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SURVEYOR'S REPORT,
For the Year ending March 25th, 1859.
Gentlemen,
In presenting for your consideration my Report on
the works executed under your authority during the past
year, I beg leave to preface the same by some remarks on
those works, proposed to be constructed by the Metropolitan
Board in the Southern division of the Metropolis, by carrying
out the
SOUTHERN MAIN DRAINAGE.
The settlement of the long contested controversy relative
to the Drainage of the Metropolis was, as you are aware,
brought about by the peculiarly offensive condition of the
River Thames during the heats of last summer, and we have
lately had evidence, again shewing itself in the condition of
the water of the Canal running through part of this parish,
to induce the fear that a similar result may be anticipated
in the ensuing season.
Such an occurrence, however much to be regretted, had
the effect of bringing to a conclusion the vexed question of
the Metropolitan Main Drainage, and produced a scheme
Main Drainage
of the
Metropolis.