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being contributed by the Metropolitan Board of Works. As authorised
by the Board 1 accordingly entered into communication with
the Secretary of the Society, with a view to the acquisition of the
land required, being the site of Nos. 1 and 2, Wapping Wall, and
the Society agreed to accept the sum of £250 for the same. The
Metropolitan Board acceded to an application for a contribution
of one half the cost, and the purchase having been completed, the
land was thrown into the public way, increasing the width of the
thoroughfare from 23-ft 6-in., to 34 ft. at the west end.
Mr. King the owner of Gun Dock and Wharf, High Street,
Wapping, being about to erect new warehouses upon the site,
informed the Board that he was willing to sell to the Board for the
purpose of widening the street, a piece of land the area of which
was about 800 superficial feet, ami which would be vacant when the
new warehouses were completed, for the sum of £ 1,000. The Board
authorised me to communicate with Mr. King with a view to his
accepting a smaller sum for the land in question, and ultimately
after long negociation he agreed to accept £300 for the same. The
Metropolitan Board of Works upon application consented to
contribute one moiety of the amount, and the purchase will be
completed in due course.
I am, Gentlkmen,
Your most obedient Servant,
CHARLES DUNCU,
Surrryor of the Board.