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the application, subject to certain term, embodied in an Agreement
entered into between the applicants and the Board and the payment
by them to the Board of a rental of 5/- per annum.
The London and St. Katharine's Docks Company have relaid
the carriageway paving of the New Gravel Lane Bridge over the
Shadwell Entrance of the London Docks.
The Wall enclosing the burial ground belonging to the Trustees
of Stepney Meeting, fronting Wilson Street and adjoining the
Urinal, has been rebuilt at the joint expense of the Board and the
Trustees.
The houses belonging to the Board in White Horse Street,
Ratcliff. have been pulled down, and the materials sold, and the site
has been hoarded in.
By permission of the Board iron gangway, have erected
by Messrs. Beresford and Co, of Sharp's Wharf, Wapping. outside the
top floors of their warehouses known as Nos. 4,5, and 6, Cinnamoa
Street, in order that the same may be in communicaton with each
other
The trees in Burdett Road have been rctied.
The arches in Rose Lane have been lime-whited.
The East London Water Works Company have fixed hydrants
in various parts of the District for the Metropolitan Board of
Works.
MAINTENANCE OF MAIN ROADS.
The Board having had its attention drawn to the provisions of
the Local Government Act, 1888, as to the maintenance of Dieturnpiked
and Main Roads, I prepared a Report as to the roads in
the District which 1 considered should be submitted to the London
County Council as coming under the definition of Main Roads,
and I suggested that all roads which might be decided by the Council
to be Main Roads should be repaired and maintained by the
District Board, the County Council contributing towards the expense
thereof.
As certain of the roads specified in my Report were paitly in
adjoining Parishes, I also suggested that if joint action were taken
by all the District Boards and Vestries in the East of Loudon and a
mutual understanding arlived at, the matter would go before the
Cunty Council with a great deal more force and importance than it
each Dstrict made an isolated application. The Board accordingly,