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Combined
Drainage.
The Bill prepared by the London County
Council, in accordance with the memorial
of the Conference of Representatives of Vestries and
District Boards, to which reference was made in the
last Annual Report, has been considered by a Committee
of the Conference, who suggested certain amendments
thereto, and the Bill as amended has been
introduced into Parliament. Mr. Kimber, the member
for Wandsworth, at the request of the Board, consented
to back the Bill, with other London members, and the
Board have petitioned in its favour. The Bill having
been blocked by Mr. Boulnois, M.P. for East Marylebone,
a deputation consisting of the above-mentioned
Committee have had an interview with the London
Members of Parliament, with the view of making some
alterations in the Bill to meet Mr. Boulnois' objection,
or to induce the Government to take up the Bill.
Paving and
Draining Mews, &c
The Board having experienced great
difficulty in dealing with unpaved and
undrained mews, yards, and similar places, suggested
to the London County Council that application should
be made to Parliament for power to pave and drain
these places at the cost of the owners of property abutting
thereon, without the local authority becoming
thereby liable for the maintenance and lighting of such
places as public highways. The London County
Council, in reply, asked for particulars of cases in which
the need for such legislation had been felt, and for the
views of the local authorities generally on the question.
The Board thereupon communicated with the other
Vestries and District Boards in London, 22 of whom
supported the views of the Board; 3 did not agree
therewith; 12 made no order on the subject, the
difficulty not having apparently arisen in their districts ;
and in 3 cases no reply was received. Some of the
authorities also communicated directly with the Council