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73
ment (Thames River Prevention of Floods) Amendment
Act, 1879, to carry out certain works for effectually protecting
the property owned by the Vestry from floods and
inundations caused by the overflowing of the Thames.
The notices were accompanied with plans and sections
showing the nature of the proposed works, together with an
estimate of the cost. The original height to which the
owners were required by the Board to raise their wharf walls
was 5 feet above the Trinity high-water mark, which was 6
inches above the then highest known tide. As, however,
the high tide of the 18th January last (1881) caused the river
to rise almost to this level, the Engineer of the Metropolitan
Board deemed it necessary to raise the river wall an additional
6 inches. The level adopted, therefore, for the
protection of river-side premises, as. advised by the Board's
Engineer, is 5 feet 6 inches above Trinity high-water mark.
The river wall of the Belgrave Wharf, and the entrances
to some of the gateways of the wharves on the Grosvenor
Road, and also portions of the footway, have been raised to
the above height by the Metropolitan Board of Works, to
whom the Vestry deputed the responsibility of carrying out
the work. The cost of the work so far as this Parish is
liable will be paid by the Vestry.
Thames Embankment.
The Vestry have, for the convenience of the public,
placed 12 garden seats on the Grosvenor Road, between the
western boundary of the Parish and Claverton Street.
The seats have been specially designed, and were made and
supplied by the Falkirk Iron Company.
Cleansing, Sweeping, &c.
The cleansing of the streets has been done by men in
the employment of the Vestry. The sweepings in the