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" Council's Offices, as Mr. Green informed me that he had found in
" the 'Times Room ' many plans relating to the Poplar District.
" Among those he examined is one which is urgently required in
" certain legal proceedings which are now sub judice. I may mention
" this plan is finely drawn, and shews combined drainage systems of
" houses in a group of streets There is a sort of an index to the
" plans in the ' Times Room,' but it ought not to be relied upon, as
" the headings under which particular localities are entered are not
" clearly defined, so that the plans themselves must be examined
" singly. The covers of some of the volumes of plans in this room
" are also dilapidated. The Council ought to have them rebound,
'' as the plans and drawings are not only valuable, but beautifully
" executed works of art, and also exceedingly interesting from an
" antiquarian point of view, as some of them date from an early
" period: e.g., there is one of North Poplar shewing the various estates
" into which it was apportioned, viz., Wades, Kerbey, Duffs, &c. I
" must repeat that the accommodation for searching in the vaults of
" the Record Office of the London County Council, together with the
" condition of certain volumes relating to the transactions of the
" Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers, is such that ought not to
" exist in a City like London."
At a meeting of the London County Council held 28th January,
1896, the Parliamentary Committee reported that:—"On 12th
February, 1895, the Council resolved to apply to Parliament for an
amendment of the definition of the words sewer and drain in the
Metropolis Management Act in the way desired by the local
authorities with whom the Main Drainage Committee had been in
communication on the subject. It was at the same time referred to
us to prepare a public Bill and take such other steps as might be
necessary. A Bill was prepared and circulated among the local
authorities, who arranged for a Conference to be held, to which
representatives of the Council were nominated by the Main Drainage
Committee and by us. Several meetings of the Conference took