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whereby the whole of the asphalte carriageways in the
District would be in future maintained under contract.
It is believed that this resolution, although it involved
the payment of a considerable sum of money, will ultimately
be found to be a considerable saving to the Board.
Bicycles and Tricycles.
Among the various subjects that received consideration
at the hands of the Board, was the excessive speed at which
Bicycles and Tricycles are ridden in the streets of the Metropolis,
and communications were addressed to the London
County Council and the Commissioner of Police for the
Metropolis, with a view to the prevention of what was felt
by the Board to be a growing nuisance. Steps are taken,
but it is feared that very little real improvement has yet
been made.
Sale of Horse Flesh Regulation Act, 1889.
This Act received the Royal assent on the 24th June,
1889. It made regulations with respect to the Sale of
Horse Flesh for human food, and provided that no person
should sell, offer or expose any Horse Flesh for human food
except in a shop, or place, over which words indicating that
Horse Flesh was sold there should be legibly expressed.
The Board have given instructions to their Clerk and
Medical Officer of Health to carry the Act into effect.
Advertising Stations (Raticg) Act, 1889.
The subject of rating hoardings used for advertising purposes,
is one that has exercised the minds of rating Authorities
in the Metropolis for many years past. During the