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grounds, which land had been improperly enclosed by some
person, application was made to the Copyhold Court and the
Lords of the Manor, and the Board agreed to pay to the Lords
the nominal sum of 20s. for the land, and to pay the cost of
admission on acquiring the land; the Board removed the fence,
set back the line of path, and widened the carriageway at that
spot.
The road has also been widened and improved by the entrance
gates to the Hammersmith Cemetery.
Hammersmith Police Court—(Sanitary Condition of).
A letter from Dr. Hardwicke, the Coroner for Central Middlesex,
addressed to the Hammersmith Vestry, was forwarded
to the Board, stating that at an inquest held at Her Majesty's
Prison, Clerkenwell, on the body of Matilda Marchant, the Jury
appended a rider to their verdict, that they were of opinion that
the Medical Officer of the District should be requested to inspect
and report upon the condition of the police cells at the Hammersmith
Police Court, alleged to be in a defective state. The
letter was referred to the Medical Officer of Health, with a
direction to inspect and report.
An inspection was made, and the Medical Officer of Health
presented a special report to the Board, a copy of which was
forwarded to the Home Secretary, and certain alterations and
improvements have been effected, and the cells and court are in
a more satisfactory condition.
Crown Road Improvement.
The negotiations have been brought to a successful issue, and
steps are now being taken for the stopping up of the old footway
and roadway, and constructing the new road, in accordance with
the provisions of the Highway Act.
Parliamentary Plans.
In accordance with the standing orders of Parliament, plans,
sections, books of reference and copy of Gazette notice were
deposited at the office of the Board on the 30th day of November
last, as follows:—
1.—Sea Water Supply to London. This Bill is for the construction
and laying conduits and pipes under certain public
roads, for the purpose of bringing sea water from Lancing
in Sussex to London, and as it proposed to interfere with
some of the roads in the district, the Board resolved to
petition against the Bill. The promoters having inserted in
the Bill certain clauses prepared by the Law and