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REPORT
to
The Board of Works for the Lewisham District, and
the Board of Guardians of the Bromley Union,
on
Tub Sewerage and Surface Drainage of the District
adjacent to the boundary between Penge
and Beckenham.
18, Great George Street, Westminster,
31st December, 1874.
Gentlemen,
In accordance with your instructions, I beg to submit for
your consideration the following Report on the above
matters, together with a large scale Plan, and levels of the
principal Sewers and Waterways of the northern part of the
Hamlet of Penge, in the County of Surrey, and the greater
portion of the "Tongue of Land" in the Beckenham
Sewerage Area, in the County of Kent, showing also works
which I advise the two Sanitary Authorities, jointly or
separately, to carry out, for the purpose of more effectually
draining the neighbourhood.
Some delay having occurred in the completion of this Plan
and Report, I may explain that the surveys, levels, and
investigations occupied a long time, and that, although early
in this year it was arranged that I should act for both
Boards in the business now under consideration, and I then
commenced my surveys, yet, in consequence of a protracted
correspondence between the Boards, relating to the principles
upon which the cost of works might be apportioned, it was
not until the 28th of July that I received full instructions
and extracts from the correspondence and minutes.