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improvement—Portsmouth Street.
The Public improvement in Portsmouth Street by
setting back to the general line of frontage the George the
Fourth Public-House, situate within the Strand District and
the projecting shop front north of the said Public-House
within the St. Giles District was agreed to with the owners
and the new Public-House having been built, the hoarding
enclosing the land adjoining has been set back to the new line
of frontage, and the necessary works of repaving the widened
carriageway and footways carried out. This, although but
a small improvement, is one of an important nature, and
has largely inproved the approach to King's College
Hospital and the Royal Courts of Justice.
Improvement—Herbrand Street.
The improvement agreed to be carried out in Little
Guilford Street and Little Coram Street has not yet been
effected. The whole of the property on the West side of
the street is demolished and Contracts have been entered
into by your Board for the new paving works, but the
Freeholder, the Duke of Bedford, has not yet made the
necessary arrangements for setting back the hoarding, and
therefore the matter remains as it did a year ago.
Since this Report was in type I have received an
intimation from the Architect to the Leaseholders of the
land abutting on the west side of the street between
Bernard Street and Great Coram Street that they propose