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area, subject to this condition—that where the county or
local area extends beyond the water area, only those members
of the Council or local authority should elect who
represent districts within the water area.
At Lady-day the Bill was awaiting consideration by a
select Committee of the House of Commons to whom the
subject of the Water Supply of London, and the suburbs
had been referred, with very wide powers.
PARLIAMENTARY SCHEMES.
Session 1890.—The Central London Railway Bill, which
was a Bill for constructing a railway from Queen's Road,
Bayswater, to the City, at some depth below the surface of
the streets along the line of the proposed route, passed the
House of Commons with certain amendments, but failed to
pass the House of Lords. The clause which the Vestry
suggested, requiring payment of a sum of money to the
London County Council for street improvements, as compensation
for the land which would have been occupied by
the railway, was not taken up by the Council, and the
Vestry therefore did not press it.
SESSION 1891.—The Central London Railway Bill of this
session is a Bill to authorize the construction of a railway
from Shepherd's Bush Green to the City. The only
thoroughfare in this Parish which would be affected by the
scheme is Oxford Street, and as the railway is to be constructed
by boring, and the surface of the street is not to be
disturbed, the Vestry have not thought it necessary to take
any action beyond formally opposing the Bill with a view
to obtain any amendments that might be required for the