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PORT OF LONDON.
The limits of the Port of London as at present defined commence at High Water
Mark in the River Thames at Teddington Lock, in the County of Surrey, and extend
down both sides of the River Thames to an imaginary straight line drawn from the
Pilot Mark at the entrance of Havengore Creek, in the County of Essex, to the Lands
end at Warden Point, in the Isle of Sheppey, in the County of Kent, such point being
the North-Western limit of the Port of Faversham, and shall extend up and include
both sides of the River Med way to an imaginary straight line drawn from the SouthEast
point of land Westward of Coalmouth Creek, thence across the said River
Medway to the Westernmost point of the piece of land which forms the Eastern side
of the Stangate Creek, or, in other words, the North-West point of Fleet Marsh, and
from thence in a Southerly direction to Iwade Church, in the said County of Kent,
and thence in a North-Easterly direction to Elmley Chapel, in the said Isle of Sheppey,
a supposed direct line from Elmley Chapel to Iwade Church, being the Western
limit of the Port of Faversham, and the said Port of London shall include the
Islands of Havengore Creek aforesaid, called Potton and Rushley Islands, and so
much of the said Creek and watercourse as extends from it to the town of Rochford,
and shall also include all other islands, rivers, streams, creeks, waters, watercourses,
channels, harbours, docks and places within the before-mentioned limits contained.
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, 1914.
The Acts and Regulations apply within the whole of the district under the
jurisdiction of the Port of London 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 right bank from Teddington downwards :—
Wandsworth Creek (River Wandle).
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 Canals.
Cliffe Creek.
Yantlet and Coalmouth Creeks.
Part of the river Medway, and of the Swale.