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METROPOLITAN TOLLS.
The Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the best means of
affording relief to the inhabitants of the Metropolitan Districts, within
6 miles of Charing Cross, by the abolition of these tolls, referred to in
last year's report, having concluded their labors, made their report to
the Government, recommending a scheme altogether adverse to the
interests of this parish. The committee appointed to watch the subject
before the Commissioners, as set forth in last year's Report, therefore
prepared a petition to the Home Secretary against the proposed
scheme, which was adopted by the Vestry, but the Committee having
learnt from the Home Secretary, through T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P.,
that it was not the intention of Government to introduce any measure
upon the subject at present, nothing further has been done. The Vestry
however will keep the question in view, and will take care to be heard
at the proper time.
The general business of the Board during the period embraced in
this report, having consisted almost exclusively of that of a routine
character, the reader is referred at once to the more important part of
the report—the annexed balance sheet, and the Medical Officer's Report
on the Sanitary State of the Parish.
By order,
ROBERT PAGET,
October, 1860. Vettry Clerk.