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In my last Annual Report I directed attention to
the fact that the Board of Trade had, in accordance
with the provisions of "The Metropolis Water Acts
of 1852 and 1871," sanctioned the regulations made
by the companies for a constant supply of water, but
it does not appear that the public are much disposed
to avail themselves of it, and, therefore, the Water
Companies are themselves gradually making provision
for such supply. According to Major Bolton,
who is the Water Examiner appointed by the Board
of Trade, the Kent Company have already provided
a constant service in Deptford, and they are taking
active measures for extending it into other districts.
The East London Company have also furnished a
like service in many of their districts, and have given
notice to the Metropolitan Board of Works of their
intention gradually to extend the supply until they
have brought the whole of their districts, section by
section, into the same condition. In like manner the
West Middlesex and the Lambeth Companies are
giving a constant supply of water to houses provided
with the necessary fittings; and in the City of
London the New River Company have for some time
supplied water to the stand-pipes erected by the
Commissioners of Sewers in certain of the courts and
alleys of the City occupied by the poor, and they
have consented to furnish a constant service to those
blocks of buildings which I have certified as
requiring such supply,—it being declared in the
14th section of "The Metropolis Water Act, 1871,"