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 ACT
(File No. 70-8623)                   )       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 first 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:  April 18, 1996









                                                                   EXHIBIT  A

                              QUARTERLY REPORT BY
                           UNITIL CORPORATION AND ITS
                      SUBSIDIARIES OF SHORT-TERM BORROWINGS
                       AND MONEY POOL TRANSACTIONS FOR THE
                             FIRST QUARTER OF 1996                            

				

                  

                                    Concord     Exeter & Hampton   Fitchburg 
                         UNITIL     Electric    Electric        Gas & Electric 
                      Corporation   Company     Company          Light Company 

 	 	 	 	 
(a) 	 	 	 	 
Maximum Principal Amount 	 	 	 	 
of Short-term Borrowings 	 	 	 	 
Outstanding During the 	 	 	 	 
First Quarter: 	 	 	 	 
     Money Pool           N/A     $2,939,409    $2,720,918       $4,154,522  
     Banks            $3,000,000     None          None             None 

 	 	 	 	 
(b) 	 	 	 	 
Average Interest Rate for 	 	 	 	 
the Money Pool Borrowings 	 	 	 	 
During the First Quarter*  N/A      6.112%        6.074%          6.052% 
 	 	 	 	 

(c) 	 	 	 	 
Maximum Amount Outstanding 	 	 	 	 
By Company for Each Source 	 	 	 	 
of Outside Borrowings 	 	 	 	 
During the First Quarter: 	 	 	 	 
     Bank of Boston     $3,000,000   None          None              None 
     Fleet Bank - NH       None      None          None              None 
     Shawmut Bank, N.A.    None      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
                             FIRST QUARTER OF 1996                            
                    

				

				
                             UNTIL    UNITIL     UNITIL     UNITIL 
                             Power    Realty     Service    Resources 
                             Corp.    Corp.      Corp.      Inc. 

                       
(a) 				
Maximum Principal Amount 				
of Short-term Borrowings 				
Outstanding During the 				
First Quarter: 				
     Money Pool              N/A   $4,022,089   $611,989     N/A  
     Banks                   None     None         None      None 
                        

(b) 				
Average Interest Rate for 				
the Money Pool Borrowings 				
During the First Quarter*     N/A    5.983%      6.197%       N/A 
				

(c) 				
Maximum Amount Outstanding 				
By Company for Each Source 				
of Outside Borrowings 				
During the First 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