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An important event in the year has been the launching of a new and
arger steam launch for the work of your Committee.
This boat, for which Messrs. Rennie and Co.'s tender was accepted, was
laid down in May, and completed in November. Her dimensions are
80 feet by 13 feet 6 inches, and the vessel is propelled by twin screws and
by compound engines, the boiler being of the water-tube type.
The launching ceremony was attended by Alderman Sir George Wyatt
Truscott and Lady Truscott; the boat was launched by her Ladyship, and
named in her honour the "Lady Truscott."
The boat was constructed at a cost of £2,950, and is intended for work
particularly in the lower reaches and estuary of the river, where her improved
speed and seaworthy qualities will render her of considerable use and better
adapted for the weather conditions there met with than any of the boats
previously possessed by your Committee.
CANAL BOATS ACTS.
In accordance with Section 3 of the Canal Boats Act, 1884, I beg to
present herewith my Annual Report on the working of the Canal Boats Acts
and Regulations within the district of the Port of London Sanitary Authority,
during the year ending 31st December, 1910.
The Acts and Regulations apply within the whole of the jurisdiction of
the Port Sanitary Authority, including the river and docks—as a "canal,"
for the purposes of the Act, includes any river, inland navigation, lake, or
water being within the body of a county, whether it is or is not within the
ebb or flow of the tide.
The navigation in addition to the enclosed docks, includes the following
navigable tributary waters and creeks of the River Thames:—
On the South side from Teddington downwards:—
Part of the Grand Surrey Canal within the Surrey
Commercial Docks.
Hay's Dock.
St. Saviour's Dock.
Deadman's Dock.
Deptford Creek (River Ravensbourne).
Dartford Creek (Rivers Cray and Darenth).
The entrance to the Gravesend Canal.
Cliffe Creek.
Yantlet and Coalmouth Creeks.
Part of the river Medway, and of the Swale.