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79.
Sanitation of Houses (Metropolis).
School Hoard for London (Pensions).
Steam engines and Boilers.
Voters Qualification and Parliamentary elections.
Water Companies (Regulation of Power).
Petitions were presented against the Fires Prevention
(Metropolis), the Metropolitan fire brigade Expenses, the
Payment of Members, and the School Board for london
(Pensions) Bills. Approval was expressed of the principle of
the Losses by Riot (Compensation), Steam engines and
Boilers, leasehold Enfranchisement (by Purchase or Rentcharge),
London Coal and Wine Duties continuance, Metropolitan
Board of Works (Fire Brigade Expenses), and the
Water Companies (Regulation of Powers) Bills. The
Electric Lighting Act, 1882, Amendment Bill was under
consideration at the close of the year in March.
The views of the Vestry upon the subject of the London
Coal and Wine Duties are given at some length on page 39;
on the Water Companies (Regulation of Powers) Bill on
page 70; and on the Metropolis local government Bill on
page 81.
THE CROSSING OF THE THAMES BELOW
LONDON BRIDGE.
The Vestry have received several communication from
various Vestries and District Boards on the subject of providing
means of communication between the north and south
sides of the river Thames to the east of london bridge.
Having given the matter careful consideration, the vestry
arrived at the determination that the course proposed to be
adopted by the Metropolitan Board of work is the most