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Middlesex Magistrates in favor of the proposed Bridge. A Deputation
has been appointed by the Board for the purpose.
COMMERCIAL ROAD.
An order has been received from the Metropolitan Board,
with Plan attached, specifying the portions of the Road which, as
regards drainage and paving, are to be under the management of
the Vestry of Mile End Old Town and this Board respectively.
I have arranged a new line of Boundary with the Surveyor of
the Poplar District, as to the future repairing and maintaining of
that part of the West India Dock Road between Limehouse and
Poplar, and that part of the East India Dock Road between the
same parishes; and application has been made to the Metropolitan
Board for an order of apportionment.
LABORATORY.
Pursuant to the instructions of the Board, I prepared
a plan for the erection of a Laboratory in the yard of the
Office of the Board, for the use of the Analyst, and laid the same
before the Board. Tenders were received for the building thereof,
and the tender of Mr. Stuttle was accepted. The building has
"been erected and completed, and is in use by Dr. Rogers for
analytical purposes.
HIGH TIDES.
On the 20th March, 1874, Wapping and Limehouse
were inundated by a very high tide, and much damage was
done thereby. Pursuant to the directions of the Board, the
attention of the Metropolitan Board was called to the matter, and
they were urged to give the question their serious consideration,
with a view to obtaining Parliamentary powers for dealing with
the same, and the resolution of the Board in reference to the
matter was communicated to the other Districts concerned.