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not Place and Trefoil Road, and also to round off the
abrupt corners at North Side and St. Ann's Road, the
footpath abutting on the Common was kerbed and tarpaved
and channelling laid at a cost of £277 12s. 4d.
Wimbledon
Park Road.
The triangular piece of ground at the corner
of West Hill Road has been enclosed by an
unclimbable iron fencing, and the footpath across the same
tar-paved, at a cost of £76 12s. 1d.
Feathers wharf. By the payment of £28 to the Thames Conservancy
a portion of the River Thames foreshore (about
24 feet in width) has been reclaimed and added to the
wharf. A concrete wall has been constructed abutting on
the river and having a frontage of 35(5 feet thereto. The
wall, which has a batter of 1½ inches to a foot, is 22 feet
3 inches in height with a width of 7 feet 8 inches at its
base and 1 foot 9 inches at the top. The concrete was
mixed in the proportion of six parts of Thames ballast to
one part of Portland cement. The whole of the work was
done without the intervention of a contractor at a cost of
£2,095 Is. 9d., or £5 17s. 8d. per foot frontage. The
canal adjoining the wharf has been deepened, as agreed
with Messrs. McMurray, at a cost of £28 8s. 5d.
Southfields
Slop Shoot.
The Board have now secured the intervening
plots of land referred to in last year's report.
The total area of freehold land purchased is 20 acres 3
roods 7 poles, and the total cost is £5,654, or an average
of £271 18s. 2d. per acre. In addition to the above
amount, a sum of £110 13s. 11d. has been expended in
the construction of a temporary bridge and approaches
thereto, and £242 8s. 10d. for the redemption of tithes.
The part of the land which is not at present used for a shoot
is let for grazing purposes at £22 per annum. Previous to
acquiring this land, the Board paid 9d. per load for private