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had not shown what they proposed to do, or what the cost would
be, and the matter was adjourned in order to give the Metropolitan
Board an opportunity to supplement their case by bringing further
evidence, and an estimate of the cost. The Metropolitan Board
afterwards withdrew the Bill, in consequence of the Select Committee
haying, through their Chairman, announced that they had
requested him to report to the House of Commons to the effect
that they had resolved that the most equitable mode of charging
and meeting the expenses to be incurred for the prevention of
floods within the Metropolitan District would be that the work
should be carried into effect by the Metropolitan Board, and the
expenses paid by a rate levied over the whole Metropolitan area.
Subsequently the Board having ascertained that the question
was again under the consideration of the Metropolitan Board, I
made a statement to your Board of my views on the subject, and
the suggestions I considered should be made by the Board to the
Metropolitan Board, so that they could be considered by that
Board before they decided upon the principal of any future application
to Parliament.
Puplic Health (Metropolis) Bill.—A Petition was presented
by order of the Board to the House of Commons against
such clauses in the Bill as were intended to put the District Boards
and Vestries under the control of the Local Government Board,
and the Members of Parliament for the Borough of the Tower
Hamlets were requested to support the Petition.
Metropolis Management & Building Act Amendment
Bill.—The Board has ordered a Petition to be presented against
this Bill, with a view to amendments being made, so that the
powers of the Metropolitan Board can be more clearly defined.
Metropolis Waterworks (Purchase) Bill.—A Petition
to the House of Commons was prepared by order of the Board in
favor of the Bill to empower the purchase by the Metropolitan