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RIGHT OF WAY OVER BOWLES' WHARF.
A letter was received on the 8th May last, from Messrs. Bean
and Co., on behalf of the trustees of the Rev. F. A. Bowles, asking
for the removal of the notice put up by the Hoard in Broad Street,
Ratcliff, respecting the right of way over Howies' Wharf to the
river, and alleging that no such right of way existed.
After a good deal of corre pondence I was directed, on the 24th
July to reply to a further letter from Messrs. Bean & Co., that
there is a public right of way over the Wharf, and that the Hoard
therefore decline to remove the notice board announcing the existence
of the same. which board is fixed on the front of premises in
Hroad-street over the entrance to the right of way.
On the 18 March last the Surveyor reported that the owners
of Bowles Wharf having taken up the paving of a portion
of the right of way running from Broadstreet to the River
Thames, and repaved the same, he had called the attention of the
agents of the landlord to the fact that they had interfered with the
property of the Hoard, and removed the same without sanction,
and in reply the agents had informed him that in their opinion there
was no such right of way. As it was advisable that the question
should be cleared up, he suggested that the same be referred to the
Works Committee, which was done accordingly.
LIMEHOUSE CHURCHYARD.
In June last the attention of the Hoard was called to the
disgraceful condition of Limehouse Churchyard, and 1 was directed
to write to the London County Council and request them to confer
with the Churchwardens of Limehouse as to the best course to
adopt.
In December last a letter was received from the London
County Council stating that it had Been suggested that £470 should
be expen led in the improvement of the Churchyard, and asking
what proportion the Hoard would contribute in the event ot a
faculty being obtained to secure the ground for the use ot the public
for ever.