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this Bill by the House of Lords, by which a part of the
cost of maintaining certain Streets would be thrown
upon the whole Metropolis, instead of being defrayed
by the parishes of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and St.
George's, Hanover-square. The objectionable amendments
were withdrawn.
The Metropolitan Board of Works ( Various Powers) Bill, 1888.
This Bill contains clauses empowering the Metropolitan
Board to acquire the Havensbourne site for a Public
Recreation Ground.
The South Eastern Metropolitan (Lewisham, Greenwich and
District) Tramways Bill, 1888.—
A Bill authorising the laying of Tramways from Greenwich
to Catford, through Lewisham Road, High Street
Lewisham, and Rushey Green. The Board's consent to
this Bill was given on certain conditions.
The following Public Bills, not calling for special notice
here, have received consideration by the Board .—
The Coroners' Election Bill.
The Leaseholders' Enfranchisement Bill.
The Metropolis Management Acts Amendment Bill.
The Public Parks and Works (Metropolis) Bill.
The Railway and Canal Traffic Bill.
The Sanitation of Houses (Metropolis) Bill.
The Sanitary Registration of Buildings Bill.
The Technical Instruction Bill.
The Vestrymen's Qualification Bill.
The Water Companies (Regulation of Powers) Bill.
The attention of the public is also called to the two
Acts passed in the year 1887, with the object of more
effectually preventing the Adulteration of food, namely
The Margarine Act, which provides that no substances prepared
in imitation of butter, whether mixed with butter
or not, shall be lawfully sold, except under the name of
Margarine ; and