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BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.
Plans and sections have been deposited at the Offices of the Board, and
notices have been given of the intention of the promoters to apply to Parliament
for the following powers:—
The Coporation of London to lay down gas mains through Limehouse,
Ratcliff, Shadwell, and Wapping, and to alter the levels of the Commercial
Road, where it crosses the Regents Canal, and Lea Cut.
The City of London Gas Company to lay down gas mains through
Limehouse and Ratcliff; and to alter the levels of the Commercial Road,where
it crosses the Regents Canal and Lea Cut.
The London and Blackwall Railway, to extead the time limited by the
London and Millwall extension Railway Act, 1665, for the compulsary purchases
of the lands and houses authorized to be taken by that Act.
The East London Railway Company, for extending the time for the construction
of a Railway.
Petitions have been presented in opposition to the above Bills and Clauses
prepared for insertion therein to protect the interests of the Board.
METROPOLITAN STREETS ACT, 1867.
The above act has been considered by the Board and it has been suggested
to the Commissoner of Police that the 5th section of the Act should be
put in force in the following streets in the District, viz:—
Wapping High Street. Queen Street Ratcliff.
Wapping Wall. Narrow Street.
Shadwell High Street. Back Road.
Broad Street Ratcliff. Brook Street.
In reference to the restrictions of loading and unloading Coals and Casks
between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., provided for by section 10 of the