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locus standi and the insertion of proper clauses for the pro-
tection of the district."
The report having been adopted a petition was prepared
and presented to Parliament, and, negotiations with the Com_
pany for the insertion of clauses being unsuccessful, Counsel
(Mr. F. dodd) was instructed toaPPear on behalf of the Board.
The Bill came before a Select Committee of the House of
Commons 111 April last, and, as the result of the Board's
opposition, the following clause for the protection of the St.
Saviour's District was inserted in the Bill :
"The following provisions for the protection of the
Board of Works for the St. Saviour's District (in this
section called "the Board") shall have effect with regard
to the construction of the new road and the exercise of
the powers of the Company within the said District (that
is to say):—
1. The Company shall not commence the construction
of the said new road at or over or so as in any way
to interfere with any highway under the control or
jurisdiction of the Board until they have given to the
Surveyor of the Board at his office twenty-one days'
notice in writing of their intention to commence the
same, specifying the nature of the work to be done and
the highway to be affected, and such notice shall be
accompanied by plans, elevations, sections and other
necessary particulars of the said work.
2. Notwithstanding anything shown on the deposited
plans or contained in this Act, the Company
shall not enter upon or take or use any portion of the
site of the old sewer adjoining the public-house in
Union Street known as the " King Henry the Eighth's
Head,'' or of the shed or lock-up situate over the said
sewer.
8. If any difference shall arise between the Company
and the Board touching this section or the reasonableness
of any of the requirements of any Surveyoi
acting for the Board, such difference shall be referred
to the arbitration of an engineer to be appointed by the
Board of Trade in manner provided by the Railway
Companies' Arbitration Act, 1859.