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would involve the steps proposed have been abandoned,
and the London County Council are now proceeding
with the work of erecting dwellings on the remainder of
the site.
Improvements.
During the past year two minor improvements in the
District have been carried out. They consisted of the
laying out of the new thoroughfare on the site of Caroline
Mews and the removal of the dwarf railings in Great
Russell Street, in front of the British Museum.
The improvement in Caroline Mews was effected
under an arrangement between the Board and His Grace
the Duke of Bedford, and has resulted in the provision of
an important thoroughfare of 62 feet wide, in place of the
old Mews, which was only 13 feet wide at the two
entrances, and 29 feet at the widest part. The necessary
land was provided by the Duke of Bedford. and the work
of paving the carriage-way executed by the Board.
The improvement in Great Russell Street was also due
to an arrangement made on behalf of the Duke of Bedford
with the Trustees of the British Museum, the Duke, when
selling certain of his property for the purposes of the
British Museum, having stipulated that on the completion
of the purchase the dwarf railings on the northern side of
Great Russell Street and at the southern end of Montague
Street should be taken down and the land thrown into the
public-way, the works being executed by the Board.