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owner, who ultimately agreed to sell the land to the Board, for
the purpose of widening the street, for the sum of £300. Application
was made to the London County Council for a contribution
of one moiety of the cost, which was acceded to. The
conveyance has been executed, and the ground has been paved and
thrown into the street, and the County Council has paid the agreed
contribution.
In October 1889, the attention of the Board was directed to
the decision of the London County Council to take steps to obtain
power to carry out certain improvements in the Strand and its
neighbourhood, the cost of which was estimated at from £1,000,000
to £2,250,000, and the Board passed the following resolution
"That the representatives of the Division bee earnestly requested to
use their utmost influence to prevent the carrying out the Strand
scheme, until attention has been paid to the many pressing wants of
this District and neighbourhood,"
In consequence of the death of the late Clerk of the Board,
Mr. Thomas Wrake Ratcliff. the Board appointedd me Clerk pro
tem. I performed the duties of the office until the appointment of
Mr. Sidney George Ratcliff, to the vacant office
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
CHARLES DUNCH,
Surveyor of the Hoard.