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ADDITIONS TO LABORATORY.
The Analyst having brought under the consideration of the
Board the necessity for an addition being made to the Laboratory,
so that certain delicate parts of the apparatus used might be kept
distinct, pursuant to the direction of the Board, I prepared a
plan shewing the addition required, and the Board approved the
same, and ordered the work to be done, and the same has been
carried out by Mr. Stuttle, at a cost of £59 8s. 9d., as per Contract
entered into with him.
HIGH TIDES.
A communication having been received from the Metropolitan
Board with reference to the intention of that Board to apply to
Parliament for power to require Vestries and District Boards and
Owners of Property abutting upon the River to make proper walls
and fences for protection from floods, a letter was addressed by
order of this Board to the Metropolitan Board of Works, informing
them that in the opinion of this Board power should be obtained
to compel owners of wharves on the side of the River to raise them
sufficiently high to keep out the tide, and also calling their attention
to the fact that no provision now exists for the purpose. 'I he
Board referred the matter to the Works Committee, to watch the
progress of the Bill, with a view to clauses being inserted therein
for giving the Local Authorities power to carry out the works.
The Works Committee of your Board appointed a Deputation to
attend before the Parliamentary Committee of the Metropolitan
Board of Works upon the subject, when the views ot this Boaid
upon the whole question were laid before such Committee bj the
Officers of your Board, and a promise was given that the mat cr
should receive due and careful consideration.