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BOROUGH OF PADDINGTON.
and Council for each division, and in this way seeks
to give to each Borough as much as may be of that
corporate life which has proved so efficient in the
Provinces. By thus strengthening the Local
Authorities, and adding to their dignity and importance,
the London Government Act is calculated to confer a
practical and lasting benefit upon Londoners.
XX.—Assessment Committee.
The only appeal (Messrs. Pickford's stabling, yard,
&c.) in Harrow Road carried to Assessment Sessions
resulted in the rating entered in the Supplemental
Valuation List being reduced from Gross £1,400,
Rateable £1,1G8, to Gross £1,092, Rateable £910.
XXI. — Westbourne Terrace Road and Westbourne
Park Bridges.
The work connected with the first-mentioned
Bridge has been nearly completed, and arrangements
have been made for a public opening of the same in
the summer. The plans and detailed drawings
relating to Westbourne Park Bridge have been
completed, and it now rests with the Great Western
Railway Company to place the work in hand.