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" The Sub-Committee considered that the arrangements
proposed will provide a solution for most of the cases which will
from time to time come before the Committees, and your Committee
recommend —
"(a) That the Rules set forth above be adopted, for the
guidance of the Committees considering drainage plans.
"Your Committee asked the Joint Sub-Committee to express
their views on the subject, and they have reported that, before
making the recommendation above-mentioned, the matter was
fully considered, and that they found nothing in the Builders'
objections to justify departure from the conclusions previously
arrived at.
"The Joint Sub-Committee pointed out, however, that in
some cases, plans for buildings had been prepared, and buildings
commenced, before the proposals for restriction of combined
drainage had been laid before the Council, and expressed the
opinion that in such cases adherence to the proposals should not
be too stringently enforced.
"Your Committee are quite in accord with the views expressed
by the Joint Sub-Committee, and they beg, therefore, to again
submit the above Report and recommendations for adoption.
"Adopted, October 15th, 1902."
The vexed question of combined drain or sewer has again
been brought to the front on many occasions, and in one case
very prominently, but I am pleased to say that the contention of
this Council was upheld, that the system alleged to be a sewer
and hence the cost of reconstruction and amendment to be borne
by the Council, was held by the Court to be a combined drainage