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further powers with regard to the regulation of Street
Traffic. The Bill did not call for any action on the part
of the Board with the exception that a communication was
sent to the Home Secretary urging that no bye-law which
might be made should in any way fetter local authorities
in the discharge of their duties relating to the removal of
refuse, the cleansing of thoroughfares, and other statutory
duties.
Metropolitan Water Companies' Bill.
This Bill was a Government Measure, brought into the
House of Commons by the President of the Local Government
Board with a view of giving effect to recommendations
contained in the first report of the Royal Commission
upon the subject of water supply within the limits of the
Metropolitan Water Companies.
The Royal Commission, in their interim report, expressed
a decided opinion as to the desirability of communication
being established between the various systems of the
Metropolitan Water Companies.
The Bill was introduced with a view of giving effect
to these recommendations.
Sale of Food and Drugs Bill.
This Bill was introduced into the House of Commons by
the President of the Board of Agriculture, Mr. Walter Long,
M.P., with a view of amending the law relating to the sale
of food and drugs. There is no more important question,