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Land, Shaftesbury Avenue.
A triangular piece of land situate in Shaftesbury Avenue,
near its junction with New Oxford Street, which had remained
vacant since the formation of the new street in the
year 1887, was granted by the London County Council to
your Board on condition of its being laid out by you for
the use of the public. This has been done, trees being
planted, and a handsome lamp with iron seats around it
placed in the centre, the remaining area being paved with
asphalte.
St. Giles Churchyard.
The ground adjoining St. Giles Church in High Street,
to which reference was made in my last report, has been
thrown open for the use of the public. The Metropolitan
Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association has
erected here the drinking fountain that formerly stood at
the north end of Broad Street.
Trees and Seats in Streets.
A number of additional trees have been planted in
Shaftesbury Avenue, and also in North and South Crescents,
at a cost of £108 6s. 8d., towards which the Metropolitan
Public Gardens Association contributed £l00.
This Association has presented to your Board two dozen
garden seats; a dozen of these are placed in the St. Giles