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recognise the fact that in London it would be impossible to
give to a District Council all such powers as are, for instance,
vested in the Corporations of Birmingham, Leeds,
Manchester, Nottingham, and other large provincial cities.
Some of these must in London be exercised by a central
authority, such as the County Council, which is in a position
to carry out enterprises, that a District Council could not
hope to undertake, and to enforce measures designed to
benefit the whole Metropolis, and not particular localities.
At the same time, your Committee are of opinion that where
it is possible to carry out any matters of local administration
without interfering with the interests of those residing
in other districts, it is a sound principle to insist on such
administration being exercised by the persons living in
each district, or by their duly authorised representatives.
Your Committee, in bringing up these recommendations,
have been guided solely by a desire to make local government
in London as effective for its purpose and as little
liable to friction as in the nature of the case it can be.
Having indicated the principles upon which they have
proceeded, your Committee now beg to submit the scheme
herewith set out, and
Recommend:—That the scheme be approved and
adopted by the Vestry, and that copies of it be sent to the
President of the Local Government Board and to the Home
Secretary, to the Members of Parliament representing the
borough of Camberwell, and the various Metropolitan
Constituencies; and to the Chairman and Members of the
London County Council.