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Parliamentary.
The Parliamentary Committee of the Vestry have had under
their consideration the Bills which have been brought before
Parliament, mentioned in the following list. In cases where
the Vestry have considered it necessary to take any steps with
regard thereto, such steps are mentioned in the last column
opposite to the name of the Bill.
No
Subject Matter.
Nature of Steps
Taken.
Session
Municipal Corporation Act (Amendment)
1881.
1
2
Thames River
3
London City Parochial Charities
Petition in favour.
4
Metropolitan Commons Supplemental
Petition against.
5
Metropolitan Open Spaces Act Amendment
,, for Amendment.
1882.
Siemens Bros. & Co., Limited, Electric
Lighting
,, against.
6
7
Electric Lighting and Power Generator, &c.
,, against.
8
British Electric Light
,, against.
9
Electric Lighting, Synchronizing, &c.
,, against.
10
Edison Electric Lighting
,, against, clauses.
11
London Riverside Fish Market
„ against to secure
12
Great Eastern Railway
,, against.
13
Metropolis Management, &c., Amendment.
,, against.
14
Metropolitan and Metropolitan District
Railway Bill
Mtrplitn. Board informed
that Vestry object.
15
Regent's Canal and Dock, &c
Petition against.
10
Metropolitan Railway
Mtrplitn. Board informed
. that Vestry object.
17
Metropolitan Board of Works (Various
Powers)
ditto no opposition.
18
London Parochial Charities
Petition in favor so far
only as Bill provides for
enquiry.
19
Metropolitan Markets
VJUvl Ull J •
No opposition.
20
East London Railway
ditto
21
Greenwich, &c., Subway
22
Metropolitan Outer Circle Railway
23
Metropolitan District Railway
24
London Street Tramways
25
North Metropolitan Tramways (Holborn
&c., Extension)
26
North Metropolitan Tramways (Canning
Town, &c., Extension)
27
Municipal Corporations
28
Infectious diseases
Petition for Amendment
29
Parochial Charities
Petition in favor as to part.
30
Rivers Conservancy
31
Employers' Liability
Petition against.
32
Free Libraries
Petition to amend.
33
Rating Places of Religious Worship
Petition against.
34
Cemeteries
Fish Mar
ket Bill.
One of the most important of these Bills was the Riverside
Fish Market, which directly affected the Hamlet, as it was
proposed to alter certain streets. The Vestry from the first
approved of the objects in view, but as no proper provision for