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(d) That the resolution passed by this Conference be embodied in
the form of a joint Memorial to the Local Government Board setting
out the facts of the case, and that the several Metropolitan Borough
Councils represented by the Deputation be asked to affix their seals
thereto when ready.
(e) That the terms of the proposed Memorial be referred to the
Mayor and Town Clerk of Fulham to settle.
The following letter was forwarded to the delegates:—
Town Hall,
Fulham, S.W.,
19th June, 1906.
Dear Sir,
Conference re Combined Drainage.
Adverting to my letter of the 23rd ult., transmitting copies of
resolutions passed at the Conference of representatives of London
Borough Councils, held at the Fulham Town Hall on 21st May, I
beg to forward herewith, for your information, copy of the reply
which has now been received from the President of the Local
Government Board with regard to the deputation appointed by the
Conference to wait upon him.
Yours faithfully,
B. M. PRESCOTT,
Hon. Sec. of the Conference,
Town Clerk, Fulham.
[Copy.]
Local Government Board,
Whitehall, S.W.
12th June, 1906.
Sir,
I am directed by the President of the Local Government Board
to advert to your letter of the 31st ultimo, requesting him on behalf
of a Conference of representatives of the Metropolitan Borough
Councils held on the 21st ultimo, to receive a deputation on the
subject of the law with regard to combined drainage.
In reply Mr. Burns desires me to state that he will be prepared
to consider the representations in the Memorial proposed to be
submitted by the Borough Councils concerned, but that he does not