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right-of-way is being obstructed by Mr. Hollway, to whom the Thames Conservancy have
granted these extraordinary privileges in defiance and without the sanction of the Yestry,
and to express the hope that the Board may see its way to give an opinion in the matter of
the rights of the Thames Conservancy to sanction the construction of works by an adjoining
owner in front of land abutting upon the river in defiance and without the sanction of the
owner thereof.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
JAMES J. STOKES,
Clerk to the Yestry.
The Assistant Secretary.,
(Harbour Department) Board of Trade.
Board of Trade
(Fisheries and Harbour Department),
7 Whitehall Gardens, London, S.W.,
6th August, 1898.
Sir,
With further reference to your letter of the 7th ult., upon 'the subject of a Campshed which
has been constructed upon certain foreshore of the River Thames at Trinity Wharf, Rotherhithe,
by Mr. John Hollway, and which extends in front of a public right-of-way to the river,
I am directed by the Board of Trade to state for the information of the Yestry of Rotherhithe
that applications for permission to erect works upon the bed or shores of the river do
not come before the Board until the consent of the Conservators has been obtained, and that
as the bed and shores are not under the charge of this Department the Board consider that
their jurisdiction under the Act is practicaly limited to the possible effect of such works
upon the general navigation of the river.
In any case, it does not devolve upon the Board to go into the effect of the works upon
the property of adjoining owners, unless their attention has been particularly called to the
matter.
I am further to observe that in the letter addressed to you on 26th May last by the Solicitor
to the Conservators it is stated that the Harbour Master has been directed to take such
steps as may be necessary to prevent barges being placed in front of the right-of-way so as
to interfere with its use by the public.