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Recommended—
(I.) That the freehold of 15 Cathay Street be sold with a reserve price of the
amount of the purchase money paid by the Vestry.
(II.) That the Surveyor be instructed to have a board fixed outside the premises
offering the same for sale.
(III.) That plan B, at the sum of £300, be approved and adopted.
Resolved—That the recommendations of the Committee be approved.
Resolved—That the Surveyor be and he is hereby authorised to proceed with the
necessary contract drawings.
Private Mews, Yards, etc.
On 18th February, 1896, the Vestry had before them the following letter from the
Wandsworth District Board of Works:—
THE BOARD OF WORKS FOR THE WANDSWORTH DISTRICT.
East Hill, Wandsworth, S.W.,
25th January, 1896.
Dear Sir,
I am directed by this Board to send you the annexed copy of a letter addressed by them
to the London County Council, and of the Council's reply thereto, with reference to the
desirability of powers being obtained for Local Authorities to pave and drain mews, yards,
and other private places, at the cost of the owners of property abutting thereon, without being
compelled to adopt such places as public highways under section 105 of the Metropolis
Management Act, 1855.
As stated in the letter, this Board have experienced great difficulty in dealing with places
of this description, of which there are a very large number in the District, and they trust
that your Vestry will be disposed to agree with them in the opinion that the powers sought
for should be conferred upon Metropolitan Local Authorities.
In the provinces the Local Authority is not bound to keep in repair a place which has
been paved and drained by the Authority at the cost of the owners of the adjoining property,
unless the Authority think fit to declare the place in question to be a highway under section
152 of the Public Health Act, 1875.