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CANAL BOATS ACTS.
In accordance with Section 3 of the Canal Boats Act, 1884, I beg to present
herewith the 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 ended
31st December, 1928.
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 not within the
ebb and 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— On the left bank—
From Teddington downwards :— From Teddington downwards :—
Wandsworth Creek (Eiver Wandle). The entrance of the River Brent.
Hay's Dock. Hammersmith Creek.
St. Saviour's Dock. Chelsea Dock.
Part of the Grand Surrey Canal within the Grosvenor Dock.
Surrey Commercial Dock. Limekiln Creek.
Deadman's Dock. Bow Creek (River Lea).
Deptford Creek (River Ravensbourne). Barking Creek (River Roding).
Dartford Creek (Rivers Cray and Darenth). Rainham Creek (River Ingrebourne).
The entrance to Gravesend Canal. Mucking Creek.
Cliffe Creek. Thames Haven.
Yantlet and Coalmouth Creeks. Hole Haven.
Part of the River Medway, and of the Swale. Havengore Creek.
River Roach as far as Rochford.
RIVER.
The whole of this area is divided into three districts, known as the Upper,
Middle and Lower, each district being in charge of an Inspector, as follows:—
Upper District Teddington to Greenwich Inspector Coombe, £190 per annum.
Middle District Greenwich to Erith Ditto, ditto.
Lower District Erith to seaward limits of the Port of )
London (including part of the River Inspector Clifford, £200 per annum.
Medway).
The Docks are divided into four districts, known as the Central, Eastern,
Western and the Gravesend District;—
Central District West India Dock
South West India Dock
Poplar Dock Inspector Elward, £300 per annum.
Millwall Dock
Eastern District Royal Victoria Dock
East India Dock Inspector Berry, £290 per annum.
Royal Albert Dock Inspector Lambe, £300 per annum.
King George V. Dock
Western District London Dock
St. Katharine Dock
Regent's Dock Inspector Gray, £210 per annum.
Surrey Commercial Dock
Gravesend District Tilbury Dock
Left Shore, from Purfleet down Inspector Massie, £300 per annum.
Right Shore, from Erith down
The total number of inspections for the year was 128, representing a nett number
of 79 boats. The remainder—49—represents repeated visits by Inspectors of this
Authority.
The number of boats not conforming to the Acts and Regulations was 52 (inspected
on 70 occasions), or 54.68 of the total inspections, the percentage for the previous
five years being 42.28 per cent.