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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
XXX. Parliamentary Bills.
The following measures have received the consideration
of the Yestry :—
Clapham Junction and Paddington Railway,
Edgware Road and Yictoria Railway,
Harrow Road and Paddington Tramways,
London Building Law Consolidation,
London County Council —General Powers,
London Streets (Removal of Gates and Bars),
Paddington Recreation Ground,
Telephone Companies.
Paddington Recreation Ground.
A detailed account of the acquisition of this
ground will be found upon reference to the reports
of the Committee on pages 219, 232, 254 of the
Yestry minutes of 1892, and page 41 of the Yestry
Minutes of 1893.
The report, however, may be summarised as
follows:—
The Yestry agreed in December, 1890, to cooperate
with the Paddington Recreation Ground
Committee for the purpose of securing to the Public
for ever the ground known as the “ Paddington
Recreation Ground," consisting of nearly twenty-one
acres, and to contribute, under the Metropolitan
Open Spaces Act, a sum not exceeding £25,000
towards acquiring the land so soon as the remaining