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(d) After the awards of the Arbitrator have been issued,
the titles to, and purchases of, the property concerned
must be investigated and completed.
(e) Thirteen weeks' notice must ultimately be given before
any houses are taken for demolition (Sec. 14).
[In the Garden Row Area these requests were made subsequently
to July, 1900, and by March 31st, 1901, 53 claims
had been delivered, amounting in the aggregate to
£114,918. During 1901-02, that is, up to the 31st March,
1902, the County Council reported that considerable
progress had been made in the settlement of claims in
respect of Garden Row Area. In all, 76 claims had been
received, and as no less than 54 of these had been settled
by agreement, it was anticipated that application might
soon be made to the Home Secretary to appoint an
Arbitrator to deal with the cases in dispute. While the
negotiations for the settlement of claims was proceeding
the County Council prepared plans of the dwellings to be
erected on the Roby Street Area, which had been decided
upon as the portion to be first cleared with a view to
re-housing. The building plans were approved by the
Home Secretary in December, 1901, and the working
drawings were proceeded with in 1902. The Housing
Committee of the County Council reported in 1902:—
"By dealing with the Roby Street Area first the incon"venience
to the inhabitants by the reconstruction of the
"areas confirmed in the scheme will be minimized, and
"dwellings will be provided, to which those displaced
"from the remaining areas can be transferred as it
"becomes necessary for them to move."
During 1902-03, that is, up to the 31st March, 1903, the
County Council reported that negotiations had still been
proceeding and 76 claims had been received, of which
68 were settled by agreement, leaving 8 cases for arbitration.
The Arbitrator was, therefore, appointed during
1902, and completed hisawards in March, 1903. Duringthe
same year working plans of the dwellings to be erected on
the Garden Row Area were also being prepared, and have
since been submitted to, and approved by, the Home
Secretary. In 1903, the whole of the Roby Street Area