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the kerbstone of the pavement on the northern side of
Railway Approach, thence along that kerbstone till it meets
the present boundary where it crosses the South Eastern
Railway, thence following the present boundary across the
railway and across Duke Street to a point on the kerbstone
of the eastern pavement of the road leading to London
Bridge, and along that kerbstone to a point on London
Bridge opposite the centre of the river.
Under this arrangement the whole of Guy's Hospital will
be included in the new Borough of Southwark.
Orders in accordance with the draft above mentioned were
made by Her Majesty in Council on the 15th May, 1900.
Schemes, five in number, under Section 15 of the Act, have
been prepared by the Commissioners bearing the following
titles *
Financial Arrangements Scheme.
Poor Law and Valuation Scheme.
Existing Officers Scheme.
Adoptive Acts Scheme.
Miscellaneous Scheme.
These schemes are too voluminous to be set out in detail;
they are ancillary to the provisions of the Act, and refer largely
to matters of administration which were left unsettled and unexplained
therein; they contain numerous provisions supplementary
to the Act; they also provide for contingencies of various kinds
which are expected to arise pending the establishment of the
new Boroughs.
The Financial Arrangements Scheme (Sect. 5) provides (inter
alia) that the authorities interested may at any time during
the four months next after the day on which the first Borough
Councillors come into office, or such further period as the Commissioners
may allow, make agreements for the purpose of
adjustments, and thereby adjust any property, income, debts,
liabilities, and expenses, so far as affected by the Act, or by
any Order, Scheme, &c.
For the purpose of adjustments as between Parishes in the
same Metropolitan Borough, Section 6 (1) provides that the
persons who immediately before the day on which the first
Borough Councillors elected under the Act come into office, and
the survivors of them shall, in the case of a Parish included in
the district of a Board of Works, become "Representative
Bodies" to represent the interests of their respective Parishes.
The members of the Board for St. Saviour and Christchurch
respectively, will, therefore, become such representative bodies
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