 1935, the undersigned company has duly caused this Certificate to be signed
 on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.




						UNITIL CORPORATION




                                                By:  __/s/  Gail A. Siart_____
							 Gail A. Siart
						      Treasurer and Secretary


Dated:  October 21, 1996








                                                                    EXHIBIT  A
                           QUARTERLY REPORT BY
                  UNITIL CORPORATION AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
             OF SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS AND MONEY POOL TRANSACTIONS
                      FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1996
				
				
				
				
                                                   Exeter &
                                       Concord     Hampton      Fitchburg
                            UNITIL     Electric    Electric     Gas & Electric
                         Corporation   Company     Company      Light Company
				
(a)				
Maximum Principal Amount				
of Short-term Borrowings				
Outstanding During the				
Third Quarter:                  
     Money Pool             N/A        $4,027,210    $3,419,089    $5,139,288
     Banks               $11,825,000       None         None         None

(b)				
Average Interest Rate for				
the Money Pool Borrowings				
During the Third Quarter*   N/A           5.852%       5.894%        5.882%
				
(c)				
Maximum Amount Outstanding				
By Company for Each Source				
of Outside Borrowings				
During the Third Quarter:                       
     Bank of Boston       $7,825,000       None         None         None
     Fleet Bank - NH      $2,000,000       None         None         None
     Shawmut Bank, N.A.   $2,000,000       None         None         None
				
				
* Excludes Bank Service and Commitment Fees				




                                                                    EXHIBIT A
                          QUARTERLY REPORT BY
                 UNITIL CORPORATION AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
              OF SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS AND MONEY POOL TRANSACTIONS
                     FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1996
				
				
				
				
                             UNITIL      UNITIL      UNITIL      UNITIL
                             Power       Realty      Service     Resources
                             Corp.       Corp.       Corp.       Inc.
				
				
(a)				
Maximum Principal Amount				
of Short-term Borrowings				
Outstanding During the				
Third Quarter:                  
     Money Pool           $1,897,392    $7,831,319    $1,284,463     N/A 
     Banks                   None           None         None        None
				
(b)				
Average Interest Rate for				
the Money Pool Borrowings				
During the Third Quarter*    5.792%        5.856%        5.933%      N/A
				
(c)				
Maximum Amount Outstanding				
By Company for Each Source				
of Outside Borrowings				
During the Third Quarter:                       
     Bank of Boston           None          None         None        None
     Fleet Bank - NH          None          None         None        None
     Shawmut Bank, N.A.       None          None         None        None

				
* Excludes Bank Service and Commitment Fees