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Thames embankment—continued.
take over the maintenance, &c., of the extension of Whitehall
Place to the Embankment and the approach road
to Villiers Street. In reply, the Board were informed that
inasmuch as the circumstances which induced the Board, in
the first instance, to take upon themselves the cost of the
maintenance of the roads had not been materially altered,
the Yestry were not prepared to accept any liability in
respect of their maintenance, but would give their further
consideration to the subject as soon as they had the power
"of rating the lands and hereditaments situate and being
within the same."
VENTILATION OF SEWERS.
The Vestry have considered the above subject and have
communicated with the Metropolitan Vestries and District
Boards, from whom 24 replies, stating the systems adopted
by them, have been received; the Vestry's Surveyor has
expressed his opinion that in special cases Harrington's selfacting
wind-power ventilator may be adopted with advantage.
The Vestry ultimately resolved that it was not
desirable to carry out the above system of ventilation of
the parish sewers as a whole, and gave directions to the
Surveyor that they be reported upon from time to time, as
occasion may require, and the Metropolitan Board was
requested to more efficiently ventilate the main sewers.
DEPUTATIONS TO CONFERENCES.
Representatives from the Vestry have attended the
undermentioned Conferences during the year, viz.:—
Central Committee on the Water Question, at Kensington
Town Hall, on the 31st March, 1884.
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