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The Committee above mentioned are now in communication
with the respective County Councils on the
subject.
Thames Steamboat
Passenger
Service.
The Board have had under consideration
the subject of the inconvenience arising
from the irregularity of the Thames Steamboat
passenger service. The Fivers Committee of the
London County Council made the following recommendation,
viz.:—"That it is desirable that powers
be sought to enable the Council to make arrangements
with the Thames Conservancy Board and
others for providing and working free steamboat piers
within the area of the County of London, and to expend
money in connection therewith and in the improvement
of the approaches thereto;" and the Board passed
and forwarded to the Council a resolution in support of
such recommendation.
Bye-laws re
Lamps, Signs, &c.
The Board have had under consideration
draft bye-laws proposed to be made by the
London County Council, under section 104 of the
London Building Act, 1894, for the regulation of
lamps, signs, and other structures overhanging the
public way, not being within the City. The Board
suggested several amendments to the proposed byelaws
and the subject is under the consideration of the
London County Council.
Proposed Site for
Board School at
Broomhill Road
The School Board for London again scheduled
for the erection of a school the
site in Broomhill Road to which reference
was made in the last two reports. The Board being
of opinion that the objections which they had previously
urged still existed, requested the Education
Department to withhold their consent to the proposed
site, but the Department have decided that it is not a