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tion of a Public Bill to deal with it alone, instructed the officers
to report as to other amendments of the Public Health Act
which could be dealt with in the same Bill. Under these
circumstances, the Council adopted the recommendation of the
Parliamentary Committee to discharge the reference to them,
" to obtain an amendment of the law to enable the London
Sanitary Authorities to charge for the removal of manure."
Nuisance from Peat Moss Litter: Action of tHe
County Council.—The Council having had their attention
drawn to this subject, a circular communication was addressed,
in July, to the sanitary authorities as follows :—
" In investigating complaints of nuisance alleged to
arise from stable manure at various premises in
London, the attention of the Council has been
directed to the use of peat litter, which appears to
be increasingly creating nuisance. The Council
would be glad to hear whether your Vestry find
that nuisance from peat litter is so great as to
render it desirable that the Council should include
such litter within the provisions of its byelaws
under Section 16 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, prescribing the hours of
removal of offensive matters throughout London,
and the construction of the carriage conveying
such matter."
The Bye-law referred to is to the following effect:—
" Every person who shall remove or carry by road or water in or through
London any focal, or offensive, or obnoxious matter or liquid . . .
shall not . . . (do so) except between the hours of 4 o'clock and 10
o'clock in the forenoon during the months (March to October inclusive),
and except between the hours of ti o'clock in the forenoon and 12 o'clock
at noon during the months (November to February inclusive). Such person
shall use a suitable carriage or vessel properly constructed and furnished
with a sufficient covering so as to prevent the escape of any such matter or
liquid therefrom, and so as to prevent any nuisance arising therefrom.
" Provided that this bye-law shall not apply to the carriage of horse
dung manure