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Parliamentary Schemes.
A large number of Public Bills were examined, and various
steps taken with regard to them. The Private Bills which
engaged the attention of the Board were The Hampstead,
St. Pancras and Charing Cross Railway Bill; The London
Open Spaces Bill; The London Improvements Bill; and
The Metropolitan Police Provisional Order Bill.
The following brief particulars show the manner in which
these Bills proposed to affect the District of the Board, and
the steps taken in connection with them: —
HAMPSTEAD, ST. PANCRAS AND CHARING CROSS RAILWAY
BILL.
This scheme for providing a railway from Hampstead to
Charing Cross was referred to in the last Annual Report, and
in consequence of the dissolution of Parliament was one of
those measures in which further proceedings were suspended.
During the session of 1893 the Bill has become law; the
promoters having consented to insert clauses for the protection
of the interests of the District, further opposition to the
measure was obviated.
THE LONDON OPEN SPACES BILL.
This was a Bill proposing to compulsorily acquire the
open space known as Lincoln's Inn Fields. The Board
some time since, on consideration of the matter, came to the
conclusion that having regard to the urgent necessity for a
public open space in this central part of the Metropolis, they
are strongly of opinion that powers should be conferred upon
the London County Council for compulsorily acquiring,