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Survey Committee, renewed with the Contractor for a further term
of two years, upon the same terms as before, with the exception of
a small increase on some of the items for trench work.
CANAL BOATS ACT.
The Board having been made a Registration Authority under
the Canal Boats Act, 1877, which came into force on the 1st
January, 1879, the necessary arrangements have been made by the
Board for the Registration of Canal Boats, and for the supervision
thereof, as laid down in the Act.
BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.
Thames River (Prevention of Floods) Bill.—A Bill
was introduced into the House of Commons by the Metropolitan
Board of Works intituled, "A Bill to amend the Metropolis
Management Act of 1855, and the Acts amending the same,
so far as relates to the protection of the Metropolis from
floods and inundations, caused by the overflow of the Thames, and
for other purposes." As the Bill provided that compensation
should be paid to owners in respect of the execution of flood works
upon their lands and premises, and as it provided for no power of
appeal from any decision of the Metropolitan Board in respect of
the nature of the works necessary to prevent flooding, the Board
determined that the Bill should be opposed, and accordingly a
Petition was prepared and presented to the House of Commons
against the Bill, praying to be heard by counsel, &c.
LONDON & BLACKWALL RAILWAY.
LIMEHOUSE CURVE.
Under the London and Blackwall Railway Act, 1877, the