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for the perpetual use thereof by the inhabitants of the Metropolis
for exercise and recreation, and to enable the Metropolitan
Board to maintain the same, and to make compensation for till
rights injured by the trusts and purposes aforesaid.
eel brook common, brook green, parson's green.
During the year a preliminary inquiry has been held before
one of the Assistant Inclosure Commissioners, with a view to
dealing with these Commons under the provisions of "The
Metropolitan Commons' Act, 1866," the Metropolitan Board of
Works having memorialized the Inclosure Commissioners to
hold such inquiry, and to prepare a draft scheme under the
powers of the said Act, for preserving these Commons for the
use of the public.
shepherd's bush.
The work of raising the level of the Common has progressed
slowly during the year, but already it can be seen how much
improved the Common will be when the works are completed,
metropolitan district railway extension works.
The result of the Board's action in this matter was, that the
Company agreed to construct their works so as to interfere as
little as possible with the level of the roads, to carry out certain
works of paving and pitching, and to pay the sum of £500 in
satisfaction of costs incurred by the Board.
thames river (prevention of floods) bill.
In pursuance of the prayer of their petition to the House of
Commons, this Board duly appeared, in conjunction with the
representatives of other Riparian Vestries and District Boards,
by their agents, counsel, and witnesses before the Select Committee
upon this Bill, and after a careful and impartial investigation
by the Select Committee, involving, upon the part of
this Board, a most arduous and expensive contest with the
Metropolitan Board of Works, extending over the twelve days
of the inquiry before the Committee. On the fifth day of the
inquiry, during the progress of the case of the promoters of the
Bill (the Metropolitan Board of Works), the Committee stated
"That they did not consider the case of the promoters complete
"in respect of evidence as to the incidence of taxation pro"posed
by the Bill, and that they would expect the promoters
"to produce the plans and estimates promised by them before
"the opponents opened their case."
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