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17. Special Precepts: Bostal Lane and Abbey Wood Sewers.
—The legality of these Kates have now been finally established
in the Court of Appeal, and nearly the whole of the amount of
Bostal Lane Precept has been paid to the Vestry, and the
whole of the Grove Road and Abbey Grove Precept has been
paid.
18. Abbey Wood Sewer Connections.— Five Shillings in the
£ on the rateable value of two houses belonging to Mr. J. J.
Daniels, and built since the Special Precept was made has
been paid, and will be collected on future new houses using
the Bostal Lane Sewer.
19. Special Precept: River Wall.—In March, 1897, the
Vestry issued a Special Precept to the Overseers of Plumstead
for the sum of £394 17s. 11d., the amount required for repairs
of the River Bank and Flood Protection Works, and directed
that the same be charged exclusively on the area known as the
North Marsh District, including the railway and the land and
property north of the same.
20. Harrow Manorway Sewer.—Application was made to the
London County Council to allow the houses in Harrow Manorway
on the West side to be drained into the Sewer inasmuch
as they were erected before the Sewer was constructed or
sanctioned, and ought to be treated as exceptional cases, but
the Council declined to vary the condition on which this Sewer
was sanctioned, that no connections should be made thereto,
north of the railway.
21. Ward Census.— From a Return made by the London
County Council of a Census taken in March, 1896, of the
Population in the several Wards into which certain Parishes